Visited here on a foodie tour and they prepared the buffet for us. It was OH SO DEE-LISH-US! Yes, spelled just like that. I piled my plate up with all the goodies and was upset I couldn't eat it all. The food was fresh, the owner was very nice and detailed in explaining the items on the buffet. My husband hasn't had Indian food so I plan to take him here for a great experience. read more

Curry Gate - Indian Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

King of Spicy - I love the name of this restaurant. It's so absurd - it makes me chuckle every time I say it out loud. KOS is located in east Charlotte near the old Eastland Mall location in a free standing building near a strip mall. It looks like an old steak house that now houses some very tasty indian food. The first thing I noticed upon entering is this space is BIG. Really big. There's a large bar, lots of tables/booths, a dance floor (yes!) and pool tables. Evidently they host karaoke, dancing and networking events here. We ate here around 6:30 on a Saturday evening. There was no wait, but there was a steady flow of people coming in and being seated. As soon as we sat down a server stopped by and asked for our drink order. The beer/wine selection here is very limited - a few domestics, one indian beer (which they were out of) and a few house wines. Not a big deal, just be aware. The menu is a mix of indian and nepalese food - that includes pictures, for those who aren't that familiar with the cuisine. We started our meal with Mango Palak Chaat - crispy, fried bread-pieces topped with mango chutney, crispy spinach and a yogurt sauce. This had some great flavor. For dinner, we ordered Makhani Chicken (also known as butter chicken) and Chicken Kadai. The spicy level is on a scale of 1 - 10. I have never encountered such a wide range before, so we went with a 3 and a 5. The 3 had no discernible spiciness to it - this coming from someone who is very sensitive to spicy heat. The 5 had a mild kick to it - along the lines of a 2.5 on a 1-5 scale. We also got 2 orders of garlic naan. The food was DELICIOUS. The flavors were intense and the meats were moist and tasty. If my review was only on the food - I would give this a 5. The service was not good - which is why I'm giving this place a 4 instead of 5. The food took a long time to come out. It was hard to get a follow up drink order and then it took a long time to reach us. The naan was delivered about 7 minutes after the entrees were delivered. They seemed really understaffed for a Saturday night. We'll definitely go back - but it may be for pick-up or delivery. read more

Curry Gate - Mango Palak Chaat - Indian Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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It's a good thing our dinner group went to King of Spicy with our very own "in house" expert on all things hot, Tonya P, aka, Queen of Spicy!! She is an excellent food tour guide and helped us order an enormous feast. The space for KOS is a bit mysterious and has likely had a previous life as a Mexican restaurant/nightclub or a Bar and Grill. It has been reincarnated into an oddball but entertaining Indian restaurant which also features some Indo Chinese and Nepalese food. Loved the Bollywood dance videos on the big screen - very distracting but in a weird and pleasant, " I wanna get up in between food bites and bust a move" kind of way. The best thing I ate was a special order not on the menu - Samosa Chaat - damn it was good. I could eat a 5 gallon bucket of Samosa Chaat at one sitting. The next best item for me was the Gobi 65 - a delicious crispy cauliflower appetizer. Great Dosas! Killer Naan (especially the garlic)! The Chicken Tikka Masala was up to par and the okra dish (Bhindi do piyaza) was a surprise hit. You can custom order your spice level. Don't be offended when they ask you if you want it "Indian Hot" or not (and be careful what you wish for)! The beer selection is not very exotic - Coors Lite to Stella Artois, but they will have Indian beer soon. Great place to go with friends, try some new dishes and get your Bollywood freak on!! read more

