Best halal Pakistani buffet In the Baltimore area and suburbs. Huge selection of high quality food. What more could you want. Have the right expectations when you walk into this place and you will have a great experience. It is a Desi/Pakistani place. So has the ambiance to fit it. You will defiantly feel it as soon as you walk in. The food is authentic. It's near impossible to find real Pakistani find food with the right spices. Everything is too watered down. But Lal Qila does a great job at it. The buffet selection is huge. Has kabobs, grilled chicken, dozens of different dishes, Chinese halal (which is actually very good). Most importantly, they have the best halwa puri you will find anywhere. And the desert menu has Wide selection. The kheer is always on point. I go here about once every month and have never been disappointed. The place is a absolutely packed during Ramadan. And has all the things you could want to break your fast (pakora, samosa ,rooh afza etcetera). Definitely makes fasting worth it. read more

Amazing food and services ! Great customer services ! Will recommend Families and Friends out there

There was a cockroach running out from behind the open grill. When I mentioned it to the person there they said that's impossible. Now I know why their prices are so low. You really get what you pay for. read more

Horrible place, with mess all over. Seat covers were stained and grossly dirty. Bathroom was extremely stinky. Food and mess on the floor. Tables were covered with food residue and when asked to clean, it was cleaned with a wet towel that left whole table wet. Food was old and burned out. Would never recommend to any one and will never go back again. I wish there is a negative star that I could give. read more

If i could give this place minus 10, i would! i came here for iftaar and i am still sitting here just waiting to get sick. I will NEVER step foot in this place ever! Food is bad! All the food was old, most likely from lunch buffet. Owner is an idiot. doesn't care about food quality. I will never come back! read more

Came here for mothers day man this place is grossssss dont just please for gods sake just dont come here this place needs to close down the food is worst then mcdonalds seriously i think mcdonalds has better food and clean food then this shit hole! The food is cold dry and there is litterally no taste at all! Dirty old dated really bad bad place to eat! People just go to mcdonalds if you are planning to come here for the price this place is bad this place doesnt even deserve 1 star!!!! People just do your self a favor and go somewhere else! And i hope the health department closes this place down asap..... Thanks for nothing lal qila even your employees are rude atleast do something right lol read more

Lal Qila - Dirty carpet just gross everything is outdated - Halal Near Me - Windsor Mill, Maryland

Food is okay. Nothing special. Place is really big and open. They have a place for small party or event. Place isn't very clean. I was very disappointed about that. Plenty of free parking. Waiter and staffs are very nice and friendly. read more

First time there ! They had food buffet variety of different dishes including sweets . From Chinese to Pakistani dish! Food quality was excellent! Prices were reasonable and and service was amazing!! I must say customer service was excellent. The cashier walked with us and showed us the way to the buffet and offered us free samples before we start eating, and welcomed us! At the end they made us fresh kabobs and didn't charge us for the Kabob they also offered a home dish they made which I loved!! I highly highly recommend this place. Great for catering and all sorts of occasions like (Weddings and birthdays) I highly recommend this place! Great with families and friends !!! read more

Lal Qila - Halal Near Me - Windsor Mill, Maryland

I've been here several times and it seems like the quality just continues to go down. None of the food seemed fresh and my family and I didn't enjoy it at all. Will not be going back. read more

I'm sure to go here at least once a year. From start you should know that this place isn't very fancy- its barely ever populated, is in the middle of a mostly forgotten mall, there's barely any waiter service, and the tables and carpets are stained and a bit sticky. But I go to restaurants for food. And as far as Indian buffets go this is great. The food is not the same quality you'd get at a classy Indian restaurant, but for what you're paying, the amount of selection is dazzling. Fill your plate with biryani, white rice, chicken curry, sweet and sour chicken, etc. Then go back for more! I always wake up the morning after eating here eagerly anticipating my next trip read more

5/5 for excellent food! Some of the best Pakistani/Indian food I've had in this country and New York is home to the biggest population! This is a buffet, its in a mall, why would people expect it to have great decor? We went for my nephews 1 year birthday at around 8 p.m. They had about 8 rows of food and a separate BBQ Grill section where the chicken tandoori, bihari chicken (best dish), and seekh kebab's were made along with the naans. They have about 2 row's worth of chines food which are also really good. I stayed away from any fried stuff because it's probably just pre-packaged frozen stuff. They had PURI'S!!! I was a happy, fluffy kid after dinner. It's located in some random mall outside of Baltimore near the AMC Theatre. By the way its only $13 a head for the buffet! read more

