Jewel of India

Reasonable Rates. Loved the food and the service. They can customize the spicy level as per ypur demand

Always welcoming when we enter, service is great, comfortable atmosphere, my friends and I are repeat customers!

This gets one star only because zero stars are not an option. I love Indian food and never really had any «bad» Indian fare. Until my recent visit to jewel of India. We called our order in online. They apparently do not check those orders so don’t bother using grub hub here … After an hour wait the food was absolutely horrible. The butter chicken was bitter and flavorless. The naan was «raw» meaning not warmed or cooked on grill. And came ice cold the baba ganoush, which I love, was inedible… The worst. This place is a disgrace. The staff was rude and slow as hell… How do these paces even stay open? For our inconvenience we were offered free desert… Which we did not receive… Avoid this place like the plague. 3 entrees and an app. Cost over 50 $. AVOID!!!

Poor ambience, pathethic dessert and mango lassi. 4 level of spice is super spicy so go with 3 or lower. The quality of food was ok. bad customer service. will never go again

It is really «Jewel of yummy food». I love Gulab-​jamun, palak-​paneer, daal, samosa, naan. Foods are very delicious. Staffs are professional and friendly. Ambiance is very good, good instrumental Indian music, nice decoration and clean. This is my first choice, whenever I go near UW. Can’t beat the price $ 8.99.

This was my first time trying this restaurant and I called them to order delivery. I tried my go to — the chicken Jalfrazie (some restaurants add too many unusual spices or vegetables and ruin it but Jewel got it right), the garlic naan, and an order of veggie samosas. It was delivered exactly 45 minutes later, was hot, delicious, and just what I needed to help kick this awful cold I caught a few days ago. They even gave me a little cup of Kheer, which I thought was just wonderful! Will definitely order from them again!

So so good. Small restaurant but huge flavors. Best basmati rice and love their mango curry!

We’ve enjoyed the food from here before but the delivery service is atrocious. We ordered food at 8:30 through Unilocal’s Eat 24 site and were told to expect a 45 – 60 minute wait. I finally called at 9:45 and was then told ‘they were really busy’ and that it would be another 5 – 10 minutes. We live a half a mile from this restaurant. A HALF A MILE.
When I explained that we were not happy the woman on the phone said ‘we are really sorry’ but offered nothing but a free dessert. Which meant that our order hadn’t even left the restaurant yet. Or that the driver is randomly carrying around free desserts to hand out to unhappy customers.
* Follow up note — I spoke with the owner of Jewel of India and he both apologized and bought us an entrée to make up for the inconvenience. Nice guy. Will give them a try again in the future.

In search of Indian fare and after reading the reviews, we took the Light Rail train up to the new UW station to try out this University District restaurant for the lunch buffet.
It was definitely worth the trip!
Contrary to other reports, we found the little restaurant to be very clean, bright and airy, with glass-​covered white tablecloths and tasteful South Asian artwork decorating the walls. The service provided by the family-​run restaurant was both warm and inviting.
The buffet had a broad and decent selection of dishes, with the star being a savory goat curry and an unusual mango chicken curry following a close second. As noted, a very nice touch is the large, freshly-​baked, buttery naan that is delivered a little after you sit down. The desserts offered — a kheer rice pudding and mango custard — were a refreshing ending to a pleasing meal, along with the complimentary chai.
For $ 8.99 a person — especially for all the delicious goat curry and accompaniments you could desire — we found this restaurant to be a more than worthy investment of our time and money!

My gf and I order from here fairly often, but have yet to dine-​in. We both agree that it is very good, but not the best in the city and certainly not the best bang-​for-​your-​buck. The staff is very friendly, but delivery times can take a bit longer than may seem reasonable. Still, it’s worth trying and perhaps a dine-​in experience is even better.

The food here is very good, full of flavor. However, they do not put much meat in the sauce dishes… I would say about 4 to 5 small pieces with a great deal of tasty sauce. Also be careful with large orders for delivery, on many occasions they have forgotten things and are reluctant to deliver missing items or refund. So be careful to compare order with delivered items before delivery man leaves. Other then that it is a excellent option for delicious India food.

I ordered them for delivery tonight. I have to say I am impressed. They were early. Very polite. And most importantly, DELICIOUS! I got rice, coconut curry lamb, naan and a mango smoothy. It’s about 2 to 3 meals here.
I will be ordering them again.
Yummy

Tasty Indian food, friendly service and clean! What more can I say?

