restaurant review #546 – Vegan Indian dinner! This restaurant used to be in the Philip Stockstraat, but moved in 2024 to Sint-Jakobsstraat (near the Central Market, right next to vegan shop LeeLoo!).
There’s a vegetarian section on the menu, and vegan dishes are clearly labelled.
There are two vegan starters, several vegan mains, but unfortunately no vegan desserts.
We ordered
Starters:
● basket of papadams 4,5€
● pakoras 12€
Mains:
● Allo Gobhi mattar 19€
● chana masala 18,50€
● and garlic naan 5,5€
Came with white rice.
Drinks virgin mojito 11€ and tonic 3,80€. Asked a sparkling water for the mojito, because it was mainly ice and syrup. Way too sweet.
The papadams are noted on the menu as being with chutneys. When they were served, I saw a greenish yoghurt like sauce and asked whether that was vegan? Ah, oops, no it isn’t. So there was just one chutney/sauce …
The main dishes were nice. More than enough portion. Medium spicy.
There’s a front room and a main restaurant room, with the bar/counter. We were in the front room, and luckily it was much more quiet there. I wouldn’t have enjoyed it so much in the other room, rather loud.
Nice decor, restaurant feel, dimmed lights. Chairs were not so comfy though (and table a bit low).
Staff were hurrying, and it did take a while for food to be served, but it was a full house (note: def make a reservation). Friendly, but reserved.
Asked about vegan dessert? No, we dont have any, but they are available at their other resto Garlic n Greens. Pity, they could at least make one of the desserts vegan.
Not accessible: large steps to get in. Toilets at the back. Clean. Paper towels to dry ones hands. Didn’t see an accessible toilet.
- visit March 2025
Taj Mahal
Sint-Jakobsstraat 15, 8000 Brugge
website: https://www.tajmahalbrugge.be/
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It’s always a bit of a letdown when there aren’t vegan desserts, but the dishes you had sound amazing! The chana masala and aloo gobhi really reminded me of the flavors of Nepali dal bhat. I had something so similar in Thamel, Kathmandu during my Pokhara and Chitwan tour—brought back some great memories just reading this. Thanks for sharing!
Yes indeed, it would make the experience much more ‘copmplete’ if they also offer vegan desserts. Thanks for your comment!