In town for a couple of days. Craving Indian food, and this place was around the corner from my Airbnb. First of all, let me say that these folks are SERIOUS ABOUT THAT LAMB VINDALOO. Before you order it, have a bucket of water standing by. Aside from that seriously delicious and seriously hot vindaloo, the chicken tikka masala was great, rice and nan terrific. I was puzzled by the channa samosas, though, because I thought samosas were a food you pick up and what I got was a big liquid mix of stuff, to be eaten with a fork or spoon. Bottom line, the food was generally delicious, the place is very much a hole in the wall, and I'll probably go back. read more

Really great food and friendly staff. We ordered the butter chicken and it was perfect. Lots of chicken and the sauce was amazing! The restaurant itself is cozy and comfortable. read more

Ordered food from here through Uber eats , tried their lamb biryani and lamb saag and naan. All were pretty good, definitely authentic and very flavorful. The lamb biryani was great but maybe not enough meat in the dish. The lamb saag was Also pretty good , definitely worth a try ! read more

The food was absolutely incredible-- I had samosas and a veggie roll but also tried the butter chicken and tikka masala that my friends ordered, and it was delicious as well. truly good food. the service was great, they treated us so nicely and brought extra plates etc because they knew we were sharing. ambience was great too, we sat there for about an hour and had a nice dinner. would highly recommend. read more

Bombay Mahal Express - a plate of naan bread and a bowl of soup - Indian Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

We hadn't had Indian food in a while and Namaste was full, so we walked a bit more to Bombay Mahal. The location is fairly small, but there's a least 6 tables in the dining room. We got butter chicken with extra naan and a thali. The food hit the spot. The dishes were greasy and flavourful, perfect for rice and naan to soak up. The mango lassi we got was the only correct answer to the spiciness of the food. And it was cheap!! For 7.99$, you get a thali with two vegetable options and one meat option (I got lamb). These come with salad, a samosa, rice and two slabs of naan. The salad was a bit wilted, but who cares when everything will be mixed with creamy butter chicken! I do recommend choosing the thali instead of a "single dish" menu item. The butter chicken was at least 3$ more expensive than the thali, with less variety and smaller total amount of food. It was a quick and very satisfying meal! We'll be back for sure. read more

Bombay Mahal Express - Thali with (clockwise from top right) salad, samosa, rice, naan, braised eggplant/veggies, saag paneer, lamb. - Indian Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

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Fast food counter located on a busy intersection in Montreal. Food was very very authentic and good. Price very reasonable. Service was nice. I enjoyed the food. read more

Hello Yelp, Bombay Mahal Express is a fine Indian restaurant on the Main. There is fierce competition for the butter chicken and thali market on the Corner of Guilbault and St Laurent. There are 3 Indian restaurants on this corner. So, you will have to pick 1!! Bombay Mahal is positioned as the speed option. So, go to Bombay Mahal for a fast and delicious Thali. 4 stars because based on my price quality matrix. Also, they serve you water in metal cups which is nice. Enjoy! Brandon read more

amazing service and genuinely such good food. great ambience we sat inside for a while and had a nice long meal. also have had very fast takeout from here and it was equally delicious when I got home, and also reheated the next day. read more

Love this place! Cheap north-Indian thali. No need to venture out to Parc Ex. You can get it fresh right here in the Plateau! There are a few meat options (butter chicken, lamb, etc.), and a few veggie options (dhal, mix veg, palak paneer, channa masala, etc.) and it's all delicious. It comes with rice, chapatti, and samosa. They have loyalty cards - so stamp away! They used to have students discount, but that was discontinued for some reason :(. I usually pick up the food myself, so I can't speak for the delivery option. There's limited sitting there. The staff is friendly and the fragrances are sensational! They now accept credit cards - not only debit / cash. This is my go-to Indian take-out place. read more

Solid Indian Take-Out. While this is not my preferred Indian take-out spot on the Plateau, it *is my back-up. The thali is reasonably priced, and the selection of dishes is usually pretty fresh. Their samosas are also reliable. Definitely worth stopping by if you're in the neighbourhood and hankering for some curry. read more

Biriyani one of the best in Montreal. Delivery time is also good in the lower plateau area. The only downside would be that it's expensive for the type of food and environment. Overall a positive experience. read more

