Le Maharaja — Restaurant in Aix-en-Provence

horrible restaurant, the waiter was so rude to me and did not allow me to eat in the restaurant while many others were still there and it was still lunch time. he kept insisting that i order a takeaway meal, so i decided to try anyway. i only wrote this review after trying the food. while ordering, prices were too high and everything is expensive compared to any indian restaurant I've been to but they insisted it's because the quality is good (spoiler : it's freaking not). the cashier/owner refuses to accept a payment method that they have in their front door and start making up some weird laws that don't exist to justify his actions. the quality of the food is definitely below average the portions are way too small (especially the rice and bread "nan"), the chicken in the sauce is burnt and it generally doesn't taste that good. i believe anyone who gives a good review to this is either sent by the owner or haven't had indian food before. I should've listened to the real reviews. first...

We were sat down and then eventually asked what we would like, after other people had been sat down before us. We ordered starters and mains. Within less than 2 minutes, the starters arrived, cold and no taste. Once starter plates were taken away, the same knifes and forks were left on the table for our mains, and then cold plates were placed in front of us, several minutes before the mains arrived. The mains had no taste at all and the rice was cold. At no point were we asked if everything was ok. It was definitely not worth 65euros and if I was to come back to Aix, I would certainly not be coming back here. Nothing like a typical spicy Indian meal I've ever had, and I've eaten Michelin style...

It's a very nice Indian restaurant where I can try plenty of Indian snacks & main dish.They provide good and standard set menus which will never go wrong. It's a very family friendly restaurant where toddlers can just sit drop & have a taste of the Indian food. Everything is well presented & explained. Need to be a bit patience to be seated when lots of customers but no delays in food ordering & serving of food once seated. The taste and the ambiance is really up to standard. They are friendly & efficient. It's worth to for revisit too. For sure, I will be back there again when I am craving for Indian...