I really wanted to give this 4 1/2 stars, but the great items were so good that I rounded it up. To start off with the service and ambiance were excellent. My wife and I started off with the beef and potato keema. It is just a perfect dish. If the restaurant was not so nice, I would have licked the bowls to get the last bit of flavor out of it. We also had the tandoori shrimp. Perfectly cooked with just the right amount of balance and spice. Again I could have eaten 50 of them. Also the chili, cheese and garlic nan was just perfect. Just out of the oven, with multiple subtle flavors hitting you all at once. I could eat this every day of my life and still be happy when I was 99. The entrees were good but had some shortcomings. We tried the deconstructed pork and duck dishes. I understand what they are trying to do, e.g. traditional indian spices with perfectly cooked protein. However the execution did not quite live up top the theory. The pork was a bit overcooked and tough. Also by cooking it separately, it was not as flavorful as it could have been. The duck was fatty and not well seared. Duck needs a crispy skin, which this dish did not have. All in all I think for the entrees sticking with the traditional indian cooking methods probably works better. We are definitely going back, but will choose different entrees. read more

Raas is our favorite restaurant to enjoy while in Lewes and never disappoints! Chef GG knows his stuff ... from the delicious food to the impeccable service, you can't go wrong. The historical building exudes ambiance and is well decorated. Raas according to the website literally means dance and also balance for your body. This amazing food is a dance party in your mouth and the flavors are so well balanced! What a fitting name! I love to start with the bacon wrapped plantains, the spinach kale chat and the cauliflower. All of the fish is fresh and well prepared, especially the whole branzino with the orange ginger sauce. It's such a treat and we order it regularly. There are many other tasty protein and vegetarian options. The sauces and cocktails are equally fantastic! And their naan and lachha paratha are the perfect accompaniments. Don't forget dessert! Finish up with their super flavorful homemade mango or coconut ice cream! You'll even find easy parking right around the corner. read more

Raas - Whole Branzino - Indian Near Me - Lewes, Delaware

Quite simply, there are better places to choose. While the quality of the food is serviceable, it is ultimately basic, unremarkable and very expensive. read more

Disappointed, sorry to say. Was expecting flavour to go with the impressive menu. Also, as noted elsewhere, pricey.

What a great place for dinner! A delicious departure from the typical shore food. Curtis our waiter was attentive, on top of all of our needs. And he makes a terrific old fashioned. We splurged on the chef's tasting menu which was well worth it. A terrific tour of the varied menu options. They even let me substitute a dish. All around great experience. read more

Raas - Chef's tasting menu! - Indian Near Me - Lewes, Delaware

This was an amazing dining experience, from the warm welcome upon entering the front door (no waiting around to be acknowledged at host stand) you felt as though you had arrived at a good friend's home, to the wonderfully attentive service all through the evening! We ordered a variety of appetizers and all had different main courses. Chef GG was wonderful in guiding us on how best to enjoy the whole fish served to one of our group! It looked amazing! The decor was beautiful and pleased to see how clever they have been in updating while still retaining the wonderful elements of the lovely Victorian home. So many smiling faces from all of the staff all evening just made you feel so very welcomed, the food was so -o flavorful, a real treat, can't wait to go back, love that they take reservations, so no waiting in lines!! Kudos Raas, well done!! read more

My family and I are currently on vacation in Rehoboth and made reservations for Raas for our Father's Day dinner. Unfortunately, it was not a great experience (enough to prompt me to write a review). While the food was good (shout out to the Swordfish Tikka), we encountered multiple issues with our service and our server, Noni. She was friendly, however was very dishonest about multiple aspects of the charges on our bill: - I ordered a watermelon juice. She brought us two and said one would be on the house. It wasn't. - My entree was accidentally taken by another server and by the time I received it, my party had finished all of their entrees. - Noni had insisted my entree and some of our appetizers would be taken off the tab. NOTHING was taken off our tab. - When it came time to pay the bill, Noni disappeared at length. Normally, I would have disputed these issues more forcefully at the time, but I didn't want to add stress to an already stressful meal and make my father feel uncomfortable. But please be advised and cautioned by my experience. The lack of integrity we experienced was highly disappointing for such a seemingly upscale business. read more

Outstanding Indian food! Great ambience and servers really know their stuff! Every bite of food was a world tour of flavors and spices. Keep up the great work guys! We will be adding Raas to our heavy rotation! read more

