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Jolly’s Indian

I saw a Groupon for nearly 50% off at this restaurant, and with the good reviews, I thought I’d try it out. It’s a medium sized restaurant which is decorated very nicely with lanterns, lit candles and drapery to cover those ugly ceilings that we see in a lot of the places here with pipes and unfinished look. The colours matched, and it was a warm soothing atmosphere.
There were only 2 tables occupied when we arrived around 6:30pm on a Wednesday, but it quickly because full-house on top of several take-out orders.

Our server was very polite and thoughtful despite the busy restaurant.
We ordered a entree each which came with a rice, salad and naan. I thought it was a great deal since most other Indian places I’ve been to at this level has always had the curry a la carte, making your bill add up quickly. Presentation was beautiful and appetizing, and the immediate smell of curry aroma made me salivate.

Don’t be surprised by the half empty dish! The curry is coming right away!

Malabari Chicken $15.95 was mild curry cooked in coconut cream, onions and a touch of ginger with garlic & mild spices. The chicken was cooked to perfection. Just melted in your mouth. Sooooooo good! The cilantro on both curry was a nice touch.

I had read that Jolly’s Butter Chicken $15.95 with boneless chicken with yogurt & tandoori masala, roasted and combined with light cream sauce tasted different from the usual butter chicken. Indeed it had some ingredient that I couldn’t figure out, but it tasted really good. I immediately fell in love with it. I always try other curry since I always tend to go for butter chicken, but this time, I’m glad we did!
Both curry went really well with our saffron rice. The naan was a bit burnt, but the strong garlic flavour complimented the curry sauce.
I was really happy that I came across this restaurant. Thanks Groupon – yes it does work as advertisement! I’m now a new happy customer. Would love to come back for more – especially for the butter chicken! Great find!

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A friend suggested going here after I mentioned I wanted some pho. It was about 4pm on a Sunday and there were only 2 other tables occupied with some take outs during our meal.
The tables and condiment containers were dirty. There was one server lady who was friendly but was serving wearing black rubber boots?! The place seemed like a typical pho place – slightly run down, although there was a nice big chandelier in the middle… Sheepie noticed that the paper wrappers for all the chopsticks were reused. Later on, we saw the serve prepping the supposedly washed chopsticks into used paper wrappers. Argh! One of our tea cups was really dirty – as if it was straight from the grey dish bins that’s been sitting out for a while. Of course, we asked for new one! The dishwasher also brought out the large trays with cups and utensils out to the dining area, making a racket and sorting them out.

The prices had been changed twice.I ordered #10 Pho Queen Dac Biet $7.50 (small). Despite the turnoff points of the actual restaurant, the pho itself was pretty good. I should have ordered the large, as the small wasn’t enough for me. Sheepie ordered the Curry Chicken with rice. Looked good, but he wasn’t too happy with the bones and quality of the meat.

We all shared an order of spring rolls $5 among the three of us which was ok.
Good pho, dirty restaurant. Don’t think I’d return.

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