Aroma Indian Cuisine - Warren Park

Our go to Indian restaurant in downtown! The food and overall service is great too.Food: Have tried quite a few dishes from their menu and all of them have been great. Our favourites from appetiser is paneer cheese balls, entree would be butter chicken and paneer tikka masala with butter garlic naanService: Super courteous and friendly staff! The food comes in quickly and quite fresh.Ambience: Nice setup and really lovely ambience.

So my wife ordered food from here for pick up. When our food was coming out, she saw the chef pull our rice from the microwave... We ordered three dishes. Buttered chicken was good, but the naan bread was hard as a rock. I do realize we ordered an hour before close, but food service could be better.

I’m very surprised by some of the negative reviews on here. I can’t say I know authentic Indian food well, but this is most definitely one of the better tasting Indian options in Indianapolis. And the complaints about the pricing were especially surprising…$15 for a plate of quality chicken and rice is pretty hard to beat when eating downtown unless you’re looking for bar food or fast food haha. And the added 18% gratuity is less than the average 20% that most people tip, so that doesn’t bother me at all. Even when service is horrendous, the lowest I ever tip is 15% and our service was perfectly fine here. I applaud the cuisine and service and will be back anytime I’m craving Indian food downtown.

Aroma Restaurant offered a flavorful culinary experience, and the dishes truly stood out. However, the service left much to be desired, with some regrettable instances of racism that made it uncomfortable for my Indian friends. On top of that, there was a mix-up with the bill – I gave a $100 bill for an $88 meal, and unfortunately, they considered the change as a tip. It's disheartening when such incidents overshadow an otherwise delightful meal.

Food was excessively oily.I am of Indian background and understand Indian food always has added oil, but this was to the point where it interfered with the taste of the food.Also, asked for very spicy (which they call Indian Hot) but food was not spicy at all.Only reason for 3 stars is the people were VERY nice.