Punjab Palace Indian Restaurant Mijas Costa — Restaurant in Mijas

After so many good reviews, we decided to try this restaurant. First red flag when the waitress asked my wife "are they your children?" talking about our 4 kids. My Baileys was a coffee cream, for sure but not an original Baileys... We received the main dishes for us first, even though we specifically precised that the kids should have their first. When my wife put her fork in her dish, she found a piece of hair.... After complaining about it, they came back with another portion but we had to ask for a fork. The naan bread came without sauce even though we requested mango chutney during our order. My butter paneer was absolutely tasteless, so was my wife's madras gambas (spicy but no flavour). The portions were ridiculously small for the price. The chicken for the kids was not even cut accordingly. And as a cherry on top, the toilet was a paddle. Nobody asked if we needed a dessert or coffee after taking the plates away. However, the guys working in the kitchen had the time to keep checking out our pre-teen daughter. We have been waiting like idiots for the bill and it's only when we put our jackets on that they woke up and asked if we wanted to get the bill. We are really wondering how a place like this...

The most horrible chicken korma ever made - so full of sugar that it’s too sweet even as a desert! Inedible!!!! Biriyani was a mixture of some sauce with white rice - horrible watery disgrace!! Lamb wasn’t fresh. Hope I don’t get sick 🤢 tomorrow. I was servers something that looked like a few days old dried food coloured “pilaf rice” as “biriyani rice” for €3.75 Mango lassi was also very bad and made from some sauce not actual mango. Totally not recommended. Their excuse when we complained was that “all restaurants in this area serve such food”. Rice / bread are charged extra and are very expensive. No table water and a tiny bottle of water (a glass!) is €2.25 Naan bread wasn’t good either with strong yeast smell (it should be made without yeast!!).

We left most of the food ordered and were very disappointed. Don’t do our mistake - avoid...

Be aware that when ordering still water, they do not have large bottles (ltr) they only serve 330ml glass bottled water, however, this is served with the bottles opened before they arrive at your table, this is illegal in Spain, all mineral water should be served unopened for obvious reasons. I discussed this with the waiter who all of a sudden went very nonchalant. I didn’t pursue the matter as I was with my young children who were thirsty. The food and service were good…..then came the bill ….10 euros for the 4 x 330ml bottles of water, that’s an eye ‘watering’ 2.50 euros a bottle. Obscene prices for what could have been ‘tap water’. Like I said I was with my children but if I ever return and possibly (but not likely) order the water I will insist on unopened bottles. Probably have a beer instead…it’s cheaper!....