Extremely bad food, not sure why it is rated so high. We ate onion fritters (Onion bhajji) and it wasn't even cooked. We could feel the uncooked besan. Took 4 different sweets to try and NONE were good. We get better sweets from the groceries shop. Will not recommend. read more

For the price and quality of the food, Raja is a must. I have only ever had their hot food because I fill up on that before I can even think about dessert. The goat curry is incredibly good, but my regular is the chicken curry. You get one side with your meal and I alternate between the saag paner and yellow curry. They also have green lentils and mixed veggies. The naan is great and you get two with your meal. I always get it to go and it's still hot enough to eat by the time I get home. You will not be hungry after this meal. If it is your first time, beware that the ladies working expect you to know what you want right when they ask you. Ask questions, take a second, and don't get frazzled. The food is worth the potential stress of your first visit. read more

I had samosas and jelebi. Bot were very good.

gem of hilcroft! Amazing north indian fare.. as good as it gets ... Kadhi Chawal the best i have found anywhere in the USA except when made at home. If it is truly North Indian Kadhi you are looking for, this is the place. read more

Really good curries and dinner options. First time here and it's a bit hit and really tasty. Naan is delicious and chicken curry is tasty. Great price, were licking our plates read more

Love it. Goat and spag paneer as well as vegetable curry and samosas.

This is a review only for their sweets. Good Indian sweets are very difficult to find in Houston and Raja sweets is the best place Ive found for them. Though far from perfect they do a good job. The best are kala jamun, gulab jamun, sandwich jamun and besan barfi. The milk cake though different from the authentic one is pretty good. Kalakant and the laddoos are decent. The khoya barfis and all its multicolored variations aren't great. Though taste is passable they dont look anything like they should. Way too coarse. read more

Not only is the food great but they kept my wallet safe and sound that I accidently left behind. I am very thankful!!

We got a few sweets from here. The rasagulas were dense and a little on the dry side and the Mysore pak was okay. We also got samosas, the filling was a little bland but the sauce tasted good. The pedas looked good but we didn't try any. We didn't try any other food on the menu because we went there expecting a sweets shop so this review is just for the sweets. read more

Love their food specially their kari chawal and all the sweets the service of the ladies is awesome and if u say put a little bit more they put alot. read more

Probably another biased review. Great owners, great service, large portions, great value... Good Naan... Food is okay. Microwaves are a no-no. Been coming as a kid as well so love the place overall. Please get rid of the microwaves. love rajas overall.. read more

It's been a while but I had to stop in last Sunday. The sweets were as good as I remember over 20 years ago at Raja's. I will be back very soon this time!! read more

This is by far the best tasting north indian food we had in Houston. Its a self service place with a simple menu but unlike other buffet places, the food is alway fresh and the Naans are to die for! The pricing is awesome. You can have full meal in just 8 bucks! Their sweets are fresh and the best in Houston. Very authentic north indian food. We are regulars here and bring our friends too. The ladies who serve are very sweet and patient. Only reason I am not giving 5 stars is because the plates they serve the food in. A little sturdy disposable plates will help. read more

Chicken and vegetable curry with naan and a mango shake are all delicious. I go out of my way to eat here once a month and the taste continually reminds me why I am not here more often! With friendly staff and a family atmosphere, what's not to love? read more

We come here for one thing & one thing only. Raja's has, hands down, the best gulab jamuns in Texas. Likely the best in the country!

Yummy Gulab Jamun. Must try. Its best in Houston. There is even a paan shop inside. Other sweets not as good as Gulab Jamun

I recently visited Houston, and went to Raja Sweets for the coffee and samosas. And they were still yummy!! I also picked up a box of Besan Ladoos and purchased some Kaju Kaatli for my son. Both sweets were excellent. A+++. read more

What a joy to find the most authentic Indian sweets and deserts at Raja Sweets! The dishes are always freshly prepared and as an aficionado of Indian sweets, I can tell that you will not find any place that makes better jalebi, basin ke ladoo, and yes the owner's creation JULIE! Try this place out it is reasonable and great! Dr. M read more

This is my personal favorite place on the 'hillcroft strip' when it comes to Indian food. Think 'Bombay Palace on the cheap" for those of you that remember Bombay Palace on Westheimer [now closed]. I have been frequenting Raja's for over 15 years and food [quality] is just the same as waaaay back when. I highly recommend the $6/$6.50 veggie plate: naan bread (comes w/2), lentils, and chick peas. A super healthy plate and you leave so full. If you have room....pick up a chai tea to go. Wonderful place, a great long-time Indian restaurant that everyone in Houston should experience. Lovely family-owned place that I highly recommend all Houstonian's frequent. read more

