India Cafe

Love to see Bangladeshi brother serving halal for his community. Brother Ahsan is lovely guy. I was overwhelmed with his hospitality. His tea is real chai from Bangladesh. I took their chicken, mutton and lamb Biriyani as well. You can try on the way back and forth through I80.

Brother Ahsan is a great personality and always trying his best to provide food within reasonable price. He is so kind enough to serve us even we were little late. I wish him all the success in his business endeavors.

Food is always amazing. I’ll drive from a town over to pick it up because I can’t have true Indian food anywhere else. The staff is always friendly, and the restaurant always smells so good the moment you walk in there. Juicy, tender meat every time.

The owner is very friendly and food is very tasty. I come here everyday. The fresh tandoori roti and delicious garlic naan is a must. All the vegetarian dishes are excellent. The buffet is also very balanced. You should definitely come here if you're in Iowa city. The chai feels great on a cold day

We're so happy there's an Indian buffet here! Delicious food and very friendly people running it! It's our go to spot!

LOVE THIS BUFFET!!! I have been going here for 7+ years! Everything here is just getting better and better!!! they have great tandoori chicken and chicken tikka masala!! The employees here are AMAZING and SO kind!! 100% recommend!! Best Indian buffet ever!

I was visiting some cities in Iowa and I stopped for lunch. They have daily buffet with halal food, 12.99. The buffet was good considering small town restaurant. They had some veg, chicken and beef items. The owner was very friendly. It was not very crowded. There is no free parking nearby as it is a college town and the restaurant is at the center of downtown. Overall recommended considering a small college town restaurant but there are some scops of improvement regarding food quality.

I recently had the pleasure of dining at India Cafe and I must say, the food was absolutely outstanding! Every dish was bursting with flavor, and the spice levels were perfectly balanced. The staff were incredibly attentive and knowledgeable, making the experience even more enjoyable. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a five-star dining experience.

India Cafe did great job catering my event for 80 people. Foods were very delicious and carefully cooked. I got lot of compliments from my guests. They went extra mile to meet my demands. I highly recommend them for small and large orders.

Honestly the best Indian place I ordered from in a while. I had the butter chicken and my boyfriend had chicken curry and It was amazing. Their naan is fantastic! I was surprised to see the dining area almost empty when I went, maybe people just don't know about this place?! Anyways I 100% recommend ordering from them!

In the mood for Indian food? This is the place to go! They're great because they ask your spice tolerance every time, regardless if you've been there before. If you're accustomed to spice I think the 8 or 9 with curries would be pretty spicy. If you're looking for a very mild spice 5 or 6 is a good place to start. I highly recommend getting naan(bread) with any sort of curry dish from here and dipping it in said curry. I usually go with the onion kulcha or the garlic naan. Sidenote: The rice refills are free. Sharing dishes here is also easy to do here, in case you want to try someone else's.

It's like a version of the song, "Our Town" every time I go in there to eat.

Really enjoyed coming here. It's small but the food was good and it's close to the school. I stopped by both days that I was here. Recommend.

Has the best lunch buffet in Iowa City. Try their chicken tikka masala with dal or their tandoori chicken with naan. For dinner, try their biryanis.

We had the Sunday lunch buffet. It is a small buffet but high quality. The Sag Paneer was exceptional. We will definitely come back.

Ordered delivery - garlic naan and spicy lamb curry. Hands down - the best I have ever had! Super soft naan, just the right amount of char.

They asked how spicy I wanted my curry - I asked for 8/10 - they nailed it (I like my food REALLY spicy, so I would probably rate this a comparative 6). There was plenty of lamb in the curry - they didn't skimp.

Delivery was quick, and the temperature was still very hot when I received it.

There was nothing to complain about about my order.

If you haven't eaten here you are wrong.

Keep up the great work!!!

Pretty amazing to find an Indian restaurant in downtown Iowa City! Very good lunch buffet-good selection and well laid out. Spice is toned down somewhat, but still very good. Reasonable prices. Good service. I'll be back the next time I come to Iowa City.

Great buffet- they had all my favorites. Food was hot and delicious. Vibe was calm and quiet. Great price!

I really like their buffet. My favorite part is the indian carrot cake they often have on the buffet.

The selection is actually very small during their lunch buffet. It is a tiny buffet area. But the high quality makes up for the small variety. There is nothing that isn't delicious in their buffet area. Also they change their buffet selection every day, and I am not sure if they use a pattern for that or not.

For dinner you can order off of a menu. They have items on the menu that I have never seen on their buffet. I usually get the goat when I am coming for dinner, as I feel it is what they handle best. My best friend disagrees and says they do fish the best.

Don't order their chicken at dinner time. There's always some sort of chicken on the buffet line, and their dinner chicken is honestly less good than their lunch chicken. Don't ask me why.

One of the best Indian food around. Very good customer service as well since they accommodated me with dates when I was fasting. I would recommend people to go there. I don't understand why the hate though. It's been one of the earliest halal restaurants in Iowa City for so long

Really great, freshly prepared authentic Indian food. Service is very good. You can tell that the staff takes pride in their food. This place I feel had been under-rated. We have come here regularly for about 5 years and find it consistently excellent.