Amazing food.. always fresh and delicious.. must try restaurant in Royal oak location

Mmmm. Great flavour. Attentive service. Delicious food. Highly recommend the fish curry!!

Ordered from the 112th Ave location for a business lunch for over 20 people. Food was fantastic and more food was provided than needed. Extra care with spoons provided to serve the food. Husband and wife team. Delicious! Highly reccomend! read more

#193 I referenced this restaurant in my previous review (#192) and I stand by that. Raj Palace even without Raj and Penny (TBBT reference) is the standard for me at least. The butter chicken here is the most tender and yet packs in the most flavour. Recommended to put a little spice it; you won't be sorry. The garlic naan is some of the best around but your best served by the parantha (BEST BREAD EVER!!!). Something new for me on this visit is the marsala dosa. Takes half the damn table and it is not even the 5 foot one I saw on the overhead TV. The 3 sauces are trės délicieux!!! Stuff for vegans but that's not me. A full bar with premium liquor if you drink like a fish. They are open late 7 days a week and have lots of takeout options! Small clean restaurant with perfect vibe for casual or a date night special and also friendly staff. Parking can be tricky. This is my third trip here and I am making this a weekly requirement. After all, whom doesn't love a palace.. read more

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I walked in and placed a takeout order here at lunchtime and the wait was very reasonable (15 minutes). Ordered the Chicken Vindaloo lunch special which comes with rice, naan, and a side of their lentil soup. The flavour of every item was delicious! The Chicken Vindaloo was perfectly spiced with perfect amount of heat, the rice was aromatic, the garlic naan was so flavourful, and the lentil soup was mouth watering yummy! Total of $14.65 (including taxes) for this lunch special was well worth it as I made three meals out of it. If you've read a few of my other reviews, I'm always extremely grateful if my takeout food (especially ones that contain mostly sauce or soup) is packaged properly to avoid spillage. Raj Palace earns an "A+" not only on their packaging but also on their food. Service is awesome here too. I will return to try other items on their menu. read more

Raj Palace - Chicken Vindaloo lunch special @ Raj Palace - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Missed order notes on the delivery order. Didnt even send one of the items. Its one of those "Indian" restaurants which use the same gravy for every dish read more

Actually we like the food and have eaten at the restaurant perhaps a dozen times. Unfortunately, I put on fresh new pants before jumping in the car to this restaurant and when I returned from the restaurant there was a large bleach stain on my (expensive) pants. Three times I returned to the restaurant to explain that my pants must have become bleached at their restaurant but they offered no compensation at all. They claimed that although they used bleach to clean the tables (which we saw), that it was impossible that their bleach stained my pants. They gave me the run-around: come back when the owner is here, the owner is not here, we can not do anything, etc. Sad that they cannot accept responsibility. read more

A little birdie told me they finally have lunch options. When I say "little birdie" I mean a friend who knows I love Indian food. I always eat lunch on the go so thought I would give them another chance since there food was really good. So glad I did. Love when I can update a Yelp review from 3 to 5 stars. They now have great lunch options and all includes Nan too! Yippee. Ordered the Beef Vindaloo to go. Paid and waited. It only took 10 minutes and is $12.95 + tax. Reasonable for lunch. When I finally did eat it, I was impressed with how much food did come for a lunch special. Do see my pic of "Lunch take-out" I only ate half, but great thing, I have left overs. The beef vindaloo was beyond great. Tender pieces of meat in a great sauce. Spicy, the way I like it. YUM! It also came with a container of rice which was delicious. The piece of Nan was large and sooooooo good. A very hardy lunch option and great price too. The lady that served me was so friendly and made sure to staple my to go bag so it stayed warm since she knew I wasn't having it right away. She also included a menu and said to come back for more options at dinner. Very kind and sweet lady. Glad I came back to try again and so happy that you have lunch options now. Will be back again for my Indian fix!!! It was really good. Thank you. *************************************************************************************** Needed lunch since I was on the go and required take out. I Thought I would finally stop in since I was craving Indian food. The restaurant is decorated nice and there was only one couple inside having lunch. So it wasn't busy. Not sure if it's like this all the time or just this particular day? They don't have a lunch menu or any type of combo meals where you can pick a few things to have for lunch. They also don't have a buffet or to-go buffet. A bit disappointing for lunch. I asked if it was possible to pick a few things to make a lunch combo and was told they could only do full orders. Long story short, I ordered some rice and butter chicken since I didn't have much choice since one entree didn't cut it. Nor did I want to spend a small fortune ordering a few things for lunch. $25+ later for lunch to go wasn't ideal. Pros:The food was delicious, the lady at the counter was friendly and the restaurant is nicely decorated. Cons: No lunch menu, no buffet and no flexibility on creating a to go lunch. They really need more options. I understand this is a new location but surely isn't a new business. 3.5 stars read more