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Went for the first time after finding this on Yelp. We split some chicken tikka masala and ordered two appetizers: samosa and Gobi 65, thanks to a review by another Yelper. Not so adventurous, but we were short on time. Splitting our entree was a good idea - the portions are very generous. We split the tikka masala, adding an extra dish of rice (which was unnecessary), and we had enough to take home. Even the Gobi 65 appetizer was a generous portion - we took some of this home too. Check out pictures on Yelp to see what our meal looked like. Everything was delicious, and I loved seeing familiar Nepalese dishes on the menu. I'd like to try some of their Himalayan dishes next time I visit. The prices are reasonable, and there's a great deal on Groupon that I'm looking forward to buying soon. The staff was great. Our waitress was very kind and patient. I'm sure she would answer any question you have. She also took the time to talk to us and offered to box and bag our leftovers. The manager came around to our table to see how our meal was, too. The environment is nice - definitely feels like a hidden treasure. The building's unassuming, and the interior looks like it was used as a Mexican restaurant in a past life. There's a stage in the middle of the restaurant that I'm very curious about. I'll add more photos the next time I go, which will definitely be soon! read more

Curry Gate - Close up of Gobi 65 (appetizer) - delicious! - Indian Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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This is going on my list of favorites. It was so delicious and the staff was super nice. Cant wait to be back! read more

Curry Gate - Can't get enough of this place. - Indian Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Manchow soup & tupka came out well. Tasted fresh, served hot. However the chat wasn't what you would expect. Papdi chat, was just a heap of papdi topped with frozen potato & frozen green chutney. Place was clean, hygiene. Restroom was good. read more

Really delicious! Small little place but great for eating in or dining out! Make sure to ask for the lamb korma!

Perfect hyderbadi style street noodles, fried rice and veg Manchurian! Should try for every Hyderabadi! Our order: Veg manchow soup bowl - good for 3 Veg Manchurian dry Chicken tikka - good for two Vegetable fried rice - after all starters this is good for 3 Vegetable chow mein - good for two to three Special chicken biryani - good for two to three read more

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Definitely love the King of Spicy! The menu was fully explained to us and we got so much food! Ordered the chicken tikkk missala and loved it. The spicyness was perfect and enough to take leftovers home! We also got the manchow soup and it was very spicy but very delicious! Thank you for letting us try the mango smoothie. Definitely try this place out! read more

The Samosa Chaat was amazing but the daal fry was a little(or a lot) bland. Would def give it another shot but just not daal fry

Food is hit or miss. Used to be a regular but the guy running the place left for a while and the girl that took over has zero customer service skills or simply doesn't care. For the food itself when it's a good day, is unbeatable. Then you've got days when they can't be bothered to strain their curries and you get mouthfuls of whole spices, unappetizing. read more

We came here last week for the first time and enjoyed it. There weren't a lot of people in the restaurant, but the wait for our food was kind of crazy. However, the staff were SUPER nice about it and apologized multiple times and gave us this free mango lassi. (Which was super yummy!) They gave us tons of extra rice to take home with out leftovers too. As for the food, it was delicious. My friend got chicken tikka masala and I got paneer makhani. They were both flavorful and creamy and the rice was perfect. I got a 6 which was too spicy for my liking but it was so yummy that I made it work haha. We tried the samosa chat too. It was good--pretty spicy--but I'm not sure I would get it as an appetizer again. It was delicious, but pretty heavy as an appetizer. I wish I had saved my appetite for my main meal! Maybe I would get it as an app if we had a larger group--it's a lot of food! The naan was fabulous! We got garlic and chili garlic and loved them both. The lassi was the dark horse we didn't know we needed!! It's like a creamy mango milk. It cuts the spice and adds acidity. We would definitely order that again. Would definitely go again! But maybe be prepared to wait a bit for your food :) read more

Delicious spicy Indian food. I ordered the yellow curry and it's fantastic. Spicy goes from a 1-10 rating the 8 was just right. The area of the restaurant isn't the best but there's lots of parking and the service and food are bomb read more

First of let me say, this is definitely a hidden gem. Everything about this place was awesome. The person who created made me feel super welcomed he made sure he explained everything to me . I went in there just to get some food to go on my lunch break . The food was delicious and very well seasoned. I will definitely be back EVERYTHING about this place was AWESOME. I will definitely recommend it to anyone ! read more

