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Restaurant Review: Indian Buffet Palace

October 7, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 12 Comments

Indian Buffet Palace
Slightly spicy butter chicken

Indian Buffet Palace was a complete and utter pleasant surprise. An authentic East Indian restaurant in Bayers Lake, Clayton Park??? No way!

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We just happened to come across it when going to lunch at Freddie’s Fantastic Fish House, which is right next door.

Indian Buffet Palace

Just to give you some perspective, when you leave the restaurant this is the view of Empire Theatres. This place is literally right behind Jungle Jim‘s.

Indian Buffet Palace

For just under $10 you can indulge in an all-you-can-eat East Indian buffet that is made fresh every day, with different items to sample every single day as well.

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The restaurant is not huge but the second you walk through the door and into those warm and fabulous spices lingering in the air, you feel absolutely at home.

Indian Buffet Palace

We walked into the restaurant to pick up a takeout menu and the woman working there insisted we sample every single item from the buffet and scoop it up with bread as we eat it. She said that it would help absorb some of the spiciness. I am kind of a wimp when it comes to “hot” food but am warming up to adding heat to my own dishes. For me, the food was spiced perfectly: more than I would usually cook with but definitely not painful. She said the heat of their food was a 6/10 which sounds right to me.

Indian Buffet Palace

Chef Rohit Duggal even came out and set up some food shots for this impromptu visit. We sampled the Palak and Makki (spinach and corn) which was out of this world! I have no idea how it is cooked but I could have eaten a huge bowl of it, it was that delicious. We tried the Aloo (green) beans, Rajmah (kidney beans), along with the basmati rice and chicken dishes. Absolutely everything was wonderful and impressive. Chef Duggal also confirmed to me that traditional butter chicken does have a little spice in it. The sweeter and zero heat version is a North American adaptation. I knew it!

Indian Buffet Palace
Chicken curry

We scooped up every fabulous bite quite happily. I was overwhelmed by their generosity and friendliness, which was just as heart-warming as their food. It amazes me that you could have an authentic homemade East Indian meal for under $10 in an industrial park. Next time I think I will skip Jungle Jim’s and get a real meal at Indian Buffet Palace before we head out to the movies instead.

The restaurant is not fancy and the buffet is not huge but after sampling every dish that day, I would prefer a smaller fabulous buffet where every item is delicious to a monster buffet of mediocrity. Any restaurant that makes beans taste that good to this legume-a-phobe is impressive. I give this restaurant five out of five wooden spoons. 

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  1. Debra She Who Seeks says

    October 7, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    What a find!

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  2. Rita says

    October 7, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    I do love your restaurant reviews; your descriptions and photos are great; wish I lived closer to sample it.

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  3. Suzie Ridler says

    October 7, 2010 at 12:47 pm

    It is a total and unexpected treasure Debra!

    Thanks so much Rita, that comment has just inspired me to keep doing the restaurant reviews. I wish you could sample the food too!

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  4. aliceinparis says

    October 7, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    Suzie, You did them great justice! Did you send them a link to this. They will be thrilled. nom nom.
    I am craving that spinach now, it was sooo good.

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  5. Suzie Ridler says

    October 7, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    Thanks Shelagh! I tried and am pretty happy with the photos, hope people can tell what a great place this was we went to. I emailed them and linked the post to them via FB. I also wrote a short review for Tripadvisor.com, there weren’t any there for the restaurant so I had to change that. Once it is officially up I will send them that link too! Seriously, could they have been more wonderful to us when we went? I don’t think so!

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  6. Sandy aka Doris the Great says

    October 7, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Thank you Suzie. I love Indian food and will definately try this one out next time I’m at Bayer’s Lake.

    PS – Bridgewater has it’s own Indian Restaurant (Two Chefs); you should come visit and do a review on this place. Enquiring palattes need to know!

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  7. JavaChick says

    October 7, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    Great review! Another restaurant to add to my list of places to keep in mind when we next visit Halifax. 🙂

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  8. peppylady (Dora) says

    October 8, 2010 at 2:08 am

    I bet the smells are devine.

    Coffee is on.

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  9. peppylady (Dora) says

    October 8, 2010 at 2:08 am

    I bet the smells are devine.

    Coffee is on.

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  10. Tammy says

    October 10, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    What a fun experience! I love Indian food, and miss it very much. We haven’t found any restaurant near us. (Probably in Portland, but we haven’t come across one!) We had a wonderful buffet in Colorado that we loved. I also learned to make a number of Indian dishes so that’s what is getting us by (and my husband makes a fantastic dal – lentil curry.)

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  11. Lane says

    November 23, 2010 at 8:34 am

    nice post!

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  12. Cora says

    November 23, 2010 at 9:31 am

    Good food must be partnered with good service. My dad always said that the food you serve tastes better if you serve it from your heart. My Mom remembers this when we encountered pagers in the restaurants. Restaurant’s paging system shows how committed the management is to serve food with good will to people.

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