First time at Nalan last week. Went with a couple of colleagues and had a flaming hot time!! Every dish we ordered was over the top, the idli special of the day, fish fry, biryani, idiyappams. Will definitely go here again read more

The food is spicy here , clean and neat ambiance and customer service is ok too . I wish they made the less spicy really with less spice. It's too hot for adults and kids too . read more

Good food. Would go here again. Got uber eats delivered which isn't cheap but they sometimes run sales. read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - Mutter paneer - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

Tried this place for the first time since we were in the area and was very pleasantly surprised. We ordered chilli chicken for an appetizer which was done very well and fairly portioned for the price. I got their andhra curry with no cilantro and garlic naan and asked for it very spicy. My husband got a chicken vindaloo also very spicy and garlic naan along with a mango lassi. Flavor was perfect level of heat and naan was cooked to perfection. The only feedback I have is the portions of the entrees which prevented a 5th star. Glad we got a appetizer otherwise we would still be hungry. I had 4 pieces of chicken that I cut up with the side of my fork into small bits and the rest was all sauce which I dipped my naan in since I don't eat rice. My husband's vindaloo had 3 total cubes of potatoe and a similar amount of chicken so he dumped loads of sauce and ate it with rice. While the food is very good the pricing is cheaper than other nice Indian spots I go to by a few dollars. The portions reflect this. Ideally they could raise their price from $13 to $14 or $15 and give more balanced portions of meat to where you can eat just the entree and some naan and not still be hungry. read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - Sauce left after removing chicken from the andhra curry. - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

Enjoyed our meal with family including 2 kids at Nalan. All our dishes were very flavorful without being overly spicy. The highlights were their gobi manchurian, appam with chicken curry, and the kofta butter masala. We'll be back to try dishes. Service was great. read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - Gobi Manchurian - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

I may have found one of the best Indian restaurants in Atlanta metro. We have been looking for a while now. The portions of food were amazing. The picture shows the raita. It was delicious...normally you get a very small portion, but not here!!! I loved it! The Kai Dosa with veg Khurma was so flavorful, more like true traditional food than some other places. My guest loved the idli sambar chutney. I personally preferred the Cicken Tikka which was so good. Again an amazing portion of food. The picture showed how much I took home. OMG you have it done perfectly!!! This dish is my restaurant standard. If a place can't make it properly I won't ever go back to try other dishes. You hit it out of the park. My wife and I have traveled extensively through India where she led tours. As a result, we tend to measure US restaurants to those where we had the best meals. Last but not least we had the mango lassi. We will be back and bring others as well. As a self critique I should have taken the picture before I ate the food but I wanted to show how large the food portions were. Excellent food and good value! I was initially concerned that having such a large menu the food could not be good. Great job to all involved. read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - Chicken Tikka Masala and Kal dosa with veg khurma - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

Went to Nalan with some coworkers since I have heard great things. The ambiance is not anything to write home about, but who cares as long as the food is good. We started with the Chili chicken appetizer, and it was by far the star of the show. It was immaculately tender and perfectly spicy and garlicky. I ordered the chicken tikka masala "medium spicy" and the garlic naan as my main dish. The garlic naan was phenomenal but the chicken tikka masala was pretty bland compared to the chili chicken. That being said, it was piping hot and perfectly tender. Additionally, the garlic naan dipped into the tikka masala gravy was phenomenal. Service was great and they thanked us for our business. All in all, I would definitely go back, but perhaps try a different entree. read more

My husband & I have ordered takeout plenty of times with no complaints. The food quality wasn't always mindblowing but the quantity felt justified for their prices and their service was quick every single time. But our dining experience tonight made us wonder if this was the same restaurant where we ordered 3+ times before. Food quality was okay and the ambience was good too. There were ample parking spots available and the restaurant is easy to locate. There were several empty tables but service was extremely slow. It seemed like they were understaffed in the kitchen but none of the servers nor the reception lady offered any apologies. We waited 30 minutes for my husband's order of Hyderabadi Chicken Dum Biryani and another 30 for mine(Egg Kothu Parotta) to arrive. Neither of the food quantities served filled us and we both left feeling very hungry. When we looked at the bill + tip, we were still puzzled on how this was the same place which served food filled to the brim and took only 20 minutes for takeout orders. read more