My friend went here on Saturday night and loved it. She recommended the place so highly that we went to the buffet on Sunday night (it doesn't take much because I loooooove food). There were surprisingly quite a few people there--and more were arriving as we left around 8pm. The price was decent but it changes on nights and weekends--$12 for adults and kids over 10, $8 for kids 6-9 and $4 for kids 3-5 for the time we went. The selection was pretty good. They had salads, sushi, steamed shrimp, Chinese dishes (like sesame chicken, black pepper chicken, black pepper beef, Gen Tso's chicken, and my fave--chicken and broccoli), soups, American dishes (pizza, fried chicken), and Teppanyaki chicken. They also had a huge selection of Indian/Pakistani curries, chaat, fresh kebabs, naan, salads and desserts. In short, they have a HUGE selection of foods. I grabbed mostly the Chinese food, which was awesome. Great quality and delicious. I'm giving that side of the buffet 4.5 stars without qualms. The sushi was ok. They had a tempura shrimp one. Yay! The American side was ok so that was good. The chaat bar was great to see but the flavors of the chutneys didn't seem right. They had unripened tomatoes (yuck) but they had bhel puri (yum). The Indian kebabs, while super fresh, were a little mealy and kind of plain. The naan is AWESOME. I mean AWESOME. The curries that I tried were just ok, but maybe I didn't try the right ones. The desserts were ok. Desserts at buffets usually aren't anything special--why is that? I think dessert makes or breaks my meal. These ones didn't make the meal, but they didn't break it either. The service was good. Waiters were walking around picking up plates and refilling sodas pretty regularly which is always nice. I'll definitely come back and try it again. My kids loved the Chinese food and I liked the selection. Overall, I had an ok experience which is enough for me to go again. read more

Amazing food, fantastic variety. We had everything from the classic Mac and cheese, southern fried chicken, orange chicken, fried rice to paya and biryani. The breads were amazing, choice between naan and Puri. All the food was hot and fresh. Four stars as the place lacks an ambiance . read more

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This is my very first review, due to how disgusted I was of the employee's behavior. I can't even rate the food due to how disturbed I was before I even ate. In the restroom, I witnessed the waitress walk out of the bathroom stall, rinse her hands under water for MAX 2 seconds, and then proceed to walk out. I was so shocked I couldn't even believe what happened. Needless to say, I barely ate at this restaurant. Dear owners- PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE train your employees on sanitation practices. PLEASE. read more

We were scared going into this mall and restaurant. It likes walking back to the 80s. The food was much better than I thought it would be. The Chinese food was especially good. The Indian food was just ok. The brunch was reasonably priced. The atmosphere is rough. The place is not well maintained but that's probably due to the building. It is also right across the road from the Best Buy in the Serial Podcast. The place is scary looking and run down but the food is good. Definitely not a place to bring a date. I will come back to eat all the good food. Surprised this place has such a low rating on here. We had no interaction with the staff except when we paid in the beginning. The cashier just processed our payment no talking. read more

It was the worst food I ever had in my life there was a bug in my soup and the customer service was ridiculously unprofessional I would not recommend anyone going to this restaurant. We drove from Virginia to Maryland because we heard so many great things about this restaurant by the time we got there we had to wait 10 to 15 minutes just to be seated the waiter brought the drink and the total was flat basically was water down the food was cold and tasteless I am preparing some soup which I found mosquito in there try to explain to the hostess of the situation she just kind of walked away from us read more

Lal Qila - Halal Near Me - Windsor Mill, Maryland

The food is old, stales, bad and dry! All the food was old, most likely from dinner buffet. Owner doesn't care about food quality. I will never come back. Place isn't very clean. I was very disappointed about that. AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!!!! It is just gross and ridiculous. read more

