Restaurant: Bombay Bistro

[livingdeb]

Today's highlight was the lunch buffet at Bombay Bistro, a new restaurant written up in this week's The Austin Chronicle as having "ascended to the top of Austin's competitive Indo-Pakistani restaurant scene."

I liked it, but it's not hard for me to like Indian buffet food. They had my favorites: rice, saag paneer (creamy spinach), chicken tikka masala (chicken in creamy tomato sauce) and naan (bread). I mix the first three together and eat with the fourth. The food is a hint spicier than I prefer, but the aromas are amazing and the chicken was very tender.

Robin also liked it, and it's now his favorite. He thought everything was fresh and had very high quality.

The weekend lunch buffet costs $9.95. I wouldn't be surprised if that price went up after news gets out and they get busy.

Normally we're afraid to visit a restaurant after a Chronicle review, but using our favorite technique of arriving just as they open worked fine. They still weren't busy an hour later when we left. So don't be afraid.

Comments

[chikuru.livejournal.com]

I've only been there once myself and really liked it. I went with a few Indians who gave it very high marks. I especially like the fact that it's close to where I live.

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[fraeuleinchen.livejournal.com]

I have been there too, and was impressed with the quality of the food, though the service (I went on a Sunday evening, not to the buffet) was a little overbearing. That could be a personal preference issue. In any case, I wanted to tell you about a good deal: visit www.restaurant.com and put in your zip code. There one can purchase a dining certificate for any number of Austin restaurants, including BB. For $10, you get a certificate worth $25 (but you have to spend at least $35 on your total food bill). Don't purchase a certificate right away. First sign up, and then they send you coupons regularly (almost every week) for 50 or 60% off the dining certificates. I have never paid full price for a dining certificate, and have used them at Shalimar and at Brick Oven on 35th. I have another for Clay Pit that I am going to use soon. There's no hassle with the restaurant; they pay to advertise there, and welcome the coupons. The good restaurants sell out quickly, and I don't know what schedule they 'reset' them by. They just have a limited number of certs they'll sell, so I just keep checking. Another reminder - you must print the certificates off yourself (but you don't have to do it right when you buy it).