India Star

India Star serves North Indian cuisine in Des Moines, with an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet on Fridays and Saturdays and a full dinner menu. The menu covers tandoori dishes cooked in a clay oven, such as tandoori chicken, seekh kabab and tandoori mix grill, along with biryani, lamb and goat curries, shrimp and fish curries, and a long list of vegetarian dishes like dal makhani, saag paneer and channa masala. Samosa chaat and pakoras are popular starters.

Lunch specials are available every day, with dine-in or takeout, and you can choose mild, medium or spicy. Takeout and delivery are offered, and the restaurant also serves a number of nearby neighborhoods. The restaurant is on Douglas Avenue in the Merle Hay area.