Went to dinner tonight and the food was excellent! We were seated at our table right away, our server promptly took our order. The food came out really quickly (I was a bit shocked at the speed). If you are in Waikiki, and want some variety, this is definitely worth the going too. read more

I'm so torn on how to review Bombay Palace - every experience I've had is different. Consistency not their strong suit. I think they're actually closing at 8:30 right now - be sure to check their website for updated hours. They stop taking orders a bit before then, too. Calling to place your order is hit or miss, we have a 50% success rate in reaching them. I was recently staying at Discovery Bay though, so Bombay Palace was literally underneath me! I've never dined in, but done take-out numerous times. I always go for the coconut curry due to lactose intolerance, and its never upset my stomach alone. The flavor varies, maybe due to different cooks? Its never been unenjoyable though. I've sampled the butter chicken. Its incredibly rich and not for the sensitive-stomached. The chicken is almost always in nice, big white meat chunks! I've never strayed to other protein options. The garlic naan is just okay, almost $5 for one piece is not an appropriate asking price. Most recently, the naan was most strange. The middle was paper thin, not even separating into two, while the rim was super dense. I'm no naan expert, but this proportion of densities was not favorable for our curries. I also got the veggie biryani on my last trip. I've only ever tried this dish at Sarithra on Kapiolani Blvd. and I have to say Bombay's version was much more flavorful. The raita it came with was a good size and it paired nicely. All in all, good flavors here despite the value/portions. Unfortunately there are not many Indian food options on Oahu, which seems to work in the favor of the few we do have. Still better to patronize local eateries such as Bombay Palace (or Gangham Style right around the bend!) any day over the chainy Outback or Red Lobster. read more

Located on the Waikiki strip, Bombay Palace draws tourists, and locals alike. Bombay Palace serves pretty tasty Indian food. We like to come to this place for dinner. The portions tend to be good. The menu offers an array of meat and vegetarian options. The servers ask how spicy you want your food to be. The range goes from very spicy to not spicy. I order a (- 5). The chefs prepare a larger bowl of rice when 2 or more people order. A good tip is that you can ask for more rice - free of charge. However, the dishes can be on the pricey side. You can order garlic naan, rice, or even poppadom to accompany your meal. It tastes delicious. I noticed ever since Bombay Palace started hiring people from the mainland the business began to flourish. Perhaps management looked at marketing to increase the customer base? read more

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Got the Pakistani Special in regular spice for my daughter and I. She enjoyed the sauce the best :) We had a bunch of different sides, which were more exciting than the main dishes my family ordered. My daughter had fun eating the papadums (flavor: meh). The Tandoori Wings were very spicy but otherwise no other flavor in it. We got a variety of Naan breads- the garlic cheese was my favorite, lol resembling the crazy bread at Little Ceasars. Everyone on our table got different dishes (from Chicken Tikka Masala to Traditional Chicken Curry), which seemed to taste similar to one another with the level of spice being the only variety... which is less than expected since I love variety. The dining area is cute and cozy. Everything seems clean. Staff is so friendly, gave my daughter a plastic spoon so she didn't have to use the metal fork to play with ;) Glad we tried it out because they were so customer-oriented. The food needs a revamp in flavor but that's just my opinion :) Parking is somewhere I'd only park in the daytime :) read more

I love Indian food so much I could eat it for breakfast! Bombay Palace is a steadfast hardcore real Indian food restaurant that has been around for years. Every time I come to town, I come here. The owner is super smart and kind. He really cares about the customers and takes great care of his employees. The butter chicken is absolutely delicious! I also tried the roasted veggies today. The flavor was incredible. I would give this place more stars if I could. Can't wait to come back again! read more

Bombay Palace - Butter Chicken Garlic Naan Vegetable Biryani - Indian Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Excellent food and service. Lots of halal options! Great location . The ambiance is also nice

Best Indian food ever! Their garlic naan's are so soft and yummy - they melt in your mouth!