Beautiful place, fairly fast service for an Indian place Mango lassi - 7/10 a little watery not the worst taste. Served with a paper straw which I did not l love Gobi manchurian - 8.5/10 very crispy wish it was a little spicier and less greasy Paneer sizzler - 7/10 paneer cooked well but I wish it was more flavorful. Also wish there was more bell peppers and onions Shahi paneer - 5/10 I really did not love this dish. It was severely lacking in spice and flavor. We ordered it med spice but i think it was more like mild Butter masala kofta - 7/10 again no spice at all but the flavor on this one was great. We ordered it med spice but it tasted mild. Would order again as spicy. Hyderabad's veg biryani - 6/10 lacking in flavor and spice. The veggies used also didn't seem great quality. Maybe this is just me being picky but there were far too many cloves and cinnamon sticks. That overwhelmed the rice. Good raita and other sauce. I think my subpar review is due to the fact that we ordered mostly North Indian food. I would come again if I ate the North Indian food. read more

There are plenty of parking space, the inner decor is very simple, and the service is courtesy. I ordered Hyderabadi Goat Dum Biryani, I was impressed by its aroma when it came to my table, I loved its rich flaver with combination of ingredients, it's not spicy at all. But the goat meat was not tender, there were large portion of bones with almost no meat, 3-4 out 7-8 pieces, so it looked big portion but actually not. The biryani tased good when it's hot at beginning, but it became greasy when got cold. Their price is 10% to 20% more expensive than its peers. read more

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Came here for dinner on a Monday night and it was empty. We sat immediately and there was a large menu to choose from, and my partner who had an onion allergy was able to order off menu as well. We got paneer 65, dal, and vindaloo. The portions were great and food came out plenty hot. Also found the pricing reasonable as well. Will be back when I'm in the area! read more

A very unusual South Indian (Tamil Nadu oriented) restaurant with a very unique menu in terms of having Appam, Idiyappam, Gobi65, Kal Dosa etc. You normally don't find these items in most of South Indian based restaurants here in metro Atlanta. We went there as a group and happened to order just one starter and went with mostly what we call as "Tiffin" items. It wasn't that crowded at around 7 PM for a Saturday evening. Oh yes the main part of the restaurant was fully occupied and they have few tables behind a partition which actually doesn't give Restaurant like vibes where we all sat down. The order was taken quickly. So here's what we ordered and how they were. Gobi65 - It was the DRY Gobi65 which you get in most restaurants in Chennai. It was crispy but felt it was more of batter and Kashmiri Chilli powder and not much of taste. With Mint chutney it tasted good. Appam w/ Veg Kurma - There were 2 big pieces of Appam and was cooked well. Felt bit sweet and Veg Kurma was decent to me. Kal Dosa w/ Sambar Chutney - The Kal dosa is the best thing with some onions sprinkled at the middle. The chutneys - Coconut and Kaara (Spicy chutney) were really good. The sambar was okay to me but my friends loved it. Go for it! Idli w/ Sambar Chutney - The 3 pieces of idli's were just good. They looked big thinking they might be bit hard upon first glance. My friends had Vijayawada Boneless Chicken Biryani and they felt it was okay with normal spice and too much of Masala. Looking at the quantity I felt it was good for 2 people. The ambience was great in the main restaurant but the other side of the partition it was just normal and always smelt of a sizzler and took time to settle down and blend in. The ambience could have been a lot better. Not sure if due to lack of staffs or something when we exited we saw a lot of people waiting in line either to pay their bills or to take their TOGO's or waiting to be seated as they all are managed by a single cashier. Had previous experience of waiting long for TO GO when I ordered just one plate of Gun Powder idli which was decent. Expect wait times for TO GO's on weekends as well as for paying your bills. BOTTOMLINE: A decent family restaurant for Tamil Nadu style/ Chettinad cuisine lovers with decent pricing. MY PICKS FOR YOU: Kal Dosa with Sambar Chutney, Gobi65, Idli read more

