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    Raja Indian Restaurant

    4.1 (168 reviews)
    ModerateIndian, Bars
    Open 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 4:30 PM - 10:00 PM

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    Casual
    Quiet
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Chicken Tikka Specialty
    Wendy W.

    This is one of my most favorite restaurants ever!!! Lovely family owned restaurants that takes care of its customers!!! They always offer great suggestions and answer all of my questions with patience and kindness!!!! The food is amazing!!! They make everything to your spice level and it's all phenomenal!!!! It's a smaller restaurant and they do a fantastic job at making you feel right at home!!!!!!

    paneer makhani dish. Nice presentation and food quality!
    Nate K.

    I haven't tried Raja since their buffet days, so a visit was overdue. I was hesitant to try them again due to the very aggressive menu pricing. I came in expecting the best paneer makhani ever, a very high bar was set. I truly expected a "Fine Indian Cuisine" at that price point. My food was very tasty and high quality! I enjoyed the dish, the paneer was freshly made, gravy was tasty, and spice was on point. I like 6/6 spicy. The rice did not have any unhealthy seed oils in it which I appreciated. The rice also had cumin and cloves it in. Nice touch, I really liked that! If the price point was closer to their direct competitors ($15-$16) this would be a 5 star review. $18 is pushing it for a vegetarian Indian dish of good, but not exceptional size. I'll be back for carry out because the food was very tasty, but the price point is a bit too high for me to justify making Raja a regular on my weekly rotation.

    Awesomeness
    Yochanan H.

    With all the solid reviews, we drove to Mason, Ohio, to Raja for our anniversary. We agreed on the food, exceptional service, very clean restaurant, and warm camaraderie with the owner's son. The portions were immense, including the fresh naan bread. If only this restaurant were close to us. Raja is undoubtedly one of the best Indian restaurants we've tried in a long time. Whenever we're in the area, we'll make a point to visit this restaurant.

    Goat curry
    Tasha L.

    OHHHHH my .. I'm overly excited to write this review. The experience I had at this restaurant will have me coming back time and time again for dinner. I met a friend here and when we were seated the place was empty (it was a Monday night so that's fair).. We were greeted by a man who was so friendly, I had considered getting the mango juice to start and he promised me I would like the lassi better.. he even brought me a sample of it !! It was actually delicious, not overly sweet and not overly creamy. I was really thankful he allowed me to sample. Next up got the vegetable samosas, these were perfection, they were huge and full of flavorful ingredients, they came out with 3 sauces and the best one by far was the green sauce with mint oh em gee ... He brought me extra bc it was so amazing. I'm vegetarian so I asked him what his recommendation was as I usually get a paneer or channa dish, he actually recommended the eggplant. I love Indian and I love eggplant so I said yep let me try your recommendation and wow I am so glad I did !! Like spicy and I got a level 3, that was plenty enough spicy for me, enough to have to take some drinks as a cleanser while eating. My friend got the goat curry and said it was also excellent and we wrapped those all together with the garlic naan. I tell you what I am pretty certain I've been to majority of the Indian restaurants around Cincy and this was by far my fav. We stayed and talked for a long time and eventually the family I believe owned the restaurant came in for dinner and to see each other which made for a really nice warming family atmosphere. I can't wait to go back !

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    5 years ago

    The food was excellent. I loved the chicken jalfrezi was yum yum yum. The lamb bryani was succulent and so tender. Very god food.

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    Happy New Year to me! The buffet is so delicious! Highly recommend this wonderful place!

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    6 years ago

    This is my favorite local Indian food! Plenty of vegetarian options. I get the saag paneer every time and it's fantastic.

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    7 years ago

    It was pretty good. The chicken tandoori was really delicious! The naan is the best though!!!

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    7 years ago

    Butter chicken was good, clean atmosphere, plenty of parking space. Would recommend to others

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    9 years ago

    We are Indian foods lovers and have been coming to this place for many years now; never been disappointed. Love it!

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    Great food and friendly staff. The curry at Raja India is fantastic.

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    4.2(462 reviews)
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    Delicious tacos. It was a bit loud but my husband and I could still hear each other. Nice waitress…read more Cool looking indoor place. People complain about price but let's be real, they're unique tacos and give a good amount of food in each of them. I had zero complaints.

    I really hate writing this review because I remember Agave & Rye when it first opened in Covington…read moreand I was genuinely impressed. Was it authentic Mexican food? No. But that wasn't really the point. It was creative, fun, and, most importantly, the food was GOOD. I still remember those original chips thin, crispy, fresh and almost addictive. The pico was vibrant and fresh, the flavors were balanced, and the birria was easily my favorite thing on the menu. Not every taco or dish was amazing, but I never left feeling like I'd had a bad meal. Over the years, I've probably stopped back in once a year or so, and unfortunately, each visit seemed to come with another noticeable decline in quality. Still, I kept trying it again because I remembered what Agave & Rye used to be. Then came today. We started with the crab cake bites. I'm sure there was crab somewhere in them, but the amount of cheese completely overwhelmed everything else. Then there were the chips. If you remember Agave & Rye's original chips, you'll understand my disappointment. These tasted mass-produced in the worst possible way and were nothing like what originally made them memorable. We also tried the steak egg rolls. They weren't technically inedible, but that's about the nicest thing I can say. The steak tasted frozen, the filling was mushy, and the entire thing tasted and felt like it had been prepared long before it ever reached our table. For my entrée, I ordered the Filthy Fajita, and this was where I was genuinely confused. Conceptually, I understand what they were trying to do. But the execution was dismal. The steak didn't taste or look as though it had ever touched a grill. It was pale, chewy and completely flavorless almost as if it had been boiled. Then it was piled into a mixture of onions, queso and Mexican rice that all became one big mush of textures and flavors. Had the steak actually been grilled with some char and seasoning, and had the individual ingredients maintained some texture and identity, I could probably have given the dish a 6/10. What I was served was honestly closer to a 2/10. Even the pico and salsa were disappointing. The pico was unevenly chopped with large pieces of onion overpowering everything else, and neither had the bright, fresh flavor I remembered. The salsa tasted more like puréed tomatoes than a finished salsa. My husband ordered three tacos, including the Bee's Knees and, I believe, the Alderman. His reaction was similar. The chicken was dry and tasteless, and his overall impression was that everything tasted frozen rather than freshly prepared. And that's ultimately the issue. Agave & Rye built its reputation on food that was unconventional, over the top and FUN but there was quality behind the gimmick. Somewhere along the way, that seems to have been lost. I still appreciate the atmosphere and their bar selection, but when it comes to the food, this was beyond disappointing. After giving it several chances over the years, sadly, this will likely be our last visit. I genuinely wish that weren't the case, because the Agave & Rye I remember from those early Covington days was something special.

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