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Masala Art, a chain of authentic Indian cuisine restaurants, is a passionate attempt to bring the delectable flavors of Indian food to the citizens of the Montenegro. Throughout history, Indian cuisine with its sumptuous flavors, has been a symbol of the country’s ancient and diverse culture, bringing scientific benefits for the mind, body and soul. Masala Art the brainchild of Founder, Rajesh Prabhakar, began its operations with its first Indian restaurant in Shanghai, China back in 2001. Rajesh has been previously associated with India’s world renowned luxury hotel chain- The Taj Group of Hotels for over two decades. Rajesh believes cooking Indian food is a science, as well as an art of mixing
PRICE RANGE
US$2 - US$21
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options
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Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Drinks
CUISINES
Indian, Asian, Healthy, International
FEATURES
Delivery, Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Parking Available, Street Parking, Free off-street parking, Highchairs Available, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Digital Payments, Playgrounds, Dog Friendly, Non-smoking restaurants
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Reviewed 2 days ago via mobile

Excellent service, tasty food, a very vast choice of foods (big menu). Summer garden was nice but inside was spectacular! You would not find this place by walking by, you really have to look for it, and it’s totally worth it!

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 1 week ago

This is one of the best indian restaurants i've ever been to, great food and service! Excellent! Highly recommend

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

This is a real gem - delicious food, huge menu to choose from and really attentive staff. As a vegetarian, I really appreciated so much choice and such a delicious meal after 8 days of limited options.

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

Friendly and polite staff who were more than happy to adjust spice levels to accommodate us. Cosy, calm evening and absolutely delicious food!

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 11 April 2023 via mobile

The food here was absolutely excellent. It's slightly expensive by Podgorica standards but honestly it's some of the best restaurant Indian food I've had, irrespective of country. Try the Pani Puri, but all the mains we ordered were also great. Well worth a visit.

Date of visit: April 2023
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Management response:Responded 12 April 2023

Dear Guest, Thank you for dining with us! We truly appreciate your time to give us your feedback. We are so glad that you enjoyed our food, especially the Pani Puri. We look forward to hosting you again in the future! Team Masala Art 🙏

Reviewed 3 April 2023 via mobile

Excellent Indian food. Spicy , delicious. Service was very nice , happy people to serve with smile. Very nice place , reminds me of Delhi

Date of visit: April 2023
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Management response:Responded 4 April 2023

Dear Guest, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review - it’s much appreciated! We’re glad that you enjoyed our food and service. We look forward to hosting you again in the future! Team Masala Art 🙏

Reviewed 3 February 2023 via mobile

Such a surprise finding a beautiful gem of a Indian restaurant Masala art, in the heart of Montenegro Podgorica, highly recommended , we ate here every second day during our trip, food is amazing and tasty, so well presented and served by Mr kartar and...his team was so wonderful and full of smiles always. Don’t miss this place if visit MontenegroMore

Date of visit: February 2023
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Masala Art, Owner at Masala Art, responded to this reviewResponded 4 February 2023

Dear Guest, Thank you so much for the generous review! We’re thrilled that our food and service kept you coming back to dine with us during your trip. We look forward to hosting you again in the future! Team Masala Art 🙏

Reviewed 8 January 2023 via mobile

the staff were very kind. food was great. You should come to this restaurant. Our preference was to choose a menu with many dishes. I recommend it to you too.

Date of visit: December 2022
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Masala Art, Owner at Masala Art, responded to this reviewResponded 9 January 2023

Dear Guest, Thank you for dining with us! We truly appreciate your time to give us your feedback. We are so glad that you enjoyed our food and service. We’ll be happy to serve you again! Team Masala Art 🙏

