We at the Gate of India Restaurant strive to offer an unforgettable dining experience by providing a great atmosphere, excellent food and friendly service.
A true product of the British Raj; this soup emerged in response to the demans of the "Pukka Sahib" for a soup with which to commence his meal. Made of lentils, chicken base, ginger, turmeric and other spices, it forms a useful appetizer.
$2.25
Dall Soup
Red lentil soup, mildly spiced.
$1.95
Tomato Soup
Specially blended spices with fresh tomatoes.
$1.95
Appetizers MENU - Gate Of India
Samosa
Triangular-shaped savoury filled with vegetables.
$2.25
Vegetable Pakora
Potato, cauliflower, carrots with spiced and deep fried vegetables.
$2.95
Onion Bhaji
Sliced onions dipped in Indian batter and deep fried.
$2.25
Seek Kabab
Minced tender beef spiced, cooked in a charcoal Tandoor.
$2.95
Chicken Tikka
Mildly marinated diced chicken, off the bone grilled on charcoal.
$3.95
Chicken Liver
Chicken Liver mixed with the choices of spices, served with salad.
$2.95
Bengal Chingri Puri
King prawn cooked in spicy sauce served with puri bread.
$4.95
Incredible Tandoor MENU - Gate Of India
A Tandoor is a cylindrical clay oven fired by charcoal which heats the side also, thus enabling Indian breads to be cooked on the inside walls and skewered meats to be barbecued at the same time. All Tandoori dishes are marinated in a spiced yoghurt mixture for twenty-four hours.
Chicken Tandoori
Chicken tandoori is made with Tender half chicken marinated to our own special recipe, barbecued over charcoal in the tandoor and served with salad or rice.
$10.95
Shrimp Tandoori
Specially spiced king size fresh shrimps cooked on charcoal in the tandoor. Served with salad or rice
$13.95
Lamb Tikka
Lamb Tikka is made with Tender juicy pieces of Lamb barbecued on skewers in the tandoor. Served with salad or rice.
$11.95
Chicken Tikka
Chicken Tikka is Tender juicy pieces of chicken barbecued on skewers in the tandoor. Served with salad or rice.
$10.95
Biryani Dishes MENU - Gate Of India
(All Biryani dishes are served with vegetable curry sauce,) This group of dishes consists of rice fried together with Chicken, Lamb, Beef, Shrimp or vegetables whereby the flavor of the meat or Vegetable permeates the rice. Biryani is garnished with almonds, raisins and coconut powder.
Chef's Special Biryani
$11.95
Chicken, Beef or Lamb Biryani
$9.95
Shrimp Biryani
$10.95
Vegetable Biryani
$7.95
Chicken Dishes MENU - Gate Of India
Butter Chicken
Our Indian butter chicken is Chicken pieces roasted on skewers in the tandoor, then cooked with cream and garnished with almonds, raisins and coconut powder.
$10.95
Chicken Korma
A chicken curry mildly spiced and cooked with cream and garnished with raisins, almonds and coconut powder.
$10.95
Chicken Tikka Masalla
Chicken Tikka Massalla is Diced chicken roasted in the tandoor, cooked with the chefs special sauce with yoghurt and garnished with raisins, almonds and coconut powder.
$10.95
Kashmiri Chicken Curry
A chicken curry in the Kashmiri style, with almonds, raisins, coconut powder and fresh fruit
$10.95
Chicken Dhansak
A sweet, sour, and fairly hot chicken curry in the Parsee (Persian) style, prepared with cream, lentils and chef's special blended spices.
$10.95
Chicken Rogan Josh
Tender pieces of chicken cooked with chef's special blended spices, herbs and extra tomatoes.
$10.95
Saag Chicken
Chicken cooked with leaf spinach, onions, green pepper and other spices.
$10.95
Chicken Jalfrazie
Tender pieces of chicken cooked with chef's special blended spices, herbs, and extra ginger and medium hot.
$10.95
Chicken Dupiaza
$10.95
Chicken Curry
Chicken cooked with tomato, green pepper, onions and other spices. Served in its own gravy.
$9.95
Madras Chicken Curry
Chicken curry prepared with extra red chilies and other spices in the Madras or Southern Indian style, Medium Hot.
$9.95
Chicken Vindaloo
A chicken curry prepared with extra red chilies. Made slightly sour and hot.
$9.95
Chicken Bangalore Pall
A special chicken curry highly flavored, extremely hot.
$10.95
Meat Dishes MENU - Gate Of India
Lamb Curry or Beef Curry
The lamb or beef curry is made up of Cubes of lamb or beef with tomato, green pepper, onion and other spices and served in its own sauce.
$9.95
Lamb or Beef Korma
This type of curry is mildly spiced and cooked with cream and garnished with raisins, almonds and coconut powder.
