Restaurant Raj Mahal — Restaurant in Albertville

To start off, the food is amazing, but portions are not worth the price. I recommend the Chicken Kadhai and Garlic Naan. The Lassi is amazing too, it is not only tasty but served in the traditional Punjabi glass. Also, the veg samosa was tasty as well with really fresh chutneys.

Now, coming the owner and the "unique" service we got. We tried to call the restaurant at around 7pm on a weekday but no one picked up. When we arrived, the restaurant was almost empty except for a table of 2 and a table of 4. There was already a party of 4 people were waiting and asking to be seated. The owner said every table in the house was reserved. We also asked and were told the same thing.

Until this point, everybody was conversing in French.

Since we are from India, we tried asking in Hindi. We also pointed at the table for 2 which did not have a reserved plaque on them. He told us that the tables can't be moved and hence a party of 4 cannot sit. As we were quite hungry after a day of sledging in Val Thorens, we suggested that we can sit separately, 2 on each table. He reluctantly accepted.

The 4 people who were there before us then started speaking in English and demanded that they be seated too. They were also ready to sit separately. (They were two girls and two guys. You could guess they were somewhere from middle-east as the girls were wearing hijab). As we sat on, he continued to refuse service to random people, but we did see 2 french couples (they were separate, not a party of 4) seated without any questions or hassle or any confrontation as we had.

Until this point, we were all ready to give the owner the benefit of the doubt, as the food was amazing. And we were served the order food well.

As we finished,a on were ready to pay, the owner told us in Hindi, that because we are speaking same language and are from same land he let us sit. And he was forced to sit the other 4 people because he let us sit. He went on to tell that he has to "maintain" a good reputation, as "these" people cause his restaurant's reputation to go down.

Here I confirmed what I suspected, but I would let you draw your own conclusions. This is why I gave the restaurant 1 star. If you are in the "good" demographic, you will be served well. Otherwise, just don't bother going here.

Edit: I read some other reviews and this seems to be the pattern of the owner to refuse service for "random" reasons. But I am sure the owner has an "algorithm"...

En tentant d'être un maximum objectif concernant ce restaurant, que j'ai à plusieurs reprises fréquenté.

Je dirais que l'accueil, ainsi que la nourriture est digne d'une enseigne d'un bon restaurant indien...

DANS UN PREMIER TEMPS, CEPENDANT!!!

En effet, lors de ma dernière expérience au sein de cet établissement et dès lors que l'on semble vous considérer comme une "clientèle acquise" ; hormis le sourire permanent du "patron" ; tout va à vau l'eau...

Concernant notamment, la qualité des mets proposés lors de mon antépénultième visite ; ou la viande d'agneau était digne d'un chewing-gum pré-mastiqué...

Tant dans la qualité du service ; où lors de ma dernière visite, on semble nettement se soucier beaucoup plus de la nouvelle clientèle que du ; et pardonnez moi l'expression "pigeon de retour au bercail" ; qui reviendra de toute façon "becqueter" dans sa mangeoire.

Pour conclure, je prends généralement un certain temps pour poster un avis concernant la qualité d'une enseigne et le cas échéant me conforte dans ce sens...

Restaurant franchement représentatif de ce que l'on attends d'un indien avec ambiance, épices et accueil lors de vo(s)tre première(s) visite(s)...

En revanche à contrario d'autres enseignes entourant ce lieu où la qualité gastronomique, ainsi que la gratitude de votre fidélité vous seront "récompensées".

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This was the worst Indian food ever eaten, we where looking so foward for this food, we stay one day extra in Albertville just for that, but what a disappointment, the lamb curry and chicken one no flavours, was like water mixed with some cardamom , the garlic nan was no garlic taste, the guy at the bar not that friendly either, bearing in mind we where turist there, anyway I am sorry for the review and I don’t know how they are so busy , but for us the food...