India

India is, as the name suggests, an Indian restaurant (Punjabi to be more specific) which is located at the Monroe Suites building facing Azarieh building in downtown Beirut. The mood could be felt as soon as we walked in as quiet, if not empty, especially for a restaurant in Lebanon. There must have been about 15-20 different sized tables in there with only two that had diners at them, and that was at around 8:30pm. We were promptly shown to our table.
A glance at the menu showed that this restaurant offered your usual Indian selection, yet also funnily enough it seemed you could order a manouché, a Continental breakfast, or even a full blown Lebanese mezze! It quickly dawned on us that this restaurant also catered specifically to the hotel guests. As this was an Indian restaurant, we got down to ordering the Indian food and some wine.
The food is good. I say that while feeling a lack of oumph, of extra flavour and spice that a competing Indian restaurant offered (which I will also review at a later date). Yet, for a spicy-hot meal I can suggest the Chicken Madrass after an entrée of Papadams & Naan with Samosas, Mango Chutney, Mint Chutney and others. The wine we had, a local white, complemented the meal well, which constantly kept our glasses topped by the ever-attentive service.