Taj Mahal - Wollongong

I ordered the malai kofta and was transported back to India with each delicious bite. The chilli paneer was incredibly spicy, just how we like it. However, I can only give this restaurant 4 stars due to the excessively long wait time of over an hour between the starter and main course. We arrived at 6:40 pm and didn't leave until 8:50 pm, as we had to head back to Sydney that night. The food itself deserves a perfect 5 out of 5 rating, but the wait time definitely brings my overall rating down to 4 stars.

One of the best Indian restaurants I have tried in Australia, especially the desserts. However, the service was slow during Sunday lunch, so avoid if you're in a hurry or easily frustrated. I would still give it 5 stars for the food. P.S. They also have a small outdoor seating area with a partial ocean view.

Great authentic Indian food. The staff was very helpful and friendly. Food was presented nice and cam out of the kitchen fast. Good place for some wholesome food and a casual get together.

We went to Mangotree for dinner last Saturday and found the restaurant to be quite busy. There was only one waitress and one woman who appeared to be a manager, who was juggling multiple tasks such as serving tables, handling phone calls, and going in and out of the kitchen. Our appetizer (onion bhaji) took half an hour to arrive, and we waited over an hour for our main courses. The two women were rushing around the restaurant as if they were in a competition. They offered complimentary papadum to every table and apologized for the delay in our meals. Some customers were waiting in front of the counter for a long time, presumably to pick up their online orders. We patiently waited for our meals like the others. Overall, the restaurant needs to improve its efficiency during busy hours by upgrading its chefs and cooks. We are rating the service provided by the two women with 4 stars, but the chef who took too long to prepare our food would receive zero stars. It was completely unacceptable, as we came to the restaurant to unwind, not to witness a stressful performance.

First of all, I've arranged to book and leave a message. I've never got a answer. a week later I was able to book for this night again and got this: name, how many, time. that was literally and the phone. hung up before I could ask something. we turned up and we were not impressed, bright yellow walls and black deck, no table clothes, no decoration and absolutely no ambiente. it really looked more like a truck stop than a so-called restaurant. we thought it had to be better. menus were not placed in front of us, but slipped over the table. I thought. we ordered and in no time came our common escape. a piece of chops in half, a tiny sausage in half and two very small packages cut. we could not believe that they had actually cut every pfirsich into the half to share. I was shocked and wanted to get up and complain, but our net had been ordered so that they didn't want to tamper with them. beside the deeren were two about teespoon salate, red cabbage and comminuted carrot. the cabbage had brown lined edges and it was dry looking like the carrot, so that would not eat. even the plates and cutlery looked old like the escape. the main thing came bombay bark and madras lamb, rice and garlic nans. both courts looked identical until we tasted them. the Bombay beef was very hot and the madras not so much and that was good, but unfortunately the few pieces of meat were in both of bad standard. both my man and I experienced too much crispy and chewing meat with a lot of sauce. the rice was terrible as if it was cooked before days. it was dry with a stale look on it. didn't eat much of it. the garlic nans were the only pleasant part of the meal. during the meal we called the waiter to ask for water from which we got pronto. we had soft drinks, but the waiter never gave us glasses to drink the soft drinks. not even the waiter ever asked if everything was in order, in which everything he did was to sit on his teller, to wait for the customers (all four) to go on, so that he could delete the table. When he stared at his customers, it felt. we both felt very comfortable. I've never been like this before.