Passage To India
Closed as of Apr 13
1401 West Lake Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
612-827-7518
vegan-friendly
$$ - average
Indian
$$ - average
Indian
Indian food.
Small Indian restaurant with a buffet lunch everyday. They also do carry out, dinner, and catering.
Directions:
Adjacent to Calhoun Square on Lake Street
- Buffet
- Quiet
Added by v.e.g.a.n. on Jun 17 04 (updated Apr 13)
Reviews
Alexander Browne -
Feb 13 05
This is my favorite Indian place locally. Everything I've ordered has been great, and they have the best bread I've ever eaten: the aloo (potato) mint naan. Simply delicious. The lunch buffet ($7? $8? I don't remember) is your best bet, as you get to have a little of lots of things, which is how Indian food should be eaten. Unlike other buffets, they offer several kinds of fritters and pakora and rice pudding for dessert.
I was going to give this place a 3, because while the food wasn't good, at least the waiter knew what had dairy in it (nearly all the breads do except for the chapati). I had the vegetable soup, which came with two fried balls on the side that seemed to have a potato base - the soup was a tomato base with corn, carrots, potatoes, and eggplant. The soup was barely lukewarm, the balls would have been better if they were warmer (I don't know how they were supposed to be served though). Not great food, not a great temperature, but they had cool dishes and my friend got the buffet and liked it. So, it was going to get a three - but then I got sick. It hit me a couple of hours after eating there, but there's no doubt that was the food that did it. I'm not planning to go back.