T & J Mahal in Portsmouth

Had a takeaway from here when staying in the area. Good portion sizes but not much flavour to be honest. I had chicken tikka balti, tiny pieces of chicken but loads of rice. My friend had chicken tikka masala - hardly any chicken and loads of sauce. Not a patch on the curry I get where I live. Disappointing.

Worst indian food in the uk, not authentic at all. Potatoes and peas in rajma? You gotta be kidding me? Sweet paneer masala??? Waste of money

Always good good and service at this restaurant, you feel welcomed and looked after.

Very good curries, enjoyed by the whole family & good price. We came across this restaurant by chance & had a very good meal.

Not sure what happened to night but the meal was very disappointing this evening 😕 hard chicken hardly any favours.

Closed at 10.25 no point in saying open till 23.3

Had a lamb biryani take away. It was mixed with beef. When I rang them, all I got was a rude man "if you ordered lamb biryani you will get lamb biryani." I know the difference between lamb and beef.

Great eveing out with the work gang. Typical indian food well cooked and swrvice again typically indian but all good. Recommended.

Had many good meals here over the years but something has changed! Three of us had very bland food and warm/flat drinks. Highlight was popadoms. We left most of the mains as they had no real flavour. We were not given the chance to give feedback. Perhaps our fault for going on a Monday? The fact we were the only diners was probably a clue. A huge fall from grace for T&J. Not sure what has happened but we wont be back.

Best curry house in Portsmouth consistent in quality has amazing choice and reasonable priced if u love curry put this place on your radar 👌

Wouldn't come here again, food was served and contained plastic, we tried sending our dishes back and simply asked not to be charged as we had barely ate any food, and were told that the plastic was "fine" and was not a health hazard. Food didn't even taste that good, bad customer service, bad food.

This was ordered as a takeaway. The food was all good except we ordered x3 garlic naans and all three were inedible. They were greasy and really tough. You couldn’t even rip them apart. Really disappointed.

Really friendly owner and brilliant food and service, I think it's best curry house in town.

Very good quality food, tasty and sufficient in quantity, I would recommend this restaurant. Only one very small comment and that was a tendancy of the waiter to try to up sell us more more food when we had already ordered more than plenty which would have been a waste had we ordered more.

We had a very friendly welcome and shown to our table. The owner was polite and funny. All of the staff were happy. It was such a nice atmosphere. We had starters, I had the onion bahji which was presented beautifully there were 3 with nice salad and sauce. Everyone’s starter was really nice. We all had different main meals and they were all very large and very delicious. The whole evening was really lovely, we will definitely be returning to the best Indian restaurant in Portsmouth.

Amazing Dinner at Taj Restaurant.

Our favourite Indian restaurant. Love the food. They take care of us in a way you don't find very often these days. Our first meal out after returning holidays. A real treat.

Visited on a Wednesday, so was quiet. The venue, is clean, trendy and authentic, no faults there. There were 2 of us and we ordered: Mixed kebab starter - nice and tasty, though presentation a little lackluster. Onion bharjis - no issue, very tasty Lamb bhuna - fantastic, thick, Lamb tasty. Stunning to be fair!!! Lamb Rogan Josh - very tasty Pilau rice - no complaints Brinjal bhaji - actually fantastic Roti - crispy, no complaints Special credit as well for serving a different beer than the usual Cobra in Bombay Bicycle (along with Kingfisher). Was also VERY well priced! So...why not 5*??? Well, sadly the portions were the smallest I've been served in recent memory. Both combined would have really only stocked up one plate fully, which is a shame as I actually felt hungry on way home!!!

Visited on a Wednesday, so was quiet. The venue, is clean, trendy and authentic, no faults there. There were 2 of us and we ordered: Mixed kebab starter - nice and tasty, though presentation a little lackluster. Onion bharjis - no issue, very tasty Lamb bhuna - fantastic, thick, Lamb tasty. Stunning to be fair!!! Lamb Rogan Josh - very tasty Pilau rice - no complaints Brinjal bhaji - actually fantastic Roti - crispy, no complaints Special credit as well for serving a different beer than the usual Cobra in Bombay Bicycle (along with Kingfisher). Was also VERY well priced! So...why not 5*??? Well, sadly the portions were the smallest I've been served in recent memory. Both combined would have really only stocked up one plate fully, which is a shame as I actually felt hungry on way home!!!

This is by far one of the worst Indian restaurants in the area! The miserable waiter/barman really sets the scene! He really needs some customer service lessons. I ordered the Garlic Chilli Chicken which was served in literally 5 minutes after I arrived and I know why! The chicken was rubbery which proved to me that it had been pre cooked and then reheated, the sauce was watery and very bland with no spice or heat and was just mush in my opinion. I really struggle to see why people give this place a good rating, I will never go back.

