Indian in Oakland

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 PRichter1 wrote:

 > Hi,
 >
 > I'm coming into Oakland next week to meet a friend, and we are looking for an
 > Indian restaurant, one that has a lunch buffet with lots of vegetarian
 > offerings.
 >
 > I know there are several in Oakland, which is the best???
 >
 > Thanks, Priscilla

 I don't remember the name of it, but it's on 5th Ave. across from Children's
 Hospital and about two doors down (towards town) from Wendy's.  The service is
 largely incompetent, but it's a buffet so it doesn't matter very much.  The food
 is pretty good, for a buffet.

 Star of India on Craig St. also has a buffet, but I think the one on 5th Ave. is
 better.

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 Excerpts from netnews.pgh.food: 7-Oct-100 Indian in Oakland by
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 >
 > I'm coming into Oakland next week to meet a friend, and we are looking for an
 > Indian restaurant, one that has a lunch buffet with lots of vegetarian
 > offerings.
 >
 > I know there are several in Oakland, which is the best???

 India Palace on Centre near Craig is also good, and I remember them
 having a fairly nice selection of vegetarian dishes. Although I'm
 faintly biased because they put a copy of my CMU newspaper review of
 them in their window. I think they must be the only restaurant in
 Pittsburgh that actually reads the Tartan.

 There's no Indian buffet in Oakland that will have "lots" of vegetarian
 offerings. I think the best is India Garden on Atwood, a few blocks down from
 Forbes. They typically have at least two or three vegetarian options.

 apl

 PRichter1 wrote:

 > Hi,
 >
 > I'm coming into Oakland next week to meet a friend, and we are looking for an
 > Indian restaurant, one that has a lunch buffet with lots of vegetarian
 > offerings.
 >
 > I know there are several in Oakland, which is the best???
 >
 > Thanks, Priscilla

 Tom L. wrote:

 > Looking over this thread, I was astonished that no one mentioned Spice
 > Island Tea House.  They're not strictly Indian --- the offerings seem
 > to range over much of south & east Asia --- but damn they're good.
 > And inexpensive.

 I don't find them to be inexpensive at all, considering
 the amount of food you get.  Other places give you more
 food for the same amount of money.

 > By and large, I'd say that Pittsburgh offers more and better variety
 > in Vietnamese,Thai, Cambodian, etc food than in Indian.  I guess that

 > says something about where recent waves of refugees have come from :-(
 > ... but their loss is our gain.  Unless you want some specific Indian
 > cuisine, I'd suggest considering the southeast Asian places.

 You've got to be kidding.  We only have *one* true
 Vietnamese restaurant (Tram's) and a bunch of
 pretenders that mainly serve Chinese influenced
 Vietnamese dishes.  A couple of good Thai restaurants,
 2 Cambodian restaurants (one whose menu is extremely
 limited).  But we have tons of Indian restaurants - India
 Garden and Taste of India being the best - and then there's
 Taj Mahal, Udipi Cafe, Sree's, Prince of India, India
 Palace, Star of India  and a few others

 Kate