Sweets are good... so is chat, but other food not so.. Recommend Karhi (yogurt curry)..have a good lunch special, but primarily vegetarian.. Limited parking! read more

I had the Chicken Tikka Marsala and it was excellent. I had no idea what the sides were but the staff was very helpful and let me try a couple of the sides. I will definitely be going back. read more

We tried their papri chaat, samosas, and mixed mithayi. The sweets had gulab jamun, moti choor laddu, besan laddu, and two other mithayis forgetting the name. Everything was super delicious. One of the best places we have tried since we have been in Houston for sweets. Will highly recommend them. Service was excellent too. read more

Got food poisoning after eating chicken curry here. Tasted great but I paid for it the next day.

Poor service and rude ladies . Samosas and other snacks are awful. Stale oil was used. Not once but two times the samosas tasted bitter because of the oil. Will never visit again. read more

Came here to try Indian sweets, but actually liked the curry chicken and mango lassi more than anything. (We are not Indian, so we don't have any history with the sweets -- this review is aimed at non-Indians.) First we decided to have dinner -- my husband ordered the curry chicken, rice and okra. Everything on his plate was absolutely delicious -- seriously, the best curry chicken and rice in Texas. My daughter and I ordered Tandoori chicken, sag paneer (spinach with cheese cubes) and naan bread. The sag paneer was yummy, as was the fluffy, yet crispy naan. The Tandoori chicken was pretty bad -- the counter lady got it out of the fridge and microwaved it in front of us. It was very dry. As others have stated, the portions were very generous (except for the Tandoori chicken -- one measly little piece -- but in this case, I wouldn't have wanted more). We also shared a mango lassi (kind of like a smoothie), and it was very delicious. For dessert, we just really wanted to taste a bit of everything, so we bought one of nearly all the sweets (about 15 pieces , which came to $20). That was a big mistake. To our non-Indian palates, the majority of the sweets tasted very similar (bland and unpleasant) and had the consistency of space sand. There were a couple of sweets that were tasty to us, including the gulab jamun (the round, fried dough balls in syrup), the jalebi (the bright orange funnel cake-looking ones) and (not sure of the name, possibly rasmalai or rasgulla?) the white cheese balls with the red dot in the middle, which had the taste and consistency of sweet ricotta cheese. We actually ended up throwing most of the sweets away. However, it does appear that the sweets at Raja are very authentic -- many Indians came in during our 2 hours there just to buy the sweets, so obviously, they are very tasty to Indian palates. All in all the food was great (except the Tandoori chicken), but the sweets were not appealing to us non-Indians. The atmosphere is not very appealing either, it's in a dingy strip mall, and the food is served in line, cafeteria-style. read more

Just love this place. It's great for desserts and their kadhi is so so yummy. Their savory dnacks too are delicious. Hubby dear loves the chai. A must stop when we go to Hillcroft. read more

If you don't know how authentic Indian food taste like don't go to this place you may get disappointed and probably leave them bad rating on yelp. I am not from there management actually I am new to Houston and at Raja sweets I had the best authentic Indian food I ever had, there snacks are yummy, sweets outstandingly good and they make best chola bhatura. My suggestion is their gulab jamuns. Before you go here you have to understand that Raja sweets is not a mainstream restaurant its just like a road side food in India but clean and well managed. read more

What a disappointment! I imagine their sweets must be mind-blowing because their chaat is just plain meh. I ordered a pani puri and two samosas. The samosas were heated up in a microwave which isn't necessarily an issue but they were soggy and mostly flavorless. The Pani Puri was probably the least interested I have had anywhere in Houston. I don't need great service, I don't care about the atmosphere... its about the food. If the food doesn't stand up, then forget it. One and done. Plenty of places on Hillcroft worth visiting over this. read more

wow where can i start. i used to visit raja way back in the day. early 1990's it was superb back then. however, unfortunately since the owner passed away, this place has gone to the dogs. my favorite sweet is the chum chum. ordered half a dozen and went to the car and tried one- it tasted like curry- they may have spilt some curry sauce in it or something but it tasted like one of the entree items- i told them about this and they told me to get lost. in past visits, ive found multiple strands of hair in my meal andthey said they would exchange it for free, but my apetite was killed. this and the waythey nuke the tandoori chicken is a bad way to serve food. this place used to be the best indian joint on hillcroft back in the day, but now i dont even step foot inside. go over to something else read more

