I've been here several times now and tried other places in the area...and this is the best food. I am repeatedly happy with all the entrees. My favorites are probably the saag paneer and the special chicken biryani thats almost hot enough to make me sweat. If you're looking for ambiance, it's probably not your place. It's a little seating area and a counter in a grocery store (Annapurna Foods) in Plymouth. But you can always take it to go or just get delivery. read more

By far the best Indian food around. Despite there being so many options in the area, this place is top of the list. I've always done carryout. The menu is extensive, authentic and well priced. The wait times have been very reasonable. Meals we've ordered: samosas, chicken tikka masala, plain naan, rice, paneer 65 and chicken 65, mango and sweet lassi's and the chicken biryani. The food is always hot and the the spice and heat level is perfect. I'm not sure the deal with dining in. But carryout is amazing. Hands down the best Indian food in all the land! Come to this place and support local, you will not be disappointed! read more

Kadai Indian Kitchen - Menu as of May 2021. So much goodness!!! - Indian Near Me - Plymouth, Minnesota

Our Waiter was first of all rude. Not sure if he was going through a mid life crisis! I requested For an appetizer : Fish fry from the menu, I get a quantity of 7 small fried pieces with only onions (picture attached). Biryanis were good but need to improve the standard and quality of service provided to diners ! read more

Kadai Indian Kitchen - Indian Near Me - Plymouth, Minnesota

Bio: Vegetarian, who loves different cuisines and want to have a good gastronomical experience. First the good stuff. Most of the items you order on the menu tastes delicious. They have a very wide variety of dishes ranging from Indian chaat, appetizers, tiffin, entree, dessert, cold fruit shake, drinks and cake. What we tried and liked(absolute 5 star): paapdi chaat. Delicious and fresh. Tasty. Apparently they are known for their chaat. Tried and liked enough to give 4 stars: Samosa chaat: samosa wasn't crispy and fresh, it had a mushy taste as it might have been pre-made for the evening and sitting there in the gravy. Taste was fine. Chole batura: Chole tasted decent (caution on spice level, their medium spicy might be spicy enough for your taste bud), Bhatura was a disappointment. The traditional big fluffy bhatura was missing but instead some odd shaped bread like bhatura was given. So that's that. Tried and liked enough to give 3 stars: Spring dosa: was expecting the vegetables inside the dosa to be stir fried and then put on the dosa. But instead the vegetables had a rawish taste to it with no flavor in it. So this dosa in general didn't meet my expectations and not flavorful. The chutneys on the side tried to compensate for the taste but not completely. Sambhar on the side was OK, not too exemplary but serves the purpose. Spicy chutney on the contrary gave a nice little kick. Tried and disappointed (2 star): Onion rava dosa: Very big disappointment. Tasted sub-par, little burnt. This could also be to do with chef forgetting this order and trying to make up for it hurriedly, maybe. Anyhow, stay away on this one. Ups: faster service if you can ignore the order they forgot; price point Ok Downs: noisy, at least was crowded on a Friday night when we visited. Tip: there are some items on the menu which might not be ready to order as it is subject to availability. Pesaruttu upma is one such item. Would like to come back and try this dish. read more

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$10 All You Can Eat lunch buffet? Need I say more??? Love this spot! My boss took me here on my first day as an intern nearby, and I am hooked. All self serve for lunch so not much service except for water and clearing dishes but it's honestly fine. Butter chicken is to die for and so are the desserts. Fav lunch spot! read more

As of my visit in early 2020, this is Nawabi Hyderabadhouse Biryani Palace and under new management, although some of the exterior signage is inconsistent. I was impressed by the clean and relatively upscale interior as well as the variety of both meat (mostly chicken) and vegetarian dishes in the lunch buffet. The food itself was good, although many of the items were a bit too salty (chicken 69, cauliflower). I can't speak to the dinner menu yet, but I expect I'll return to try it soon. read more

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The Gobi Manchuria was not "fresh" according to my husband, however besides that we both thought the flavor was on point! The Samosa Chaat was different than we've had it before, more of a soupy consistency. Not saying good or bad just different. We had the Kadai Paneer for main course, I felt like the flavor wasn't what my taste buds were searching for at the moment so I didn't love it, so we took most of it to go. I'm hoping maybe the flavors will settle better over night and will have the leftovers tomorrow. As for service they were very busy, which I believe is the norm so not getting water refills in a timely manner was not acceptable to me. We had to wave down a waiter each time our glass was empty. My biggest disappointment was seeing Tiramisu on the dessert menu and then when I requested it I was informed they do not have it. So instead I'm going to Lunds and Byerlys to satisfy this need. Overall an okay experience, I probably would go again. read more