Horrible service. This rating is solely based on the service you receive. Upon picking up a takeout order, I was told there's delivery service in my exact area. No extra fees included. Which made me happy since it's out of my way from work to home. So I place a delivery order by phone and the guy tells me there's a 'delivery fee' of $5.50!!! Not only is that fee preposterous, the guy literally laughed in my ear when asking about the fee. Needless to say I'll mention it to everyone I know. read more

Really yummy! Any of the Thali dishes are delicious! Came here with friends and we ALL ENJOYED it a lot! Will definitely come back. read more

Bombay Mahal Express - Thali Non-Vegetarian - Indian Near Me - Montreal, Quebec

Service? It's like they are running a monopoly. First I was told there is a 25$ minimum. This does not help since I am home alone. Good luck to singles out there, who are probably a large market. So I say I'll call back and add an extra thing or two. I call back, boom, need to take my number to call me back. 10 mins go by. They call back. Apparently they can't deliver to me because I'm too far, even though they have delivered before. Done! read more

Got the butter chicken with garlic naan through Uber Eats. That sauce was so good! Absolutely no complaints. It also helpes that curry is my favorite food. read more

Absolutely fantastic! We got take out and ordered a broad range of the menu. Everybody loved it and we all kept commenting on what a great place this is. I had the Shahi Paneer and it had an incredibly creamy rich flavor I've never tasked before. I live in LA and eat a lot of Indian food, I'll be craving this back home. read more

Went here for the first time tonight (we got takeaway) and the food was delicious. The staff was friendly and very kind, and the young guy serving me suggested we get delivery next time to save us some hassle. I would definitely eat here again. My favourite dish was the veggie pakora - they were a little salty but quite good. Of note, when paying debit you are prompted to tip and are not given the option of zero tip - I don't usually tip when ordering takeaway so I feel this was a little unnecessary. read more

Impossible to cancel the order from Uber Eats. I have paid but never got my food! I called the restaurant and they did not do anything to help. I have lost 50$ for the New Year Eve. Definitely don't order through Uber Eats app... read more

Are you freaking kidding me? Not only is it CASH ONLY for delivery in the year 2014, but there is a 25$ minimum required; it also didn't help that their attitude was so off the charts rude either. Just suck it up and go to the Jean Talon location cause this place certainly ain't worth it. It's like, -20 C out there tonight and all I wanted was some GD palak paneer, way to kill a dream Bombay Mahal Express, way to kill a dream. read more

Warning: HOT HOT HOT! Had takeout chicken biryani last night and it burned my south asian khatta desi garam masala conditioned stomach. My sister and other desi friends love the overbearing spice effect though. For me, I'm a flavour and balance person and I thought the hot aspect strongly overshadowed any other flavour spectrum of the biryani. Great of you are a fan of super hot desi food. My favourite in montreal is still Student Tasty Biryani. read more

I've been going to the Jean Talon location for close to a decade and have always loved their food. I was pretty excited to hear that an express version was opening near where I live. Sadly, I've experienced nothing but unapologetically slow service at the St. Laurent location ever since. This evening my wife and I waited 45 just to place our order after multiple unanswered calls and a handful of times left on hold for minutes on end. When we finally got through and placed the order we were assured that it would arrive in 45 minutes. It was nearly an hour and half before the doorbell rang. It pains me to write such a negative review of a place whose food I love, but the service at the St Laurent location is just pathetic. It should never take over 2 hours to receive a small order from any restaurant with "express" in their name. read more

Positive: Conveniently located for urban lifestyle. In and out/plastic tray type dining room. Polite and friendly service. Fresh, flavorful food. I went for a late lunch and ordered a nice lamb saag 12$ with mango lassi (juice) 3$ and was delighted by the taste. It was spicy enough to be truly satisfying, but not so much as to make one's digestion upset. Worth improving: The mandatory steamed rice does not come with the dish, it's a whopping 3$ extra each for a small handful and I had to have 2 portions to make a full dish. The lamb saag went cold by the time I got the 2nd portion. This way of proceeding is popping up elsewhere and it must be clear that it is nothing short of a scam. Serve a properly accompanied dish with the real price to your costumer, they will grant you their loyalty for it ! Rice is not a side dish, it's the base starch, and it doesn't cost the price you are charging for it, so that part of the experience is putting the authenticity of your cuisine to shame, really. Also the lassi was offered with deliberate confusion on the price, again. These are a huge NO-NO is service business, because most people won't tell you when they know you stiffed them, they just won't come back. The bill: Although it was a nice dish, the experience was not so well meaning and turned out ridiculously expensive for what it was. I could have had a fine dining lunch dish for that price. read more

