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Amrikko's Fine Indian Cuisine
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
7 reviews for Amrikko's Fine Indian Cuisine
7 reviews in English
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Review from Antonia W.
Toronto, ON
6/27/2011
I've been meaning to try this place ever since I started reading the excellent reviews here last year. There were four of us, each ordering a different dish and everybody loved their meal. I chose the chicken with spinach and one naan. It was really gooood. I loved the spinach sauce that the chicken was sitting in. I asked for it "hot" and it was perfectly "hot" where it made my mouth burn, but in a good way and I could still taste my food. There was a lot of garlic and other spices in it.. Super yummy with the naan. Even the plain naan was really good, but my friends ordered the spinach naan and that looked amazing. I would have ordered it, but I was expecting something silly like lil bits of spinach mixed in with the dough where you can barely taste the spinach. Instead, their spinach naan was layered with a nice thick spread of it inside the naan. I am definitely gonna try that my next time round!! Beef biryani was a very generous portion of rice and big pieces of beef and the butter chicken and lamb dish were completely finished off.
My friends and I rolled in here on our motorcycles and at the end of the night it sparked a conversation with the owners and our server, who I'm guessing is their son. They're really friendly and nice and I would definitely come back here again. I actually have thought about their restaurant every day since I went there so this definitely warrants a 5-star rating from me :D -
Review from Matthew L.
Edmonton, AB
10/24/2010
Ok, I'm going bold here and giving this a full five stars, but keep these caveats in mind:
*I haven't eaten Indian Food anywhere other than in my own kitchen or Da Tandoor over the past year.
*I am not Indian.
*My wife is a vegetarian and we like to share Indian food, and thus I never eat meat at Indian restaurants.
This is truly fine Indian food. Our Malai Kofta and Navrattan Korma came with rich, luxurious sauces - full of ghee and cream, but not too thick (and certainly not too thin).
The Malai Kofta themselves were perfectly textured and fresh - crispy on the outside, but creamy on the inside. One of the owners mentioned that they make them every day.
The vegetables in our Navrattan Korma were also crispy and fresh tasting.
I look forward to trying the remainder of their vegetarian dishes.
This branch of Amrikko's is related to other restaurants of the same name in Nanaimo and Parksville. -
Review from Terri D.
Victoria, BC
8/13/2010 5 photos
This is the old Sammy's building, and I wasn't expecting too much from Amrikko's. I was very pleasantly surprised - nice, considered atmosphere with refreshing colours and art, very good service, and scrumptious food. It's not the best Indian food you'll ever have, but it's very well done, and better than average. Also - all the entrees were under $16!
Note to other vegetarians: there are quite a few really good options. The samosas were delicious and accompanied by 2 unique and flavourful sauces. -
Review from Dustin D.
Victoria, BC
9/7/2010 1 Check-in Here
Finally! Some decent Indian cuisine in Victoria.
Disclaimer: this review is for the food only, we got take out. This is the best Indian food I've had in Victoria (no comparison to some places in Vancouver, but still quite good)
I'd heard and read some good feedback about Amrikko's so thought it was about time we tried it. We had the mango prawns, butter chicken, appy platter (pakoras samosas and tandoori chicken), rice and naan.
Everything was much fresher than I've come to expect from Victoria's limited Indian cuisine scene. Serving sizes were just fine, price was below most other places (how it is that you can spend about $30 on one order of butter chicken, some rice and naan at certain other lesser restaurants is beyond me, but thats what some of the other places charge). The flavours were very good. I could have gone with a bit more heat spice, but that's just my personal preference (my fiancée would disagree). I also felt the flavours could have used a bit more oomph, but overall were above anything else I've been served in Victoria. My fiancée really liked her mango prawns, especially the sauce (and since we didn't order enough rice, she began dipping her naan into it). The naan was huge, seriously, with most dishes you can probably get by with just one. I won't go into detail, but again, everything in the appy platter was well above average and I was not disappointed with any element of the meal.
Amrikko's is going into my rotation and will be my new go-to Indian food restaurant. Unfortunately no delivery at this time.
Update: went back another day and had the (hot) chicken tikka massala (very tasty) and the paneer pakoras - a must try item if you're into that kind of thing. -
Review from John T.
Victoria, BC
4/17/2011
Ditto the other comments here. We love Amrikko's and are thrilled to have them nearby. Keep up the great food! Yum!
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Review from Ben M.
Victoria, BC
12/16/2010
Look, I don't want to be a downer here -- but I will anyway, and report that Amrikko's is nothing more than mediocre in every sense of the experience.
From the glaring flatscreen TV in the corner of the dimly lit dining room (what the fuck?) to the flat sauces covering meat of no special provenance, to the nonchalant, brusque service, to the exit door blocked by a table of six in violation of code, I can't think of anything here that makes me want to go back.
I will allow that Amrikko's is not greasy and dirty like Da Tandoor, and that there is no smell of urinal cake wafting from the washroom as in the dingy India Curry House at the bottom of Fort. (If you think this to be damning with faint praise, I won't disagree.)
I was hardly expecting Vij's, but when I can whip up a couple of the recipes from his cookbook and have better Indian at home, I just don't see the point. The bottom line: Victoria is notoriously lacking in quality, interesting Indian cuisine, and Amrikko's does very little to correct the situation. -
Review from Utopian C.
Victoria, BC
8/29/2010
What a pleasant surprise. Lately I have come to expect very little from Indian restaurants in Victoria. They all lack in customer service for some reason. Amrikko's has a nice lively decor, customer friendly servers and a very delicious well priced menu.
We ordered Palak Paneer, Dal Makhani, Malai Kofta with Tandoor Rotis and Naan. Everything was cooked to perfection and was very flavorful. Portion size was just right as well. Location also works well for customers on the west shore craving for Indian food.
The food took some time to arrive, might be initial teething troubles.There are a lot of options for vegetarians to choose from.
Apparently they also have belly dancing shows over the weekends. You might want to call them first to confirm.