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Ordered four different dishes, and thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. Butter chicken was the group's favourite :) Great service and generous portions. read more

Very tasty!! We got the butter chicken and lamb vindaloo it was very good. The saffron rice and naan was also very well done.

I ordered food through Skip the Dishes. Chicken Tikka, Butter chicken and Lamb Vindaloo. The Children Tikka and Lamb Vindaloo were extra Salty, and the Chicken in the Butter chicken has a Smell/Bad smell. None of them I could eat. Skip only refunded 50% . Very dissapointed read more

We have a diet restriction within my family - no sodium or very, very low sodium. We asked if the restaurant could prepare us some dishes. He said mostly vegetarian dishes and the Fish Amritsari that he could prepare without added salt. Oh my! The 3 dishes we ordered were so tasty. The Fish Amritsari was so tasty as well as the Okra Masala and Chana Masala. The mix of spices the chef uses to prepare the dishes makes my mouth water! Will be back for more. Thanks, Raj Palace! read more

I was out for a drive on this side of town and I see Raj Palace. South-Indian food you say. Food, you say. I'm in. Just having finished a big green smoothie, I'm filled to the brim. But this is South-Indian food we're talking about. Home food. There's a hidden compartment in my stomach that opens up for South-Indian food. I proceeded to try the following. - Chicken Vepuda (Chef's Speciality) - OMG. Tender, succulent cubes of chicken infused with southern spices.... sprinkled with cashews and Southern magic. I asked for an additional 2 orders to be packed. Perfect combination of textures - soft and juiciness of the chicken and the crunchiness of the cashews. Flavor.... words cannot describe the happiness my taste buds were experiencing. And I wasn't even hungry. Just curious. Unfortunately, that's all I could eat at the time. I'm definitely heading back to work my way through their menu. Service is polite, efficient and informative. Excellent first impression. Respect. read more

Raj Palace - ~ Chicken Vepuda (Chef's Speciality) ~ - Indian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Must say I think this has to be my favourite Indian restaurant! I love the fresh herbs and spices they use, very different. We ordered the Butter Chicken and the Bengali Fish Curry. Loved both dishes, I'm pretty sure it was the best butter chicken I have ever had. Highly recommend to give it a try. read more

Had good food a few times, then ordered a chicken vindaloo that tasted off. It had the texture of eating subway chicken. It was obviously different from my wife's butter chicken meat. I called in and as a courtesy mentioned about it. They told me they would replace it, but I explained it was too far and we already ate. The person on the phone said to mention it next time and they would comp it. I did eventually call back a month later too see if maybe they could redeem themselves, but as expected, they didn't. It's a shame, as I likely shouldn't have wasted my time to even give them the feedback after our previous order. After the false promise and wasted time, I'm left with a bad taste in my mouth. We'll be ordering elsewhere from now on. read more

Two words: beef pepper. (or chicken pepper for those of you who can't eat beef) I have seen what South Indian cuisine is like and I WANT MORE! So much spice, so much flavour. I may not have ever visited here in person but Skip the Dishes sure helps with the delivery. Keep up the good work! read more

