Mint and Mustard — Restaurant in Penarth

Located in Penarth, you would think Mint and Mustard would struggle to gather any traction when it comes to food. At a time when Indian food is everywhere and as it's sharing a postcode with the only Michelin starred restaurant in South Wales, I am amazed to tell you how wonderful this place is. The atmosphere is cosy but not cramped meaning the staff can be attentive but not overbearing, also allowing you and your guests to have an excitable, open conversation without annoying the other diners. The dining area is lit and decorated with ambiance in mind, combining traditional with modern in a fabulously interesting way. Enough of that though, a restaurant is nothing without delicious food and M&M has an abundance of that. A six course sample menu was the order of the day and each dish was prepared with the utmost care, setting off an orchestra for your eyes, nose and mouth on arrival. Every plate was better than the last, weaving a tapestry of flavours and setting you on a culinary journey of excitement and intrigue. This is Indian cuisine like you have never had before and a million miles away from the lamb madras you had delivered the other week. Simply spectacular. If I could find one fault, it was the dessert however, by this point I was already satisfied beyond comprehension so it was purely a palette cleanser for taste buds that didn't want to be cleansed. Would recommend without hesitation....

Food was ok, mango dishes were too bitter for my palette but meat was cooked well. Slightly overpriced. Worst was, we went for a meal with my husband and 2 very young children for Mother’s Day and ordered 2 mains, starters, 4 side dishes and 2 alcoholic beverages which came to £60. It was advertised that Mum’s eat for free, I searched for terms and conditions and even rang to double check and they said my main would be free and when my husband went to pay, the staff member instantly became aggressive saying that we didn’t buy enough mains to get the deal and swiped the card out of my husbands hand in anger trying to explain himself! Staff ended up giving us the main free “out of curtesy”, but it would have been nice to be told this ahead of time, as they could clearly see we were there for a Mother’s Day meal, and I would have happily brought another main (though this would have been more than we would have been able to eat), to save the embarrassment and argument during the only time I got to spend with my children on Mother’s Day after working all day! Appalling service, very disappointed, wouldn’t...

We were visiting Penarth and the restaurant was approx 3 minutes from the hotel. Coming from London and used to eating authentic Indian food, we, the family, visited the restaurant with no hope of finding authentic Indian food (not Bangladeshi food disguised as Indian food consisting of Dhansak, Jalfrezi, etc).

To our pleasant surprise, the food quality was quite authentic, very good in flavours. We tried the veg thali, lamb and chicken thali, kids tried Delhi Chicken. The naan bread was very well made, the entire food was brilliant.

My wife is extremely difficult to please in regards to food and she loved it. There was a mess up with the dessert order but it happens sometimes.

We visited the restaurant again next day and tried Tandoori cauliflower wings, Tandoori Chicken and others and again the food was spot on. The manager offered us the dessert on house because of mess up last night which was a nice gesture.

Must visit for authentic flavours.

The only downside was the server on first day, wouldn't answer our questions properly but it didn't bother...