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I am very disappointed to write this review since I have heard about this restaurant from multiple people and through multiple articles. Sometimes your reputation precedes you so much that it becomes too good to be true and Nalan falls short under its towering reputation. I went there on a Tuesday and saw an immense crowd of people waiting for over 20 minutes to talk to someone at the reception Here is the summary of my experience there: Ambiance: 3/5 - The restaurant is a decent size but now they have extended it for more seating with a wall in between so sometimes it's difficult to gauge if they have enough seating Service: (minus)-5/5 - I am very disappointed with the service. As I mentioned earlier, when I entered the restaurant, there was no one at the reception. I had to wait 10 min to meet someone at the reception which was 1 person who was juggling around with about 40 guests. All I wanted was to ask about my takeaway. After talking halfway, he vanished again and I could see about 10 people who waited to be seated for another 20 minutes or so since there was no one to attend them. There was so much chaos that at one time I said I would have my food here itself. The receptionist said there was no space available even though my fiance was already sitting at a table. When I told him we had found a place to sit, he made a horrible face, which was so disappointing. The other servers were nice and at least asked us for water and made sure to look for our order. Food Quality: 2/5: We ordered gobhi Manchurian on phone and they asked us to come in 30 min. Even after being there for 45 minutes, they made us wait another 15 minutes saying it was not ready yet. When it was served, it was ice cold and felt like it was made hours ago. We felt like he was trying to get rid of us. The chicken biryani that we ordered does not have the option to reduce the spice level as we were strictly said - "we only have medium spice level as a minimum and cannot be customized below it". The chicken biryani is a little spicy for Indian tastebuds but not available to be tailored to American tastebuds at all. Value for money: 3/5: I would have given it 4/5 since the prices are decent but because the gobhi Manchurian was served cold, I would rather go to a place with worse food taste but at least, they would serve it hot. Overall, I was deeply disappointed because they owners need to increase staff if they want to have a continued reputation. My experience has been very bad and I would definitely stay away from this place for months before I have the courage to try them again. read more

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This is my first time, visited this restaurant and it was amazing with great tasty food. I was with a group of my friends who were visiting here. We ordered their signature dish Ambur Chicken Biryani. Appetizers like Nellai Chicken and Mutton Chukka Varuval. Main course included Idiyappam Veg Kurma, Kal Dosa with Goat Curry, and Mixed Kothu Parotta which includes Egg, Chicken and Lamb. They were all very flavorful and tasted fresh. All appetizers are really tasty and with good mix of spices. Idiyappam was very soft inside and crunchy outside. My most favorite dish was definitely the Mutton Chukka Varuval. It is a dry roast mutton dish under appetizers, but I definitely recommend getting some appam as a side with it to enjoy the real spices. We tried both the appam and iddiyappam. The appam entre comes with two large appams. The Ambur Chicken Biriyani was very flavorful and came with a lot of chicken chucks. The curry for the Kal Dosa came in a fun container/mini bucket plus the Kal dosa tasted great with the chopped red onion and slight green chilis in the fold. This restaurant is conveniently located right in the intersection of North Point Parkway and Windward Parkway with ample free parking in and around the restaurant. It's just opposite to the newly built Hilton. They have a party hall for special occasions with friends and family to enjoy, which easily fits 50 plus people. Here the staff is very helpful and the place is maintained clean and neat. Not too pricey, but really affordable for a nice unique meal. I will definitely visit this place again soon and highly recommend this place to anyone to try it. read more

