Darbar India

168 Montowese St, Branford
(203) 481-8994

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catherinesO1432HK

This is the best Indian restaurant on the Connecticut Shoreline hands down. The staff and owners are beautiful people who care about the quality of the food they’re serving and how they serve it. It’s a lovely restaurant. The food and the menu is a wow. I love the saag paneer and the chicken tikka maharaja, which is like chicken tikka masala on steroids. I always get it with the vegetable Samosa and some garlic naan. It is heaven. You have to try this restaurant. They will not disappoint you. My favorite restaurant for Indian food.

John Yale

Stupid costumer service/ very aggressive

Kid-friendliness: Don’t take your kids there. Very disrespectful environment

Wheelchair accessibility: They hate everyone

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Non Veg Thali

Lavaughn Price

The pizza flight is delectable, simply Brilliant 🤠

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Malai Chicken Pizza

Avijit Mitra

Small and crammed
Food is very average
Extremely unfriendly and rude staff
Not a place to have a relaxing meal

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Matthew Petrides

Doesn’t service bread with lunch special.

Whats the point of a lunch special?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

41avijitm

Small and cramped Very rude and unprofessional staff Poorest service that I have experienced. We ended up leaving and going across the street to Kamana Indian Restaurant Dirty and smelly concrete fish tank right smack on the floor of the restaurant.

rachel morris

Super delicious! We are from out of town and went here on a whim and it was heavenly. The waiter was prompt and everything came out quickly. My favorite were the bao buns!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jason Adler

Wonderful food and people!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lester Allen (Proeman2002)

Fantastic food, service, & cocktails too!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Korma, Tandoori Chicken, Darbar Special Naan, Chana Masala

Meaning

Absolutely delicious. Old location was better decorated but that is minor. Get the combination platter, it comes with appetizer, dessert, and a large selection of entrees for a very reasonable price. Best Indian food I’ve had in quite some time, and my favorite food in the whole state. I personally prefer it mild but it is good spicy too and highly customizable. Very great restaurant.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pete Nicolosi

Lots of free parking and outdoor seating available. We had garlic
naan, chicken Tikka masala and the vegetarian complete dinner...all outstanding and at reasonable prices. We took home enough leftovers for another meal. Service was fast and friendly and we were offered as much rice as we wanted. The owner was friendly and engaging and spent about 10 minutes talking with us. There is a reason that Darbar has been a local institution for so long. I highly recommend and will be back soon!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katy Phillips

We tried the unusual dishes - chicken tikka quesadilla, chicken taco, chicken Tikal pizza. The pizza was a little spicy, but delicious. The quesadilla was ok. I would have like it a bit crispier. It did come with yummy masala sauce to spread over it. The taco was good, especially with the enclosed lime.

We also tried the classic chicken tikka masala (CTM) and garlic naan along with lamb samosas. These were all delicious although I prefer the seasoning in the Indian restaurant I frequent the most in the CTM.

Food: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken Tikka Pizza

Peter N

Lots of free parking and outdoor seating available. We had garlic naan, chicken Tikka masala and the vegetarian complete dinner...all outstanding and at reasonable prices. We took home enough leftovers for another meal. Service was fast and friendly and we were offered as much rice as we wanted. The owner was friendly and engaging and spent about 10 minutes talking with us. There is a reason that Darbar has been a local institution for so long. I highly recommend and will be back soon!

catherine

Amazing delicious food. It was my first time trying Indian food and our server Sanjay was great !! I told him I couldn’t eat spicy food and he accommodated my request to make the dishes with less spice so I was able to enjoy them. Everything he recommended was delicious. We enjoyed our dinner, and we will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Riley Cassin

This place was absolutely amazing!!! Between the service and the food we couldn’t ask for anything better. Our server Sanjay was incredible. We will definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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