Maharajah Tandoori in Rugby

Sadly I have to agree with another review on here. The food when delivered, was a tasteless mess. We ordered, amongst others, a chicken korma and a biriani. All the sauces were runny and more of a sad packet soup mix than a sauce. Actually, a packet soup would have had more flavour. I will never use this restaurant again and advise everyone else to do the same .... or buy a pot noodle for a better experience.

Worst food and worst Restaurant to visit. We ordered Paneer masala curry and butter naan the total was something around 19 pounds but they charged us of 22 pounds. Don’t ever visit this place

I’ve never written a review like this, but I feel it's important to share my terrible experience at Maharaja Tandoori Restaurant in Rugby. We went there for dinner on my birthday, expecting a nice meal. As soon as we stepped inside, we were hit by a damp, musty smell, which might have felt stronger since we had just come from fresh air. Eventually, we got used to it, but the problems continued. We noticed a hair on the table, and without us saying anything, the waiter noticed and removed it We ordered starters, but they were undercooked, and things only got worse. We hoped the mains would be better, but they weren't. The Puri was undercooked, and the color of the food was off—it just looked unappetizing. We also ordered Keema Barata and Tandoori Chicken, but the Tandoori Chicken was the toughest and most undercooked chicken I’ve ever had. To make matters worse, we even ordered a Coke, and it was served flat, with no Fizz in it When we pointed out the undercooked chicken to the staff, they offered a replacement, but we declined, suspecting the chicken was old stock. Given that it was a Monday, the food seemed like it had been sitting around for a while—completely inedible, tough, and undercooked. I rarely complain about food, but this was by far the worst dining experience I’ve had in the UK. The starters weren’t cooked properly, the Tandoori wasn’t cooked, and even the Coke was flat! This place shouldn’t call itself an Indian restaurant. To make matters worse, after I got home, I had severe vomiting, which only added to the disaster of the evening.

the beautiful atmosphere, the impressive service and the very good and delicious food

Customer service was excellent a very nice gentleman on the phone kindly gave us lots of time and support when trying to order a curry on the uber apps app the curry was sublime 10/10 😄

The service charge was included and the boss asking for cash so we will get 10 % discount wat a shame.we will shan't be going back there again. The mango chutny so runny

Just casual night out with my friends. Felt very rushed boss is abruptly rude and one waiter said they dnt get the tips unless cash because boss forced them to give it back

Warm beer, bland curry and to make it worse they can't add up a bill of three items correctly. Had some better experiences here previously but won't be returning

Great tasting food but stomach always feels a bit off after

Been here a number of times over a few year. Staff are always attentive and polite, service reflects this. Food is consistently good and good sized portions with quality ingredients.

Food was faultless, sheek kebab starter was lovely, chicken tikka jalfreizi was great. Serviced quick and friendly

Lovely food. A top choice if dining out in Rugby.

Terrible food, portion size and Rude staff. Ruined my new years eve. I will never return. Massively disappointed, after reading previous positive reviews.

Terrible food, portion size and rude staff. I won't ever return. Disappointed

Nice food, bit on the pricey side. The guy who took the order was not happy when we didnt order a main dish for each person(to the point of being rude) there were 2 adults and 2 children so obviously the children had some of ours as they simply wouldnt have eaten a main to themselves.

Ordered pizza and mixed pakora. Took an hour and both were freezing. Will not be ordering again, not exactly cheap.

If you are looking for reviews and want to decide where to eat Indian food then you should honestly read reviews given by Indians for an Indian restaurant. Bland food , same tomato puree base is used for every veg and non veg dish. Tandoori roti is best avoided.

Very friendly and high quality restaurant. I love the poppadoms and sauces. We all enjoyed our main meals. My tandoori king prawn massala was magnificent

It was worst experience, ordered tandoori roti, it was not cooked properly.

Takeaway. Mixed grill Naan Korma Biryani Food average, nothing special. All curry very mild but otherwose nicely flavoured.

Very clean. Friendly helpful staff who made suggestions for a side dish for my teen and treated us all well.

Great food and service pleasantly surprised 4 if us with drinks and food for £100.

