Got dinner here for takeout when I didn't feel like cooking and it hit the spot. The garlic naan is huge and was delicious, also got the chicken tikki masala - the chicken was a little tough and would've appreciated smaller chunks. Would enjoy trying more dishes! Super fast casual spot. read more

Stopped in by chance during a snow storm. Excellent! Food, ambience and service. We will be coming back.

Overall: Tasty, well-priced, and quickly prepared food. Tastiness: Some of the best samosas I've ever eaten. Solid selection of vegetarian, vegan, as well as meat dishes. I will have to explore more next time, but for the first experience, I can recommend the Garlic Naan, Gulab Jamun, Fried Chillies, Lamb Biryani, Rogan Josh, Vegetable Samosas. Presentation: Did not eat at the restaurant, so I can only refer to the well-package food we got for take-out. Service: 20-min turn-around from when I placed the order on Yelp and when I was able to pick-up the food in the restaurant. Price: Very affordable for NW DC. read more

Some of DC's best Indian food and service! Happy hour drinks a great added bonus. Get the garlic naan right meow!!!!!

NaanWise wasn't the best Indian place that I've ever been to but it was satisfying to fulfill the craving. The service was also pretty good - the food came out at a timely manner and our waitress was very kind. We had the Chicken 65 and the vegetable samosas as appetizers. The Chicken 65, although filled with spices, was missing something. Maybe a little more salt or a splash of lemon juice for acidity? The samosas were great though. crisp on the outside and filled with flavorful and got vegetable filling on in the inside. It went perfectly with the green and dark plum colored sauces. The green sauce was like a tangy semi spicy cilantro yogurt sauce and the dark plum was a sweeter sauce. I ordered the Rogan Josh on level medium. At first, I didn't think they had added my spi ones to my dish, but it definitely builds more as you eat and still was at a comfortable eating level. I really liked the flavor of the Rogan Josh. It's similar to a Tikka Masala but less sweet/tomato-y and a bit more spiced. The lamb, however, was not as tender as I'd expect it to be. For an Indian dish, the meats should be to the point of melt in your mouth, but this lamb was almost at times tough to even cut up. Overall, we enjoyed our experience and no big complaints, but I wouldn't go out of my way to go again. There are better Indian places closer to me. read more

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Very tasty Indian food in Woodley Park! Delicious meat and vegetarian options and super fast delivery and takeout.

I was anxiously awaiting a new Indian restaurant to open close by. Easiest way to summarize? It's geared to tourist and hotel patrons in both quality and price. Aka high price. Mid to low quality. More in depth summary. Maybe they signed a lease that required these prices? In which case I can't fault them for the pricing, but the quality always need to meet or exceed the pricing. Maybe outrage should go to the Commercial Property Management company for making it impossible to open a business that's not a 7-11 or CVS.... $7 for a vegetable samosa is ridiculous. Just down the street you can find them for $2.95 from above average non formal Indian spots in Adams Morgan. $16 for all chicken dishes means you're spending $50 for 2 entrees (you won't be taking anything to go) and 1 appetizer (small appetizer) The chicken was tough all white meat chicken. I rarely ever need a sharp knife for takeout chicken. My typical butter knife wasn't enough to cut thru the chicken. The flavor was mehhh. It felt artificially spicy. Like someone just poured Tabasco Sauce over everything right at the end. The naan was bland and not "Indian Naan" - it was "Lebanese Naan" with some garlic thrown on and put in a panini press. Not an oven and certainly not a coal/fire oven. All in all. I will personally never order again because of the cost/value equation. Was the food horrible? No (it's fast food Indian) Was it great? Definitely No. (I felt nothing authentic about it) If the prices were half what they currently charge. I'd order it, on occasion, if I craved Indian, and no one else was open. That's the reality of it. What's my qualification for reviews? I order takeout 7 days a week. For me to put Naanwise into the regular rotation to compete with other restaurants (not just Indian) in the area. They'd have to provide their tikka masala entree and samosa out the door for under $17 and step the quality up from a 4/5 to a 6/7. Otherwise they can't compete with the value/quality that's out there locally. Not to mention. When you're first pic is a text graphic of "Yelp is a scam" - clearly you're worried. Can yelp put business owners in an unfair position against wreckless/wanton reviewers? Yes. But I hope most people, like myself, take ratings and reviews with a grain of salt. YELP is only useful if people read reviews and decide if there is merit behind what is said or if people are just petty. 1 Star is for restaurants that I wouldn't order from again because the quality of the food is disproportionate to the price. read more

