Went in around 4pm today for their new Lunchbox special and I am so pleased! Great food! Service was fast and employees were so friendly, with great portions and a fair price for it. read more

Excellent service took my son to try Indian food for the first time here , food was great, they made some good recommendations for a first timer. read more

Stopped in yesterday and ordered the chicken kabob wrap lunch special. It's $9.99, comes with a drink and is huge and quite good! Also got veggie samosas and mango lassi which is delicious! Everything was served fresh and hot. The owners were very friendly and kind. All meats are Halal. Lots of vegetarian options. Public parking lots nearby or on street parking at meters with park mobile app or credit card. Plenty of indoor seating. read more

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This is only a review from a delivery order so I cant review the restaurant itself. We had a decent sized order delivered through GrubHub. The food arrived well packaged and secure. The portions were good. They provided plenty of rice for the meals we ordered. Overall the food had a great flavor but it seemed a tad greasy. The naan was good and fresh. I would definitely order from this establishment again. read more

I went here once not long after they've opened for the dinner buffet and I dare say the the food here was not very good and the selection for the buffet was very poor. The dishes were mostly chicken and vegetables. There were no shrimp or lamb included in the buffet. For the price, $12.99, and barely anything worthwhile, the dinner buffet is a rip off. To elaborate, my idea of Indian food consists of heavily spiced basmati rice in a pilaf or biryani, or some spicy curry of some kind. Usually I look for the taste of spices such as cumin, paprika, cardamom, etc. The buffet food at Indian Sizzler was nothing of the sort. Instead, it was sweet, tangy, and devoid of spice flavor. FYI, the owners of this place are not Indian. They're Pakistani. I heard they named the place Indian Sizzler because they were afraid no one would want to go if they labeled it a Pakistani name. Now I don't really know the difference between Indian and Pakistani food and I don't really care too much that they're not Indian but I can definitely tell bad cooking when I taste it. Authentic or not, the buffet food here tasted like homemade average-joe stews. In other words, the quality of the ingredients was very poor and the dishes seemed carelessly put together. There were a couple of entree dishes that consisted of cheap meats (chicken and some kind of fish) swimming in greasy, buttery sweet curry sauce. It was not spicey at all and tasted sickeningly sweet and tangy like they added tomato or tamarind paste. I think these were called the chicken and fish tikka masala. The non-saucy dishes were chicken biryani and tandoori chicken. The tandoori chicken defiinately did not taste like it has been cooked in a tandoor or even on a grill. I did not perceive any flavor from it. For all I know the chicken could have just been brushed with a coat of red food coloring. The chicken pilaf/biryani was absymal. Instead of individual grains of golden spiced rice, the rice was sort of dry and clumpy. I've never had basmati rice that was clumpy! It had barely any flavor and I had to dig around in the rice to find pieces of chicken. Aside from those entree dishes, there wasn't much else. There were a couple of cheezy salad bar items such as iceberg lettuce and cherry tomatoes. Horrible fillers much? There were crummy pieces of dry, hard naan (which got replenished very slowly) and some fried vegetable fritters of some kind. The rest were various sauces, purees, and chutneys. They also had one desert item but it wasn't any good, otherwise I would've remembered it. I just ended up eating naan with the green cilantro/mint chutney that they had instead of the meat dishes because the chutney was the most tastey, non-sweet thing there. It was a very disappointing meal. I might come back here and try ordering something from their menu to give them another chance but I definitely do not recommend the dinner buffet for the going price is (I think 12.99). What a rip off! read more

We came in late for dinner take out! Amazing fresh food prepared to order! My husband order the shrimp tandora and i had the lamb chops the onions and green peppers were delicious!!! Rice was cooked to perfection i absolutely cannot complain!! I think we've found our new fav spot!! read more

Indian Sizzler - a person holding a plate of food - Indian Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Really nice family place. Willing to do what they can to make you happy. We had buffet and was very fresh and tasty. Had fresh little hot peppers that were awesome. They had fresh mango juice my son loved. The nan was great and they had chicken tikka masala was best in area read more

Indian Sizzler - Indian Near Me - Newark, Delaware

The man who works here is absolutely the cutest and I would trust him with my newborn. He educated me on the right pronunciation of menu items I was unfamiliar with, he welcomed us into his restaurant, and even offered us a dessert to share, at no cost to us. The restaurant was lovely to sit in while we waited for our meals. I am grateful for this experience and I hope you get to have it as well. read more

All I can say is the food was simply horrible! I wouldn't recommend this place. Food had no flavor at all!

