Reviews

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  Old Indian

  Beurrebeurre | Oct 17 2011

  This place has been around for a long time and I think it's only in recent years that a restaurant group took over. Anyway, classic Indian fare is served. I cannot remember the individual names of the dishes but I'm happy to say everything tasted very food. The swanky setting means you pay a bit more but with the friendly service, it doesn't bother me.

  • How much did you spend?
    250
  • Overall Rating
    OK
  • Food 7
  • Service 8
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 2

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  Everything Indian!

  Goodiegal | Sep 1 2011

  The lunch buffet allows us to try all dishes. Because it is a buffet, we did not expect the quality to be as good as normal. The waiter was very friendly and explained each dish to us. Out of all the selection, chicken korma is my favorite, probably because I cannot eat very spicy food (no vindaloo!)

  • How much did you spend?
    100
  • Overall Rating
    OK
  • Food 6
  • Service 7
  • Ambiance 6
  • Price 2

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  Gaylord

  Hunnypot | Aug 20 2011

  Not a big fan of Indian cuisine but every once in a while, I like to coem to Gaylord for the chicken tikka and chicken korma. The former is not dry at all, quite succulent and moist. The latter is creamy and best eaten with naan bread. Have not tried other dishes but judging by the tables of local Indians, they must be quite authentic.

  • How much did you spend?
    130
  • Overall Rating
    OK
  • Food 7
  • Service 6
  • Ambiance 6
  • Price 2

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  Need better service

  Alexie | Jul 2 2010

  Very good food (not that I can tell, because I didn't grow up eating Indian food!) but service can be better. Lots of curries to choose from. The chicken tikka is good too, not dry and very tasty. Overall the chicken korma is my favourite because I can use the naan bread to mop up the creamy sauce!

  • How much did you spend?
    150
  • Overall Rating
    OK
  • Food 7
  • Service 5
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 2

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  A nicely decorated Indian restaurant

  Charlie Brown | Jun 11 2010

  It is possible that Gaylord has the best decor among all Indian restaurants in Hong Kong. The Indian music performance during dinner is a nice touch but can be too loud at times. The food is not outstanding but good enough for my standard. The lamb vindaloo is a must try, even for people who do not like lamb. Extra spicy and very appetising!

  • How much did you spend?
    180
  • Overall Rating
    Good
  • Food 7
  • Service 7
  • Ambiance 7
  • Price 2

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  Gaylord

  jason.bonvivant | Sep 3 2009

  Indian cuisine reminds me of the good old university days when dining out was a luxury. There were only a few Indian restaurants at the city where I studied and it was usually on a special occasion that my friends and I would head out to dine; and Indian cuisine was one of our usually top pick. Those were the good times! This meal was with the same old crowds mentioned so it did bring back a lot of memories. We picked Gaylord because of the relatively more comfortable environment compared with those in Chung King Mansions.
  
  
  
  We were assigned the VIP room at the end of the dining hall. Perfect! A perfect environment to talk and catch up with good old friends. I would not consider the decor and environment as authentic at all but it was nice and cozy, a bit westernized for sure. Apparently the offer buffet that night but we opted for a la carte because we were all too lazy to walk out to get our food all the time. HAHA
  
  (1) Chicken & Vegetables Samosa
  This was a classic standard dish to order as starters and I love them as always. I prefer the vegatables samosa this time but I think they used a little bit too much dough. For some reasons, I have a very strong feeling that these samosas were grabbed from the buffet table.
  
  (2) Tandoori Mix Grill
  It was served on a sizzling hot plate with a delicious smell filling the room. The chicken was too dry though while the prawn was wonderful with just the right amount of flavors and seasonings. The Seekh Kabab (lamb sausage kabab) was the highlight of this dish and that was why we ordered an extra dish to share.
  
  (3) Seekh Kabab
  It was wonderful, the flavors were great. The minced meat was tightly packed to form the sausage but it was soft on every bite. Great texture, not bad at all.
  
  (3) Paneer Tikka Lajawab (Grilled Cheese)
  An interesting dish in my opinion. It was grilled cheese, grill block of cheese to be exact. However, there was lack of cheese flavors and texture was like tofu but only harder. It was so-so, a new dish to me for sure.
  
  (4) Chicken Korma
  One of my favorite non-spicy "curry." The sauce was rich and deep, very nice. Yes it was creamy, which means heavy on the cream maybe but it tasted very good, I don't mind at all. Please be minded that if my understanding is correct, the authentic way to prepare curry is to use onion based paste which take a long time to prepare and master. Many places now opt to use milk / cream / flour as a substitute. That was my feeling of this dish and I can be wrong.
  
  (5) Chicken Madaras
  I used to be very reluctant to eat hot and spicy food but gradually I am slowly having a higher tolerance for it. One is because I want to be able to enjoy a wider variety of food and two is because I have the belief that the hot food would help me sweat out the humidity inside my body. I am not sure how true that is but hey I am enjoying the food ! haha ... The chicken Madaras was rather spicy in a good way of course. The flavor was very strong and the sauce was a lot thicker than the Korma for some reasons. It seemed to have a very strong herb taste though.
  
  (6) Achaar Gosht (Lamb)
  I only had a few spoonful of this dish because while the sauce was rich and flavorable, it gave me a sour kind of taste like Kang Som (sour curry) in Thai cuisine. Don;t get it wrong, I love Kang Som and I once made it myself at the Blue Elephant Cooking School in Bangkok, but just not quite the same since it was a totally different dish! And yes, the curry served was quite spicy as well!
  
  (7) Aloo Gobi (Vegi)
  This dish was more about the paste instead of the curry sauce and it was alright. There was a mixtures of various vegetables which I could not really distinguish myself. I do taste alot of cauliflowers and alot of herbs. A fair dish in my opinion.
  
  (8) Naan / Paneer Kulcha / Roomali Roti
  How can an Indian cuisine go without Naan! In additional of the Naan, we also ordered some cheese Naan (Paneer Kulcha). Both types of Naan were a bit disappointing because they were overly thick and firm, closer to pita bread than Naan in my humble opinion. The handkerchief size Roti was thinner but it was rather greasy. I was expecting better Naan from this place especially with an open oven area showing customers the making process of tandoori rotiyan. Chung King Mansions, I am coming back very soon!
  
  Likes:
  
  * very comfortable environment compared with Chung King Mansions
  * Seekh Kabab - flavor was great and texture was lovely.
  
  
  Dislikes:
  
  * Naan - too thick and too firm
  * Paneer Tikka Lajawab (Grilled Cheese) - lack of cheese flavors, or maybe it is suppose to be like that?
  
  
  Avg Spending: HKD 100 - 200 per person
  
  Blog: http://jason-bonvivant.blogspot.com/

  • How much did you spend?
    HKD 100 - 200 per person
  • Food 5
  • Service 6
  • Ambiance 6
  • Price 2