Amber India checks all the boxes for a night in, whether you’re ordering for one or a crowd. The Bay Area favorite for nearly 25 years offers an array of options for omnivores, meat lovers, vegans, gl…
Best Butter Chicken -- ever! But every meal we have had has been exceptional. And the staff are like family... warm and welcoming. We try to take out of town guests here to share our local treasure. Our family loves Amber!
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Susan C
1 contributions
10/16/23
• DoorDash order
The chicken in the chicken tikka masala was on the drier side, although they did include a lot of chicken compared to this dish at other Indian restaurants. It would say it was average, but with the higher price point of $26 and the small portion, I expected it to be better.
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Lydia
3 contributions
10/6/22
• DoorDash review
TLDR: trashy food - rating 2/5, stingiest serving yet extremely inflated & undeserving price - minus 1/5.
We ordered Aloo Gobi and Palak Paneer from Amber India . Both tasted extremely bland and had tiny portions.
- The palak paneer was not only bland, but also had a weird after taste. For $20, they gave us so few tiny cubes of paneer (I counted, fewer than ten 1cm^2 cubes in the entire serving).
- The aloo gobi is the worst I've ever had: so flavorless yet so greasy (literally a thick layer of oil floating on top of the sauce). It also had tiny portions. 1) Potatoes and cauliflowers are among the cheapest vegetables in the US. 2) The seasoning is too bad/flavorless for me to see any value in it. So seriously, help me understand what makes this dish so expensive and deserving $20?
- Neither dishes came with rice or naan, which was shocking given how expensive they are. We had to pay extra $5+ to get the garlic & basil naan, which was mediocre but at least better than the main dishes. However, for $5.75, they gave us one naan cut into four pieces, which is an epitome of how stingy this restaurant is.
This is probably the worst Indian food I've ever had in the US, yet the most expensive and with the stingiest serving.
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Lydia
3 contributions
10/6/22
• DoorDash review
We ordered Aloo Gobi and Palak Paneer from Amber Indian. Both tasted very bland. The palak paneer has a weird after taste, and for $20+, they gave us so few tiny cubes of paneer (I counted, fewer than ten 1cm^2 cubes in the entire serving). The aloo gobi is the worst I've ever had - so flavorless yet so greasy. Neither dishes came with rice or naan. We had to pay extra to get the garlic & basil naan, which was mediocre but at least better than the main dishes. This is probably the worst Indian food I've ever had, yet the most expensive and stingiest serving.
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Scott W
9 contributions
2/18/23
• DoorDash order
I must have ordered this dish 100 times and it's always very tasty, sizable and excellent. Tonight's portion size though was so comically minuscule that I was pretty sure I was being pranked. Of the 3 full double lamb chops I received I was able to finish them and a total of six small bites; with less than 3oz of total meat. The portion size would not have passed muster for an appetizer portion in any other reputable establishment let alone a high priced entrée. Very disappointed that the restaurant sees this as a reasonable sized portion they can legitimately merchandise as an entrée. What a miss. 
