The Essence Redefined Indian Food

Absolutely delicious food. The most authentic Indian food I have had around Bay Area. Must try!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Ambala Chicken Curry

We tried out Fish Amritsari, chicken tikka Masala, and Naan. All the items were tasty! The service is first rate and the ambience is pleasant. We will go there again soon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tandoori Prawns

Great experience overall. The food was distinctive and the ambience is that of the best Indian restaurants I've been to. I would absolutely recommend going here. A go to dish is the gobhi Manchurian. Basically Chinese spiced friend cauliflower.

#1 spot for everything! Best Indian food around… nation wifey

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had a really good time overall. Great ambiance and good service.
The food was good. I would recommend this place!
The only strange thing I noticed is that the kitchen area is far away from the dishwashing area so throughout our meal, people kept walking past us with the cooking pots and pans taking them from the cooking to the washing area which stood out as an odd design to me.

A step up from the usual Indian food, now serving wine with a limited but decent list and a $20 corkage fee. We loved the chicken curry, malai kofta in a delicious sauce, and paneer in another great sauce. The room is attractive, comfortable and conducive to conversation without needing to raise your voice, which is nice these days!

Parking: Street parking is difficult, but the library with its large parking lot is a block away, which is very convenient.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Ancho Chilli Paneer Tikka, Ambala Chicken Curry, Raita

Amazing Food and Customer Service! Would highly recommend this Restaurant!!

the best Indian food we've had in a very long time! Portions were perfect, timing between appetizers and entrees was amazing. The flavor of each dish was 10/10. Definitely going to become a weekly favorite.

Decent enough food but when I tried to use my free desert coupon they gave me when they opened they told me it was expired, even though it didn't have an expiration date. I had already spent over $100 in food so it felt kind of like a slap in the face. Probably would've went back but just took my business elsewhere instead.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Stopped here for a quick bite and to take out dinner on 4th July. Surprisingly great ambiance and good food. We tried samosa chat, veg rolls and Kathi roll.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

The butter chicken was so soft and the paneer tikka tasted so flavorful.?

We were seated to the back of the restaurant which made no sense as it was totally empty, then they moved and grated chairs around us for half an hour to make space for a big party. There is no air conditioning so it was very warm inside. The menu is limited but we ordered a Kale Chaat, turned out that was off the menu, so replaced it with a chicken tikka salad as there were not many green or leafy things on the menu. The salad was decent but we ordered deep fried seafood that turned out to be crunchy hot fish sticks, and not very interesting. We stuck to the traditional main courses and had an OK chicken tikka massala and bindhi bhaji but it was 'decent' at best. $120 for two with one beer each didn't even mean this was good value. I was excited to think there might be an upmarket Indian food experience in Walnut Creek, but this is not that and I would not return.

Absolutely delicious! Never review, but this was awesome

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cocktails were unique & really tasty. The food was fantastic, much better than the sister restaurants, and the bill was very fair for the amount we ordered! Would definitely recommend!

Great place to experience delicious Indian food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5