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"PATHETIC PLACE TO EAT IN COLUMBUS". The name of the restaurant has atleast a bit of significance to it. The food was frozen from ages...may be since the era of Shahjahan (17th century) & was blended with some newly added spices, colors etc. (21st century) to it & served. Let's go through my experience step by step: 1) "Hariyali Tikka" - It came all the way from Mughal Era!!! No...i am not talking about the recipe here, but the food itself. This tikka was prepared during 17th century & who knows might be leftovers from Shah Jahans dynasty.. which was frozen until we ordered this & it came all the way to our table & finally to our stomach. It was made with chicken full of green colors & few variety of bell peppers. It was a true cold blooded murder of the entire Mughal recipe of Haryali Tikka. No mints, No cilantro, curd/ yogurt etc...for making it haryali. Rather it was the color which made it Green (Haryali). Also, as I said earlier...it was frozen ones being prepared again. 2) Coming to the next item "Awadhi Chicken"- Its been a blunder too. It's been too much of butter with spinach, paneer, almonds etc. & it was blended in such a way wherein you would not be able to catch up the taste of a delicacy, instead you would be running across all your experiences & memories to realize if you really like it. In short it would make you confused with all ridiculous combination of food flavors/ recipies. Anyways...the whole point is to make you all aware that it is one of the worst Indian/Asian places available in Columbus region to go with. I really go in detail everytime to try to see the quality & the preparation. 3)"Goat Bhuna"- Well, to be honest it should have been named as "Goat Bones Bhuna". I could able to find only a couple of meat pieces, rest all was lovely BONES. 4) Lets come to Plain Rice -If you wanna taste rice from prehistoric ages...then go for it & was damn smelly too. Though, the cardamoms, cloves etc... were from the current age. 5) The place needs to be inspected for insects etc. Cockroaches all around. *** For Restaurant folks ...plz be aware to maintain the min requirement to serve in USA. Also, plz dont make customers fool by making nonsense combination of food preparation/ recipes without any quality that too frozen. Also, the items are insanely expensive considering food recipe, quality, convenience per the location & parking, restaurant ambience etc. Last but not the least- I would request all of you to be safe & if you want to be alive please avoid this place. For the ones who are alive after eating here (like me)- trust me....its your reincarnation. Its a true insult to world famous historic name of TAJ MAHAL.
Deepayan BhowmikDeepayan Bhowmik
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I went to New Taj Mahal for having Indian food in dinner but was disappointed due to their food quality. I ordered goat biryani and made it a meal by adding rice pudding. Raita (yogurt preparation) comes with biryani. Also, ordered veg samosa, lamb curry and gulabjamun. The goat meat in biryani was undercooked, most of the meat pieces were rubbery. Too much oil, spices were added to biryani and seemed to be mixture of goat meat curry mixed with rice. Although I have not found authentic biryani in Columbus or Cleveland yet!! Most restaurants I have visited serve rice mixed with (chicken/goat/lamb/beef) meat and lots of wrong combinations of spices and called 'biryani' !! Anyways back to New Taj Mahal food - the raita served with biryani was yogurt without cucumber/carrots/cilantro. The rice pudding had an unknown smell which I didn't like, but the texture was good. The veg samosa and gulab jamun was ok. Lamb meat was properly cooked but the gravy/sauce was actually tomato puree. Overall I wouldn't recommend any meat items as those could be undercooked, too oily and spicy.
Seema NathSeema Nath
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Hi, today was the first time that I ordered food during the lockdown, and the first time I used Grubhub. The food I ordered it from "New Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant ." The order was left at my doorstep but when I saw it, the first thing I noticed is that the receipt was all spilled with blood (see pictures, although those pictures I took them after I sprayed the bag with Lysol). My son saw it and of course he began to cry and tell me he didn't want to eat that, and of course we didn't eat it, not even opened the bag, we threw it to the trash can outside of our home. I want to escalate this situation to the instance that can really sanction Grubhub and the restaurant (hard to know who was the culprit here).Of course, I already complained with Grubhub, because I want a refund of my money, but I really feel very upset by this situation, especially with this COVID-19 crisis blood in a receipt you get when you order food online is of great concern. I really expect this restaurant to explain what happened and to talk to Grubhub to give me my money back!!
Ariadna MartínezAriadna Martínez
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I had rated this place 4 stars before, but today experienced worst customer service from the guy calling him self, an owner even though I know there was another guy that actually runs the place I'm regular customer with. Found a hair on the naan bread and I tried to explain it to him in private since there were customers around he yelled out saying "what's your problem?! You will pay you will pay" I said I've no issue with money, I go all around Columbus eating and enjoying and reviewing I was very upset and I actually recorded the encounter he yelled and order us to leave. The tandoori was not even good at all, I wasn't pleased in the beginning with the food only tasted tumeric no other spice mixtures didn't even taste garam masala I'm never going back to this place again.
Robenus TolesaRobenus Tolesa
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I’ve been here 2 times and had take out 1 time. The restaurant inside has always been dead during my 2 visits but the gentleman who was taking the orders has always been a gentleman. I love the Hakeem here. It’s different than my other experiences with Hakeem but I like it. I’m new to Columbus and they have a lot of Indian and Pakistani food options. This has been my first and I give them a 5 star overall.
Ashton CashAshton Cash
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2361 N High St, Columbus, OH 43202
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(614) 421-2323
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4.1
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Simple Indian restaurant providing tandoori dishes & other staples, plus delivery service.
attractions: Evolved Body Art, College Traditions, St. John Arena, Goodwill Thrift Store, The Wayfaring Buckeye Hostel, Queen Bee's Royal Hair Gallery, Tuttle Park Community Center, Evolved Body Art, North Recreation Center, Campus Cuts, restaurants: Hounddog's Pizza, Buckeye Donuts, Old North Arcade Bar, Cazuelas Mexican Cantina, Ray Ray's Hog Pit Clintonville, Jack & Benny's Old North Diner, Varsity Club Restaurant & Bar, Kafe Kerouac, Ace of Cups, Rumba Café
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