Well food awesome popadoms amazing and very crisp then pakora starter perfect and so tasty. Main wow. The experience was great and staff omg brilliant so yes I give that a five guys go for it it’s great

Have eaten here twice recently and I've become a fan! The food is absolutely beautiful, they go the extra mile to tailor the spicing to my preferences. The service is exceptional, they care about their customers and pay attention to every detail with precision. I also like the relative privacy between tables, the layout suits every need, as I don't like noisy restaurants. I will return and would highly recommend this brilliant place. :)

Ordered a takeaway and was delivered on time and food was piping hot. Food was fresh and delicious with healthy portion sizes, the naans were perfect and the onion bhajis were crispy, solid effort from the resturant and would highly recommend this place

We regularly visit here with work when working away on business. The food never let's us down. Very tasty! The staff are friendly and never have we had a bad experience at this place. Highly recommended by our whole team.

I have been to this restaurant many times the food is always excellent. Went out for my hubby's birthday and service was poor. People who sat down after us had drinks and food before us! Shame really.

Food very good. Great chutney tray for the poppadoms!

This is an interesting one good lady and I fancy to curry as we haven't had one for quite a while so as I was traveling through rugby I decided to have a quick look at Google Maps recommendations for curry houses in Rugby they're quite a few to choose from with 4.4 star ratings and good number of reviews but this particular establishment came at the top so I thought in for Penny in for a pound, un arrival I was greeted by a member of staff who is very friendly very polite and took my order in Great details I'm inquired how long it was going to for my takeaway I was told only 10 minutes. 10 minutes arrived and like a seen out of Mr Ben where the shop owner appeared like magic ( old kids tv reference) a waiter appeared carrying my takeaway beautifully on time. I rushed home with Great Expectations but this where things started to go arey...... after unpacking it all first impressions were good it all looked very nice but to be honest with you it was very Bland and really lacked any form of heat or excitement having been a regular customer of a Indian restaurant in Lutterworth the food really let down the atmosphere of this restaurant the staff who were exceptional. I really don't want to give a three-star rating to this establishment because it has so many good things going for it but the number one thing they specialize in was underwhelmingly Bland really a great disappointment to both my good lady and I, sorry guys but must try harder on the food front.

Very nice restaurant. Cool and comfortable inside. Good service. Food was very nice. Very polite and friendly staff. Only thing was my vindaloo wasent hot enough but very nice. Would recomend it but book before you go as it was very busy

This is not an Indian cuisine at all. Food is bland and not up to the Indian standards. Perhaps name the restaurant after any country that do not fetch the customers. Never Again.

Does this chef know what vegetables are. The vegetable biryani was bland no flavour as far as we could make out there was only cabbage stewed until it had no flavour, we also had a butter chicken that tasted like it was from a jar. I wouldn’t recommend anybody going here it was a total disappointment.

Still the best Indian restaurant in rugby, enjoyed a lovely meal with my wife in a pleasant atmosphere 😊😊

Stunning food and great price. Staff very friendly.

Dropped in for a take away, great friendly service, prices are as any other eat out venue,. Our food was superb, starter and main, prawn and very succulent melt in the mouth lamb, thanks

What a find this place was, fantastic food great service and good prices, really friendly and helpful staff, we had a fantastic evening, worth a visit.

Consistently good but food was a little cold today when we ordered a takeaway

Five stars all round, says it all really, so well done guys

Food was overpriced compared to quality and quantity. A poor experience on this occasion.

Food was served 'just' warm, chicken was over cooked, hot plate wasn't sizzling for the tikka, fish was over cooked from frozen,plates the food was served on were cold and not heated, no one asked if our food was ok? not value for money, especially for what we got....won't be going back....

Helpful staff, prompt service, lovely food.

Good value tasty curry. Friendly staff

Not been here for a long time, I'm glad to have returned it was fabulous

Poppadoms were over done, Chicken Tikka Starter was 7/10, Lamb Madras ＆ Mushroom Fried rice was 8/10 and Keema Naan Bread was 9/10. Was on a works do, I would go there again if there if no other Indian Resurants were available at the time.

Food was brilliant. Hot temperature, nice flavour (wasn't overly spicy) and great portion size as well. I'm a fairly big guy and I was plenty full enough after my Biryani. Would recommend.

Lovely food and very nice atmosphere

Fantastic food well presented & great staff. Friendly & quick. Had 5 kids from 12-1 year old with us. No problem & staff unfazed by special food requests.

Usually my go to Indian but food and service disappointing this time.

Amazing food and the service was increadible

The food was tangy with a hit of bad meat and served chicken leg instead of chicken breast on a Tandoori mixed grill. Then to be told that it’s a £1 charge for taking away left over Bombay potatoes that we’d already paid for.