Curry Gate - Indian Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Great food and great customer service!! Loved this place since a co-worker introduced it to me a year ago at their old location. I do like this new location better. The food is still delicious and the owner/ manager is the nicest. The buffet is wonderful with about 4 meat and 4 vegetarian options. This is just about my weekly lunch spot! read more

I'd been craving Nepalese Momos for so long, and King of Spicy satiated that! I've only ordered in, so cannot speak to the dining experience - but the food delivered did not disappoint. Definitely recommend. Will look to visit the restaurant and dine in. read more

Been craving some solid Indian food for a while now and found myself a few miles from the King. After giving it a shot today maybe they should consider a name change to the Queen of Spicy. Food was only average (as is the case with almost every Indian restaurant in the Queen City). Not sure why we cant score a GREAT Indian restaurant here but I have yet to find one. The buffet was pretty limited with 3 meat choices of only chicken, no goat? More disappointing though was the lack of vegetable options which I find defines a great Indian restaurant. Today the choices were limited to Chana masala, a paneer with peas, and pakora. No Dal, no raita, no samosa? As far as ambiance goes there is none. No pictures no music, no napkins other than cocktail napkins. Service was fine and price was reasonable at $10.00. Food: 3 Sporks Service: 3 Sporks Atmosphere: 1 Sporks Local Beer: 0 Sporks Value: 3 Sporks read more

I love me some Indian cuisine, but this was my first time at King of Spicy. Super yummy! Will definitely be back sometime. Some of the best I've had in the area! read more

Best naan ever!! Food was good. We had the chicken tikka and the flavor was enhanced by the garlic naan we ordered. 1st time I had Chile garlic naan. When you come here order it with your meal. We ordered 2 servings. read more

Curry Gate - Indian Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

Where do I go to complain @ Uber Eats. Food better then Royal Briani. All of the beverages. Missing. Blasphemy read more

Extremely disappointed! My boyfriend and I live so close to king of spicy. It is our preferred place to go for an Indian buffet and Sunday night we decided to order take out. We have ordered take out from here multiple times so we know what to expect, and I am not sure if they have a new chef but whoever prepared our food SUCKED. I ordered butter chicken medium spicy level, and he ordered chicken tikka masala medium spicy. We also ordered one butter naan and one garlic naan. Issue 1, the woman who took our order said it would be ready in 25- 30 mins. WELL, we didn't get our food for forty minutes. He sat in the lobby for over ten minutes because we got there right after 20 minutes to get the food fresh as possible. We only have a ten-minute ride home, well the naan was cold and seemed old! we have eaten here before and had takeout so the food quality was abnormally poor. Issue 2, NO FLAVOR. This is what really bugged me, my butter chicken was all oil and NO flavor. My first bite was filled with hot oil and the chicken was weird, it's like the curry sauce had not been cooked with the chicken? I tried the tikka masala and it also was terrible compared to what we usually have when we order from here. The restaurant included an extra order of naan because it was "forgotten on an order" but really I think it's because we were kept waiting, but what does it matter if it was also cold and hard to tear apart? I don't know what was going on Sunday, but if we attend king of spicy for a buffet day and the food quality is poor like our take out then I will write off king of spicy. I will give another chance for the buffet because I have never had a bad experience for their buffet no matter the time that I have come in ( right at the start or near closing), but I am not going to order take out because the experience was so horrible. Let me add, to me Indian food is so amazing that even when you reheat it later it tastes and smells just as amazing as when you first received your order, not that night! The oil just bubbled into the plastic and there was no flavor once again when we tried our leftovers. We just trashed it, it was such a miserable experience. King of spicy, do better. I am so disappointed and will stop recommending to family and friends for this place being so conveniently close and a decent place to go for good authentic Indian food. read more

Nice atmosphere. Great service. Quality and quantity of the food is good. The culture is great. read more

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This is a great place for Nepali and Indian food. Great flavors, fresh. Will definitely be going back.

