Le Maharajah — Restaurant in Versailles

As an Indian Malaysian visiting France for the 6th time with my French wife, I would like to inform all of you that the food served is NOT Indian food, neither from the North, nor from the South of India. Where in the world - not even talking where in India - do you see samosa being served with naan ? Carbo with carbo together? Really? Naan is actually a main dish, taken with curry; you get either naan or rice. But not as a starter. I ordered curry prawns. What I chewed was not prawns; it was iced, tasteless proteins. For the last past 16 days, I travelled around France eating seafood (Marseille, La Rochelle, Quiberon, Brest..) This was not seafood. The curry didn’t even taste anything like curry... again tasteless. The worst part of the dinner came with the dessert when the room manager/waiter/owner denied the dish he served to me. We ordered halwa from the menu and got served kesari (made of semolina); it tasted good but was not our order. When asking him about it, he got annoyed and angry, telling us French people “don’t like spicy food” which is not answering the question nor justifying the poor quality of the dishes we were served. For all of you out there, Indian food tastes much better than that. Proof is the movie “The 100 foot journey”, movie made in France and presenting culinary skills from both our cultures. This restaurant is not a good representation of our Indian delicacies. It is not even a nice example of good service and Indian warmth. They are only there, using Indian food international reputation, to make money. Please don’t go there. 0 star for...

We never tried Indian food before and i always had some fears of it being spicy as I don't tolerate it much. We found this on the fork during our visit to Versailles Palace and it had good reviews. The welcoming staff are warm and the menu is rich in choices. We took the Nan fromage garlic which is 5/5 and not like anything else. We tried the maharajah mixte for 2 persons which had 2 of each: samosa (very good), poulet tika (good spices), agneau Tikka (average), ognion bhadjee (like caramelized onions and was really good) and finally the kebab which wasn't good at all. We took a plate of basmati rice with butter Chicken which was very well made, not very spicy and a good portion. For drinks we tried the Lassi mangue which was good and different from the regular mango smoothies. For dessert we tried one hot (the 3 balls which were veryyyy sweet and not recommended) and one cold (the frozen ice cream pistachio thing which was good). Show the pictures because i forgot...

Gar nicht so einfach, an Heiligabend 2021 ein Restaurant in Versailles zu finden, das geöffnet ist. Wir entschieden uns für dieses Restaurant, weil es von allen indischen Restaurants in Versailles die besten Kritiken hatte.

Wir essen sehr gerne indisch und freuten uns auf den Abend. Etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig war das übereifrige und überhastete Element im Service. Noch bevor man saß und abgelegt hatte, wurden Papadam und Pickles als Gruß serviert.

Die bestellte Vorspeisenplatte für zwei kam im Rekordtempo, innerhalb von 10 Minuten. Da werde ich immer skeptisch, Stichwort Mikrowelle. Auch wenn die Lammhackspieße beim Servieren noch nachbrutzelten, waren sie nicht in Tandoori mariniert. Lamm und Chicken Tikka geschmacklich gut, von der Portion sehr übersichtlich. In Erinnerung bleibt das sehr gute Garlic Nan.

Die Hauptspeisen kamen in der Folge ähnlich schnell. Das Butter Chicken war okay und cremig, wies beim Servieren allerdings eine Haut auf der Sauce auf. Die Crevettes Madras, die "relevé" also scharf sein sollten, entpuppten sich als zu mild und fade. Man hat wohl eine einzige Standard-Currysauce, die man notfalls minimal anpasst. Es schmeckte langweilig. Der Reis muss hier zum Hauptgang separat geordert werden.

Beim nachgeordneten Cheese Nan muss ich mich erst wieder an den Gedanken gewöhnen, dass in Frankreich häufig kein Paneer verwendet wird, sondern La Vache qui Rit-Frischkäse.

Der Service war sehr bemüht und auch freundlich, aber wir hätten uns gerne mehr Zeit gelassen. Nach 55 Minuten waren wir nach zwei Gängen durch. Die Qualität der Speisen war sehr überschaubar. Es schmeckte nicht schlecht, aber es war zu schmecken, dass hier nur Standard-Produkte und -Zubereitungen...