Ambassador Dining Room

Ambassador Dining Room
3811 Canterbury Rd. (at University)
Tuscany/Canterbury, Baltimore
410-366-1484
Indian
www.ambassadordiningroom.com
Cost: $$
Reservations: Not Needed
Date of meal: late June or early July, 2007
National Price-Quality Frontier: Inside It
Baltimore Price-Quality Frontier: On It


If you sit outside at the Ambassador Dining Room, you overlook a beautiful garden. This is a bit surprising given that the place is in one of the large nondescript apartment buildings on the north side of the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. Still, if the weather is nice, this makes it a great place for a date. I wouldn't both coming if weather ruled out outdoor seating. The food is standard Indian fare. It was good but not special or interesting. Honestly, the entrees were quite expensive ($15-20) given the quality. In any major city there are a dozen restaurants of this quality with $10 entrees and excellent service. Of course, almost none of these places have the beautiful garden. To the degree you are paying for the garden, this is a very poor choice for take-out. I also think that Baltimore restaurants are on average 20-25% more expensive than restaurants of comparable quality in other cities. This explains some of the cost of the Ambassador Dining Room.