Review: Taj Palace Indian Restaurant – Hilliard, OH
Not long after I moved to Columbus, I began seeking out the various
Indian restaurants to try to find one whose menu, quality, and
atmosphere were to my liking. It didn’t take long to find and
settle on the Taj Palace at Mill Run in
Hilliard.
Taj Palace offers a variety of both
vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. The decor is tasteful and
the restaurant is very clean, well-lit, and open. The service is
generally excellent, though at times is only adequate (usually when
they’re really busy).
On Monday night they offer a non-vegetarian
buffet. Unlike many Indian restaurants, the buffet at Taj
Palace is a good sampling of the dishes from their normal menu
with no shortcuts taken (e.g., at many restaurants the chicken dishes on
the main menu are boneless, while they’re bone-in on the buffet).
There are certain staples on the buffet like samosas, chicken tikka
masala, tandoori chicken, and so forth that are usually present, but
they do mix it up a bit. If you go every week, you’ll usually find
a dish there that you didn’t see before. That, too, is a pleasant
difference from other Indian restaurants I’ve visited.
On Tuesdays
they offer a vegetarian buffet. I’ve not been to one of these so I
can’t really comment on it.
On Thursdays they do another
non-vegetarian buffet, which is identical to the Monday menu and
excellent.
Over the past few years, I’ve eaten probably 2/3 or 3/4
of their menu items. I’ve yet to have anything there that I didn’t
at least consider “good” and there are some items I especially
love, such as the Madras Curry dishes, the Vindaloo, Mulligatawny soup,
and the flan dessert.
If you like Indian food, you can’t go wrong
with Taj Palace.
Taj Palace
3794
Fishinger Blvd.
Hilliard, OH
http://www.tajpalacecolumbus.com/
(614) 771-3870
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