Seriously good food ... almost every item was good and a large variety on the buffet. I have been in the MSP metro for close to 4 years now lived about 1/2 mile away from Kadai and yet visited this place only 3-4 times so far. Probably because I heard not so good comments about this place from my co-worker, but today after my 4th visit my opinions have changed. Each of the visit - the food at Kadai is consistently good and lip-smacking good. South Indian: Really good south indian food - 5/5 - probably the best Rasam i have had North Indian: Good, but can be improved - 4/5 - all the items were very good, not excellent, but very good, better than most places in the metro. Desserts: Awesome - they make some moist cakes and also indian desserts. Overall - I think I would rate this place on par with Bawarchi & Bay Leaf as being #1 indian restaurant in the metro For my american friends who are looking for formal dinner places and excellent service - India house and India Palace is much better where the spice levels are toned down and service levels are more formal. But if you want real authentic Indian food - this is a great place read more

Delicious food for a good price! Chicken tikka masala and garlic naan bread are so yummy!

This restaurant is located in a very convenient location for a large desi community of the north west suburbs of the twin cities. The seating is adequate but can be crampy if it is full. The ambient lighting can be bit too bright if you sitting at the wrong side of the table. There are several choices on the menu most of which dont seem very different and can actually be confusing. The naan bread is made fresh and is really tasty. rest of the curries are pretty similar to each other and no different than many other places in the twin cities in taste and texture. The servers are helpful. We like this place for an evening out with the family. Will go again. read more

Kadai Indian Kitchen - a menu for the restaurant - Indian Near Me - Plymouth, Minnesota

The food here is amazing. Everything is good. I prefer the buffet, because who doesn't like all you can eat Indian food? The service here absolutely sucks. They treat you like it's a bother to have you around. If the service was better I would be here more often. As it is, I only come when I need my Indian food fix. read more

This used to be my favorite place for Indian food. The reason for two stars is the service is absolutely horrible, and even worse are the declining conditions. The restaurant is dirty. The glasses were dirty, and the restroom is horrible. Please clean up your restaurant, rest rooms, and ramp up the service. read more

The buffet has all my favorite items: chicken tikka masala, palak paneer, chicken curry, daal, sambar, and dosa. It's rare to see dosa on a buffet, so this was a treat for me. The flavors were typical delicious Indian food. Nothing to complain about. I didn't get a chance to try the extensive bakery items displayed across from the buffet. I'm surprised that so many reviews comment about bad service. When I went, the soft-spoken host was very attentive and polite. My finished plates were cleared right away. Maybe people are upset that you have to get your own silverware at the bar? 3 1/2 stars. read more

This place has good indian food as well as grocery. The place is maintained clean and he staff wear masks all the time.

Food is good but does not outweigh lack of service. Be prepared to seat yourself and flag someone down every time you need something. No sever assigned to each table. Very unorganized. Charged someone else's bill to our credit card and dropped our card at wrong table. Bill was short $3 and they made us pay cash for the difference as we waited long time for them to sort out. Seriously? Never going back. PS - don't use the restrooms either (horribly dirty). Recommend Bay Leaf India in Eden Prairie instead. Food is more flavorful there and less chaotic. read more

Arguably one of the worst Indian restaurants I've been to in my life. Went on a Sunday night, as if that makes any difference. Upon entering, there was no wait staff to greet us or seat us at a table, so we kind of just meandered our way and found a place to sit. We were haphazardly served glasses of water, and then asked by a waiter in an incomprehensible dialect what we would like to eat. We decided to try the dosa, given that several of our friends who ate there recommended it. We also ordered butter chicken as a backup in case the dosa didn't work out. Instead of our items arriving in sync, there were 10 minute gaps in which our food arrived in piecemeal. Totally not acceptable. Some of the food that was coming out was not even warm, not to mention the food that had been sitting got cold. The quality of the dosa was bland at best. I've never eaten it before, and I'm sure I'd be able to find 10 other places around that would serve it better. The butter chicken was too creamy and was also lukewarm. Besides the food, here's what got me: we paid the bill and left cash on the table with the check since no one was around to pick it up or even thank us for eating. As we were heading out the door, the same incompetent waiter asked us why we are leaving, as that we had not paid yet! I told him to look on the table for a change instead of playing Minecraft on his phone. read more

Located around strip mall in plymouth. I usually prefer to take out but one can dine in too. I have only tried their chicken dum biryani and goat dum biryani and I really like it. It's fresh and has right spice. They make it as spicy as you request them to. This is my go to place for biryani now. Tried their veg puff it was okay. Will stick to biryani. Price is alright. Enough space for parking. read more

Quality has come down by a lot! If you're a vegetarian, don't even bother!! I have been out of the country for 4 months so don't know what changed! When I went before that, food was ok. Lunch buffet is not even worth $10. read more

