Royal Indian tandoori restaurant & bar — Restaurant in Santa Margalida

Update one year later: I visited again this year and unfortunately things have clearly declined. The menu still displays prices without VAT and there’s no clear information about that when ordering. When the final bill arrives 10% VAT is added on top of the listed prices. That is misleading and dishonest because the customer has no way of knowing the real cost upfront.

I saw your reply claiming that VAT is included in each dish price but that is simply not true. The receipt clearly shows that VAT is calculated and added separately to the base amount. This is not transparent and customers deserve to see the full price when they order not just on the final bill.

On top of that, the food this time was not as good as last year. The flavours were different less authentic and overall the quality felt lower. It felt like shortcuts were taken or recipes had changed. The service was indifferent and lacked the warmth and attentiveness from before.

Last year I was very positive and forgiving. But after this experience I will not be returning. I can’t recommend this place anymore to those who care about transparent pricing and consistent quality.

Original review from last year: This used to be one of the best restaurants I visited in Can Picafort, and easily one of the best Indian restaurants I had been to. We tried many restaurants in the area, but most served low-quality tourist food. This place stood out because: • Truly homemade and well-prepared dishes • Large and filling portions • Excellent service • Great value for money

Sadly that is no...

We recently visited this restaurant after walking past and thinking it smelt lovely, however that’s where the pleasantries ended.

We were seated; the waiters made no effort to chat, while taking our order, all they did was grunt like we were an inconvenience, however the waiters were having full scale conversations with customers on other tables. Odd.

We ordered Lamb Tika Masala, Chicken Madras, and popadoms, and specifically asked for a pickle tray - when the popadoms came - no pickle tray. Odd.

The madras was not spicy and was bulked out with onions.

During our meal, the waiters checked in with other customers to make sure everything was ok. However they never checked in on us and totally ignored us. Again odd.

At this point I should add the only thing separating us from other paying customers is we were obviously an LGBT couple.

On the table next to us, another customer asked for a madras and if they could make it spicy as the last one he had was not spicy, the customer was told it comes like that because the British people cannot handle the spice - ok, but the menu does have 3 chillies beside Madras. Generally when you order a madras you expect spice.

We paid 51€ for curries no better than British Wetherspoons. Make your own mind up about this...

While on holiday in Majorca we were getting abit fed up of the hotel food so decided to go out for tea one night, when doing some shopping we stumbled across this restaurant and from the smell we knew we were going back for dinner! We arrived about 7:30pm and were sat instantly (offered if we wanted inside or out, we chose out) we were offered an English Menu which was very clear and easily set out, we ordered some drinks and popadoms which arrived quickly with the pickle tray which was lovely! We then ordered our mains I went for a Chicken Tikka Madras with Keema rice and a Keema Nann and my partner chose the Chicken Tikka biriyani and a Garlic Cheese Nann! We both agreed this was the best food we have eaten all week and the staff were super friendly! The food came quickly and hot also a huge bonus was the candles that came under the curry dish to keep it warm while you were eating! The restaurant next door has loud music playing, whilst we enjoyed the music and atmosphere if you wanted a quiet dinner this would not be the place to go! We really enjoyed this meal and would definitely go back if we visited...