This is our favorite restaurant in the Lewes/Rehoboth area. We have now dined 3 ways. First was a big sampling of their small plates, then a regular dinner with large plates, and finally a Happy Hour. Each experience was top-notch. To start, the Indian themed cocktails are to die for. Each has a different twist using top shelf liquors and Indian flavorings. The small plates/appetizers are out favorite food offerings. Among them are the Cauliflower Manchurian, Swordfish Tikka, and Smoked Eggplant Chokha. Also, give the Honey Chili Water Chestnuts a try! There is a separate Happy Hour menu to keep trying different dishes. The owner and the entire staff are helpful and attentive. While the prices are higher than your run of the mill Indian restaurant, the imaginative offerings and superior service make it worthwhile. read more

This was our second time at Raas. Out first experience was excellent so we invited good friends of ours to join us for dinner on our second visit. The wait staff couldn't be more friendly and accommodating. We are not all that familiar with Indian cuisine so our waitress was fantastic in helping us navigate to some superb entrees. Two of us had the Tandori Salmon, which was perfectly seasoned(not too spicy for us.) The others had the Chicken Tikka Masala, which they also raved about. Wonderful dining experience and we look forward to our next visit! read more

This was one of the best dining experiences!!! The drinks, appetizers, entrees and desserts were all amazing! The flavors!!!!! I will be back!! read more

I really wanted to like this place because I love Indian food. The waitress was very well informed and provided very good service. The food was average at best. Presentation was below average and priced way too high for what you got. $20 martinis , $16 dollar Irish coffee !?!?! I'll pass, far better places available. read more

What a great addition to the dining scene in Lewes. I have now been there twice and both were excellent. Great service and the food melts in your mouth. I can recommend the Smoked Eggplant Chokha to share as a starter. Then, on my second visit, I tried the Kurkuri Bhindi (crispy okra) and I loved it. If you stick with small plates, the Saffron Chicken Tikka was plenty for me for dinner. Several people had recommended the Chicken Tikka Masale, which my friend had and ate every bite. The Red Curie Chicken dish I ordered on my second visit was enough for two dinners but very good. It is wonderful to have a restaurant of the caliber here in Lewes and good to see how popular it has already become. read more

We had high expectations but were sorely disappointed. Lovely building, setting, service and even presentation but the food was average at best. Why charge $30-40+ for curries? If it were spectacular I might not have balked but it is overpriced and to some it would be worth the spend to enjoy the unique setting and atmosphere. read more

On first try my partner and myself were impressed by the building, the service, and most importantly the food. We both ordered the pork vindaloo and a bottle of wine, while sat on the beautiful patio at the front of the restaurant. As someone who grew up in the UK experiencing world class curry I can say Raas did a good job, and impressed us enough to warrant a return visit to try other dishes. The only other nearby Indian restaurant is Indigo in Rehoboth which is excellent, but to be honest the menus of each place don't compete with each other as they are so different. I'll go to both from now on. Raas is more Indian/Asian fusion than Indigo which makes it interesting, but Indigo has excellent and more traditional dishes. I'm just amazed, and very glad they are both in my area. I'll be returning to Raas soon with friends! It's definitely worth checking out! read more

I usually give most restaurants the benefit of the doubt, especially during these difficult times, but this restaurant purposely went out of their way to overcharge for mostly mediocre food and blatantly lie about the size and contents of the dishes. They were actively hostile to children and charged $20 for a rather weird dish that the kids disliked, that contained undercooked chicken. A special lentil dish that was talked up and hard sold..turned out to be the size of a side dish with a small bowl of rice for $28. A request for a small scoop of ice cream for a child was delivered as a 2 scoop order for $12. A piece of cake was dry and tasted previously frozen, with Hershey syrup poured over it was $12. They were resistant to make substitutions and continued to try to upsell everything. The naan was greasy and flat and $6 for a smallish piece. I get better food at my local place. read more

This is a must try restaurant! Consistently great food and service. We have never had a bad item on the menu, ever. Must try the eggplant with chili cheese naan and crab cakes as appetizers..... and the lamb Rogan Josh or whole fish are the best I have had at any restaurant. GG and the staff are so accommodating, too. So much depth of flavor to everything. Just go and enjoy! read more

Lovely, setting with reasonable ambience (although perhaps too much of an intrusive server). The food is reasonable, but remarkably overpriced. For example, each curry at a dinner last night for $38? Let's take a look at the Bombay club in Washington DC which is a classic much less expensive. I asked for extra rice - guess what another eight dollars. For dessert we tried the chocolate cake- $18 for possibly the smallest dessert piece of a chocolate cake one could think of. despite the lovely setting, not planning on returning. read more

If I could, I'd give it a 4.5. I'm stingy with 5's and Raas is better than a 4. They did a fantastic renovation turning the old house into a roomy and modern restaurant. It is bright and well decorated. We were lucky to be able to get a walk-in table on a Saturday night. We had a range of food and it was all well prepared. None of us are experts on Indian food, but we truly enjoyed a range of appetizers and main courses. We did not have dessert. The staff was well trained and easy to work with. It is great to have yet another strong restaurant in Lewes, and we look forward to visiting again. read more

