One of my favorite Indian restaurants in the Vancouver area. I don't usually like eggplant but…read moretheir baingan barthan (spiced puréed eggplant) is so good that sometimes I crave it. Everything I've tried there has been extremely flavorful, it's some of the best Indian food I've ever had. Everyone is friendly and helpful, we always get served sooner than I expect to, and the restaurant is beautifully decorated. I'd give this place 10 starts if it was an option.

The appetizers and the quantity of food was great, loved the chola Kulcha (most authentic). Chicken…read moretikka was great too almost craving that again. The curries were more run of the mill sauces that were good but nothing remarkable. Will try again if in the area.

This out of the way spot is quite good. We tried the Fish Pakoras, a white fish was served in a…read morecrisp chickpea batter with a tangy cilantro sauce. The portion size was good! Next we had a Veggie Korma with small pieces of paneer, this was a hit because the flavours sang. Paired with their thin crispy naan and we experienced nirvana. The palak paneer was plentiful and well spiced. We had two naan, plain and garlic. Wow! The garlic is amazing! The Keema lamb stuffed naan was very nice, thicker than the plain obviously but fluffy with a nice bite. I wished I had some chutney to accentuate the lamb. I missed the baby peas that is in most Keemas. We were the first to arrive at lunch time but we saw a steady stream of people coming to dine or take out. Only one waitress who seemed to handle it all in stride. An average clean and spacious space.

A charming little restaurant with delicious food and excellent service, conveniently located near…read morethe Richmond malls and Asian district.

A popular stop for many on any evening I go. Always a steady stream of customers and food delivery…read moreservice staff waiting for their order. Winners are Lamb saag, chicken korma and butter chicken. Tandoori chicken is great. Not those classic red colour ones but straight from the oven.n Portions are decent and food is worth the 30 minute wait as they prepare it to order.

Came here at night during Diwali and it was bumping!…read more Lots of people out for their sweet treat fix (which is also why we went). We got a small variety box, and chose a bunch of different Indian sweets to go. They also have live golgappa and we got a plate of that too. Delicious! Then they were frying fresh jelebi outside under a tent so we obviously had to get a box too. I need to come back for their golgappa another day!

We were visiting from Seattle and stopped here for lunch. The combination of authentic Punjabi food…read morecombined with an upscale modern ambiance is not something we get in Seattle so I am absolutely blown away. We ordered Paneer Tikka, Channa Bhatura and Amritsari Kulcha along with Chicken Noodles for the kids. Everything was really good. We particularly like Channa Bhatura because Seattle hasn't been able to get this dish right. Staff was exceptionally nice and accommodating as well. Food came out fast. The only time we had to wait was to get the check. Very highly recommended if you like Punjabi food and are visiting Vancouver.

This place is nice on the inside. Plenty of seating. Great happy hour also. Plenty of options for…read moreeveryone. Good service. We had the butter chicken, garlic nann, aloo pranta, lamb/chicken kebabs. All good flavorful. Also had the Ferrero Rocher dessert. Really good comes with ice cream. Good hazelnut flavor.

I ordered the masala chicken with naan bread. The server asked if we wanted naan or rice, so I…read morethought it came with it, but the naan is an extra $2.5, which is ok. They gave two slices of naan bread. The masala chicken is good, but the portion is smaller than other places. The restaurant is quite small with large tables. You have to ring the bell to call the staff as they are preparing food at the back. Overall, it's not bad.

I came here with 3 friends for dinner. It was our first time and we found the restaurant from…read moreinternet searches. The location is central and it was easy to find street parking on Main Street. Even though it was a Saturday, we were the only table for most of the evening. We were a bit anxious because of the lack of customers; however, there were delivery drivers picking up orders regularly, so it looks like most people did not dine in. The place is clean and seating was comfortable. There is a bell on the table for us to call the server when we were ready to order. We ordered the Lamb Shan-e-Babur that serves 2, the Prawn Coconut, and the Chicken Karahi. The dishes do not come with any rice or naan, so we had 2 orders of rice and 2 orders of naan. Even though the rice portion was generous, we still found it quite pricy. Each of us was given a bottle of water (Pure Life), unnecessary use of plastic is not something that I like to see. And even worse was the surprise when we got the bill that there was a charge for it! The food was delivered by a robot. The portion was reasonable and the taste was good. The lamb was well cooked and tender, the prawns tasted very fresh, and the chicken had the perfect taste, the spice level was just right for all of us. The only thing that was a problem was there were some small sharp broken pieces of bone in the Chicken Karahi, my friend had a painful bite when she thought she was only having the sauce on rice. I would come back for the taste of the food, but I will definitely turn down the bottled water.

