Fresh, authentic, and a dream to work with!
Chef Dhiru Paul is such a talented and imaginative chef who brings a unique elegance and joy to South Indian cuisine. We hired Aruna Café to cater our 140-person wedding, and the menu Chef Dhiru served with was just incredible: a thoughtful, flavorful, and authentic spread that folks with all palates and spice tolerances enjoyed.
He took the time to understand what we wanted and was so easy to work with while keeping things real and within our budget. He incorporated our feedback, and when we asked him to make a Sri Lankan specialty he wasn’t as familiar with, he went above and beyond to make sure the recipe was perfect. (It was.)
I can’t believe that we got to offer our friends and family this world-class Tamil cuisine in the middle of New Mexico. Our guests are still talking about the deep fried idlis, chicken appetizers, and mini uttapam as well as the lamb curry and kofta we served at dinner. Thank you, Aruna Cafe!
Aruna catered a party for 40 people for me and they were a delight to work with. Dhiru was so helpful and committed to making sure it was a success. The catered food was outstanding, as it always is at Aruna, and generous in quantity. Many people came up to ask me where the food came from. I couldn't have been happier.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Unbelievably good food and I look forward to it each week.
Their catering is also excellent and a great taste each dish has.
I highly recommend this!
Service
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Cauliflower Tikka Masala
Great for catering! Dhiru and Aruna Cafe catered a dinner party for me and the food was fantastic! Dhiru was very easy to work with, helping me select a menu that was an abundant amount of food and within my budget. While all of the dishes were big hits, the curry leaf chicken appetizer really wowed everyone, and the rose chocolate torte was a memorable end to a delicious evening.
This is the best Indian vegetarian food in New Mexico by far and perhaps anywhere in the country. Dhiru is a wonderful cook and chooses his dishes carefully. His skill is in the fact that the taste is authentic South Indian, the food is light and tasty and there are no repercussions the next morning. We treat ourselves to Aruna Cafe every Friday.
As a connoisseur of Indian food who has had some of the best Indian from across the country, Aruna cafe certainly delivers in flavor. This week's offering was a quinoa salad, cumin rice and Tikka Masala Cauliflower. Everything was extremely flavorful and beautiful for take out.
Its a very unique concept of pre-ordering takeout to be picked up on a very short time window on Friday. The food is good enough to merit this inconvenience as I plan to be a weekly patron.
Delicious and fresh. Ordered a full meal and 3 lassis for our family of 3 (2 adults/1 little kid) and it was the perfect amount. Can’t wait to have it again.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
