Apna Kitchen - Indian restaurant in East Ridge - 5908 Ringgold Rd, USA

First time and we had a fantastic dining experience. Ordered the goat korma and saag paneer. The goat was very tender and the korma was perfectly balanced. Saag paneer was thick in the spinach, which is the way I like it. Came with an appetizer of papadums and delicious chutneys. Service was attentive and Arlinda was very sweet. They even gave us a complimentary dessert of rice pudding with toasted almonds, and it was absolutely wonderful. I will be back, and I’m sooooo glad Chattanooga finally has a great Indian place!

Best Indian food in Chattanooga! Feels super authentic. We got the Dal Makhani and Chicken Jalfrezi and they were both great. The garlic naan was delicious. The Woodpecker Indian beer was delicious. Will definitely come back when we are craving Indian food.

This was our first time in and I have to say this is probably my new favorite restaurant in town!! The food was super flavorful and the garlic naan was probably some of the best I have ever had. Johnny our server was super attentive and service was very quick. Definitely 10/10 and we will be back very soon!!

I went to this Indian place a couple of months ago on my way to visit my sister-in-law. Here is a summary of my experience of this place and its food. -- Ambiance 3.5/5: Nothing great. This looks like a hole-in-the-wall place that resembles a college cafeteria. From outside it looked like small local joint but I was craving for Indian food and wanted to try it. --- Service 4/5: The service was a little slow but the good thing was that they ensured we had things on our table and our table was never empty once it started coming. -- Food 3/5: This is where my major issue is and I did not like some of the taste of it. Here is the summary of what we had: First the good, this is the first Indian restaurant in the USA which serves you free papad. I have never seen this anywhere so this was a delight. Coming on to the food we ordered: 1. Aloo Chana Chaat: The chaat did not have enough yogurt and did not taste good. There was a lot of sour chutneys and not enough sweet chutney to balance it. 2. Gobhi Manchurian: The gobhi Manchurian tasted raw. Once the layer was out you could see raw cauliflower in it. The quantity was low and was pricey as well. 3. Garlic Naan: This was good but one of the costliest naan that we have ever had 4. Gajar Halwa: This is the most disappointing in my opinion. It didn't taste anything like gajar halwa and hat grated coconut pieces in it. I had never seen it before and the taste tasted like nothing. Very disappointing and not recommended at all. -- Value for Money 2/5: I felt that this place was costly for the food taste and ambiance that they had. Overall, not recommended from my end unless you are really craving Indian food and there is nothing nearby plus you have deep pockets. Also Gajar halwa is a big NO here.

The place is clean it just looks like that had a lower budget. Just know it's more of a family owned appearance. I am still learning what Indian food taste like. My dishes did have a lot of flavor and fresh. I enjoyed every thing but the Samosa appetizer but that's bc I don't know what it's supposed to taste like. Maybe a sauce should be served with it for me to really enjoy it. Fresh and flavorful and a fair price. If you are thinking about going give it a try.

The waiters were polite. We were offered complimentary papad with mint and tamarind chutney which was good to get started with because we went in hungry after the whitewater rafting. But they need to be trained. We weren’t even given dinner plates to eat and the beverages ordered never arrived. Made a mistake in the bill. The ambiance was ok. I have mixed reviews for the food. Everything was served hot and fresh on a Sunday afternoon. Their egg fried rice was delicious and Keema samosa tasted good and I recommend these two. Chicken 65 tasted all fine but was hard and chewy. The ketchup was dominating in the chili chicken and that’s a thumbs down.

Absolutely spectacular! Service, atmosphere and food was to die for. I will definitely be back! I highly recommend the garlic naan.

We went here for lunch. We usually go to buffets, but Apna got high ratings, so we gave it a try. We were greeted nicely going in and shown to a table. The service was very good. Although the waiter did not understand gluten free(so please no naan, but they tried to serve it to us anyway) and when ordering the mixed pakora, I asked if there were any peppers and was told no. Unfortunately one of the items was a stuffed pepper. The waitress was super concerned, offered to get something else, but I just said it was fine, just please let the other waiter know. We also got the chicken 65, vegetables korma and veggie briyani. They were all delicious and very flavorful. The masala tea was one of the best I've had in a while. Nice music videos were playing and nicely decorated. Plenty of parking. I felt that the prices were a little high $60 +tax and tip. We have enough leftovers for another meal. All in all it was a great lunch, just please if you have allergies etc make sure the waiter understands.