Taj Mahal

If you go up McKnight you've driven past this spot without realizing. Just like I have for years. This is your sign to stop and go in now. Especially during their lunch buffet which I will be returning for after eating hereIt's a nice sit down inside and our waiter was super friendly and funny. But ball buster. Practically everything on the menu is made glute free as well (I assume someone in the family has Celiacs)The lamb keema I got as an appetizer and it was so flavorful. No super greasy from being fried, very flakey and packed with fillingThe mango curry was spot on. Creamy, flavorful and right amount of spice.Garlic naan. It's naan. It's amazing and always should be. Only complaint was he forgot to bring it out but it was ready in minutesThe desert I got is called Rasmalai and it's pretty much a soup dessert. There's two cheese dumplings in a milk syrup

I honestly don't really know much about Indian food so I went with the most basic and suggested item which is butter chicken. Tasted great. Tender and packed full of flavor.Tried some samosas as well. Very tasty, but only giving 2 per order seems like a bit of a rip off. Garlic Naan... amazing.Overall, I'm glad I tried this place. Won't be the last time I order from here. Very good!

Recently visited for the Thursday all-day buffet and had such a pleasant experience. We told the staff member at the front of house that we were there for the buffet, and he showed us to a table and immediately brought us water and pointed us to the buffet itself. The space has been freshly painted/modernized since I'd last visited, and it looks really nice inside! The buffet was well-stocked with varied dishes, both hot and cold, as well as chutney and other accompaniments. Everything tasted fresh and flavorful, and the service was friendly! We ordered mango lassis during our meal and those were also extremely good. You have the option of not dining with the buffet on a Thursday, as we saw a few tables that were opting to order from the menu, but I personally love the ability to sample all sorts of great stews and curries rather than ordering just one. I believe it was $18 pp for the buffet, which feels like an excellent deal for an AYCE meal. The buffet is offered every day for lunch (to my knowledge), as well as all-day on Saturday and Sunday in addition to Thursday.

Best Indian food in the Burgh! We've been happy patrons for many years...saag paneer, tikka masala and naan are always delicious!

I had been craving my Indian for a month or so, so I made it a point to stop at Taj Mahal on a Sunday for a late buffet lunch. The restaurant was about half full. I sampled many different dishes. I found them all to be decent. The options were a bit different than my last trip.

Taj Mahal is one of my favorite Indian restaurants in the Pittsburgh area. Its menu lists vegetarian and non-vegetarian appetizers, chaat, soups, salads, kathi rolls, vegetarian entrees, tandoori entrees, rices, curries, some Indo-Chinese entrees, breads, desserts, and drinks. Most appetizers and desserts cost several dollars, and most entrees cost less than $20. I have eaten meals from Taj Mahal many times over many years. Most recently, I ordered food for delivery. My husband ate butter chicken, which had a wonderfully sweet and spicy sauce and large chunks of juicy chicken, and garlic naan, which was perfectly baked. I ate vegetable jalfrezi, which contained a variety of fresh vegetables and tasted as spicy as I had requested. I also ate basmati rice, which was cooked perfectly, and onion naan, which was very flavorful.

Oh no...something has changed at the Taj Mahal. I haven't been in since my last review, and took my parents to lunch on a Friday while in town for personal business. I have never seen this place not fully packed with customers, but we were one of only three occupied tables this time around. I noticed some fresh paint and decor changes, but what really caught our attention was the fact the the buffet was only half its former size - lots of empty spots. The food that was there was good for sure, but the choices were more limited. I'm not sure if this was a response to the light crowd, or if the light crowd was because the buffet had shrunk, but either way things are going in a worrisome direction. I also noticed that the nice old man who used run the place was not there, and all the employees were young. Maybe they sold the business, maybe they passed it down to their kids... Anyway, I was a little sad to see the changes.

Chicken tikka masala was not what I was expecting. Did not have the typical chicken tikka flavors. It was not bad, just not what I was expecting.

Take a ride to Flavortown.... Yes using G.F's reference is a bit cheesy, but the food at Taj Mahal is anything but. I stopped in for the lunch buffet and as soon as I walked in all my senses were tingling, and in the good way. There were 3 seperate food areas with a ton of delicious looking items. I did not know what 90% of the dishes were, but everything looked so good and the aroma was so intoxicating that I sampled every single thing they had on the line. By the time I was finished I felt like a local stepping off the train in Mumbai.All the food was absolutely delicious and each dish prepared so beautifully. The service was top notch, I never needed for anything and my server also made some excellent suggestions, as to my eating experience I would definitely go back for the buffet. Prices were good for what you got and who knew I loved goat curry, Aloha

Taj Mahal is probably the best Indian food in Pittsburgh at this time. From a wealth of good Indian restaurants over the past 30 years, they are diminishing in number and quality. So Taj is left: If I were an owner of that establishment, I would head out to the parking lot and take a look from that perspective of the front entrance. Today, there were bags of salt piled in a corner, a soggy mass of cloth or bedding in a pile nearby, and an unexplained table with rusty seat next. These should be cleaned up.