Dostana Asia Indisch Resaurant

It was the second culinary long-haul flight this month. After a high flight in the eimsbüttlerer mazza, the 14th march went to the dostana at the hansaplatz. They had invited designated indienkenners who had lived and eaten five years in new delhi and cooked themselves wonderfully indian. the restaurant is actually more a bite in which you can sit. simple tables and chairs, the image of a dancing Indian maid on the wall and bollywood flickering in big TV. the greeting by the only waiter and barmann in personal union did not make the best, the communication was from the beginning difficult on the ground rudimentary language skills. they may also have led to the fact that the order has not been implemented as desired. my "chicken curry" was ordered "extra sharp", probably knowing what could happen to me. the result would have allowed a säugling to scream after the Peperoncino pot. the four small chicken pieces hid themselves brav in a uniform sauce on tomato basis. it was the same sauce that there was also for "lamm madras" and the garnels. the appetizers were varied in taste but from my own decided too expensive. to calculate a small portion "dal makhani" with 8.50 euro is just as brave as 6.50 euro for appetizing looking "masala dosa", in which the use of the goods is likely to be very limited. at all the optics positiw rushed ahead of the taste - far ahead. that the white wine from indien, from the host in the in front of it was decided to be too warm, it almost completes the very negative picture. Almost because the eating three table friends has not gotten. And because the waiter, to the lack of sharpness in the "curry chicken" meant all serious, he wanted me to be careful. the name of the etablissement has allegedly to do with friendship, because dostana is a Hindi film from the year 2008 in which it is about thema friendship. we have not become friends in this bite and will not be, because we do not want to return.

They serve typical Indian food. I like Masala dosa and thallis. Also other food in menu is Very nice.

Despite the slower and often inexperienced service (sometimes someone new comes in) they make excellent southern and northern variations of Indian cuisine. the price is not above average, but it is not the cheapest. tasted jalfrezi, madras, vindaloo, tarkadaal, bryani and super. like all restaurants, they have a “day menu” at a cheaper price.

So, this is a famous one among the Indian restaurants in Hamburg as they own an Indian store as well just attached to the restaurant. I have been here 3 times so far and the most recent experience was the best in terms of food, not that earlier ones were bad! :)So you can actually expect to have some good Indian food here. I know its a major issue for anyone looking for Indian food abroad (or for any cuisine outside its home country for that matter!), as many places will not serve the taste people look for when they crave for Indian restaurant food. The proof I got last time when we tried 'chole bhature' and the taste was just wow! We also had vegetarian thali which was great too, it had a paneer dish (cheese), a daal, a simple vegetarian curry, raita (salty yogurt mix), naan and rice so it actually had everything that a normal vegetarian person would order if not having thali, so I think the thali here is a very good and reasonable option. On earlier occasions I tried dosa, pakoras, daal and chilli paneer, not that all were excellent but good enough.Now coming to the not so good part which is the service here, well its simply below average. Probably that is the reason why it's not crowded even though the taste is great. Looks like all waiters don't know much about Indian food, they are not at all welcoming or enthusiastic and at end of the meal I am always in that moment of dilemma where we don't want to tip the waiter because he didn't do anything to deserve that but then we have to tip just to honour the chef's efforts! I am a pure vegetarian and once when we went here in a group, I was about to eat non-vegetarian pakoras because the waitress who was serving us didn't care to check if they are actually vegetarian pakoras, we literally asked her 4-5 times to confirm if they were veg and every time she nodded with a yes, but guess what they were actually not veg and she didn't even bother to say a sorry.This place has great potential I feel but either they have to train their waiters or change their waiters!

Good Indian food in a simple restaurant tasty and cheap.There are also South Indian food, very tasty dosas.