Maharani (Praia da Areia Branca) image

Maharani (Praia da Areia Branca)

Restaurant Indian restaurant

👍👍 The food was excellent as always. The service is even better than the food. (Much love for Lavekesh). There is a wide variety of indian foods and all of them are delicious. I'd recommend to take either a vindaloo or a madras curry. Best restaurant in Praia da Areia Branca. People often mention friendly, Indian, restaurant, staff, good, service, great,


Address

Largo do Turismo 1F Fracção B, 2530-216 Lourinhã, Portugal

Website

maharani.pt

Contact

+351 261 471 070

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (466 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 12 to 3:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Saturday: 12 to 3:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Sunday: 12 to 3:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Monday: 12 to 3:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 12 to 3:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 12 to 3:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 12 to 3:30 pm, 6 to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: friendly (10) Indian (10) restaurant (9) staff (9) good (9) service (8) great (8)
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  • 5/5 Nicola S. 1 year ago on Google
    The food was excellent as always. The service is even better than the food. (Much love for Lavekesh). There is a wide variety of indian foods and all of them are delicious. I'd recommend to take either a vindaloo or a madras curry. Best restaurant in Praia da Areia Branca.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Johanna B. 2 years ago on Google
    We went there on a Saturday night and had a great time. The stuff was incredibly friendly and helpful, and had great recommendations for us to accommodate for our vegetarian meals. We are from Germany and they were speaking fluent English and German and well. I’ve been to India and I have to say that the food was really tasty and they were able to make it really spicy which I really loved.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Melanie R. 2 years ago on Google
    What a wonderful little place, the staff are very polite, and the food is delicious and served beautifully we will definitely be back. Highly recommended
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ming K. 6 years ago on Google
    There's lots of dishes to choose so I asked for a recommendation and the master is polite and friendly. The dishes I had was exquisite and flavorful that could taste several different spices but they combined appropriately. Most of the main course is under 10€ and it's surely worth of it. It's one of the best Indian restaurant I had ever try, so far.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Terri G. 1 year ago on Google
    We really enjoyed their food and the service was very good. We had the four person appetizer platter. It was excellent but a lot of food. We were warned. It was so good we finished most of our orders anyway. Excellent Naan.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dan W. 6 years ago on Google
    Incredible Indian food. Best we have eaten. Definitely worth going to! The presentation is amazing too.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alex F. 7 months ago on Google
    I never thought that on my surfing trip to Portugal I would be eating mostly Indian, but here I am. Great place, amazing food and cheap prices! Already it's my third visit, but not the last!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mein Name ist M. 11 months ago on Google
    Personal very friendly and helpful, good food, prices ok, we would like to come back

  • 5/5 Ralf K. 5 months ago on Google
    Excellent authentic Indian food! Good service too. Highly recommend!

  • 5/5 Sergei O. 7 months ago on Google
    Very happy to have this place near our surfing camp. Open until late when other places are closed, great meal selection even for vegans in our group. The host is a funny charismatic guy who can help you decide on a dish.

  • 5/5 Moritz H. 10 months ago on Google
    Wahnsinnig faires und gute Restaurant. Wir waren 7 Leute und jeder einzelne war mit seinem Gericht mehr als zufrieden. Besonders das Garlic-Naan und die Currys sind gut. Das Personal war extrem freundlich und ging auf alle wünsche ein. NUR ZU EMPFEHLEN !!!!

  • 5/5 Vince 10 months ago on Google
    eine Überraschung! Von außen unscheinbar doch was dahinter, sehr netter, zuvorkommender Service und sehr leckeres Essen. Einziger Punkt waren die relativ wenigen Garnelen in meinem Saag Prawns curry, jedoch zu erwarten. Nur zu empfehlen! Kleiner Nachtrag: bei Verstopfung sehr zu empfehlen hat bei uns allen geholfen

  • 5/5 Charlotte I. 9 months ago on Google
    Visited this restaurant to dine in and take out on a few occasions and it never disappoints. The food is so fresh and tasty and made to your desired level of spice. Service is absolutely excellent all the staff are so friendly and helpful. Good pricing too!

  • 5/5 Tobias K. 10 months ago on Google
    Wir waren mit 7 Personen im Restaurant essen und wurden sehr freundlich empfangen. Die Bestellung ging schnell und auch das Essen kam zügig. Alle Gerichte waren sehr lecker und preislich fair. Würde jederzeit wiederkommen.

