ROOH Palo Alto - Palo Alto (CA)

3 /5 Doah Kwon: The curries and entrées we tried all leaned very sweet with almost no spice and mostly buttery and sweet overall. But I’m a huge fan of Rooh’s appetizers and almost every appetizer I’ve had there has been really good. I’m just not always impressed with their curries. Even the garlic naan doesn’t taste as fresh or well cooked compared to other nice Indian restaurants. However the atmosphere and service is always amazing

5 /5 ADS S: We went to Rooh for lunch and had a great experience. The ambiance is truly unique and beautiful. We really liked the thali system—it offers just the right quantity for a satisfying meal. The staff was kind and attentive, and the food was delicious. We especially loved the Chicken Lucknavi. Overall, a wonderful dining experience and definitely worth visiting.

3 /5 Pratyush Oak: TLDR: Nice ambience, good creativity in dishes, average tasting food and good service. The creativity and ambience will bring us back at least once more to try out some more dishes. Review: We went to ROOH, Palo Alto for dinner on my wifes birthday. The restaurant was quite crowded at around 7.30 pm on a Wednesday night, but we had a reservation and got in with no wait. We started off with drinks, a kokam drink that my wife had and I had a non-alcoholic beer. The kokam drink was quite refreshing sort of a kokam soda with lime. I had seen many people recommend this one, and they were spot on. Coming to the food, since it was just the two of us we stuck to the small plates and appetizers. Charred Pepper and Cheese Kulcha: Basically a stuffed bread(kulcha). We loved this, right off the pan perfectly soft kulcha with a delicious stuffing. Afghani Chicken Kulcha: A chicken version of the above. Quite disappointing compare to the cheese kulcha. Chicken stuffing was rather light, overcooked and not very flavorful. Paneer Chilli Roll: Very disappointing. I am a paneer lover, but this dish had no saving grace. It was thinly sliced paneer wrapped in some thin, fried noodles with a slightly tangy sauce in between. Do not recommend. Potato Tikki Chaat: Very creative presentation, and makeup of the dish. I dont think the tikki was fried, which was great and the yogurt was foamy. Overall the creativity and ambience will being us back here for atleast another visit to try out more dishes.

4 /5 Sameet Sapra: The cocktails were presented very well, and many of the dishes were flavorful, modern, and fresh. The paneer pinwheel is much talked about, but I wasn’t personally impressed. The lamb chops were super tender and I liked the butter chicken. I thought it was overall an excellent meal and I’d come back.