Stopped in for the lunch buffet; my expectations were pretty low given that most Indian buffets around here are pretty bland. My expectations were wildly exceeded! There was a good variety, the food was at the correct temperature and, most importantly, the food had significant amount (and variety) of flavor. Not particularly spicy because, well, Minnesota. Butter chicken, chicken biryani, onion pancake, saag paneer, Kadai chicken were all excellent. It's definitely an odd set up as others have mentioned. I was seated and then never had any contact with another human until I paid. It's just sort of assumed you are having the buffet (not sure if ordering anything off the menu is even an option at lunch?). For drinks, it's help yourself from the beverage refrigerator. You don't get a check; I just wandered up to the register, did some hand waving, and a guy came over and asked what I had. None of that bothered me, I just didn't know the process. All in all it's probably the best Indian I've had in the Western burbs. read more

My Mom has been asking me, ever since she moved into her apartment last Fall, to try out this Indian restaurant all but 300 feet away from her building. Tonight we got some takeout, a shrimp curry and a yellow dal. It came with two large containers of basmati rice. Wow! What amazing flavors! Perfectly spiced as I like it, with most likely a very special family spice mixture. I WILL be back! read more

I came here by driving 20 miles just because my colleague referred. But total disappointment, not at all worth. I came here for lunch buffet and surprised to see the plate size. It was very small and we are intelligent enough to guess why that small. Not enough options in lunch buffet No starters- common they have just chicken kabab which they say as 'starter' ; total disappointment.All most all the dishes will be always empty and we have to wait for a long time to get them filled back. Gave 2 stars just for the taste, thank god food is not that bad but again not so good enough read more

Stopped by here intending to visit Dickie's BBQ - which apparently has closed and been turned into this Indian joint. But when in Rome... I visited during the lunch hour right as the buffet was starting, and I got the buffet to go option. So I can't really review the waitstaff, but the food was hot and fresh and well presented. I sampled all the usual stuff. Chicken Masala, jasmine rice, naan, veggie pakoras, and samosas. I was pleased with all of them. I'm not an indian food expert, but I have it quite often from the indian buffets around town. I found it all to be good. Now it's not my favorite indian joint in the area - I'd prefer Burkha Indian Bistro any day over this place, but it wasn't bad. The only downside was that the cashier didn't know how to work the iPad they were using for a cash register (hooked up to a square care reader) and it took a while for him to figure it out with the manager. read more

Is there a negative star. This place is horrible. What a waste of money & time to go here. This place is run by CLOWNS. Visited this place on Jan 30 2016. We were a large group of 16 people. The server had an ipad to take the order. Which was good to see as it would eliminate errors. They have no beer or wine so I ordered Coke. Which was delivered in a Can. So a can of coke not even fountain coke. Had to ask the server for a glass & some ice. Which was another 10 minutes after several reminders. The ice was like hospital ice. It was not even ice cubes. It was like crushed ice chips you get in hospitals. Everyone placed their orders & food came in Multiple times which is understandable as we were a large group. But what I do not understand some main course dishes came first and appetizers came later. By the time we were done there were 4 of us whose food was completely forgotten. Nothing no food. We asked about the missing dishes and were told that the kitchen had forgotten to even make them. Some dishes were prepared well. But the Dosa's and Sāmbhar were horrible. Dosa was so bad I could not even eat. Very slow service poor food. Servers & owner wearing filthy clothes. Take my advice do not go to this place. Take your money elsewhere. I believe management to blame here. as they have only one server. I would not be surprised if they only have one person working in the kitchen as well. read more

I was very excited after I heard there is a bakery opened in town and quickly placed a pickup order, only to realize my puff and pastries are missing in my package upon reaching home. I called the restaurant if they can deliver my missing items with no hope at the back of my mind! They said they will check and to my SURPRISE, they called to get my address and actually delivered it! read more

Delicious Indian food. Boneless biryani is something to look out for. Indian Chaat is not the greatest but is definitely better than many in the twin cities area. Personally samosa chaat is the best out of all. Curries are pretty decorated as well, including the Gongura Mutton and the Chicken Korma which are brilliantly cooked. Mango lassi is pretty neat as well. To top it all, finish with an Indian Paan, helps digesting the food and leaves a very good taste in your mouth. Forget that gum you were going to put in later, jut try the Paan. read more

Kind of a hole in the wall place. Service not great. But the dosas were really good. Everything else, meh.

