Favorite Indian food in Cambridge. The butter naan is a fave, but their main courses, sides, and rice pudding are also delicious! The service has always been good when I've gone in person, and it makes for great takeout as well.

Enjoyed dinner here at India Pavilion. We came here wanting the buffet but found out they only offer it during lunch hours. This was fine, and we ended up ordering a couple of entrees. The cheese naan was good and we loved the vegetable samosas. I ordered the saag paneer and it was pretty good. Overall solid indian food, would like to come back and try to lunch buffet.

The staff really paid attention that I was vegan and served warm ghee on the side to pour onto roti for the company I was with as I shared I could eat only one. We had aloo chole and baingan bharta as entrée complimented with tandoori roti, tawa roti and rice. All very flavorful. We ordered medium spice and ordered onions and green chili on the side - hit the spot! Ordered Gajar ka halwa to take home, they advised to warm it up before consuming (it is best when it is warm which was a nice reminder - thank you!)

Can never go wrong the lunch buffet. Lots of options for both vegetarians and omnivores. Also, has lots of space. I've never had a problem getting a table.

I was a bit reluctant to try this restaurant due to the 3.5 rating but my daughter wanted Indian and we were in the neighborhood. End of argument. Service was fine, ambience was nice but the food was excellent. If you're thinking twice about trying this place, fear not. You will enjoy the food.

Despite its Central Square location, this place has managed to keep its prices fairly reasonable, and as far as Indian food in the Boston area goes, its food quality is pretty decent too...not the best or most authentic, but that's an academic point because I have yet to find really excellent Indian food anywhere in this area. (Manosalwa in Somerville by the Market Basket had my hopes up for a while despite their famously erratic opening hours, but has recently closed down for good and their sister restaurant in Everett while more consistently open, has even more schizoid service and food quality.) Most "Indian" food places here are just overpriced and dumbed-down tourist food, beautifully presented in pretty environments but hopelessly bland and boring to suit the local demographics. India Pavilion has a very pleasant ambience and decent service, and their food is just good enough to keep me coming back in light of how dreadful most of the competition is. Their lunch buffet is solid (chicken is the only meat offered, sadly) and their Thali plates are a very safe bet to get a full meal at a reasonable cost, competently done. It shares the same owner as Punjabi Dhabi in Inman Square which is decidedly more downmarket but has more or less the same quality of food, just a very cramped dining environment. In other words, you could do a lot worse.

Great lunch spot with a good array of buffet offerings. Lots for vegetarians to enjoy. The food is consistently good. The dining space is spacious and pleasant.

I was a bit confused by the low reviews, food lacking flavor, etc. I went during lunch buffet. Chicken Tikka Masala and Chicken Curry were great, the chicken wasn't overcooked like a lot of places do, was so tender. They are using chicken thighs too instead of chicken breast, so that helps with tenderness. Spices were on point. Baingan Bhartha was a highlight, great balance of flavor in that too. Was it spicy? No, didn't really expect it to be since buffet, but looks like if you order off the menu you can ask for spice level you want.

I've been meaning to eat at this place as every time I passed, it'd be full of people looking like they were enjoying their meal. Overall, I enjoyed the experience and would come back again! We came here on a Friday evening around 6 for dinner and we were the only ones in the restaurant which led to a very quiet but relatively quick dining experience. We placed our orders and got our food pretty fast which was nice. They were also good about refilling our waters and checking on us when we needed attention. The food was very good in my opinion. A little expensive per dish, but it was nice that everything pretty much came with rice. The bread basket was probably my favorite part due to the variety and size of naan. Each dish was tasty and flavorful in their own way as well. Overall, I found the meal filling and I left feeling satisfied. Thanks India Pavilion!