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Pleasantly surprised by this little gem. I enjoyed some lentil soup for a starter and the tried and true coconut chicken curry for the main course with garlic naan bread. The soup was very nice with cilantro in it which was a nice addition. The coconut curry was right on target with the creamy sauce full of flavor and the chicken was very tender. I will definitely be back! read more

NaanWise - Lentil soup - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

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Great food and nice atmosphere. The staff was very helpful and friendly. The food was excellent. It was within walking distance from my hotel. Will definitely come back if I'm in the area. The naan bread was very light but tasteful. read more

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Really good bread and curry Nice and friendly staff Good location at Woodley park. I will come back! read more

NaanWise - Garlic Naan bread - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

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Came here for dinner on a weekday and it was pretty empty but the ambience was nice. Service was great. Food was pretty good too! For Apps, the Chilly Paneer was good and very spicy! Aloo goat cheese tiki was alright. Honey garlic shrimp was cooked perfectly, flavor was good. Garlic naan was so good in texture and taste and buttery! For the Mains- Chicken Vindaloo was great and had tender pieces of chicken but I don't think it was spicy at all as it claims to be. But other wise good! Shahi Paneer was creamy and comforting. Paneer Burji was alright! Nice place. read more

NanaWise serves original Indian ethnic flavoured food, Bread ( Naan) fresh prepared in clay oven , delicious Indian curry , travel from VA to check out this place, very impressed and satisfied with quality of the food, Serving staff gives warm hospitality, owner is very friendly , Definitely going back . read more

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First time there, was looking to try something for dinner on a weekday evening. Nice outdoor seating area with covered seating and string lights, near Woodley Park metro station. I eat low carb and nearly everything came with rice. I looked at the outside menu on a wall a while before getting seated. I was going to ask first about the menu but the waitress only offered to seat me and was busy so I got seated outside at an available table and waited to talk with her. She brought a nice chilled bottle of water and a glass, which I didn't touch as I wanted to know more about the menu first. The waitress didn't speak English well and could not answer questions about low carb options. She went back to ask someone else and came back saying no substitutions. That was pretty surprising to me, I had asked if could have some yogurt or spinach instead of rice, which seemed like a fairly basic question. Decided not to order anything, as most of the dishes had a lot of gravies that probably had flour in them and the tandoori items said they take 20 minutes to prepare and all the entrees seemed to come with rice and/or bread. They had a fair selection of vegan and vegetarian dishes, but not many low carb sides and no options to get low carb dishes that included meat. I appreciate the fellow Yelp reviewers that rated this restaurant but I had not seen anyone else mention that they are not good for people with food restrictions or substitutions. read more

Our go to when we are in DC. They seem to have a busy carry out business, so the restaurant never feels crowded. Which is fine, always the staff to be more attentive. read more

LOVE the food here! Delicious, yummy and quality comfort food !!!! Folks, I can't recommend NaanWise more highly. I just had a horrible customer experience at Le Mirch restaurant and I told the angry owner (who had made racist remarks to me) that they need to work on preparing better quality food -- and cited NaanWise as a prime example. I will never go to anyone but NaanWise for my go-to Indian catering. read more

I got wise and dropped by NaanWise Indian restaurant here at Woodly Park...I really enjoyed the food here...mouth watering Chicken Coconut Curry, made my lips tingle..but before that i enjoyed their style of Puri with tamrind sauce and the Honey Garlic Shrimp that was spicy sweet that had me think about getting a second one , both of these are new additions to the menu..by their new chef Bunty..for drink i chose the Super Naansense, bourbon layered with citrus sour mix.. i came on a Sunday night, nice and quiet, a good place to relax and prepare for the week ahead. Oh yeah, i finished off the night with the Rasmalai, cheesecake in sweet creamy sauce...planning on returning with friends in tow...cant wait to try the Vindaloo. read more

NaanWise - Menu to mouthwatering Indian cuisine at Naan Wise.. - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

We a family reunion dinner here. The food was amazing! Planned it all long distance and they were super with customer service. The palak chaat and Goat BIryani was excellent. Lovely ambiance and great service. Thanks to Kumar and all the staff for making it a fun evening for us all. read more

Overall average. Good variety of options in the menu. They have 5 different spice levels which is not common (mild, regular, medium spicy, spicy and desi spicy). Tomato soup - by far above average. 8/10 Aloo tikki - 8/10. It was gluten free as well. Crispy and crunchy. This is not easy to make GF So, i would give 10/10 Chicken tikka - mild was also regular for me, but nixely made - 7/10 Naan - amazing. I willgive 11 out 10 rating. Saag paneer - below average - 5/10. It did not have much taste. And could have been grinded well. Veg manchurian - 5/10. They seemed to have use gobi machurian sauce on veg manchurian. Blooper Ras malai - 4 on 5 Gajar halwa - 3.5 on 5 (could cook more) read more

