Maharaja Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in Madeley

This reviewer went with two others for dinner, whilst on holiday. We parked in the restaurant's car park, from where one of us observed the kitchen for a couple of minutes before pronouncing herself satisfied with the hygiene and handling. We went in nevertheless without elevated expectations, which were not raised by the wait we had to go through for a table on a Saturday night. However, we started chatting to a local couple who also were waiting, for their take-away, who told us that this was their regular restaurant with which they were very happy. We observed how well the restaurant dealt with a pair of tipsy ladies who entered for a meal at what seemed to be their regular restaurant.

Before and after we sat down we ordered, a process which took a bit longer as there were items which were not at all usual. We ate several items, all of which were very good, but I have to give special mention to two non-standard items we ate: mushroom stuffed with minced beef and chicken cooked in a mango and coconut sauce. We all agreed this was one of the very best meals we ever had had at an Indian restaurant.

The staff were well-mannered and friendly, and we chatted with one of the co-owners, who informed us that the restaurant had been started 34 years previously by his grandfather. It was obvious that someone at least in the family was a perfectionist, judging not just by the food and by decor (which was a cut above most Indian restaurants), but by what one of the party said about the cleanliness of the male toilet he visited! The meal ended with the offering to us of hot serviettes and mint chocolates, which was...

I along with 3 friends visited the place last night for a birthday celebration.

First of all ,the place is very congested and the behavior of the stuffs were very unwelcoming.It almost seemed that they were not very happy to work at the restaurant at all.

The service was not up to the mark as we had to wait for hours .

As starters ,we had chicken and lamb kababs . In the main course we ordered four different side dishes of chicken and lamb along with different types of nun breads.

The starters were not great but ok.

The main course was appalling.

The chicken pasinda was too sweet and they put too much colour into it . Did not like the abundance of tomatoes in lamb and chicken rogan josh . Also the lamb in the lamb bhuna should have been more tender.

I am a foodie and have been to many cities in India and Bangladesh and the taste does not resemble remotely to the cuisine.I understand they had to make some changes in the food to make it accustomed with British palate but they should not deviate this much form the authenticity.

Overall a very disappointing experience and strongly not...

first time we have been, had two relatives over from america that had never tasted Indian food before, as soon as we walked in we had a warm greeting from one of the waiters who showed us to our table and seated all 6 of us with no problem, we then were asked quite promptly what drinks we would like and the starter arrived quite quickly too considering it is all homemade, the service was excellent, the waiters even served our food onto our plates as and when we required and they gave recommendations to our american relatives who did not know what to choose as they have never had Indian food before, overall the service and food was outstanding, we could not fault it one bit, we will defiantly be back in the future as we only...