This is my first time visiting and I wasn't a fan. It wasn't because the food didn't taste good. It's because most of the dishes were barely warm. It's a good value and they offer a good selection of Indian fare but I prefer my food served hot. read more

5th Element - Entrance - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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One of the best Indian restaurants in town Love the chicken corma and the mango ice cream!!!

Well my first experience food of India! Thanks to my co-worker and Yelper Rory's recommendations this experience was everything as expected. The ambiance, decor, clean hot Buffet, efficient service, reasonable price 14.99, lent to an exceptional experience. The tandoori chicken, curried goat, several different eggplant dishes were excellent. I tried rice keer, mango ice cream and chai tea for dessert. Unfortunately, I left my readers and could not really take time and read every description as listed above each entree. I plan to visit again because I truly enjoyed the experience. read more

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Absolutely my favorite Indian joint in town! My friends use 5th Element to lure me out when I'm feeling like a homebody. It's THAT good and satisfying. I love their masala. I'm so used to it, that nothing else can measure. It's the perfect balance of creaminess, heat, tomato, sweet, savory. Umami mami! You cannot, I repeat, CANNOT, beat their lunch buffet. It's like the most poppin' place for Indian lunch. Though I love my proteins, I appreciate how the vegetarian options were tantamount to the meat options. I like the variety they offer in terms of desserts as well. I like everything, ok? And, for $11, wtf, SO CHEAP! SO CHEAP! read more

Dinner here was interesting. We started out with the Lamb Samosa it was in a tasty crispy bread and a very very thin layer of lamb. I ordered the Chicken Tikka Masala and it was so good the chicken was tender and the sauce had just enough kick to it. My daughter had the same and my wife had the lamb. The both enjoyed there dishes. read more

5th Element - I had the Chicken Tikka Masala It was very delicious!! - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Excellent food and service! The free mango soft serve put it over the top!! It was the best soft serve I've had. I had the lamb josh Rohan and my boyfriend had a kebab dish and his younger brother had bullet chicken. Everything was well and tasted good. Covid precautions were nice and everything was clean. I highly recommend. Mango Soft Serve read more

The best and my absolute favorite Indian restaurant in jax!! I do my best to stretch into 2 meals so I can feel happiness twice

Went there for the Saturday Lunch Buffet, regarding the variety, taste and service just one word says it all "Amazing" I would highly recommend this place anytime to both the Regular Indian food lovers and any Newbies to Indian foods! There are 2 separate buffet set ups Veg and Non-veg and both have over 10 dishes to chose from and included is Kulfi, all the soft drinks you want and limitless Massala Tea! This is the best place I have ever been too and very reasonable too (under $11 per person) When in the area we will definitely be back! read more

The restaurant use to be the Village Inn so the decore on the outside and inside remained relatively the same with a few changes. There are 2 buffet lines which cater to the vegetarians and the meat eaters. They have quite a spread of south Indian and tandoori dishes. Quite a number of their dishes have a kick to it so if you don't eat spicy you're limited to a few items. I would say that my favorite would have to be the goat curry. Finished with gulabjamoon and soft serve ice cream, it was pretty much nap time unless you drank their milk tea. read more

5th Element - Inside - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Best Indian food in JAX. 5th Element serves up tantalizing flavors and incredible service! A culinary delight in every bite!

This place is advertised as a buffet. The buffet wasn't open today and they said they aren't going to have a buffet anymore going forward. What a shame. The whole place was a shambles. Junk was piled everywhere. read more

Been here 3 times and loved the food. My faves are the chicken tikka masala, garlic naan, samosas, and mango lassi.

To me, generally Indian food from restaurants is bland and tasteless, not here! I really enjoy the fact that a Indian like me can go to a Indian restaurant and modify what I order (the more spice and garlic the better). The staff is very friendly and accommodating. With many places to choose from on Baymeadows Rd. I always advise anyone from out of town to try this place out. read more

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3 times something was picked up off the floor and put back. 3 TIMES. The kitchen was a MESS, shit was all over the floor. The buffet was not cold in areas. Employees Stirring food with wet hands. Here's their last health food inspection. ITS SCARY See for yourself. These people do NOT GAF about you or serving non contaminated food. https://data.tallahassee.com/restaurant-inspections/duval/5th-element-indian-restaurant/sea2610874/3905524/ Ps. Whoever is uploading their "health score" is lying about it! read more

I miss their preCovid lunch buffet. It was one of the best I've ever eaten. Their Thali lunch specials are very good.

Most of the buffets at Indian restaurants carry the same dishes. Unfortunately, none of them taste authentic. 5th Element is one such restaurant which is famous for it's authentic Indian food but I think I've had better. I've been here more than 5 times and I can say that I've had bad experiences as well as good. The food in the buffet is okay, but not really great and if you think this is authentic Indian food, it is not! You should keep trying to look!! The mango soft serve is a hit though! I never liked any of their desserts but the mango soft serve is really good. Sometimes they have an authentic Telugu dessert, called Junnu, which is amazing though. read more

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One of my favorite spots for Indian cuisine. Consistently great regardless of what I explore on the menu...

