I recently went to Shiva for lunch with my 2 year old, and had a very horrible experience! I am ashamed to say there are restaurants with such attitude… We were both very hungry and were looking to seat quickly and grab the buffet. Even though there was an empty table, they wouldn’t seat me — the reasons given were: oh well, i cannot seat you on this table your kid is going to make a mess, and main traffic goes here so i cannot give this table to you … i was shocked at how i was treated… they actually sent me back.

If you want to be discriminated for one reason or the other, go here …..

I believe this is a slightly upscale, sit down Indian place with linens. But to my palate, it wasn’t any better than the typical Indian place, not that I have super distinguishing tastes. To be fair, we went for lunch where it’s the typical Indian buffet, so perhaps they didn’t get to show off their uniqueness. But everything was just fair. The only unique element was a tomato soup, which I have not seen at an Indian restaurant before. The only outstanding element was the naan, which was delicious (but very oily). The butter chicken, the dish I usually use to compare, was just OK. It’s much better at Amber India and Kabab & Currys. But again, I’m no Indian food expert.