Taj Mahal Authentic Indian Restaurant

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#1 of 24 Restaurants in DaylesfordIndian, Vegetarian friendly, $$ - $$$

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Taj Mahal Authentic Indian Restaurant

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Travellers' Choice

2024

Try our food once to explore the real authentic taste of India. 101% food and service satisfaction. Taj Mahal Restaurant is an ideal venue for a romantic dinner for two, for families, for corporate dinners, group bookings such as birthday celebrations, anniversaries, wedding receptions and other functions.

Features

CUISINES

Indian

Meal types

Dinner

Special Diets

Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options

FEATURES

Accepts Credit Cards

American Express

Delivery

Free off-street parking

Highchairs Available

Mastercard

Parking Available

Private Dining

Reservations

Seating

Street Parking

Table Service

Takeout

Visa

Wheelchair Accessible

Wine and Beer

Location

51 Raglan St, Daylesford, Victoria 3460 Australia

Free off-street parking, Parking Available, Street Parking

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Sunday

5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Wednesday

5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Thursday

5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Friday

5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Saturday

5:00 pm - 9:30 pm

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Jo B

Craigieburn396 contributions

Excellent food at reasonable prices.

Aug 2023 • couples

Easy to find large restaurant on the corner of Raglan st Daylesford. It’s in a converted house, the decor is red and white tablecloths with electric candlelight and big windows looking out over the town fountain. The restaurant is open plan but includes several separate rooms. Its very clean. It’s big enough for a corporate function or group event but also perfect for a romantic dinner. The food was excellent. We had chicken tikka, onion bhaji, gobi Manchurian and naan. We intended to have dessert but were well satisfied with the entree and mains. There is a full range of alcoholic beverages and soft drinks. Meals are served by wait staff accompanied by a robot who transports the meals from the kitchen and swiftly removes dirty dishes. Free carpark adjoins thé restaurant. Staff were solicitous, checking our satisfaction with meals during service. We will definitely eat here again. Closed on Mondays the week we were in Daylesford.

Written 23 August 2023

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Mark Dickenson

Melbourne2 contributions

We love this restaurant and so will you

Nov 2023 • family

Simply a wonderful restaurant. The food is superb, the ambience is lovely, and the views overlooking Daylesford are sublime. On our most recent visit, the staff were very accommodating of our interest in traditional Indian festivals, and gave us very patient insights. The serving robot has a cat face, which is fantastic. My teenaged daughter adds "the Aloo Baingan Masala changed my life forever."

Written 14 November 2023

Thingamybob23

Melbourne18 contributions

Amazing Indian food

Sept 2022 • none

We walked in and immediately felt warm, it was cold outside. We were shown to our table promptly and with a smile. Waitress asked us if the music was too loud - speaker was close to our table. We appreciated the music volume being lowered. We shared onion baji for entree and I had the chicken curry and saffron rice. My partner enjoyed a chicken lentil curry with rice. I ordered Garlic naan. The chicken was tender and we requested medium curries. The servings were generous. Only criticism is I couldn’t taste or see garlic on my garlic naan. We look forward to returning when next in Daylesford. Oh, we didn’t drink but alcohol is reasonably priced and they accept BYO Wine only.

Written 27 September 2022

Manjinder Singh

Dear Customer, Thanks a lot for your previous feedback. We would love to see you again. Kind Regards, Taj Mahal Team.

Written 14 December 2022

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AprilinVietnam

Perth841 contributions

Great restaurant choice

Feb 2024 • friends

Lovely meal here tonight. Delicious food, prompt service from pleasant staff and nice decor. The robot which brought our food to the table which the waitress then served was a novelty. Highly recommended!

Written 27 February 2024

David l

Greater Melbourne63 contributions

An amazing experience

Feb 2023 • none

My wife and 2 other close friends visited this restaurant a few weeks ago. We were surprised at the size of the restaurant,the staff who were both professional and friendly. I travel to India regularly and have been spoiled with wonderful food across the entire continent . This restaurant did not disappoint. Our meals all arrived quickly,were exceptionally tasty, large and truly wonderful. The wine list was large enough and well priced for those who drank.. A number in the group were vegetarians and these dishes were as tasty as the others ordered. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough. If you are in the Daylesford area do not miss this restaurant.

Written 12 February 2023

SqueakingDuck

Melbourne109 contributions

Extremely disappointing!

June 2023 • couples

Not sure what has happened here. Change of ownership? Change of Chef?? Perhaps is was just an off night? We attended this restaurant Friday 14 July - our 39th Wedding Anniversary. Brought a bottle of our favourite wine, only to be told "We are fully licenced". Fair enough, although we book a weekend away in Daylesford a couple of times a year & always dine here, and previously was always BYO wine. Upon looking at the pitiful wine list, almost half of which was blacked out with a texter, we opted for beer & a quick meal, instead of a relaxed dinner over wine. We ordered seekh kebabs, which were extremely "gamey', so much so that I suspected it was either mutton or goat. The chilli chicken was nice, to be fair, but the beef madras while tender & spicy, was in desperate need of salt. The garlic naan lacked salt, butter & garlic & was thin & dry. The two entrees, 2 beers, beef madras, small rice & a garlic naan was $85. We won't be back here, but will instead try the other Indian restaurant just outside of town.

