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| - We went to the Royal as a special Mother's Day treat for dinner around 7pm. The reason I waited several weeks to write this review is because I wanted to try out a couple more India restaurants and see if the food and service was average or above par for Las Vegas India restaurants. I'm sorry to say it was below par, so believe the reviews that you read about it.
Ambiance: The restaurant was beautiful inside and out. The tables looked nice but the booth seats felt old. It is set up to look like an upper scale quality restaurant, I'm guessing in order to justify the pricing.
Service: The service was adequate but the food came out backwards. Our soup and bread basket came last, about 15 minutes after the food, and food was served after thirty minutes, lukewarm not hot. The bartender/hostess was also very pushy about alcoholic drinks. We were asked no less than five times if we wanted an alcoholic beverage. We told them repeatedly that I was diabetic so NO, and my son was driving so NO.
Food: We ordered sparkling water, flavored ice tea and water for beverages. We ordered Chicken Lemon Soup ($8) which was delicious but served barely warm. We also had a Bread Basket ($12) which was served last after we had almost finished eating. I ordered the Lamb Chop Marsala ($30) and my son ordered the Prawn Vindaloo ($27). My Lamb Chops were very small, very few and almost cold. Not enough for one person let alone sharing with two. They had little to no flavor and were served first, so I was the only one with food in front of me for about 10 minutes. I shared my dish with my son. Then his Prawns came out. There were about 8-10 large size prawns so this was a pretty good serving. We shared this dish also. The Prawns were delicious but also served barely warm. The entire dinner was priced at $109 for two people and definitely was not worth it.
I didn't complain because this was only my second visit to an Indian restaurant. I thought perhaps that was the way Indian food is served - barely warmed. My son, who is an Indian food fan, said afterwards that the food should be hot and flavorful. We received neither for this dinner. To be fair, we only ate here once and only had a couple of dishes so maybe their other servings are better. But we'll never find out because we will not be back.
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