Tanjore Bar and Restaurant

878 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
(617) 251-8787

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Tsering Dolma

Best chicken momo ever hands down! The cocktails were also so good, not too sweet or strong or watered down.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Leyana Syed

Worst drinks I’ve ever had. Asked for a Long Island (which was in the menu) and it tasted nothing like a Long Island. Turns out they made it with a shot of red wine instead. All the drink we had that night we had to send back because there was barely any alcohol or they couldn’t make it right. When I tried sending my Long Island back and asked for a tequila shot instead, the lady kept repeating, “I can’t give you a refund but can give you another mixed drink. Let me know when you decide.”

amy char

I've always loved the food, which tastes like my favorite Indian friend's, who is an amazing chef. They just re-did the interior and did a great job. Before it had a bit of a sports bar feel, now it feels like a nicer restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bhavya Agarwal

Honestly one of the worst food experiences I’ve ever had.
We ordered spicy food, but what arrived wasn’t even close to edible. The entire dish was bright red, completely soaked in oil, and tasted like someone just mixed raw red chilli powder into it without cooking anything properly. It was impossible to eat.

It felt like a total waste of money, and genuinely disappointing.

We called the restaurant, and all we got was a basic “sorry, it won’t happen again.” But why would anyone risk ordering again after something like this? The quality was so bad it makes me seriously question if their high ratings online are even real.

And now we’re sitting here with stomach aches after just tasting the food. That alone says everything about their hygiene and standards.

Overall: terrible quality, terrible experience.
Please don’t order from this place — you’ll save yourself the regret.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Prasad Date

We ordered a big delivery from you guys hoping for proper spicy food, but what we got was honestly a disaster. The food tasted like someone dumped raw red chilli powder straight into the dishes without even bothering to cook it — no flavour, no masala, no aroma, nothing. Just harsh, uncooked spice burning the mouth for no reason. This wasn’t “spicy,” it was just careless and sloppy cooking. The taste was so bad that it genuinely felt like zero effort went into making the food. For such a huge order, sending food of this pathetic quality is unacceptable. Please take this seriously, because this experience was so bad that it completely killed our appetite and our trust.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Mohammad Rabbani

What a wonderful place to have some tasty and traditional indian food. Love to visit again!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rory Conolly

Great food

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

ggbman

Great food, very personable owner. Highly recommend

Food: 5

Jayasurya Viswanath

Great music. Chef absolutely nailed chilli paneer and Gobi 65. There is no paneer biryani but I personally requested and they served it well.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

CheckMate Editorials

I never leave reviews because nothing is that bad enough or vice versa. Tanjore proved me wrong. I ordered a hearty meal for visitors who had come out of town. I had boasted repeatedly about this place and its amazing food. To my dismay, when I ordered the food, I found human hair littered all throughout the food. One strand would be a mistake; more than two is negligence. My guests were disappointed and disgusted.

I shared my experience with the owner, and he promised to refund me for my whole meal. After chasing the refund for two months and being subjected to rude servers, he insists that he will only refund me for one dish, as if the hair was limited to that dish alone.

He goes on to call me desperate for demanding the full refund for the meal. The arrogance and disrespect shown are unbelievable.

I would not order from here again, and I don't advise you to either. Yours might not be strands of hair; it just might be a finger nail or a booger.

The choice is yours!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Manish

This was hands-down the worst biryani experience of my life. I ordered two boneless chicken biryanis (hot spice) expecting something remotely close to real biryani — instead, I got plain white rice mixed with what looked and tasted like frozen orange chicken from Panda Express. No flavor, no aroma, no spices, no authenticity. This wasn’t biryani — it was a lazy mess thrown together with zero care.

I called the restaurant to give honest feedback, and their response was shocking. The employee rudely said, “Yeah bro, we get complaints like this all the time, but that’s just how our biryani is.” If you know your food is bad and people constantly complain — why are you still serving it? Totally careless attitude. No apology, no concern, just a shrug and blame-shifting.

Avoid this place if you respect your tastebuds or your money. I wouldn’t feed this to anyone — let alone call it biryani. Absolute disappointment.

Rushik Bhattad

Had been there for the Bollywood night on Friday.
Missing lot of food options.
Washroom needs remodeling (As men’s & women’s washroom door opens everything is open to others Eye. Need some sort of obstacle ).
DJ was fantastic loved the music.
Need bar stools as after dancing need to sit at bar & drink.
Need more tables & chairs.( suggestion: can start Hookah too).
Overall the place is fun with friends or as couple too & would definitely visit next time too.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Anshul Agarwal

Great place for good beer and quick snacks ( their pakoras and chilly paneer is really good ) but I would not suggest going for curry and naan . Naan is supposed to be made fresh but they use a precooked market version which beats the purpose of going to the restaurant.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Laura Jean

Everything was just okay for takeout. Biryani tasked like fried chicken in barely seasoned rice. Nothing close to what you’ll find in Chennai or home cooked. The mango lassi is overly sweet and the raita is water thin, the portions are small. Maybe it’s better as a dine-in/bar experience.

Gaurav Mantrao

Chilli garlic paneer here is so so good 👌🏻👌🏻
The boy with curly hair provided us with very decent and friendly service too

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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