I ordered take out here. It was ready when they told me it would be. I picked up my order so I got the 10% off like the website stated. My food was really good! The saffron rice had a nice fragrance to it. The butter chicken was really flavoured well with spices and a decent portion size. I also really liked the garlic naan. I can't comment on eating at the restaruant, or the atmosphere. But when I arrived (5pm) it was fairly empty. Overall the food was good and that's what's the most important! read more

I wish i could give negative stars! Aint biased for or against any restaurant, and try to give as genuine feedback as possible. Food tastes were extremely average. The sambhar and coconut chutney were below average. (the side that goes with dosa) Paper dosa was extremely oily, oil was dripping! It was horrible! Chicken side dish was satisfactory. Quantity of coconut chutney given was too scarce. We had to repeatedly ask them abt it. They behaved as if we r hungry homeless people! Hate the service! Cutleries and glasses were very unclean. Even the replaced ones were equally unclean. Service was slow. Interiors are nice. This is far from being an authentic south indian restaurant. Il hope that they shut down soon and stop misguiding serious food connoisseurs. read more

So delighted to discover that the dosas are just as delicious as their original location, and that they take reservations at this Raj Palace! I am guaranteed to return, & will probably convince my partner to get take out here, as he works nearby twice a week. Interior is larger than their original location, but not huge. It is nothing fancy, but is new, bright and clean. Menu is pretty much standard, but with some ice cream desserts and gluten free cake added. My Mysore masala dosa was yummy - nice and spicy as I like it. (Pro tip - most traditional South East Indian cuisine is spicy, especially when it is described as spicy. If you don't like spice, don't order the items marked spicy) I did feel it could have been a bit hotter, temperature-wise, and the middle of the dosa was just a touch soggy, enough to knock it down half a star. I will be happy to revise the score if that turns out to be a fluke. My one disappointment is that the entrance is not really accessible - I am not sure how you would get a standard sized wheelchair through the tight turns at the door. In addition, the sidewalk outside was a slick sheet of ice, and I saw no evidence that the restaurant or mall management had tried to do anything about it. I know it is winter in Calgary, but it is not that hard to throw down some gravel at least. read more

My favourite place for Indian food in whole Calgary. Always bring my friends and out- of- country guests there. It is always a bit of wait especially for lunch crowd. But it is worth waiting. Will go back and back. The portions are huge, the staff is super friendly. read more

Very friendly ppl. W ordered chicken lam n goat curry. Gotta say that d lamb curry outshines all d other ones. I hav no idea wat magic they put in their cooking. So i think i found my go to curry place now. read more

Went in alone on a Saturday to get lunch. I asked about lunch specials, hoping for variety without ordering multiple dishes, but was told they only have them weekdays. I ordered shrimp buriyani and requested a small side dish of butter sauce. Apparently nobody had ever done this before and a flurry of consultations with the kichen ensued. They finally arrived at the ridiculous price of $11.95 for the sauce which I declined. There were lots of large shrimp in the buriyani and the portion was generous but heat overwhelmed the spices. All in all a disappointing experience. read more

I've now had a chance to try several other items at this resto and have yet to be disappointed. It's my go take out place but I have eaten in house once. I really enjoy the paratha, have tried a fried fish and a saucy fish, two kinds of lamb and a chefs signature chicken item. I still love my daal/ the yellow lentils but have tried all lentil dishes, the palak paneer and chicken korma. I'll slowly make my way around the menu. Looking to try the eggplant dish next time! Great job and so glad you moved into our neighbourhood! The portions are a good size and we usually get 2-3 meals from it for 2 people. I love the blend of spices and the heat factor but it's personal preference as I like a spicier heat. Some Indian restos water down the flavours but this place hits the spot for me! read more

Hmmm well this is a mixed review food wise the dosas are delicious. The tandoori lamb and chilli beef not so much the meat tastes old. The middle aged gentleman shouldn't be in the service industry. He's pretty unpleasant. The younger man was lovely and so helpful and kind. Big point to those who are celiac. They advertise gluten free but they don't use separate cooking pans or have the ability to wash or wipe them down in between. For that reason in and of itself we won't be able to go back. read more

