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Le Taj
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
27 reviews for Le Taj
Review Highlights
"...salmon tikka, daal, tandoori chicken and everything else..."
(in 5 reviews)
"their naan is soo delicious and moist, yummy."
(in 7 reviews)
"Great buffet, great Service, great Indian food and a great..."
(in 6 reviews)
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26 reviews in English
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Review from Dean A.
Montréal, QC
1/21/2012
I've been meaning to try this place for ages, and finally got around to reserving for two on a Friday night.
First of all, this place makes Ghandi in the Old Port look like a piece of shit.
The ambience is very elegant but restrained at the same time - tall ceilings, wine tower in the middle of the restaurant, tablecloths, and cutaway windows to the kitchen framed in patterned metals. Beautiful! There's even a bar near the entrance you can relax at before or after eating.
Service is first rate. The waiters are professional, attentive, and friendly. So polite, just like in India! Food comes out quickly and it's bloody good. We tried the lamb vindaloo (excellent), chicken xacutti (never tried it before and loved it), a few vegetarian dishes (all excellent). The dishes, on their own, are on the pricy side - the average meat, chicken, or lamb dish is around $20 or even more, but the quality and presentation is top-notch. The best bet is the table d'hote - $38 a person gets you a soup, appetizer, main, vegetable dish, dessert, and coffee. You can't finish it and have to roll out of there. Absolutely worth it.
The wine list, as someone alluded to, is limited but all the staples are represented. Furthermore, it's dirt cheap. Half of them are in the low $30 range, so what's the problem?
Dessert, by the way, is phenomenal. The gulab jamuns are the best I've ever tasted.
A new favorite for high-end Indian - definitely the high-water mark. -
Review from Michael F.
10/17/2011
I had high hopes for this place. Based on the hype, I went in fully expecting it to be one of the best Indian meals I have ever had. It was not.
Let me preface by saying the service was 5 stars. The host couldn't have been friendlier, and the wait staff was excellent. Great location and very nice ambience.
Unfortunately, the food was mixed at best. The samosas were good, but honestly, I am not sure I have ever had "bad" samosas. My dish was pretty good (Tandoori chicken), but my girlfriends was very disappointing (Chicken Makhani). Also, the rice was terrible. Of all the things to disappoint at an Indian restaurant??
If they can ever get the food to match the ambience and service... -
Review from Sam S.
12/28/2011 Seated via OpenTable
Honestly, Le Taj had some of the best food I ate all weekend in Montreal over vacation. The service was 5 stars. We had a few different masalas, and a chicken vindaloo along with some other vegetarian dishes. 4 stars only because we thought the wine selection was not so great. There weren't many bottle options that were very expensive and the pinot was a Beringer which leaves a lot to be desired.
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Review from F. C.
7/22/2011
Very good Indian food, large variety of dishes, friendly staff, and very reasonable prices. The naan is some of the best I've had.
My only complaint is that I asked for my food very spicy and it wasn't terribly hot.Listed in: Montreal!
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Review from Jo W.
9/20/2011
We went for the lunch buffet. Overall, it's a reasonable price at $14.95, but the food is nothing special and generally short on the spice. The tandoori chicken was dry. The butter chicken was pretty good but the sauce was a bit too sweet for our tastes. Out of the three meat dishes, the curry beef was the best - could have used more curry flavor but the beef was pretty tender. The curry mushroom and peas was good. All the desserts were pretty good although the honey doughnut was too sweet.
I'm also taking a star off for the service. The waiters were good at timely removing used plates, but we had to ask for our drinks to be refilled. When we paid the bill with large bills, the waiter did not return our change and presumed that the entire change was tip. This was a huge no-no in my book. -
Review from Jennifer R L.
London, ON
9/13/2011
Definitely one of the best indian restaurants I have been too. It was packed with people when we went last time. The atmosphere/ambiance of the place is very comforting and the food was amazing. We got the korma lamb and eggplant courses that came with appetizer, naan, rice and dessert. It was delicious! Looking forward to going back again!
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Review from Charles H.
Montréal, QC
7/19/2011
Excellent food, courteous service from the waiting staff, nice ambiance...what's not to like?