Just like the other reviewer from January 3^rd, I am currently waiting for my order. It’s been over two hours, according to Eat24. I’ve called twice and the first time, was spoken to rather rudely by the man who picked up the phone. The second time, a woman answered and said the driver was 5 minutes away. It’s been 15 minutes since then. I am starving and am extremely frustrated!
It sounds like this is more of a common occurrence than they’re letting on.

Of the many Indian places I’ve tried, this one is definitely top in 2 or 3, if not #1. The food is consistently good and the service has been nothing but wonderful for me.

Really a good place for Indian food! We ordered paneer bhurji, aloo palak, and daal tadka. Paneer bhurji is too good at this place. The food is more authentic than other indian places around the this area.

We have ordered from Jewel of India before and it was pretty decent. Tonight we ordered from Eat24. The food was over an hour late. When it arrived it was cold and bland. The samosas did not have a lot of flavor to them at all. The tandoori platter I got was cold and not spicy. The Butter Masala tasted like tomato soup according to my wife. This was the worst Indian food that we have ever had, which is crazy seeing that we have tried many Indian restaurants, some of the not so amazing variety. This was by far the worst.
All in all I am not ordering from this restaurant again. An hour late with no phone call, no e-​mail, and barely an apology is not acceptable. I received a small discount on the meal (around 10% off). Not great.

Travelling in Seattle. Ordered from my Hotel room. Food was top notch. Had chicken tikka, a paneer dish and a vegan curry. All 3 were killer. driver was a good guy. Highly reccomended.

Update: the owner of the restaurant very graciously called me and explained the situation. The involved employee was new at the restaurant and the owner assured me that it was an anomaly and not the norm. I appreciate the kind gesture of the owner and since the food itself was pretty delicious, I am updating the review and rating!
Horrible customer service. I waited two hours for my delivery and when I gave them a call, no one took responsibility and said the food will get there when it gets there! Never eating here again!

Had a dinner here with my boyfriend, and it was delicious! We had Butter Masala with lamb, and Goat Biryani. Lamb meat is the best that I’ve eaten so far in restaurants of Seattle, and servings are fairly big. I think because it’s family owned, it is cozy inside, and super neat, unlike in some other places that we’ve been to. Occasionally we order delivery, and as long as we order it off-​peak hours, it comes in about 25 minutes, even though we live about 20 blocks away. Thank you for such a great service, and amazing taste!

I would highly recommend coming for the lunch buffet! I have been a customer for 2 – 3 years now and I think I have only ever come in for the buffet.
The buffet usually consists of about 8 items. The tandoori chicken and butter chicken are consistently in the line-​up, but the other items tend to rotate between different lamb, goat, chicken and vegetable dishes. There are also usually pakora and vege samosas as part of the buffet. I also like the chai tea. For an all you can eat meal, the price and variety are great!
One of the better points for this place is the fresh naan that they make, usually plain or garlic, that comes complementary with the buffet. Considering that many of the other Indian places on The Ave/​University Way either charge for naan or offer pre-​made naan as part of a buffet line, the hot, fresh naan is fantastic. While some of the other reviews mention disappointment at only receiving half of naan, I think that the restaurant usually portions out half a naan per person, especially if the place is busy. While I have never had the occasion to, I don’t think the proprietors would oppose preparing a bit more.
The couple that run the place are fairly quiet, but they are very pleasant folks.
As mentioned, I haven’t really gone in for the entrée’s or for dinner, so I cannot comment on those. But I would heartily recommend the buffet!

Jewel of India is awesome. The food is delicious and they deliver. I usually get the paneer tikka masala and lots of garlic naan. My one complaint is that I always order a large-​sized tamarind on the side (and pay for it!) and end up receiving one of those tiny little plastic containers of it instead. I need my tamarind!
I highly recommend them for yummy food.

I typically go in with my family during lunch buffet, while the food is quite flavorful and good, POOR and RUDE service level (by the Lady waitress now). It’s become pretty apparent to me as of recent… and, dare I say, is a bit of a deal breaker!
I went there the other day with another adult and a toddler (picky eater). The toddler barley ate ¼ cup of rice and two slice of oranges… I don’t mind paying for the adults ($ 7.99×2, plus tax and tip). But they ended up charging us for two adults and a «child rate» of $ 5.99. When I asked the waitress about her witnessing my toddler barely eating anything and your charging me for her, she stated twice, «she made a plate dirty». Not only did this charge seem non-​cordial but her response was very rude.
I’m sadly disappointed this place because must have changed ownership and therefore is not the same restaurant. I always try to give restaurants several chances before I leave a blah review… but with the «Jewel of India restaurants in Seattle to compete with, there’s really no excuse. So there ya go: TL;DR: Food is good, but service lacks to the point of starvation.

