Vijay's Indian Cuisine in Kitchener

The food is consistently good, with great service always.

Food was too average. Don t recommend anyone to eat . Not worth the price

They are selling Frozen bread as a naan heating it up and give it to the customers it is just frozen bread not naan Food

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The lunch deal is an amazing price for all you get. Great quality of food and service.

How do you serve this stuff? No love in the food at all.

My favourite place to get Indian food

Easily the worst indian food Ive had.

Food was nice, environment was calm and quiet to enjoy the food in peace !! Serving guy was nice, friendly & quick. Food quantity was good size portions !! Taste was great, felt like eating at home !!

We ordered a chapatis at This location via Uber eats but end with frozen rotis heated up , very bad experience from this restaurant not recommended to visit

Extermely bad experience from this location , they are serving walmart frozen food with heating up in microwaves , manager has rude behavior when we complained about our concern . Dont visit this location .

Friendly service, welcoming, warm interior, consistently good, tasty food. Excellent value for your money, especially for lunch.

Vijays in house is always great

The food was amazing! Big portions makes for an extra added value. The staff were wonderful!

Great food

We love Vijays! Order takeout all the time! Staff are always lovely and food is amazing! Highly recommend

Great take out. Picked up and all was hot and ready on time. Dinner for 4 was plenty for our group, with some left overs. Excellent value.

Excellent lunch deals from $10.50 up to about $15 including vegetarian options.

excellent

Love this place. Food is great, service is great . Food

Great food good people good ambiance. First time seeing white peeps working here and that too nice behaviour. Recommended dishes Chicken Tikka Masala

Nice place to dine. Authentic taste

Theres a reason Vijays has been around so long. Simple, inexpensive, tasty food. Ordered take away dinner for 2. TONS of food with a very mild butter chicken and slightly spicy beef (asked for medium). Definitely cooked for Canadian palate. The samosas were very large and a bit greasy, but darn, that didnt stop me from eating and enjoying it. Vegetarian options: Typical Indian food offerings. Parking: Their own lot.

Vegetarian options: Grosses Angebot Parking: Beim Restaurant Wheelchair accessibility: Sehr gut

I never post negative reviews but this store had a huge sign in front of it saying it has been open since the last 40 years. I was surprised to see an Indian restaurant in kitchener nobody every talked about. I bought just one chicken biriyani from this place to eat during my lunch break at work. I was hoping the food would taste awesome since the restaurant looked very neat and fancy. The food was baaaad. They had green peas in their biriyani. Green peas in biriyani. Ok. Forget about the unheard of ingredients. Everything felt mushy and either overcooked/reheated frozen food and was giving off a rotten smell ever so slightly. I feel it was the green peas which were starting to become rotten but since that was mixed in with the rest of the food, the whole box had an unappetizing smell coming from it. I thought I was imagining at first and I tried eating it I just took a few spoonfuls before I started feeling something was actually wrong. I couldn t figure out why and my colleagues felt the same. I had to throw most of it out. I am sorry I don t have picture for proof because I was having this at my workplace and I don t get much free time other than to eat food and I was too busy on that day. This happened more than a week ago. I am just posting a review since google reminded me and I still can t forget that you guys made me eat rotten green peas when I hate eating normal green peas. Please do not serve old food. Thank you

Changing my rating from my experience 5 years ago down to two stars. Veg pakora was overcooked, bit greasy. Portion could have been half the size and double the quality and it would have vastly improved the dish itself. 4/10 Got the chicken korma. It was oversalted and they cheaped out on the rice. 5/10 Ordered the Garlic naan and it was some fluffy Flatbread and not naan at all? 2/10 Staff was very polite and nice, but I didnt come here for staff.