Fun spot! Still working out their kinks from being new/service pretty slow but the restaurant was full. Cool space, unique dishes. Nice little twist on traditional Indian food. Love the stuffed mushroom appetizer. Good amount of kids menu options. My only critiques are that the food is pretty Americanized as the chicken tikka masala and saag paneer kofta had zero spice. People who are sensitive to spice can rejoice here! Rice could have used some butter as it was pretty dry. Overall, I will be back! There's definitely love put into this place. read more

Food is very high quality. Service excellent . Tempura smoked eggplant small plates were excellent ...blackberry margaritas excellent Ambience not overly ethnic just right... Great place read more

Food at this restaurant was ok, it was expensive for what you got, and I wouldn't recommend the cocktails here, they weren't very good. Service was on the slow side. If you're visiting for dinner I would recommend reservations for indoor dining, we ended up eating outdoors and we all got bitten by mosquitoes which didn't make the experience enjoyable. We ordered the saffron chicken and samosas for starters, wasn't keen on the saffron chicken, it didn't have any flavor to it. Samosas were better. We had biriyani and chicken tikka for main, these entrees were good, although the rice with the chicken tikka could have been better quality rice. The garlic naan was pretty good. So a mixed bag. read more

We have eaten Indian food countless places and have had the good fortune to have enjoyed some outstanding Indian food. Regrettably, this overpriced restaurant was most remarkably mediocre at best. The appetizer we chose was a beef kabob and was nicely spiced with heat too, however it was a very mushy pan fried patty not a kabob. The texture was just not appetizing and the sauce served with it was lacking in flavor and did not compliment the patty mush. We love Indian food because of the complex flavors found in truly good sauces. The Rogan Josh lamb shank had very tender and good lamb, however the sauce tasted like nothing more than a mild, bland chili powder and was not like any Rogan josh we have ever had. The chicken tikka massala also was very bland, like a can of tomato soup with a little cream in it. The house made ice cream trio was surprisingly good. The mango had a lot of ice crystals such that it seemed to be more of a sorbet. The pistachio had a good flavor. The rose flavor really came through, unlike some we have had were it was so delicate as to be nearly indistinguishable. The first cocktail with mango was very sweet but my husband liked it. The drink with the cardamom marmalade would have been better if they had shaken the cocktail to disperse the marmalade because you couldn't really taste the cardamom until the end. read more

Highly overrated place. Food was good but nothing I would jump over my head. Service was as expected, no complaints. The food was super overpriced in my opinion, on top of that 20% tip is expected. One time stop for us. read more

Amazing thoughtful and inventive food. Service was excellent with strong knowledge of all dishes.

We are in Lewes for a week visiting and were recommended this restaurant by several people. We are familiar with Indian cuisine having lived in Asia for years. This is definitely a fancier Indian restaurant. Our server was Brian and he was able to give us some good suggestions. Our favorites were the tandoori shrimp (could've eaten several), manchurian cauliflower, chicken korma and chicken tikka masala. We also really enjoyed the deconstructed pork vindaloo. It was a big juicy piece and was really good. We decided to get five entrees (for five people) and share. I would suggest this if you are in a big group because you get to taste many things. If you like spicy I highly recommend the spicy margarita. If we lived here this would be a regular, but since we are just visiting we will definitely be back next time. Brian is a great server and made the meal even better. I highly recommend this restaurant. read more

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This restaurant was excellent. My waitress Lindsay recommended several dishes and I chose the Spicy Mango Margarita (2), the Saffron chicken Tikka and Tandoori half Cornish game hen. All were excellent. Moderate spice. Great flavors. Saffron chicken was moist and flavorful. The Cornish game hen was a tad dry in the breast but overall delicious. I chose the Chili Olive naan to be a side. I will definitely be back. An excellent experience all around. Moderate price. I think they opened a year ago August. Well worth the visit. read more

Who would think of Indian food and Lewes Delaware? Well this place may be one of my favorite beach restaurants ever. The food is inventive, often deconstructed, and intensely flavorful. We had a whole fish cooked in a little orange ginger sauce, and it was awesome. Appetizers here are the right size, very tasty and well done. The service is extraordinary, all the servers have personality and engage with the customers. Overall tremendous placeYou could have wonderful food and wonderful service at the beach. read more

From the moment we walked in the staff all greeted us with smiles. Our server David was extremely knowledgeable and was more than eager to describe all of dishes and his favorites. We ordered our main courses, with some guidance, but allowed David to pick the rest. We were not disappointed. All of the food was delicious even the strange Tob Tim Grob (I was scared to try it). We will definitely be back for the food and our server David. Thank you!!! read more