Waste of money. Terrible customer service.

Excellent food and great service

It is difficult to understand how this gets 4 stars. Apart from the dispondant waiter, it started ok with fresh poppadoms and a good selection of chutneys. It then took a 5G nosedive with some tasteless, overcharged barely marinated dry lamb chops followed by a similarly awefull lamb curry that had no flavour. The separately pre-boiled lamb in the curry was so disconnected and didn't work. Moreover, the chapatis were soaking wet from steam. If I wasn't so hungry, I would have left.

Wanted to leave a review on trust pilot but struggled to find the restaurant on there. Absolutely love this restaurant! Food not only taste amazing but looks amazing too. Check out my plate. 🤤 I had 2 of these. I nearly made my partner go back for more onion bargies!!! Mmm!!!

Their behaviour is too good. Mr. Lala is amazing

Consistently great food, good value and efficient service. What more could you want? Love this place 😊

I had a great experience ordering a take away from here. The food arrived 20 minutes earlier than they predicted and the food tasted great! Excellent levels of spice and heat. I will definitely order again.

A restaurant that serves Indian meals only. The restaurant is quiet, beautiful, and clean. It has a bathroom. The furniture is compatible. It is worth a visit. A restaurant that serves Indian meals only. The restaurant is quiet, beautiful, and clean. It has a bathroom. The furniture is compatible. It is worth a visit.

Very bed food and service very bed behaviour at manager...

Picked the restaurant from TripAdvisor and followed the map directions on the App. Went in at 7:30 and only 3 others were in at a table on Thier own, however my reservations were overcome when the starter of Onion Bhaji arrived and then the main of Lamb curry, mushroom rice, aloo Gobi and a peshwari nan. All served hot without a wait and the nan filled with almonds and nuts etc. A good meal all around, and within an hour another 13 people came in in 4; separate parties. Confirming my believe that good restaurants are busy and poor ones look empty.

Great food, very good customer service!

Ordered delivery and honestly very unimpressed with everything that arrived was feeling very excited all the food sounded great. Once it arrived which was in a good time and driver was very nice, ate the food the portions were small compared to other Indians in Portsmouth I’ve tired, flavour was incredibly bland on everything ordered. Very unimpressed better tasting and better prices Indian food from other places in Portsmouth for delivery.

In my opinion one of the best Indian restaurants in Portsmouth, great food, great menu, friendly service. Highly recommended

The staff is incredibly rude. I dont eat curry due to some eating disorder.. but i went in and ordered some chips and naan, paratha. Mind you, all these items were listed separately on the menu.. and the waitor was incredibly rude and said "If you dont order curry, you cant have the rest!" I have been to many indian restaurants and never came across such a weird rule. I asked him where does it say in the restaurant that you cant have anything if you dont order curry, he just said "it doesnt say anywhere but that is the rule!" In the most disrespectful way possible. Absolute trash

AVOID! We ordered a prawn bhuna, which was disastrous and absolutely disgusting. The prawn bhuna had no spices whats so ever, not even cumin, ginger or SALT. The massive tomato within the curry was not cooked one bit and the prawns were overcooked and rubbery. My friend even felt sick after one or two bites. The pilau rice was clumped up. It resembled second day rice that’s found at the bottom of the pan. The man was quite forceful, telling us that a curry is supposed to have no spices. We paid £17 basically for air! I’ve had my fair share of Indian food and this was not it!

Would really recommend, nice relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff but more importantly the food was delicious and reasonably priced, would definitely go back when visiting this area again.

Amazing food and friendly service as always!

Nice little restaurant that we have eaten at a couple of times, food is good and the staff are friendly.

We found the T&J Mahal completely by accident, my wife and I had been to see a show in Portsmouth and wanted to find an curry restaurant that would still be open at 11pm on a Saturday night. Wow, I am really into my curries, and I have to say that it was one of the best I have ever had, the menu is varied and includes the classic dishes along with their specialities, I thoroughly recommend the Zallnaga. The staff were really attentive and friendly. I will definitely visit T&J Mahal again if ever I am in the area, this is a real gem in the Bangladeshi restaurant crown .

We found the T&J Mahal completely by accident, my wife and I had been to see a show in Portsmouth and wanted to find a curry restaurant that would still be open at 11pm on a Saturday night. Wow, I am really into my curries, and I have to say that it was one of the best I have ever had, the menu is varied and includes the classic dishes along with their specialities, I thoroughly recommend the Zallnaga. The staff were really attentive and friendly. I will definitely visit T&J Mahal again if ever I am in the area, this is a real gem in the Bangladeshi restaurant crown .

