Favorite India has been my favorite Indian restaurant since it opened - I think it's quite successful so I was surprised to find it closed for dinner a few weeks ago when Mike and I found ourselves with an Indian food craving. Fortunately, I had found on their website that they'd open another branch in Hayward, so we headed that way. And I'm glad we did, because the new Favorite India (now called Favorite Indian) is just plain excellent. Perhaps the best Indian restaurant I've ever been to.
Favorite Indian offers a la carte dishes (both for eat-in and delivery) as well as a daily lunch buffet and a dinner buffet Friday, Saturdays and Sundays (6 - 9 PM). So far we've only had the dinner buffet and the food is just excellent - actually better than the a la carte dishes served in their old branch. The buffet is also huge, it has more than 30 items, including appetizers, vegetarian fair, tandoori, and chicken and lamb curries. There is rice and naan to eat it all with. There are desserts (including soft serve ice cream), tea (I think) and sodas - all included in the $14 or so price. Really, I don't think there is a better dinner value in the Bay Area.
I particularly enjoyed the chicken tikka masala, and some goat curry that they had one night. But everything else was good as well.
Unfortunately my kids don't like Indian food, but next time we are sans kids, I'll go again.
Favorite Indian Restaurant
24052 Mission Blvd.
Hayward, CA
510-583-7550
http://www.favoriteindia.com/