This place has been open for a while, I mean a long while. I can remember back in the day, this was the only show in town if you wanted to eat Indian food, ya know...15 years back. At that time, they had pretty standard Indian food, not bad, but nothing to write home to Mom about. Unfortunately, I tried their food again, about 10 years ago, and their quality had slipped quite a bit. Even during that period of time, I must admit, I still went in and ordered their veggie samosas to take away. Still today not a bad deal at $6.95 for 10 of them. Back when they opened it was 12 for $3.95 ... killer deal.
So... I tried their buffet today for lunch, it was remarkably good, with a variety of different dishes, many of them vegetarian. Apparently, the dishes vary quite a bit. Which is good for a place that has a lunch buffet because you might not want to eat butter chicken everyday. I was excited to see that they had vegetable Manchurian (8/10), as this is one of the better Indian style Chinese dishes I've tried. I really like goat once in awhile, and they had a very delicious goat Curry (8/10). Another dish with eggplant and potato which was mild flavoured, but sublime (8/10). And, I must say, the very best tandoori chicken (10/10), I've ever had. Look... I don't say "very best" lightly. I gotta say, for the 11 or 12 bucks (Sheldon my buddy treated so I don't recall exactly), you're probably looking at the best value for the buck, that Mission has for food that is of a good quality. I honestly wish that I could give a 4 1/2 star rating, but you know Yelp.
I recommend getting there early because they have a limited amount of parking. I ended up parking around the corner and walking for a minute to the door. The place is very clean, well attired, and all of the food was ready to roll at their scheduled 12:00 pm opening time for the buffet. Total pet peeve, when buffets say they open at a certain time but not all the food is out. Got to say that really puts a twist in my undies.
So if you're rolling in to Mission heading east, you will see the sign for the Springs, hang a right at that intersection and a quick left and Sangams is on your right. If I was driving through mission, on a semi-regular basis, I'd make a point to time it so that I could get my Curry fix on the way through. read more