Mata Hari — Restaurant in Scotland

Me and my mum have eaten at the restaurant 3 times in the past few months, the food is excellent, the staff are very polite, the restaurant is clean.

We decided to order takeaway tonight (27/08/23) instead, and again, the girl on the phone was very polite and although there was about an hour wait for the food the food was lovely. However, the delivery driver was very rude.

When I answered the door to pay £30.90 for my food I offered him a £20 note, £8 in coins and the remainder in silvers. He proceeded to wave my hand away, look at me with an aggressive expression, and say in a rude, condescending manner "Count. It." I said "Excuse me?", he repeated, I responded by telling him "he has no manners" and "a please would be nice, and you're very rude". He responded "whatever". I counted the coins in my hand and said "there's the rest" and off he went.

This particular driver I am 99% sure I have encountered before in East Kilbride, likely for a different restaurant. And if my memory serves me correctly he was rude to myself before though I cannot say which restaurant he's delivered for previously.

As a heads up for those who find this review, the man is South Asian I believe, I would guess Indian as he wore a turban so likely a Sikh. He is in his fifties I'd guess and is small in stature; and very tall in ego. I should also mention my mum confronted his behaviour also and he yelled he's "been here before" in regard to the coin issue. In other words, he already had a preconceived notion that since we were handing him a fair bit of change that we were attempting to dodge the bill...

I am not a Sikh, but if I were I would find that behaviour absolutely...

Visited 3 times now and last night's visit is definitely the last! First time, in early February, was excellent with fantastic Dim Sum and grilled king prawns. Second time in late February wasn't as good, but I put that down to the place being very busy and some confusion with the waitress. The lovely grilled prawn dish I ordered the first time was now being served deep fried, which is not my taste, but anyway the meal was ok. Last night we visited again with friends, the Dim Sum I'd recommended was now covered up on the menu, and not available. We waited 90 minutes for our main courses to arrive, stone cold on cold plates including the supposedly "sizzling" dishes. We were told the take - away desk was very busy so we, as seated customers, were just left waiting and our food had been left sitting in the kitchen getting cold! Apparently there has been a change of management. Not a very nice...

After reading the reviews I thought I'd give it a go as the food sounded amazing. I got a takeaway. To start with I had Salt n Chill ribs. They were tiny chunks which isn't an issue but at that size they need to be cooked right. They were completely over cooked, burnt, chewy and to be honest tasted like they were last nights that had simply been heated up again. Main course was Singapore fried rice. Initially I thought I was on to a winner however by the 2nd forkful the taste of salt was overwhelming and I like my salt!!! I could only manage a few more mouthfuls before giving up. I also had banana fritter for pudding. 3 good sized portions let down by being extremely soggy. If I had been sitting in, I would definitely have said about the ribs. However I doubt they would have served this kind of standard to a sit in diner. Definitely not a takeaway I would...