With coupon in hand, we decided to try India’s Grill in Mesa. I’ll be honest and say that I have not always the biggest fan of Indian food. I just haven’t had a lot of great experiences and all the “faves” of whatever group I’m eating with seem to be things I’m not too into. That said, the day before, our class was on Indian cooking, and we got to taste some spices and learn a little bit about how things are made. It sort or wet my palette for Indian food and I was excited to try this. This place isn’t too far from my office, and the location used to be a sort of upscale Mexican food joint, but we hadn’t tried it since it became India’s Grill.
The meal began with them bringing us a sort of cracker thing (which the internets inform me is called Papadum) with some delicious sauces. I was particularly keen on the green one as it was full of mint, which I love. Next came some Vegetable Pakora appetizers that were fried vegetable kind-of dumpling balls. They came with a sort of sweet (almost) barbeque-like sauce that I enjoyed a great deal.
For my entree I decided on the Lamb Korma (against the protestations of my Vegetarian husband) and thought it was delicious. I’ll be honest and say that I think this meal sort of made me come around on Indian food. I think as long as I can order something that sounds good (as opposed to dealing with a buffet or specials only situation) I’ll like it more. The garlic naan was good, though I could have easily gone for more 
. I will point out that each entree comes with a rice, which is nice as that is not always the case at Indian restaurants.
Finally, I will point out that service was a little bit sloppy. My chai took a really long time to get, and my friend got the wrong dish (chicken tikka, not chicken tikka masala). They were, however, not bent about us having a coupon and very accommodating otherwise, including offering to fix the dish they got wrong and apologies about the late beverages, so bigons.
All in all I would definitely return and was happy with our meal. Try it and see what you think.
The Menu
Yummy Crackers with Dips
Ben making a difficult decision
Veggie Fried Goodness
Le Chai
Tags: chai, India's Grill, Indian, korma, lamb, mint, naan, Pakora, Papdum, rice
We love this place!