India Taj Palace

A very zen buffet, lovely service, slightly small variety for lunch; however, it had great curry and food that any person who has good taste for Indian Food will enjoy. It was also a good location and the food was warm which left us with a smile and a good full belly.

I used to live only 5 minutes from this place, so whenever I happen to be in the neighborhood, I make an effort to come back here. This is my SECOND time back in a week (yes, I was just here yesterday, lol). The buffet for lunch was piping hot, and they have excellent selection! I was greeted right away by the friendly staff (who recognized me from the day before, haha). And they make superb Tandoori chicken. I have been to other Indian restaurants that totally mess up the Tandoori chicken, but this is not one of them! And garlic naan comes with the buffet price! GARLIC! Most other Indian places I’ve been to charge extra for naan, and only serve plain naan. How could I refuse? Lol, I forgot to stop and get samosas yesterday during lunch, hence the reason I came back. Excellent food!

I wish I could give a million star review. BEST Indian buffet I’ve ever been to! Food was all perfect and nothing too greasy. Everything was fresh and everything I tried was amazing. Service was friendly and very attentive. This will have to become one of our regular dinner spots. So glad we found this gem! Definitely try the tamarind sauce.

Food is tasty, but servings are not that big. We applied a discount from their website to our online order and then they tried to charge us full price even though it was their discount! Be wary of what you’re charged.

This review is for their lunch buffet.
Good selection, dishes serve hot, prompt and friendly service, good price for the quality of food served.
Coming from south east Asia, I really missed a good curry. Having had Indian food from all over the world and all over the states. I have to say this selection is up there on my list.
For some reason a lot of Indian restaurant don’t make good tandoori but this is gets it right, cooked well with lots of flavor! Will need to try their other tandoori dish.
The daal soup is very good and appetizing!
The papadom taste just like back home!!!
Other dishes that I like a lot from the buffet selection:
The egg plant dish — flavorful and great with naan.
Goat curry — possibly the best dish, the goat meat cook with bone in, delicious.
Chicken tikka delicious with rice or naan.
The meatball made with beef is so tender and flavorful.
There’s a lot of other dishes, I was so full and couldn’t really savor all of them.
Will definitely return for more.

I’ll keep this simple. Delicious buffet, wonderfully friendly service. What else needs to be said?

Great Indian food for a great price. I love that they deliver as well. We always get a seat right away and it’s like the owner personally seats us every time. Before you can even ask for more hot naan bread they are bringing it to you, so they are very in tune with what their customers need. Would love to see more desserts there. Love the saag paneer and the tikka masala, of course. Plus I’ve branched out and tried new stuff they have had on the buffet there, and wow! So so so good.

Buffet has a good selection of tasty dishes. Replenished frequently enough & kept hot enough. They have menu and buffet all day. We opted for the buffet.

Pretty solid place. Not too expensive for an Indian buffet imo, most places charge 12/​14, at least the ones I’ve encountered. It’s also nice that they do both lunch and dinner buffet. Lunch is 9.95 plus tax and dinner I think is 11.95.
Seems family owned, and there is a wide assortment of different dishes and vegetarian options. The flavors are good but like another reviewer stated, they’re not as sharp and spicey as the usual indian food. I wouldn’t say the flavors are bland but they’re definitely not spicey. I didn’t mind I love Indian food either way. Everything was nice and hot too, so that’s great. Naan was meh, underwhelming and cold but edible. The dessert was one of my favorite parts. I love Indian desserts and they had the milk balls, mango custard (delicious), rice pudding, and carrot helwa! A+!
Overall definitely check this place out.

We had ordered naan, karahi paneer and veg. biryani. They got another curry. After getting the actual curry, it was very watery.
Veg biryani was like some curry mixed with rice. It didn’t had any flavor of biryani. The cauliflower was spoiled and the manager refused to refund the money initially.
Only Naan was good.
Inshort, horrible food. Never visit.

Wow… wow! I am impressed. Everything on the buffet was great. And, I… ate… everything!
All items were prepared expertly. The atmosphere is nice. The staff is attentive and pleasant. Even the restroom is clean and well cared for.

Love the buffet options during dinner. Never regret the opportunity to enjoy the fresh choices.

I ordered some food to go by using my delivery ring app. … This place is outstanding. The food was amazing and they wrapped everything individually in cellophane wrap to avoid spilling. All my extra condiments were there… Amazing delivery food was fresh! I loved it

Been coming here for years. buffet is awesome. price good.service great. best in town by far.
I keep coming back. wife who never had this type of food before. REQUESTED to come here. still the best in town. still excellent service. you can not go wrong here.

The aloo gobi, chicken tikka masala, veggie samosas, and mint chutney are all delicious!

