I had just about given up trying to find a good indian restaurant in France - ironically, the one I…read moredid find was named "O'Pakistan"! I just ate at a highly rated Indian restaurant in Bordeaux two nights ago, and it was disappointing. This place does not disappoint! I ordered the vegetarian Thali, which I highly recommend - it comes with about 8 different dishes (small, of course), and three sauces. The "spicy" sauce was actually hot! Yay!!! Of course, I coughed quite a bit at the end, but spicy food always does that to me.
The ambience was definitely good - carved chairs, lots of hand-drawn murals in the street outside, carved wood everywhere. The service was fast (although I was the first person in the restaurant that night). Yes, there were people selling roses, but they didn't bother me.
Every dish on my thali was excellent! I was SO HAPPY, I could have died right then and there!
The mint sauce and the spicy (yellow) sauce were great. There were dals, pakoras, rice, what seemed to be a malai kofta, a potato patty, some sort of mushroom thingy, and it came with bread. Plus, they have Ricard! ;-) My only disappointment was that they didn't have Rasmalai for dessert; wikipedia says it is eaten in Pakistan, so, why not? Anyway, I hope I get a chance to eat there again before I leave Marseille!