Thank you Vijays for the wonderful anniversary takeout dinner! We were supposed to eat at the restaurant...but I told my husband we were going to do takeout because I didnt feel like going out. Truth is, I sprained my ankle coming off a ladder and didnt want to tell him. We had our first date at Vijays and 12 years later...still happy. Best food and really kind and attentive servers and owners. P.S. he found out about the ankle when he got home. We are definitely going to schedule another date night. Thank you for the extra goodies and making our anniversary special.

Good flavour and value. Samosa are still wonderful. Food

Need to be open more often

Always good.

Soo disappointed with the food. Biryani was not at all eatable and only the taste of clove was coming. Pakoras were also bad and when i complained, they had an attitude of it is what it is.

Hadnt been for a while but we ordered the butter chicken, dal makhni and aloo gobi for takeout and everything was fresh and delicious.

really tasty curry, terrible Naan, clearly not made in a traditional tandoor oven. Naan was spongy

Thoroughly enjoyed our takeout - arrived hot and tasty. Lamb rogan josh, mattar paneer, peas pulao and onion bhajis recommended.

butter chicken is fantastic. the garlic nann is great!

Great butter chicken

love this place, , food is excellent, owner is very nice and friendly ,

I ordered 3 different curry dishes and one biryani. I am Indian and can say I give them all my seal of approval . Everything had alot of flavour and tasted wonderful. I am disappointed in the portion sizes for each meal. You really could only serve 2 people from each dish at most. Overall I would order again.

Always delicious, I worked across the street from Vijays for several years and have enjoyed eating from there often. I have moved an hour away and still find myself craving it, so I make the long drive. Thats how good this place is!!

Excellent service and food!

The reviews were high across multiple platforms so we ordered dinner from here. Not one thing was edible, the samosa was a thin layer of potato coated in what I can only assume is plain white bread. The Saag Paneer was swimming in oil, the butter chicken could induce vomiting, the peas pulao was probably the same someone accidentally dropping some peas in white rice, and do not eat the naan. The naan looked and felt like it was just chewy white bread.

Very good

Been going there for many years! Great food! I moved so I can not go as often as I would like too

Tasteless food ! So called lunch special with matar paneer , aloo saag and naan . Naan is ready made heat and eat and not fresh . Saag for sure taste like tinned , paneer was stale and tasteless . Waste of money and time

I m a first time customer and I must say Ii think I found my new restaurant. the food was above excellent and the staff were amazing. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

Thr food really lacked flavour. The meat in the goat curry was overcooked and rubbery. Ive had store bought Naan that was better than the one they served. Really disappointed as this was the special on the menu. The food isnt cheap either. There are many other nicer Indian restaurants in KW that you could visit instead.

We ve loved the food at Vijay s for years! Wonderful and friendly owner and staff. A solid 5

Just ordered from uber eats, entire food was very bland! No taste at all! Tasted like water and naan bread seems like defrosted. Indian food is supposed to be tasty. We had to order from another restaurant after this awful experience. Never ordering from this restaurant again. What a waste of money.

Its the worst indian food I have tasted in my life, period !!!! Like seriously. I was born in the subcontinent, raised there, have travelled across the world, through the length and breadth of US/Canada. The worst indian food I have had. I called the restaurant, and inquired from them, if I am missing anything. Was it a bad set of days on which I ordered, was it a bad dish, anything they can say/tell to help me. I have it in my offices catering calender, and thats why I took the extra pain. Nothing. They couldnt tell anything. It was just plain, bad, bad food. Things to look out for : spice wont be blended, it will feel like it has been thrown on top of food. water will be separating from the curries right at the outset. Rice would be non-basmati and completely bland. Chicken would have a nauseating intolerable smell (atleast for me). Like I said, I had had never, ever, had anything as bad. I also looked at the reviews, and I saw that almost all the reviews will indian sounding names , were unequivocally bad. Only people who rated higher were english sounding names. So if you are a local who hasnt quite have indian food, you maybe ok. If you know what indian food tastes like, even remotely, this place would be torture.

I get that Indian food can be a total hit or a miss because of the way it s normally cooked. This one by far was my worst experience with Indian food. I am sure Prison food would probably taste better than Vijay s! Don t waste your money!!!

