Tandur Indian Kitchen - Charlotte

Very relaxed and environment. Food was good, but the crowd doesn't match the price. I will definitely make another visit here to try out their other menu items.

Value for money. Quick grab and limited choice. Bowls are good but wraps are average. Obviously its not authentic Indian cuisine but whatever they did to the dishes was a great experiment. Never had something like this before.

I was really excited about this for a while when Charlotte Agenda started reporting on it before it opened. Unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to my expectations. We started with the naanchos which were incredible. They're nachos made with naan. The naan works great for nachos and the sauce was delicious. It tasted like a Tikka Masala sauce. I got a mango lassi drink as well which didn't taste much like mango. We also got a mint ginger lemonade that was good. For our entrees, we got Tikka Masala with chicken and Kerala Coconut Curry with lamb meatballs. Both came with basmati rice and naan. The Tikka Masala sauce was very bland. It was especially disappointing after the sauce they used on the naanchos was so good. The coconut curry was a little better, but still not great. They were very friendly and helpful as soon as we walked in. When we said we hadn't been there before, they were quick to explain the menu and give us recommendations. It's a fast casual restaurant and we got our for pretty quickly. If I were to come here again, I would probably just get appetizers since I was not impressed with the entrees.

Let's face it: Indian food is habit forming. Not only do the spices used have healing properties but they stimulate pleasure chemicals like dopamine in the brain. Most places are just too expensive to support my habit of eating it twice a week. But this restaurant has everything at less than $10. Even the mango lassi is a good deal. However I was hungry and a quick look around the dining room revealed other bored and hungry faces. The service was quite slow and my delicious vegetable korma was in a luke warm condition when it finally arrived at my table. I was too hungry by that point to complain and send it back. I hope it was just an untrained cook and not a fundamental problem with their formula because I would like to go here often. UPDATE: I tried the other location and the food came out hot and delicious and quickly. I didn't even wait 5 minutes.

Tandur is a chain that serves Indian flavored food. Located in south park nice neighborhood, clean restaurant, pleasant staff, straightforward menu. Food was disappointing and not cooked right, over-spiced undercooked. Okra fries were good.