Maharajah

A takeaway-​only Bangladeshi restaurant located in a row of terraced houses.
Based just a stone’s throw from Boldmere’s main strip of table-​service curry restaurants, you may think Maharajah would start on the back foot in comparison. The truth is, its food and quick service makes it not just an alternative, but often a genuine preference to the established venues nearby.
What sets it apart, if you want to eat a curry but still veg at home, is the sheer size of portions. A container being emptied onto a plate can often feel like a bottomless pit. No bad thing if you’ve ever felt a restaurant being backwards with a biryani or shy with a sag aloo.
As with many curries, there can sometimes be a vague sense — imagined or otherwise — that ‘it’s not as good as the last one’, but anyone wondering how it will all turn out as they wait can console themselves with the biggest bowl of help-​yourself Bombay Mix you’ve ever seen.
Maharajah deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Boldmere’s more familiar establishments. Extremely unlikely connoisseurs will be disappointed.