used to kind of like this place until today. ordered a pani puri and asked to have it there. the lady said we could only get it to-go even though there was a huge family along with three other tables eating dinner but whatever that was fine i honestly didn't care. we decided to also get a papri chaat to-go as well..this is where my problem begins and why i had to write a review, the lady used her BARE HANDS in front of me to grab my pani puri and to crush the crunchy stuff atop my chat. why not use gloves or the tongs and spoons that are clearly provided. so gross!! anyway we get home to where i plan to pass on this food to my brother since i'm officially disgusted and the dip for the pani puri has spilled all over the bag from her rush to get us out. ugh! worst customer service and hygiene..dilpasand is way better and my go to spot from now on even though it's far. read more

love their pakora, gulab jamun and gulab jamun sandwich, samosas and jalebi. their gulab jamuns are amazing! i love the sauces they give with the samosas and pakora. downside to this place, no labels on the snacks, so u don't know what any of the sweets are called. The one thing I don't like is that they will make you to wait without greeting you and take orders from other customers who have come after you, that just walk up and behave with no manners. read more

Great Indian food at an unbeatable price! Shared one plate of butter chicken and a side of spinach with my girlfriend and it was more than enough! read more

This review is only about Jalebi because that is the only thing I get from there. They have the best Jalebi. I have not tried other things since I don't live in Houston. We just get some sweets from there whenever we travel to houston. read more

The food and overall experience was great! The goat curry and naan were outstanding. After seeing this place on Bizzare Foods America I knew I had to try it. It did not disappoint. Highly recommend it! The sweets were also very good even when I didn't know their names. Definitely my go to for indian food now. read more

I tried the butter chicken. Butter chicken is my staple Indian dish. However, this was the worse butter chicken I have ever tried. I had high hopes for the butter chicken after researching on the web. read more

I love this place. Great value, great food... I'll definitely swing back around whenever I'm in Hillcroft area. Try the butter chicken... it's yum. The portions are pretty big so don't go crazy with the ordering. read more

Where can you find the best gulab jamun in the world?...Raja Sweets! That's a fact! Just google "Andrew Zimmer Raja Sweets"

Raja was the first Indian restaurant that brought the concept to reasonable priced and good indian food to Houston. Restaurant is owned by a Indian family from Punjab so the food is truly authentic Punjabi. My favorite is Kadhi and chicken tikka. One negative side is that bathrooms are dirty. read more

I've been eating Indian food here for 22 years now. This place is a dive, and the service is always lousy. The food is not made to order, and is done cafeteria style. The food is greasy, and heavy. Still I love this food. The food is very inexpensive, and taste so good. I order to go. I usually get the samosa, chicken curry, saag paneer, Chole, or whatever vegetable they have, Naan, and a dessert. I take it home and voila dinner is served. read more

My husband, my toddler son and I were traveling from Arkansas to Texas for our anniversary trip this August. We are big lovers of Indian sweets, and would always shop at our local Indian store for them, but they weren't a huge selection, so we would often buy in large quantity to bring back to Arkansas whenever we met some good ones during our trips. We searched online and found Raja, it does have an impressively large selection of sweets and they are very tasty too. Though we are enthusiast, we don't know all the names of the sweets but love to try new varieties . We asked the lady behind the counter to pack 3 pieces of each item, she seemed doubtful, she asked us if we want this one, this one, whenever she is packing them, when we come to an item that looks like winter melon pieces in syrup, she asked if I want that one too, I was curious and asked her what it is, she then proceed to ignore us and skip over that item. After she packed a few items, she spoke in her language with an older gentleman behind her, she laughed and the old gentleman spoke something, then she immediately put the whole box of sweets on the scale and let me see how heavy it is, I proceed to say ok. She asked if I want some more and I say yes, she packed some more items, but kept casting me doubting looks here and there, I didn't want to be look upon as playing some pranks on her or something so I just chose a few more items and paid the 4Ibs of sweets. I just want to say this first experience in Raja left me a bad taste in my mouth, the sweets are good, but it is really not nice to treat the customers as bumps when they are placing large orders, sometimes people just love certain food and buy lots , plus we are from out of town. Must I act like those snobbish rich people in movies and place big stack of cash on counter to show I have the money to buy what I am ordering? Their sweets are good, but I certainly would not go back, I have far better experience in buying Indian sweets than this. For example, Sukhadia in Chicago has just as large quantity of Indian sweets too, but the people there are very nice and courteous. read more