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Exceptional unpretentious Indian cuisine in a strip shopping mall close to the 400, Hilton and Marriott in Alpharetta. BYOB, so bring some beer to temper the spice or a mango lassi may be your best alternative. Not that I am an expert by any means, it was very exciting to see their extensive menu options. In fact, while in the restaurant, I had to look up Idiyappam, Appam, and Idli as those expanded my Indian knowledge cuisine. I ordered the Idiyappam, rice flour noodles, and selected the veggie coconut milk stew to accompany it. The Appam is similar to my favorite doas but made with rice batter and coconut milk. I ordered one and it was crunchy at the edges and just a tad softer in the middle. We ordered samosas, veggie/onion pakora, chili paneer ...spicy peppers in a fried chick pea batter. Everyone else enjoyed the curry chicken served with basmati rice. Plenty of food for the 4 of us. Service was polite, patient with our questions, and efficient. Numerous veg and non veg options. Looking forward to our next visit when we are in town. See you there, don't forget the beer! read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - My favorite, dosas served here! - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

I LOVE THIS PLACE. it hits the right spot when I miss home and miss authentic South Indian food. Appam is one of my favorite foods in the whole world so I don't say this lightly, their appam is out of this world. Even my malayali friends approve of this appam. I scarfed this meal down so quick and looking at these pictures again makes me wanna drive there right now. A must visit if you like South Indian food, or are homesick and need real Indian tasting food that tastes like home. All the staff their were so nice and they excited to give suggestions. The place is small but cute and well maintained! read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - Appam with Chicken Curry - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

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Had lunch here to break up the work day and had mixed thoughts. The rose milk was ok. The dosa was quite greasy, but definitely tasty, and the chicken curry was delicious. The carrot halwa with ice cream was really disappointing. It just lacked flavor and sugar! I will prob try this place again, but order a different dessert. read more

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It's official! Best chicken Tikka masala anywhere! If you own, manage, or work at an Indian restaurant, why doesn't your restaurant make CTM this good? Been eating here since they opened and they are the best in the area IMO, bar none. Their consistency is excellent as well. Never had a bad meal here. They have the best CTM and best chicken 65 I've had anywhere. You should come just to try them. You can Venmo me your thanks for the recommendation later! read more

What gets 5 stars : BOTH food and service are good! Food: Good, fresh, hot, and tasty. Options: Plenty!!!! Service: With/without a reservation, restaurant is accommodating and has many seats available. They also all fill up. Ordered: Myself: Vijaywada boneless chicken biryani. Table: samosa, chilli chicken, lamb tikka masala, poratha, chicken curry dosa, and more. All dishes looked fantastic. Everyone was happy with their orders as well. Parking: Plenty Located: Left of ROAM // Behind Luci's steakhouse Alcohol: They don't serve it, but you can call to confirm that it's still BYOB. Would I be back? Definitely! Tips: Food is cooked at medium spice. You can increase accordingly. (for those without a spice tolerance, medium is not mild) read more

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I waited waited over a half hour for food during lunchtime. I had a dosa, mint chutney, garlic naan and lamb vindaloo. Ended up having to take the food to go due to the wait. The dosa was solid, the naan sub par, the lamb had fatty pieces and gristle in it. Overall, very disappointing. read more

New restaurant. Ambience is good. Nice menu with some authentic food items from Tamilnadu, a south Indian state. I ordered Nellai chicken and Natu Kodi vepudu biryani, week special. Nellai chicken is very good, chicken is well coated with egg and a spice mixture with curry leaf and cashews. Very tasty and unique. Biryani is like Thalappakatti biriyani like rice with 4 pieces of fried chicken pieces. The rice is very tasty with right spices. The chicken pieces are very crispy and very tasty with blend of spices and rightly marinated, not oily. I liked the various menu items wand will come back to try other items. read more

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Most amazing indian-kerala food I have eaten so far. Their choices are very different than any traditional indian restaurants. We have done a lot of take outs and dine in over the years and always have love their unique flavors with indian food. Love it, will keep going their as long as they are open. Great service and ambiance too. Try this place if you want an authentic indian food experience that is different from other places. read more

We went a little late on a Friday evening. Or maybe Saturday. The food was very good and portions were plenty sufficient. Service was a little slow. The South Indian filter coffee could/should be a good bit stronger. read more