I used to go there a lot for gyros, but over time it felt like they started giving me stomach aches/not tasting as fresh. This place always felt like a front for another business lol. Their dining area never got set up and they were already open for quite some time. the owner makes some sarcastic comments if he hasn't seen you in a while and asks about your friends too if he hasn't seen them. if you only order what you want and reject his upsales, he shows displeasure in your choice. read more

This is a great buffet for both lunch and dinner. Relatively inexpensive for both. Clean. Good selection. Very good vegetarian options -- usually more veggie options than meat, and the veggie options are top-notch. The choice of dishes in the buffet is also highly variable: if you come back on different days, you will find a significantly different selection of dishes. Quality here is consistently good. One of the meals I've had here was definitely among the best Indian food I have ever enjoyed in my life. That's a bold statement, but I will testify to it. This place is a real gem and an asset to the city of Newark, and I'd wholeheartedly recommend that you check it out. read more

Until recently, Indian restaurants were not easy to find near the University of Delaware. Gratefully, Kazi Abdus Samee, the owner of a TCBY location on Main Street in Newark DE, decided to close up shop and reinvent the location as an Indian restaurant, with both a buffet and waiters with traditional restaurant service. The menu is exclusively Indian food, and I paid a visit with a friend on the evening of Sunday, March 6, 2011. Nothing disappointed; the food at the buffet was delicious, flavorful, and a bargain at $12.99 for all-you-care-to-eat service. All buffet orders come with a 20-ounce soda. I tried the mango lassi, a drink similar to a mango smoothie. It was sweet and delicious, and it certainly helped with calming the spices found in the Indian dishes. However, the spices were not overwhelming. My favorite was the Tandoori chicken; the chicken is marinated in yogurt and seasoned with tandoori masala, and cooked at high temperatures in a tandoor (clay oven). Cayenne pepper, red chili powder or kashmiri red chili powder is used to give it a fiery red hue. Other foods -- and sauces -- were nothing short of extraordinary. I thoroughly enjoyed the food, and I will be back. read more

We spent $103, and it was "okay". The gajar halwa was terrible, gulab jamun stale and covered in a maple syrup- aweful. Dal soup, forget it! Samosa was good. Malai kofta okay. Dal tadka, eh. Chicken Makani good, tasted far better, chicken biryani okay, naan was excellent - lol, vegetarian thali..okay. I would not come back, nor do I understand why it was given 3.5 stars on yelp. It is on the UD campus, so maybe the college kids like it. They do have a buffet, probably your best bet and cheapest to try your taste buds at it. I guess I have just become to accustom to making Indian at home that is far superior. read more

I ordered chicken curry and naan. It was best I had! The chicken tastes so fresh, everything was just so good.

Was half an hour early for the dinner buffet so we ordered off the menu. Food was very good. I only wish they offered the menu to more people because from the outside it looks like the place only does the buffet option. Price wise items off the menu seemed a little high, but the food quality was very good. Pros: good food. Manager on site and very interested in keeping guests happy. Service relatively fast. Nice location on Main Street. Several tables on the patio, if you like to eat outside. Place seemed clean and friendly. Cons: If you want the buffet, check their buffet hours. And, as with most downtown Newark restaurants, parking is a bit of a pain. Expect to pay for parking at one of the pay lots and walk a block or more. read more

Ate here during a business trip. The good in the buffet was very fresh and tasty. The place seemed a little loud for some reason but the food made up for it! read more

Indian Sizzler - Indian Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Here is the deal: you pay one price and get access to the all you can eat buffet and get a soft drink, or you can order off of the menu. This is a very casual restaurant. I think the proprietor used to run a TCBY out of this property, but closed it to run an Indian Restaurant. For a casual place, the wait staff wear black pants, white oxford shirts and ties. It would be less awkward perhaps if they didn't dress so formally, since most customers eat from the buffet. The food on the buffet was just OK and appeared as though much of it had been there for hours. I asked to have the naan re-plenished, and they only brought out a few pieces. If you are in downtown Newark and want casual Indian, this place is OK. To me, not worth the aggravation of paying to park, etc. I would imagine this is a very great place for lunch. read more

