Mahal Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in Tameside

Struggling to find a curry in Greater Manchester? Well, in my opinion, Mahal is one of the best curry houses in all of Manchester (maybe the UK) and let me tell you why…

First off, let’s start with the interior. The design is so cool and there even is a water feature at one of the tables (in pictures). Furthermore, the atmosphere is really relaxed - the perfect atmosphere for a curry house! Most importantly though, the staff weren’t good. They were great. In fact, they were some of the best staff I have ever seen. They are so kind and they treat you like royalty, and they will do their very best to take care of you, something I think every other restaurant needs.

Now let’s start with the food. I ordered a Mango Lassi and let me tell you, it is the best Mango Lassi you will find in Greater Manchester. It is so sweet, thick and creamy that it becomes borderline delicious and addictive. It pairs well with spicy dishes as well. As appetisers, I had roasted poppadoms. They were so crispy and had a smoky flavour, while the tray of chutneys was delicious.

As starters, I had an onion bhaji. It was nice and crispy. Also, an honourable mention for the lamb chops. They were so succulent, flavourful, and tender that they were the perfect starter.

For mains, I had the Ceylon curry. The Ceylon is a blend of delicious Sri Lankan spices - a must-try from me! The chicken was so tender as well! But the main event for me was the Peshwari Naan. This is a naan but it comes with a twist - crushed, sweet almonds are inside the naan. The almonds give the naan depth, making the naan even better! Also, the naan was perfect for soaking up curries - which is a great thing! The Pilau rice was also nice.

Overall, this place is amazing. You need to try this place - it is essential to try!

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We booked a table for 7pm on Saturday 18th January for 3 people. We arrived at 6:50pm to find the restaurant was packed out. The waiting area was getting busy too.

It appeared that there wasn't much organisation with lots of staff walking around with takeaway orders, not being able to find the people who had ordered the takeaways!

In the waiting area in addition to us, was a party of 3 and a party of 4 - all booked in for 7pm.

At 7:40pm we were on the point of walking out, having located another Indian restaurant nearby that we were going to go to instead, when we were shown to our table. The other 2 parties were still waiting for their table! (we noticed the party of 3 got seated at 7:55pm, not sure what time the party of 4 were seated).

We ordered our food and hoped everything would be ok......

They brought the poppadums, and had brought 2 less than we had ordered. We had ordered a Vegetable mixed starter, and they brought a Meat one instead! We told the staff, and they let us keep the Meat one for free and promptly brought out the one we had ordered.

The main courses arrived (everything as ordered this time).

Although one of our party was slightly dissappointed with their meal, as it wasn't as spicy as expected. Overall the food was very good.

When the bill arrived, we were pleasantly suprised at how good value it was.

Overall, we enjoyed our meals, however they need to sort out table reservations to make sure that tables are available for when they have been reserved - and if they don't have a free table at the time you want to reserve one, they should not be accepting the booking, thinking that it is ok to keep...

2 part review here first time was a couple of months ago where 8 of us dined here and it wasn't great, first the plates were cold and 4 of us had Luke warm food not only that there was no heat in the spicyness of the Currys.

We sent these back and fresh ones came which were roasting this time but again no spice to the dishes. We was asked how is the meal and we told them the manager went away and came back and apologised he explained what happened with the chef and gave us a round of drinks he was very apologetic so I held my review because of that.

Now back to the other day 4 of us ate there to give it a 2nd chance and it lived up to its reviews it was excellent the staff so friendly and efficient the starters were fresh and tasty especially the lamb chops. My madras main had it's lost spice from last time so I was happy and it tasted great.

On a final note my lad left some butter chicken and rice and wanted it bagging up they took it away and the waiter got mixed up and gave us a tub of rice lol he rushed off and had a fresh butter chicken made so a bug kudos for sorting that out he was a top server and a nice young lad. I will certainly come back again. Sorry for...