Raas - 3lb Red Snapper Branzino - Indian Near Me - Lewes, Delaware

We had dinner there and everything was enjoyable except that the Lamb Korma was very tough. My wife couldn't chew it. This was a surprise because this is a gourmet restaurant. read more

We just dined at Raas. Service was IMPECCABLE! It really makes a big difference in the dining experience. Food was delicious and drinks were creative. My only negative was the scallops on the small plate were very small for $28 (I know it was a small plate). I would have preferred 3 U-10s to the 4 small scallops. Otherwise, flavors were excellent and had the perfect heat. Garlic Naan was warm and the Pea Rice was a great compliment. We will definitely be back! read more

Went to Raas for a friends birthday. The server was great and had good recommendations for us. The food was delicious!!! Will be going back. read more

Amazing food! I saw all the great reviews on Yelp and it did NOT disappoint! You need to try this place for yourself.

We decided to try this last minute last Friday night. It was busy but not packed. They were clearing a high top Off for us in the bar area and before we could sit down 2 women from the bar got up and took it. So we sat at the bar. The bartender was nice enough but not personable. We placed our order. The food arrived hot and smelled great. The food was very good. Not anything special though. But very good. The drinks were ok to good. Could work on better craft cocktails in my opinion. May try it again and bring out Indian friends to get their opinion. read more

This was our first time at Raas and will not return. We had heard a couple of years ago that the food was outstanding so we gave it a try. We order for four people a couple of appetizers, some Naan, four standard Indian dishes (butter chicken, paneer, ...) and two mango lassis. No alcohol or desserts. The food was good but nothing outstanding. The portions were fairly small. The bill, however, came out to $285 for four people without tip! This place is CRAZY expensive for the quality and quantity of the food you get. At those prices I expected so much more than average food and small portions. read more

Outstanding at every level. The rooms were beautiful and the staff highly professional. However, the gold stars go to the food. My wife has been to India many times and the food here is the best. If you are looking for a super dining experience this is the place. read more

When turned away from other restaurants closing at same time as Raas, this staff invited our family in and made us feel that we were so special and wanted to please us in all aspects of our dining experience. This is the main focus of this place"dining experience". The owner himself came to speak to each table and spent time to provide us a history of his passion and journey to introduce Lewes to food made with flavors that hit and exceed all expectations. This is not your usual Indian cuisine. This is every bite made with love to induce a magic to your palate. They make all fresh with spices and even flowers to excite your senses. Each dish we tried both familiar or new shocked us to the uniqueness of this kitchen staff. Nothing traditional to traditional options. Dessert is a must for the bread pudding and the sorbets are exciting and add the perfect ending to a lovely meal experience. The staff were very attentive and offered so many options to venture trying if not sure what to taste. Going back again for special Father's Day meal since all picked as favorite restaurant in Lewes and Indian cuisine. Deserves above 5 star rating. read more

nothing but good things to say about this place. the food is incredible every time, the service is 10/10, and the hospitality of the owner is unparalleled. every time i have been here he has been so sweet to us. free desserts, amazing cocktails (my favorite is the tandoori nights), and lots of good conversation. this is my favorite spot whenever i am home in delaware. if you're in town as a tourist and curious, MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW! even if you're not sure if you like indian food...i promise you'll have a good experience here!!! they will take good care of you. my little sister has a ton of allergies and they made sure she was filled with good food that was safe for her. all around just an amazing place. i haven't left a review on yelp in awhile but this was just so good that i had to log on and give them some love. thank you Raas! read more

Raas - duck breast & chicken tikka masala across the table - Indian Near Me - Lewes, Delaware

This restaurant came recommended by neighbors but was disappointing. The prices were far above what I would expect to pay for the portion sizes and the food was good, but nothing special. I've had much better Indian food for far less money. We placed a large carry out order ($150) and the portions were so small the entire order fit in one small carry out bag. One of our party ordered a cauliflower curry dish and it came with one big hunk of cauliflower and very little sauce. The house special dal was underwhelming and they gave us only one little plastic condiment container of mint sauce for our entire order to feed five people. Would be fine if it was half the price but for such high prices we expected far better quality of flavor and larger servings. read more

My wife and I observed the construction on this structure located very conveniently in downtown Lewes. It opened in August, however we did not have opportunity to dine here until today, and I'm so glad we did! The structure is charming, inside and out, the staff helpful, and the owner most affable and accommodating. We will DEFINITELY return@ read more

Raas - View from our table showing the kitchen - Indian Near Me - Lewes, Delaware

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