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| - Went here on a Thursday night. My bf and I eat dinner rather later than most people and we showed up to this place at 8:00 p.m. They close at 9:30. There was nobody in the restaurant at all, it was a ghost town.
We had eaten there once when it was Taj Mahal, so the first thing I noticed was that the interior decor had changed a bit, it was definitely better than the painted velvet that Taj Mahal had, but the fake flowers tied with bows that they have stapled to the walls everywhere seems a little silly to me... Another thing, the outside of the restaurant hasn't changed... it's very uninviting, blacked out windows and a very old door that looks like the door to a house, and it was closed. Perhaps changing the windows, keeping the door open, putting some decor outside like lights or something, would be more inviting to people. Otherwise it appears they are closed unless you already know what their hours are. Another thing to note, when it was Taj Mahal there was 4-5 other tables full of people there when we ate there.
It took a few minutes for somebody to come out and seat us and give us menus. We ordered Lamb Korma, Tandoori Chicken, garlic naan, and mango lassi to drink. This was almost exactly what we ordered when we ate there while it was Taj Mahal. Our server did not make any suggestions or tell us about any specials they had, and when we left I remembered the biryani, which is not on the menu, and I was disappointed that he had not mentioned it because I wanted to try it. I had also forgotten about having to order the rice separately, it doesn't come with the entrees. The lamb korma is very soupy so I feel it requires rice but again, it wasn't suggested to us. The server seemed like he didn't know how to upsell and since I was using a Groupon I would have gladly accepted any upselling. I suspect the server was also the manager... he had a cellphone on him that kept going off throughout the time we were there and he answered it right next to our table at one point
Anyway, I'm going to be honest about the food. It was better under Taj Mahal. My Lamb Korma was okay but it was not nearly as good as the old recipe. There aren't any nuts in it and there are big chunks of green bell pepper in there, as well as some weird seedpod things that were a bit unappetizing. The mango lassi wasn't the same either, I'm not sure how to describe the difference but it wasn't as good as it was before and I was disappointed.
The garlic naan was good, but seemed like it wasn't cooked all the way.
The best thing was the Tandoori Chicken, neither of us have had it before; their recipe for it seems pretty good, my bf seemed to enjoy it quiet a bit and he ate every last bite.
Honestly I might try this place again someday but this experience was subpar to the one we had with Taj Mahal and I was just generally disappointed.
There seems to be a trend of not knowing how to decorate the place and I don't know about other people but the decor is a big thing for me when it comes to enjoying an experience at a restaurant. I really hope they seek some guidance from an interior decorator soon.
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