I am definitely not a connoisseur of Indian sweets, but it doesn't take an expert to know that the…read moresweet baked goods at Bikaner Sweets House and Restaurant are great! The first time I drove by I was intrigued by the name; the next time I decided to stop in. As you enter the restaurant you pass through the sweet shop, where amazing Indian treats are sold by weight. I have no idea what I tried (one was a sweet, spongey, cake-like thing that was white on one end and light brown on the other; I also tried a more dense white square with pistachios on top) but they were incredible! I've also brought out-of-town guests to Bikaner Sweets House and Restaurant to sample the treats and they agree with me- it's all absolutely delicious! The staff there are always so nice to me and I never feel like they're judging me because I don't know the different sweets. I will definitely return in the future to try the restaurant- if the food is half as good as their sweets it will be worth it!

Ooh! The flavors. Yes i am starting my review with this. If you have eaten foods in the streets of…read moreIndia, or have gone to the dhabas on the highways in India, you are going to relive that in your mouth. Bikaner sweets and restaurant is an unconventional restaurant, it has sweet shop on the front and restaurant inside. It has nice dining setup. I went in for dinner and the place turned out to have a dinner buffet. I was craving for good veggies and here they were laid in front of me along with chutneys, pickles and sauces. Aloo gobhi (potato and cauliflower), sitaphal (pumpkin), dal, were all so authentic and homelike that a morsel in the mouth and it could just melt your heart. Oh! The flavors, the spices, just right. The naans were nicely done and crisp. To top it the dessert, jalebis and gulab jamun were among the best I have had in North America. They can work on their entrance though.

Easily a 4.5+ restaurant after two visits, this relatively recent entrant into the somewhat crowded…read moreIndian resto scene in the NE and SE of Calgary is definitely at or near the top in terms of close to great food. Across the way from La Jawab (a very good 4.25 star Tamil Indian restaurant also in the same large McKnight and 52nd Street plaza area), Punjaabi offers excellent pomfret fish (tandoori), very good vindaloo and garlic naan bread. They also serve an assortment of other veg and non-veg dishes. Returning there with my wife, together we dove into yet another tandoori pomfret, very fine chicken curry, and garlic naan/paratha with a good-tasting mango smoothie. Despite the restaurant name, it seems their chef can cook several styles, including Tamil from Chennai to Goa, up to Punjab and possibly other parts of the Indian sub-continent. Pretty cool, esp. as these styles all taste wonderfully different. Our waiters were forthcoming and easy to work with. Other customers were largely other Indians, a very good sign. With an attractive upbeat interior, cloth napkins and table cloth, and matching silverware, Punjaabi is distinctly a step up from most of the other Calgary Indian restaurants. But prices are still average per entree, hovering in the $13-15 range, with specialty dishes running up to $22. Leftovers provided 3 home meals this 2nd time, and as a test of the best chefs, the flavours and textures held up nicely. In a red/black art-deco interior likely inherited from the restaurant that recently closed before they took possession, it pipes through Bollywood-styled glitzy music on several flat screens. One slight downside is that there were no female serving crew: it's our opinion that women servers are far more attentively caring than the average man. For instance, to have our waiters play with their cell phones in plain view of customers is bad form: with water covering the handwashing sink area, washrooms need minor cleaning, and we had to call them over for payment and to arrange takeout. With my wife helping run a local pizza restaurant and 7.5 years of customer service and staff supervisory experience in the hospitality industry, it was plain to both of us that in general female servers are simply more with it than the average male. Hint ... hint? A closer alternative to the excellent Mehtab in Cochrane, Punjaabi is well worth it!

Visited the restaurant for a casual lunch and was amazed by the experience…read more.. The Menu is compact and allows one to order some of the authentic Punjabi dishes with an option of Indo Chinese dishes. They also serve types of biryanis and my experience with the biryani was great. The ambience is calm and definitely relaxing. Service was prompt and quick. Definitely will visit again for a dinner experience...

This spot was interesting. The staff kept upselling the wait time and kept saying we were lucky to…read morebe there. As soon as she said that, she also said we got a table (due to a last minute cancellation). When coming into the dining area, it was quite empty so it felt like they were creating artificial wait times. All we ordered was chai and idly. It took a long time (over 30 minutes) to get the food. Our server was Amanjot who was kind, but overall, this was a disappointing experience. The food was not good (unsure how you mess up an idly but it was not good and it was mushy) and came cold. Would not return.

Very busy spot tucked in the outskirts near the airport in an industrial area…read more Authentic food that's visited by predominantly Indians. The Hyderabad biryani feeds 3 and is very spicy. Portions are large and the rice was fluffy. Granite chicken and the dry mutton was flavorful and not too oily. Service was great and the restaurant was nicely decorated.

