Tanduri Fusion Review

Charlie and I have been in a serious love affair with Indian cuisine for several years.

We've both tried to make it at home with varying results.

In Memphis, Charlie tried making an Indian spiced meatloaf.

Bless his heart for trying to do something different. I blame the recipe for the awfulness that ensued. The spice proportions were all wrong.

Have you ever stuck your tongue in a jar of cardamon? No? Well that's what the meatloaf tasted like to me.

I think it is the one dish he's made that I just couldn't eat.

I've made a vegan version of mater paneer and I've tried to replicate my all-time favorite Indian dish: The Korma. No matter how many different Indian dishes I try, korma is still my favorite.

So, on our first real date night in months we decided to try an Indian restaurant that is near our gym. It also didn't hurt that we found a Groupon for them :)

We've been to one other Indian restaurant in Omaha and it was good but it hasn't prompted us to be loyal customers.

The restaurant is in a strip mall surrounded by a nail salon, a hair salon, and a GNC. I don't judge location though because some of the best places I've eaten have had the worst locations. However, their patio was dusty and looked like it needed some serious TLC. To be fair, it really hasn't been warm enough yet here to warrant patio dining.

Inside, there was a nice bar and a selection of tables and booths. The tables and chairs felt cheap and I wish we'd been seated in a both but they were busy and all the booths were full.


The restaurant was fairly dark despite the sun still shining outside but the service was prompt and friendly.

Charlie and I split an order of vegetable samosas. Why? Because it is the only acceptable Indian appetizer. Oh the peas, potatoes, and spices!

The samosas at Tanduri Fusion were acceptable but I've had better. The shell wasn't crispy enough and it was a little thick. The filling was also a bit mushy but they had good flavor.

Since it was our first visit to Tanduri Fusion we ordered the non-vegetarian thali so we could try several dishes.

told you it was dark!

You can find their dinner menu here.

With the Thali we were given a choice of soup or salad and we went with the lentil soup.

We were both surprised that is was a pureed soup because we were expecting tangible lentils. Instead, some rice was added to give it texture. We both finished our bowls.






The thali included:

yum! I love the presentation!

Tanduri Chicken-a leg and breast, bright red and amazingly tender

Rogan Josh-a lamb dish; Charlie liked it but I just can't get in to lamb

Chicken Korma (normally it comes with chicken curry but they were nice enough to sub our favorite dish)

Vegetable Curry-had the most heat and a nice mix of veggies but still wasn't spicy enough for me

Dal-lentils and kidney beans; good flavor but somewhat of an odd combo for me

Raita- yogurt salad with cucumber, tomato, and onion; Yum! I could eat this on it's own right from the bowl.

Papadum- I'd say this was the lightest, crispiest papadum we've had anywhere. It's something Charlie doesn't normally care for but he liked Tanduri's version

Plain Nan-I'll always prefer the garlic variety but the plain naan was good for what it was.

Kheer-Charlie described it as tasting green and we both agree there was simply too much unseasoned cream. And, sadly, the rice was overcooked.

We were both absolutely stuffed at the end of the meal and actually couldn't finish everything.

With the Groupon, which was a $15 for $30 deal our total check for the night was $5 which was basically for Charlie's soda and tax. So, overall we spent $20. Not too shabby.

I think we'd go back with another Groupon to try some other dishes on the menu but we're still search for a favorite Indian restaurant in Omaha.