Paradise Indian Grill

Lily Croke

Ordered Samosas and Butter Chicken. We were seated promptly, given our beverages and got to enjoy the lovely environment. Very clean and relaxing. The samosa’s were the best I’ve ever had, crispy and flaky with lots of delicious filling. The butter chicken we ordered mild and came that way, delicious sauce and tender chicken. I’d definitely recommend this establishment to anyone looking for flavorful, well-made and well-priced Indian cuisine!

Scott Wilson

Stopped in for supper tonight, it was fantastic! Cauliflower wings appetizer, medium hot, was excellent. My wife and I shared Butter Chicken and the Paradise Special Fried Rice along with the Garlic Naan. One of the best dinners I have had in a while. For me the fried rice was the winner but all of it was delicious.

Mike Willis

Cedar Rapids has several Indian dining options and Paradise is near 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 being overpowering. As some others have noted, there is room for improvement in service - when we were greeted, the person seemed distracted and only gave us one menu. A different person served the food and he was more friendly and attentive.

M RR

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.