Pakistan native Irfan Rafi must have had a vision when he took over a long-neglected location formerly occupied by several greasy all-night diners. Now the place is a formal dining room with draperies, swags, tassels, artificial roses, watercolors in gilded frames and a mannequin bedecked with baubles and beads. Amid all this, Rafi serves both Indian and Pakistani fare, including light, puffy breads and tender meats cooked in the white-hot clay tandoor ovens. Unlike more traditional Indian restaurants, Rafi’s restaurant offers beef and an array of goat dishes. And the lunch buffet is well-stocked with a variety of tasty offerings – a good beginner’s lesson in Pakistani cuisine.
Price: $$-$$$
Payment Type: All Major Credit Cards, cash
Parking: Free, No Parking
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties, Not Necessary
Attire: casual
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Good food is like music. A number of ingredients (like music instruments) come together to create music on your tastebuds. Sadly, sometimes, it turns into noise. Such is the food at this establishment.
I tried the buffet but could not eat anything. The goat an dbeef entrees needed a tad more marinating. The others just did not come together. The only saving grace was the hostess who seemed to go out of her way to help.
Rating Detail:
Food: 1
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 2
Value: 1
Overall: 1
I went to the restaurant on their opening night at around 6 in the evening. IT WAS A RIP OFF! The place was definitely NOT ready to be opened on that day. Forget that there was no ice for the water or that the credit card machine was not setup etc. but they barely had any food on the the buffet and we were still charged full price--a whopping $30.00 for two people! The only item that was of any quantity on the buffet was the goat curry, which suspiciously tasted like something the previous owner had left in the freezer. I don't even want to talk about what I got for naan--UGH! There were no dessert, only some nasty fruit salad with flies buzzing on top! When I pointed that out the new owner went to the kitchen to see what he could "find for us". He brought back some kind of nasty looking halwa, again, probably something left by the previous owner. And as for the food temperature on the buffet line, let's just say that I am happy that I did not get food poisoning. I am definitely not going back there and I will dissuade everyone I know from going there as well because they have no business ethics.
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