Excellent food quality under the new chef, a group of us tried different options from the menu, mix of vegetarian and non vegetarian options. Everyone enjoyed and shared the dishes, no one was disappointed. Naans were fresh and very filling! read more

this review is for the curbside pickup that we did today. We felt safe dropping in to get the food. And we greatly enjoyed our favorites at home. May do this more when things go back to normal. read more

This shit is expensive. Period. I just moved to DC and am on a mission to find solid Indian food bc, most of the time, what I've found is trash. I decided to order a few items from here to give it a go: Tandoori sampler, lamb vindaloo and malai kofta. Can I just tell you HOW disappointing it is, to get a tandoori sampler that's supposed to have shrimp and lamb and chicken..... And you get your order and there's one shrimp, a handful of lamb, but an abundance of dry AF chicken? Noooooooo boo on you all for being so cheaaaaaap for something that costs over $20!! Shame shame! The lamb vindaloo had great flavor---but i HATE when I get Indian food and I have to POUR the top layer of oil off. It doesn't have to be like this y'all. Indian food cooked by Indian mothers in our homes DOES NOT DO THIS! Sad that the chucks if lamb were hard as hell and not tender whatsoever. And then for what is always my favorite dish....Malai Kofta. Now, I'm a fan of just plain ole Kofta curry. That's where they hold the over abundance of cream and you get a deeper color gravy. So that's what I asked for--hold the cream please. Of course, that's not what I got. It's a special and rare Indian restaurant that does this. This wasn't the one today lol. Malai Kofta can be delicious ..but often times, the cream just drowns out that really full and robust flavor that it *could* have. So...while the veg dumplings were lovely, it was all in a very subdued curry. The puri was amazing. Love love it. Fuck a naan...I always go for the puri. So all in all, I wouldn't avoid this place...but the search continues for decent food. Oh--all if this food, plus a 15% tip cost over a hundred dollars. I won't even go into that....bc ...just...sad. read more

Awesome food and ambience , loved the chicken 65 ,chicken tandoor which perfectly cooked and moist . Asked for make it indian spicy and thats what I got , biryani was so tasty definately will try one more time. What to say about chicken vindalo chicken soaked in goan sauce with perfect spice . Enjoyed the dinner with my family. read more

NaanWise was very good from the server to the food and atmosphere. I ordered lamb Vindaloo with garlic naan bread and a house salad. The food was seasoned to perfection, but it's even better if you like spicy food. They do have different levels of spice for those who can't stand the heat...Lol The atmosphere was very comfortable and relaxing and I would definitely recommend this spot to all that care to have a great filling me read more

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Would definetly recommend. If you like spice try regular. The ordering was different, no paper menu, you order your food online.

Great curry!!!!!! My friend and I weren't really hungry so we ordered Lamb Tikka Masala and cheese naan. Everything is delicious, lamb is so tender and flavorful; naan is soooo tasty 10/10 recommend! read more

Food was sort of meh. We tried the black daal (watery and not amazingly flavored), the cauliflower and potatoes (relatively bland), and the lamb rogan josh (good but didn't blow us away). Overall not an especially memorable experience. read more

Ventured out to NW Saturday evening and stumbled onto this gem of a Indian restaurant. Some of the highlights: *Fried appetizer dish was outstanding! *Mango lassi was very smooth and great balance between sweet and tart *Spirits were pretty amazing with all sorts of variation. Indian beer, Prosecco , stop speaking NaanSense were 2 of our favs *The entrees were very plentiful and succulent. We dined on tandoori mixed grill and chicken tikka and left very full and happy ! If you're in the area or willing to take a trip this place will be well worth your time ! read more

I consistently get their Saag Paneer and will never tire of it. My husband loves the Tandoori dishes. Last night he veered from his usual chicken and got the lamb chops. Just a warning that this course costs $24 and there is very little meat! It's been the only disappointing thing we've ever gotten. And the lamb chops were DELICIOUS, it's just that it was such a small entree but one of the most expensive on the menu. read more

NaanWise - The lamb chops were delicious but it was a very small platter for the cost!! - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

This Woodley Park Indian restaurant is a relatively new addition to the neighborhood. (As a longtime resident - 25+ years - anything younger than five years is relatively new!) And...it's a real asset! Its eponymous naan breads are a fluffy delight and always piping hot. Their standard menu items are all top notch, but it's the chicken makhani that kills it for me. I've ordered it at least thirty times and have NEVER been disappointed. The only thing that varies is the heat. I like it mild; my wife likes it even milder, so we jog back and forth. Delightful, friendly service and fabulous mango lassis help round up a memorable experience...whether you're eating in or taking out. Oh! And the portions are generous and the price point is great! What's not to like?! Nothing! read more

