Raja India Restaurant — Restaurant in Mason

Raja India caters lunches to our office occasionally. The first time they catered – I ordered Malai Kofta (spice level 6) but it was extremely sweet and the Koftas were half cooked and very hard. Even though I understand Malai Kofta is a dish on the sweeter side, it tasted as if there was no effort made to make it spicy in any way – why ask the spice preference in that case? Other restaurants around the corner do much better in following the spice preferences and serving cooked food. I ate it anyway and thought to myself – since their Kofta is not good, let me try ordering Paneer curry next time.

Today, I ordered Paneer Makhani for lunch with a side of garlic naan. No point mentioning my spice level preference for today’s order because I did not get my Paneer curry in the first place, what I got was a non-vegetarian curry!!! I am a true vegetarian by nature & choice and did not attempt to eat chicken ever in my life. I realized it might be chicken after eating a little bit of it. (I was 100% confident it wasn’t Paneer; I have also attached pictures for reference).

I called the restaurant to politely let them know my experience that I ordered Paneer but what I received was rather something that’s non-veg & I don’t even eat non-vegetarian. The lady on the phone checked with the chef and told me that she was sure as she herself packed the lunches and she said that she remembers packing Paneer. I tried to explain her that – I could tell by the smell & taste of it that it was rather chicken & NOT Paneer. At this point, instead of trying to apologize or own up their mistake – she started saying – the lunch must have got replaced!! She made no sense… I got my lunch in the same closed & folded in the same brown bag that the restaurant packs – which had the curry, naan & rice altogether in it. There is NO WAY someone can replace the lunch at our office, if it was replaced, it must have happened at the restaurant itself which is again their fault, not mine! She was least bothered and did not try to own up the blunder they did. All I was expecting was a mere apology because eating chicken is not something I ever do & they have wasted my time by giving me the wrong item. She did not even care to apologize!! She replied as if I was lying to her for no reason. I do not recommend this restaurant. I wish this restaurant must have got closed during COVID instead of many other good restaurants which were sadly impacted. Their quality of food is not reliable nor any good, and the prices are high compared to the other Indian restaurants nearby. The horrible customer service would never want you...

we just moved to Mason and are trying all the local restaurants and today was Indian food.

I am not a fan of any buffet and was happy I could order off the menu. My husband enjoys buffets and was happy to have a great deal of variety.

I ordered the chicken curry, spice level 3, and it was flavorful and so rich with chicken meat that looked and tasted great! I will definitely order their chicken curry again and sometimes I like to push my spice level but today wasn’t one of those days so 3 was perfect, spicy but not too spicy. He tried mine and he agreed- soo good!

Service was wonderful and it was nice talking to one of the family members of this family run restaurant about Mason and their restaurant. Really friendly and very good service. thank you!

As far as the buffet goes, my husband loved the salad and the fresh veggies and fruit. He said he liked everything he tried on the buffet. He loves spice and they had some spices available to add heat to the buffet food if you like it really hot. He is looking forward to bringing our...

If you want authentic Indian food prepared in the traditional way by an authentic Indian family, then this is for you. The service was prompt and very friendly, and the waitstaff was attentive without being overbearing. The restaurant was immaculately clean, and the interior tastefully understated (even though the plaza it's in is showing its age a bit). The food is the real reason to go, of course. I had chicken rogan josh, and my child-bride had chicken tikka masala saag. NO DISAPPOINTMENTS!! I literally swabbed the empty silver tureens with a piece of naan to get it all, and I shall not repent nor be ashamed: you'll see: you'll do it, too, or at least be tempted. Yes, it's really that good. It made my soul glow, and you'd best believe that we'll be back the next time we come...