  • 5/5 Mika E. 10 months ago on Google
    Sehr gut angerichtete indische Gerichte mit zuvorkommenden Personal. Sehr empfehlenswert ist der Mango lassi

  • 4/5 Sam W. S. 7 months ago on Google
    A really nice authentic Indian restaurent with a really nice menu. Food was good for to my knowledge the only Indian restaurant in Louringha

  • 5/5 Sennah R. 5 months ago on Google
    Best restaurant in Praia! Been coming here for years and the staff is kind, fun and fast! They are very respectful and the food is soooo tasty. You can even adapt the food to your own spice level definitely a place to try !

  • 5/5 Thiran's Tanglish V. 3 months ago on Google New
    Very nice food and friendly staffs. Can’t wait to go back to enjoy the lovely food and lovely service 👍🏻 5 star for sure!

  • 5/5 Gowri k. 3 months ago on Google New
    Food was delicious. Staffs were so friendly & kind

  • 5/5 Tobias F. 2 years ago on Google
    Great food and friendly staff, menu in English

  • 5/5 R N. 11 months ago on Google
    Beautyful Indian food. Diamond for vegetarians and worth an hour of driving just for dinner. Guys serving here are friendly and will advice the best they have.

  • 5/5 Raquel P. 1 year ago on Google
    I live for that restaurant, everyone was so respectful yet fun and interesting. I absolutely love the Indian culture and being able to experience even for two hours is heaven to me. Thank you, the staff and everyone you made my dinner night my dream night<3😍😍

  • 5/5 Si S. 1 year ago on Google
    Best restaurant around! Staff is professional, friendly and adaptive. Food comes fast and is De-li-ci-ous!!! Thank you for a relaxing, tasty and enjoyable dinner! Greetings from Finland

  • 5/5 Ricardo da Silva (Digital G. 1 year ago on Google
    Maharani Indian Restaurant in Praia de Areia Branca never disappoints. The food is very well prepared and the flavors are balanced giving you an authentic taste of India. The staff are very friendly and speak fluently in Portuguese and English. The restaurant offers a dine in and Takeaway menu with reasonable prices and great portions! A must try in Lourinha!

  • 5/5 Marco M. 1 year ago on Google
    The best peshwari Naan ever. Had a chicken vindaloo, also very good. Will come back for sure

  • 5/5 William B. 1 year ago on Google
    I had excellent meal staff were great and really helpfull, I will definitely be going back

  • 5/5 Amalia 1 year ago on Google
    Super good! I recommand at 100% specialy the french medium spicy haha :), the staff is awesome

  • 5/5 Arthur M. 2 years ago on Google
    Really good indian, superfriendly team. Price is right and dont miss the mango lassy

  • 5/5 David F. 2 years ago on Google
    Great indian food, great service and good prices

  • 5/5 Shahid H. 2 years ago on Google
    Wonderful location, very good range of dishes on the menu along with great and attentive service. Prices are very reasonable and the quality and quantity of food is terrific.

  • 4/5 harsh s. 2 years ago on Google
    Good indian food in lorinha. I would say best food out of all the places around this region

  • 3/5 Danny m. 2 years ago on Google
    From my own experience, having lived for 2.5 years in Mumbai India. I found the food to be small portions, and poorly flavoured, the meats all precooked and reheated in the sauce. The poppadoms we we given for free at the begining of the meal were stale, the accompanying sources were served in plastic squeeze bottles, the spouts of which were full of dried up leftover from the previous day. The restaurant itself was clean, the staff very polite

  • 5/5 Tetyana Bilyachenko B. 3 years ago on Google
    Wow! An explosion of flavours in our takeaway! The service was quick (only 15 min waiting), and all the dishes exceeded our expectations. We asked for more spicy versions, and they were a great balance between being flavourful and spicy. Samosas are amazing, thin dough and generous fillings, not greasy at all. We'll definitely return for more!

  • 5/5 Sofia 2 years ago on Google
    Me and my family come here every year and we are never disappointed! The BEST Indian I’ve we’ve ever had! Consistently tasty, flawless service and and a wonderful atmosphere - you can’t go wrong!


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
    • ✓️ Free of charge street parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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