Best lunch deals. You get so much food and the food is always amazing. Great people working inside. Never had a bad experience.

Ordered off Skip the dishes and the food was fantastic. Will most definitely order from here again!! I will skip on the vegetable pakoras next time, they were very flat and dry, but the mango chutney helped.

We went here 7 years ago when we were new in kitchener and ordered the food and made the request the we want food to be spicy! But to our surprise we were served with a spoon full raw red Chilli powder on the top of our two gravies that we ordered, dal makhani was not cooked properly ! Extremely bad food to taste and Extremely rude server. We just felt as if we were not needed in the restaurant. If I could rate this restaurant in negative stars I would to it. Its a ridiculous place would not recommend any one to even try it out.

Its been one of favourite curry places in the kw area for a while.

Delicious butter chicken with amazing naan and vegetable samosas!

Fantastic food, service and ambiance ! Felt like I was eating at home. :) You must try their soup...delicious. Definitely going back.

Excellent customer service.

Not very good. Ordered the butterchicken with naan through Uber Eats, did not end up receiving any rice with it. Was under the impression Id receive both rice and Naan as rice was not listed as a separate menu item. The Naan is literally just grilled pita bread too, not authentic Naan. Disappointing, way too overpriced.

This is beyond a shadow of a doubt our favorite Indian Food in the Tricity area. The service is friendly and very welcoming to kids. They prices are right and everything tastes excellent. It has become our special occasion restaurant as we no longer living in KW. Yes we do drive there.

Ordered chicken tikka masala. Besides the extremely poor taste of the dish, our plate was split by half with rice. Either they have tiny portions or they misplaced my order. There are much better indian options around kw

Were long time fans. Nice to visit agIn

They have yummy food ! And great people.

Vegetarian options: Great vegetarian options at incredibly low prices.

Tasteless

Dinner last night, delivered fresh and hot to our door was Palak Paneer, Aloo Gobi, Vegetable Korma & a Samosa each. Our spice preference is mild since I have a very tender palate and everything was prepared perfectly to our tastes. Portions are plentiful, so much so that the two of us had as much as we wanted for dinner and enough remained to be reheated for lunch for us today (except for the samosas which were completely devoured). Weve been doing take-out once weekly since the pandemic began and Vijays will be joining our rotation for sure!

The food was extremely bad and I had to dump the entire food in my trash!! Please don t waste your money!

The food is delicious, and most of their dishes contain no sugar or dairy. We have become frequent customers.

Vijays never disappoints. Its been a family favourite for the last 10+ years. Best Aloo Gobi in town!

Great food and super friendly staff

Butter chicken was really good, service was friendly and quick.

Very good food. Very good service. Good take out. Miss the dine in... Hopefully we will be able to do that again soon

Very nice place to chill out and get together. Oldest restaurant in town. My first visit to kw area ended with Vijays food.

Good restaurant

Ordered from Vijays today and we werent disappointed, ordered some beef ghosht vindaloo and bhartha as well as garlic naan and vegetable biryani and everything was flavorful and great sized portions. Did take out and the ordering process was easy and food was ready according to my pick up time. Good value for the money and well definitely be ordering from Vijays again. Great experience

Amazing food... good quantity and execptional service for an affordable price.

We had some spicy chicken byrani and mild butter chicken. Excellent soup that was still too hot to eat when we got it home.

Good indian food

I went in vijays in 2015 and it was a very horrible experience. We ordered dal makhani amd some paneer dish and asked to make it a little spicy as per our taste but when the food came they had sprinkled a lot of raw red chilli powder on our dishes and the dishes tasted horrible and we felt as if they did it deliberately so we dont come back there to eat !!!! Horrible sevice, pathetic food taste !!!!!!