Chili momo was so tasty. The customer service is also really nice. It feels like being inside Nepali Restro in states. Also, the korma is so delicious. Loved it ! read more

This is probably the best spicy food in town. I love going there with my family. If you are new in town and don't know where to go or not sure this is the place to go. Highly recommended this place. They have awesome food and great prize . Love it . read more

They are more of a Nepali restaurant than an Indian restaurant. Getting straight to the point....the food was amazing!! We had the Nepali bhel and momos for appetizers. The bhel was so good albeit a little spicy. You might want to stay close to the lower end of the spice scale when ordering. The momos were also really really good, closest to authentic momos I have had in the US. For entrees we had kadai chicken and a lamb dish. Both were very very good. Just the perfect balance of heat and spices. Even the naan bread was so good, soft and fluffy! Now to the bad part....the place was dirty!! The tables were not clean, the carpets were stained, the decor was shoddy and the whole place seemed so uninviting. I hope they can figure out the cleanliness issues, otherwise it's a little gem of a place. read more

I had some extra time today to run down the road and get some take out Indian for lunch. It's Indian and Nepalese. We went with the vegetable momo which is a nice little dumpling. One order was maybe ten dumplings. Very generous and came with a nice spiced sauce. We also got vegetable curry which at medium spice was perfect. It came white basmati rice. We also went with garlic naan. It really was great and still temperature hot when I got home. Also, the man ringing me up asked if I ate meat and I mentioned I do but didn't feel like it this particular day and he went over to the buffet (they have one for lunch) and got me a small Chinese container of the lentil soup to try for free which was my favorite. I'll go back just for that comforting and velvety soup! It's not easy to miss when driving by as it has a nice big sign. Enjoy! read more

Ordered takeout from King of Spice and loved the food! I tried the Garlic Naan, Vegetable Simosas, Momo and Chana Masala! Everything was delicious. Sauces were flavorful. Portions were good sized. The momo's were my favorite. So happy to have found this place, will definitely order from here again. read more

Seafood Connection is the best seafood spot in Charlotte. The food is great, service is good. I would recommend this place to my friends and family. The wait can be long but they have been getting much better. The wait is worth it too. I love to support black businesses. read more

Words cannot simply describe this place. I'm nearly verklempt. But I'll attempt anyway... The food is delicious, the curries are rich and creamy with hints of saffron and other elements which show the cook is trained and knows exactly what he is doing. The samosas have a nice spice to them and are stuffed to the brim with potato, chick peas, and green peas with a nice bit of flavours and spices on and within. The rice is fine but not seasoned or flavoured in anyway, I know it's a basmati but not a jeera or with any sort of oils, butter, or ingredients on it. That would be considered a minor low point. All of the naans and other breads are quite good, nice flavour, help to balance the spices along with their rich but with the right amount of mango in their Lassi. The Chai teas are super spicy and are nice and strong, good proper English strength with South Asian spices. Why only 4 stars after all of the ranting and raving? The service. They have so much turnover and changing staff, they are constantly training them. The owner is very nice but he doesn't seem to know what goes on. I would frankly recommend bringing cash here at all times and keep receipts to check the amounts charged and try your level best NOT to tax anyone with splitting any checks. The food is excellent, nearing their 18th month in operation I believe, and I really would LOVE to see this place thrive and have more clientele. I have travelled around Europe, Canada, and the US and have had Indian/Nepali/Pakistani/and Bengali food all over the world. This is purely Indian/Nepali and puts the "HA" in Halal (according to a server), but they do have some indo chinese dishes and some more or less "south asian" items on their menu. I hope they work out their operational issues but the food alone is enough for me to pardon these problems (I also get take away typically - don't order ahead, they don't start it until you arrive...I reiterate the operational issues). Bon appetit! Eet smaeklich! Chalo khao! Pofta buna! read more

