Ordering at an indian restaurant den haag should be the easy part of the evening. In practice, a long menu leads to the same few slips again and again.
This guide lists seven of them, with a quick fix for each. Every dish and detail comes from the menu pages of Indian Curry Club on Thomsonlaan.
Mistake one: ordering rice and a biryani together
Biryani is a rice dish, so adding Biryani Rice on top doubles up. The menu describes Chicken Biryani as chicken cooked with aromatic basmati rice and served with raita.
The fix is to treat a biryani as rice and main in one order. If you would rather have a curry, add the separate Biryani Rice, which is spiced basmati.
For a table of four, one biryani plus two curries and some naan is a balanced spread. Nobody has to share a single bowl of rice, and the biryani comes with its own raita.
Mistake two: picking three creamy curries
Butter Chicken, Mango Butter Chicken and Chicken Korma all sit at the creamy end of the chicken section. Butter Chicken is tandoori chicken in a cashew and creamy tomato sauce, and Korma is chicken in a creamy sauce of yogurt and nuts.
Three of the same style on one table means three similar sauces, and the plates start to blur. The homepage describes Mango Butter Chicken as cooked in cashew nuts and a creamy tomato curry with mango.
The fix is one creamy dish and one from another group. Chicken Saag Wala is a spinach and mustard curry, and Kadhai Chicken is cooked with onion, tomato, coriander, chilli flakes and bell peppers.
On heat, the menu labels only Chicken Vindaloo and Home Style Chicken Curry as spicy. If spice matters, ask before you order.
Mistake three: assuming vegetarian means vegan
This one catches mixed groups often, especially at an indian cuisine restaurant that lists vegetarian and vegan dishes in separate sections. Saag Paneer is spinach with paneer, and Dal Makhani is black lentils finished with cream and butter, so both are vegetarian but contain dairy.
The fix is to start from the Vegan Menu, which lists snacks such as Samosa, Onion Bhajiya and Pani Puri and mains including Channa Masala, Mix Veg and Aloo Gobhi Adraki. Several naan descriptions on the full menu mention butter or cheese, so a vegan guest should ask about breads too.
Mistake four: ordering starters that repeat the main
A table that orders Chicken Tikka and Tandoori Chicken, then a chicken curry, ends up eating the same flavour three times. Both starters are chicken marinated and cooked in the tandoor.
The vegetarian starter list is long enough to avoid this. It includes Samosa Chaat, Dahi Puri and Tandoori Paneer Tikka, which is paneer, onion and peppers marinated and roasted in the tandoor.
The fix is to change the protein or the texture. Tandoori Prawns are marinated in mustard and yogurt and cooked in a charcoal oven, and Onion Bhajiya is a crispy onion fritter with mint tamarind sauce.
Mistake five: keeping dietary needs to yourself
The menu page asks guests to mention allergies or dietary needs when they order or reserve. It also says gluten free dishes are available, but it does not label them one by one.
The fix is to say it up front. Put who eats vegan, who needs gluten free food and any allergies into the booking, and the restaurant can answer before you arrive. A short line in the booking is easier for everyone than a long conversation once the table is full.
Mistake six: skipping the separate halal and vegan menus
Indian Curry Club is listed as halal certified, and the site links a Halal Menu and a Vegan Menu next to the full menu. They are separate pages with their own dishes.
The fix is to open all three before you book, especially if your group has different needs. It takes a minute, and the full menu then makes more sense because you know what the other two pages already cover.
Mistake seven: planning lunch
The restaurant opens Monday to Sunday from 5pm to 10pm. A lunch plan will not work.
The fix is to treat it as a dinner venue, and book through the reservation page on the website for an evening slot. Phone and WhatsApp +31 (0)6 49529823 are listed too, if you want to ask a question first.
The reservation page text does not state time slots or group size limits. A larger party is better off asking before settling on a date.
One last habit worth keeping
Read the descriptions, not just the dish names. Most of the mistakes above come from a name that sounds familiar while the description says something different, such as a creamy sauce, a dairy finish or a dish that already includes rice.
A minute with the menu pages before you book saves the awkward conversation at the table.