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Review from Alba U.
9/6/2011
Another Montreal winner. Excellent gourmet Indian cuisine. The only thing I'd say that you should consider is that various guides designate it as in the "$$" two dollar sign category in terms of cost, and we definitely found it to be a bit pricier, a "$$$" being more appropriate-- but worth it none the less, due to fine taste, great service and welcoming ambiance.
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Review from Brian L.
Brantford, ON
6/15/2009
Went with a group of 12 and they were very accommodating. After some discussion they set out a series of dishes to satisfy everyone. The food was excellent, the service was attentive and we came in under budget so the prices were very fair. I would certainly recommend.
If you want hot ask for very hot as they tend toward mild... -
Review from Arminder S.
10/18/2010
After reading all the good reviews I decided to give this place a try. WHAT WERE THESE PEOPLE SMOKING when they gave this place such good reviews? One of the worst Indian restaurants. Food was too bland and there was no flavor. Being an Indian, I know about the Indian food, especially the North Indian food and there is nothing to write home about this place. Service was poor and it took the Server a good 15 minutes after we signaled for the check, to bring us the same. Also, it seems the place is run by people from Bangladesh or some other country who have no clue about flavorful Indian food!
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Review from Julie k.
3/12/2009
Very good indian food!!
If you like yours spicy...you know the kind that gives you a sweat mustache, you must ask them for VERY spicy. I asked for spicy and the heat level was minimal.
so, i ended up eating the entire cup of pickled carrots (also, not that spicy)
i get the feeling that people dont eat crazy spicy here in Montreal. Im used to tabasco, sriracha, and chili peppers on everything from ramen to cereal so perhaps my perception of spicy is slightly off kilter.
Really good dishes to try? butter chicken, tandoori chicken, chicken jal farezi, and of course NAAN NAAN NAAN!!! Everything we ordered was very tasty though, samosas, some sausage looking apetizer, chick pea apetizer, rice with shrimp, lamb chops.... -
Review from Al A.
3/16/2010
Awesome atmosphere. Super-duper atmosphere.
Okay service. Okay Indian food. Great location. -
Review from Nikolaos N.
Montréal, QC
7/1/2009
Great buffet, great Service, great Indian food and a great selection. Overall a great experience. I absolutely adore the all you can eat buffet, probably one of the best all you can eat Indian food buffets in Montreal.
If you like Indian food and your are in the Montreal area its definitely worth a stop. -
Review from Wendy H.
6/5/2011
OK, the last night in Montreal we were exhausted and wanted to eat nearby. We couldn't decide where to eat so we tried Le Taj on the theory we wouldn't eat as much- boy were we wrong. We started with the Salad Katchumba, which was very large so it was a good thing we split it. I ordered the Chicken Korma and it was outstanding, as good as our favorite restaurant. My Husband ordered the Lamb Vindaloo which was SO hot. I tried it but it was too much for me. My Husband, however, loves hot food and he really liked it. I had a glass of the Pinot Grigio which paired perfectly with the spicing of the meal. For dessert I had the Halwa "cake". It was nothing I expected, texture was sort of like couscous, but the flavor was outstanding. The tab was $92 and worth every penny as the meal was outstanding.
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Review from todd r.
6/10/2009
I came here and tried the 5-course set tasting menu and was very pleased. For 36$ you chose one soup/salad, one starter, one meat dish, one veg dish, and one dessert. The menu had a dizzying array of choices so I requested the waiter to choose for me a set of dishes best representing the restaurant - with a request for spicy.
The first dish was a lentil soup with a clear base and very spicy with coriander. A nice taste to set the tone for the meal, hearty and warm. I requested spicy and they obliged with this dish - which was the most spicy of any dish served.
The entree was garlic shrimp. This was a miss for me. The sauce combined with the breading on the shrimp ended up being a mushy mess with a strange consistency. The shimps themselves were nicely cooked once you got through their soggy exterior
The veg and meat dish were served together. The meat dish was a very nice lamb vindaloo. The lamb was tender and very flavorful. The vindaloo curry was excellently spiced and not too greasy. I do wish it was a bit more spicy though. The veg dish was another lentil based dish with saffron, coriander, and garlic. A nice combo, but the taste could use some more pop. As a pairing with the lamb vindaloo it was good, but on its own I would find it a bit bland.
