Taj Mahal — Restaurant in Bolton

Edit (initial review still below)

After my first poor experience the owner offered me a complimentary meal, which shows both good customer service but also that the owner knew this wasn't their usual standard.

I took him up on his offer this evening. The chicken was cooked really well and I enjoyed it.

I would say overall, it's exactly what I would expect for the price and good value.

Fair play to the owner for the service offered to make up for the initial issues.

(now original review below)

I ordered set meal 1 for delivery.

When it arrived I was happy with the amount of food for the price.

Poppodums were nice, but you can't really get them wrong.

On to the mixed starter - the seekh kebab first was actually really tasty so I had high hopes for the rest of the meal but this is where things went downhill.

The onion bahji, I prefer them crisper but they are always a coin toss so not too bothered about that.

The chicken in the starter however, was kind of hard to bite, but not because it is overcooked, just because it had that consistency where it feels slightly undercooked (hard to explain on here).

It was unfortunate but it was only 1 piece of chicken so I thought never mind, I've got a whole curry to enjoy so won't get too caught up on that 1 thing.

However, the chicken in the curry itself was cooked the same. I had to spit it out and leave the whole thing. I probably could have pushed through and ate it despite the consistency but I had a genuine concern that eating it could have given me food poisoning.

I threw the whole thing away.

I just cannot understand all these high reviews, maybe the chef just dropped the ball...

We visited yesterday for my stepson's birthday meal. We didn't make a reservation beforehand but they got us a table big enough for us all. We took a bottle of sparkling wine with us and asked if we could drink it there and we were told that we could if we purchased their drinks which we did anyway. Some of the staff members were slightly off with us from the moment we asked about the drinks. Food was lovely but a few things didn't come until we were nearly finished. The younger members of staff were very nice and you could see that they were trying to be helpful unlike the older ones that just were plain rude. It was a busy night for them but I still found it quite rude that we weren't given other options for dessert other than icecream and coffee and as soon as the coffees came we were told they needed us to go cause they needed the table for more customers. They've never been this rude before. We still paid full price for everything so there was no need to be treated the way we were. Still love the food they make but their attitude towards their clients...

Food was actually ok but service was pretty rubish, had a deal that said any main, any desert and a coffee for a set price. Turns out that means any main except half the menu (my mate doesnt eat meat but the fish currys wernt included, so he had to opt out), any desert means just icecream and coffee means just instant coffee. Potions were obviously smaller, guy who served us looked like he was pained to serve us and getting his attention was impossible, he looked away when he passed, more like a local pub because the staff were more than happy to sit down with regular customers and catch up on holiday chat rather than serve the food or clean up, probably wont go again, which is a shame because the curry wasnt...