Puran India Restaurant

The good: the lunch buffet, ambiance (more formal than the other Indian restaurants in Bloomington), the samosas come with jars of chutney instead of small bowls

The bad: Service is very slow and forgetful. The food is inconsistent, hence my preference for the lunch buffet. Sample dinner: The meat curries on my thali platter were good, but the dal, and the gulab jamun were not. I also asked for medium hot spiciness on the meat curries and one came out medium and the other hot.

The two stars may be harsh, considering I would eat there again. But I just wouldn't highly recommend it.

Decent is how I would sum this place up.  While Bloomington seems to have a large Indian-American community, the number and quality of the Indian restaurants seems pretty low. That said, this place is good when you are craving Indian food. We have been both for dinner and the lunch buffet.  For the buffet, there was a good selection of chicken and vegetarian items, and lots of naan and sides.  Nothing is particularly strongly spiced, and next time I may ask for additional seasoning.  For dinner, we got samosas, chicken tikka, and channa masala.  All of these are my Indian barometer dishes - I usually order them at places new to me to evaluate the place.  All were perfectly fine, but nothing special.

Great quality for Indian food.  Went there for the lunch buffet.  Great taste & spice.....would definitely recommend this place!