Haveli Indian Cuisine

Unfortunately the Sunday buffet I sat for turned out to be not what I had expected. The Yelp fan fare held strong at four stars for as long as I has been wanting to check Havalli out, were talking the better part of a full calendar year.

Huge, spacious dining room, clean and quite regal upon entering. But as I found my seating, unassisted, I peered at the hot buffet tray count which totalled 8. Now I do understand that your really not going to get the most out of an 11:00-3:00 brunch when you show up at 2:15, however...

The dishes not been torn through with reckless abandon only held a few morsels and no restock was on the horizon. Worse yet, I felt the food was Americanized Indian, toned down and muted, bland and frankly boring.

King Fisher was out if stock,I blame the delivery company, as that was how it was explained in all due sincerity. The mystery spicy Indian mixed drink would have put the face of any casual drinker flat in the naan, but alas, I'm a pro. But wowser was it potent.

A return trip will most definitely be in my future plans, I'm sure that I just caught them at an odd time.

On the menu under the salad section, there is crispy okra salad with red onions, tomatoes and lime. What we got was ONLY crispy okra. We called them and complained. They says that the menu is old and Crispy Okra doesn't come with the rest. We paid $9 for the tiny crispy okra and they are not even Salad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Moreover, what surprised us was that this place has no interests in a good customer service. They had zero interests in staying in business. The person answering the phone hung up on me and super rude. Please don't go there and please don't order crispy okra. It is serious rip-off!!!!!

Update:

The manager called and apologized for the whole thing. Crispy Okra is supposed to come with other items and it is Salad as we expected. The staff last night's attitude was still not acceptable at all but we appreciate the manager's effort. Their food is decent. Please note that the manager is nice but sometimes this restraint has staff members who don't know how to treat the customer.

Staff is friendly but the food is just ok. The cirrus are a bit underscores in comparison to places like brick lane curry or small mom and shop places in elmhurst. It is a good place in the neighborhood if your craving Indian and just need something decent in your tummy

The worst experience ever. Paid for open bar and they were pouring red label into a black label bottle , then they came outside and poured Georgi into the grey goose bottle. Bartender was rude and they served drinks out of plastic cups. Paid a good amount of $$$$.$$ for horrible service , then on top of that they try to charge us for being over in people in which some of our guests did not show up. Drinks were not stocked and they kept having to make runs to the store to get more liquor. Talk about being disorganized !

Haveli is a wonderful place. I dine there often and love their buffet setup. I have also been there for dinner which has been a great experience. The staff is very friendly and attentive