Service was excellent, but food wasn't that great. Not popping with flavors, which Is expected from…read moreIndian cuisine, it's modern yes but not authentic food. Shrimp moilee was a shrimp and mango salad which tasted so bland. The porota and lamb korma was good. Lamb bruyani was good too but nothing exceptional. Mango Lassi was delicious but my mom wasn't a fan of the passion fruit drink. Very disappointing for the price but presentation and Customer service was exceptional.

Wow! What a meal, what an experience? We had a fantastic meal at this restaurant. The food is…read moreimpeccable and imaginative. The service was excellent. We highly recommend this restaurant.

We tried sharing plates the waiter told us it would save us a bit of money that way. He told us he…read morewould do a mix of the chicken and vegetarian (told us he would give us the best meals). We received 2 eggplants, 1 chickpea and 3 chicken (1 spicy and two med) and two bowls of rice. I have to say for all the 6 of us it was a really small portion amount for rice. We run out of it before the meat and veggies and before everyone had some on their plates. I tried a bit of everything and also got lucky I added a bit of rice before adding the chicken or veggies. The eggplant was sweet and surprisingly tasty. The chickpea was my least favourite. Chicken was ok nothing fancy. They had thin Indian pita that I have not tried (gluten intolerance) but they kept them coming. Some in the group had beers. We got one bill and split between the 3 couples. 140$ was our I think it was expensive. My partner had 2 beer, but doing the math quickly plates were about $14-18 each. Don't think pita was included and they had 3 serving. The experience was good but not worth the $70 each price tag. I could have definitely eaten more. Think I would have more if I would have ordered my own bowl. I have never finished my side of rice at Indian restaurant before. Happy I got to try a variety of different dishes. Overall not a location I would recommend.

The food is absolutely amazing, the range of things they have is pretty good too! The portions are…read morealso huge, I shared with a friend and still had leftovers (which were still just as delicious as they were the day before). I believe we were either served by the owner or a manager as there was only one other small group there at the time and it was great! He was very lovely and everything came very fast! The dishware is beautiful and everything is set up so elegantly, it's a great place for such a fancy vibe without breaking the bank too!

Came here w a couple of friends on a busy night. We were luckily able to make a reservation and got…read morea nice booth. My friends and I wanted to start w an app so we went for the onion pakoras and as someone who's had her fair share of them this was def on the top of my list. Each table also got compliemtary papdums We each ordered a curry which came w your choice of bread. It's a little higher in price than most places but it was delicious food and we all really enjoyed our time

Absolutely loved Sona The Indian Kitchen! The customer service was excellent and the food was…read moreamazing. The Manchurian here is my favourite in all of Ontario -- it tastes just like back home. PERFECT!

Super low-key restaurant with delicious food! I especially enjoyed their Vegetable and Chicken…read moreCurry. The samosas were a bit dry to my liking but my friends who live in the area love them and come here regularly! The server who took our order was super friendly. I can't wait to visit here again!

Authentic food that you have been looking for. Great curries are here, whether you want spicy or…read moremild. The flavors are worth a drive. Very excellent taste.

I'm vegetarian and a Flight Attendant that door dashes almost always Indian food. This is a gem of…read morea place! Everything flavorful and delicious! Best yet was being able to order a combo plate to have more variety. I had the dal Tarka, palak paneer and veg kofta plus a side of raita and the mango lassi. All extraordinarily tasty. Looking forward to ordering from here again on my next travels

Awful, worst Indian food I've had in Ottawa, maybe the worst Indian food I've ever had…read more Service was not great, decor was not great, and the food was so bad, I would have sent it back if I were the sort to send things back

Excellent food Great appetizers and mains…read moreAuthentic Indian food experience Masala lobster unspeakably good Atmosphere and service very nice

Beware!! They serve recycled lunch buffet for the dinner ( ala carte) and they do not…read more want to even to hide that upon enquiry about the food they serve!!! This evening ( 31 August 2025), we ordered a dosa and egg muppas ( entree) for our dinner. To our surprise, the muppas were served within no time, while the dosa was served well after 25 to 30 minutes!! For any Indian foodie, this would immediately raise suspicion about the food, as the dosa should not take any time to prepare, while the other than takes some time to cook. Anyway, when I tasted the eggs on the entree, the yoke was very cold and the bread served with the entree was also just lukewarm. When I questioned the waiter, why the yolk is so cold, she did not answer the question and was trying to persuade it is ok. Upon further pushback, the waiter said, this food was served in the afternoon buffet and we just used the leftover food!! They serve recycled food and expect the customer to pay the full price and they do not want to even hide that!! So if you choose to visit this restaurant, make sure you get the fresh food.

