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Jhatpat Restaurant Review: Naan N’ Curry, Berkeley

From Santosh On 7 May 2008 View Comments

Submitted by Runa.

Name of Restaurant: Naan n Curry
Restaurant Address: 2366 Telegraph Avenue(between Channing Way & Durant Ave)Berkeley, CA 94704
Restaurant Phone: (510) 841-6226

1. What kind of meal did you have?
A. Ala carte Lunch/Dinner. San Francisco locations open 24 hrs a day
2. What kind of food is it?
A. Pakistani/North Indian fare.
3. What did you eat and drink?
A. Butter chicken, karela sabji (bitter gourd vegetable),Naan. Complimentary chutney bar and complimentary chai
4. How is the ambience, decor and service?
A. Decor: Minimalist and dhaba-like. Service: Self service.
5. What can you get to drink?
A. Soft drinks, sweet tea, beer, lassi, chai
6. What other dishes would you recommend? Any other selling point – music/dance?
A. Palak Paneer
7. Is vegetarian friendly?
A. Not really. However, the karela is a standout. Menu heavily non-vegetarian.
8. Cost?
A. Excellent. Still one of the cheapest desi meals you can find.
9. Eat there again yourself?
A. Yes
10. Would you recommend to friends?
A. Absolutely.

Other comments (if any):
Parking is a pain. Wouldn’t take parents there, kids maybe. Crowd is mostly Berkeley students.

Next week: My Jhatpat Restaurant Review of a lunch thali at Memories of India – part 2, Lake Mary, FL.

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    Preferably. But feel free to pass along something if you feel it's a place our readers would be interested.
  • Quick gun murugan
    Does it have to be a review of a desi place? Well, I cook exceptionally well made desi food, so to eat desi food outside is always a punishment for me. When I eat out, it is anything but desi. The rare occasions that I eat desi food is when friends or friend's parents need to get their desi food fix and I have to give in.
  • QGM,
    Appreciate your feedback. We all face the same problem when it comes to Indian food in the US - cheap, crappy and extreme masalafied (I like that term) food made by mom-n-pop restaurants that don't know if they're trying to stay authentic or attract the "phirangs" (I use this term because a restaurant owner once shared it with me). Result: Nataraja idol, bright red walls, cheap paintings, restrooms that don't work, horrible service, and we've not even started with the food.
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  • Runa
    his place is just cheap food with extreme masalafied food. Everything looks and tastes similar


    This is a true criticism - the masala is pretty much generic except for the karela. The quality of the original N n C in the Tenderloin ( since moved)was significantly better but hey - where else can a family eat plenty of reasonably ok desi food for under $20 in SF?
  • Quick gun murugan
    All Naan n curry places in SF suck big time, they just stink up the neighborhood, this place is just cheap food with extreme masalafied food. Everything looks and tastes similar with the same masala, may be with minor color variations. At least, it is not a pseudo like dosa.
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