Taj Mahal Restaurant

Living on campus there is not much to eat being a vegetarian. Cycling into town, students are tempted by the promising sign of Indian cuisine.
I came here on Wednesday night for the first time with a couple of friends. The waiters were sitting in the outside dining area talking, and we were ushered into the restaurant itself. The interior was pretty in keeping with the Indian theme, though the lack of people kind of ruined the ambiance. We were the only three eating in the restaurant, though at some point a couple (presumably the owners) came in with a takeaway pizza which they ate in the other corner. It wasn’t the cleanest of places, but not too shabby either…
We wanted à la carte, but apparently this isn’t an option. There is a buffet which has quite a few vegetarian options and pudding is included, which costs 10 euros at lunch and 15 euros at dinner. We managed to haggle down the dinner price as we weren’t starving and are all students.
For 10 euros I got a cauliflower curry, some grilled vegetables, a lentil dahl, a biriyani, naan bread, a few pieces of halwa, fruit salad. My friends had a quite bit more choice as they eat meat. The food itself was pretty fresh, though lacked spice. Nothing was particularly memorable but pretty filling.
Overall, an okay place to get Indian food in Grenoble, though not so authentic in terms of taste, and the ambiance has much to desire. It could have just been that we came in on an unlucky night, but it would have been nice to see some other people around.