The other restaurants food quality are far better than here. Just ate here today and found a piece of rope or thread in my mouth after a couple bites. And management didn't care/apologize. India house/India restaurant/zesty Indian is better! Save your money read more

5th Element - Found this in my mouth after taking a bite of their food, and management didn't care/apologize. Just told me it was a thread. - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

I'd been dying to try 5th Element for a while now, just never had the chance. I figured I'd use my free Uber Eats delivery code and finally give them a whirl. Unfortunately, the food was SO good, I forgot to take pics because I ate so fast. The Chicken Tikka Masala ($11.99) is TOTALLY worth the price. I can usually put away a lot of food, but I could barely get through half the dish, as the portion sizes are huge. The other half's in the fridge for tomorrow. You get a large order of white basmati rice, and a container of Chicken Tikka Masala. Humongous chunks of chicken, peppers, and onions. The Keema Naan ($3.99) was ridiculously good. It's naan bread, stuffed with lamb. You get two portions, each the size of both of my hands stretched out. The lamb was extremely tender. If you're in the area, been on the fence as to whether or not to try it, or just want some awesome Indian food, look no further, 5th Element's got your back. Looking forward to my next visit :) read more

I am so impressed!! Satisfied!! I am actually so full that I must rest. Talk about comfort food!! I will have to come back and finish my review. Thank you 5th Element!! Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!! Delicious!!I #icannotputthisfooddown#chickenvindaloo#somelikeithot!! read more

I decided to finally try this place out after hearing about it several times and it was very good. I ordered the lamb curry, which tasted more like an American chilli with an Indian twist to me, but was great nonetheless. Next time ill be sure to try their signuture chicken curry, which has more of an orange sauce and probably the more turmeric like taste I was searching for. Also the service was impecabble and our waiter never ceased to smile! read more

5th Element - Lamb Curry with Rice - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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The food at 5th Element was better than other Indian restaurants in town because they have a variety of choices to choose from. Hubby and I went in during lunch on 4th of July and the place was super crowded. We waited for 15 minutes and were seated, we proceeded to get our food and there was alot of people in line. The atmosphere was decent but the lights were very dimmed. It took us around an hour to eat the food and I had 3 plates of small portion and a cup of Mango ice cream. My husband had been here many times before and he assured me that the price was $8.99 per person however, when We paid, the bill was $25 for two people before tips. I thought that was very odd that we weren't notified ahead of time of the price change or possibly upcharge holiday prices. Anyhow, that really changed my experience because we paid 8 dollars extra for no reason. I would recommend this place but not for its honesty (just the food). read more

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This is the best Indian restaurant I've been to in Jacksonville. I am a vegetarian and there are so many options on the buffet. The food was really great and the prices are cheap! read more

The Hublet isn't a big fan of buffets but knows that I occasionally need a fix of Indian food whenever I start to pine about being 4k miles away from my family, so he took me to 5th Element to try their buffet - as he wasn't sure what food would put a smile on my face, he figured this way I could try a little bit of everything. When we arrived the place was busy, almost packed, which I felt boded well and we were seated after a very short, completely acceptable wait. Oddly we weren't given the opportunity to order drinks and simply found cold glasses of water on our table, which were kept regularly topped up. I honestly wasn't in the mood for soda, sweet tea or lassi, but it would have been nice to have a choice. At the buffet station you have both a central double-sided steam table holding hot dishes, as well as a single sided steam table against the far wall, containing a mix of hot and cold dishes. The interior was very clean, the food stations were nicely maintained and the food tasted fresh and hot and was regularly topped up. I honestly can't remember the names of all the dishes on offer, sorry, but there was a really healthy balance of both meat and vegetarian options. To soak up all the glorious sauce there was a nice tomato flavoured rice dish and a chicken Biryani rice dish, quarters of butter Naan bread and some slightly odd looking bubbly crackers (which visually appeared to have the texture of a prawn cracker). The standout dishes for me were: The Tandoori Chicken - not overly dry, meat still moist, nicely flavoured. Chicken Tikka Masala - also nicely flavoured, although the sauce wasn't as strong in taste as I like. Goat Curry - the curry contained a mother-ton of bones as all good goat curries should do, however the meat fell right off and was freaking delicious. Maybe one to skip if you're not a huge fan of gristle. There were also some excellent Paneer (homemade cheese cubes), Dal (lentil) and Sag (spinach) dishes to keep the veggies happy. When it came to the desserts, they were just out of Rasgulla/Rasmalai (I honestly wasn't sure which curd sweet it was) and there was a sad 'Mango Custard' dessert (bits of fruit in a dubious orange liquid that tasted strongly of evaporated milk), pieces of watermelon and a nice soft serve orange icecream (it didn't taste like mango but I genuinely couldn't work out what flavour it was) with cones, however they had an absolutely freaking amazing bread pudding that was a nice exotic take on a comfort food staple. After tax we paid less than $25 for 2 people to dine out, and there were enough nicely executed dishes to make it feel like money well spent. The Hublet's only minor complaint was that the heat/spice level of the food was very acceptable and safe: he's a hot sauce fiend and we both know just how fiery Indian curries can get, so it would have been nice to have a couple of sauces available to up the heat levels of a dish for those with fiberglass taste-buds. However, everything was very tasty and well flavoured and the food quality was very good. This is a great place to try if you're relatively new to Indian food and would like an easy way to sample a variety of dishes. Here you'll be able to try a range of dishes from different parts of India and build up a better idea of what you like. read more