I took my two sons here earlier in the year. We had a reasonable meal that all enjoyed. As a consequence my younger son visited with friends last week. They had a nice time and meal was of a good standard. He did not finish his meal and asked if it could be bagged up so he could take home. He was informed that there would be a bagging charge of £1 which he paid. I personally think that this a disgusting charge especially as the bill came to circa £120. If it had been me would have refused to pay. He and hid fiends will not use the restaurant again and I will not either. Own goal in my opinion !!

Very nice food prepared fresh and at a good price.

So glad to have discovered an amazing Indian restaurant. Amazing food and nice decor. Very helpul and knowledgeable staff who are more than happy to provide information about any dish on the menu.

Very tast food with fast snd friendly service. Prices were quite high after poppadoms, rice and naan, but can’t complain about any of the experience.

The food is very good and the prices are reasonable, I definitely recommend a visit to try the Lamb Saagwala

Worst curry I’ve ever had and I’ve had many. Ordered a Thali and Pathia. Just bland is the only way to describe it. I’ve cooked better currys at home from a jar. Quite a bizarre experience and when we informed them, there was no interest. This has been a family favourite restaurant for many years, such a shame. Won’t be returning

This is mix grill I have order for £12.99, not really happy with the food portion taste was less than good

Vegans be warned. The 'base sauce' they use for everything isn't vegan. So they were very professional, and helpful, and they made the effort and I appreciate that. But what I got was three dishes with no sauce, so overall a 'dry' meal.

Very poor and totally disappointed Being of Indian ethnicity I found this food to be very bland and not 5 star

Great, quick service and tasty food. My husband got his eggs which he loves with curry. More variety in desserts too, so that pretty cheesecake was delicious!

Great place, always our go to for a curry

Adequate but ultimately disappointing. Four of us went, shared poppadoms and starters (which were OK) and had our own mains. My butter chicken was bland (yes, it's supposed to be fairly mild but it had very little taste). My daughter asked for lamb pasanda (which is also mild) but asked for it spicy. They said they couldn't do it! Never had that response in an Indian restaurant before! The result was - yes, it was bland. The peshwari naan was also chewy. The other two mains were OK.

Quick trip out with the boss and never been to this place before.. Food was nice but the service was a little bit slow at times. Price was about what you would expect for a curry house.

Nice meal, nice surroundings, and good service. A little on the expensive side.

My wife,my son and I ate at this establishment just before new year and having not tried it before were not disappointed The food was delicious and the staff very friendly and helpful

Great food, nice atmosphere, great service

Excellent service, food and service. Would fully recommend.

Haven’t been for while but it’s nice to know that last nights meal was amazing and served quickly with pride and politeness. Well done

Had an enjoyable night food was great and great company ( works Xmas do ).

Best curry in Rugby! Food amazing, staff very friendly.

Have used the Maharajah for a number of years, when in the area. Always a warm welcome. Food is always excellent quality, tasty, not full of weird colours and the staff are attentive, polite and friendly. Shame its 240 miles from home.

Didn't enjoy the food unfortunately. I would try it again, but maybe order something else.

Nice reception, friendly staff. Service was good. Food was hot and nice.

Nice internal decor, clean looking and lovely white tablecloth’s, the staff were really helpful and attentive. The poppadoms were really good, crispy and no grease, the chutneys were also very good. The main course was bland, had no taste at all, butter chicken tikka it could have been anything. The pilau rice was white and more like boiled rice, the peshwari naan was dry and tasteless plus really small. Really disappointed with my food, my friends said they enjoyed there meals but one like me felt underwhelmed.

Great friendly environment with tasty meal and good drinks

Very nice meal. Dident have to wait long for it. Staff was very helpful. All in all it was very goid

Great Indian food , helpful and polite service . Will return soon !

Ordered chicken tikka takeaway pilau rice popodums dips nann bread Cost me 23££ Not much chicken mostly sauce and sauce no flavour or depth to it worse one I’ve had to be fair. Popudoms small nann was nann no seasoning bland bread. One of the worse curries ect I’ve had will not order again still hungry lol after 23£ curry lol. If u like food that’s bland go here never again for me thanks

Excellent quality curry house with great food and modern decor. Standard curry restaurant menu, food cooked more naturally with less colourings than many places. For example, pilau actually has cumin, cardomom and cinnamon pieces rather than multi colour food dye! Tikka really nice, Dhansak great, lots of lentils but no pineapple! Dakeshwari (mild with fenugreek) on the menu which is a rare and delicious choice. Best selection of dips and chutneys to go with poppadoms including lime pickle as standard 😋

Excellent my golden memories placed

We love the Maharajah. Have been going here for years and the food is always great quality and the staff are so friendly!

