Mayabazaar - Farmington Hills

Hello everyone, I ordered catering service from MayaBazaar (65 adults, $14 per person) for my daughter's graduation party (13Aug, starting @5pm). I picked MayaBazaar, because I knew the chef. My friends recommended a different restaurant, but I wanted to give MayaBazaar a chance. However, I was disappointed for 4 reasons listed below.(1) Poor communication Owner is difficult to get a hold off (phone calls, text, email). He does not respond in a timely manner. He gives excuses for late response. Couple of days before the party and on the day of the party, I tried calling and texting him to make sure Food arrives on time, but received very late response. It did not give me the confidence as party host.(2) Catering Van reached an hour late in spite of multiple reminders. It was almost 6pm, before hot/cold drinks and appetizer were set up for 5pm party start time. Guests started feeling a bit uncomfortable and they reminded me that Food has not arrived yet, as I was busy talking to friends at the party. Not many drank the tea, as 6pm was late for tea. The driver had all kinds of excuses as why he arrived late.(3) Malabar Paratha tray had water One of the guest pointed out that the bottom of the Paratha tray had water in it. I thought that the tray had a hole in it, but the tray was intact. Not sure where the water came from. Catering person had to take the paratha out of the tray and dry them. Also, the paratha's were hard. You had to really pull them hard to split open the paratha.(4) One food item was missed PappadFood was ok, other than the paratha. However, it was a not pleasant experience, waiting for the food to arrive (anxiety and blood pressure goes up). Hence, I took time to write this feedback, so the restaurant owner improves his customer service and other customers are cautious before they consider MayaBazar for catering.Thank you for reading this message.

I really wanted to like this place as I am new to Indian cuisine. The server was nice enough and made food suggestions. I don't know if this is cultural but the water for the table tasted like it came straight from the tap. No ice or anything. It was a summer evening. Ice is nice. Food was a little to salty. This is where the cold water would have come in handy. I don't eat much because I am trying to do better with portion control. I get take home containers and begin to pack up my food when I observed a live fly in my rice. It wasn't like when a fly is flying around and it just lands on your food while your shushing it away. I looked at the fly and the fly looked at me like I was interrupting it! You could tell the fly had been in my food for a while. It appeared drunk and did not fly away even when I motioned for the server to take the bowl away. Instead of flipping out, we calmly paid our bill and left. I sometimes feel a certain way being the only 2 black people in a restaurant. I didn't want anyone to think I planted the fly to get out of paying a bill. We didn't want to be rude but we threw the take home food in the trash outside of the restaurant. Fly in my food is disgusting! They lay maggots as soon as they land. Don't get me wrong, I didn't see any baby maggots in my rice but doesn't they weren't there. Won't be visiting again.1 star means I hated it. 2 stars means I disliked it. The service was ok although I had that bad food experience.

There is no AC in the restaurant me and my friends were sweating while having food. Vegetarian food can be better I ordered veg555 for starter it has more sauce than veggies. Egg plant biryani is also a disappointment and restaurant is also short on staff.

Amazing food!!!I enjoyed the food the staff is great ..Very kind and generous with the food ..

What an awesome find! We were looking for a new Indian restaurant to try and thrilled to have found MayaBazaar. Everything we had tasted fresh and not oily. The chana masala was outstanding! We also ordered the briyani with eggplant, paneer tandoori and paneer tikka masala which we loved. Our new favorite Indian restaurant!