This is a wonderful Indian restaurant. It was right on our street near our Airbnb and we went on a…read morewhim. The food was high quality, large portions, and also very reasonably priced! They were very accommodating with getting our food out quickly. Highly recommend.

Waren aufgrund der guten Bewertungen zum ersten (und bestimmt nicht zum letzten) mal im Zaika…read moreessen. Wir hatten reserviert und dies ist auch ratsam, denn das Restaurant war gut besucht. Hierdurch war es natürlich recht laut, aber erträglich. Für ein lauschiges Rendezvous würde sich aber eh ein Italiener anbieten.... Nun zum Essen. Wir waren zu viert und hatten auch recht unterschiedlich bestellt, somit konnten wir super vergleichen. Alle Gerichte waren superlecker, der Knaller jedoch waren die Linsen. Die auf der Karte mit Peperonis markierten Gerichte haben diese Markierung nicht umsonst. Wer nicht wirklich scharfes Essen gewöhnt ist sollte es vielleicht eine Stufe niedriger versuchen oder dies bei der Bestellung erwähnen. Wir hatten einen sehr mäkligen Esser dabei, für den die Küche alle Wünsche umsetzte. Alles in allem ein gelungener Abend. Wir werden mit Sicherheit wiederkommen obwohl wir hierfür einen nicht unerheblichen Fahrweg auf uns nehmen müssen. Es lohnt sich!

If you're looking for authentic Indian food, on the whole, you'll struggle in Germany. Indian…read morecuisine is adapted for the German palate and as they tend to steer away from anything too spicy, the traditional spiciness that much of Indian food is renowned for, is diluted. What they call onion bhajis in this restaurant are poor, low-quality onion rings. Onion coated in a fatty batter. The spicy dishes like madras, jalfrezi and vindaloo are much the same degree of spiciness and flavour as each other... not very. I have always asked for authentic Indian vindaloo (so HOT), and I think that they just put an extra pinch of chilli powder in the sauce. Very disappointing. All very similar sauces. The chicken I believe (and I might be wrong), is mechanically-recovered chicken. It always has the strangest texture. Slightly slimy too..! Not a quality ingredient at all. Dishes are 'well padded out' with potato. What did it for us at our last (and very last) visit was when my partner ordered a glass of water instead of his usual beer. When the bill came we were horrified to see that we had been charged €4,40 for a glass of water. Not a bottle brought to the table, not a pretentious, fancy Italian brand.. just plain water 'mit'. There aren't many choices of authentic Indian restaurants in Germany, in fact, I haven't come across any but I do object to being ripped off with poor quality ingredients and obscenely over-priced water. As locals who live a short walk from Zaika and have recently visited the restaurant on a weekly basis, we won't be going again. The hunt continues for an 'authentic', quality Indian restaurant in East Berlin.

Great for deliveries! They are quick and deliver good food…read moreat reasonable prices. The samosas had been put into their plastic box still boiling hot and had melted the boxes partly :-( so better not order them. But apart from that the delivery service is good. I actually go to the "restaurant" to eat for lunch break occasionally but they do not seem to believe in heating and the front door stands open very often. Taking into account that the restaurant is on the shady side of Wollankstr. this means that you need to either put on warm clothes or only go there in warm summer weather. This is a bit of a pity because they do have enough space and the seating area is ok (though it could be nicer). All this considered means they will remain my top Indian delivery restaurant and occasional go-to place in hot weather. If it was not for all the waste that delivered food produces I would order theirs more often ...

Amazing food and service! I knew it was going to be good from the photos, it definitely delivered…read more Highly recommend.

If you're craving some authentic Indian food, this would be the place to go! The place has a great…read morevariety of dishes and the curried are delicious. I got the jalfrezi and when the guy said it was spicy I didn't trust him, but believe me it is spicy! But ina good flavorful way. The service is also really nice and super friendly people. I was able to get my Indian food fix in Germany while traveling. :)

Better than most Indian restaurants in Berlin, but not the most authentic…read more Prices are Ok, service is friendly.

It is a known fact that good, authentic Indian food is hard to find in Germany. I am told that the…read moreGermans don't like heat, spice. Why you would go to an Indian restaurant if that was your taste, I have no idea. I have found, however good authentic Indian food, although I have to tell the waiter that I want it 'authentic' and I am not afraid of hot spices. The spice is what makes Indian food, Indian. A short walk from my home, I ordered a Jalfrezi (take away). It was advertised as 'very spicy' and I checked when I ordered. Spicy, it was not. The tomatoes were there in abundance, peppers, and a fair amount of chicken, but I didn't detect the slightest hint of chilli or indeed any spice that might have given just a little Indian flavour and indeed, a jalfrezi. During the pandemic, my partner and I are trying to give a little support to as many local restaurants as we can so we have chosen a different local restaurant each week for our weekly take away. Maybe if this pandemic ever ends, we will visit on a regular basis and recommend to friends and guests. Undoubtably Swaad delivered the most bland food I've ever ordered. I think I'll return to my regular Indian restaurant, a short walk further. Swaad, if it's not hot, PLEASE don't advertise it as such!! #KeepIndianFoodAuthentic

Firstly the service is amazing here, the waiter who served us with friendly and extremely polite…read more The food is ok, Germans generally dont like spicy food, so the flavours are watered down for the local palette. The sauces for my food could have been cooked longer to give it a more authentic richness, together with the vegtables in there which were undercooked but the chicken wasn't so work that one out. Woud i recommend Swaad? I would if you were going to the great priced lunch time menu, for off the normal menu I wouldn't.

