06/20/09

first visit

by vegilover

since preet open nov 2004.and reading all 42 review i decied to try preet.i order canna batura(v-hot)is come with curd no salt or any thing just plan curd.even thare is no salt or pepper on table so i can use.and price are v high for 2 batura+canna(9.75)+tax=10.67 i pay.canna just normal spice not spicey was requsted wean i order.battura was oily and just looklike puri not battura.also come with one piece of onione+3piece of corrat pickle.i dont belive preet have real punjabi food+what thay charge money for this kind food

• Pros: dispointed

11/23/08

I would never go back...

by susieqqq

I'll preface this by saying I'm not Indian, so maybe I just don't understand, but the food was not appetizing at all. The menu is very slim and basically their "specialties" are an Indian version of a quesadilla. So, for $12, you get a quesadilla with chickpeas in it? They were also very dry, so you had to drench them in yogurt sauce in order not to choke on them. The only thing we liked was the curry that was delivered with the "quesadilla".

In addition to this, the ambiance was not good AT ALL. The waitstaff seemed to not be managed by anyone. They were blaring rock music from a CD that was skipping and it was so loud that I even made a joke about how "Indian" the music sounded (which it wasn't) and they thought it was funny and turned it up. There were flies around our table and I just didn't get a sense that it was really clean.

In any case, we won't be back. I'd rather drive over the bridge and go for Indian that I know will be good every time.

• Pros: Can't think of any pros
• Cons: Limited menu, not tasty food, bad ambiance

08/14/08

Preets is hands down the best Indian food in the Western US.

by IndianFoodLUVER

Though Preets is a vegetarian restaurant, you will still love it even if you love meat. The food is delicious and cheap. I recommend the mulai kofta, as well as the daal and palak paneer. The appetizers are also very good as well. The waitstaff is friendly and do the best that they can given how few waiters there are for that many tables. When it's really busy there can be a bit of a wait, but most of the time it's nothing but speedy and efficient service. Some people have complained about the required tip for parties of 5 or more. I would just like to point out that that is common to most restaurants, and it's important to tip for any service (great or mediocre) because it's courteous and that is how these busy waiters and waitresses make money. I always recommend this restaurant to my friends. Meat loves, die-hard vegetarians and even some of my Indian friends have sworn by Preets. Go!

• Pros: Food, price
• Cons: not a lot of tables for busy nights

08/13/08

Drastic drop in quality

by Suren

I agree with the previous review about the quality of food. The food I had ordered seemed to be stale. They smelled clearly. The koftas and gulab jamuns used to be the main attractions of this place. Not anymore I guess. The last two times I ordered them, they were really hard to bite into and tasted bad too. Sad to see the drastic drop in quality.

• Pros: Ambience
• Cons: Bad food

08/09/08

Uncooked food and food gone bad served

by delhite

I used to frequent this place and yesterday I took my family from out of town there hoping for a great dinner. Even though I had noticed the fall in standards in the quality of food in the last few visits, I wanted to believe that they were probably those one off days. But yesterdays visit has left a very bad taste in my mouth. The paneer pakoras were uncooked. WE could taste the chickpea four in the pakoras. In the main course, we were actually served food that had gone bad. I had ordered for Saag and makki ki roti. The saag had gone bad and the makki ki roti was uncooked. Again, I could taste and see the uncooked corn flour in the makki roti. I think what took the cake was when I told them about the uncooked roti, they took my rotis in (I had taken couple bites from the roti), reheated it and brought it back. As you can imagine, when you reheat rotis, they become papads (stiff crispies). They took all the feedback but charged us for the food we ordered but couldn't eat. I had heard bad reviews about the place lately but now they have lost me as a customer.

• Pros: Good ambience
• Cons: Ridiculously priced and bad food

08/04/08

Great food, great service, great atmosphere

by betsy425

Although I have lived in Redmond for many years, I had never before eaten at Preet's, a vegetarian Indian restaurant that many of my Microsoft co-workers so often rave about. Curious about this restaurant, I stopped by with a few friends a couple of days ago.

The atmosphere is pleasant and casual, and when I mentioned to the servers that I was unfamiliar with Indian food, they were eager to recommend some of the most popular dishes. I ordered a Thali, which comes with three entrees, rice, and Indian bread. It is a very good deal and allows you try out several different options. I had the Aloo Gobi (I think it was cauliflower and potatoes), Palak Paneer (spinach and Indian cheese), and Daal (lentil dish). Everything was fresh, delicious, and served very quickly after ordering. Though there seemed to be only two waiters working the whole restaurant, they were prompt, efficient, and cheerful to my group throughout the entire meal.

I will definitely be returning to Preet's in the near future!

• Pros: Food, service, everything!
• Cons: Nothing!

08/04/08

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by mrmikesmith

I liked it, I'm not even vegetarian. Good music, nice atmosphere, this is a very hip place to eat. I'll go back.

• Pros: good food
• Cons: loud people

07/31/08

WORST Indian food in Seattle

by noelleinseattle

In the first place, if a restaurant is vegetarian, you should tell people that in the first place. The menu link on their webstie is a dead link and there is no other indication that they do not serve meat. Their service is bad, the tables are awkward, they charge you for rice (tiny portions), there is mandatory tipping (though I suppose this is the only way that their servers would get tipped). The food is abysmal at best. They totally forgot one person in our party's food, then blamed it on him and said he must not have ordered. The "homeade cheese" tasted terrible and had a strange texture. Overall, it was pretty awful and a very unpleasant dinner experience.

• Pros: Parking
• Cons: EVERYTHING ELSE

04/23/08

Best food! Clean place! Busy on weekends

by eastsidecowboy

In general many Indian restaurants are unclean and have poor customer service. This one is exceptional! The food is just awesome best. Presentation is perfect. The place is a bit small and there are n't many seats. In the summer though there are some outdoor seats.

• Pros: Great food. Great ambience
• Cons: Expensive. But worth it.

03/30/08

It's a big thumbs down for me. I am suggesting good alternatives instead ...

by tastefreak

We've been tracking down all the good restaurants in the town and trying out food in every one of of them - just as a hobby on the weekends. For some unknown reason this Preet's coming up on the top on a lot of city's best picks. It is really unfair to some good restaurants out there.

I was there on a early saturday evening. Ordered a thali with about 3 entrees and a tomato-paneer-pyaz parontha with Baingan. My observations:

1. Nothing special - very ordinary taste

2. Nothing innovative in presentation

3. Portions are less and will leave you hungry

4. I find this a bit expensive for what it's worth

It reminded me of the food I used to have in my bachelor life living with roommates, where none of us knew any cooking and we would mostly rely on the packaged foods with lot of sodium based preservatives. Not a very good memory, believe me!

It's a big thumbs down for me.

However I suggest:

1. The "Punjab sweets" in Kent, wa as a very good and affordable alternative.

2. ALso the Nan-N-Curry in Renton is very good also if you are looking for non-vegetarian food.

Hope this helps.