I have been coming here for half of my life, and I love it. Family owned, kids running around, excellent food and truly great service. I’ve spent twenty years eating at different Indian restaurants around Washington, and this is one of my top picks.
I haven’t eaten here for awhile, can’t wait to come back soon!

OK, so after all these years, the food at Jewel of India is still fairly wonderful (my typical order being in the range of paneer and vegetarian dishes), but there’s a big, hairy BUT to all this.
I typically order delivery from this place, and, while the food is quite flavorful and good, I am pretty turned off by the service level, which consistently isn’t there. It’s become pretty apparent to me as of recent… and, dare I say, is a bit of a deal breaker! My qualms are always as follows:
1. The food is overspiced, despite what level of spice you ask for or what notes you leave with your order (aka if you ask for no spice, the food always arrives overly spicy). There were only really 2 times that I can remember where they actually got my order right.
2. The food is typically late to arrive or takes up the maximum amount of time estimated (the estimates of which run about 45 minutes to an hour). Tonight it’s taken over 1.25 hours. Last time, it took around 1.25 hours for our food to arrive. The previous night was a weekend night, so I was more understanding of that in case they were oversaturated with orders. Tonight is a Tuesday, though :\ Tuesday is what we, in the restaurant industry, call a slow night.
I’m sadly disappointed in this place because I always try to give restaurants several chances before I leave a blah review… but with 209 583 109 583 Indian restaurants in Seattle to compete with, there’s really no excuse. So there ya go: TL;DR: Food is good, but service lacks to the point of starvation.

One of the pluses is that it is open fairly late on the weekdays. My boyfriend (who’s from India and had been craving Indian food) and I went for a late night dinner. We got paneer tikka masala and aloo gobhi with rice and naan. We both thought the food was great and quite authentic. The serving sizes are perfect. The naan is huge! It’s like three times larger than naan I’ve had elsewhere.
The service was good. The ambiance was chill. If you’re a Microsoft Prime Card holder, you can use the card for a buy one, get one deal on entrees!

For the price and location. I like this place.
I think Indian joints all taste somewhat similar for the most part unless you go to Cedars or somewhere in Canada so I generally judge places for their services and cleanliness.
This place hits the marks above and fortunately taste good also.
I dig it and it’s priced just right.

I wrote my first review in 2011, and since then moving from apartment to apartment, I have continued to order my Indian food cravings from Jewel of India.
Living on the Ave, there is a variety of choice to order from but I always find myself coming back to Jewel of India. Their food is consistent. Lamb Vindaloo is my go-​to with a side of garlic naan, and every now and then I’ll order their veggies which I freaking adore (just not the price). Samosas are always delicious and as well as their Aloo Tikki. Every time I have ordered, (which is at least once a month) the food is on point, and I always welcome the complimentary rice or mango pudding~
I don’t think I have ever eaten at the actual restaurant, mainly because I am lazy, and also 9 times out of 10 they always deliver within their given delivery estimate, so I cannot judge on their in-​store service, but the man who delivers my food is always very kind and courteous.

We went here for dinner a couple of nights ago and it was weird to see the restaurant completely empty on a Saturday night.
We started off with a Aloo Chat Papri which was pretty average. Could have used some more chutneys and chat masalas on it for some zing.
We then had a butter chicken with a naan and a garlic naan. Both naans were really good and the butter chicken was cooked well. I like that the 4 star was actually spicy. I’m still not a big fan of all the food coloring and cream though but it looks like that’s what all Indian restaurants serve in their curries so gotta accept it.
Overall the food was decent and the portions pretty good., the prices were in tune with other Indian restaurants in the area which are all slight on the higher side. Might go back here again to try a few more dishes.
p. s. They have deals on Amazon Local and Unilocal so look out for those.

