Mela Indian Restaurant & Takeaway Manchester — Restaurant in Trafford

not sure what had happened but when I arrived for a party there wasn't enough seats, 3 of us said we would have another small table but that was booked, we were left standing for about 15 mins with no-one trying to sort out. we finally got seated at end, Asked for a bottle of wine to be corked, which he did no problem but never fetched any glasses, had to ask, and to top it they whipped away a table to accommodate another party which left me putting stuff on the floor as we were so cramped. we left without ordering, I just couldn't believe how unprofessional they were. we were just innocent members of a party, and was...

After reading the good reviews for the mela i dicided to give this place another go as few years ago went downhill.

I ordered the chicken tikka vindaloo and pilau rice after reading how good it was on a reveiw and the customer photo it looked amazing a deep rich ruby red! Got home opened it up to find no smell to the curry at all very strange! Upon tasting it or to be more correct NOT tasting it as it didn't taste of anything stranger still! The color of the curry was a yellowish brown! Chef clearly hasn't a clue how a vindaloo should be prepared i could given this to my 6 year old grand daughter! Needless to say...

We love this Indian restaurant and it has become our weekly place to visit. They don't serve beer, but you are welcome to take your own drinks. The staff are always lovely and polite and the food is always outstanding 👌 it is a very reasonable place to eat price wise and only costs around £35 for our food. We usually have poppadoms & chutneys, a mixed starter for 2 (really good and only £7.50) chicken bhuna, chicken tikka jalfrezi, mushroom rice, pilau rice, naan bread. Its well worth a visit. They do takeaways too, which always seems very popular. Probably best to book at weekends as it...