palais d'ajit

verygoodfood and service for a verygoodprice. as an eco-friendly person i appreciate the facts they provide sauces in bottles you can spread the right amount on samosas instead of individual and disposable ones and use a metal tray with 5 compartiments, practical to use instead of 5 plates and ecologic. they also dont overdose you with napkins everywhere and ask if you want to print the receipt or not. i will become a regular!

best indian restaurant.goodprices, awesome flavours and choice and they are generous with the portions! i recommend their butter chicken and onion bajit!

every time i went to an indian resto, i always went back to the same one: bombay mahal on jean-talon. every.time. and i call myself a restaurant blogger! pfff! i've been eating lots of korean food, japanase food, chinese food, but indian food? scarcely. yes. i used the word 'scarcely'. and i love indian food. on top of it, it's really like i'm doing it on purpose to not eat at indian restaurants, because i have two perfectlygoodones about a two minute walk from my place. i really do try.

i adore this place. run by what seems to be an extremly hard working family as well, they're always nice to use, and even when completely full the service never takes that long either. food is very well priced and delicious. a large meal for two can run you 30$, and it is also byow. the food is delicious and has always tasted fresh to us as well.
agoodvariety of food as well, i've brought less adventurous friends and family there and they've adored it as well. perhaps it's because we go there so regularly, but when we ask for spicy they do not skimp on the spice.

(english will follow) wow, vraiement merveilleux! ce petit resto familiale nous a vraiment charmé, bonne nourriture indienne, un prix exceptionnelle pour ce que nous avons eu. l'agneau, les crevettes, le poulet au beurre et que dire du paneer aux épinards. wow! nous avons déguster plusieurs plats, nous étions 4 et nous n'avions que des bons mots pour ce petit resto. le chef est même venu nous voir, chaleureux service, bon prix et bonne bouffe. longue vie à ce petit resto. nous retournerons lors de notre passage, le 100 km en vaut la peine
/wow!  just wow.  that family owner restaurant is amazing!  great indian cuisine,  great price!   we were 4 of us, tasting all kind of plates, just bravo!  good price for all we had.  try this place before it will be to popular!!!  it worth the 100 km that we did to get there

not very good.. as a frequent patron of indian restaurants i was very excited to see a new one pop up very close to where i live. i read the reviews on urbanspoon which promised excellence. i was very excited to try this new place out. i didn't realize that all the "users" that made the reviews only had one review. this is a clear indication of self hype but i digress. i will break this review into 4 categories: atmosphere, service, food, price.

atmosphere:
i get that this place is new but the lighting was very bright and artificial feeling and the walls were completely bare save for a chalkboard of specials and some rinky dinky christmas decorations. if you are an indian restaurant, maybe throw up some posters of india or something? no biggie this is the least important part of the experience in my opinion.

service:
the service was pretty bad. it took an awful long time to get served. i could tell that other patrons were growing increasingly impatient. it's new so maybe they are unsure how to staff the place but the waitress was friendly but awkward, disorganized, and very slow. i don't think she has much experience in waitressing and may be a relative helping out. i am sure that they will get the hang of it eventually.

food: (the most important part! )
the menu is pretty decent. there is agoodvariety of options and they are well explained despite them being printed on take out menus. the only thing i think could really be improved is the fact that they should offer combos or thali specials. this is by far not a high class indian restaurant so i think thali options will help them stay competitive with other restos in their class. a la carte can get expensive quickly.
we ordered an entrée of samosas, bhaji, and papadams. while the bhaji and samosas were quitegoodthey were exceptionally oily. agoodsign of freshness but excessively oily can be a put off. my wife had to roll hers in her napkin. the sauces came in a squeeze bottle which is not very classy but easily managed by staff. the papadams sadly did not show up until well into our main courses. they were however quite good. our main dishes were chicken jalfrezi (me) and chicken korma (wife). i found the portions a bit on the smaller side to be honest. while they weren't bad i had asked for mine extra spicy as i am an avid vindaloo fan (i didn't get theirs because they put potatoes and that doesn't belong in real vindaloo) it was very very far from spicy. i have had spicier butter chicken (not a spicy dish) the flavour wasgoodbut not as i had ordered. the korma was all in all decent. i would say the food gets a 3/5 for over all quality and freshness.

price:
as i mentioned, they really need to get a thali/combo menu going. one "review" claimed that this place rivals pushap. for one pushap has a way better atmosphere. also, pushap is vegetarian and does it well. it's one of the few vegetarian places i go to because it is verygoodand very cheap. you almost forget about the lack of meat. palais d'ajit does not even compare to the price and quality of pushap. the a la carte pricing and lack of combos is it's real downfall. while the price wasn't terribly unreasonable it adds up quick if you want the real indian meal experience.

all in all i would say that it has potential but i would more likely take the trip up to park ex or even pte st-charles or cote des neiges for a better, deal and better service. all in all i give it 2.5 on 5

great dessert- excellent prices-very fresh, hope they keep it up.. i was very impressed with the dessert,( rasmalai) it was freshly made, which is not always the case. it was sogoodthat i decided to try the gulab jamun which was also very fresh and tasty. this is not always the case in many indian restaurants. both desserts were only $2! now, that's agooddeal. the spiced chai, was also good, it had fennel instead of cardamon. the menu prices are really great, and the owners (a family from the punjab) have made a point to have many choices under $10. bravo, for doing this.

i will go back today and try the soup which is priced at $2. that price is unheard of these days. if the food is asgoodas the desserts, this place should do well and be full in no time. it`s needs a bit more ambiance though. perhaps some art work, would do the trick. open 7 days a week at this point.

they really need to change the outside sign, as the it`s misleading. it`s says kebab du ville, which is the old resto`s name. very confusing.