This actually is my second visit to Mayuri Palace and it differed from my last visit but is still in my opinion worth a Fork.

I liked that as I entered I saw a grade “A” health inspection.

The Forking Truth is that on many review sites many people claim this restaurant is dirty with cockroaches. But both times I was here it seemed clean and the grade “A” health inspection was posted and every time I checked the Maricopa Health Inspections a few times and they appeared positive for a grade “A.” So I don’t know if the reviewers had an agenda with this restaurant or maybe they occasionally slip in sanitation.

This restaurant might have been a steakhouse before it went Indian. It’s rustic with cows etched in glass by some of the booths. Seems a little odd…guess the price was right to the Indian Owners.

On my recent visit to Mayuri Palace I saw that the $12.00 lunch buffet is only half the size as last time and only offered around ten pans of hot food to try.

This was the whole buffet.

I do note that the chicken dishes were much better than last time. Not as spicy..but all made with tender flavorful chicken. I didn’t try the goat curry but my husband said it was good. Here is a plate I made.

I tried Tandoori Chicken, Tikka Masala, Chicken Curry, and one of my favorite dishes they made was the Kadai Bhindi Masala. I didn’t know what it was and knew it was a vegetable dish but latter found out it was a dish made of Okra, with onions, tomato, peppers and chili. It was something I am inspired to recreate. Honestly I didn’t know I was eating Okra. It was the most delicious Okra I’ve ever tried. No slime I thought it was a green bell pepper.

Our waiter brought out fresh baked hot and steamy buttered naan bread. It was chewy and hot just out of the oven.

The only thing I didn’t care for was the Medhv Vada. It’s the thing that looks like a donut on my plate. I like all the ingredients in it like lentils, curry leaves, ginger and chilies but this one is an inquired taste. That doesn’t mean it was bad I just didn’t have a taste for it.

I went back to try the Chili Chicken. WOW this was really good. It wasn’t ready when I took my first plate but I’m glad I didn’t miss it. Delicious and most people would enjoy it. Crispy spicy tasty chucks of chicken. Very flavorful.

I did miss all the delicious interesting vegan dishes they offered last time but I am happy the fewer dishes they offer now are all very good unlike last time when I only enjoyed the vegan dishes and not the dishes with chicken so much.

On my previous visit I thought I didn’t like Indian Desserts from this restaurant because they were all awful… I didn’t care for any of them last time. Most were either too sweet or too greasy. This time they only offered two instead of maybe a half dozen.  The grape sized Gulab Jamun was tasty and not too sweet it had good flavors going on. The other Indian Restaurant nearby makes these Gulab Jamun the same size but much different and much sweeter. I thought it looked too sweet but they weren’t and were tasty.

I thought it was good for $12.00. I don’t know if they have a new chef or they just got better offering less options.

NO..Your not going to drive across town to dine here…but if your in the area if they serve what I had most of the food is very tasty and fresh.

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