I've had the pleasure of eating here many times over the years. Some of the best flavorful India food in the islands (which why it rates a 5). It is always a treat. Chicken Tikka Masala ($17.95) - A+ (was the family favorite) Chicken Coconut ($17.95) - A- (had the mild but was still a little spicy) Lamb Rogan Josh ($18.95) - B+ (Excellent ) Lamb Boti Kabab ($19.95) - A (for those would just like the meat) Chicken Vindaloo ($17.95 - B+ (Hot, hot, hot - be sure to order a Lassi to temper the heat) Cheese, Garlic & regular Naan ($3.95-$5.95) All were good but wish there was more or larger. I would just get a double order of the regular naan next time. A message to the "owners" of the Bombay Palace (I hope they read these reviews). Here is some constructive feedback. - The basics...please CLEAN the restaurant. You can see years of dust accumulating on the overhead lighting and corners of the dining room. - The restaurant is showing it's age. Miss matched chairs, extension cords and outlet extenders strewn around, men's room urinal out of order with a plastic bag over it, table cloths and other surplus items stored in plain sight of the guests. - The prices/portions reflect those of a higher end restaurant but the property needs a "Restaurant Make-over". Either bring the prices down, increase the portions or fix up/clean the restaurant (or some combination of all three). The food is EXCELLENT and we truly hope you continue to prosper in Discovery Bay for many years to come. read more

Bombay Palace - Indian Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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This is on my regular rotation for take out! The food is consistently good. My favorite dishes are the garlic naan, samosa chana chaat and paneer makhani. The samosa chana chaat has a real kick to it if you love spice. It's plenty saucy, which I love. The only downside is the prices are spendy, but they're right in Waikiki so that's to be expected. If you go to dine in, the staff is very friendly and will make recommendations. read more

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We have eaten Indian food everywhere we travelled and this was our first time trying Bombay Palace. Ordered Shrimp Bryani and Lamb Korma with Medium spicy/hot. Super delicious! Lamb was soft and shrimp was JUMBO in size! This is definitely one of the restaurants to return to for our future trips back to Hawaii! read more

This is the closest Indian place to me and it's pretty good. Well as their site says it's Indian and Pakistani food. The decor is a bit dated, but the food is good. I like the lamb shish kebab comes out on the sizzling plate. I usually go for lamb dishes. I think the other I tried is Rogan gosh. When they say spicy it's very spicy though. We had veggie dishes, biryanis, their naans, etc. and everything was really good. They're always consistent in quality and taste. I order a dish I find tasty and I never experienced disappointment and got exactly what I expected, savory tastiness read more

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Pathetic food. We ordered Tandoori Chicken and Lamb boti. The quality of meat was very poor. We ended up throwing away the food. Not recommended !! read more

I just went here yesterday for dinner for the first time and they absolutely crushed it. The service was above and beyond, everyone was nice and friendly, and the food and drinks were killer. I wish I could remember the servers name because she was truly great. I came in by myself with my twin babies and she really helped look out for me. I got the butter chicken, shrimp tandoori, garlic naan, cheese naan. Everything was fantastic. I ordered a lot so I could bring some home to my wife just in case. She's not a big Indian food person and even she was like "holy crap this is really good." I can't wait to go back and try more. I just moved near here so easy access and will be back soon. I do wish it was slightly less expensive, but it's an expensive area so I understand, and maybe it's good because otherwise I'd be eating there too much. I think the price is the only reason the it has a lower score than it should, because the food quality and everything else is for sure on point. read more

The food was good but we bought two entrees but only got one small order of rice. Overall quantities were small but tasty. read more

Bombay Palace - Indian Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I am allergic to dairy so I was hoping to get dairy free korma but they kept trying to make me change my order. Usually I am able to sub cream for coconut milk. I really wanted the korma so I just got it with dairy. It was okay, the chicken was a little dry. I did love the naan that was the best part read more

If you're craving authentic Indian food, look no further. This place puts the Bomb in Bombay. 10/10 for food & service! read more