Really awesome place to get Indian food in the area, we love their goat curries! Everything is always made to order and comes out, super fresh, definitely recommend to anyone in the area. read more

Best Indian food in North Atlanta, Alpharetta! Foodie here! Expect OK personable interaction. Imagine an IT guy serving u food. Well that's the tone with their service but FOOD is excellent. Actually FOOD is mind blowing delish excellent!!! I get apaam with cheese, butter chicken, lentil and dosa with extra red onion! Chicken 65 is too dry! Lollipop chicken is perfect!! I wash all this down with a nice Lassi, and I've gotten my Indian fix for a few weeks! Food tastes like grandmas slow cooked meals! Presentation is outstanding! Food to go is fast and packaged perfectly! The only downfall are the workers are so stressed cause almost everyone is so cheap to tip. NOT me tho and maybe a few others! They deserve abundance! Tip is at least 15%-20%, NOT $5!!!! This is Alpharetta for goodness sakes folks! Note, it's mostly Indians eating here in their wedding clothes! Meaning it's a special place! If their culture is devouring the food, u know it's good! One time I saw a guy eating with his hands in the car!! He couldn't even make it home to eat, it smells so darn divine! I gave him a thumbs up, cause I almost did the same one time too! No pics sorry!!! I go straight to eating! read more

I am a huge foodie and let me tell you it's hard to get Indian food cooked to perfection. Goat biriyani: I expected this biriyani to be better. It was good but it was one of those dishes that looked better than it tasted. The meat was really tender which is what is expected in a biriyani. Nellai chicken: I would give more points to this one. This was a good balance of spicy and a little sweet. The marination was on point(something similar to a chicken 65) but the cashews and the sweetness brought the uniqueness of this dish. The chicken was cooked to perfection. I have it a 3 stars because I was not wowed by this place. It's definitely got a better ambiance and vibe than most Indian restaurants but most of my rating goes to the quality of food. I will keep updating this review when I have more food from here. Stay tuned. read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - Hyderabadi Mutton biriyani - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

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Lovely Lunch. Ordered : Malabar Parotta with Veg Chettinaad dish on side. Drumstick Soup. Appams with Veg and egg side dishes, Egg Dum Biriyani read more

****Reply to owner's comment - I very well know the difference between a kal dosa and an uthappam. Thanks for trying to share your knowledge on the same. Your long and negative comment shows that you are unable to take criticism from a customer. A customer would want their food(especially Indian food) served HOT, not warm! And the Idlies served to me were far worse from being warm! How does a cooked food 'turn out to be warm' by the time it ends up at a table? The path which leads to your restroom had used plates and dishes stacked on either side and anyone who wanted to go through had to squeeze in the space and through a shabby plastic curtain sort of thing! Coming from a South Indian household, I very well know how 'authentic' food is made. You wanted genuine feedback, this is as genuine as it gets.. Your comment clearly shows that you only respect a 5 star review and not anything less than that! Nothing more to add here, but try and learn to accept other reviews too.**** 1. Below-average tasting food 2. Disappointing South Indian ish taste 3. Calming beautiful ambience (only on one half of the restaurant; the rest of the restaurant had a wedding reception kind of seating with no flowers ;) ) 4. Almost forgot, Shabby restroom as well as the path leading to it One and only thing which made me want to visit Nalan was the MENU which sounded like a typical South Indian (Tamil Nadu) restaurant's menu and boy after going there, was I disappointed! I decided to start simple and go with Idlies and sambar. Idly was alright in terms of texture but could have used a little salt and of course, could have been served hot! Sambar tasted bland, more like a Dal fry; red(tomato) chutney was too spicy with no other flavor; white(coconut) chutney was cold and tasted like it's almost about to go stale. When Sambar and chutneys don't impress you at a South Indian menu, it leaves very less interest for you to try anything else. Appam with kurma sounded ecstatic on the menu and I wish it tasted so too. I understand Appam with coconut milk satisfies a sweet tooth, but I don't understand why the Appam in itself was sweet and a little tangy. This, combined with the Kurma full of grinded spices overpowering the Kurma's taste was a big NO-NO for me. The only thing good about this was the cute little copper bucket in which Kurma was served!! My friend ordered kal dosai and it looked & tasted like a normal dosa in a South Indian household and not how a kal dosai should be! A typical Kal dosai should be thick(or so I believe and how I've had eaten for years) throughout while the one served to us was thick on the outside and thin on the inside! Overall, thanks to Nalan for a very meagre dinner! read more