Saravanaa Bhavan is one of the great Indian restaurant chains of the world…read more The West is finally starting to appreciate what Saravanaa Bhavan has been trying to do all along. Most great cities now have rivals to Saravanaa Bhavan that command respect. The fact that there are other centers of excellence out there does nothing to diminish Saravanaa Bhavan's historical accomplishment. * * * Saravanaa Bhavan is a chain of South Indian vegetarian restaurants in Chennai that expanded first across India itself, and then followed the Indian diaspora to set up satellite restaurants all over the world. The number of Saravanaa Bhavan's in a city reflects less the overall stature of a city in the global urban hierarchy and more reflects the size of the South Indian population that has migrated to that city. Berlin has one Saravanaa Bhavann. The Dallas Metro area has three. Berlin outranks Dallas in the Global Cities Hierarchy But Dallas has the large population of Tamil immigrants. That said, the successful implantation of Saravanaa Bhavan's all over the world is impressive. They operate nearly 100 restaurants in twenty eight different countries not counting their substantial operations in India itself. * * * Saravanaa Bhavan's culinary accomplishment was twofold. a) They introduced much of the world to South Indian vegetarian food. In much of the world, they would have been the first restaurant to serve dosas, idli, and the distinctive South Indian rather than north Indian curries. b) They introduced much of the world to Indian Chinese food - the reinterpretation of Chinese food that was developed in India. Gobi Manchurian - one of the most intoxicating dishes on the planet - would have had its first serving in many cities in a Saravanaa Bhavan. Their menu was huge. They included North Indian as well as South Indian specialties. You could eat at a Saravanaa Bhavan for weeks and never repeat a dish. And the execution was absolutely positively excellent. Nearly everything that came out of their kitchen was to die for. * * * Saravanaa Bhavan is just as good today as it ever was. However, as the flow of South Indian immigrant professionals grew and grew, the number of South Indian immigrant restauranteurs grew as well. There was money to be made serving the great dishes from home ... And more and more people went to the exotic cities of the world to re-create those fine South Indian dishes in foreign locations. So now all of those cities have many places you can go where you can get absolutely wonderful South Indian and Indian-Chinese vegetarian dishes. I live in Austin, Texas which does not have a Saravanaa Bhavan - but has a vast number of South Indian software engineers, professors and doctors. They eat at Sangam Chettinad which is an absolutely superlative establishment. * * * That said, I will always grab a chance to eat at a Saravanaa Bhavan if there is one in the city I am in. One tip that may be helpful. Don't put your food on the white rice that accompanies most of their dishes. The flavors of Saravanaa Bhavan's dishes are so wonderful that you do not want to dilute them. Putting their food on plain rice is like serving their food on Wonder Bread. Eating their stuff straight up though is like dying and going to heaven. Except that the next day you get reincarnated and can do the same thing again.

It was a fairly busy day and the service could have been better. But the food was amazing. The…read morekurma with the parotta is a must try. My friend who had a dosa for the first time was completely satisfied with the dosa. The chutneys were fantastic as well and the idlis were oh so fluffy. Overall the food is an accurate representation of south Indian fare and I would recommend anyone to try it

A little tough to find on Apple Maps. Just go down and look for the shops under the U. We…read moreenjoyed the Lentil and Tomato soup to start and a mixed Tandoori grill. The tomato soup was great and the lentil was really good. Perfect hit for a cold day out and about in Berlin.

Stopped in for a light dinner. It was happy hour so I ordered a Bahama Mama. I hadn't had one in…read moremany years. It was very well prepared and tasty. For my entree, I ordered the Chicken Mango. It was pretty good but I would have preferred added spiciness. On my second visit, I ordered spicy Daal Makhni. It was fire in my mouth and I loved it! On mys second visit, I also ordered a Merlot. It was so good, I had to get the name of it, Louis Eschensauer Merlot. I can't wait to have this again! After my meal, I was served a mango shot on the house. I don't know what was in it, but it sure tasted great! Service was awesome on both visits (same staff members). Most guests sat outside but it was pretty humid so I elected to sit inside. The location is great, right across from the Alexa Mall.

Don't eat the chicken here! (Or just don't eat here). Ordered butter chicken and the chicken was…read morenot from a whole chicken. Rather it was the soft squishy mystery chicken you would find in a premade grocery store salad. I thought maybe it was undercooked, but even after boiling it again it was the same disgusting texture. For €12 I expect better quality and not this cutting corner cost savings attempt - Chicken is not even that expensive. I can only imagine where else they are trying to cut cost by reducing quality. Stay away!

A-OK as Yelp describes it, just gonna add some points: -…read moreFood tastes fine but somehow tastes also like your included flight airplane meal - One of their delivery guys (so huge with muscles) is so rude and asshole, talked shit to me cause i waited for him to ring the door instead of me waiting him outside in the cold winter (lol) - Good thing tho; they include free 3 sauces + Indian bread with all meals. in a nutshell, give it try and maybe you will like it, for me no thanks and i prefer my other alternative Indian food cuisine (Check my review about it on "My Reviews")