Ordered takeout. All of the dishes I got taste the same. Don’t even bother reading the item descriptions on the menu- if it comes in a sauce, they will all be the same. Good if you like bland tomato soup. Nothing like real Indian food. Also one item missing from my order but that’s a good thing. Now I basically have 3 containers full of tomato soup.
Food: 1
Service: 3
Casey Lynne
Great meal! Spiced to perfection. Food arrived in a timely fashion. Reasonable prices. Will definitely be ordering food from here again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alexander Brito
Every time I've been here the food, service, and workers are excellent. Never a bad experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Curry and Samosa, Butter Chicken
Sheila White
Do not order from these people! I ordered $153.++ w/tip of food for pickup, waited the 40 minutes for it to be prepared, get there & they say they don’t have my order. Totally ruined my dinner plans!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Annisa Karim
The folks at Tikka Express are always kind and helpful. This is a great place for a casual and quick lunch or dinner. The food is exceptional. The prices are fair. There's always plenty of food! I make it a top priority to visit every time I'm in Gainesville!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
James Conyers
The food is good. The place is a little small and basic. I went at night about an hour before closing. It seems to cater to the college crowd. Overall experience is four stars.Parking: Parking is parallel to the road on the side. There are plenty of college drivers on this road.
So, I ordered the butter chicken & the Tandoori chicken for my husband. Both were excellently prepared. The service was very courteous.Vegetarian options: Dhall MakhaniMany more
The food is EXCELLENT! Both the cook and how they serve it. We have ordered for work events and they have put together an amazing spread on MINIMAL lead time. We even had a few chicken nuggets only eaters who are now in love with butter chicken and basmati rice! I have not had the opportunity to dine in, but the atmosphere seems cosy with indoor and outdoor seating. I can't wait for our next order!Vegetarian options: Just about every dish has a vegetarian option with a good plant-based protein souce.
Went here two nights in a row. Get the large chicken curry extra spicy its a great price. Strong
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Curry
Hana cookery
Everything we ordered was delicious, Samosa was really fresh and tasty. If you’re ordering the biryani be aware of the portion, it’s definitely for two people in my opinion. I personally liked the vegetarian stews better than biryani but I don’t have anything bad to say about it!
I'd give it five stars on everything but it really is an express, so it doesn't have a fancy setting. I think they probably get a lot more to goes than they get people that eat there, but I don't know that for sure. When I was there, everybody was getting their food to go. Not sure where they parked. I know it was quite a chore for me. I think that would be the only thing that I'm not crazy about. That being it's so hard to find a parking space just to go in for 10 minutes to get something to take away. It's the busy part of town and they're doing work on the roads which doesn't help, in the end it was worth it. I got curry chicken and I believe they were called samosas. It was really good. Just because it's a takeout place that doesn't mean it's not well prepared and delicious. It is. Apparently they have a buffet during the week and I went there on a Saturday so I had to just order one thing. I would love to come back and try some of their other options. If I can get to Gainesville again I will definitely hit this place again. I definitely recommend this place. Even though it looks like a little hole in the wall, it's really good food. And the guy that worked there was very nice. He didn't rush anybody when they were trying to make a decision and he was very helpful explaining what each of the dishes were. He was also good about making sure that he followed what you wanted. Specifically I did not want my curry chicken too hot. He did it perfectly. I think there's just a couple of people working there. I saw someone else that was bringing food out and probably cooking behind the scenes. Give it a try if you like Indian food. I think this Indian food is very good. Everyone else seemed to like theirs too. The portions are quite large also. You'll probably have enough for two meals. Very nice!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dieter Unrath
Very yummy and express is correct. Was in and out within 10 minutes maybe less. The naan was delicious. Should’ve gotten rice too but that’s on me. Hot level had kick but didn’t think my meal. Ate the whole thing.
Rachel Osborne
Fantastic food, even better people.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Prajwal G S
This restaurant used to have good food before. I regularly used to order Fish Curry. Post-Covid, I don't know if the cooks changed or what, the taste and quality have gone down drastically. The Chicken Vindaloo I ordered was very tomato-heavy. It was actually just cooked tomato puree with some chilli , salt and some overcooked chicken pieces. Indian Food is supposed a lot of other flavors which the item absolutely did not have. I've been disappointed with several orders fro this place now each time hoping that it'll be better the next time. Lesson learned!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
iSimplyCD
Good amount for what you pay as well as quality food. Owner is very kind as well. Only downside is finding parking but other than that 5/5
Ordered takeout. All of the dishes I got taste the same. Don’t even bother reading the item descriptions on the menu- if it comes in a sauce, they will all be the same. Good if you like bland tomato soup. Nothing like real Indian food. Also one item missing from my order but that’s a good thing. Now I basically have 3 containers full of tomato soup.