Cosy and clean place. Food is amazing, tastes really good. The portion served is more than enough. Personnel is very welcoming and kind. Definitely recommend this place

Our most favourite Indian restaurant in the K-W area. It was the first place friends took us to introduce us to Indian food about fifteen years ago - we had a wide variety of dishes and everything was delicious. We will absolutely be back again and again. Absolutely delish!!!

This was my first time order from Vijays. If one is looking for very authentic curries indian this is not the right place. The food tasted very average . I ordered chicken curry and chicken Tikka which did not taste close to anything authentic. Wont be my choice next time .

Fantastic food!

Absolutely some of the best curry in KW and reasonably priced!

Great lunch specials.

I ordered 4 dishes, everything tasted overly cooked, dried out and too oily. Ive never has as bad as food from an Indian restaurant as of tonight. The paneer was dry to the point it tasted like it had been recooked like 10 times during the day and lost all its flavour and texture. The biryani was dry to the point the rice was britle the lamb was so dry I has to drink something as I chewed it. The yogurt dressing was definitely watered down and you could taste the water over the yogurt The samosas were oily and the flavour was dull and the sauce was tangy and thick overly so The beef dish is also bland and the meat is dry and Iver cooked I honestly wasted 66 dollars on this garbage

All the food was below expectations, very plain.

We ordered via SkipTheDishes. Food was not very good. We ordered medium spice level, which was pretty much bland. We ordered: Vegetable samosas (good), Onion Bhaji (very dry and unpleasant to chew, bland), Saag Paneer (paneer was dry , crumbly and tasteless, spinach was very dark and tasteless, see photo), Nan (good), Butter Chicken (a bit dry but good), Shrimp Korma (rather bland, not much shrimp). Overall very dissatisfied for a meal that cost $60. Will not order from them again.

Always awesome.

An old favourite we hadnt been to in years! Food was delicious, great portions, great value! Dining room was quiet... perfect during covid, but takeout and delivery steady. Pick up positioned as to not distract diners though. Leftovers the next day, even better -- all great reasons to go back!!

Firstly, let me just say Im definitely not a foodie. And we dont go out to restaurants very often. That said, I quite liked the food at Vijays. The only aspect I disliked was completely my fault. I chose the mild option; it was a bit too bland. Next time I will definitely choose something a bit more spicy. Although it was a bit busy, the server was very friendly and helpful. Service was fast. Recommended!

Good prices and delicious food. Very clean and fast service. They offer take out too. Havent found a better Indian place yet.

A quaint little place with a lovely intimate atmosphere. The woman working was knowledgeable, friendly, and very happy. Meal was absolutely delicious, and more than I could manage to eat. Super yum!

The food was really good and the staff was friendly. I just got takeout so I cant comment on the service but it looks clean and smells great! Yum!

I ordered a vegetarian combo mean on door dash today. The food was beyond disgusting. Everything was stale- I guess that s why they are selling it as a combo meal. It seemed like they gave me yesterday s food. The paneer was old and wrinkled. I have never seen a restaurant screw up paneer like this. Did not even finish the meal. Threw everything in garbage. This restaurant is a block away from me and I am so disappointed. Sorry but the owner needs to really focus on quality vs quantity.

Got my order wrong. Only realized when I get home. Called them and they made it my problem. Won t go back despite verbal discount offered for my next visit.

Awesome food

This is the best Indian food restaurant in all of Kitchener outstanding food

Vijay s WAS my favourite Indian food for decades but tonight was very very disappointing. Butter chicken had very little meat and the sauce was very watery and tasteless. Saag paneer sauce was good but the cheese was hard and dry..how many times had it been reheated ????? Vijay s is now off my list.

Discovered this place when I moved into the neighbourhood. My family really enjoys the takeout, and my lady and I love it as a place to have dinner together. Vijay is a gracious host and the food is excellent and very good value.

tried to call for delivery, guy told me to call in ten mins , kind of weird. Ordered from Raja instead.