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Simple casual dine in. Walked in and waited for someone to come upfront and greet us. We ordered veg and non-veg entrees. Food was a little to sweet for our tasting, considering we ordered medium spice and hot spice level. Not an authentic Indian restaurant in my opinion. Only one server for a restaurant that was 60% full capacity. Server forgot to serve our table water and drinks. The lamb vindaloo was not the best, quite chewy and could get the raw lamb smell. They are busy for takeout. read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - a variety of dishes on a table - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

Just not delicious. Sorry. Also gave everyone in our house the run to the bathroom. No one was well for a full 24hrs after. We love good Indian food so this was a misfortune. read more

Authentic flavors, quick service , wish they had slightly better portion sizes.. but definitely a must try for Indian food

#nalan Jack was awesome! He jacked us up with some good indian food. No discount however for this review... can you believe this? What kind of establishment does this? Haha just kidding. Appams were good. Get the Mutton Chukkah! Load up on some good food and great company. Chicken 65 and Gobi Machurian was excellent as well. Only complaint - the service could have been more attentive to the water. read more

Best Chicken Korma I've ever eaten. Tikki Masala reminded me of my friends from India's grandmother's. Rich flavors. Simply fantastic!

This is all about the food. The space they are in is nothing special, the Food is. We had four different dishes and they were all excellent. I urge you to give them a try. Most entrées are 12 to 15 bucks.. read more

So good! The mutton roganjosh was unbelievable. The saag paneer and the Gongura chicken I have had better other places but the Kal dosa chicken curry was yummy and the lamb curry was great! Overall a yummy experience! read more

The food here was solid! I came in with my family for lunch at 12pm. The restaurant was empty but filled up quickly - us Desis typically eat late! I had a Dosa. The sambar was a little too spicy for me, but the coconut chutney was nice. The portions of appetizers were big! We ordered the onion pakora and the chicken 65. You definitely get your moneys worth here. I'd recommend coming here. read more

Went here for the first time this Sunday for lunch, and we enjoyed everything we ordered! Our server recommended the Chicken 65 to start - the chicken was tender, had great flavor, and had a nice crisp on the outside. For the entrees, we split the ambur chicken biriyani + kal dosa with goat curry. The biriyani was very flavorful and came with a lot of chicken. The curry for the kal dosa came in a fun container + the kal dosa tasted great with the chopped red onion in the fold. We are already looking forward to trying new things on the menu next time we're back in the area! read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - Chicken 65 - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

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I eat Indian often, it's usually a predictable flavor explosion, so I was expecting spicy, but OMG this place got the hot on level 2.7million, satans forehead is less hot, so yeah, burn my mouth and sauté my tongue in that Diablo goodness. The location is dumpy and the ambiance subzero, but who cares, the spices got me fired up. read more

Nalan Indian Cuisine - the interior of the restaurant - Indian Near Me - Alpharetta, Georgia

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If you're just looking to get Indian food it's a good place. But if you're looking for the entire dining experience, this isn't the place. They don't give you ice unless you ask for it. Almost all the food is spicy and you're given room temp water... doesn't make sense. They bring the food out one plate at a time. There was one server who seemed overwhelmed and took a long time to get to everyone. Overall, the food was great. Dining experience...not so much. read more

The food was yummmmm. The service was great. Polite and pleasant staff. No loud music or other distractions. Open ceiling kind of helped the noise level too. read more