Indian food is one of our all-time favorites and (almost) anywhere we go in the world, we will eat Indian. We had been working our way through the Indian restaurants near Henderson (where we lived before moving into Vegas proper) and now we are ready to eat our way through the places on this side of town (which is closer to Red Rock Canyon.)

Here are the food items we are basing our ratings on: the rice, the mint and tamarind chutney, vegetable korma, butter chicken, and palak paneer 

We really don't care about ambience. This is about the food and here's our rating system:
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• Our star ratings:
  Below 3 stars we are labeling as "Duds" and they are not recommended.
  3 = Straight down the middle - decent enough but not really memorable (but we may try it again to give it another chance)
  4 = Well, well aren't we happy campers?! - we'd recommend it and would definitely go there again ourselves
  5 = Heck yeah! - among the best we have ever had anywhere

Restaurant Name	Location	Star Rating	Comments
Mint Indian Bistro	4246 S Durango Dr ​(second, original location 730 E Flamingo Rd)	5	When I (Stef) first visited Vegas many years ago I went to Mint (Flamingo location) because I was vegan and they had a vegan menu. I fell in love with Mint's food and it stuck with me through the years as one of the BEST Indian restaurants I have ever been to. When Rick and I moved here, I took him to Mint to get his opinion (NOTE: we are no longer vegan/vegetarian so we ate meat dishes). Rick ooh'd and ahh'd his way through the meal and agreed, it's up there. Since then they have opened up a second restaurant, which is closer to Red Rock. Although it may be a hair below the original location, it's still pretty damn good and we will stick with a 5 rating.
Mt. Everest	3641 W Sahara Ave	4	We've eaten a bunch at Everest (and take out through the pandemic) and it's consistently good - with rich, developed flavors all the way around.
Spice Indian Cuisine	4001 S Decatur Blvd unit 31	Dud	It's not the worst Indian food I've experienced, but , honestly, this was pretty far on the bland size. Usually basmati rice has flavor and their rice was like plain starch. The flavors in the dishes fell a flat enough across all of them and the veggie korma was waaayy too sweet. This is a newer restaurant on the Vegas Indian food scene, so perhaps they are working out their kinks. They are rated high on the Google star ratings (4.6) but only have 197 reviews - so it's skewed quite high (Mint and Mt. Everest rate 4.1 and 4.2 respectively with nearly 2000 reviews and they are FAR superior to Spice). We were disappointed enough that we are hesitant to give them a second chance... but they are new, maybe they will work out their flavors.
Rani's World Foods	4505 W Sahara Ave	TBD	Have not tried yet
Little India Cuisine Halal	8465 W Sahara Ave Suite # 108,	TBD	Have not tried yet
Lazeez	8560 W Desert Inn Rd #D3	TBD	Have Not Tried Yet
Angara India Spiced Grill	4165 S Grand Canyon Dr STE 105	TBD	Have not tried yet
Rusi Indian Restaurant	4850 W Flamingo Rd Suite #43	N/A	They were closed (even though it was during restaurant hours - may be out of business?)
Royal India Bistro	​3700 W Flamingo Rd