I started a "dinner club" with two good friends, and I got to choose the first place to dine at…read more Our aim is to explore new restaurants and/or new cuisines, and since I've heard great things about this Indian restaurant and I'm unfamiliar with this cuisine, I chose Desi Lounge as our inaugural place. I made reservations for us for 4pm, so as to take advantage of their Happy Hour. We went earlier today (a Wednesday) and the place was empty at 4pm. I think it fills up later, for dinner. (I still advise making reservations as you never really know if it's going to be busy). Right off the bat, we were blown away by the interior. It is gorgeous! Small, but gorgeous. The murals, the chandeliers, the bar....and omg, the bathrooms. If you visit, you MUST check out the bathrooms. They have the most fabulous sinks I have ever seen. They didn't have a large selection of HH offerings, unfortunately, but what they did have was amazingly good. My friends who were extremely knowledgeable on Indian cuisine ordered for us, and we shared 3 different small plates (tandoori vegetable momos, cochin cauliflower bites, and some sort of delicious fried onions), and 2 desserts (soan paid malai khwaab, and foxtail millet pudding). And just...wow, everything was SO SO good. The three appetizers were so flavorful and the desserts, unlike anything I've ever had before and simply delicious. We also had drinks (but, of course!). One friend had a mango lassi which she loved, one friend had a high ball which she loved, and I had a mango mojito which I loved. (See a pattern? lol). All was great. Our server, Leesa (not sure of spelling) was so incredibly personable and lovely, and a gentleman I gather is the owner came by twice to make sure everything was okay. We felt like VIPs, with all the care and attention we got. Seriously, the folks here could not be nicer. I'm already planning on bringing my two daughters here. I know they'll love this place. Heck, anyone would love this place. My friends and I all plan on returning. Great great place!

UPDATE: I have updated this review to 4 stars after the…read moreowner reached out to me regarding my initial visit. I came back with a friend. We came around 4pm and had a couple of drinks from the regular menu plus the Kerala pepper chicken the momos and the veggie fritters. Again, the food is very good and the prices were reasonable. I will have to come back late night to see if the happy hour issue is rectified at that time as I see the menu is still the exact same as before. ********* Came here after hearing about the recent celebrity visit. First of all, the food is very good the portions are also decent and the prices are reasonable. I would have liked to have come back here for the lunch special as it's walking distance for me, but my visit left a bad taste in my mouth, which I will detail below. The dishes are inventive. There are the usual suspects, but also some that aren't often see at most Indian restaurants in Metro Van. The staff is also very attentive and friendly. The cocktails are pricey, but interesting. The decor is trendy. The bathrooms have an interesting sink feature that I have not seen before. If you're into social media, there's definitely some photo opportunities here. The service is a bit weird as there isn't really a dedicated server for the table. So, basically, we had all sorts of different people taking our drink and food orders, bringing us food, refilling our water and checking in on us. On the plus, it means that you are checked on a lot. On the minus, it is a bit inconsistent because there isn't one single person who knows what is going on with the table, but more a revolving door. For instance, one staff member came and took our drink order, however the wrong drink ended up being made and brought to me by the bartender, even though the drinks had been extensively discussed with the original server. So there's definitely communication issues. My biggest gripe with this restaurant is that we were denied ordering from the happy hour menu by the manager. I did not want to argue about it at the time as the bartender was told in front of us to deny us the happy hour menu, from which we wanted to order some cocktails. At this point, we had already ordered several menu items (in fact so many that the server had advised us we had more than enough food and that we did not need to order an additional dish we were considering) plus full priced cocktails. So it's not like they weren't making money off our table. The reason we were given, which I believe was told to the bartender (to be clear, I do not believe the bartender was at fault, but simply the messenger in this situation), was that the happy hour was only a summer thing. Again, we visually saw the manager instruct the bartender to tell us these things -- they were literally standing in front of our table, less than 5 feet away. This was not only unprofessional, but I found it incredibly dishonest. It was mid-December when we were at the restaurant, 3.5 months after summer had ended. The happy hour menu is literally the first page in the menu book. If a restaurant doesn't want to honour their own happy hour menu, it costs very little to simply reprint the happy hour menu, remove that page completely, or cross it out, if they really want to be cheap. At minimum, they should have honoured the menu for patrons that they gave it to and then rectified the situation for future. For this reason, I cannot recommend this establishment even though the food was very good and I would have otherwise come back and supported this small business.

