First, you should try this restaurant. It's a small business run by a mother and her daughter and the food was delicious.
Second, don't get confused. The place seems to go by many different names. You will find the restaurant named Parijaat Restaurant and Bar on the store front and on Yelp. There is a website for Moon Restaurant and Bar. The menu is titled Moon Restaurant and Bar. I've included a picture of the front. We were confused so you don't have to be. Just walk in.
The ambiance isn't great. The first thing you'll see when you walk in is a pool table. There are maybe six tables off to the side in the back. There is also a full bar up front to the left as you walk in.
The mother doesn't speak English. The daughter knows some English. While definitely not fluent, it didn't matter because she was very sweet.
Because the place is small and I imagine business is slow, there are a lot of things on the menu they do not have. If you get a menu with black Xs on certain items, that means they do not have it. Even with limits there were plenty of options. There were four of us and we all got something different and we got two appetizers.
We started with Samosas; I didn't get a picture. You get three in a serving. The filling was spicy and delicious. They came with a little bowl of what looked like soup. It was brothy and had vegetables in it. I didn't try it, but those that did said it was very good. I'm not sure if the Samosas were supposed to be dipped in it, but I didn't.
We also had Chili Chicken Momo. Everyone agreed this was the best thing we tried. We recently had an appetizer with the same name in Chicago and it was SPICY! Deliciously spicy. I mean fantastic. The dish at Moon Restaurant and Bar was not spicy, though it looked like it should be. Instead they were almost sweet. The serving was huge. If we come back we will order this again.
Mark had Chicken Tikka Marsala. When ordering he was asked how spicy, but he misheard and thought the scale was 1 to 3 so he ordered a 2. Well, it was 1 to 10. Why do I mention this? Because Mark likes things spicy and his meal was not. As a result he thought it was bland.
I had Chicken Curry, which ended up being the strangest looking curry I've ever seen. That said, the chicken was tender and the flavors were very good. There was a definite taste of cinnamon. Made me wonder if they make their own curry. I'm not sure, but I'd get it again.
One friend had Soup Momo. She thought it was bland. I tasted it and it she was right. Our other friend has Chicken Biryani. She enjoyed it. I loved the color.
I think everyone should support this establishment and give it a try. Some of the items were standouts and others were just okay, but overall it was wonderful meal. read more