Very delightful hostess and wait staff at Lhila conveniently located informal place served us some…read moredelicious south Indian delights. It's really a mix of several Indian cuisines and don't get misled my the name, they have a fairly extensive selection. The do's (1) Please try their vadas (deep fried lentil donuts) as they are fresh and crispy (2) the coconut chutney was really well done (3) yellow lentils are a good preparation as well. Note that entrees are served with rice and salad. (4) one of the mixed vegetable entree had a distinct flavor of some left over fish based preparation - perhaps the same pan was used (we were told that was not the case). In any case, if you are strict vegetarian, please advise the wait staff to ensure proper cleaning. I am sure they would oblige.

Make sure to go on the weekend and order their specials. The atmosphere is always friendly and the…read moreservers have never made a mistake.

Really enjoyed the authenticity fo the chaat dishes and the food in general. It's hard to find in…read moremost of the Indian restaurants in Berlin something that tastes like you could have eaten it off the streets in India.

We passed by with the kids and decided to give it a try. Great place. We had 2 thali types. All was…read moredelicious. The stuff were very helpful and nice . great value for money.

If you're looking for authentic Indian food, on the whole, you'll struggle in Germany. Indian…read morecuisine is adapted for the German palate and as they tend to steer away from anything too spicy, the traditional spiciness that much of Indian food is renowned for, is diluted. What they call onion bhajis in this restaurant are poor, low-quality onion rings. Onion coated in a fatty batter. The spicy dishes like madras, jalfrezi and vindaloo are much the same degree of spiciness and flavour as each other... not very. I have always asked for authentic Indian vindaloo (so HOT), and I think that they just put an extra pinch of chilli powder in the sauce. Very disappointing. All very similar sauces. The chicken I believe (and I might be wrong), is mechanically-recovered chicken. It always has the strangest texture. Slightly slimy too..! Not a quality ingredient at all. Dishes are 'well padded out' with potato. What did it for us at our last (and very last) visit was when my partner ordered a glass of water instead of his usual beer. When the bill came we were horrified to see that we had been charged €4,40 for a glass of water. Not a bottle brought to the table, not a pretentious, fancy Italian brand.. just plain water 'mit'. There aren't many choices of authentic Indian restaurants in Germany, in fact, I haven't come across any but I do object to being ripped off with poor quality ingredients and obscenely over-priced water. As locals who live a short walk from Zaika and have recently visited the restaurant on a weekly basis, we won't be going again. The hunt continues for an 'authentic', quality Indian restaurant in East Berlin.

II feel bad for all the bad ratings for the restaurants in Prenzlauer Berg that habe 4.5+ ratings…read moreon google and yelp. We went to Zaika with low expectations cause the good ratings for restaurants in Prenzlauer Berg didn't really convinced us so far. And unfortunately we were again disappointed and don't understand any of the food ratings. I am still looking for a good Indian restaurant In Berlin. The best dish was the bhatura bread. The appetizer mix is just baked fried greasy oily vegetables served with sauce by the side. Everything is very heavy and we simply didn't enjoy the taste or the protein (fish and shrimp). We left dissatisfied and wished to have rather not eaten at all for dinner and ended up paying 40€. Bottom line: taste and completely not worth it.

I ordered food today your restaurant. It's not for eatable and it's just west of money. I didn't…read morelike it. I'm not expecting it will be like this I thing you don't know how is it the Indian food. Your daal makhani had gone bad. How did you send back after that? It smalled bad. How anyone can eat this food. I'm not happy with your service. This first time I ordered your restaurant.

Berlin has such a great food scene I thought finding a great Indian spot would be the night's…read moreadventure. After yelping it up, I came across Maharadscha. It took a while to get there and I am SO glad I did. Walking in the owner lady was obviously very busy with the service, but she made sure to stop and welcome me and get me to a table right away. The smell that one is hit with as you enter will give you the smile you know that will come with great Indian food. After looking over the excellent menu offerings, I opted for the duck (ente) tikka. It was sizzling at it hit the table and the only bad thing is that I had to let it cool off just a bit before jumping it. A painful wait. But that said, I absolutely loved it. The duck was perfectly cook and the spice combination was excellent. Just great all the way around. And the owner came by several times to check on me and I know why she is smiling all the time, because everyone is killing what they serve. Well worth the effort to get there.