Bombay Palace - Indian Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

The best Indian food in the islands! Love the food, so authentic! The owner is amazing and the staff is loving and you hardly have to wait for food that is fresh and prepared to order! This is our families favorite dinner place- sometimes we got 3-4 times a month! Love Bombay Places! read more

Service was prompt. Didn't feel much like an Indian place, but it was clean and nice. No Indian beers as they had ran out. The food was fine. Could do with a sampler that has a choice of items. read more

Consistently good food and friendly service. I have to have eighty five words but I have nothing to add

Friendly, charming, clean and authentic! Their Naan bread is made to perfection...not undercooked nor burnt to a crisp. Accommodating, gracious, and friendly service! Authentic and tasty food. Non-pretentious atmosphere but still a charming enough ambiance for date night. read more

Bombay Palace - Garlic naan and chicken tikka masala...so delicious! Flavor and spices are on point. - Indian Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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I believe this is a chain, but Jesus so many flavors in the dishes they offer, sampled 3 dishes, the shrimp briyani, the lamb rogan josh and the chicken vindaloo. Let me break down the dishes and how each faired The Shrimp Briyani- the shrimp in this dish are massive and delicious, mite as well be lobster tails based on the size. Taste wise on point, semi spicy, your can tell by the coloring of the rice there is allot of spices added, must have with any dishes of indian food The Lamb Rogan Josh- sauce is heavy, add white cream if desired semi spicy every bite sauce heaven The chicken vindaloo(spicy)- small portion of chicken diced, the sauce starts off tame then gradually increases in heat after each bite, by your 7th bite your mouth and sense are on fire!!! Definitely must try for folks that like spicy, will have to come back for their kabob options Took the food togo, but sitting onsite if would be a bonus, great for people watching during the evening or the day Only thing I wish was portion of meat was more in the dishes but standard portion of meat is added like most indian restaurants Food ****.5 Price $$ 3 dishes about $61 Service ***** friendly Ambiance **** outside seating and indoor read more

Yes, back again after Covid lockdown and glad to see Bombay Palace survived when many restaurants did not. The food is still excellent I almost forgot how good it is. My wife loves lamb especially Lamb Shish Kabab and I had Chicken Tikka Masala, garlic naan and Veg.Samosa along with 2 glasses Cabernet. The restaurant was busy and it looked like take out was even busier. They deserve their reputation and have earned it, we will certainly return. read more

I would like to preface this with I don't believe I am a harsh critic...but this was by far THE WORST place I have ever been. The food was ok but the attitude and service is the reason for the 1 star. 1. When they seat you, they hand you an order ticket with a pen and menu and ask that you take your own order, write it down and then hand it to the waitress. I understand because of poor staffing, this can happen however they had 2 waitresses just standing around. 2. As if writing my own order wasn't enough, they only allow you to order once. Which brings me to #3 3. If their portions were enough from the first place, I wouldn't have to ask to order again...we ordered the same amount that my family needs and somehow all of us were left hungry and unsatisfied. For example, we ordered the shahi paneer and paid $17 for it. When we saw there were only 6 paneer cubes in there, the waitress said all their paneer entrees only have 6-7 pieces. 4. If the menu says free fountain drink refills, what's the question? We order a refill and the waitress when she brings the check decides to comment "by the way we didn't charge for your refills." 5. Last but not least, the cherry on top: after automatically charging us an 18% gratuity for the crappy service, the receipt has a code to text to leave a review which of course doesn't work...so here we are. read more

