I ended up eating here all 4 nights I was in Areia Branca, LOL

I was there in the off season and a lot of places were closed (despite... read more saying they would be open on Google, quite annoying). So every night the routine was: walk around, look for food options, find nothing, back to Maharani!

Fortunately the food was delicious every time, and I'm from NYC so I'm used to good quality ethnic food of all kinds. I also tried the attached kebab joint which was great and affordable too. Great service as well.

  Very pleasant family lunch with children, delicious food, diverse menu, very friendly staff, excellent price-quality ratio.

  Stopped here for an evening meal , sat outside with a few other dinners , very friendly and helpful staff , easy to order and the cobra beer was a... read more great find , overall a good meal , perswari naan fantastic, big shout out to our waiter BJ very friendly

  The restaurant's atmosphere was appalling, terrible decoration and choice of music. The service was theatrical, staff was constantly either not wearing a mask, or not using it properly.
Out of... read more everything we ordered, the only decent thing was the garlic naan. The mango lassi was a bottled beverage, not pleasant at all. The samosas' pastry wasn't crispy nor tasty, and the filling was the exactly the same that of the vegetable korma: frozen vegetables, dull tasting, canned mushrooms. Adding to that, the korma had a prepackaged sponge-like paneer (they said it was fresh and made on spot, an obvious lie). Chicken jalfrezi was just uncanny, had the weirdest texture and was definitely not fresh. I asked for extra spice, and they brought a mushy, sour tasting red paste that tasted worse than it looked.
Overall, one of the worst dining experiences I've ever had, by far.

  Lovely Indian food, we visited Maharani on Monday evening and it was very quiet so we pretty much had the place to ourselves. We don’t normally eat anything other than... read more local food on holiday but the reviews we so go we just had to try it. Very tasty and loads left over that we took home

  We arrived at the restaurant on a Saturday. Warm welcome from the staff. Good size portions of the food ordered value for money. The best Indian meal I have ever... read more had. Fast and efficient service would definitely encourage a visit

  After hiking, I was so famished. I decided to have something filling and chose Maharani. I had no regrets at all for choosing this place. The staff is friendly, the... read more portions are big and the meals are delicious. The place itself is small but they have an outdoor space which would be nice to dine at on a hot summer day.

I ordered the mixed appetizers for two (yup, I was that hungry) and a mixed biryani. The appetizers, which came with three types of sauces, disappeared quickly. The biryani was well presented and had a lot of seafood and meats. So much food that I made another meal of it later. I also had an Indian ice cream which I enjoyed ... some may find it a bit different in flavour and texture but I loved it!!!

They offer a 10% discount for lunch which I thought was great!

  We visited Praia da Areia Branca, Lorinha 2 years ago and came back for 20 days starting Aug 31st, 2019. We have eaten at the Maharani in the past and... read more have visited it many times over the last 18 days. The food is authentic Indian food and it is very tasty with excellent portions.

The weather has been wonderful each time we have had dinner at the Maharani, so we have eaten out on the good sized outdoor patio. The food has been excellent as has the portion size. The staff & owners are extremely nice and friendly. Our first night dinning at the Maharani the owner came by our table and said that he remembered us from the previous year. We corrected him and told him that it was actually in 2017, 2 years ago.

We leave to return to Canada early Thursday morning, but we are heading to the Maharani one more time tonight before we leave. If you like Indian food this is the place for you, or go to their 2nd new location.