We visited Indian Sizzler on the recommendation of our cashier in the Oxford Redner's Market, who is apparently an Indian food aficionado. It's tucked in a fairly standard eat-in/take-out sized storefront towards the western end of Main Street in Newark. The interior furniture and decor were adequate, not overdone, but also not without a few spots where improvement could be made. Immediately impressions were that it felt acceptably clean, but not spotless. The buffet area in particular put me off slightly from a distance, but up close it seemed okay, so maybe it was just the lighting. Regardless, the atmosphere and level of cleanliness of the tables, walls, and non-food contacting surfaces was a bit less than perfect (our table was VERY stained)...HOWEVER, all the food contacting surfaces, dishes, and tableware were spotless, so I don't see any hygiene issues, just some cosmetic stuff typical of most places with an active buffet. Enough about that...let's talk about the food. We elected to have the buffet AND order off the expansive menu, since the buffet was limited to maybe a dozen items. The buffet was reasonably priced and had basic staples like naan, tandoori chicken, curry chicken, rice, etc... The food was still very hot and had very clearly been recently prepared. It was of good quality. The tandoori was a particular highlight for me, and my wife really liked their curry. Their naan was correctly described by our Redner's cashier as "not too chewy, but chewy enough." It was good, although I wonder if maybe table service for naan might be a better idea on busier days. This wasn't a busy day, and so replacements for finished up food on the buffet weren't quick. I don't blame them, they had three customers total in an hour, since UD was out of session. We also ordered the tikka masala. This was excellent. Perfectly done, very well executed sauce, and just hot enough. Service was friendly and reasonably prompt. They were talkative and very nice. About the only off-putting thing we encountered was a woman from the back starting to do paperwork in the middle of the restaurant during our meal, but she left fairly quickly. Otherwise, the front of house staff was very nice and made sure we got everything we wanted. 4/5. Can find minor things to criticize, but overall the food was good and the experience was pleasant. Will return. read more

I love Indian food but theirs had Poor taste . Keep @ home, edible but not good enough to sell read more

I am not at all impressed with this restaurant. I think they recycle the same food over many days and try to drown the staleness of the food with a lot of spice. Waiting staff is quite strange and I do not understand why they have to dress that way. It feels like a place run by those Bangladeshis passing it off as "Indian". Try as they might, Bangladeshis can never cook as good as Indian. Unless this is your only choice on the planet I would suggest you keep away from this one. Drive a short distance to Palace of Asia on Kirkwood Highway ( Route 2). read more

Best authentic Indian food in Newark! Definitely hit the lunch buffet and experience the best nutmeg and cinnamon spiced rice pudding you've ever had. The staff is also super friendly and there's buffet all day Sunday, so what more do you need? read more

I usually don't leave reviews but I ordered 2x chicken tikka masala, 2x garlic naan, chef special biryani delivered for a total of 61$. Each chicken tikka masala had 5 small pieces of chicken. For 15$ each it was a very big disappointment. The garlic naan was stale. The chef special biryani was basically meatless and not one raisin. Overall the food was tasty but portions were extremely small. I won't be ordering from this place ever again. read more

Average, bland food. We expected at least SOME spice .... we asked for medium heat..... sorely disappointed. The employees were staring at us the entire time...... portions were small too! Not going back. read more

WORST INDIAN FOOD EVER! I had ordered a plate of aloo chat and they had sent me boiled chickpeas, potato , cucumbers with some crisps and no seasoning at all. This isn't what a bleedin aloo chart looks like ...get your act right guys! read more

Indian Sizzler - Aloo chat - Indian Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Worst experience ever. Would never wanna go again with tasteless food. also beware of short little old guy with rude behaviour who doesn't know how to treat customers. Huh food so tasteless. read more

I have ordered twice from this place, thinking maybe the first order was a mistake and had too much oil in it. Even the second time was rip off because food is basically is just oil! They don't ever deliver you the complete order. I don't know how this place is still open and has 3 Star reviews. read more

First time here-Bias service here!I was the only black person in the restaurant and served last of the existing customers only after I had to get their attention.The wait staff and host-with tie never looked at me and passed by me several times after addressing persons who came in after me.They never asked if I needed anything,etc. This is completely unacceptable and discriminate.Improvement is expected. The buffet-main lunch feature was varied but never restocked vegetables as requested.I ordered one of my favourites-Bhindi Marsala at an additional price to accommodate the absence of vegetables on the bar. Won't be back and may do formal complain to appropriate business authorities. Disappointed. read more

This review is based on a one-time visit and also by somebody who is not a indian cuisine connoisseur. I've never been a big fan of curry so I've always been afraid to try indian food. I went in here with a friend during her lunch break and she loves indian food so she told me to try the chicken tika roll. This is the first time I've tried it but I thought it was delicious! The chicken was seasoned with so many different spices causing my tongue to be confused for a while! In a good way, though :) The portion was huge! Came with a soda too and all for under 5 dollars. It felt like it was a bit under a foot long. I definitely didn't finish it but I was happy to take it home. The only reason I'm giving them 3 stars is because I need to try more things on the menu since I have nothing to compare it to. Hopefully I will try the rest of their menu items soon! read more

Ordered butter chicken for take out, it was inedible. Every bite of chicken had a hard muscle part that had to be spat out. Other than that the sauce was just ok and the rice was cooked well but I won't be eating here again just because of how the chicken was. read more