If you really like some food at first time then don't go there very often , give some time for your next visit , So I'm here after few months , now I feel like I just wast my time and money , Very few number of Chinese dishes and number of Pakistani dishes, and taste awful , I came here after few months , so that time it was okay to eat but now ? Not at all , 11.22$ for lunch buffet ? Ridiculous ! Flat drink , some local cola brand not even Pepsi or coke ! Not coming any more , bye bye read more

Please save your money, go elsewhere. The waiter was rude, we were 20-30 people, the waiter was extremely rude, unprofessional, the food was cold, and literally half the food was finished and we had to wait 20-30 mins for it to be slightly filled up before we could eat. When complaining to the owner, he didn't even bother having eye contact. He was just on his whats app chatting with somebody and just ignored me. The waiter never gave us enough soda jugs, and when asked for more, he denied us and told us he already gave it to us.. that he never did, for the drinks we paid for. It used to be good 3-4 years ago.. now I'll never come back here. We used to host parties here, but I guess I'll take my business elsewhere. read more

The food was dry and stale old the naan weren't the best but were okay. Very bad service I don't recommend going there if you do not want to waste your money don't go there. They charged a lot for the food I ate. read more

I started to go in until I saw all of the flies. How can you have open food displayed with flies everywhere? Doesn't matter to me if it's authentic. read more

Lal Qila - Flies throughout the entire window... no one seems to car - Halal Near Me - Windsor Mill, Maryland

You are looking for just a food review well then I definitely recommend this place for Pakistan I food only. All of it is very good. But sanitation and cleanliness aspect of it this is one of the dirtiest places I have ever eat at. Although this is not a hole in the wall it might as well be. The tables were wiped down right before we sat down. It smelled so bad I had to tell them we are moving to another table. Then add I'm eating a Roach climes out of the booth seat right from behind my shoulder. So me being discussed by all that I looked under the table and it had nasty sticky drips from improper wiping of the table. And there bathrooms are broken down dirty smelly and door are broken. Overt all I will never done in again. But the food is pretty good so I will take it go. read more

Had a catered event there and everything was done well. No complaints. Food was prepared fresh and was good. All the guests appreciated the variety. Have seen numerous bad reviews here about the buffet so not sure whats going on? For our catered event (100+ people) they made everything fresh so it was good. read more

We recently did a small party of around 40 people there, the food was nice and hot. Very reasonably priced and accommodating. The variety and quality of food is really nice, they also provided ample private hall/space that was included in price of food Owners are nice, flexible and understanding, All in all very highly recommended, Thank you, Abbas read more

This is not a typical Indian/Chinese restaurant. We went on a saturday afternnon which looked like a slow day. The food made in BBQ grill was good - it had kabobs, tandoori chicken as well as naans (which I thought were ordinary). The gravy based food was greasy but acceptable. I liked their Haleen and had almost 2 bowls worth of it. In the dessert section, I liked the kheer and their chocolate cake which I like anyways unless its badly made. One of the other Indian sweet was bad. I have never been to a place where it felt like a chinese buffet that served Indian/pakistani food. Over 4 rows of Indian food in addition to chinese and other american cuisines. Prices are about $13 per head without drinks. I would come here back. There were quite a few things I was not able to try but thats common at a buffet place of this style. read more

AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!!!! It is just gross and ridiculous. The service here really sucks. When the waiter showed us to our table, he didn't even give us any water or utensils. I had to ask for it. Also, when I asked for a refill for my soda, he asked if two people were sharing my soda, then he got my refill. What kind of stupid behavior is that? Also, the food quality sucks. The food is cold and disgusting read more

Ambiance is bad. Food is terrible. I'd rather have a choice of few food options that taste good as opposed to 20-30 food items all of which taste bland. Having said that, I regularly get a few key dishes from them catered which are fantastic! Bihari kabob and seekh kabob are great if you get them catered and I still don't understand why they taste different from the menu items which they serve in the restaurant. Giving them 3 stars only for these 2 catered items. P.S. don't go here in Ramadan. I made the mistake of going a few times and aunties were fighting over chairs and the food ran out and it took the kitchen staff 30 minutes to refill the food items. This made the customers angry as everyone was fasting and hungry and a lot of people started fighting over food items. No joke. It was extremely chaotic and that was the day I decided I would never come here again. read more