$10.95
Lamb or Beef Pasanda Special
Cooked with chefs special marinated spices, yoghurt, herbs and garnished with raisins, almonds and coconut powder.
$10.95
Lamb or Beef Dhansak
Sweet, sour and fairly hot curry in the Persian style. Prepared with cream lentils and chefs special blended spices.
$10.95
Rogan Josh
Lean tender pieces of Lamb or Beef cooked with chef's special blended spices, herbs and extra tomatoes.
$10.95
Bhoona Gosht
Lean tender pieces of Beef or Lamb cooked with tomato, green pepper, onion and other spices. Served in its own rich, thick sauce.
$10.95
Saag Gosht
Tender chunks of beef or lamb and fresh leaf spinach together in a dry curry.
$10.95
Beef or Lamb Vindaloo
Lamb or Beef curry prepared with extra red chilies and made slightly sour. Has real 'bite' Hot.
$10.95
Seafood MENU - Gate Of India
Shrimp Curry
Shrimp curry's A medium spiced fresh shrimp cooked with tomatoes, onions and green peppers. A real delight.
$9.95
Bhoona Shrimp
A dry prawn curry prepared by frying shrimps with onions, green pepper and other spices.
$10.95
Saag Shrimp
Fresh shrimp and spinach cooked with chef's special blended spices and served in its own sauce.
$10.95
Shrimp Patia
A sweet, sour and hot shrimp curry cooked with chef's special blended spices. Persian style.
$10.95
Shrimp Korma
A shrimp curry mildly spiced and cooked with cream and garnished with raisins, almonds and coconut powder. The result is one of the best Indian seafood curry in Hamilton.
$10.95
Shrimp Vindaloo
A shrimp curry prepared with extra red chilies and made slightly sour.
$10.95
Bhoona Fish
A fish curry cooked with onion, garlic, green pepper and other spices. Served in its own rich thick sauce.
$10.95
Fish Korma
Fish Korma is Fish curry mildly spiced and cooked with cream and garnished with Raisins, almonds and coconut powder. Order our exotic Fish curry and enjoy the best taste of Indian curry yet.
$10.95
Fish Vindaloo
A fish curry prepared with extra red chilies. Made slightly sour and hot.
$10.95
Vegetable Dishes MENU - Gate Of India
Mixed Vegetable Bhaji
Mixed vegetables fried together with onions, green pepper and spices as a dry curry.
$5.95
Aloo Peas
A dry curry of potatos and peas with onions, green pepper and other spices.
$5.95
Bhindi Bhaji
A dry curry of "bhindi" a tropical vegetable also known as "okra" or "ladies fingers".
$5.95
Mushroom Bhaji
Fresh mushrooms cooked with onions, green pepper and chef's blended spices and herbs.
$5.95
Aloo Gobi
Potatoes with garden-rash cauliflower cooked with onions, green pepper and other spices.
$5.95
Cauliflower Bhaji
A dry curry of cauliflower with green pepper, onions, tomatoes and other spices.
$5.95
Saag Aloo Bhaji
A dry curry of potatoes and fresh leaf spinach with other spices.
$5.95
Bombay Aloo
Garden fresh potatoes cooked with chef's special spices and medium hot.
$5.95
Begun Bhaji
A dry curry of eggplant with green pepper, onions and other spices.
$5.95
Saag Paneer
Spinach with chef's special home-made cheese and other spices.
$6.95
Matar Paneer
Garden-fresh peas with homemade cheese and chef's special blended spices.
$6.95
Chana Bhaji
Whole chick peas, cooked with onions, green pepper and chef's special spices.
$5.95
Tarka Dhal
Puree of lentils, cooked with some spices and garnished with fried onions and garlic.
$5.95
Dim Bhoona
Hardboiled egg cooked with onions, green pepper, tomato, potato and other special spices.
$6.95
Indian Breads MENU - Gate Of India
Chapatti
Plain whole wheat flour rolled out very thin and baked on a griddle. Contains no spices. Chapatti is also as "Roti".
$1.25
Bhatura
Deep Fried leavened fine flour bread.
$1.95
Naan Bread
Leavened bread of fine flour baked in tandoor. The naan is a popular Indian bread.
$2.25
Poori
Deep fried whole wheat bread.
$1.25
Paratha
Buttered and leavened whole wheat bread.
$2.95
Vegetable Paratha
A Paratha with a "sandwich filling of vegetables.
$3.95
Garlic Naan
Leavened bread of fine flour with Garlic paste.
$2.50
Keema Naan
Leavened bread of fine flour and filled with ground meat.
$3.95
Rice Dishes MENU - Gate Of India
Polao Rice
Best quality Basmati Rice fried with onions and other spices to give a distinctive flavor.