What can I say… On point every time we stop in. By far the friendliest staff around. They treat you like an old friend. I’m typically not a fan of a Buffett but this is my exception. I’ve never eaten there when the food didn’t look and taste fresh. Nothing worse than old food sitting on a hot plate.
If you’re on the fence give it a shot. Always a great experience!!!

So, I’m looking to try some Indian cuisine for the first time, and I noticed most places on Unilocal’s map shows most of these restaurants concentrated in the Wurzbach/​Fredericksburg Rd corridor. Why is that? Is there a high concentration of Indian folk in this area? I notice some of the best phở restaurants are in the Northwest area also.
Coming from Live Oak, I just won’t drive 40 miles to try something new, and that’s why I was happy to see this place in Stone Oak, a quick jaunt for me on the 1604. As I entered this large dining room, smells of curry came wafting at me, especially since it was not too cold in there. It was 12:30, and there were only 3 other couples in there, a bit odd in this huge restaurant. In comparison, any large Chinese buffet at 12:30 would have at least 50 people eating.
The buffet was pretty expansive with many curries (chicken, goat, vegetable), dal soup, chick pea curry, tandoori chicken, a paper thin cracker bread for dipping those curries, and mixed vegetables. I understand what others had said about the lukewarm curries, and I feel it is hard to keep the consistency of curry pipping hot in a steam tray. The dal soup was very hot because its consistency is thinner
I found most of this food to be bland and was not spicy at all, none of it. The dal soup was outstanding, as was the chicken and goat curries and the chicken tikka Marsala. The basmati rice and yellow rice were fresh and perfectly prepared. It made a perfect nest for those curries. I feel they dumb down the buffet for us gringos because they think we are afraid of spice. I don’t know how representative this place is for Indian food. I hear of places like Briani Pot, where you may have no gringos in there. There were 4 couples in here in Stone Oak, all gringos
As far as the 5 stars, I do not know Indian food– all I know is this food is tasty, every curry has tons of meat, if you get here right at opening the samosas and egg rolls are excellent, and I like the cold salad bar with the kimchi or Indian kimchi, love the naan, the milk balls, and the free drink with Unilocal check in. Yes the dishes could use more spice and only one of the curry sauces is very flavorful. I can’t remember which one and I like the chicken tikka Marsala, and the people are super nice, so far me it’s a 5.
Eats:
— tandoori chicken: smoky, flavorful, but dry
— goat curry: excellent (goat tastes like the dark meat on turkey)
— chicken curry, dal soup (outstanding), naan bread: excellent
— mint chutney and tamarind dipping sauce: put this mint on anything
— sweetened fried milk balls for desert
— samosas were soggy, not crispy. Get there right at opening.
Crumbs:
— free canned soft drink with Unilocal checkin
— one dollar off coupon on their webpage
— most of the curries were bland and not spicy but tasty
— there are a couple of small salads, but this needs to be expanded

Very disappointed with this place. I gave it two stars because the naan and kheer were both really good, but that’s about it. The buffet food all tasted cold and was poor quality.
When they brought fresh hot food out, instead of replacing the old food they just mixed the new food in with the old. I was grossed out to see them mixing a fresh hot vegetable curry in with an old dried out cold curry of the same variety. Didn’t seem very sanitary.

The buffet dishes are hit or miss. I would highly recommend the goat curry with the basmati rice because the taste is out of this world. Just make sure the rice is not hard from cooking.
Most of the other dishes lacked that dynamic spicy umami taste that many associate with Indian food. So this restaurant is more of an introduction to Indian food for Americans/​Texans that are not accustomed to the spicy food.
Bottom line, would i recommend it? Yes

Great service, awesome food and I would have given 5 stars if the food was actually hot and not lukewarm. I think I showed up as they were changing foods. Nonetheless, it was absolutely delicious and the owner’s will treat you like you own the place.

Another run of the mill Indian buffet. The only thing that brings me here is the location. Try the samosas and chicken curry. Ask for fresh chicken Tikka as it is stale some times. The food is very heavy so don’t over do it or there will be sufferings later.

Always friendly and humble service, they have a huge place so it would be ideal for a nice event or party. Buffet is on point.
Booth and free standing table sitting.
Always a nice experience when I make it out this way. I only wish I lived a little closer.
Consider moving to Alamo Heights guys we have like 0 Indian food places & we desperately need you guys.

My family has been going to India Taj Palace since before the stone oak location existed and was at 281 and Brook Hollow… So I guess I’m a little biased.
Anytime I get an opportunity to take a friend out for lunch, I will take them here. The buffet is expansive, and I have to say the biggest in San Antonio to my knowledge. It is also constantly being refreshed with new dishes hot from the kitchen! India Taj Palace is consistently delicious, and the service is always quick and attentive.