Sizzling Tandoor Indian Restaurants

We all the time are looking for great restaurant in this area because we just move 6 months ago and this is the best Indian restaurant, the food was delicious, the service outstanding we have kids and they love the mango lassi and also the appetizer Indian platter. It went beyond our expectations, THANK YOU

India is the land of hot as well as aromatic spices. The restaurant will ask you how you want your dishes spiced — mild, medium or spicy? Mild is a gentle but insistent heat. Medium is what we usually think of as spicy. And spicy means that you’ll break a sweat and be reaching for the raita — the palate-cooling yogurt dip made with cilantro, cumin, mint and sometimes cucumber. Do order the Cucumber Raita ($3.95 ) if you’re going to order anything with a spiciness level above mild. You’ll need it.



One of the most welcome innovations is the lineup of Indian spice blends called masalas that you can buy to spice up your own home cooking. Ten blends are put together from spices imported from India and assembled to enhance various dishes like chicken, seafood and lamb. Fans of Indian food know that in India, many dishes are cooked using ghee, or clarified butter. You can order dishes cooked with ghee here for an extra buck.



When you enter Sizzling Tandoor, you’ll see the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh on your right, sitting with a flaming aura of peacock feathers emerging from behind him. It’s a comforting image, as Ganesh is known as the remover of obstacles. The rest of the decor is also decidedly Indian, with cloth paintings and lighted wall sconces that look like medieval Indian hats. A large flat-screen TV behind the service bar was showing a hosted program of Indian music videos on a recent night. And if you prefer your ragas live, a sitar and tabla duo alternate with belly dancers on Fridays and Saturdays from 6 to 9 p.m. Check with the restaurant to see who’s playing which nights.



Service is quick, attentive and helpful when navigating the large menu full of unfamiliar — to many of us — Indian specialties like kofta dilkhush, bhel puri, and laccha paratha, to name a few. Thankfully, a line of italic type under the Indian names tells you in English what you’re going to get.