As an Englishman,I am partial to a good curry,and its been many yrs since I had a good one I didnt make at home. This place def did the trick,the Keema naan was delicious,tore easily yet wasn't mushy Lamb Tikkan masala was tender and well spiced Am sure to return to work my way through the rest of the menu read more

5th Element - First Keema naan in yrs! - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

This is an excellent Indian restaurant. The vegetable samosa was some of the best I have eaten. I also had the buttered chicken which was amazing! My wife has the butter paneer and she said it was great! Caution the hot is very spicy even for my Indian wife and me being from Texas loving spicy Mexican food. The service was also excellent. I highly recommend this place dine. As a perk if you like to purchase Indian groceries there is a excellent Indian grocery store just around the corner. Enjoy. read more

I usually don't crave Indian food, but when I do, I know there are two good places to go to near my home. One of them is 5th Element. I really enjoy their lunch buffet. There is a wide variety of good food to try and the mango soft serve ice cream is awesome. The only negative I can say about this place is a few times I went, they were out of naan on the buffet and I had to wait and wait and wait for naan. That's like going to a Chinese buffet restaurant and they are out of rice.... The food and the price (lunch buffet) more than make up the negative though. read more

Really good Indian. I order it weekly. Tikka Masala, Malai Kofta, both extra spicy. Samosas, extra tamarind sauce w/ a Bread Basket. Sooooooooo bomb read more

I have not tried the lunch buffet, but the dinner was very good. The service is slow, but the food is delicious. I dont recommend getting the bread basket, but I do recommend the garlic naan if you are a fan. Everyone at our table wanted to eat the garlic naan, because the others lacked flavor and were dry. The goat curry was AMAZING. It does have a lot of bones, but there is still enough meat and generous portion of rice. You will not be hungry. You can also select the spice level for your meal. I also ordered a mano lassi. It was good, but it was not great. Also, I don't know what they use to make it, but it was neon orange. That was quite interesting. read more

5th Element - Feast ... Bright mango lassi! - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

One of the most difficult choices you might ever encounter in your life besides deciding if you should buy fun size candy or full size candy to pass out on Halloween is: "Which Indian Restaurant should I go to for lunch?" and the answer is 5th Element. Everything is seasoned so well here that you will never find yourself saying "Could you please pass the salt?" 5th Element is consistently my choice for Indian Food in Jacksonville Florida. The only thing I wish for now on my birthday as I blow out the candles is for them to add a little bit more creaminess to their Tikka Masala. read more

I've been here several times during my lunch break and I have never had a bad experience. The food is always fresh and hot. I've been to buffets where they left the food out a little too long and it is not the case with this place. The staff check on the food frequently and you can see them walking around the restaurant the entire time. I've also been to Indian restaurants where they Americanize the food too much for my liking, but not this place; its authentic. About $10 for the lunch buffet and that includes dessert, it's a great deal. read more

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Loved this place. We did take out and the dosa and kottu were especially good. Spice level on the higher side, which we enjoy, but just FYI maybe order a level lower than you normally do. I didn't interact with the staff, my partner did, but it all seemed fine and food was delish. read more

The food was okay, but the bathroom cleanliness needs improvement. Timely service.

I'm not an expert on Indian Cuisine by any stretch of the imagination. I'm still trying to learn the names of dishes. I can tell you this; I love Indian food!! This restaurant had a good selection of food. Lots of vegetable dishes with rice and wonderful spices. Their utilization of Spice is what makes their food so awesome. The meat dishes are either chicken or goat. The goat was in a curry sauce. The sauce was very tasty but the goat was chewy. The chicken dishes were very tasty. I especially liked the tandoori chicken. There were a lot of people at the restaurant. It seems to do a good business. My favorite Indian restaurant has closed This one will do nicely. read more

5th Element - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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Absolutely amazing ! Best butter chicken hands down ! Friendly service as well . Thank you

Maybe it's because I'm a basic white girl but this is my favorite place to eat in town. I love all the selection, I love that it's spicy but still palatable for people who are more naive to the flavors. Love you guys! read more

Fix your hours! Wasted an hour driving to eat here to find out they are closed at 2:30, but online it clearly says they are open from 11am-10pm. Extremely disrespectful and zero consideration for people's time. Will not be back. read more

5th Element - Indian Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Got delivery and the Chicken Biryani was obviously old and not edible; the chicken was hard. Wasted $15. The garlic naan was okay (3 out of 5). Safe to say, I will not be back. Also, plasticware and napkins were requested but not received. read more

Don't have a lot to compare it to. Have enjoyed every visit. Love the movies playing on the televisions too. They offer dishes from all of the regions of India I believe. Good if you're trying to learn what you like best. read more

Food was good and quick delivery...but not really sure they're checking delivery list before when getting it ready. Missing an item in my order! read more