Indian Sizzler - The little chicken that was given was inedible because of hard uncut muscle in the meat - Indian Near Me - Newark, Delaware

Walked in to grab take out from the buffet; my first sign was an empty restaurant. I asked how much and the unfriendly attendant stated $12.99. As I said thank you and stared to walk out he changed the price. I agreed to the new cost. The attendant started to fill my styrofoam container with lots of rice while scrimping on the vegetable dishes. I drove home disappointed hoping it would taste better than it looked... No such luck. read more

Solid lunch buffet with fresh, hot food. I went about a week after their grand opening, and they were still working out some service kinks. Other than that, a very good experience. read more

It isn't great as far as authentic Indian food is considered. Though at prime location, it's never busy. The food doesn't do justice to the price, quality and variety. Very few options for vegetarians. The buffet is a disappointment too. read more

This is one of the best Indian restaurants I've dined at in the US. My wife and I do the buffet about once a month, and sometimes as takeout. The buffet is good and varied (daily lunch, Sunday dinner), with lots of vegetarian and vegan options. It changes every day, and always has about a dozen varied hot options, plus a simple salad bar with a couple of sweet options. The buffet items are pretty mild. But after having ordering off the menu several times for larger parties, I've found that the menu items are the truly exceptionally good dishes. When I commented on how great it was, the owner said the chef was from London (one of the capitals of Indian cuisine). When ordering off the menu, make sure to explain your 'heat' level preference, or you might get something too hot by American standards. The decor is really plain and cheap. The outdoor tables and chairs are plastic. Indoor furnishings are not much fancier than a corporate cafeteria, and there's not much to deaden the sounds of others talking or the tv which is usually on during the day to a soccer match or Ballywood movie. The tinted windows below the large front awning make it appear kind of dark and empty from the outside, but it's really worth a try. FREE PARKING in the rear! Turn in the alley right before the restaurant. They have about 10 spaces in the back. read more

I used to like Indian sizzler a lot. Especially the chicken tikka masala. However, they're a tad overpriced compared to the competition, and after today I most certainly won't be going back. I called in to make an order and a lady answered and before I could place my order asked me to hold briefly, after holding for about a minute or so I heard a toilet flush. this was the absolute grossest thing I could imagine a restaurant doing. (Also why not just use the mute button) I could only wonder if after using this obviously cordless phone in the bathroom she would bring this same phone in the kitchen where food is being prepped or Better yet be the one preparing my food. After I heard the toilet flush I was so disgusted I hung up. Once again, I had not placed an order yet because I was placed on a hold immediately, yet the lady called me back twice even leaving a voicemail asking me to call back and place my order. I've worked in the service industry for years and one of the points they stress is how unsanitary your phone can be especially when handling others food. I wasn't sure if this was worth posting but I'm sure it won't sit well with others the same way it didn't with me. read more

I'm fairly convinced that the high ratings for this place are driven by the dearth of better food from other countries on Main Street. I've eaten here a couple of times and the quality of food can be quite variable, ranging from "ok" to "quite disappointing"(especially if you have eaten good Indian food). Steer clear of the gulab jammun and rasmalai; they taste nothing like they should. A plus is that they will appropriately spice your food if you ask when you order.That being said, I'm still probably going to eat here again for want of better options within walking distance of my office. read more

I LOVE Indian food and I did not love this places indian food. Spices lacked, food was watery and choices were narrow even for a joint like this. I would say if you have a discerning palate, stay away. If you want American indian food, this is the place for you!! read more

This is my favorite place to eat in Newark! The waitstaff/ owners recognize my boyfriend and I, sometimes giving us sas about what our idea of spicy is :) Despite being so good this place is rarely crowded, I've never tried the buffet but I'm sure it's good given the item menus. Would highly recommend, they also validate parking. read more

We shared two plates between four people and we were pretty full. Granted we had a bite to eat beforehand, but it was still good portions. The lamb saag was good, get the mild spice level unless you want to be adventurous. A bit pricy in comparison to the other eateries here, but a good price nonetheless. The mango lassi was also good! $3.99 read more

I would highly recommend ordering off of the menu. I have tried the numerous dishes provided on the buffet, but honesty, Indian cuisine is best enjoyed when served right away. Try the chicken curry, it has deep, flavorful spicy characteristic and is one of my favorite dishes. I seriously could eat the naan all day long. read more

An undiscovered treasure in Newark. Broad menu all expertly prepared. We are becoming regulars. Almost hate to let this secret out as we can now easily get seated and enjoy attention and excellent meals any time. read more

Indian Sizzler - Indian Near Me - Newark, Delaware