Discover the Culinary Elegance of Jewel of India on Lark

“ Hands down my favorite Indian spot in Albany. Been coming here for years and the food is always amazing. Cool staff You can grab and good or get in either or they will take good care of you! Miss the buffets but aye what can you do I'm still coming here anytime in in the mood for Indian ”

“ this is my go-to indian spot. i'm in love w their butter chicken and garlic naans. they never disappoint ”

“ I just moved to the area and tried this restaurant. Let me tell you, it tasted like love. Like a warm summer's day. It was so amazing, flavorful, f​resh and you can taste the quality. I ordered the dal makhani, vegetable samosa, garlic naan, gulab jamun and mango lassi (there's a $30 delivery order minimum). It was the most delicious Indian food I've ever had. All the flavors were perfect and balanced. For the price, ​you are getting a very high class meal. There were no corners cut here! It's worth the wait and worth the money. I have actually never had mango lassi. It was perfectly sweet and refreshing. I am not a paid reviewer. I'm just saying, a total random person, TRY IT! ”

“ The waiter was a really nice guy and the food was great and at a good price. Also i got a naan with chicken and i never even knew that existed. It was great and i thought i had every naan under the sun. :) ”

“ It has to be better than Jewel of America, who sang such standards as "Standing Still" and "Foolish Games" and don't forget "You Were Meant For Curry." This is always my favourite Indian place in Albany, but that isn't saying much because there's not a lot of good Indian food outside New York City, within New York state that is. Having said that, it's not bad. I've been here on two occasions, both of them for dine-in. We always enjoyed everything, and while prices aren't cheap, they're about in line with other Indian places in Upstate New York. If they had a bit of a more British-Indian menu I would probably go to 5 - or if they were little cheaper. As for the bug incident, I have tremendous solidarity with the woman who got lied to and misled and I think the restaurant should do a much better job handling that, and I feel bad for her in the way they treated her. About being lied to, not about the bug. But I also see it from the other side. My opinion is quite different. Bugs are everywhere. They massively outnumber every human. They're in everything, they're on everything. Eating bugs is really not going to do much harm. There's no place that's truly clean, and the cleaner we try to make it clean with is more dangerous than bugs and dirt by miles, because it's the chemicals we use to clean that cause infinitely more diseases than the stuff we're cleaning up. I travel to countries with amazing food around the world that don't have anywhere near these supposed cleanliness standards of America and it does us no harm, believe me. We really need to just get over it and if we find a bug or hair or whatever, just shrug and throw it out and maybe throw that portion out if you must, give it to animals or something, a homeless person, and get on with our lives. Because cooking in our own kitchens, there is every chance there's been bugs in our food too, at home. In fact I've seen it happen in many places. A lot of cultures even eat bugs and it's a delicacy so it really shouldn't be that big of a deal. So it might be gross but don't go ape on a place and change it to 1 star over a damn bug. Bad service, maybe, sure, but I'm not sure what more they should be expected to do than offering free replacements an extra sides. And posting pictures of bugs to the listing of a family restaurant for me is ethically wrong but each their own. The ethical problem is that Yelp will often make this the top picture. No idea why because this is bordering on bringing down a little local business and a livelihood, because a bug ended up in their food. I guarantee a bug has ended up in every dish at every restaurant across the world on several occasions, so whatever. First world problems are what make me puke. ”

“ Very solid for Indian delivery. Samosas are ok, but the entrees tend to be very solid- butter chicken, tandoori chicken, and the lamb curry have all been great successes! Don't forget some naan to sop up all that extra garlic sauce. Delivery tends to be quick- perfect for comfort food as it's getting colder ”

“ I have an apartment in Center Square, and I am in Albany about once a month. Jewel of India is almost always part of my visit, usually take out or delivery with my son. Tonight I introduced some friends who had not had much exposure to Indian food to their cuisine. My friends loved it also, and the best part? I left my credit card behind and they looked up my number in their call log to call and let me know. ”

“ Standard Indian food buffet, 3 star; the chai tea is great, this bumped Jewel Of India On Lark to 4 star. The chai here has a subtle bitter taste, and I love it ;) Also there's parking in the back of the restaurant, you can ask the staff here and he'll help you. (It's hard to find parking on Lark Street...) ”