Friendly little family-owned Indian restaurant in the Northern suburbs near Berlin. I was actually…read moresurprised to find an Indian restaurant in this area as the only foreign food you can find around is Vietnamese noodles. We were the only patrons at lunch time the day before Christmas, and given the slow season they did a great job serving us a variety of foods from the menu. The paneer, lamb meat, and lentil soup that I've tried tasted well (maybe a little bit too much salt), and the naan bread plus dip was warm and fluffy. Prices are on the upper end for the area - but the food justifies it. The restaurant is centrally located and it's only a short walk to the historic city wall.

Had the daily dal and paneer madras (paneer tikka masala). Very authentic punjab style and…read moreextremely tasty. Would come back from Berlin for it. The chai was rich but flavor wise just okay.

A little tough to find on Apple Maps. Just go down and look for the shops under the U. We…read moreenjoyed the Lentil and Tomato soup to start and a mixed Tandoori grill. The tomato soup was great and the lentil was really good. Perfect hit for a cold day out and about in Berlin.

Stopped in for a light dinner. It was happy hour so I ordered a Bahama Mama. I hadn't had one in…read moremany years. It was very well prepared and tasty. For my entree, I ordered the Chicken Mango. It was pretty good but I would have preferred added spiciness. On my second visit, I ordered spicy Daal Makhni. It was fire in my mouth and I loved it! On mys second visit, I also ordered a Merlot. It was so good, I had to get the name of it, Louis Eschensauer Merlot. I can't wait to have this again! After my meal, I was served a mango shot on the house. I don't know what was in it, but it sure tasted great! Service was awesome on both visits (same staff members). Most guests sat outside but it was pretty humid so I elected to sit inside. The location is great, right across from the Alexa Mall.

An absolutely outstanding Pakistani restaurant…read more Everything on our table was completely outstanding. But I am going to talk about one and only one dish. The Tandoori Duck. * * * We don't usually do Tandoori duck in the U.S., Although exceptions undoubtedly exist. Germany has the advantage of having excellent ducks Which we don't And having duck being very plentiful on the market. The contrast is that goat, which is common on American Indian-Pakistani menus, almost never shows up on such menus here. Here, you also get mutton. So Duck and Mutton are the two "dark meats" that substitute for goat in Berlin. * * * In a tandoori, Duck is absolutely positively amazing. Triple that if you are dealing with a superior duck with a nice lining of fat over the breast bone. * * * Add to that the fact that the tandoori I have had in Berlin has generally been superior no matter where I get it. The tandoori of my youth tended to be a dry affair with red color meat pure and simple. It was cooked enough to get hot. Otherwise it was nothing special - and it was dry to boot. This is not the tandoori of my youth. All of the tandoori I have been served here in Berlin has had outstanding sauces. The Berlin tandoori also has had vegetables tossed in with the meat. The veggies are cooked to al dente perfection and are bursting with flavor. Is this because Berlin tandoori is better than American tandoori? Or is this because tandoori cooking has gotten better than the grim dishes I used to eat thirty years ago? I don't have an answer to that question. * * * Either way, Put a perfect duck into a tandoori over. Add the perfect sauce. Add vegetables cut at the right size to al dente. You die and go to heaven. But mostly the thrills are the duck, the duck, the duck and then the duck. My wife's food was good, and the other Yelpers say the food is good. So you can't go wrong ordering whatever you like. I still say: Get the Tandoori Duck.

My partner and I visited Sadhu on a weekday (we booked a reservation in advance because they allow…read morethis on their website). We were sat in the back of the restaurant which is fine but we were next to a speaker that was too loud :( I ordered butter chicken (my fav) and my boyfriend picked a random menu item so I'm not sure what it was. The chicken was.... Not great :( the butter chicken sauce was really good but I was not at all interested in eating the chicken as it had a weird taste and texture. They have happy hour on all weekdays where cocktails are 5€ which is a good deal. We didn't take advantage of the deal but might not be a bad call. I don't know if we'd go back but maybe I wouldn't get the chicken.

The food is yummy! The naan, roti, chicken tikka, butter chicken and the samosas were awesome!!!…read more Definitely a good place to try traditional & (close to authentic) food

love love love it here. service excellent and the food was even better. there menu is in both…read moregerman & English which was very helpful. they were also very accommodating to my spirited (aka noisy) 8 month old.