I got an extra pappad with my sizzler

At best, this is a recreation of Indian food in a pirated version. The Palak Paneer was more like Palak on Paneer. Completely different dishes and I feel conned by it. Furthermore why does every chicken dish have chicken as a tikka in it? Just kills the taste. Also, the waiter gave judgemental looks because I went in with my girlfriend and we are not married yet. Probably it would be worth adjusting to British culture and improving the quality of food to get in more customers.

Absolutely amazing food as always x

Just had a delivery, and it was excellent! Really fresh, lovely meat, piping hot and super tasty! The complimentary poppadoms and relishes were a lovely touch (and quickly eaten). Thank you! Will certainly be back!

Always love a tasty takeaway from here! Also an amazing meal. Well what an amazing experience. 5 stars for everything ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastic Food. Wonderful Staff. Outstanding Service. Great people. So much fun! Always treated so well and I couldn’t recommend T&J enough - an all round great evening always! Thank you so much for making an evening so special!! We will be back soon 🥳

Reasonable priced, good food. Nice restaurant.

Food was ok but the prices on the web site are half what they really are. So a rip off really, very quiet when we went and felt rushed

You can't call this food I had a puddle of grease no flavour and completely over priced I would expect some onions and mushrooms in my curry but it's rubbery chicken and coloured sauce that's all

Very bad Restaurant with bad customer service... dont know how to behave with customers...

Worst experience, not at all good. Zero star. Very bad customer service. Price is affordable, but no taste and very low quality.

Welcome was good, menu, choice was ok, food average. A little on the pricey side.

We went again last week very disappointing. My food was tastless. Onion barges ok . Staff Lovely, place clean, parking nearby.

Great back street pub South sea side locals pub. Nice outside beer garden.

Lovely food great atmosphere and friendly staff

Absolutely love this restaurant. The guys that run it and the food that comes out of the kitchen are both a great experience.

My local Indian restaurant within walking distance as we all know fuel in cars is getting very expensive now. So I'm lucky to have such a good restaurant so close.

Very good Indian restaurant, very good food. Happy with our choice. Friendly staff. We would stay, we would happily return.

Got take out. Couldn’t eat the tikka makhani. It was too oily, got put off at first glance. The lamb curry was bland and not spicy enough. The samosas would have been nicer if they were restaurant made. The naans were warm.

Home delivery review. Food turned up wonderfully presented and hot. A couple of free poppadoms included, which is always appreciated! All very tasty and will certainly use again.

Low quality food. Curry is tasteless and sauces are coloured using food colouring. Mint sauce is glowing like its radiated. There are much better Indian places around the city, which actually care about their food.

Food very good but surly service. Waiters need to working on their softer hosting skills, and try to look interested. Even when I tipped them (I know I know).

hello,me &my partner went friday 8th April 2022, got table easy ordered popadoms still eating them when mains came rolling down to table on trolley,had to get them to put on end of table why we finished, was being rushed and over serviced has was quiet also a dirty main plate had to get changed,meal was ok ish not the best indian meal had,but was uncomfortable with service waiters hoovering over you and walking up/down,and quite expensive 2 adults starters popadoms & mains and drinks £50

Last time I reviewed this restaurant it was hugely positive. But something wasnt quite right this time, so maybe it was just a bad night. Or maybe the world of curry has changed and this place hasn't kept up. Seemed to lack a finesse that should typically come with the higher than average prices. Nice place and the staff are decent. And the morning after shows that the food is decent quality (!)

Full disclosure, we are regulars here, but even so... We have never had a bad meal at T&Js, but tonight's meal was wonderful, our favourite Indian restaurant in Portsmouth.

Amazing food with authentic Indian taste , staff are quite polite and friendly. Good for family parties, get together with friends even solo it is perfect spot for Indian cuisine dinner.

An excellent meal. Food was great. Good selection of dishes and fresh made. Decent size portion and friendly service. Would definitely come back.

Amazing food, fast service. Good value

Watery cold mixed grill, tasteless goan king prawn, bread and sundries not delivered I’ve never had a worse curry. It’s a real shame as I’ve had a few sit downs which have been nice….

Fantastically friendly and hospitable staff, my favourite Indian, both sit in and take away.

Amazing food, great service, good price, highly recommended, thanks for making our city break that little bit better:)

What an absolute disappointment! I’d been craving a good Indian and thought this would be it. Sadly not! We ordered scallops, we asked how many we would get as we were sharing. We were told 6. The scallops were either frozen or from a tin, tiny and added to a tasteless sauce. Mango chutney was not good, a strange pink/red unnatural colour. The main dishes were tasteless, the first time ever I have needed to add salt to an Indian meal. It cost £110 for 3 of us. As you can imagine we left very upset and disappointed ☹️

I feel absolutely ashamed of my 3 star rating but even though the meal tasted incredible, lovely and hot, best onion bahjis ever! There was a bone in my curry and my partners curry was warm at best! I'm truly hoping this was an outlier as judging by the reviews this is one of the best Indian curry houses in Portsmouth. If you are looking for amazing flavours and don't mind occasional additions and varying temperatures then definitely try T &J mahal.

