India Palace

This restaurant was previously India Palace and my colleagues and I were regulars there because we really loved the food. Perhaps it is under a new management now. The place looks much better now, a point for that and the polite staff. That is were the good things end. There was only one person in the kitchen and he was also taking the orders. After waiting for almost 10 mins, the chef came out of the kitchen and said that I should order the food at the cash counter first. Why didn’t he say that when he seated me and gave the menu card? I didn’t mind that much though, because I have been to food places where you are expected to place the order at the counter first. After ordering the food, chef got busy. I noticed that there was no one else to assist him in the kitchen. 25 mins later the food arrived. By this time, I was super hungry and could have eaten almost anything the chef made. So I thought! The vegetable biryani smelled stale and rice was soggy, fried in an overdose of oil to make it look fresh. I had ordered paneer masala wings, one bite and I had spit it out. They should call this Super Salty Paneer fry. I was thinking that glad I ordered some naans, that can’t go wrong. But again I was throughly disappointed. The naan looked like frozen naans reheated on a pan. Even though I was very hungry, I paid for the food and walked out leaving the entire order on the table. Never in my life I have tasted such horrible reheated stale food. I used to own an Indian restaurant before. I have worked in the kitchen before to help out my staff. So I do know that not everything is made from scratch at least in Indian restaurants. It is not possible, because most dishes require timing consuming, complex cooking process. Instead restaurants prepare certain things ahead. For example the base gravies are prepared in large batches, vegetables are half boiled and blanched, pilaf rice and biryani rice are half boiled. Instead, it looks like this restaurant cooks the entire food ahead and reheats the food without even bothering check if the food has gone stale! I wonder why the health department hasn’t sealed this place shut!

This food is phenomenal. It's consistently delicious and has exceeded expectations every time I order it. I've ordered takeout from here so many times over the last 2 years and it's genuinely some of the best food I've ever had. Tough day at work? No problem, get some delicious Indian food. Great day work? Fantastic, celebrate with some delicious Indian food. Boring day? Brighten things up with some delicious Indian food. Whatever you do, just get some delicious Indian food from Masala Square.

What a great unexpected meal here. One of the better Indian restaurants in Boston metro area. Tucked away in Union Square Somerville, The Masala Square offers very tasty Indian dishes. They offer meat, vegetarian, and vegan options. My girlfriend and I loved the vegetarian The Supreme Samosa, wow the flavor profile and textures were excellent. The isn't your normal samosa found in the region. My Lamb Korma was also excellent. Drinking area looked clean. Friendly staff served us. I'm looking forward to exploring the menu in future visits.

The food was really good i belong frm India came here in Usa fr Vacation with my family so we stayed in Boston fr 2 days so i searched online Indian restaurant nr to me i got lots of options but i choose this by his name as Masala Sqaure bcoz its sound yummy and even i read reviews online so i loved the food i loved the Daal and Matar Paneer with Garlic naan we ordered and the service was good. I think entire Family is running this hotel so im proud they have maintained the taste of Indian Food taste in Boston fr all Indian visitors over here. Food was in take away package so u can take away once ur done extra food. Please i will recommend who ever visit to Boston and if he or she is nr to this place shld really goo for PetPooja khana 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Was here last week thinking that dine-in would be open while it wasn’t. So had to settle for takeout. The interiors look nice. I ordered samosa chaat which was fine, I didn’t like the paneer starter ( forget the name ). The cheese naan was made to perfection. Next time, I’d dine-in and update this review.

Review Update: Couple of pictures of the burnt garlic naan that were given to us. The other items I ordered wasn’t great either. Also, the lady that gave me the order tried to call twice and wanted to start an argument on why she doesn’t appreciate the 1 star review. Without a doubt, this is a pathetic restaurant with appalling customer service. The food was 30 minutes late and they blame the third party app for giving the wrong ETA and claim to be super busy. If they allow to order food from third part app they should be aligned in all aspects including the ETA to a reasonable degree. It’s like saying the customer ordered paneer tikka but we delivered chicken tikka by mistake, but hey we can’t take the blame because the food was not ordered on our website but via third party app. Will not recommend Masala square Indian kitchen period