Written 16 July 2023

Manjinder Singh

Dear Customer, Thanks a lot for your precious feedback. We apologize for the inconvenience. We will discuss this matter with our team to improve more and provide best Food, Service to our customers. We would love to see you again. Kind Regards, Taj Mahal Team.

Written 4 August 2023

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Subho

Bengaluru10 contributions

Best Authentic Indian restaurant at bright

Apr 2024 • couples

This is the best Authentic Indian restaurant at daylesford. We dined in there for two consecutive days on Saturday and Sunday. We tried multiple items like non veg platter, peas polao, butter nun, goat masala, chilli chicken etc along with wine. Among all tandoori chicken, seekh kabab, goat masala and butter nun was the best. Besides food, the restaurant is excellent from the ambiance prospective and we had a really nice time there. If you are confused what to order, you can trust their suggestions as we also did the same and didn't regret a second. We will again visit daylesford just to satisfy our taste buds here.

Written 29 April 2024

Vikas pathania

2 contributions

Terrible Service & Poor quality of food

May 2021 • couples

We visited there last night for dinner from Melbourne. It was our first visit. Customer service was poor & staff was rude. Long wait for food, even it was not that busy. The garlic naan’s was so thick & burnt. The flour they used is very cheap quality. Kadai paneer was not good quality (Doesn’t look like kadai paneer) . Garden salad was not presentable. If you ask for papadum, (Which is normally complimentary in Indian restaurants) they will charge you for that as well. All over, it was very bad experience. Not worth trying. I wish to give them 0 star rating, but their is no option.

Written 28 May 2021

nickie

Melbourne6 contributions

Amazing Indian food and service.

July 2023 • family

The food was great, full of flavour. The first bite I felt like I stepped in New Delhi, absolutely full of flavour, spice and authentic flavours. The absolute great service, served with a great attitude and made the experience delightful. They constantly followed up with our table and ensured we had everything we needed all the time. Absolutely delighted with the experience and definitely recommend everyone to check out this restaurant, don’t miss out

Written 30 August 2023

Divisha Sharma

Werribee1 contribution

Very bad attitude

Dec 2020 • family

We went to drink just tea with family around 6pm. When we entered we were waiting for few minutes and when hostess came she went back and came back saying they are fully booked for dinner. I understand they will be busy for dinner but they could at least accommodated us for half an hour. Dinner reservation could not be at the same time for all their guest. It wasn’t the process which upset me it was the way the message was delivered and the way we were denied. Maybe your restaurant must be good in town but attitude of the staff is a complete zero. And then later we went to spies of India restaurant which is 5 mins away from them and they could accomodate us even if they had a packed dinner booking. We were just the tourists there they should have thought once before showing us out.

Written 4 December 2020

Catherine M

41 contributions

Well worth a visit!

Feb 2022 • couples

We visited without a booking and were made very welcome. The service was excellent, and the food great. The prices were very good, and there was a big selection of dishes that would suit many tastes. This was a lovely evening and well worth a visit.

Written 23 February 2022

Manjinder

Dear Catherin, Thank you for your feedback. We are so glad to hear that you enjoyed our food and service. We would love to see you again. Kind Regards, Taj Mahal Ream.

Written 6 March 2022

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DAVID T

5 contributions

A new business serving delicious food.

Nov 2022 • family

Used for the first, won't be the last, time. Very friendly, polite and family run business. Most importantly, the food was delicious and ready on time. Prices are the norm for the area, however they, very kindly, gave us some extras free of charge. The takeaway was lovely, modern and clean, highly recommended.

Written 20 November 2022

Manjinder Singh

Dear Customer , Thanks a lot for your previous feedback. We would love to see you again. Kind Regards, Taj Mahal Team.

Written 14 December 2022

This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

sally

Daylesford1 contribution

Authentic Indian cuisine.

Sept 2021 • friends

Our dinner was so lovely, beautiful flavours and able to order whether we liked our food mild, medium or spicy. Hari the person who looked after us was very hospitable, friendly and efficient. The menu was fantastic with lots of choices. We have been there so many times as we live locally and decided it was time to share it so everyone can enjoy this delightful place.

Written 29 September 2021

avadh

1 contribution

One of the best dineout you can have.

Aug 2023 • family

One of the best Indian food I’ve had in Australia. Everything is made fresh, even the paneer- the chilli paneer was beautifully balanced between sweet, salty and spicy. The service was very kind and well paced. I’ll be back for sure

Written 30 August 2023

Lisa M

1 contribution

Delicious Indian Cuisine

Feb 2021 • none

Our first night in Daylesford and decided to try the local Indian Restaurant. From the outside it looks like a house, but once you enter you see neat cloth covered tables (with the usual white paper over the top) and hear soft indian music being piped. Our waiter was attentive and happily recommended dishes we hadn't tried before. Everything was delicious and authentic. If you like your Indian food spicy then you have to specify, otherwise the heat is toned down a little for 'Western' tastes. A decent wine list was also available, with some being offered by the glass.

Written 28 February 2021