Foods from Rinag Foods
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2010 Feb 7
Have heard a lot about rinag , we tried to go for buffet on sunday as it said it is open from 11 to 4 in the evening , We were there at 1:30 and they said it was open only till 1 . What a bummer . WE went from east end just for the buffet and the info on the web site was false dont know if i will go and try them again. Not on my favorite list or recommendation list ............
2008 Jun 6
I can confirm that Rinag's still open, since I had lunch there today.
Really good naan. Better than usual, because the guy (not the regular naan man?) brushed the whole thing down with ghee once it had come out of the oven. Glistening and delicious.
The five of us mostly stuck to channa (chickpeas), samosas, butter chicken, baingan bharta (eggplant), and naan. Not a complaint in the house.
If it weren't for the threat of an ever-expanding waistline I'd eat here more often!
Really good naan. Better than usual, because the guy (not the regular naan man?) brushed the whole thing down with ghee once it had come out of the oven. Glistening and delicious.
The five of us mostly stuck to channa (chickpeas), samosas, butter chicken, baingan bharta (eggplant), and naan. Not a complaint in the house.
If it weren't for the threat of an ever-expanding waistline I'd eat here more often!
2008 Apr 1
This place is an undiscovered gem in the Merivale - Hunt Club area. That area seems to have every type of restaurant imaginable from McDonald's to Mexcali Rosa's to Chinese Buffet.
It was really missing an Indian buffet joint. Not anymore. For me it was worth it just for the Gulab Jamun. So delicious. They keep it warm in the syrup which adds to flavor. It has the perfect amount of sweetness.
This place also amazing naan when the man is in that funny booth making them. Otherwise they seem to come from packaged source somewhere.
Regardless the food is excellent. Tasty. Very well priced. Lots of chicken options. And even a quiet a few veggie selections.
They also tell me all their meat is halal. (Confirm as necessary)
All in all awesome place. I've definitely become a regular.
It was really missing an Indian buffet joint. Not anymore. For me it was worth it just for the Gulab Jamun. So delicious. They keep it warm in the syrup which adds to flavor. It has the perfect amount of sweetness.
This place also amazing naan when the man is in that funny booth making them. Otherwise they seem to come from packaged source somewhere.
Regardless the food is excellent. Tasty. Very well priced. Lots of chicken options. And even a quiet a few veggie selections.
They also tell me all their meat is halal. (Confirm as necessary)
All in all awesome place. I've definitely become a regular.
2007 Apr 5
You might recognize the name Rinag from the prepackaged Indian food at Farmboy and (I think) Loeb. They are located in the industrial park across Hunt Club from Costco. You can buy their prepackaged foods from a counter that is typical of a warehouse outlet. Off to the side is a large banquet hall, which I assume you can book for events and dinners. Since events usually happen in the evening or on weekends, they open up the banquet hall to lunchtime diners like me (the tables aren't all huge -- some seat just 3 or 4).
You have two options for lunch: either sit down for the buffet ($8.99) or fill a styrofoam lunch container for takeout ($5.99).
The buffet offers the usual choices -- samosas, pulao rice, channa, daal, aloo matar, eggplant, paneer, butter chicken, tandoori chicken, beef vindaloo (mild), raita, chutney, gulab jamun. There's also a guy cooking naan in a little windowed room in the hall. Diners each get a naan with their buffet. I found the food to be all right but not incredible. Oh, except the "Channa" chick pea curry was awesome! Regardless, it's the best Indian food within 2 km of my workplace. ;-)
Service is casual, quirky, and friendly. They seem to have a small crowd of regulars, which will likely grow as word gets out to denizens of the industrial park. Parking is ad hoc, mostly on the street out front.
Anyways, I'm thrilled to have an Indian buffet in the Merivale/Hunt Club area. We've been wishing for one ever since the Star of India closed...
You have two options for lunch: either sit down for the buffet ($8.99) or fill a styrofoam lunch container for takeout ($5.99).
The buffet offers the usual choices -- samosas, pulao rice, channa, daal, aloo matar, eggplant, paneer, butter chicken, tandoori chicken, beef vindaloo (mild), raita, chutney, gulab jamun. There's also a guy cooking naan in a little windowed room in the hall. Diners each get a naan with their buffet. I found the food to be all right but not incredible. Oh, except the "Channa" chick pea curry was awesome! Regardless, it's the best Indian food within 2 km of my workplace. ;-)
Service is casual, quirky, and friendly. They seem to have a small crowd of regulars, which will likely grow as word gets out to denizens of the industrial park. Parking is ad hoc, mostly on the street out front.
Anyways, I'm thrilled to have an Indian buffet in the Merivale/Hunt Club area. We've been wishing for one ever since the Star of India closed...
2010 Jul 31
Rinag is a massive food catering business. They do tons of commercial and weddings. They have their own wedding hall now also. It's out of that hall just off Hunt Club/Merivale that they do their buffet. What's interesting about their buffet is that they have some really authentic indian dishes that you normally don't see in a restaurant let alone in a buffet. Case in point is the pani puri, and chaat papri. Both very popular snack/appetizer/meal dishes that are the favorite of many. Myself included. So while I enjoyed the chaat papri, and a couple of the buffet items I didn't leave with the warm feeling that would have led me to return again. Not sure why, as thinking about it now makes me want to revisit. I recall it also was 15-20 per person.
-Ravi Shanghavi, Ottawa
-Ravi Shanghavi, Ottawa
daniellegrace
I have a comment which is not really a criticism - the spiciness level of their dishes can really vary from batch to batch, from meh-hot to SUPER-hot. To me this means that it is not factory food, so I like it, but it can be troublesome when feeding the spice-sensitive.
Truck yourself out to this industrial park! Totally worth the drive.