Essence of India

How this restaurant has remained in business while others far better have come and gone is beyond me. This is mediocre Indian food, at best. Make the hike up to Devon. Once you do, you'll see why this place isn't worth it, even as a delivery or take out option when you're too exhausted to cook.

Very nice people, great location and really good food. This is one of my favorite restaurants in the square.

I went there with my Indian friend for dinner before going to Old Town School of Music. I got a fish curry and he got something else. We were both VERY disappointed with our food.

You could not have Indian food that is more Americanized than this. Both of our dishes were extremely sweet and had barely any spices in it. There's something wrong if you get bland food at an Indian restaurant. We both asked to make our food hot. Um.. either the server mixed up his instructions or what we got is the hottest they can make their food, which wasn't hot at all. My friend was furious  - and rightly so, since he's Indian and he thinks they misrepresented Indian food.

We will certainly never go back to this restaurant nor encourage our friends to do so. If you want real Indian food, go to someplace on Devon. Anything has to be better than this place.