Ordered chicken and beef biryanis from this place. Firstly, there is no basmati rice!! The rice grains were so small and not at all fresh. Secondly, there was not enough spice and flavour in chicken biryani. On the other hand, they put too much red chilli powder in the beef one, that I couldnt even have a spoonful of it! And lastly, both the dishes did not taste like biryani at all. Worst experience ever! :(

We went based on ratings - but I cant imagine that people who have had authentic Indian food would enjoy this whatsoever.

ordered butter chicken. child portion sent. was runny dry naan. sad places use this company and dismiss customers concerns and instead of a resolution they rather finger point.Companies should have their labels on the foods they sell through other locations as customers have a right to know where their food is coming from.I did not order through here. it was sent out through Duke Of Wellington. there for both companies get rich... consumers are mislead by where the actual dishes/ food is served. poor quality ...disgraceful underhanded tactics and poor customer service. on each parties end

Food is delicious. Reasonable prices.

Always delicious!

The worst biryani in the universe.. you guys made me hate the only dish i love the most...and in the name of apetizer you gave the worst chicken... I will never dare order from you guys...

2 stars because what we got had good flavours. We ordered via Uber eats and the way they have it set up, they dont explicitly say rice doesnt come with the meals. For $15 a plate it can be a toss up. Well through Uber eats they have a side of rice available for an additional $3.50 which is fine if they had mentioned somewhere in the description rice didnt come with the entrees. It didnt. Then if you look for rice its under Rice specialties it is news to me that plain rice was a specialty at an Indian food restaurants so we didnt think to it would be there. We scoured the menu but obviously missed it, so this assumed it would be included. This would up the pretax total for the each dish to $18.50 which is on the pricey side in this town but worth it if the food is good. Now I had the Jalfrezi and more than half the volume was onions. We have previously ordered this and there werent nearly as many onions. My husband has the tiki masala, he enjoyed the flavour very much. Though when we couldnt find any rice to add we did in the notes make a request for basmati rice, since we thought it was included and wanted that versus jasmine rice. They included a half a little container of rice with a handwritten note that said This is w/the rice we can give for free. Please order next time under Rice specialties, basmati rice. It was a bit insulting because we didnt want rice for free. It wasnt very clear that it wasnt included it in the first place and had it been easy to find we would have gladly paid for our containers. They didnt attempt to contact us to let us know the error, or see if it was made in error. Just a condescending message about free rice and a laughable amount of included free rice (maybe 3.5 oz worth cooked) so $37 got us our food delivered and each an entree with no rice. One dish being more onions than anything else. We really have enjoyed eating here over the years but there are many places within the city that understands how to list their menu clearly especially during COVID times and doesnt try to insult those who arent able to decipher their unclear ordering menu. As someone who has worked in the inustry changing the wording under these dishes to say they do not include rice and where to find the rice side orders would fix this.

Great food, friendly staff, the samosas are a must have

This is our go-to Indian place in KW! The food is delicious and such good value for what youre paying. We usually get the Vegetarian Feast which includes all the food in the photo for such a great price. This is an excellent local business and Vijay usually is the one to serve you and start up a conversation with his customers.

We ordered Saag Panner from this place along with the Naan. Saag was literally bland in terms of Indian cuisine. Naan was just okay. Prices are low which reflect on quality of the food. Overall experience was just okay.

Best Indian food I have ever had with an unbelievable conservative price!!!

Daal maharani was a big letdown. Expected better.

Food was really good, the one problem is that the naan (bread) they provided wasnt the regular Indian naan. Still you can visit the place for desserts and other food items more than once

Had not been for about 18 years, glad we went back. Food was amazing and the service, although a little slow, was excellent. Had a chat with the owner who we met all those years ago and was treated like family! Excellent food, fantastic environment. A great place to eat. And be sure to take home your left-overs!

Service was great and the food came quick! Got medium butter chicken and it was delicious. Wasnt spicy enough so the waitress offered me hot sauce (the best hot sauce). The nann is to die for. The freshest and tastiest nann Ive ever had!!

