Ambrosia India Bistro Cannery Row

This was our favorite place when we lived here from 2018-2021! Unfortunately, the service has taken a nose dive and the prices have increased (*this place still has amazing food).

Inflation has hit us all, but we were flabbergasted by the incredibly poor service followed by a $200 bill for 5x mains, rice, Naan, and 1x beer. Again, the food is great, but the service left A LOT to be desired.

Came on an oddly slow Friday night. When I asked how the fish curry was cooked they brought the chef out to talk to me, don’t get that often at an Indian restaurant. He assured me the fish curry was one of their best dishes so we ordered it and malai kofta. Curry was great. Malai kofta was heavy on the tomato sauce, I’ve had it with more of a cream base that I liked better but this was still really good. Naan could use a little butter but overall a great meal.

Also loved that the server didn’t hover over us while we left a tip - he deliberately dropped the credit card machine off and turned away while we completed the transaction!

ABYSMAL. Ambrosia deserves its own “0” star category. I am baffled at the food and service quality. Just shocked - I mean you have to really try to make the food awful. Their “best” dish - Shahi Paneer - was made in canned tomatoes with the worst aftertaste. They successfully made the dish sweet as the primary taste and spicy as an aftertaste. I mean kudos to making the worst Indian meal I have had in my life. It was so bad that I even said so to the cashier. Plus, the server kept looking at his watch while taking our order at 7.30pm when the restaurant closes at 8.45pm. I am shocked at this restaurant- SHOCKED - HOW IS THIS RESTAURANT OPEN?

Place is really bad. The tea was cold, food was flavorless. I would not recommend it at all.

For a person who has been eating Indian food for over 10 years this one so far is the best found it 3 years ago. The flavor of that chicken curry they make is second to none

The worst restaurant in Cannery row.
Still don't understand how some people give more more than 1 star.
Service is the way too slow.
Food is not just bad, it's junk. Frozen and tasteless. Nothing is fresh. Portions are sooo small, not even enough for my cat.
Stay away from this place.

Me and my wife got the seekh kabab and butter chicken with rice and naan. It was very good, would recommend

The food was good but the portion size as per the price was very less.
It is very accessible and located at a nice place. Overall it’s a good restaurant.
Although I would say servers were not so friendly.
Some food items (paneer items) were not good at all.

Got the mulligatawny soup. It was $10 for a tiny serving, and the worst soup I’ve ever had (tasted like fish). We had one bite and couldn’t eat anymore!

Biryani and vegetable pakora was soo delicious! Not sure why so low rating is given to this restaurant

Good Indian food. Limited drinks options. Mild to medium spice level. Decent portion size. Seafood isn’t that great. Tandoori Chicken, must try.

If you had a long cold day and want warm delicious and flavorful food, come to this place.

We had the yellow daal and the Rogan Josh lamb curry with sides of rice and garlic naan. Food came quickly and packed with flavors.

It really warms you up. Service and atmosphere were also really great!

Worst biryani ever had in my life, staff is good

To owner

Can’t take location as granted and run the business, its like degrading Indian cuisine

The food was amazing! I may have been apprehensive about Indian food before because I didn't understand my spice (as opposed to heat/piquancy) tolerance - but I came here on a whim during a date and we were completely blown away by perfect food and stellar service.

We ordered 9 dishes between the two of us and not a bite was left at the end of our meal.

Definitely worth every penny and then some.
10/10 will come again!

Delicious, I love Indian food and this did not disappoint. It wasn't busy when we went but our waiter was friendly and attentive. Big menu with lots of vegetarian options. Would highly recommend.

We went with a friend's family. We ordered vegetarian samosa, pakora, vegetable biriyani, chicken curry, white rice, raita and chai.

We loved the samosa and chai. They were very good. The pakora was soggy. I wouldn't recommend the vegetable biriyani but the raita was good. Our friends said the chicken dish wasn't good either.