Delicious! I ordered the paneer tikka masala, rice, and naan. I placed the order to be delivered and I was very happy with how fast it was. I thought the portion size was perfect! I really liked the paneer tikka masala- the spices were outstanding. read more

NaanWise - Paneer Tikka Masala, Plain Rice, Naan - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

I tried this new restaurant while I was in dc a few days ago. One of the best indian food I had in a while. Dont really know what the bad reviews are for but service was exceptional. Their naan was very soft and thin. I had appetizer chicken 65. Spice level was exactly how I wanted it to be and it tasted perfect. Their butter chicken was the best I had in dmv area so far. The butter chicken really impressed me alot. I also ordered lamb korma and it was exactly how korma is supposed to taste. Would definiately recommend trying out. The prices I believe are genuine considering the fact that minimum wage in dc is almost $15 I believe. Will definiately be back with freinds and family. Also not forgetting their bar has really great options which is a must try. Overall a must try restaurant I am confident you wont regret. read more

Great food and service! We ordered the chicken curry, lamb curry, shahi paneer, palak chaat, and garlic naan. They let us chose the spice levels for each dish as well read more

We ordered their vegetarian speciality "shahi paneer" and it was delicious. One of the bests I have had in the area and as close to authentic restaurants back home! read more

This is some of the best well prepared Indian food I have had. It is so full of flavor, not oveely greasy and leaves you full but feeling light. I ordered a Aam Mojito on $10 happy hour special. So refreshing. The vegetable samosa was well cooked and the chutneys were amazing. I even got to try fresh homemade hot sauce! I continued with garlic naan and shrimp korma. The shrimp was so well cooked and the korma was so flavorful at a level 3 spice. I want to eat this again soon! I dont even write reviews and here I am! read more

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Wonderful experience. Excellent outstanding service. Owner is very helpful, helped us to decide what to get according to our test. Very reasonable price, quick customer service. Very knowledgeable server. read more

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Great food and customer service !! The imli margarita was one of the best cocktails I have ever had !! The food was fresh , tasty and hit the spot !! The paneer shashlik and palak chaat are highly recommended !! Kumar ( the owner and chef ) and his son ( Abhi ) were both very courteous and made sure we had all we needed. They even gave us a happy hour deal on the drinks which was very nice of them. I would definitely go back !! read more

NaanWise - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

So we came to eat in tonight... pristine clean, amazing friendly service, as most folks in this era of COVID were doing takeout. It felt so special to eat food on white tablecloths! Everything was terrific: from the opening veggie somosas (great tamarind sauce), to the poori and naan, and our three dishes: a saag, chicken korma, and a lamb biryani. Definitely recommend them all, and great for veg folks and meat eaters One of our VERY favorite restaurants in the Woolley Park/Cleveland Park neighborhoods! We will be back many times, for lunch and dinner. read more

NaanWise - Socially distancing! - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

Had the buffet. First of all, nothing was hot. Warm at best but more like room temperature. The food also generally lack flavor and the flavor that was there was not great. Several of the dishes that I might regularly order (e.g., vindaloo) were bad. Good thing it was a buffet as I had multiple choices. The naan which one might expect to be a highlight given the name was maybe okay. Not 100% certain that it was cooked in a tandoori oven. My expectations were high given the # of international restaurants in the area, I was highly disappointed. read more

This spot had a great spot outside and they wiped down every surface and chair before we sat down. I was craving a taste of what they had and the signature kebab platter hit the spot! Also I've heard chicken 65 being super good and this was was mouth watering (and eye watering) since the spiciest packed a warm punch. I also had naan on the side which was delicious. I thought I didn't order enough, but these two appetizers filled me up! I would come back for the chicken 65. read more

NaanWise - Signature Kabab Platter and Chicken 65 - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

This review is for their lunch buffet. In short, skip it. There are plenty of great Indian food places in DC with a good lunch buffet - take the extra time to go to one of those. The chicken tikka masala was unusually sweet, the options were limited, there wasn't any dessert, and hopefully you have the names of every traditional Indian dish memorized because while the dishes were labeled, there were no descriptions. I couldn't tell what half of the (limited) options were. Plus, the buffet is in this weird side room area with no windows. The intense techno was just out of place. read more

NaanWise - Lunch buffet. - Indian Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia