The Merry Go Round — Restaurant in Sandwell

Next up we visited ‘The merry go round’ in West Brom. Firstly loads of parking at the front and back of the venue on the car park. We entered via the bar area and were directed to the restaurant area which is at the back. Couple of different beers available at the front bar than the back, madri and Guinness, the bar lady said it was no problem to get them. All the usual suspects available, carling, coors and staropramen - no cobra though! The venue has mostly booths, we were in the giant square by one of TV’s with the football on.

The food - we went for the following: 2x lollipop 1x large boneless mixed grill 1x merry grill 2x chilli chips 2x masala chips 2x chilli prawns 1x chilli cheese naan 1x garlic naan 1x keema naan 1x keema cheese naan 12 poppadoms Vindaloo sauce 6 of us just about managed to finish it!

The mixy - large boneless was good, batter was light and crispy on the pakora, tikka was juicy, good flavour. Only downside was there was a lot of tikka. Sheesh was tasty. The merry grill, at £24 priced OK, had some giant prawns on the top but only x2, same for the chops, only 2x which sometimes you get more of these items on the larger grills. Fish pakora as above, wings were really small and mostly on the bottom so got cremated by the burnt onion and sizzling grill. Was expecting lollipop and chilli prawns on this grill but only large prawns, wings, sheesh, tikka and lamb chops.

Chicken lollipops were really good, covered in chilli and loads of meat. Chilli prawns - really good, the sauce on them very tasty. Top end pricing at £10 for about 8 on a plate. The naan breads - the garlic naan wasn’t the best very thin and turned into a crisp. Now for the best bit - the keema cheese naan, amazing, loads of keema meat, basically it’s like a pizza, so so good, defo worth a visit here just for this. Chips - very chunky good masala flavour and the chilli chips were crunchy. Service was great, they let us put a tab on the bar which is unheard of in these places. Made things easier when buying beers. Food was served in good time.

Would go back to the merry go round. Not up there with the red cow or champys but a good venue, good food and well...

This Desi-Pub is a good place to go for a Mixi. It's also handy for takeaway via Uber Eats. The food isn't the most spectacular you will find locally, but it does a good job in a competitive area.

I like that they have a good choice of Mixed Grills on the menu, with 2 boneless options so you don't have to do a whole thing about swapping out wings. I tend to go for the medium boneless to myself, and I love the meat variety on it.

When I order takeaway, I tend to go for the kebab naan wrap, which is my favourite thing on the menu.

They have decent vegetarian options too. The service is great for one of these places, the lad behind the bar is friendly and very helpful to talk to about the menu. The service is probably what swings this from a 4 to a 5 for me.

I just wish they would open a couple of hours earlier and then I would come in more often for lunch while working from home, and I'm sure other...

Great place for a well balanced fully flavoured curry. The mix grill Sizzlers are particularly mouthwatering. The curried minced lamb (keema) is my favourite. I think they do the best cheesy nan in the West Mids. Staff are friendly , the boothed seating in the restaurant area is comfortable and the huge screen is awesome if you have something to watch (sports etc). The manger even gave us the remote control for the TV so that we could view any YouTube videos that took our fancy. The social distancing was observed well and sanitising gel was provided (Covid guidelines). The draught beer was good but there was no bourbon whiskey. Good selection of Gin , vodka, and...