Naan on Devon & Grill

Ok, if you want to experience real Pakistani cuisine, come to Naan on Devon.  I know a lot of people say the service is pretty bad (and it is), but good food + poor service beats bad food + great service any day of the week. Anyways, I went with a few of my friends and ordered the palak gosht (basically mutton cooked in spinach) + 2 oversized butter naan's to soak up the gravy/curry. Needless to say, it did not disappoint . The spinach gravy was spiced perfectly and the goat meat was super tender and wonderfully prepared (If it weren't for the high oil/fat content, I could probably eat this dish for every meal for the rest of my life...I'm only half kidding).

Unfortunately, my friends (who are not Indian) did not have a great experience. One of them had ordered mutton korma, which was tasteless (and was about an hour late) and the other had ordered frontier beef which was also not really up to snuff. I'm not sure if the cooks in the back are racist or my friends just ordered the wrong dishes, but their meals were very mediocre to say the least.

If you're from the subcontinent and are really craving food from Karachi/Lahore/etc. come here, you will not be disappointed. As for you white/Asian people, stick with India Garden or Tiffin.

Recently I checked this spot out with a friend.  "Harold and Kumar"  We hit it in the early morning hours, I think it was about 5:30 or 6 am when we sat at a table.  Restaurants of this caliber can sometimes be found working all around the clock or up till 7 am, or just starting for the day from early morning hours.  These "hotels" as they are called in India which are what we Americans would call diners.  Or as I like to call "Cabbie hotels" because you can often find Cabbie's dining here, also because of the hours you might run into a few H1b visa college students (International students).  

A few quick details:  Service stunk.  Food was okay.  Biriyani was too damn expensive & had more bones than meat. Still only a few pieces.  Service stunk.
Others that arrived after us received their items before us.  It was obvious that speaking the language gets you quicker service. Or perhaps I have it wrong and those guys, I mean all of those guys were regulars.  But really how long does it take to microwave some food?  Their version of Butter Chicken was probably one of the best dishes we had of what we ordered.  I don't think it was Butter Chicken though, it was an off shoot but the guy wasn't too descriptive of anything, so whatever it was, it was decent.

We hit this place after a night of painting the town red as they say.  I mention this because after a long night (weeknight) of being out, we want to eat something that will fill the stomach and hopefully put us down nicely for the few hours of sleep we can salvage before going to work the following afternoon.  Above I mentioned a few times that service stunk. It did.  Not only that but it was as if they made us wait till they served everyone else.  At 6 am, sitting at a diner dive, food should not take fifty minutes.  All the items except the bread were reheated, for sure!  I was still in an intoxicated manner, so, like any irritated person might, I started singing Lil' John's - Get Low.  Specifically the line " Sweat drops off my balls".  I was trying to get my buddy to realize that no one was paying attention to us.  Which they weren't.  Looking back, I laugh about it and it was pretty funny.  I was LOUD. Needless to say, the $30 something dollars we overspent here was not worth the effort.

Recently went here with some friends with a simple desire for naan and/or samosas. And boy did we get some naan. The staff wasn't entirely friendly, nor were they rude, rather they were just rather busy than anything else.
Anywho, the food was prepared fresh but rather fast and damn was is delicious. I got the chicken biryaki, one of my friends got curry, and my girlfriend got a spinach and cheese thing that I can't remember the name of, and then we all got naan. Everything was simply fantastic, very filling, and all very cheap to, with my meal coming out at only about $7. Then naan itself is huge and only 75 cents which I recommend above all else. Also their hours are from 2PM till 7Am making it a great late night munchie destination.

P.S. Watch out for the bones. The meat fall right off but sometimes it slips into your food and gives you a tad bit of a surprise. Definitely recommend.