$2.50
Peas Polao
Basmati Rice with fresh peas cooked with fried onions.
$5.95
Mushroom Polao
Basmati Rice with fresh mushroom cooked with fried onions.
$5.95
Kashmiri Polao
Basmati Rice cooked with almonds, peanut pistachio and dried fruits.
$6.95
Egg Fried Rice
Basmati Rice fried with egg and other spices and garnished with Indian Ghee.
$5.95
Sundries MENU - Gate Of India
Plain Papadum
A thin, crisp-fried wafer made from ground vegetables.
$0.95
Yoghurt
Very cooling and an antidote to most spices.
$1.95
Raita
Yoghurt with diced potatoes, tomatoes and cucumber.
$1.95
Mango Chutney
Sweet and Sour.
$0.95
Mango Pickle
Sour and hot.
$0.95
Lime Pickle
Sour and hot
$0.95
Onion Salad
Onions, Tomatoes, Cucumber, mixed with spices.
$1.50
Green Salad
Lettuce, Cucumber, Tomato, Lemon, served with French dressing
$1.95
Indian Desserts MENU - Gate Of India
Gulab Jamun
Literally rose plums, this sweet takes its name from its dark color and its flavor. The ball of thickened milk with spicy flavors is fried a deep brown and served in syrup.
$1.95
Burfee
Dried fresh whole milk cake with coconut almonds and pistachio nuts.
$1.95
Rasmalai
A popular North Indian dessert of cottage cheese served with thickened milk sauce and pistachio.
$2.95
Mangoes with Ice Cream
Sliced mangoes with vanilla ice cream.
$2.95
Lychees with Ice Cream
A tropical white fruit with vanilla ice cream.
$2.95
Mangoes in Syrup
King of Indian Fruits
$1.95
Lychees in syrup
A tropical succulent white fruit in syrup
$1.95
Mango Kulfi
Mango flavored Indian ice-cream
$2.50
Daily Lunch Speclals MENU - Gate Of India
Monday - Vegetable Samosa
Chicken, Beef or Lamb Curry mixed with Mushroom or mixed Vegetable Curry. Sweet of the day
$5.95
Tuesday - Dall Soup
Chicken, Beef or Lamb Korma or Aloo Gobi (Cauliflower with Potato) Sweet of the day
$5.95
Wednesday - Mulligatawny Soup
Chicken, Beef or Lamb Curry mixed with Cauliflower or Matar Paneer (Peas with Cheese). Sweet of the day
$5.95
Thursday - Onion Bhaji
Chicken, Beef or Lamb Curry with Mixed Vegetables or Bengal Chana Bhaji (Chick Peas). Sweet of the day
$5.95
Friday - Pakora
Chicken, Beef or Lamb Curry with Spinach or Mushroom Bhaji. Sweet of the day
$5.95
GATE OF INDIA SPECIAL PLATTER
A piece of Barbecue Chicken, Seek Kabob, Samosa, Salad and Rice
I feel violated after eating here. whoever says the food is good have never eaten indian foad. The quantities are tiny which is a good thing because food taste like rotan dear carcas. Naan was under cooked and every itemwe ordered chicken tikka masala, bhuna shirmp, Chana masala, Mutton cury was so bad we was not able to eat more than one bite. Never ever go there buy redymade from metro because in comparison it taste way better. Indian resturant in hamilton go to Himalya at centenial prk way its way better.
Yea! If you like to eat as a home made food in a restaurant, You
never get it. Any way thanks for your comment. Always we served best and good quality food to our guest.
By Restaurantica12
January 14, 2012
Best Indian I've ever had!
Love the atmosphere, traditional Indian style! Service was great, both servers were on top of everything and worked together. I love that the owner takes time to talk to everyone and welcomes them and asks how everything is. Food is amazing! Very well priced and flavourful! Washrooms could be updated, but not a deterrent for me. I have been going to Gate of India for over 8 years now and my grandfather has been going there for years!!
Just went here for supper after browsing reviews and want to go back as soon as possible! We had one of the for 2 dinners, it was listed as option CC. It came with samosas and onion Bhaji first, then a whole table full of delicious curries with naan and rice. We got a something that looked like a timbit for dessert, was good too.
There was more than the two of us could manage and they were happy to send us home with a neatly packed doggy bag. The service started off slow but they were very nice and pleasant with us and the food was hot and arrived pretty quick. Decor is typical Indian restaurant style, clean and simple.
Really great food!
awesome food great service and beautiful cuisine with soft instrumental music.....just love the food and the atmosphere....the food is like as u want.....just try it u'll definitely love it....
