Based on 254 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
270 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Phone: (831) 427-2666
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Hours
| Friday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11:30 AM–10 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
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Order and Reservations
Reservations: royaltajrestaurants.comboons.io
Reviews
Skay
Sunday lunch buffet, 44$ for 2 and a garlic naan to go. Food was good service was good. Buffet for 20$ per person should have a little more selection. Will return and order off menu next time. Butter chicken, tandori chicken and the naan on the buffet were our choices. I may have missed a dish everything was delicious.
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Jubith Anand
Food is 7.5/10. It has good seating area and parking. The waiters do they job well but can definitely be trained to western standards.
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Mayank Gaharwar
Best Indian Restaurant in Santa Cruz. High Quality food with great hospitality and wallet friendly restaurant with nice vegetarian options and non-vegetarian options as well. Worth the money you spend at this place you will never be disappointed. Feel like eating at home. Liked the a-la-carte with entree option. Amazing.. Thank you Royal Taj and it’s crew.
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Ashish Mittal
We liked food and service here.
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Info Source
Have been going to this place for years, see frequent management changes as well as food quality. Being a vegetarian, have a few favorite must order items Saag Paneer and Baigan Barta and found them to maintain the taste until this time. Baigan Barta is less creamy but tasty, however, Saag Paneer was not as flavorful or tasty as it used to be, and Naans were like thick store bought pizza crust or frozen pizza base. Literally I had to be creative without wasting food, converted some of them into a pizza as shown in the pics, you can see what I meant by looking at the thickness of the Naan although you can’t eat to determine the taste and feel the spongy thick bread. They offer lunch buffet however, don’t be surprised for not finding your favorite dishes…. pretty ordinary lacking taste or flavor for vegetarians. Hope they take this review from a good old customer seriously and improve quality of food and service.
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Sneha Mirajkar
The place is small. Clean. Food is great. The host is nice.
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Sam Feng (Sam)
Wow the food is extremely delicious, and the service is excellent! They also have 10% off for UCSC students. Definitely a must go.
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Raghuveer Patrachari
Loved the food. I’ve seen buffet with more options where half the things aren’t that good. Here, they know what they’re doing and we liked almost everything we ate.
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Douglas Myers
Very good Indian restaurant in Santa Cruz. The lunch buffet has plenty of selections, and the quality of the food is top-notch! The place is clean and well run. It’s my favorite Indian place in town!
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Christina Marie
The food was good but the place is really dirty! I went with my cousin and he wanted to walk out before our food came because he saw a cook sneeze into food without trying to cover it. If he didn’t order a beer we would have been out the door.The bathroom was dirt and so were the walls by the table we sat in. It made me wonder what the kitchen really looked like if they let the dining area look so dingy?
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