I love this place! We finally found an Indian food restaurant that we love everything. The butter chicken is almost all chicken. Most restaurants have a couple pieces and just all sauce. The Coconut Prawn Curry is thick and flavorful! The Paneer Pakora's are to die for with the Tamarind Chutney that accompanies it! We tried the Dosa and I was pleasantly surprised. A little hard to eat the stuffed ones but they're really yummy! The services is great too! The staff is friendly and acknowledge you as soon as you enter. Food comes out pretty quick and is probably the best I've had in Calgary so far! You do have to pack up your own food at the table, but I prefer it! read more

Good variety of dishes, food tastes great , just a bit pricey ( i would say abt $1-$3 more on popular dishes than average Indian places) ... but very clean and nice place, and attentive service... highly recommended that you go in a bigger group to try different dishes read more

Service was good but make sure they understand what you need. The mysore Masada dosa was way too spicy. Be ready to drink a jug of water.

We love this place. We've only ever ordered takeout and we do our own brown basmati rice at home. We order about 10 things each time to ensure plenty of leftovers. Our favourites are butter chicken, lamb vindaloo, dal makhni, dal fry, channa masala, chicken tikka masala, kadai lamb, buna gosht, chicken vepedu, beef coconut fry, beef curry. Make sure you ask for spicy if you like it hot - our kids can eat the vindaloo otherwise. read more

My wife and I previously had lunch here and it was alright. There was every indication that Raj would be better at dinner. Boy, were we wrong. When we arrived for dinner on September 29/17 there were two people serving, a man and a woman. When we talked to the waitress about my wife's food allergies she pointed to one column in the menu and said don't eat any of those items and she would be okay. Yet when we looked through the menu there were easily 10 more items that could have hurt her. We worked around that and it could be said that the food was passable (at best) but that was affected because we had to ask several times for such things as a side of yogurt. When we were served our appetizer we had no cutlery. The fellow who brought it just dropped the forks and knives on the table in a mound - no attempt to actually set the table. No water was provided (although glasses were there for it). We managed to get a single drink order but no one asked if we wanted more. We watched as an older couple left and spilled water and food all over the table and floor beside us. The waitress came afterwards, saw the mess, shrugged and left it there. In the mean time the fellow who worked there completely disappeared. It finally became apparent that he went over to socialize with other customers who appeared to be regulars his own age. When we attempted to get our bill to leave we were ignored for at least 15 minutes. I finally got up and went to the cash desk and paid. It was only then that we were asked if we wanted containers for left overs. When I said yes, the containers were dropped in a heap on the table and we were ignored as we packed up and left. We spent $83 for a dinner for two, one beer and one tiny glass of bad wine. The food was equal quality to that found in a food court and the service was an insult. Stay away from this dump. read more

It is super delicious! We have tried a few different dishes and my husband loved all of them. I found one dish a bit too spicy but at least I had yummy garlic naan bread to temper the spiciness. I found the tables a little too low and I kept banging my legs. The decor is nice and location is great. I will definitely return often. Next time I'll ask about the spice factor before ordering. read more

Sooo goooood. Best Indian in the city that I've ever had, plus decent portions and appropriately priced. They seemed a little overwhelmed in the dining room, but I always order take out and I always get what I order, and it's always ready when they say it will be. Phenomenal! read more

The dosas are amazing and the black lentil dal is amazing. Service has always been attentive and friendly, don't go Tuesday's though - they are closed read more

We have been in this restaurant 3 times. First time my wife had ordered a Mango Lassi and they served the Lassi which probably was made with terrible yogurt which was smelling. When she complained to the manager he replaced it with a freshly made one. The second we were there the food was flat and tasteless. the third time (August 23rd) we wanted to try Dosa (which is supposed to be there signature dish). First they served us Vada which was under-cooked and we couldn't eat it and the manager took it back. Then they served us Dosa and potato stuffing was cold (like just taken out of refrigerator) and it tasted sour like it was rotten. When we called the manager again he apologized but never made any attempt to change it. Though i must way he charged us for only one dosa. Hate this place - will never go back again - they serve rotten food. Maybe I should send an email to the Food Inspectors. read more