Boy, what a bad experience. Save your money (and time) and go someplace else. The service here is terrible. The place wasn't clean at all. The food was constantly cold, even when they were bringing the refills. I would rather have a few food options and be good, not a 100 options and taste terrible. The only saving grace (and my reason for giving it 2 stars instead of 1) was their BBQ (kabobs and chicken tikka). It was being cooked right in front of you so it was quite fresh and tasted delicious. I still can't figure out every time I go there (4 times), we had a wait time of at least 30 minutes. Not sure why people like this place. read more

The food is old and stale. I have gone to this establishment a couple times hoping that the food would be better but every time I leave the establishment with disappointment and food poisoning. I went to the establishment yesterday night for a family event. The food has screwed up the stomach's of several family members and myself. If I could I would give 0 stars. NOT GOING TO LAL QILA EVER AGAIN. read more

TURN AROUND AND RUN! This restaurant was atrocious the only thing that was good was the Kabobs everything else was mediocre. The chicken was dry customer service was ehh, they got our plates but never asked to refill our drinks. We didn't get our utensils till half way thru the meal even after we asked multiple times. Everything about this place is cheap from the cups to the decor. The price for the buffet is outrageous especially considering their food is 99.9% sure its 4 days old. This is food I would expect at a school lunch. read more

Went today for lunch with family. Was able to try many of the food choices, and I have to say all were well cooked. All meat selections were very tasty and not too dry. The kebabs and tandoori chicken were the best. Would recommend to anyone. read more

A preface, this is going to be a long review. When I first entered Lal Qila, it was bleak and desolate. I felt as if I were a refugee going to a camp to eat. (Okay, it's not that bad but it had FEMA vibes). The decor is an attempt to seem inviting, appearing to be a relic from yester-years, though clearly unintentional. but at the surface it is blatant that nobody cares; the owners certainly don't. The food itself: it's amazing how much individual foods taste like each other. I can pile my plate up with each dish, and it would all be bland and tasteless. The only two foods I tried (granted I did not try all the dishes, about 10 or so) that stood out were the chicken kabob and tandoori chicken. The tandoori chickens spices at first seemed mild but grew harsher as particles of spice that hadn't been properly cooked fell off the chicken. The meat itself was smokey and slightly rubbery. The chicken kabob tasted like watered down chicken kabobs. Coding thoughts: Lal Qila claims itself to be a Halal Indo-Pak Chinese restaurant. Frankly, pick one, either be Indo-Pak Cuisines or Chinese food that's halaal. There's sprinkles of each type of food offered, and random pastas as well. La Qila could be better if they had a smaller menu that could be cooked consistently. Also a lot of the food was mislabeled, as if the dish presented used to be there but was discontinued. Freshness was hit or miss, leaning more towards miss in most cases. The staff were nice enough whenever the were around. Don't come here unless you can only eat halaal meat, can stand a run down location, and are okay with mediocre (at best) food. read more

I went there this past weekend and was very disappointed. Online it said they serve all sorts of falooda but when I asked, the menu was not updated was the answer that was given. It had a lot of variety of different foods but most of the food was cold, and dry. Nothing was labeled to know what was what! Language was another barrier, the servers did not know if they had certain foods (online menu) or not. Kept on directing me in different directions. I bought paan, the lady said there were fresh, but actually a couple of days old. Not sweet, not fresh not worth to pay for seperatedly . When online it was part of the menu. When I mentioned it to the lady she said it needed to be updated so instead of checking things on line to call her in the future. I highly doubt that I will take a trip of 73 miles away again. Can't refer it to anyone else either. read more

We decided to give this place a try since we've already been to Tokyo Seafood Buffet before. We came in and paid 29 dollars for 2 including drinks. This was around 3pm on a Saturday. We waited till the waitress came and asked what drinks we'd like. We both said unsweetened iced tea. She got us water. There was a wide variety of foods to eat ranging from Indian/Pakistani, Chinese, American, sushi to individual ice creams. The problem? The food was stale, as if it has been sitting there since morning. The kabobs were incredibly dry and tough to eat. Tandoori chicken was a bit dry but overall pretty good. Some of the other foods like the chicken and goat curry, the sauces were exactly the same and was very greasy. The chicken's texture was like tree bark but the goat was surprisingly very good. The Chinese food was your typical stuff. Mediocre at best. The American fare was worse. Pizza was either too bland on 1 part, and too salty on the other. Fries, potato wedges, wings, etc were all stale and dry. Sushi? In all of the pieces I had, none of them contained any fish or seafood. The individual ice cream cups you get were freezer burned and each bite felt like you were eating vanilla flavored mud. The desserts were pretty good though. From the rice pudding, cookies, to a cake that looks like flan. All were decent. Overall the food quality was a 2 out of 5. The service was terrible. We've asked our waitress for unsweetened iced teas numerous times and each time she brought us back water. Till the 4th time, her partner finally brought us unsweetened iced teas. We were almost done eating by that time. They need to step it up... read more