Went to visit Ottawa and wanted to have desi food. We were really hungry and drove by this…read moreresteraunt, looked busy, on a pretty busy street so thought we'd check it out! Place is nice on the inside, great decor, lots of seating. We were seated pretty quickly, service was great, food came quickly, didn't have to wait more than 10 mins. Ordered a sizzling plate of 1/2 chicken cut into 4 pieces; tasted pretty good, only came with onions and cabbage- have had better sizzling plates with veggies. No sauces were provided. Ordered naan and lacha parathaa. The parathaa wasn't actually the lacha one as it is different, bread tastes good overall. Also order a curry dish which was also good, kindof spicy. Overall experience was great because of service but food quantity is not a lot for the price range.

This was a random stop in Ottawa for Indian food. Owned by a cute older couple, there are plenty of…read morechoices to select from. I ordered the Malai Kofta (great dish more potato based) and butter chicken (which was more a chicken korma-still good but instead I would ask for chicken in their malai kofta sauce which would be more like butter chicken) with naan.

I've eaten twice at Aahar and have found the food to be superb, probably the best Indian restaurant…read moreI know. I had their Ki Thali meal, once with chicken and once with lamb. It is served with several small spicy dishes, all very flavoursome, naan bread, rice and a small dessert. Our server Monica was attentive, helpful and friendly. I'll be back often! Mike

I had lunch at Aahar recently with my brother and it was great. It was my second time there. My…read morefirst time was almost 10 years ago when they first opened, it was also with my brother, and I remember it being just ok, so I liked it much better on my most recent trip. I had the lunch buffet both times. The cost for the lunch buffet on our most recent visit was $14.95 a person. The restaurant is in a little converted house and the buffet is small, so don't go expecting something huge like Tandoori Flame in Brampton, lol. The main buffet had 10 dishes: vegetable pakora, peas pulao (rice with peas), mixed vegetable curry, chana masala (chickpea curry), matar paneer (paneer cheese and peas), dahl (lentil curry), butter chicken, chili chicken, tandoori chicken and naan. The supplemental buffet had pappadam, raw onions and cucumbers, raita, various sauces and chutneys, watermelon slices, and Gulab Jamun. The food was hot (in temperature), rich and flavourful. However, nothing I had was spicy. The tandoori chicken was really moist, not dry at all, which is the case at some restaurants. The butter chicken was rich and creamy, and I liked the pieces of almonds that were in the sauce. I was pleasantly surprised to see chili chicken on the buffet. It was a bit oily, but still good. The chickpea curry was labeled "black chana" and was in fact black. I actually thought it was black beans when I first saw it. I had never had "black chana" before, but it tasted like regular chana masala to me. The paneer with peas was so good. Really rich and full of flavour. The vegetable pakora were crispy, as were the pappadam (which were broken into smaller pieces). The naan was hot, freshly made, and so good. They brought us a basket and we pretty much ate the whole thing. I was a bit disappointed that there wasn't any kheer for dessert. The only dessert they had was watermelon and Gulab Jamun, which I'm not a fan of, but my brother is and he liked it. I would have loved some Barfi or Jalebi. Oh well. Service was very nice and attentive. Our waters were refilled automatically without us having to ask. The restaurant is small and cozy. My only complaint is that it was uncomfortably warm in the restaurant (it was a September afternoon). There are a limited number of parking spots at the front of the restaurant, but they are on Churchill, slightly north of Carling, so getting out of the parking lot may be tricky. There is street parking on some side streets nearby (look at the signage because some streets do not allow street parking during the day on weekdays). They have the lunch buffet 7 days a week from 11:30am-2pm. They have a second location on Alta Vista near Industrial, which I have not been to.