Tara Indian Cuisine - Barrie

We got two take-out meals from this restaurant, both with lamb. Large servings, reasonable price, friendly staff. Very good food (if you like Indian styles dishes).

My husband and I decided to eat at Tara on our way back to Aurora from Parry Sound. We have eaten here before, and remembered the food to be authentic and really delicious, so we were starving and excited to enjoy a lovely Indian meal.We had samosas to start, they were excellent, lots of tasty filling, and light and crispy.My husband ordered the Butter chicken, mainly because of the excellent reviews we read on the menu, I ordered the chicken biryani, as it is my favourite Indian dish, neither dish looked or tasted authentic. The Biryani did have large pieces of chicken in it, but it wasn't remotely like any Biryani I've ever had before, bland totally without flavour, it actually tasted like their rice with some chicken and cashews stirred into it. My husband's Butter chicken was disgusting, the sauce was completely curdled, and frankly tasted like cheese whiz with sugar in it.This restaurant is not cheap by any means, so it was a complete disappointment, we left most of it, the waiter asked if we wanted to take it with us, and when we said no, he was quite offended, and insisted in wrapping it up for us. I threw it in the nearest bin outside the restaurant.Needless to say we will never go back, I can only deduce that the people who have written good reviews on Trip Advisor have not had the opportunity to eat good authentic Indian Food, so have no idea what they are missing.

Picking up a dryer after, we decided to go to dinner and I was excited to have Indian food which I hadn't had in soooo long! Walking in was the usual pleasant Indian restaurant decor, however live music was a pleasant surprise. It was nice to have a choice of a dinner feature and we chose chef special #1 and asked for spicy !Spicy we got and it was delicious. The server was pleasant and knew his menu. The naan bread was delicious .The bathroom was also a pleasantly clean surprise although the downstairs did smell like fish:(I would LOVE to come back for the lunch buffet and plan to do so on holidays. Thanks for a great meal, we will be back.

Portions are small, a la carte everything, very expensive. It's as if they are exploiting those who do not have the opportunity to go to the GTA to experience not only authentic, excellent quality but far more reasonably priced Indian food. Although I can now say I have been to Tara restaurant, I can also say, I will not be going back.

I have eaten at Tara's many times as it was just a block away from my work prior to my retirement. The food is excellent as is the service. Highly recommend this restaurant.