My second time here...first off its Eid and I think there should be an extra effort made on a holiday with the food. They also didn't even have clean plates...when they did bring plates out they were still wet. How do you mess up pizza? It tastes like cardboard. The fried chicken was yellow huh? The coke tasted watered down. Not once did a server come to clean up our plates or refill water. Everything tastes bland...there wasn't anything that was actually appetizing....no real dessert menu. Only had sliced melons for fruit....considering I drove over an hour and half in traffic to come here...I really feel like it was a waste of time and I hope I don't get sick . read more

Awesome buffet! Let me stretch before I write this review because it will be long. They have American, Pakistani, and Chinese food all under the same roof. The first time I went here, I simply hated the taste of the Pakistani side of their buffet. It did not taste authentic at all. It looked fine but the spices were so far off and I could not tell what I was tasting. The ambiguity baffles me to this day. I vowed never to return here. Then one day, I don't recall why and how, I ended up here again with family and we loved the food. Spices were on point. Since then, this is our most frequented buffet so far. They have pouri bread, need I say more? The place is huge and rows of dishes go on and on. There are so many options and I can never try everything in one visit. That's right, I don't eat here, I just try because I get full by just sampling the gazillion dishes they have. Be careful at the salad and condiments bar. We noticed that the yogurt sauce was bubbling, so just watch out for freshness or lack there of. The staff is friendly, helpful and carries good conversations. Another attraction for us here are the vending machine with stuffed animals. We play them a lot and have won quite a few teddy bears, monkeys and cows lol. The place is inside the mall so you can get some shopping done too. read more

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I liked their Chinese variety and it was minimal Spivey. Halva purri was another one I liked. read more

Lal Qila - Halal Near Me - Windsor Mill, Maryland

I was here for an iftar, and it was pretty good! Maybe they've listened to the Yelpers with the bad reviews? I dunno, I presume they've listened & improved. I ate well. I mostly prefer the chinese stuff (versus the indopak desi). So I ate plenty of the fried rice, the beef and chicken dishes, the meat on a stick, and others. The lo mein too. It was all nice, flavorful, halal. The only thing that was pretty bad was the rice pudding/kheer. They need to work on that one. Their restaurant is big and expansive, and for Muslims, they have a very good sized prayer hall, which is unheard of with Muslim restaurants. I hope they continue to improve & wish them the best. read more

I am a Pakistani girl who was grown up with the meals that were served in this buffet and it was just utterly horrible. I had gone there a couple years back and the food was just purely disgusting, my own cousin said that the employees were eating better meals from elsewhere than where they were serving. I had gone again recently after years and decided to give the place another shot and again I was EXTREMELY disappointed. The food is tastless, absolutely nothing like how Paki food tastes like. And let me tell you about the infestation problem..This restaurant has more bugs I have ever seen in my life. I was up getting some rice, one thing I actually seemed like kind of teach myself to like at the place, and BOOM out comes a one inch cockroach from the rice. I COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT. I took it to the manager and complained how there was a bug in the rice and even showed her the video my little brother made of it and also complained about the flies that were everywhere and his response was "Ma'am there are kids here that tend to pick up bugs and drop them in the food." after that he ordered one employee to change the rice. I couldn't trust the place anymore I up and left and trashed the $13.50 I had paid for my buffet. Overall, worse place I have been too. Tasteless food, bug infestation, and lack of professionalism. Never will be giving this place a 3rd chance. read more

The food is OK. The customer service is terrible, and should definitely be worked on. I don't think I'll be going here to eat again