Cafe Mango — Restaurant in Scotland

Keep walking by…

It’s a Sunday evening and the place we wanted to go was closing their kitchen early because of the Rugby World Cup. But across the way is this Thai/Indian restaurant (which is it?) that, although unassuming, looks busy and fairly inviting, so we decide to head in and they have a table for us. Great!

We’re sat down by a friendly lady and then a man (who doesn’t exactly exude much warmth) comes to take our order.

We’ve just done a big hike so we’re pretty thirsty and ask for tap water for the table (as well as other soft drinks) but apparently they don’t serve tap water. Seriously? 🤷🏻‍♂️ Of course we’re offered still water to buy.

We opted to share two mains (one “Thai” one Indian) + poppadom, onion bhaji and naan bread. Poppadoms were good with chutney tray, onion bhaji had nice flavour but too small and over fried, peshwari naan probably best thing we ate. Biryani was OK but lacked a lot of flavour and came with, for an extra £1, a very basic, runny and one-dimensional curry sauce (with sad-looking cauliflower swimming in it) that ruins the dish (luckily I made sure to pour it gingerly on one side of my plate!). The dish also came with very small fried chicken chunks rather than the nice larger pieces of proper grilled/tandoori chicken that I’ve had in every other Biryani I’ve ever had.

The stir fried chicken noodles on the other hand 😳… the “fresh mixed vegetables” consisted of a one lonely slither of cabbage, the chicken was tough and the overall quality/taste just wasn’t right. For £14 - and from a Thai restaurant - you’d expect a decent dish full of flavour but my poor mother in law barely managed half the dish and I regretted trying it myself.

Overall a very disappointing meal and I wish we had looked this place up beforehand as we certainly wouldn’t have walked in - and definitely...

Negative if Just I had an option, a horrible place run by a very rude manager(Saeed). Visited on 11 June 2019 with the family. All we were looking for something quick an easy to eat on our small stopover at Fort William. We found this Indian/Thai restaurant and decided to sit in for a quick meal. We were greeted by this very rude manager just no greeting nothing. It felt like we were very unwelcome. As we were the only patrons we sat at a table we were guides to. We were four adults and three young kids. Only three of us were hungry and wanted to eat. Kids were tired an half asleep from the trip, so we ordered 3 vegetarian curry and four breads along with some rice. The manager straight away asked us to order one more dish as that wasn't enough to feed all and that was done very rudely. We then ordered another curry. The food came in and just the look of the food put us off. Curries were very bland. The vegetable dhansak had some veggies and cabbage, cottage cheese curry had no flavour and dal was just boiled not even fit to be consumed. The paratha were the one you get from the frozen section of an Indian grocery store. And the naan bread was just a disgrace. We then ordered some boiled rice and were disappointed with the portion. Well entire portions were small for the price. We got a bill of £56.00. we ended up eating whatever we could and walked out very unhappy. Please do not waste time going here for any meals. Look around their are many other places to eat elsewhere where not only you get great Scottish hospitality, but also food...

I recently visited this restaurant with high hopes, but unfortunately, it turned out to be the worst experience I've had. The waiter's behavior was beyond rude, leaving a sour taste in what should have been an enjoyable evening. I strongly advise against visiting this place. The staff's approach is definitely far from the hospitality one would expect. Not only was the service subpar, but they also seemed insistent on pushing us to order more than we intended, which was uncomfortable. It's baffling how they think it's appropriate to pressure customers like that. To make matters worse, the food we ordered was shockingly lackluster. It felt like something we could pick up from a local supermarket at a much cheaper price. The quality was nowhere near what they were charging. It's hard to justify the high prices they ask for such mediocre food. Adding to the disappointment was the fact that the cuisine didn't match its claim of authenticity. The flavors and presentation were far from what one would expect from the country they were trying to represent. It's disappointing when a restaurant can't even uphold their core promise. All in all, this visit was a complete letdown, and I would strongly discourage anyone from subjecting themselves to such an unpleasant experience.

And all the negative reviews you see from customers are 100% true that we have experienced...