I love Taj Palace. It's a great place for a date- intimate and not overly lit. It's never crowded at dinner, which I love. It seems more like eating in a good friend's living room.
The sauces here are fantastic. The korma is creamy and satisfying, and if it's a kick I'm looking for the vindaloo will do me right. I eat at a lot of indian places, and one thing I really like about Taj Palace is the wide variety of lamb dishes. I like lamb. Usually there are one or two lamb choices on any given menu, but Taj Palace blows that out of the water.
It is in an out-of-the-way location, over by the soon-to-be something-else Highland Mall. I'm sure that's why it's never crowded at night, and I'm sure the owner would like to be in a more trafficked area, but it works for me. It's actually around the corner, same parking lot, as the movie theater over there. So double good for a date night if it's a movie and dinner.
PS, I read some of the other reviews, and I want to say that I like Clay Pit a lot, too, but it's different there! It's more expensive, you have to dress up, and almost always I have to wait for a table no matter what time day or night. And it's so loud in there conversation is hard at times. None of these things occur at Taj Palace, so, go! Go and eat good Indian food at Taj Palace.
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