This place is often overlooked, especially because of it’s run down appearance but is definitely a jewel on the ave when it comes to Indian food.
The stars might be a little misleading but the place was actually pretty good. Let’s start with the environment. The place isn’t super brightly lit and I think the chandeliers could have been a bit brighter. There is a cozy feeling to the place and a decent amount of seating. It was pretty empty when we came, and the music is pretty quiet in the background so you’re not having to yell over music when having a conversation. The place is family run and we noticed their children kind of hanging out in the corner.
We decided to go with butter chicken, punjabi aloo phalli and garlic naan. The spice scale is mild, medium and hot but it seems like they go on a 1 – 5 scale. I asked mine to be «hot» while my partner wanted his to be «extra hot,» which the server told us would be a ⁵⁄₅. Our food came out promptly.
Garlic naan — Much smaller than Taste of Indias or Cedars but a lot fluffier and more airy. I definitely loved how light it tasted. You could see actual bits and pieces of garlic all throughout and it was lightly brushed with butter. It didn’t have that chewy texture that you might get from other Indian places. Definitely a delicious naan. You don’t get the two sauces you typically get with naan unless you ask them. Just ask «Can I get the sauce for the naan» and they will kindly bring you a nice amount. The naan was so good that we ordered another garlic naan half way through our meal. We just LOVE naan!
Punjabi aloo phalli — This dish is vegan and it comes with green beans and potatoes, all sauteed in ginger and spices. In terms of spice, this was hot and spicy. It definitely had me going for my water but it was so good! I loved how the potatoes were cooked perfectly and fell apart with each bite. The green beans also added a nice addition to the dish. I did think there were a lot more green beans than potatoes. A bit more potato would have been nice.
Butter chicken — Spice level was dead on. The spiciest level here is probably spicier than Cedars and Taste of India, so if you like spice, you might want to check this place out. The chicken was well done and very tender but there was not a lot of pieces of chicken in the dish. It had a very tomato like taste to it, more so than the other places. Overall, still a good dish.
Each curry dish comes with rice however they seem to only bring out one dish’s worth of rice at a time. This might be to save rice/​dishes? However, if you run out of rice (most likely will) and you ordered more than one curry, you can ask them for more rice and they will bring you more without an extra charge. I thought it was strange that we each didn’t get our own rice.
Service — The service was a bit lacking today, but it might have been due to a certain circumstance. Our water was refilled quite often but we were never checked up on after our food was delivered. We saw the family talk about something that came up and it kept them all occupied. When we wanted more rice and naan we had to get up and actually go to the front to ask for more. This may have been due to the circumstance so we may have to come back to further evaluate the service here. The girl who served us was very sweet though.
The price here is really good. The portion sizes are pretty large even though the little bowls of curry don’t look like much. It is deceivingly a lot. Each curry dish is around $ 11 which is a bit cheaper than the other Indian places. Naan is about the same price as the others. We had the coupon from the survival guide that allows you to get $ 9 off if you order two entrees. This coupon was definitely a steal. For the price of everything it was a little bit more than $ 20. For two entrees, two naans and two very satisfied people, I would say this is a steal when it comes to Indian food.
Hoping to come back again and reevaluate!

How I heard of this place: My first introduction to Jewel of India was through the Entertainment Book many moons ago. This time, our out-​of-​town overnight guests were craving Indian food and free parking, so we searched for a Groupon, and were ready to return to Jewel of India.
Type of cuisine: Traditional Indian fare, including curries, tandoori cuisine and sides galore!
Ambiance: Simple, without pretense, the semblance of a family-​owned operation with minimal décor and dim lighting.
What I ordered: Four diners, four chicken dishes, including Butter Chicken ($ 11.95): boneless chicken breast cubes cooked in a creamy tomato sauce, Kashmiri Chicken ($ 11.95): boneless chicken breast cooked with yogurt, garlic and mild spices garnished with cashews and almonds, Chicken Tikka Masala ($ 11.95): boneless tandoori chicken breast tikka in a special curry sauce, and Chicken Mango Curry ($ 11.95): tender pieces of chicken sautéed with Major Grey Mango Chutney and a special blend of spices. And two garlic naan ($ 2.50 each), baked fresh in the tandoor oven, on the side!
What I loved: I was most delighted by the Kashmiri Chicken, which I had never had until this meal. The creaminess, the buttery-​ness and the light cashew flavor with ample spice truly held my attention.
Why I loved it: Simple, plentiful food served family style.
Cost: Low to average ($ 10.95 — $ 13.95 per dinner entrée)

Tried the Indian buffet for lunch.
It’s ok priced at $ 8 on weekdays and $ 9 on weekends.
Basically rice and 5 or 6 curry dishes, tandoori chicken and a few small salads/​sides.
So, the «butter chicken» was spicy here. i’ve never had butter chicken be spicy. Did not work well for me. Other curries i tried were fine. The Chai they offered was rather good.
Overall, just ok.