Food: 1
Service: 3
Great meal! Spiced to perfection. Food arrived in a timely fashion. Reasonable prices. Will definitely be ordering food from here again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Every time I've been here the food, service, and workers are excellent. Never a bad experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Curry and Samosa, Butter Chicken
Do not order from these people! I ordered $153.++ w/tip of food for pickup, waited the 40 minutes for it to be prepared, get there & they say they don’t have my order. Totally ruined my dinner plans!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The folks at Tikka Express are always kind and helpful. This is a great place for a casual and quick lunch or dinner. The food is exceptional. The prices are fair. There's always plenty of food! I make it a top priority to visit every time I'm in Gainesville!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is good. The place is a little small and basic. I went at night about an hour before closing. It seems to cater to the college crowd. Overall experience is four stars.Parking: Parking is parallel to the road on the side. There are plenty of college drivers on this road.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Biryani, Chicken Tikka, Goat Curry, Chicken Tikka Masala
So, I ordered the butter chicken & the Tandoori chicken for my husband. Both were excellently prepared. The service was very courteous.Vegetarian options: Dhall MakhaniMany more
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Lamb Rogan Josh, Chicken Tikka, Butter Chicken
The food is EXCELLENT! Both the cook and how they serve it. We have ordered for work events and they have put together an amazing spread on MINIMAL lead time. We even had a few chicken nuggets only eaters who are now in love with butter chicken and basmati rice! I have not had the opportunity to dine in, but the atmosphere seems cosy with indoor and outdoor seating. I can't wait for our next order!Vegetarian options: Just about every dish has a vegetarian option with a good plant-based protein souce.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Biryani, Butter Chicken
Went here two nights in a row. Get the large chicken curry extra spicy its a great price. Strong
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Curry
Everything we ordered was delicious, Samosa was really fresh and tasty. If you’re ordering the biryani be aware of the portion, it’s definitely for two people in my opinion. I personally liked the vegetarian stews better than biryani but I don’t have anything bad to say about it!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
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I'd give it five stars on everything but it really is an express, so it doesn't have a fancy setting. I think they probably get a lot more to goes than they get people that eat there, but I don't know that for sure. When I was there, everybody was getting their food to go. Not sure where they parked. I know it was quite a chore for me. I think that would be the only thing that I'm not crazy about. That being it's so hard to find a parking space just to go in for 10 minutes to get something to take away. It's the busy part of town and they're doing work on the roads which doesn't help, in the end it was worth it. I got curry chicken and I believe they were called samosas. It was really good. Just because it's a takeout place that doesn't mean it's not well prepared and delicious. It is. Apparently they have a buffet during the week and I went there on a Saturday so I had to just order one thing. I would love to come back and try some of their other options. If I can get to Gainesville again I will definitely hit this place again. I definitely recommend this place. Even though it looks like a little hole in the wall, it's really good food. And the guy that worked there was very nice. He didn't rush anybody when they were trying to make a decision and he was very helpful explaining what each of the dishes were. He was also good about making sure that he followed what you wanted. Specifically I did not want my curry chicken too hot. He did it perfectly. I think there's just a couple of people working there. I saw someone else that was bringing food out and probably cooking behind the scenes. Give it a try if you like Indian food. I think this Indian food is very good. Everyone else seemed to like theirs too. The portions are quite large also. You'll probably have enough for two meals. Very nice!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very yummy and express is correct. Was in and out within 10 minutes maybe less. The naan was delicious. Should’ve gotten rice too but that’s on me. Hot level had kick but didn’t think my meal. Ate the whole thing.
Fantastic food, even better people.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
This restaurant used to have good food before. I regularly used to order Fish Curry. Post-Covid, I don't know if the cooks changed or what, the taste and quality have gone down drastically. The Chicken Vindaloo I ordered was very tomato-heavy. It was actually just cooked tomato puree with some chilli , salt and some overcooked chicken pieces. Indian Food is supposed a lot of other flavors which the item absolutely did not have. I've been disappointed with several orders fro this place now each time hoping that it'll be better the next time. Lesson learned!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
Good amount for what you pay as well as quality food. Owner is very kind as well. Only downside is finding parking but other than that 5/5
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Goat Biryani, Butter Chicken