10/13/09

Great Indian/Mediteranean

by Stevew00t

A friend has been raving about the place. Looks smart outside & inside. We were greeted by the owner. Friendly service. Started with a sampler plate of Bab Ganouj, Hummus, Grape Leaves and Falafel, salad & pita breat. The Baba Ganouj was fantastic - a delicate smokey flavor. Main courses Shish Tawook - a skewer of 5 pieces of chicken & peppers on a bed of rice with some veggies, & more Falafel (which went home). Deserts yummie & bottomless chai tea..

• Pros: Wonderful food in a nice setting

10/10/09

Best in Seattle Indian food

by Muhammad007

Excellent food, with great spices. this is the place if you want to eat Indian food.

• Pros: great food and service
• Cons: very expensive

07/31/09

Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful

by MatthewRobert

Amazing Curry! I don't even like curry and this changed my mind. Hummus is good as well...When I close my eyes I can still taste it!

• Pros: Service...my water was refilled every 15 seconds
• Cons: Small Parkinglot...Desserts were soso

06/30/09

Great Indian Food

by Timbo

Fabulous tandoori food as well as curries. And there is a large section of Indian vegetarian dishes. I did not try the Mediterranean section of the menu.

I've eaten here eight times in a row (since I was staying at a nearby hotel), each time trying a different dish. Everything I've tried has been top-notch.

The tandoori scallops are my favorite so far. Absolutely delicious.

I was surprised by the relatively rare one and two-star scores for this place. So I read them and feel I need to respond.

First, the constantly ringing bell issue from javachix has been fixed. I've never heard the cook's bell ring more than twice in a row. The owner seems to have read that review and put a stop to it. But as any restaurant people would know, the first priority in a restaurant is to get food from the kitchen to the customer as fast as possible.

Second, most of the poor reviews had something to do with the owner's relationship with the staff being contentious. I've never witnessed that in my eight visits.

Again, I think the owner is responding to the reviews that are posted here - or has at least mellowed out.

I don't have any experience with using coupons so I can't address that comment by northseattlegirl.

The late-night issue seems to be a case of this website having posted the wrong hours (until midnight). It's open until 10 and that's what their door sign says.

• Pros: Great food, excellent service, reasonable prices
• Cons: ???

06/27/09

Warm Service, Great Food

by ShawnandMark

We have enjoyed the wonderful food and the friendly and courteous staff for quite some time. The cuisine and bottomless chai are delicious. The staff and service always very warm and friendly. We highly recommend Saffron Grille for a nice, reasonably-priced evening out.

06/26/09

Best Indian Food in Seattle

by MRusso

I have been going to Muhammed's restaurants for many years and his newest one, Saffron Grill on Northgate Way, soothes my senses with its beautiful decor and the lingering scents of delectable Indian cuisine.

If you love chai, as I do, I can guarantee that this will be some of the very best you will ever drink!

If you love Indian food, as I do, I can recommend everything! Don't forget to try the garlic and spinach naans, yum.

Also, just for the record, Muhammed treats me with so much respect and love that I think of him as my brother!

• Pros: Food, Service, Decor, Parking
• Cons: None

06/17/09

Excellent home made food

by jooz

So delicious, and the butter chicken melts in your mouth. The cocktails are good. The owner Muhamed is very nice, he seems to have some interesting reviews here, not sure why that would be. Just a sweet older man who takes pride in his restaurant

• Pros: Best butter chicken
• Cons: none

05/31/09

Nice place, great food

by lavachebleue79

I am shocked to read these reviews about the owner because I just made my fifth trip today in the last six months and have never witnessed the owner yelling at or belittling his staff. What I have been met with is a clean and tidy restaurant, with great food and a friendly, courteous staff. The food, in particular the Middle Eastern cuisine, is just delicious. The Indian fare is also very good, with the Naan bread coming out piping hot and the food being very fresh. I have had several different plates here already and have never been disappointed.

The desserts and drinks are very good as well, and there is a large portion on vegetarian items on the menu. I am not a vegetarian but I have tried the veggie stuff on the menu and it is very tasty and full of flavor and very satisfying.

The waitstaff is efficient, friendly and know the items on the menu well enough to explain them to those who are trying Middle Eastern or Indian food for the first time.

I highly recommend this place - we keep going back because its really good. See for yourself and I don't think you will be disappointed.

• Pros: Great food, clean atmosphere, nice staff
• Cons: Its in Northgate (far from where I live)

03/15/09

closest to heaven!!

by vasanti

This is the place you can get closest to heaven for Indian food. Today my husband , son and I went for dinner and were greeted by the owner himself! He asked us to be seated on table 8 and saw to it we were served. The enterie was super and so was the food! Why while we were waiting for the food to arrive he sent us a complementary enterie!!

The food was finger licking good! We are from Indias and were thrilled to have such authentic food in Northgate.

So proud to be from India!

Keep up the great work!

Vasanti

• Pros: best food and service and ambience
• Cons: want to come back every meal!!!

03/07/09

Whats up with the bell?

by javachix

My girl friends and I all wanted to meet Friday for a drink. We all live somewhat closet to Saffron so we decided to try it. We sat in the bar and ordered drinks and appetizers. The Mazza plate is very tasty and their Margaritas are really quite good, the waiter was very attentive..We couldnt help but notice a constant ongoing, never ending ringing of a bell in the background. It was as if someone was pounding over and over again upon it. We asked our waiter about it. Apparently its the Cook. He bangs on it repeatedly every time an order comes up..and not just once.. He pounds on it until the wait person picks up the plate. So this could be a while if the waiter is on the floor with another table..and there are alot of orders that were coming up! This went on non-stop for hours.. We pleaded with the waiter, He said he gets many complaints and there is nothing he can do. We asked another waiter who walked by, he said hed be happy if we went back into the kitchen and try to take the bell away from the cook.. Apparently its an issue with the staff as well as the customers.

We told our waiter that this was unfortunate because the food and drinks were good, but we all had developed a twitch and a headache due to the incessant ringing, and would not be returning.

My advise would be that if you do go to Saffron, sit as far away from the kitchen as you can!

• Pros: Good Food. Good Drinks. Attentive Staff.
• Cons: The constant bell ringing from the kitchen