Reviews for The Jewel of Toledo in Holland, OH
I was visiting the area with a friend. We were tired as we had a long day at a professional seminar near Toledo. We were greeted... well and offered sitting quickly as there was no rush. Servers are friendly and polite. They helped us pick right dishes. Foodwas great and in good quantity. I definitely will recommend this restaurant as food tastes authentic. Read more
We decide to try this restaurant because we had so much fun reading the restaurant answer to the mean reviews, we thought, let?s... go and see who is right ????, well our experience was pleasant, the service was a little slow due to the shortage of staff, butthe waiter inform us from the beginning that our food may take a while and ask us if that was ok with us, so we stayed and Ithink it was worth it, the food was really good very tasteful and was presented beautifully. We are definitely coming back evenif we have to wait again for our food to be ready. We read on the reviews that the tip was included on the bill but this is nottrue so don?t forget to tip your waiter! Read more
My favorite restaurant!! I have been coming here for 18 years. If you're in a hurry, this isn't the place for you. It's... much more of a relaxed experience than just a quick bite. Order an appetizer for while you wait. The aloo tikki and samosasare awesome. I always have to have the murgh Makhani, but I've had the masala, korma, vindaloo, kadhai, and the mixed grill. Between the salad, little chips, and our appetizers we are practically full by the time the food arrives. Luckily my leftoversmake a mighty fine breakfast the next day-if I haven't already had them for a midnight snack! Read more
Yesterday, I came here with my roommate to dine-in. We both have come to this place on and off. The food is fresh and average... tasting. We just wanted to have starters but were told that for dine-in, we have to order individual dinner items or else wehave to do a take out. It feels like a weird rule given we were not that hungry and the portion size of dinner is more than whatan average person could eat alone, but whatever since we anyway traveled this much so we both ordered ?individual?items. Whenthe bill came, we saw that the waitress has already added the 18% tip by herself. We asked her about the same and she tells usthat it is the new rule. I ask her if it is written somewhere, she responds that they don?t have it written anywhere but theowner has made this rule recently. ?We were not informed about this rule before!? The waitress apologized for not informing us.This felt very unreasonable. I googled the gratuity rules for the restaurants and the automatic addition of including 15-20%tip is usually when there is a party of at least 6 people and it should be communicated beforehand. We usually leave a good tipbut all this felt so unreasonable and unfair given there wasn?t any prior communication by the waitress. (Already expecting avery rude response from the owner seeing the previous reviews but I am open to surprises!) Read more
The Dal Makhni was some of the best I've ever eaten. The garlic naan was also delicious and very different from any other I've... tried, more like thin pizza crust. The mango Lassi was good as always. There were no other dine-in customers and they almostseemed a bit surprised when I said I wanted a table. About 1/3 of the tables looked as if they had been eaten at earlier andleft dirty. Probably intended on cleaning them all at the end of the night. Overall it didn't detract from the excellent foodthough so it gets 5 stars. Read more
The food here is delicious, but the service is horrid! This was my second time here and each time the staff fails to provide... even basic hospitality. 1. The server takes over 35 minutes to get you water. 2. He?s extremely rude and impatient. We were alarge group of 9, and the ONLY customers at the restaurant. Together, we ordered appetisers, 3 biryanis, and 6 entrees. Plentyof food to share and eat. Apparently they have a rule of ?You must order 1 entree per person, or pay 5 bucks per person extra?.This is extremely embarrassing and uncultured for anyone from an Indian heritage, as we ALWAYS share food, and no one can finishan entree on their own after all the other appetisers and biryanis. 3. After the dining experience we had, he was extremelyimpatient, nudging and reminding us to leave since it was almost closing time. But, they took an hour to get us our food, and wewere expected to finish the meal in 30 minutes between 9 people! To summarise- Delicious food, always get takeout. If you dinein, you will be disappointed. PS- adding a picture of all the food we had to take home , since they insisted we order morefood!!! Extremely impatient and unprofessional! Read more
We knew from the minute we walked in the door we would be served great Indian food. Entrees come with salad, papadam and rice. ... Excellent service. Medium a little spicier than most Indian restaurants but great flavors. Read more
I have not eaten here yet, hoping to try this weekend. I have viewed the (rude) reviews and am not deterred. I was looking... through the photos, and holy cow! This place looks FANCY. For that atmosphere, and the beautiful way it's served when you dinein, it looks like you get what you pay for. The extensive vegetarian menu is what really caught my attention. Everything looksand sounds SO GOOD! I have no idea how I will be able to choose just 1 dinner! I will update after my visit. Truly excited andlooking forward to the whole experience ???????? Read more