I thought the tandoori chicken was pretty good. My son has decided India Palace is the only Indian restaurant he likes. So his chicken tikka masala was subpar. The naan was all right. We were initially excited because our neighbor who grew up in India was there ordering some veggie puffs to go. So I think we'll stick to the bakery side. Service was pretty good. Just timed it wrong with three tables all walking in at once so had to wait our turn. It seems somewhat authentic, yet like a chain so it's confusing. I still might try the lunch buffet sometime. read more

Four of us arrived shortly after 1 pm last Saturday afternoon, our first time at Kadai. Took a while to be seated, but they were busy. Lunch buffet was being served, we asked if that was are only choice and server seating us said yes. Had no idea what price the buffet was/is. Still don't. (Small-sized menus by the entrance have a sign underneath stating the prices have changed - from what is on the small-sized menus!) I was ready to leave, because I like to know the price of what I am eating. But one of our guests said he would pay. So we stayed. Selection was very nice, but oddly set up with desserts in the middle - for no logical reason. We were given a water pitcher and four glasses. No other beverages were offered, though I now see at their website that they do have other beverages. Not going to sell many beverages, if you don't offer them - or a menu! Not sure we'll be back. read more

Nice place to have dinner, and small get together, tasty food but they give a shit about their customers. 50 minutes wait for food, 20 min wait for a glass of water, literally 20 min for a glass of water, asked 3 times for to go box, no checking if customers need anything, you cannot find any one to ask and if you do they forget about it. At least hire some servers. You only got two stars because of food. Seriously pay attention to your customers. read more

Amazing Lunch Buffet - What makes Kadai really stand out is that the food is non-greasy yet maintains the concentrated flavors of Indian cuisine in all dishes. When I say Indian cuisine, the place offers dishes popular in both South (Idli, Sambar) and North India (Chicken Tandoori). There were at least 10 entrees when I visited in a weekday. The ambiance of the place is good. My favorite dishes were the fried potatoes and vegetable Biryani. Highly recommended for both vegetarians and non-vegetarians! read more

We came here on a Saturday night to have a quick dinner and hoping to make this place our go to Indian restaurant close to our home. What a mistake! The place was almost empty, only 2 tables were full. When we sat down, the waiter stopped by and said he can only take our order if we wait for 40 mins because the kitchen is so busy. Then we asked if we have to wait the same for a take-out and he said no, which makes no sense. Doesn't that come from the exact same kitchen? Anyhow, we ordered a take-out and waited for about 30 mins. The food was one of the spiciest I have ever had. We couldn't eat half of the chicken biryani because it was at the painful level of spicy. We also got some chicken tandoori but it was very dry and bland. The food is bad, service is worse. Won't be going back. read more

Really good Hydrabadi goat biryani and Mysorie Masala dosa. Definitely coming back here The chicken puff was soggy though read more

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The food is amazing, but fair warning, we only carry out here. It seems from other reviews like the service--though I can't speak for it myself--seems to be a bit lacking. BUT. FOOD: COMPLETELY AWESOME. Manchurian cauliflower. Perfect amount of spice. Has heat, not overdone, completely scarfable. Paneer is firm and flavorful. Curry is fabulous. On my birthday, I didn't go out, I ordered in from here, and was thrilled, like always. Great, great, great food. read more

Very good for puff excellent dosa good kofta not so OK for kababs Lovely ambience would be back to try additional menu items read more

Kadai Indian Kitchen - Indian Near Me - Plymouth, Minnesota

The guy who serves is extremely rude. When asked where to sit he indicated with hand gesture to sit on his head.

Polite, courteous service. Good explanation of heat in dishes. Dining area was perfectly clean and quiet. Great information on dessert choices. I can't wait to go back for the buffet! read more

Delicious buffet very friendly service. Southern style food. I loved everything we tried and the kids loved the mango lassi, butter chicken and naan which meAns we will come back! read more

Kadai Indian Kitchen - a person preparing food - Indian Near Me - Plymouth, Minnesota

Not a fan of this place, seems quantity is not great enough for starters. Noisy cowd and poor services. Can go for Britain only!

WORSE.SERVICE.EVER. We have given this place so many chances because the food is good here. We have stopped by for the lunch buffet multiple times and every time, the host is just plain aweful. They are super slow and non-friendly. I even tried to do a take out order at 530pm one day and called five times with no answer. My husband stopped by one night to do a take out order and after an hour left without food because they were so slow and disorganized. I have no idea why they are still in business. In any case we are kaput with Kadai....god bless you if you have the patience to deal with this type of service. read more

Mixed reviews here. The food taste good and is fresh. However, the service is not so good. One server for 20 tables. I feel bad for the poor guy. The only option for soda was sprite and diet coke. Also, no fountain soda and no refill. Who does that these days? Perhaps cheap desi restaurant owners :) Ordered chai for three and only got 1 because they were out of it. Also, was told that they were out of lassi. Huh? Who gets out of lassi. I guess the better way to enjoy this food is to do a takeout. Nice and clean atmosphere. read more