Located in Discovery Bay, per the Dining Out section in the local newspaper, this restaurant has a new chef and new owner. Reading that, my parents and I decided to trek out to Waikiki to try this place that we haven't been to in years due to a not so stellar experience previously. Boy am I glad we tried this place. Chai Tea: 5/5 the usual chai tea in any Indian restaurant. The only difference, the menu doesn't off the choice of hot or iced. Came out has hot chai tea. Vegetable Pakoras: 5/5. Comes with the usual dipping sauces of chutney and the mint sauce. The pakoras here come out looking like patties instead of the usual ball style. Still tasty. Still would order this. Fish Tikka: 5/5. The fish for the day was Mahimahi. The waitress suggested this dish or the curry with the fish, as both is very tasty. Usually getting fish curry style in other Indian restaurants, we opted to to try it the Tikka style. Coming out on a sizzling plater with onions and green bell peppers, with a wedge of lemon. Tasty and done just right. Dhaniya Chicken: 5/5 Listed on the menu as a Pakistani special, we opted to try this dish, because the menu said it's a Pakistani special. According to the menu, this dish comes with gravy but what I liked was that it was not drowning in gravy. Garnished with cilantro this dish was flavorful. This dish can be found under the 'Entree' section, and all entrees come with a bowl of plain biryani. There is a $10/bottle corkage fee as this place has a wine/beer menu. I would definitely be back. read more

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HANDS DOWN...THE BEST INDIAN RESTAURANT in town!! My family and I love Indian food. So we decided to check this place out, and glad we did. Staffs were very friendly and welcoming. There's a parking garage and the restaurant does parking validation. This will definitely be our spot, now!! read more

Thursday night dinner date with my husband. We live near here, and I've always thought about trying it, but seemed a little pricey. Anyway, we wanted Indian and it was close by. Walked in and was greeted, sat in the back in a booth. First thing I noticed is that it's a little hot in the place. Open kitchen, which is great!!! But not a lot of a/c action going on. They do have a tiny patio you can sit outside. Husband ordered Diet Coke (comes in a can- which is annoying at restaurants, but oh well). We started with the vegetable samosas, order comes with two. They were on the smaller side, but very good. The mint/cilantro sauce and chutney they come with us yummy and compliments nicely. We also ordered garlic naan and each ordered chicken tikka masala (medium hot). It was some of the best food I've had since I've been here on island. Really really good. The sauce was thick and creamy, not too "runny". And the naan was light, crispy and chewy. Next time I think I will try "hot" spice. Bill came out to about $70 +tip for the two of us. I will definitely be coming back! read more

Bombay Palace serves Halal meat (Muslim kosher). Recommendations: Veg samosas Lamb Rogan Josh Butter chicken Garlic naan Butter naan read more

Food was reasonably priced for Indian food. If you're at the Ilikai and craving Indian food this is place to try out. Given they are opening during Covid was a added bonus and the staff was super friendly. I did the chicken tikka marsala and it was great considering it's in Oahu. Give it a try. read more

My wife was craving for Indian food. We where looking for an Indian food place, but the place we wanted to go to was closed. So we decided to eat at Bombay Palace since we had a good experience since last time we ate at the restaurant. When we got into the restaurant there was no wait. We were the only costumers inside. So We got seated right away. Once we where seated, the server filled our glass with water. As I was about to drink the water I notice the glass had a stain, the glass was dirty. Looks like it wasn't wash properly. We called over the server and told the server we were ready to order. She gave as a pen and order form, server told us to write our own orders down. My wife and I was like "okay" they're properly short handed. So we ordered the same food we ordered last time we ate at the restaurant. We got the following food... -Samosas: The samosas was terrible, the samosas was crispy but the inside was ice cold. -Vegetable Biryani: rice tasted old and the vegetable was soggy. -Chicken Tikka Masala: chicken was dry and the inside was cold. Seems like they just microwave the chicken masala. -Lamb Rogan: It was alright, it was oily and seems like it was also heated in the microwave. -Garlic Naan: this was the only thing that was good with our order. It was warm and crispy when we got it. Overall this experience was terrible. After what our dining experience at the restaurant. We will for sure will not go back. Our order was around $86.00 and with tip came to about $100.00. With the amount paid for the food. You could get a lot better food else where with better service. I HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND. read more

Service & food were great! ''Twas my first time trying Indian food & it was soooo good!

