text: Like many Indian restaurants the ambiance here is a bit wonky Perhaps that will change and become more charming as more people begin to fill the cavernous space that seemed rather empty the night we visitednnThey do not yet have a liquor licence of any kind so we could not have beer with our meal The server said that was coming eventually so I will not add or deduct any points in this review it is just the way it goes for recently opened restaurantsnnService here was good though I felt a bit like the owner was watching too closely The question was not is everything ok but instead what is the verdict I got that feeling like when someone eagerly wants you to try something they made that they think is awesome but that you know is really not that goodnnThe food all of the dishes we had were simply OK and some of them a little worse Papadams had a very hardstale and oily taste which started the meal off on the wrong foot for me The bhaji and pakora appetizers were sopping with oil and very heavy which made me think perhaps the oil was not hot enough when they began frying Anyhow the bhaji in particular were very dense There was also only one type of sauce which accompanied both dishes where at other places there are a couple of different optionsnnFor mains my table shared lamb tikka masala butter chicken okra and dal Probably the okra was the most memorable but only because I had not had okra cooked this way before It was battered and fried with onions spices and bits of paneer Instead of being an okra curry it is dry and oily which made it not the best followup to the enormously oily round of appetizers The dal seemed boring tasted like beans what more can I say The lamb was cooked nicely in the tikka dish but the sauce did not have a lot of depth No hot spice to speak of maybe just because we did not ask for it but also not a rich flavour from the other spices one hopes to find in the dish and can find in Parc Ex Butter chicken very standard which is not bad but because butter chicken is one of the more bland options one can order it tastes better when served alongside dishes that are more exciting and spicy The naan were enormous in size but seemed onedimensional tastewisennOverall I would not rate the food here as bad but also definitely not Parc Ex worthynnWhat makes this a two star and not a three star review is the price Every dish seemed to cost a bit more than it should and that really added up We paid over for a meal for four not including the tip In my experience a similar meal at say Bombay Mahal would run and be delicious Fellow St Henri residents would be wise to put the money they save on food towards a metro ride it will still be less expensive