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    Pakwan Indian Bistro

    3.6 (133 reviews)
    InexpensiveIndian, Pakistani, Seafood

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Butter Chicken
    Ween W.

    Ordered on doordash so I didn't get to see the restaurant. Food was delivered quickly, it was hot but was salty. Delicious but salty. More than enough to feed 2 people!!

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    Chelsey H.

    A friend was visiting out of town and wanted to check this place out. We've driven by before so we figured why not. The inside is pretty big and open and they have a large menu which is a plus. We sat down and waited and went through the menu. Most items were higher priced than most places we have eaten at but we gave it a try. We tried the lamb kabob, the garlic naan and butter chicken. The butter chicken was pretty good, just wish there was more chicken in it. The lamb skewers were alright, it was just a meat patty that looked interesting. There was a bit of flavor there but I wasn't wowed by it. The naan was tasty but it was kind of odd. I am a huge fan of naan and this wasn't like typical naan I've eaten in the past. It has a bunch of holes throughout it and was pretty dense. Overall it was okay. It wasn't terrible but for the price of the items I received it wouldn't be worth it for me to return

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    Trevor H.

    Ordered two types of biryani and lamb vindaloo. Both Biryani was full of hair, like I could have pulled dozens out of it, then the chicken tasted so bad I could tell it was very old. After one bite I threw away the entire 56 dollar order because I was sure we would all get sick after eating it. Do not eat here.

    Biriyani $11.99
    Pratishruti M.

    This is a fairly new Indian spot, it opened 2 years ago if memory serves right I stumbled on pakwan while searching for food on yelp a little late in the night. First I couldn't believe that an Indian restaurant served food (read Biriyani) until mid night on weekends... move over pizzas, burgers and burritos. Naan and curry here I come and I have continued getting food from here on and off late nights. Honestly the food isn't the best but it is not bad either tried the naan,andhra chicken curry, chicken curry, boneless chicken biriyani, korma etc Portions are generous and reasonably priced. Curries come with a side of rice.The restaurant is a family operated place and the owners are nice, polite service is good but I have always got take out. If you are craving Indian food after 10:00 PM this is your only bet. Cheers!

    Bright red chicken 65
    Greeshma R.

    I hate to do this but I'm helpless. I wish I gave 0 stars. The place looks old for a newly opened restaurant. We ordered a to go and when we entered there was a foul smell and the restaurant was empty. We should have guessed it from that how bad it is. We ordered chicken 65 and mutton curry with naan. Chicken 65 had so much of food color that I was forcing myself to eat it. The taste was bland, jus some chicken covered in food color fried. Mutton curry was so salty I had to drink water all day to get rid of the sodium. The naan was Burnt floating in oil. It costed us $20, such a waste of money. The food is horrible, they can't cook for crying out loud. Ps: my husband had food poisoning. Please avoid this place and this is an honest review.

    Naan Garlic bread
    Tyshea P.

    I used Yelp to find doing a basic search for Indian and this was the only location that wasn't closed during the time, looked like many of the Indian restaurants closed during a certain time period and reopened. Me and my girlfriend was looking for someplace to sit down to eat. The atmosphere wasn't that great but the food was good. We got Chicken Tikka Masala, Garlic Naan, and some spicy potato like fritters..forgot the name of those. But everything was wonderful! The young lady that brought us our food was nice. Bathroom was a bathroom...definitely should've been cleaner and more inviting.

    Chicken Curry and Naan
    Janhavi M.

    This is a small casual family-run indian food joint. Their biggest plus point is that their business hours are really long compared to any other Indian restaurant. They are open until 12 am on Fri and Sat and until 10.30 pm on other days. In fact that is how we discovered this place while looking for an indian dinner option one friday night. So far we have had tandoori chicken, chicken curry and naan and chicken biryani and some tea. While the food tastes good and has a homely touch to it, we are not pleased with the food quality and hence the two stars. One or two times after eating here, we did feel that our stomach was not very happy. That being said, the family running the business are very nice. We have always enjoyed our conversation with them. The lady especially served the food and asked for refills etc with a lot of care and homely warmth. There is a lot of room for improvement with regards to the food, quality and the interior. Simply using good quality ingredients (especially cooking oil) and a little more attention to hygiene can take the place to up one level.

    Chili Naan
    Jiavani H.

    I ordered the fish curry, chili naan and rice. Food was just okay. Rice was regular rice and kind of hard. Fish curry was just okay and the naan bread was really thick, maybe I should have tried the garlic one. Overall, this meal was just okay and I probably will try somewhere else next time ! My friend ordered the Chicken tikka masala and was really sick the next day, just a heads up!

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    The food is good. They do not skimp on their quantity. This is run by an elderly couple.

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    They're very rude and the service sucks. Food is alright but if you're going to treat customers like crap, nobody is going to come here.

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    Really good and authentic food. Little slow on orders but awesome food. Love going there

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    The food is terrible !!!!! (From my experience) it's not authentic at all . It's not even real garlic naan

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    Absolutely tasteless biryani. BIG NO..The chicken had so weird smell as if it was very old.

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    Food are too salty but good! Service is bad. They dont give u water, u have to ask. No napskin. It just bad probably wont be back!

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    Food was amazing and so was the staff ! SO flavorful and very authentic. I highly recommend coming here and supporting this small business.

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    The food here is beyond delicious we. It is truly mom and pop restaurant. Each bite was worth every dollar.

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    Love the biryani!!! I'm vegetarian and the veg biryani was delicious. Very good portions for price.

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