Indus auf der Summerstage

Das Indus überzeugt mit guter Küche in einem modernen, schlichten Ambiente.Service ist aufmerksam und bemüht.Gastgarten ist klein und ruhig im Hinterhof gelegen.Preis/Leistung stimmtImmer wieder gerne

Had dinner at Indus twice last week...here are my thoughts:Service is SLOW. I mean unbelievably SLOW. So be prepared to wait for your food for a long, long time.Ambiance is nice...the restaurant is large and has a nice garden in the back.Food was good for Vienna but not good when compared to Indian food in London or NYC.-- Dal Tadka was excellent, definitely order this.-- Bhindi was good but full of grease.-- Roti was delicious.-- Naan received rave reviews but I didn't try so can't comment.-- Chana Masala is good, not the best but solid.-- Rice was rice...nothing special.-- Pakoras were REALLY greasy, I'd avoid these for sure.-- Papadum weren't flavorful so I'd avoid these too.Overall we ate at Indus twice (not my choice) and as I mentioned above, it was good for my "Vienna-standards" and is more like a 3.5 star place.I'm sure we'd return the next time we're in Vienna.

Auf der Suche nach einem guten Inder sind wir auf das Indus gestossen. Obschon viel sich über lange Wartezeiten aufgeregt haben, haben wir es gewagt. Ev. liegt es an der Sommerzeit aber wir mussten nicht lange warten. Knapp 20 Minuten nach dem wir Platz genommen haben kam die Vorspeise. Kurz darauf unsere 5 verschiedenen Gerichte. Alle herrlich authentische und sehr lecker. OK. der Service machte einen etwas unsicheren Eindruck aber sonst war es i.o.Das lokal selber ist sehr speziell und ev. auch etwas herunter gekommen. Aber das stört bei einem Inder – komischer Weise – nicht. Wir waren mit unserem Essen sehr zufrieden. Alles schmeckt toll und echt indische.

We arrive very late but they were happy to served us anyway. The garden is so cute like for private parties or groups. Food was perfect in flavor, presentation, portion and price. We hope to be back before leaving Vienna.

Ausgezeichnetes indisches Restaurant, sehr authentisch. Ein Sitzplatz im Innenhof ist empfehlenswert!

Having lived in Vienna for 10 years I've long given up on getting a decent curry but was tempted to try again by the decent reviews. Seated promptly on arrival but unfortunately (perhaps) slightly off the main dining area behind a wall which might go some way to explaining the inattentive service. After managing to get some attention from the staff we ordered a round of G&Ts to start for the 5 of us but despite several different variations being listed on the menu the restaurant had a grand total of 3 bottles of tonic. 'Gins' arrived after a while - but without the gin in them although this was remedied pretty quickly by a rather embarrassed waitress. While that wasn't a good start, I think we would have found it more amusing than annoying if the food had been any good - but it wasn't.Poppadoms and pickles average at best, samosas (1 per serving) poor, piazi pakora ok, CTM poor (sour - definite hints of Heinz tomato soup), prawn masala, lamb rogan josh, tarkha daal edible but uninspiring, lamb lahore karahi best of the dishes we ordered but even that wasn't worth a good. Rice was fine, naan average at best.Waiter was confused about what dish was what.There's so much good food available in Vienna, just a shame none of it is Indian.

Given the good reviews and the possibility to sit outside - and our general hope of finding a good Indian restaurant (well, my hope more than that of my partner, since I've lived with and cooked for Desis in college and really miss having a Pakistani hole-in-the-wall next door or having a quality daal with fresh butter on top and crisp fried onions etc et al.) - we gave Indus a shot. I like the interior. It's not attractive, per se, but the raw concrete look is still better than gaudy cliches that other Indian places seem to want to attract their Westerner clienteles with. The tiny yard out in the back, in direct proximity to a bike stand and the trashcans, is cute, if one is being generous, but also a bit of a dark hole. I suspect this is a superb place of refuge in the hot summers of Vienna, though, where it might be nice and cool back there. Just the place to down a refreshing Mango Lassi which, as it turned out (although I actually ordered just a Lassi, which the new, inexperienced, but very courteous waiter thought was naturally and always a MANGO-Lassi), was a very good Lassi. I do like to judge a place by its Lassi. (Too fancy? Too watery? Too sweet?) This one had almonds in it, which I don't need, but had everything else going for it. Fair quantity included. Alas, that was the last positive aspect to report from Indus. We thought we'd eat our way through the appetizers, one by one, and a Daal Soup... to get to know the place. Mistake. Once you have had one appetizer, you've had them all. The same deep fried stuff -- except none of it actually made fresh and therefore soggy -- with the exact same breading on chicken, paneer ("Homemade" the menu says. I say: A microwaved Restaurant Service Industry product, bought en masse), or onion rings. All the same, except for the texture which differed slightly. The Samosas were barely warm inside and not very flaky and definitely not fresh. Every one of these dishes came on a large white plate with a pitiful looking salad and dead slice of tomato slabbed next to it... covered with a bit of vinegar and ginger sauce. This is where the title of the review comes into play: Every upmarket cafeteria would be ashamed to serve that kind of shredded, loveless nonsense with every darn, equally loveless appetizer. In fact, I suspect that the waiter (too new?) or cook (too cynical?) must or should have felt bad when we ordered four (of five) appetizers, realizing that they'd be found out by us doing so. In any case, we struggled for a while as to whether we should continue and give the place a shot with a real dish -- but decided against it... for several reasons. Mostly because the appetizers really didn't suggest anything by way of being positively surprised with the main dishes. And thus the hunt for a serviceable Indian place goes on. P.S. The Daal Soup was a little thin, a little salty, a little spicy... a little mealy... also very much nothing to write home about. Not outright bad, but really only food so as not to be hungry. Which isn't enough.