Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in Carol Stream

Love Indian food, but the service was very poor. Our Water glasses were empty several times, and we could not even flag a waitress- even as the dining room continued to fill, there were often no wait staff in the room. I began to wonder if they were in the kitchen cooking. (See#2) We waited a long time to be served our food. Some of us waited a VERY LONG TIME. Our food was brought out piece meal (as was the food at the table next to us. Like us, they were all eating at different points, making dinner conversation odd. Some were eating, some were waiting. Then their food came after the others had FINISHED eating.). We were told they had a lot of take out orders ahead of our order. Even if they give preference to take outs, why would they not serve all the guests in the same party together? Why serve each person a meal at varying times ?? The food was served with no rice or naan bread - the naan came after the first guests were done eating their dish; and only take out dinners come with rice (we were later told), so now there was a further wait after ordering rice with our meal. This makes no sense at all. The wait staff came repeatedly after the dinner was over to move us out - 3 times in less then 10 minutes. It is sad that their speediest service was in clearing tables. I like to stay in contact with my credit card, for security. I took it to the cash register myself, but the register person quickly carried it away to a back room. When I tried to follow her I was stopped by another waiter who said their register's card reader in the front didn't work. By that point she was gone. I'm not accusing anyone of foul intent, but this was very unusual/odd to me. The food was very decent (good naan, average samosa, very good korma and tandoori.) prices were normal imo (I disagree with the reviewer who considered this pricey for this type of ethnic fare). But the service was so poor I will not...

9/21/25: Even though we are regulars here, I can not say enough great things about the food and staff. The last three or four times the wonderful dishes on the buffet seem to be different. Different chef, recipe or seasonings? But, I want to say it is the best ever! Thank you to all the staff and owners of this great place!!

3/30/25: We love this place and the people so much! We average eating here twice a month. We even asked if they get tired of seeing us. We were soo happy to hear that they enjoy seeing us so regularly. Please come enjoy the wonderful food and people. Maybe you will see us.

11/10/24: We were so happy today. Not only to enjoy the best food ever but to also see many of others dining and enjoying the WONDERFUL food. Thank you to all; patrons, staff, owner chef and the ones that passed down all those great recipes!!

9/22/24: When we thought that this was the best food, it was even better today!!! Please go and enjoy their wonderful lunch buffet. Hope to see you there.

Current Update: We want to let everyone know how much we enjoy the staff, owner and the GREAT food here. We were in again for the lunch buffet 9/1/24. The people are always friendly and helpful. The food is always great, fresh and a changing variety. Thank you so very much for sharing your food with us!

Update: We have been back a few times including today 3/24/24 and again 4/7/24. And, really enjoy the food! Everything is so good and wonderfully cooked, flavorful and a great verity. Thank you so much for your hard work, great food and fair price!

We were here for Sunday lunch buffet twice and it was wonderful! Food is really good, everything including appetizers, salad, dessert and even the noodles have great flavors. The naan is fresh, warm and delivered right to your table. We love all the dishes with wonderful sauces. We will be...

Worst restaurant I have ever seen. The staff is very rude. It was the staff’s fault and still he was very rude. I ordered to go vegetarian food and picked it up at 8:00 pm and I reached home at 8:50 and when I came home I saw that the gravy was all over the entire order and it was the chicken curry so we didn’t eat any of the food as we are vegetarian and it was already 9:00pm so the restaurant was closed so I wouldn’t reach out to them. I call them the very next day of the incident and the person over the phone told me that now that’s not his problem and he was very rude . I told him that I have videos and photos of everything and he still didn’t apologize but instead he got angry on me. And then talked to the manager and the manager told me that I have to get the wrong order to the restaurant first and only then he will refund me . So I drove 45 minutes to the restaurant and showed him the food and I told him that I don’t want refund just make the person apologize me for being rude and very disrespectful but the person who was rude he never apologize and instead he was very rude and disrespectful again and again. I have each and every proof of it . I would never ever go to the restaurant again and I would never recommend to go to the restaurant to those people who does have self respect. And also I will try my best to sue the restaurant. As I have each and everything I need to successfully sue the ...