Reviewed 23 December 2022

I am Montenegro born British who consider Indian cuisine in UK as domestic cuisine - I love Indian food. So I was quite exited to bring a party of nine to an authentic Indian restaurant in Montenegro, small country where I did not expect that...any Indian citizen live. The decisive factor was that the restaurant has amazing reviews on Trip Adviser. India is a huge country, so the menu and the taste was different to what I get used in UK. Hence, I cannot complain about that, although my meal and my son meal taste was just average. I have chosen hotest dish on the menu, but it was pretty mild. The most importantly, the size of the portions was a bit of scam. I have got 3 (three) king prawns in lots of sauce. My son portion was supposed to be 450 gr, but it was not that much, even including sauce. The other guest, after I openly said that I was not happy, also admitted that they were not impressed with the food, particularly disappointed with the amount of food. It appeared that majority left restaurant hungry. In terms of prices, pay attention to small marketing trick - the rice is not included in the main courses prices, where it does make sense to have it without rice. Still for UK standards it was not expensive (< 20 Euros) per main course, but comparing to prices of even the best Montenegro national restaurants - it was too expensive. Particularly the restaurant is not located in downtown area but in just ordinary residential area. In the end, the bill was not small - basically many multiple bills, but the waiter after bringing the bill pressurize me to pay immediately without give me time to look into the bill. It seems the waiter has shown good local culture knowledge - that people in Montenegro are not expected to check the bill. They are simply supposed to pay. Looking into the bill does look nice in eyes of local people - it is simply local culture. So, although in Britain I would check the bill, in Montenegro I simply put the local hut, I paid without looking into the bill and also left a almost 10% of tip, although it did not deserve it. However, I did not say that we enjoyed food. We have not been asked about that either. From the other side, there is huge miss with the business model reflecting the total lack of knowledge of restaurants culture in Montenegro. Huge (often ridiculously huge) portions are the cultural standard in restaurants in Montenegro. So those kind of scams with small portions, where the the sauce replaces the meet, does not work with locals at all. Thus my conclusion is that the restaurant might work OK based on totally science fiction reviews from Trip Adviser (I got in that trap) and tourists (it is very easy to fabricate a number of great reviews), but I cannot see if you come once that you will come again. So, my advice is generally, when you look to reviews check bad ones and judge whether people marked their experience reasonably or the bad mark is given just because the waiter "did not smile".More

Date of visit: December 2022
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Masala Art, Owner at Masala Art, responded to this reviewResponded 30 December 2022

Dear Guest, We would like to start by thanking you for visiting us, and for leaving a review of your experience. We take pride in our dining experience and work hard to ensure every guest leaves satisfied. We offer our sincere apologies that your recent...More

Reviewed 18 December 2022 via mobile

Although we are not fan of Indian food, we visited this restaurant yesterday. Firstly, the decoration is great. Every piece in the restaurant is linked to each other and a happy life. The service was very good. We tried a full vegetarian pack for two...and they explained what we are eating meanwhile. I guess the owner or the manager of the restaurant was a very inspirational person. He said “ we want to offer people not only food but also experiences” and he did that. You should try the place. Thank you to everyone!More

Date of visit: December 2022
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Masala Art, Owner at Masala Art, responded to this reviewResponded 29 December 2022

Dear Guest, Thank you so much for the kind words. We really appreciate you taking the time to give us your review. We are glad that you enjoyed our food, service, and ambience. We look forward to hosting you again in the future! Team Masala...More

Reviewed 21 October 2022 via mobile

Everything was perfect: the service, the beautiful decoration of the restaurant, the cleanliness. And the food was the best Indian food I have ever tasted. Highly recommend!!

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 2 October 2022 via mobile

The food was prepared wonderfully. But the problem was, two of us ordered the Lunch for two, called Meat lovers, which was supposed to be around 2kg (1.8kg or 1.9kg), and it costs around 50€(48€ or 49€). We got two rounds of food which was...good as appetizers/entree/starters but that's it, there was not more than a kilo of food there. Considering it is a very expensive item on the menu, the waiter or the manager did not do or propose anything to compensate us, in the end we told the waiter that we left the restaurant hungry, which he just accepted as such... Food is great, but skip this item on the menu, as it is not as it is advertised!More

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 25 September 2022 via mobile

I returned here when we were working in Podgorica as it was excellent on a previous visit. Al of the food was excellent with super flavours, quality and presentation. We had a range of dishes but my favourite was the Tali - just outstanding.

Date of visit: September 2022
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Reviewed 22 August 2022 via mobile

Excellent food. Quality and fast service, quite rare in Montenegro … Follow the waiters recommendations. Definitely one of the top 3 restaurants in Montenegro.

Date of visit: August 2022
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Reviewed 21 August 2022

Arriving at the restaurant you are met with wonderful aromas of the food being prepared. Excellent range of North Indian food, including delicious lamb curry, nan bread, raita and lassie. Veranda setting with soft sitar music and a screen shows beautiful Indian themes. Highly recommended

Date of visit: August 2022
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Masala Art is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 5
  • Service: 5
  • Value: 4.5