Bukhara Indian Bistro

Food was great, but it would have been nice if alcohol was served again and if they somehow made the buffet available again. The atmosphere was clean and earily dead. There was low lighting because there were no lights on, just waning sunlight. More lighting would have been nice and if there was music, because there was no music playing. Music played over in India would have been cool. Our waitress was nice and knew the menu well. The staff, including our waitress, stayed back in the kitchen mostly. So, it was spooky quiet except for me and my friend. We had to walk back to the kitchen and knock on the door to get our waitress' attention in order to order more food off of the menu. Then she was attentive again. We still gave her a nice tip. There was not another customer for the whole time we were there. Just pick up for delivery, I believe, at the front desk. We were there from 5:15pm (they open at 5pm) until we left at 7/7:30pm on a Friday night (5/27/22). My friend has been to a lot of Indian restaurants back in California and she shared that one of the best parts, that she loved about those restaurants, was that the Naun bread was free, which would probably bring in more customers. I really hope this restaurant makes it because the food was honestly really good! Loved the plum sauce with the Vegetable Samosa (potato and peas stuffed triangle pastry), the Chicken Curry (it had a more yellowish/orange medium spiced curry sauce in my opinion), and the garlic Naun bread! One last thing, if they had filtered water that would have been MUCH better than the tap water they served us. Wayzata is known for not having the cleanest water in the area.

We were excited about this place after reading reviews but it fell massively short. They are struggling due to staff and the cook seems like a fill interim cook. The food quality was poor and the service was slow. They missed one dish and we gad to send two back. But the manager came to us and apologised for the situation. He said he wasn’t looking to get more people in but also didn’t want to turn them away. He took off the charges for the dishes we sent back. Not sure if I will give this another shot.

This is the best Indian restaurant in Minnesota. Our family gets takeout from Bukhara once a week, we feel so thankful to be able to share such authentic North Indian cuisine with our kids. All the vegetarian dishes we’ve tried are delicious and we appreciate the mild spice levels. Thanks Bukhara team for making it so easy to share our culture and cuisine with our children!

First visit there. Hands down the best Indian food I’ve ever had and I’ve had quite a bit over the years. Woman owned and just a total gem. I’ve driven past it on 394 so many times meaning to make time to go! You can just get off on Carlson Parkway. I’ll be dragging all my friends out of the city limits to here from now on.