I stopped here for a late lunch early supper and it was delicious! I love that the menu has pictures of all the dishes. I had a Nepalese rice/noodle mix with chicken and garlic naan. I said id take spice level 5 and it about did me in at the first bite but I was like nooooo I paid for this I gotta eat it and I got accustomed to it after a few more bites. You would think rice and noodles would be heavy but they were so so so light and fresh and delicious. They had onion inside and green onion on top, very flavorful. The portion was absolutely enormous. I could only eat a third and I am so excited now to have yummy leftovers tomorrow! The garlic naan was amazing and helped cut the hotness of my meal. The waiter was very cute and helpful. I plan to go back at lunch sometime when they have the buffet! read more

Curry Gate - Chicken with rice and noodles - Indian Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

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I randomly picked up takeout from King of Spicy after doing a maps search of what was near on my lunch break. The food was so good, flavorful, and freshly prepared. I can't wait to try to new dish! read more

This is probably my favorite Spicy food in town. I am glad, I found this place. My family and I love this place. I am a foodie person and very hard to please...But this place makes me happy. If you are new in town and looking for good food?? This is the place to go. Highly recommended by me . read more

We used the Yelp app to place the order and payment. They delivered within an hour. Convenience way to place order for Indian/ Indo-Chinese cuisine. Food was good. No complains. My family enjoyed !! We ordered : Chowmen, Paneer Chilli, Chicken 65 and Daal tadka . read more

Excellent experience everytime we visit. Great food! Palak paneer is delicious! Its not traditional Northern indian food, so don't expect that. Its really good though. read more

Toni and I went to this Indian Restaurant today for lunch. It was off the beaten path, on the backside of a shopping center on E WT Harris Blvd. There were some interesting other shops in this strip center, including a sex shop! No, I didn't pop in there. I had read about King of Spicy on Yelp and the reviews were very good. The only option for lunch was the buffet. I haven't done an Indian lunch buffet in a long time, so this was a treat. When I did my Yelp check in, I received a FREE Mango drink - Indian style. How nice of them to reward their YELPERS! The server brought a basket of hot naan to start our lunch. The buffet had numerous selections of chicken dishes as well as vegetarian options. I tried to sample a tiny bit of most of it and it was all very tasty. There was both rice and noodles to accompany the dishes. Unlike a lot of Indian restaurants, this one had iced tea. They didn't have unsweet, but I splurged and got the sweet tea. Nothing out of whack here. It was very quiet. There was a TV on the wall and Trump was having his news conference. Another patron said to "turn that thing down" and the TV was turned down. That was probably a good thing for my digestion. I would be curious to go back for dinner, to see how they hold up for people ordering off of the menu. For what I experienced today, two thumbs up. read more

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Ordered delivery and never received. The app stated I should receive my order between 1915 and 1935. Around 2020 I decided to drive up to the restaurant after my calls couldn't get through. The restaurant was actually closed. Listen, if you're closed... please shut down your online ordering. Like seriously . For shame..do better ppl read more

Love this place! I come to the buffet every chance I get. The chicken tikka masala and the paneer tikka masala are my faves! Nothing like some delicious Indian food and a freshly made naan. I love the lassi when I'm craving a sweet drink. It's a yogurt based drink and it's really rich and delicious. I have also tried their regular menu items it's delicious. I love that you can pick the spiciness level. I love spicy food but a 5 is perfect for me and my family. Also costumer service has always been great. I really recommend King of Spicy for anyone wanting to try some amazing Indian food. read more

Amazing service, delicious food, wonderful pricing! I cannot say enough good things about King of Spicy!! Their staff is personable, does not rush you as experiences I've had in other Indian restaurants. I am so impressed with the cleanliness and the time it took to receive our food. Again, very impressed! read more

Curry Gate - Indian Near Me - Charlotte, North Carolina

We just moved to the area and were having trouble finding a great Asian spot. Well look no further, King of Spicy has got it goin on! We love the menu which serves Indian and Nepalese dishes. The food is full of flavor, and you must try their garlic naan. Yummy read more