Raj Mahal - Indian
Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ginza
and Roppongi *****

Address Shinjuku Peace Bldg 5 FL, 3-34-11, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Shibuya Jow Bldg 5 FL 30-5 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku Shibuya Centergai Hakuba Bldg 4 FL, 26-11 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Roppongi Urban Bldg 4 FL, 7-13-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku Ginza Taiyo Bldg 4 FL, 8-8-5, Ginza, Chuo-ku Menu in English and Japanese. Opening Hours every day from 11:30 am to 10:30 pm. CC OK.

Telephone numbers
Ginza 5568-8080-8081 Shinjuku 5379-2525/2580 Shibuya 3770-7677/7680 Shibuya Centergai 3780- 6531/6508 Roppongi 5411-2525/2526

Raj Mahal is a restaurant I don't know very well: I have some very good Indian restaurants much closer to home. Still, over the years, I have visited their Shibuya and Shinjuku branches several times and have always found the food good, even though I wouldn't be able to give you details about it. I feel therefore confident that you will like it, especially the curries, which seem to me better than the meat dishes. Finding it in Shibuya is not very hard. From Hachiko go straight towards Harajuku, take the first to the left, go ahead until the road forks and you see a police box right at the intersection. Raj Mahal is at the fourth or fifth floor of the building to the immediate left of the police box.The Shinjuku branch is meters from My City, on the East side of the station. They have a 1000 yen all-you-can-eat deal every day for lunch.

October 2000:

Rereading now this review in the light of the meal I had at Raj Mahal yesterday I find I have been much too stingy with my praise: Raj Mahal is an excellent restaurant that offers gorgeous curries you won't find so easily elsewhere together with other rarities like an excellent Bhatura (a wonderful type of fried bread). Explore the menu and you won't be disappointed. And don't forget to get a Ras Malay for dessert.