One of the restaurants that offers close to authentic Indian food.

Really lovely owner and great interior, but the food was just lacking something. It wasn t horrible, but it wasn t very flavourful. I ve had way better Indian.

Nice, clean restaurant. The food was good. The dinner for 2 was surprisingly a large amount of food for a good price. There are a lot of vegetarian options. The samosas were fresh and delicious.

We order take out and it tasted good, but it was mostly sauce. Not worth the money.

Delicious food, excellent service, and very clean. Loved it!

ordered butter chicken through skip the dishes. It was really runny, came with no rice or naan. So i had to pay for a side of naan and then i only got 1 piece. For $20.00 this is ridiculous.

Very accommodating of dietary needs, excellent food

Very ordinary food! The samosas were undercooked and the dal was too thick

Delicious food and great service

For over 30 years, the original, and still the best Indian Cuisine in greater K-W area. Service,Atmosphere,Food! Outstanding

Very nice employees, rice is killer good. The reason for a 4 is some pretty sad naan, and Ive had spicer black pepper than the medium butter chicken. Wont stop me from going back, very reasonable dinner prices too!

Honestly the worst Indian food I have ever had. The lamb rogan josh was so bland. The naan was not even real naan. It tasted like a store bought microwaved naan. The chicken biryani tasted awful! My best friend is indian and she was so disappointed. I DO NOT recommend going to this restaurant save your time and money.

Best Butter Chicken EVER!

Ordered chicken Curry. Got the chicken Curry in 5 minutes. I dont know how they cook chicken Curry in 5 minutes. Curry was very sour and I felt that they kept the chicken in the freezer and heat it just after I ordered. Note : the guy who took my order was nice and polite.

Some of the best Indian food in town. Very friendly staff, and clean environment! Have been for lunch and dinner, both fabulous. Highly recommend this restaurant:)

Food is fantastic!!!!

Best samosas ever! Super great service! Friendly owner who cares about his food and service

Great service.. good food reasonable prices.

On a positive note, the service was great and our waiter was friendly. But the food had no taste. We ordered the dinner combo for two. The samosas were extremely bland, our goat curry and chicken korma only tasted like meat, the sauce was flavourless. Our mango icecream dessert was also freezer burnt, everything was very disappointing. There are definitely way better options for Indian food in Kitchener- Waterloo, would not come back.

Decent food and cheap

We like to spice it up from time to time. The food here is great. I highly recommend this restaurant for outstanding Indian.

Great staff and always great food with amazing service

Very Nice place, Very nice food

Absolutely fantastic. Their food is delicious and made me fall in love with Indian cuisine.

The food is excellent, been going here for yrs. Love the Mulligatawny soup and onion Bhaji. Always a must add with my orders

Very bad! We went there because it had a good rating. But not even a single item tasted good. Frozen food from groceries would taste better. Definitely not a place to visit if you want to try Indian food.

Very nice and clean restaurant

The best Indian food ever!!!!

Absolutely delicious food! Yum! Lots of choices, each is authentic, and they can make many dishes mild. My favourite Indian food place.

Great service and fabulous food!!

Great food and price.

Food and service was excellent .Prices were reasonable. Ill be back

Went for the first time for a friends baby shower. OMG amazing! I am a very picky eater. I cant do anything hot (even some table pepper)! I really enjoyed the butter chicken and rice. We also had this potato pancake thing that was very good. I highly recommend! We have driven by so many times and now I regret not trying it sooner. I brought left overs for my husband and he LOVED it! Will be going together soon for a date night!

Extra friendly staff, nice atmosphere, good deal for lots of food. We got our dinner for 2 takeout within 15 minutes of ordering and got enough food to feed us both at least once more. Reasonably priced as well.

Worst food ever..i ordered naan nd daal maharani...i nevered ate this type of food.. I will suggest do not order from this restaurant.