Paradise Grill - Cedar Rapids

The restaurant offers delicious samosas and butter chicken. We were seated promptly, served our drinks, and were able to enjoy the lovely atmosphere. The place was very clean and relaxing. The samosas were the best I've ever had - crispy and flaky with a delicious filling. We ordered the butter chicken mild, and it came with a delicious sauce and tender chicken. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for flavorful, well-prepared, and affordable Indian cuisine!

Cedar Rapids has several Indian restaurants and Paradise is close to the top of the list. The food is excellent the Chana masala is amazing and complex, and the Aloo Gobi Curry was equally delicious. Portions are generous and the food was spicy without overwhelming. As some others have noticed, there is room for improvement in service when we were greeted, the person seemed distracted and gave us only a menu. Another person served the food and he was more friendly and attentive.

From the first moment we walked in, there were already 4 people sitting around waiting for their to-go orders looking real mad. I asked one of them what's going on and apparently they had been waiting for at least 45 minutes. Not a good sign, but we dined in anyway. The waiter who took our order didn't write anything down (impressive at first), repeated our order back to us 3 times, but still got the orders wrong in the end. We asked for only one of the dishes to be spicy, and they made the dish that wasn't supposed to be spicy like level 4 out of 5 spicy (we only asked for level 2), and the dish that was supposed to be level 2 spicy had zero spice. After scraping off the level 4 spicy sauce that it was doused in, the Chicken Tandoori was finally edible but fast approaching room temperature, and there was not enough meat there to warrant a $13.99 price tag. Also, do not order the Mango Dal unless you like tepid, flavorless bean soup. You'd think it would at least taste like mango, right? Nope, no flavor whatsoever, and definitely not worth $10.99. Did they forget to put the mango in the Mango Dal? The worst part was the wait. We waited over an hour for them to serve us the first dish, and then another 20 minutes for the second dish with sides that were supposed to come out with the first dish. During our very long wait, we were not assured if/when our food was coming, we were not told why it was taking so long, nor did we get an apology for the long wait. We should have left, but we wanted to give them a chance to at least give us some good quality food, but no dice. Suffice it to say, I can NOT recommend this place because of the ridiculously long wait for dine-in and to-go, the disappointing quality of the food, and the severe lack of customer service. Hopefully they can improve, but until then, we probably won't be back.

The location is in a shopping center and has a colorful sign to show its front doors. The inside is very clean and open with a more modern design. I like it! A bar sits in the back of the restaurant and the drinks were poured with a heavy hand ; . The food was great. I love the chicken fried rice they have. We also got some okra, butter chicken, and somosas. Everything was quite delicious. We got spicy 1/5 because of the kids. I love spicy food and even this spice level I could feel some heat, so I was happy. The kids who love spicy food could just handle it, but needed a good bit of water. The only negative was the wait time. It took us around 45-50 minutes to get our food because they had a bunch of orders they were preparing for dashers, but the owner let us know when we sat so that was greatly appreciated.

We always have the most delicious food here! We like it spicy and level 4 is perfect for us. We tried level 5 spice once. My tongue was numb. We had to get a cone at mcds to calm it down lol. Anyway such good food!