Masala Bay is a fine indian cuisine restaurant located in UpTown Waterloo, Ontario.We are open for lunch and dinner every day except for Sunday, and we offer a full lunch open buffet Mon-Fri, as well as a delecteble a la carte lunch and dinner menu all week long. We also offer catering services.
I often go for lunch. They have an excellent lunch buffet. The butter chicken is especially good. The tandoori chicken ranges from good to heavenly. If you want it closer to heavenly, wait for a fresh batch. A bit more selection would be great, but I am nitpicking. This is as good as it gets as far as Indian food goes. My only complaint is that parking is a big hassle.
My cocktail was served lukewarm with no ice, but I decided not to speak up about it. The Samosa appetizer included only 2 of them. They were garnished with a huge hunk of lettuce, 2 dry slices of cucumber, a thick wedge of dry tomato, and onion with food colouring on it. Substitute all of this garnish for one more Samosa, serve them hot, and it's worth the price.
The main course was excellent; butter chicken, a lamb dish, and Channa Masala. All large quantities and served hot. The naan bread was wonderful, best we've had.
I've eaten at a lot of Indian restaurants, and have even visited India, so needless to say I'm very picky when it comes to good Indian food, and this place is fantastic (in fact, one of only two restaurants in Ontario I've tried which I find really good).
The food is very well prepared, the spices are just right. The service is slow, and the decor is dark, and the prices are definitely high, but good Indian food is hard to come by in my opinion, so suck it up and enjoy the experience. Of course, as students, high prices are a problem, so our visits are far too seldom :-(
Obviously some people have had a bad experience at this restaurant, but I couldn't have been happier. This was some of the best Indian food I've ever tasted. Great presentation, super fast and friendly. I'm looking forward to eating the left-overs.
I don't understand the bad reviews. Maybe they are talking about a different restaurant. I've been there twice and friends have been there several times, always consistently good. Of course I haven't been there when crowded.
Good food, served quickly in a place with it's own character, what can be wrong?
