This Indian restaurant is one of a chain of three (soon, apparently, to be four) across Damascus. The interior is nice, though small, with Bollywood films playing on a flat screen TV at one end.
The muglai chicken was well spiced, though not hot enough, and the khumb makai palak had a pleasing amount of spinach. However, the sauces were a little dry and it would have been better not to have used mushrooms rather than use the tinned variety, generally omnipresent in Syria, but which are revolting. The popodom was a little dry and the samosas had too high a pastry to filling ratio. The naan bread was pleasingly tasty and the rice was good, though obscenely expensive at SYP 200 for a portion. It would have been nice to have had a beer, but only the non-alcoholic variety was available. Main dishes were around 300 to 400 SYP without rice or bread.
In general, Damascus is better off for having a decent Indian restaurant, but some more competition would likely push the standard up and the price down. I have heard of another, called Taj Mahal, near the Cham Palace, but have not yet tried it myself.
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