Maharaja Cuisine of India — Restaurant in Seattle

I spend $40+ delivery and I was looking forward to my meal. I order the butter chicken meal which comes with rice, naan and a drink (I got mango lassi) and samosas. The food wasn’t bad, it wasn’t excellent and it wasn’t inedible and it didn’t taste bad. It had the spice I requested for. The samosas were okay, maybe a little bland. What made me upset is that the portion for the butter chicken, I was shocked and upset, it was mostly butter chicken sauce in the container and only few SLICES of chicken (like fajita chicken slices) which were bite size and you can only have like 5-7 bites/morsels of the chicken and that’s it, to me that cheating with portion where the butter chicken on the menu costs around $18 even if you don’t get the meal. It’s like getting no chicken at all. I would expect at least 5-6 cubes/chunks (not slices) of chicken in the butter chicken curry, to even it be considered a meal with your rice and enjoy your meal. I have ordered food delivery multiple times and even if the food was average, the portion of food given a was worth the $40+ and at times I was even surprised to get such portions as some people understand that food delivery isn’t cheap. I would have been satisfied with my order if I was given at least the minimum portion of food I paid for and felt like I actually had butter chicken and not a sample of it. Mango lassi was good and the...

I've ordered online a couple of times now and had two widely different experiences. The first time I placed an order was shortly after Maharaja opened for the day- I requested a pickup time for about a half hour later. I got an automatic email from Door Dash stating my order would take an hour to be ready; I wound up waiting an additional few minutes once I got to the restaurant before my order was brought out. A couple minor things weren't correct with my order; I also found a couple of staples in my naan.

I did order a second time today to give Maharaja the benefit of the doubt and had a better experience. I ordered online after 2PM and my order was ready in 20 minutes. I wasn't greeted when I walked in and nobody actually seemed to be in the restaurant, but my order was on a warming tray by the front door- I grabbed it and left without speaking to anyone. No staples in my food this time around, which should seem like the bare minimum, but after last time, was a pleasant surprise.

Prices are about what you'd expect to pay at other Indian restaurants in the Seattle area. Vindaloo does taste strongly of ketchup, and is a deep reddish hue that makes me think they do use it (for...

We decided to splurge a little for my husband’s birthday and try a place we had never gotten food from that was a bit more expensive than other Indian restaurants we frequent. To say we are disappointed would be an understatement. I am really really at a loss as to how this place has so many good reviews. Ordered DoorDash on a Saturday night. We had chicken biryani, chicken vindaloo, ghobi manchurian, samosa, naan, and malai kofta. Nothing was authentic tasting or fresh tasting. The portions were disappointing small for the price. The ghobi manchurian was soggy and the cauliflower used was very small and tasted previously frozen, not fresh at all. Poor quality pieces of chicken thigh were used in everything. I know chicken thigh is cheaper than breast, but come on, with the amount they are charging for the dishes I would expect better. The naan was flavorless and had flecks of charcoal all over it; time to clean the tandoor, y’all. If you like authentic Indian food and know what it tastes like, save your money with this place. You will be sorely disappointed if you don’t. This place is for people that don’t know what Indian food really...