Very poor experience. Had takeaway today and had one mouthful and the bin had the rest as been vomiting for last 3 hrs as something disagreed with me. Will not be using again please to say.

Have eaten here a few times when lodging for work. The food has always been faultless. Tonight though a new aspect. Lodging in lockdown where we are totally reliant on takaways for all food the guys here have again excelled. I am repleat! !

A regular visit for me when I visit Rugby. Staff are always welcoming and friendly, and the food is very well cooked and tasty.

We visited this restaurant for the first time based on looking at other people's reviews. My expectations were high and I have to say I was not disappointed. From the moment we entered to dine in, the staff were so attentive and attended to our every requirement with care and initiative. I had my 10 month old baby with me and the staff were so accommodating and friendly. We did not feel rushed at all and dined comfortably. The food was delicious and the interior of the restaurant is of a high standard. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed our evening. Thank you to the staff especially for making this a great place to visit.

Great service as usual food perfect

Friendly efficient takeaway service. Generous portions piping hot and ready on time (we ordered in advance).

After first few bites had to throw all 3 items into bin. My stomach is still a bit upset from those few bites. Ordered chef’s special butter chicken tikka and it had no taste, chicken pieces were so hard that I’ve never eaten such bland/tasteless and hard chicken tikka ever! I also Chicken biriyani and have never tasted anything so pathetic. I could taste raw turmeric on rice and chicken. Again it was tasteless and chicken was smelling stale. Never tasted such atrocious biriyani in my life. The vegetables curry was smelling stale too and was tasteless. Never eaten such pathetic food. Order Did not live up to the other great reviews I read. Never ordering again from here!

Delicious food, fast service, big variety of dishes

Very disappointed because I odered a midrass and was more like a korma .. very disappointed 😡

A very bad experience at a very overpriced restaurant (even with £10 a head off). Yesterday evening (17/08/20), myself and 7 friends pre-booked a table at 19:00. We all arrived promptly before the booking time and were seated within a couple of minutes with our soft drinks order taken not long after - The best part of the meal in my opinion! The restaurant was busy, however nothing abnormal to a usual Friday or Saturday evening. After 30 minutes of waiting, we had to ask a waiter to make our food order. 15 minutes later, the overcooked poppadoms arrived - Usual flavour and selection of dips, nothing to write home about. 25 minutes later, the starters finally arrived - Horrendous. You could instantly tell that all of these starters were rushed, shocking presentation and very bland. For example, the 'Chicken Chat' was presented on a mound of basic lettuce, with a small slice of lemon and a baby food portion of regurgitated chicken and sauce. 55 minutes after we finished our starters, the so called 'mains' arrived, plates followed 5 minutes after. Again, you could instantly feel these meals were rushed and given zero time and thought. All of the meals & sides were lukewarm and the portion size was half of what you would have expect e.g. The 'Mixed Grill' at a full cost of £12.95 included again a mound of basic lettuce, 3 small chunks of chicken, 3 small chunks of lamb, half a lamb sheek kebab and a chicken leg. All of the food was dry and had the feeling that it had been microwaved. Given how bad our overall experience was, after 15 minutes of waiting for our plates to be removed, we all got up and stood at the bar to pay the bill. Being typical British, we paid all of what was due - £17.50 pp. I will also say at not one point throughout the night did a single waiter ask how our food/experience was. My feelings are that the waiters knew their service & food wasn't up to the required basic standard so did not want to ask. Overall, I would not visit or entertain this place. Given this is Rugby most highly priced Indian restaurant within the town center, it is not good enough. There are many others within a 200m radius that are far better priced and at a much higher standard. A restaurant reaping the reward of currently knowing the Monday - Wednesday government scheme will be busy and just taking the money!

As a treat.. nice friendly restaurant

The food and staff where amazing and so helpful as this was my first time out for a meal since lockdown I have been here before always Brilliant

Had a takeaway from here on Saturday, it was ready at time quoted for collection, food was amazing, hot, tasty, absolutely delicious, so glad they’re back open. Best In Rugby 🙌🏼

Our favourite date night place to eat

Decent food, friendly staff and comfortable setting. Nothing really above and beyond but well worth a visit. Would recommend

Disappointing food was bland with very little penetration of flavours into chicken just surface coating. Service was also mediocre

I invited 2 very special friends to say Thankyou .Food was good ,quite expensive ,very good service but the room felt cold .

Excellent food and good service.

Love this restaurant, food excellent service is great, can't wait to go back