Review Taj Mahal - Wollongong

I had to change this review. The old review had 5 Star rating which I gave back in January. The quality of food has degraded so much the my rating has dropped to 2 stars. None of the items were as good as it was the first time we visited. Only reason for 2 star is the same quality it has for Cheese & Spinach Naan. The food is expensive but it was justified based on the quality, but now it feels that the pricing is not worth spending here depending on what they are giving you. We actually drove all the way from Sydney to have dinner here which was a waste of time & money both. They took 1 hour to give us the order & we found hair in one of the daal as well as rice. Old review with 5 Star rating: One of the best Indian food you can get in a restaurant. Amazing curry & dal. Naan was amazing too, especially cheese & spinach naan. Having dinner while hearing the soothing sound of sea is amazing. I’d recommend sitting outside to have amazing sea view while having dinner. Hope to visit here again soon enough for sure. This would be my go to place when I’m in Wollongong.

I had malai kofta, the journey of eating was amazing and made me feel back to India. The chilli panner was super spicy to out taste. I gave 4 starts only because of the super long wait for more than 1 hr. In between the stater and mains. We came to the restaurant at 6:40pm and left at 8:50 pm, we had to leave back to Sydney that night. The food is a 5 out of 5, but the wait is 1 start.

Among the best Indian I have had in Australia, including desserts. Service was slow at Sunday lunch, do not go if short on time or patience! Ill rate it 5 star for the food nevertheless. PS they also have a small outdoor seating area with a partial ocean view

Really friendly staff. Great food.

Great authentic Indian food. The staff was very helpful and friendly. Food was presented nice and cam out of the kitchen fast. Good place for some wholesome food and a casual get together.

Fantastic food but terrible service, wait times were super long and out nann bread came out about 15-20min after our food. The food was left at the service counter for about 10 min before someone came to bring it out. Loads of takeaway orders were going out and we just felt forgotten about. A lemon lime and bitters was $8 and my coke was flat. Do not recommend eat in, takeaway is worth it for the food.

We were at Mangotree for dinner last Saturday. Restaurant was pretty busy. There was just one waitress , and one lady I think was a manager who was the covering floor, counter, phone calls and often in and out of the kitchen. Our entree ( onion bhaji) arrived after 1/2 hours . We waited for main meals more than 1 hours. These two ladies were running on the floor like they were running some sort of a competition. They were offering every table for complementary papadum and were apologetic for the delay of our meals. There were some people standing infront of the counter for way too long. They must have been waiting to pick up their online order. We were just watching the floor like others while waiting for our meals. Overall ,you need to upgrade your chefs and cooks who can deliver service in time when restaurant is in its peak hour. We are giving 4 stars for those ladies, I would give zero star for chef who took one and half hour to prepare our food. Absolutely unacceptable, we went there to relax, not watch a stressful show.

Ordered $140 worth of food, called them up to make sure the food is on the way and they said there is a minimum wait of 90 minutes. We said that's absolutely fine but after the 90 minutes the food still hadn't been delivered and we called them up again multiple times and they reassured that the food is on the way and that it will arrive in 10 min. After waiting almost 2.5 hours for food we called them up and they said the order had been cancelled. Absolutely disgusting service from the staff, not even a sorry offered.