Very good food! All dishes can also be ordered in a vegetarian version.

An excellent meal, with great service and reasonably priced, although not a great range for vegetarians.

I had Chicken Tikka, Poppadoms, Chicken Naga (which was new for me) and Pilau Rice. I frequently go out eating and this place is by far now one of my favourites; the waiters here were very polite and helped add to the good atmosphere in this restaurant. The dishes were very flavourful and the chicken was so juicy and had intense flavour - the Poppadoms were crispy and compared to other Poppadoms I have had - were much better than most other places I have had Poppadoms from. The Chicken Tikka and Chicken Naga were amazing and by far the best dishes in my opinion.

Once again T&J have excelled themselves. Such a warm welcome and the food was so good. The lamb in my dish was so tender and the portions are very generous. Looking forward to taking friends there again.

Always great food and service, still the best in Portsmouth. I know because I've been to all of them!!

This restaurant had been recommended to us and so we booked a table for 9 as a family treat. Sadly we were disappointed. 3 people had chicken dishes and all said how tough the chicken was. Even the table next to us said the same....

Booking was easy. This restaurant was recommended on a 15 year old experience and we were not disappointed. Try the spicy rice as something different. Paneer tikka and chicken bhuna were exceptional. The Tarka dhal and bombay aloo were great sides. Would recommend eating here.

Everything is brilliant, food, service, staff, furnishings, ambience, all of it. Regular go to place for myself and my partner and friends. 👍🤗

Nice food. Prepared quickly. Excellent customer service.

The place looks great, very tasty, good prices, food came out quick. Went on a Monday and it was rather quiet, only 2 other tables so that might be why our service was so attentive. Definitely worth a visit.

Normal and acceptable food but a brutal bill.....2 beers £10, 1 naan bread and 2 chapati £10, etc etc. Good for them but I won't be back

As always an excellent dinner at T&J MAHAL.

My partner and I visited this Indian, off the back of Trip Advisor - knowing our Indian food, wanting a Chicken Naga and authentic food, it was beautiful, staff where wonderful and the food was world class. Glad as out of towners we checked the...

We ordered our takeaway delivery. One tinder loo, one korma Plain nann bread, onion bajis. Both curry’s were watery no flavour, Onion bhajis were stone cold, The whole lot went in the bin.

Really good food and pleasant staff.

Excellent food, nice staff, will go again if in Portsmouth

I visited with my friends for the first time and the interior designing is absolutely stunning, the set up is gorgeous. The staff were extremely kind and very welcoming even though it was quite busy. The food is the best Indian food i’ve tried in...

Lamb jalfreezi was excellent. Friendly prompt service

I have been to this restaurant a few times including ordering during lockdown and a birthday that the staff put a lot of effort into making it a great Experience. The food is always amazing, it is great quality and good portions. The restaurant is...

I could not wait to come back especially after lockdown and boy was I right. This is not if the best Indian restaurant I’ve ever been to. It’s all been refurbished with new decor and staff, and the food as usual is on point along with the best customer service. Love it. Check it out, won’t be disappointed.

Nice food nice music nice setting:)

The food I ordered arrived half an hour late and stone cold. The portions were tiny on the starters (despite the high price) and the bread was hard. The food might have been nice if it had been delivered evenly remotely warm, but it wasn't. This used to be a great place when I used it years ago, but I'm really disappointed, out of pocket, still hungry, and won't be ordering from there again.

Having just moved into the area we were looking for a good Indian. Reading the reviews we thought we had found it. However this wasn't the case. Ordered at 1900 and was told the food would be delivered between 30 and 45 mins which on...

I had been here a few years ago and had a lovely meal. This time however the main dish was apalling , although my husband and I ordered quite different dishes the sauce tasted the same and the chicken resembled hard cubes that had just been tossed into it. I must say that the waiter offered and took off the price of my practically untouched meal, that was fair but not an experience that I would repeat.

Really good quality food and the portions were on the large side! Would definitely go back should I be in the area again

Lovely food. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Always hapoy with my meals.

We ordered take away on a lazy Sunday evening. My husband really liked the curry and aloo gobhi. Must try yourself but we give it 5 star to taste buds

Amazing service and lovely filling food. I had a catch up meal with family who both enjoyed the food also, COVID measures were brilliant. Will be returning!