I really like their thali for takeout. It's cheap, delicious and filling. I really like the curry chicken and vegetable curry and of course the daal. read more

We ordered delivery when we were too lazy to head to Little India for some good Indian food. Prices were fine and the food was great. It did take about an hour to show up so in the future I'd probably be sure to call well ahead of time. Really good samosas, delicious lamb madras and the butter chicken was nice too. Also went to their location to eat in but as there was a street fair we couldn't get a Thali plate but got some nice containers with chicken biryani, butter chicken, samosas again and good mango lassi. Very inexpensive for a good meal. read more

Great, reasonably priced Indian food. The staff is quite nice, depending on who is working, and the samosas are fantastic.

This was a terrible experience. We ordered almost 30$ worth of food over Skip the Dishes and a lady called a half hour later saying that there was not enough money (I had never experienced something like that) and that we had to "call Skip the Dishes" before they would send our food. Absolutely ridiculous! We finally arrived at a deal where we would pay the driver the missing amount in cash. All in all it took over an hour for our food to arrive -- cold and not that tasty. This place is a must avoid, especially if you are planning on using any kind of technology to order. read more

We do not recommend. Food is diluted, tasteless and they do not issue receipts but take only cash payment.

Ordered a few times: naan breads are ok and the rest is adequate. Last delivery got bad: their prices did not match their website and were even higher than their prices on "just eat". Also "with naan or rice" apparently does not apply for deliveries...and there was a hidden delivery fee, i. e. its a scam. Never again for me. (Also, no-one speaks french). read more

Terribly disappointing. The portion for the tandoori chicken was miniscule. The Chicken Dansak was tasteless. The Naan was not homemade, it was from Metro!!!!! I know because I've had it before. These people dont care about their food, so dont waste your hard earned money on them. I love Indian food and this is the most disappointing Indian takeout I've ever experienced. read more

Okay at best. Was visiting montreal and needed a late dinner. Called this place and hey said they had seating as well as take out. There was a bar with stools. Not what I expected. The food was meh. Geared towards college kids who don't know any better. Our dinners were luke warm and dry. I expect that was because it was late. But that speaks to quality control. Anyway I'd go elsewhere. read more

The food was decent, however, the wait for delivery was over an hour AND they forgot one of the 2 mains that we ordered. We called, the owner apologized and said he'd send over the food and a refund in about 25 minutes, which sounded great. Over 45 minutes later, the food still wasn't at our house and when we called to ask, the owner said that the money and not the food was on the way over, and that we had never asked for another order, and was extremely rude. Never ordering from here again. read more

I'm visiting from out of town and read that Bombay Mahal was one of the places to try if I was interested in getting Indian cuisine. I went through the menu online menu to get delivered since it was just one of those nights where I wanted it to be stress free. Once I called an mentioned I wanted delivery, he immediately said "can I call you back in 2 minutes?", which was fine since it was around dinner time so it was understandable if they were busy. Continuing on, I had asked for the naan in one of the orders to replace the naan with rice and there seemed to be a big confusion. He kept saying a side of rice, while keeping the naan in the order. After a while, the issue finally got resolved. The total amount was what threw me off. We ordered two items on the menu, one being $15.99 and the other being $17.99, which should add up to around $34.00, with tax it should be no more than $40. Our total came close to $48, assuming they had already add on delivery tips, etc. When the order was delivered to us, we did not receive a receipt with the prices of the orders and was told the order did not come with the extra delivery charges, expecting us to provide tip on top of the price they quoted us. I know we should't have had to pay anymore extra since we knew our calculations were right but like I said, it threw us off. Anyways. I would most likely never order from here again. The person on the phone was not the most polite and service provided to us was lower than standard I felt. Food itself was mediocre. Also to note, they don't take anything other than cash. read more

decent and cheap-ish. haven't tried their delivery.