I just loved the food there! I just wanna go there all the time! It's really quiet there. Except for the music but it's classical Indian music. It was very calm. And the food didn't take a long time to come. Well it didn't come super fast, but you know what I mean. Sometimes the food is spicy, usually the curries are spicy. But if you don't want it spicy, just tell them. If you come there a lot, they begin to make friendship with you. I must say the waiter is very nice! They are from and country called Bangladesh they said. The first time I went, I ordered something small just to try. I ordered 2 Samosas, 1 order of Butter Chicken, and 2 Naan's. It was very tasty! And the picture and decoration looks very beautiful! I go there all the time now.
This restaurant was like awesome!!!!!!!!!!! I loved there food. If want it spicy then it's spicy if you want it mild then they'll give you mild. It's a great place. I go there regularly these days. I love there service, very nice people.
I highly recommend this restaurant. Why?? Well you will know once you enter the restaurant and order and eat! Lovin' the food and prices. I don't find the food un-spicy. I think it is really spicy but I enjoy it being spicy. It is really good. I will definitely and hope to come back there to eat and I am for sure about that because I eat there frequently! =]
Wow, I held a party in GOI and it was terrific!The food was awesome and I love it like totally. I also asked my friends if they enjoyed it and the totally loved. I was sure if I held a party like that, it would be awesome. GOI satisfied me and my friends. Definitely will eat there again. GOI, hope you'll remember me! ;)
I absolutely love Gate of India's food. Great food, Great services, and great prices. Sure it may be a little quiet, but you can look at the good sides of it. Also, I really loved the Butter Chicken. I thought it actually had butter in it, but turns out, there isn't. I would definitely come back again. My friend recommended it to me and thank god she did. If you are in a mood for Indian Food, try out Gate of India. Also, beware, some food gets spicy but if you ask not to make it spicy, they will tone it down. Perfect! But I like it spicy, and I can taste the food more when it is spicy. So if you want Indian food, I am telling you right now Gate of India is the best Indian Food Restaurant I stepped in and ate at. I highly recommend all of you to eat there and you wont forget the taste! =]
The decor is a bit old but it's clean and there is a candle on ever table, I like that. The service was friendly, informative and professional. The food was great. The food was the best I've had in a while and certainly some of the top indian food ever. The 3 dishes we got were all very great, especially the soup. The naan was great too, another reviewer said it was bad, but he/she got it delivered - maybe it was old?
I recommend and would return for sure.
The Dinner food was better than I thought. I am going to come to Gate of India all the time! They have to best food ever. If you want to go to a restaurant, go to Gate Of India Hamilton. Which is in downtown.
Good Samosas! Main courses were acceptable, if mildly spiced for my tastes. Patak's canned sauces are about as tasty than what I was served. Still, very reasonably priced, and they do deliver.
Disturbing was the interruption of our meal by a deaf/mute panhandler! Considering our waiter's reaction it wasn't the first time she'd pulled that stunt. Location NOT a plus for dining out!
Still desperately missing Taste Of Taj Mahal. Why do the good restaurants always close!
They were quiet today but that's par for the Indian course for weekday lunches. The decor is fine, the service prompt and friendly, the food was good and their prices seem very reasonable. I'll certainly be going there again.
WE enjoyed every bite of our meal - and brought...
WE enjoyed every bite of our meal - and brought some home too!
Restaurant was steadily busy and lots of people coming for take out meals also. Service was very good considering the waiter was being kept very busy. Prices very reasonable.
There was one other party of 2 people in the restaurant and our food took over an hour to arrive (right as we were getting up to leave actually). Regretfully, we sat back down and ate. The chicken was bland despite being supposedly cooked in the sauces. I had high expectations after deciding to visit this place after reading such great reviews on this site. Oh well. Must have been an 'off day'. Not going back though because of the service.
Anyone who doesn't love the Gate clearly doesn't...
Anyone who doesn't love the Gate clearly doesn't love Indian food. Easily the best Indian food in Hamilton (possibly the best service, too - there were two kids under 3 in our party, and they had at least as much fun as the rest of us!)
The service was very attentive and the decor was...
The service was very attentive and the decor was very pleasant and serene. The temperature was cool. We came at a time when there were few people. There was only 1 other couple dining at that time. That made the dining experience enjoyable. Compared to many other Indian restaurants, G.o.I. is more balanced and has a subtle flavours. The dishes were well presented and portioned.
The prices were generally higher than other comparable Indian restaurants but well worth it. Complimentary chips whetted my appitite. And all the flavours seems to fit togethor like a jigsaw puzzle. The Chicken liver with salad was amazing. Perfect preparation of liver is truly a sign of an expert chef. One spicy dish and one savoury complimented the sides of rice and naan.
Everything was served in a timely manner which allowed some conversation time before the meal. Drinks were served right away and water was readily available.
Would recommend this restaurant for a finer dining experience and for those who want a fore into International cuisine.
