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| - A friend of mine really wanted to get dinner at Taj Mahal for her birthday recently, so this South Hills girl made the trek to McKnight road and walked in hoping for a good meal. Did I get it? For the most part, yes. Could a few things be improved on? Admittedly, yes.
Here's why I say this. I LOVED the food here. Absolutely loved it, adored it, and happily devoured it. The samosas, my appetizer, were quite yummy and had the right mix of crunchy outside with well seasoned (but not overly mushy) potatoes and peas inside. For my main course I ordered the Malai Kofta, which consisted of tasty veggie balls in a creamy cheesy sauce. I actually wish I knew exactly what ingredients they put into the veggie balls, because they were REALLY good. This simple and super savory dish just melted in my mouth as I chewed it and the flavors of the vegetables with the creamy cheese and sauce blended perfectly, as good Indian food tends to do.
Really, the only area I really thought Taj Mahal could improve in is its service, and I kind of wonder of that's because of a cultural difference more than anything. I say this because our waiter (who may have been a manager, it was hard to tell) honestly came across as a little pushy when I was ordering. I had been curious if it would be possible to add meat to the dish I ordered, which was vegetarian. I really, really did want that particular dish (and am so glad I got it!), so my question was mostly out of curiosity - it wasn't a deciding factor or anything. But when I asked, the waiter seemed pretty appalled at my question and began repeatedly suggesting dishes from the meat-based options. They just didn't understand why I'd want to deviate from the main dish and took my question as, "Oh you want THIS!" I'm sure they were trying to be helpful, but it really came across as unnecessarily pushy and made me feel as if they weren't listening to me. Not a good thing to feel as a restaurant patron.
Any other problems my friend and I experienced during the night had more to do with the size of the place and its tables than anything. Taj Mahal admittedly goes for more seating, which is nice because more people can come in for dinner at once - but more seating equals smaller tables here. Personally, though, I'm willing to deal with the slightly crowded seating for the another meal here in the future, but their size is definitely something to keep in mind, especially if you're in a larger group.
While some parts of my meal here were more rocky than others, the food was amazing and I didn't find the service to be so terrible that I was overly offended or anything like that. With a few tweaks in their approach I'm sure there would be no problems at all on that front. So I will definitely be back in the future, hopefully to explore their buffet and sample even more of the delicious food they offer here.
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