Cafe Maharani - Honolulu

Amazing! This is the ultimate comfort foodThe spices are warm and dance on your taste buds. read more Amazing! This is the ultimate comfort foodThe spices are warm and dance on your taste buds.

Food taste great but anything else of this restaurant need fixing. read more Food taste great but anything else of this restaurant need fixing.

We have good Asian food here in Hawaii, but lack some ethnic foods that are available on the east and West Coast At least we have Cafe Maharani for Indian an ex... read more We have good Asian food here in Hawaii, but lack some ethnic foods that are available on the east and West Coast At least we have Cafe Maharani for Indian an excellent Indian comfort food place where the food and atmosphere help you relax and enjoy with no pressure of any kind. Some of the reviews compared Maharani with other Indian restaurants, but the food is genuinely Indian, although Maharani may have a slightly different take on it. The food is excellent. Try the lanmb biryani and the tandoori boti kebab. Their lamb saag is also excellent.

We got the dinner for 2 combo. I ordered butter chicken, it tasted like a bunch of spices in one spoonful. Worse butter chicken I?ve had so disappointed. I don?... read more We got the dinner for 2 combo. I ordered butter chicken, it tasted like a bunch of spices in one spoonful. Worse butter chicken I?ve had so disappointed. I don?t even eat spicy so I have no idea why it was spicy to begin with. I know butter chicken issweet creamy this was not it! Than the garlic naan tasted like dough with no flavour. We spent $96 a dinner for 2 and wedidn?t even finish it! Waste of money!!! I know this is Hawaii and rare to find authentic food but for the price it?s totallynot worth it! So sad we ordered and didn?t even eat it, now we?re hungry ending at McDonald?s ??????????? Our takeout bowlsare still full and placed in the fridge so it doesn?t stink our trash. Can I get a refund ?!!

It was noted that the food is the same quality as Palace of Asia. The food and service are unfortunately not the same quality. The food was ordered over the pho... read more It was noted that the food is the same quality as Palace of Asia. The food and service are unfortunately not the same quality. The food was ordered over the phone. The woman who took the order was uninformative and acted as if her time was being wasted bymy placing the order and after I waited on hold for some time. It was requested to have a dish mild or without hot spice, shetold me that none of their dishes are without spice except one cooked in yogurt and curry. I was informed that all dishes arepre-made at medium spice. We received our food without rice and the garlic Naan without garlic. When I called back to discussthe woman stated that the restaurant was too busy for her to have informed me that the dishes do not come with rice and rice hasto be ordered separately. She also informed me that it was on me that I called during a time that the restaurant was busy. Thekitchen was blamed for the garlic Naan and she stated that our family member could drive 30 minutes back to the restaurant forrice. I asked her if she would drive 30 minutes for rice, she told me that she has to go now. The dishes are fairly largeportions that could feed 3 -4 ppl one good serving per dish. The pepper chicken is very spicy, level 5 spicy and although youcan feel the spice it lacks the bold flavor that is supposed to accompany it. The vegetable Samosas are large but bland, nospice at all. The butter chicken is about a 3 in spice and has some mild tandoori taste. The Aloo Palak was not blended fully,had no spice and lacked the known flavors that make the dish such a favorite. Overall the food is nice but it doesn't meet thestandard, the customer service is extremely lacking and I would choose to try another place next time we are in the area again.