Bombay Tandoor

Reviewed by David Dorsen

Go for the all-you-can-eat Indian lunch special.

Bombay Tandoor

8603 Westwood Center Drive
Vienna, VA
Phone: 703-734-2202

Cuisines:
Indian

Opening Hours:
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu:
Afternoon: 11:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Sun:
Evening: 05:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Fri,Sat:
Evening: 05:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Fri:
Afternoon: 11:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Sat,Sun:
Afternoon: 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
West Falls Church-VT/UVA
Dunn Loring-Merrifield

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Recommended

Special Features:
Delivery, Party Space

Website:
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Best Dishes
Lunch buffet selections such as tandoori chicken, butter chicken, and goat curry; tandoori lamb chops; prawns masaledar; chicken khadai.

Price Details:
Appetizers, $3.95 to $10.95. Entrees, $9.95 to $18.95.
Monday through Thursday lunch buffet, $9.95. Friday through Sunday lunch buffet, $10.95.


From June 2005 Cheap Eats

Many Indian restaurants offer a luncheon buffet that is usually a good deal. Dishes usually include curries that continue to improve in flavor as sauces seep into the meats or vegetables. Along with the curries come tandoori chicken on the bone and a few other dishes that good restaurants replenish before they go stale.

Bombay Tandoor has one of the better luncheon offerings. For $9.95 to $10.95 diners can eat all they want of tandoori chicken, butter chicken, goat curry, southern Indian idli with sambar, several vegetarian curries, rice, breads, and a dessert. Whether you choose the buffet or order from the menu you will enjoy a pleasing setting with comfortable chairs.

The menu includes the usual preparations plus such dishes as tandoori lamb chops; prawns masaledar, sautéed with ginger, garlic, onions, and tomatoes; and chicken kadhai, stir-fried with ginger, garlic, cilantro, and diced tomatoes. Prices are moderate--chicken and most lamb dishes average $12, vegetarian dishes a little less, seafood and tandoori lamb chops a little more.