Best Indian restaurant in Honolulu. I love their fluffy naan and refreshing mango lassie. Excellent service and clean environment. read more

Bombay Palace - Paneer Makhani - Indian Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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My husband and I have been craving Indian food for a while and dreaded going to back to Cafe Maharani primarily do the main waiter there. At first this place did not seem to be promising despite all really good looking pictures and reviews. This was mainly because I was hangry and we were waiting for then to open (5pm) and they opened at 503pm dont judge me. We've all been there. HOWEVER!!!! This place drastically surprised me and was more then definitely worth the wait for multiple reasons. Reason one--food-- The food was delicious, has tons of flavor. When my husband inquired about items on the menu the waiter actually answered his questions sincerely and provided great suggestions. The waiter did not just blow off the question on what is the popular answer, or seem like he didn't know what he was talking about. We got the chicken Tikka (dry), chicken Korma (Medium), samosas, and garlic cheese nann. Regretfully we should have not doubled up on the chicken (though super delicious) we will be back for other shrimp and lamb dishes! Reason two--atmosphere-- The atmosphere was wonderful. The place was not crowed (not just by people, but by stuff). There was the right amount of tables and our table had plenty of space for our dishes. You are able to see directly into most of the kitchen which is nice because you can see how your food is being prepared and even better smell it Reason three--customer service--- Not just the waiter took care of us. Three people came to our table throughout our meal to ensure that we had drinks (never had an empty glass, not even once), our food, (they brought it out as it was ready) and respect (they were SUPER nice and attending). By far even though there may be better Indian restaurants in Honolulu, I would never compare the experience to another. This was the best experience I've had on island thus far. read more

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It is a decent setup in a bustling area. Quick service but mixed. Some with smiles while others curt. We ordered daal and palak paneer. Daal was not so great but other stuff including breads were tasty. We ordered Indian tea and it was horrible. Cold and bitter. We asked the server to replace and he happily did. Replacement was OK. Food on expensive side. Average entree $16. Bread $4 each. read more

Small place with good service was. I had the lamb rogan with garlic naan 10/10 recommend. Portion was on the smaller side but good for one person. read more

Bombay Palace - Lamb Rogan Josh - Indian Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Very good food. The naan was fresh and delicious. We had kebabs and two other dishes and all three were good. Ordered mojitos and they were good too. Service was excellent. Restaurant was very clean and has a good atmosphere. read more

This is the best Indian food on all the islands. Nothing compares to quality food and friendly staff. We highly recommend this place to everyone looking for the best Indian food. read more

Used to love this place, I used to rave about it to everyone that came to Hawaii. I will not be doing that anymore. Their phone doesn't actual work or ring to the restaurant. It's just an auto message saying their hours/parking and that if you want to order take out please go to their website and order that way. Well your fucking online ordering system hasn't worked in atleast 4 months from what I have tried. So you expect me to show up just to place a take out order in person and then sit and wait 40 mins for that take out order to be ready? What's the point of take out then? How about you have someone answer the phone if your online ordering system is down. What the hell happened to this place in the last 5 years? read more

We visited this establishment a couple of years ago and thought to try again. Upon arrival the owner has a table blocking entry into the restaurant and when we asked to seat our family of 12 he said no. We asked if we can split and sit separately he said only if we each order a main dish. His rude and unprofessional behavior is no way to handle customers. I do not recommend this place to anyone ! Spend your money somewhere else! read more

Ordered here twice in a month! Love love love the garlic naan and the veg biryani! The saag isn't as creamy as I'm used to but it's still yummy and the meat is super soft. read more

Bombay Palace - Lamb saag Vegetable biryani Garlic naan - Indian Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Worst experience one can ever have . They have put a table on the door to block the way and ask every one what are you going to order and only if the orders are enough to their mind they let you come in . And say in the same breath go done where else . Don't know from where they have learnt new way of business . Ill mannered, nasty Primitive and abnoxious to say the least . Don't waste your evening read more