Mithaas Restaurant — Restaurant in England

Definitely one of our favourite Indian restaurants in Leicester - we visit at least once a month since finding it! Also, vegan items are clearly marked with a green V with great variety of foods on offer! Location is very busy and parking isn't great, so recommend parking on the residential side street and paying for parking (cheap and only need to pay until 6pm). When you enter the restaurant, immediately you'll see the mithai (sweets) and savoury snacks counters. Theres a wide variety of mithai such as different types of penda, barfi, halwo, kaju katli, jalebi etc. Also a great range of savoury snacks including samosas, spring rolls, kachori, dhokla, onion bhaji, battered whole stuffed chillis, bateta vada, battered potato slices, spinach pakoras, Patra, khandvi etc Prices are very reasonable (e.g veg samosas and kachori are 50p each!). These counters are busy as the food is good quality and freshly made on site.

The restaurant is simple and clean, again very busy and popular which is a testament to the great variety of food on offer. Don't expect posh plates and cutlery and all that faff - the food is the showstopper!

Bollywood music plays very quietly, it could be turned up just a little bit too create a nicer atmosphere (not a big problem!)

On the dining menu is full range of Starters - samosa, bhajis, etc Chaat (Indian street food) - Pani Puri, sev Puri, aloo tikki chaat, dahi vada etc Sizzlers - paneer dishes, tandoori mogo etc, South Indian - variety of dosa, uttapam and idli Indo-Chinese - chilli mushroom/paneer/aubergine, noodles and manchurian etc Lots of Vegetable and paneer curries Good selection of rice, breads, parathas. Variety of drinks including juices, lassis, beers

Prices and portions sizes are very reasonable - for example: one soft drink, one beer, 2 starters & 3 mains, bill roughly £35.

Service is polite and not overly fussy, but can get slower during busy periods. Also recommend booking, as tables are often reserved.

Highly recommend visiting here for a true taste of India as the range of food is superb. We always really enjoy our visits and end up both eating too much food and bringing lots of snacks home to enjoy!

Thank you Mithaas, we will see...

I was spending £200.00 on average a month here on food for work. The staff have always treated me well. So no fault there. Upon making an order via telephone as per normal I told the gentleman I will be there in 10 mins. Upon arriving at store the owner not the staff proceeded in debating with me infront of other customers and pointed out he had said half an hour. So I told him to leave the order requested and asked the staff to provide me with a tali to takeaway. The owner carried on suggesting I was lying. At this point I instructed the staff to leave the tali and walked out. His response was leave it then. Absolutely disgusting service from a man who had staff members witnessing the whole incident.

Not once did the owner apologise and suggest a solution. The day before I had been given a bag of food as per usual but without a carrier bag. On reaching my destination the food had leaked and come straight through the paper bag all over the floor once arriving at my work premises. The situation was explained to the staff and was advised to speak to the owners son who had served me.

Unfortunately the whole experience has left me with a very bitter taste in my mouth regarding the restaurant.

I hope the owners can see through their ignorance and actually acknowledge that customers make their business flow. Losing customers is the best way to finish off your business.

My thoughts and experience is no reflection on the staff but the...

Cheese Dosa Without the Cheese – And Without the Truth”

If you’re looking for a cheese dosa without the cheese actually inside the dosa, then congratulations—you’ve found the place. We ordered a cheese dosa at Mithaas, but apparently what we got was some sort of “deconstructed experiment” where the cheese lounges beside the dosa, not in it.

Round one: soggy dosa. Sent it back. Round two: cheese still MIA from the inside, instead awkwardly plastered on the side like an afterthought. Sent it back again.

By this point, the dosa didn’t even make it to the kitchen—the owner intercepted it, not to fix it, but to justify why the cheese was on the side. Apparently, “crispy dosas” and “cheese inside” is an impossible combination… at least at Mithaas. Oddly, every other dosa place manages just fine.

And then there was the seating circus. We were told another section of the restaurant was closed because there weren’t enough staff to support it. Fair enough—until, two minutes later, that same section magically filled with customers. Either they keep staff hidden in cupboards or they were just straight-up lying. Why bother? Absolute shambles.

Nothing like paying restaurant prices for food and getting served excuses instead. Patronising, unprofessional, and as disappointing as eating a damp pancake with a side of...