The waiter picked an excellent progression of dishes and the tastes went very nicely together. The service started as a bit indifferent, but warmed up over he meal with my waiter. Another waiter stood in for the dessert order and we were back to the indifference again. The decor of the restaurant is pleasing and would be a pleasant place for a group of friends or a date. -
Review from Aditi G.
3/26/2011
Delicious buffet! Loved the salmon tikka, daal, tandoori chicken and everything else was so good! And the dessert and fruit was great too! I would definitely recommend this!
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Review from Boston A.
2/22/2011
Excellent beef tandoori. Very good chicken tikka masala. Very nice rice and nan. Great atmosphere. We liked it.
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Review from Shikha B.
7/25/2010
Okay, but nothing to rave about. And, their Amritsari fish wasn't really Amritsari, nor was their chaat very good. Also a bit too pricey for not anything special Indian food. I'm not from Montreal, so not sure what the residents of the city have to compare it to.
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Review from Kevin W.
10/15/2010
Authentic & formal dining but not strict dress code. Aloo gobi was great & very hot. Great waitstaff.
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Review from Ron P.
9/27/2010
My cousin and her fiancée took me here for dinner, and the atmosphere was nice and quite. I ordered Butter Chicken, and I've got to say it was one of the better Butter Chicken's I've had. Next time I go back to Montreal I'll have to go back to Le Taj and order the Butter Chicken again.
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Review from Chelsey R.
10/30/2010
A few fellow Indian food enthusiasts and I met up here for dinner. Being poor college students, we went simple and split samosas, two orders of chicken tikka masala, pilau rice and garlic naan. The samosas we nothing to write home about. We ordered one tikka masala spicy, and one mild and they tasted like two different dishes. The spicy one was enough to make my lips burn, but was still flavorful. The mild one was buttery and delicious. The garlic naan was well prepared and fluffy. Having tried four other Indian places so far in Montreal, this was the one I liked the most. I would say that althought the food was good, it was over-priced for the amount you got. Service was so-so.
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Review from B M.
Montréal, QC
9/25/2008
The Best Indian Food in Montreal and authentic to boot. I would recommend coming here for the weekend open buffet (12-2pm) pile your plate high with the 7-8 to dishes they have on offer grab a couple of slices of naan and some pekora and indulge. A la carte meals will cost you a lot more than the 12$ buffet but you get a large selection of authentic Indian dishes.
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Review from LaTasha J.
9/17/2010
This is the best Indian food I have ever had, hands down. The servers are nice and I love the decor. Good wine selection, as well.
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Review from S C.
Montréal, QC
1/16/2011
Decent lunch buffet. My Montreal contact told me it was a place for a quick & "cheap" lunch, so I am assuming it was a good price, but it still came up to be about double the Indian lunch buffet in Seattle. Food was decent. Service was slightly on the slower side, but then, it's buffet, so we didn't need a whole lot from the servers.
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Review from dov g.
11/9/2009
probably the best gulab jamun i've ever eaten. they were pure fried-and-soaked-in-syrupy goodness!
the rest of the buffet was perfectly good, but not outstanding. naan was rather sweet. the biggest downside was the scope of the buffet- on a sunday afternoon they had 2 vegetarian entrees and one meat entree (plus daal, tandoori chicken, salads, and the naan). that may sound a bit whiny, but it was a bit disappointing as around here we tend to see more variety at indian buffets :)
service was very friendly. -
Review from Cangrl C.
3/13/2009
a friend took me to this place and i couldn't stop going. definitely one of the best inidan resto in mtl.
their naan is soo delicious and moist, yummy!! damn too bad SD doesn't have good indian resto.. i love their eggplant dish, out of this world. not sure how they cook their eggplant but it comes out smokey.. perhaps they grill or roast it in the oven but it is one of my fave dish there.
i used noticed that we're the only non-montrealers writing this review.. what happened to these montrealers?
i can't wait to go back once i'm in town!!
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