Aab India Restaurant | 14 January 2011

1470 Grandview Avenue


Columbus, Ohio 43212

Miller-Stein Ranking

Our food experience | 4.3 Buckeyes

Quality | 4.5 Buckeyes

Cost | 4.5 Buckeyes

Character | 4.0 Buckeyes

Beverages | 4.0 Buckeyes

Service | 4.5 Buckeyes

Our Dinner

Aloo Choley |
 9.99

Chickpeas and potatoes prepared North Indian style 

Chicken Tikka Saag | 
11.99

Boneless marinated chicken cooked with spinach, cream and tomato sauce 

Nan 
| 2.69

Traditional Indian style bread 

Garlic Nan
 | 2.99

Garlic stuffed nan 

Our Experience

Aab India Restaurant offers its guests authentic cuisine from Northern India, famous for its savory “tandoori” oven dishes and exotic curries. Aab is a family owned business, which also operates five restaurants in Cincinnati. We tried Aab for the first time in the summer of 2010 and it has become our favorite Indian restaurant in Columbus. It seems recently we frequent this restaurant once a week and always leave content. Aab is fairly new to Columbus, however it seems to be quickly gaining popularity. We arrived at 7:30 on Friday night and were told we had a wait of twenty minutes. We waited at the bar for our table and ordered some drinks. Twenty minutes later, we were seated and Miller and I were starving so we ordered the first time the waiter came to our table. When ordering an entre for dinner from Aab there are some things you have to consider; first the entrees are served with a never ending bowl of Indian white rice and second after you place your order the waiter will as you what spice level you would like. Aab is gracious enough to ask you the spice level of your meal on a spectrum of one to six. One being the most tempered and six being the spiciest it can get. Miller ordered her usual, Aloo Choley, an Indian dish made with chickpeas and potatoes, with traditional Nan, Indian style bread, like the Mediterranean pita. Miller’s spice level was a two, which seems to be good for people who like a little bit of spice, but don’t enjoy the feeling of your mouth on fire. I ordered what seems to be my usual now, the Chicken Tikka Saag, boneless marinated chicken cooked with spinach, cream and tomato sauce with garlic Nan. I ordered my meal at a spice level of five, which seems about right for those of us that love spicy food. Overall, the Miller-Stein food experience was a 4.3 and we definitely recommend this restaurant for those of you with an appetite for authentic Indian food.