Sanjh Restaurant & Bar

The Irving area has lots of great Indian food. Most restaurants are firmly casual in service and presentation, but Sanjh goes hard in the opposite direction with its decidedly high-end experience. The two-story dining room is stunning, suited staff provide polished service and dishes appear like little works of art. Behind the glitz, serious cooking takes place in the glass-walled kitchen. Chefs stack meat and paneer onto long metal skewers, slow-cook chicken and goat until impossibly tender, apply spices with a liberal hand and infuse loads of flavor into creamy, comforting dal. Cocktails come from award-winning bartender Yangdup Lama, who enlists ingredients like Ceylon-chili tincture and chaat masala syrup to make drinks that complement the food.