Taj Lebanese Cuisine — Restaurant in Paterson

We were seated very quickly, with a warm welcoming. It is one of the best and probably the hardest restaurant to match their customers service. Literally every single staff member treats you like family. Our server was so attentive, very patient, and quick with our orders. We didn't feel pressured or rushed. He came back to us after the 3rd the time with a smile and listened to everyones request. I love their appetizers menu. There was so much to choose from. We orders their wings(very juice and crispy) the grape leaves, and a bunch of many delicious apps, their drinks are to die for. My personal favorite is the lemon mint slushy. We were given samples of their delicious Arabic coffee, it was sooo good. For our entrees it only seemed appropriate to order the Taj platter, it gave us all a change to try their best of the best. The portions are so big, we couldn’t finish. But at last we had to save some room for dessert. My go to dessert is always kanafeh which was unbelievable delicious. I have tried it at so many other restaurants and NONE compare to their delicacy. Laziza’s cannot compare. It is the perfect temperature, not overwhelming sweet, just perfection. My mother who is not a sweet’s person, asked for 2 extra to go. We also received complementary desserts for the entire table, muhalabia to finish our meal. When it was time to pay, my jaw dropped, it is unbelievable how good their prices are, they included a 15% gratuity that didn’t match their amazing customer service. It was only fair to double the gratuity. I have never had such a pleasant and most perfect evening at a restaurant like we did today! You guys are amazing and i wish you the best, i hope other restaurants aspire to be as caring and dedicated as your team! Thank you for your at most caring service. May...

I found this restaurant by chance during my parents' visit because my other go-to restaurants were closed and let me tell you: I have tried almost every Lebanese restaurant in the area and, by far, Taj has the best Lebanese food we have had in terms of quality of ingredients, taste, authenticity, presentation, day-over-day consistency, and hospitality.

This is the only restaurant where hummus is made the right way and presented correctly. It's light, creamy and serviceable through pita scoops unlike the American-style thick grainy and dry paste.

The tabbouleh, my all time favorite dish, was astoundingly fresh, very zesty, and the burghul was mixed in and soaked properly so it's not raw and crunchy. And the best part? There were no noticeable parsley stems that I could find which indicates that they took the time to separate, stack, and cut the parsley rather than machine it or chop it through stem and leaf. The lemon juice was fresh, not bottled lemon juice. Simply amazing.

The mixed grill was great, but not as mindblowing as their other food. What makes it noteworthy though is that they serve you "toum" for that chicken. Ask any Lebanese person and they will tell you that this delicious and yet potent garlic sauce is a must when serving "shish tawouk" (chicken) but not many other restaurants here serve it.

The hospitality was true to what you would find at a traditional restaurant in Lebanon. I even brought my parents here and they were amazed by how similar the presentation, service, and taste was to restaurants in Lebanon. They did not want to leave. We ended up coming back here several times during their visit and I'll be...

So coming from someone who loves to give positive reviews I unfortunately have to give this place a low rating. My friends & I came here to celebrate a Bday. Food was good, nice touch w/hookah and it's byob all good stuff for us to enjoy our evening. The bill was split 3 ways with 2 of us paying w/our cc, and a tip was ALREADY ADDED by the restaurant. We all found the tip already included (about 18% of total bill) to be sufficient so we signed off and DID NOT include an addt'l tip on our cards. The next day as I'm driving home my friend contacted me about being charged an extra $10 on her card. I of course went to check my acct realizing the same exact Addt'l amount was charged to my card. I found this to be completely absurd, unprofessional and fraudulent. We both called the restaurant separately to inquire on the issue. Thankfully they did REFUND my friend her and my $10 (as I live hours away and was only up for the wknd).

To be clear, I've paid higher bills and left larger tips. I have no reason to deny offering an addt'l tip to a deserving server (being a past server myself). But, I don't appreciate someone adding an extra tip to my card as this is exactly what was done. Maybe the mgr or owner wasn't aware and that's understandable in an establishment which is why I appreciate the refund. But, it doesn't suppress how violated I felt when realizing this was done. So please keep the nasty response and understand that this happened and hopefully Never will again to another innocent patron just trying to have a good time w/friends.

I'd say go and enjoy...