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| - We had been going to Taj Mahal for 11 years until tonight. Hundreds of dinners, all good. Tonight was the 11th anniversary of our relation to Pittsburgh, so we went to Taj Mahal to celebrate. Since we were last there, something changed. Maybe they sold the place. Maybe they changed chefs. I don't know. Regardless, what happened once we arrived was really unforgivable. First off, they got our order wrong. They brought an appetizer, and it was the wrong one. We corrected them, they brought another, and it was still wrong. We ate that one out of desperation. Then they brought the entrees. The taste of both if them was mediocre at best. They brought my wife's lassi, and that was pretty awful. My chicken korma had almost no korma sauce, served in a very shallow dish, a dish much smaller than my wife's tikka masala. I asked for more sauce, they said sure, but it never arrived. We decided to leave and pay the bill. I took the bill to the register, and the gentleman who had always been behind the register was there, as usual. He smiled when he saw me. I told him about the 11 year anniversary, he smiled again, and then I told him how awful the food was, how they got the order wrong, and how the portion was small. He didn't say anything. Now, there were any number of things he could have done. Apologize, offer to rip up the bill and comp the meal, ask me what it would take to get us to come back. Something. But he did nothing. He said nothing. He ran the bill, handed me the receipt and looked confused. It seemed like he was looking for someone to talk to, but I know that he is (or was) the owner. So I don't know what or who he was looking for. I paid the bill and left. We will NEVER be back. Very very disappointing.
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