The food was excellent, and the prices were very reasonable. We enjoyed a four-course lunch for…read moreonly $19. My husband and I especially appreciated the service. Taran, one of the restaurant's waitresses, was very friendly and attentive. She even took the time to show me how to make Indian tea -- one of the best teas I have ever had. I could see that she genuinely took pride in her work and in the food she served.

Back at our go-to spot for quality Indian food. Tried some news things this time -…read more :: For drinks I tried their rooh afza shikanji, its was pretty good but a little too sweet for me. For people who do like sweeter drinks, this is perfect and very refreshing for the summer! :: Goloti kebab from their tadoor menu, soo goood! Spice level was perfect and it was cooked really well. :: Disco loaded fries, ahh 6/5! The fries were crispy but loaded with sauce and lots of other topping. Would highly recommend! I'll be back soon to try new stuff!

Phenom.com!! I love this place and have been going for years! I remember when it used to have sit…read morein tables but now it's definitely a to-go operation. And omg they never miss! I've ordered from this place so many times and all their rotis have been so flavourful. Spice factor is on point and actually spicy! The roti I get the most is the butter chicken roti and the sauce is amazing, the chicken is juicy and the roti comes piping hot even when delivered by uber. Highly recommend you checks it out! It's a staple in Van.

Got the lamb saag and butter chicken. Not good, tasted off…read more Have ordered twice before; the second time wasn't good either so this was my third time (was giving it another chance) won't order again. Extra points as Portions are good and food arrived piping hot.

Hidden Gem!!! I always love the hospitality at Mom and Pop…read morerestaurants!! The food was simply delicious!! Price and portions were great! And the lamb and goat were just perfectly spiced with heat !! They were vey sweet and Great Host !! We had a fantastic meal and the experience is well worth finding this Gem Love from Michigan!!! Well done

Just excellent. chicken dishes were delectable…read more rice was perfect. garlic naan was addictive. will definitely be back! thank you!!!!

This place is located on the dredded 'eat street' in Richmond, which is notorious for terrible…read moreparking. All the spots in this complex have a restaurant name on them, and we could not find any with Cherry Food House on them. I noticed everyone just parked anywhere, regardless of which restaurant. This place is busy! I would suggest booking ahead. Service is very friendly but hard to flag down because they are busy. The call button at the table didn't work. The food has big portions, especially the big pots. Normal price could be around $50+, but the budaejjigae is $37 here, and the pan was wide and deep. However, the downside was the taste. It does taste like normal Korean food, and things are a bit off. The budaejjigae feels like it didn't have dashi in it. The seafood green onion pancake was 90% imitation crab. Pajeons are supposed to be mainly green onion, but this felt like a cake of imitation crab only. Maybe a couple of pieces of green onion, cuttlefish, and shrimp. The fried chicken was ok. They serve free dessert at the end - feels like some pudding with sweet syrup. If you don't mind about taste and just want a lot of food for cheap then this is for you.

Hmm this is one of those restaurants that's hard to pinpoint what's really bad about it because…read moreit's neither good nor bad. Then why 2-stars? The taste of every dish is not horribly bad but it fails authenticity. I came with expectations for Korean but was disappointed. *Kalbi: cut of beef is not the good cut as it is thicker and is fatty. This cut is often seen in Chinese grocery store where it's cheaper, fattier and thicker. Also, it not marinated well. *Seafood Pancake: presented nicely - height of dish seems thicker than ordinary. Imitation crab was used to make the swirls on top. I love the crunchiness but then again taste is not quite there. *Deep Fried Mini Crab: interesting dish that's typical of salt and pepper fried dishes in Chinese restaurants. *Pork Bone Hot Pot: I love the straw and shimeji mushrooms added to it. The pork bone is very tender but there's a spice lacking. *Kimchi: tastes sweet without much of the spicy goodness of real kimchi. I like the wide table size that accommodates all the dishes and the side dishes. Servers were attentive.