Visit #1 ·
★★★★★First time at Blvd on Ventura, so I'm withholding judgment the way I always do. One visit doesn't tell you anything except whether a kitchen is having a catastrophically bad night.
Ordered the butter chicken, saag paneer, garlic naan, and dal makhani. Safe choices, sure, but that's the point — I'm not here to be adventurous on visit one, I'm here to take a baseline reading.
The butter chicken had decent depth, not the neon orange sweetened-cream version a lot of places are pushing out. You could taste tomato that had actually cooked down, not just puréed into the sauce at the end. That matters. The dal makhani was slow-cooked properly — there's a texture you get when black lentils have been going for hours and this had it. That one impressed me more than the butter chicken, honestly.
Saag paneer was fine. Paneer was fresh, not rubbery, which clears a bar that too many spots fail. The saag itself was a little underseasoned for my taste — needed more fenugreek or the kitchen pulled back somewhere in the spice build.
Garlic naan came out hot, blistered right, good char. No complaints there.
Service was attentive without being hovering. Place was about half full on a Friday, which in Woodland Hills either means it's new or people haven't caught on yet. I'll find out which.
Total was reasonable for the amount of food — we were full and there were leftovers. I'm keeping the receipt.
Two more visits before I know what this place actually is. The dal alone might be worth coming back for. We'll see if it's consistent or if I just got lucky on the timing.