Insider Pages Reviews for Royal Bengal Restaurant

5 Stars: Great family restaurant (by Bobeid)

Bobeid — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:00:00 GMT

Best Bengali food I've had since my travel in south-east Asia. I'm surprised it took me nearly 8 years to discover this great place. I've yet to try their lunch buffet, which seems perhaps the best deal around. I'll review that here as well.

5 Stars: Awsome food (by jbates88)

jbates88 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:00:00 GMT

My girlfriend and I went there last weekend, must say its one of the best place to dine out. There're two menus with so many great choices it took us forever to place our order. We had Begun Pora (roasted eggplant), Murgir Jhol (chicken stew), and Royal Platter (pepper with stuffing). The food was marvelous, but a little spicier than we're used to. Overall a great experience and highly recommended.

1 Stars: Would'nt recommend it (by bostondesi)

bostondesi — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMT

There are plenty of good Indian restaurants in cambridge and this is just not one of them. The naan I ordered was burnt and I have had much better curries elsewhere. Their service also could be improved a lot.

3 Stars: Food was burnt (by luceyo)

luceyo — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:00:00 GMT

4 of us, ordered 5 different dishes and 2 of which were burnt. We sent them back and got refunds, but it threw us off the place. It was cheap, and the rest of the food was good, but would not recommend or go back.

5 Stars: Authenic Bengali Menu (by harrycoomer)

harrycoomer — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:00:00 GMT

Has Bengali, Muslim (halal) and traditional Indian food. The Bengali food definitely carried the flavor of Bengal. The Aloo Bhate had a strong mustard and chili flavor, the Begun Bhaja was tender but could have been slightly more crisp, the Chingirir Malaikari was delicious but slightly overcooked so lost the full crumbliness of fresh water prawns and the Kasha Mangsho was mouthwatering but could have been slightly drier. The nit-pics are very minor and I suspect more a matter of interpretation than anything else. Only warning is Bengali food has a strong, and acquired taste specially the dishes with Ilish (a type of Shad) and mustard oil. People expecting standard Indian (Pujabi style) food should stick to the main menu.

4 Stars: Tasty, Vegetarian friendly, and close to MIT (by Jessica R.)

Jessica R. — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:25:00 GMT

Royal Bengal (formerly called Royal India) is a gosh darn pretty tasty and vegetarian friendly Indian restaurant located between Central square and MIT.

I think they specialize in "authentic" Bengali dishes but all I know is the lunch buffet is good and the dinner menu is as well. I believe the buffet is knkow $6.95 for all you can eat.

PROS: tasty, not too expensive, vegetarian friendly
CONS: sometimes a little oily

4 Stars: Bengali it is - but not the buffet.. (by itamarmn)

itamarmn — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 02:00:00 GMT

A former reader reported that the food is not Bengali. This is probably true of the buffet, but the a-la-carte includes several typical Bengali items: Try the fish called Hilsa (a million bones, but extremely tasty), and the eggplant cooked with mustard seed. The Bengali menu is small, but excellent. It's a small, unpresumptuous place, a simple ma-and-pa restaurant with excellent food and kind service.

3 Stars: Nothing really Bengali, but ok food (by vidt)

vidt — Wed, 18 May 2005 02:00:00 GMT

I've eaten several times at this buffet restaurant, mostly because of the convenient location (notwithstanding the massive rubble pile which has graced its entrance for the past few weeks thanks to City of Cambridge construction). They advertise as authentic Bengali food, but it is not different from you average Cambridge Indian buffet. The samosas are distinctly Bengali though (smaller and crispier) and I will wager by the 4 arms of Vishnu that they prepare the filling fresh each day, instead of recylcing last week's leftover Aloo Gobi. The sauces are rich, but a little too glumatic for my tastes. I have seen the owners and someone whom the owner described to the cute Latina waitress as "mi hermana" eat their own food, so it can't be that unhealthy. Overall, a good eating experience if you are hungry and in the Kendall-Central stretch of Mass Avuenue...

4 Stars: Yummy (by dbr12)

dbr12 — Fri, 25 Oct 2002 02:00:00 GMT

They have great Bengali food, definitely worth the money and the service os also good!!!