India Palace Mankato — Restaurant in Mankato

The food was horrible. As an Indian I would never recommend this place to anyone. Not only is the food horrible the place cheats you and charges you for things you get when you order something off the menu.

When you dispute the charges they tell you that no matter how many you order you only get 1 sauce complementary. the sauces are ridiculously price (i.e $2.99 for 1 oz) which should be with your order

Do not dine here if you don't want to get ripped off and eat horrible food.

To respond to the reply by the restaurant: I have only come twice and I did ask why was the food not spicy as requested. You told me that it was written medium when i specifically asked for spicy. I always give a restaurant a couple of chances before i write it off. When you delivered the appetizer I asked where the extra chutneys were and you told me that if I need it for the second appetizer to ask. At that time I was eating the first set I ordered. If i ordered two appetizers I should have gotten two chutneys.

your response to me when i asked why i was charged $2.99/chutney you told me that no matter how many appetizers you order that are the same, you only get one chutney. That is ridiculous.

When I asked for the two chutneys with my appetizer i was taking home that i was not given chutney to begin with, I should have been told i would have been charged $2.99/chutney. I only realized it when i looked at the itemized receipt after paying.

Most restaurants give an itemized receipt before charging the card so we can make sure we were charged correctly. Your restaurant charges the card and then ony do you see what the itemization is.

I hold my position that your business practice is unethical and the food is not...

I had a bad experience both times I've been there.  The first time they lost my carry-out order, so I waited for it again. While I was waiting, an employee came over to casually talk to me, so I asked him questions about their menu... mainly related to food allergies. He assured me all of the dishes I asked about were safe for what I was asking about (in a tone that indicated nothing I could ask about would be a problem, you know those people who don't even think about anything that's said, they just want to assure you everything is fine? - he is one of those) but then someone else came over & after they had a heated conversation from either side of me (I was between them because of how the second employee approached) it turns out the guy had given me the wrong info about the ingredients.  Then the employee tried to compliment my appearance & lifestyle (way to overstep boundaries!) to make up for it… like that would actually fix how he had mislead me.  It probably took an hour & 15 min from the time I walked in to place my order till I actually walked out with my food.  When I placed the order the first time I was told it would take 20 to 30 minutes, so I'm not sure how I got placed so far back in the line after sitting there waiting for all that time. Great food, but not appropriate service.

The second time I was there, I went reluctantly.  We ate in.  Everything was fine until they served the food.  The waiter held a sizzling dish toooooo close to my face for a long time.  The splattering grease could have burned my face and my hair was almost in someone else's food.  I won't be going...

I do not know how I have not managed to review this place before now as I have been here so many times that I have lost count. Unlike almost any other restaurant I go to I tend to get something different here each time I come and have liked everything. This last time my wife and I got the two specials to share. I do not remember the specific names of them, but it was a lamb chop and a creamy coated chicken. They were served in a skillet with some onions and peppers. The chicken was very good, but the lamb was out of this world amazing. After speaking to our server after we were a little disappointed to learn that the lamb was only going to be around for a short time as we would both have definitely ordered that again the next time we come. We also always start with the palace sampler platter and have mango lassis to drink. We also get a couple of the different naans for the table. I could not give this place higher praise as the food is always delicious and the staff are very friendly and attentive. I will most certainly be back here again and again (as I already have been). If you haven't been here yet, you absolutely owe it to yourself to check...