Loved the food and service , thank you Priyanka and Manoj ! And they also helped us navigate what…read moreto do on our trip to Banff. For those who want a taste of home style cooking before the drive to Banff stop by . We also snagged snacks to go !

The food reminds me of home. The service is with a smile. Hidden in a small commercial strip, close…read moreto the local Gurudwara - this place takes the pain to stay authentic and affordable. This not a fancy restaurant with made up North Indian dishes - they are the real deal, what you would find at the countless small restaurants and sweet shops all over Punjab and Delhi. Don't forget to taste the wide variety of mithai they have to offer. We stopped here for lunch on our way to Banff, and ended up packing additional food and sweets to go for our stay in the Rockies - so glad we did, as nothing tastes better than a gobi parantha with makhan and achaar on a cold morning in the mountains.

If you're looking to buy Indian sweets in Calgary, Bombay Sweet House is one of 2 places (Apna…read morePunjab Sweets being the other) where you can get high-quality sweets and a great selection. Since Diwali was this weekend, we headed over and were blown away by the display Bombay Sweet House put together. Talk about a spread! There were sweets EVERYWHERE, and they were as good as they get! During Diwali, I would say by far, that Bombay Sweet House is the BEST place in the city to get mithai (Indian Sweets). For the rest of the year however, I do say that Bombay Sweet House still has the highest-quality sweets, however their selection can be hit or miss. Sometimes they have a huge selection, and sometimes the selection isn't the greatest. The good news is that the two MAIN sweet houses in Calgary are located pretty much across and behind one plaza from the next. Apna Punjab Sweets & Bombay Sweet House, together, will definitely deliver all the sweets you can handle for this lifetime and the next. Got a sweet tooth? Head on over!

Tried this place twice, dine in and take it. The place is clean, great service. Kulche were…read moredelicious. good golgappe and four other dishes we tried were all great.

Last time I went to savoy was two years ago! I was happy with the experience and could have given…read morefive stars. With former glory in mind, I ordered some food yesterday. Chicken biriyani, veggie biriyani, chicken koththu and veggie curry. I thought the chicken biriyani was very nice. My partner little bit of everything but it was too spicy for her she said. Today, I had a left over biriyani from yesterday and am suffering from food poisoning for the past four hours. Food was too spicy, no flavours, just mediocre. Needless to say, I'm hugely disappointed!

No frills just good South Indian food!…read more Order: - Mysore Plain Dosa 4.5/5 (Crispy dosa, just enough spice, sambar was not too thick or to light, and the chutneys were well flavored) - Filter coffee 3.5/5 (not bad but could be better flavored. Also I am a traditionalist where in it should be served in steel cups) - Vada 4/5 - Goat Biryani 3.5/5 Service 4.5/5 - Just right not over bearing but also engaging Ambience 3.5/5 - fits the bill also the large 'Kathakali' poster is a great touch. Overall would definitely recommend this wonderful South Indian restaurant. Ad would and it to your list of food stops to try in Calgary. Will be coming back!

I like Indian restaurants, and I go often to the ones in the Boston area where I live. This was as…read moregood as the best ones in Boston. Excellent food. The place was packed on a Wednesday night, after 9 pm, in an area where there is competition from other Indian and also Middle eastern restaurants. We ordered three different dishes, and all three were excellent. The Garlic Naan was the best one I remember having anywhere. So good that I plan on returning every time I come back to Calgary.

Very impressed with the quality and authentic taste on both my visits. My parents have been raving…read moreabout this place for years now. We ordered the Tandoori Fish Pakora, Goat Roganjosh, Manchurian Chicken with Hakka Noodles, Lamb stuffed Naan, Garlic Naan. I normally don't order so many battered items at once and I'm sure your server would be more than happy to recommend something, but it was all delicious! After lunch we popped into the sweet shop, and picked out a couple pretty little treats to take home.

Little mum and pops shop, make the best veggie samosa in Calgary. It has a bit of heat, but just…read morethe right amount! It's a take out place, the service is fast and they make it all fresh to order. I have been going here for the last year and it's the only palace I will buy my samosas. It's a family owned place. No seating. Lots of parking outside store. Tip: if ordering something, call them and order ahead to avoid waiting as they make it all fresh to order.

One of the best hidden gem sweet shops / Indian bakery in the YYC. They make their batches fresh…read moredaily, the owner and his wife are very pleasant people and they make a wide variety of sweets. They also have a small sit-down Indian restaurant inside as well. Definitely worth a try!

The service is so good the workers are all nice and they made my food so god damn goodread more

We ordered delivery. One dish was stale, as in smelled old and rotten. The other dishes were edible…read morebut not tasty.