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Moti Mahal was a modern Indian restaurant in [[Locale Covent Garden|Covent Garden]]/[[Locale Holborn|Holborn]]. [https://twitter.com/MotiMahal59/status/699971910474579968 According to its Twitter account], it closed down in February 2016. |
Modern Indian restaurant in [[Locale Covent Garden|Covent Garden]]/[[Locale Holborn|Holborn]]. They also offer cookery classes. |
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The information below is retained for historical purposes. <div class="old_info"> Modern Indian restaurant in [[Locale Covent Garden|Covent Garden]]/[[Locale Holborn|Holborn]]. They also offer cookery classes. |
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Bob]], [[DrHyde]], etc, May 2008.</div> </div> |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Bob]], [[DrHyde]], etc, 14 May 2008. Opening hours taken from the Moti Mahal website, February 2012.</div> |
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hours_text='noon-3pm, 5:30pm-11pm Mon-Fri; 5:30pm-11pm Sat; closed Sun' latitude='51.514672' locale='Covent Garden,Holborn,WC2' longitude='-0.120249' major_change='0' |
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opening_hours_text='' phone='' postcode='' summary='Now closed; was a modern Indian restaurant in Covent Garden/Holborn.' website='' website='http://www.motimahal-uk.com/' |
opening_hours_text='noon-3pm, 5:30pm-11pm Mon-Fri; 5:30pm-11pm Sat; closed Sun' os_x='530419' os_y='181256' phone='020 7240 9329' postcode='WC2B 5AA' website='' summary='Modern Indian restaurant in Covent Garden/Holborn.' website='http://www.motimahal-uk.com/' |
Modern Indian restaurant in Covent Garden/Holborn. They also offer cookery classes.
Kake, Bob, DrHyde, etc visited on a Wednesday evening in May 2008. We'd booked, and this was a good thing, as the place seemed fairly busy.
We started with a round of cocktails at £8 apiece; Kake rather liked the Tamarind Martini, which had just enough spice to be warming.
After ordering, we got a little freebie amuse-bouche along with a shooter of strawberry lassi photo, and we also got a palate cleanser of red wine and pear sorbet in between starters and mains.
Kake started with seared scallops (£14) photo; tasty enough. Main course was pan-fried baby mullet (£15.50) photo; again quite tasty, but unfortunately rather oversalted; although it started out fine, by the time I was halfway through I was really noticing the excess of salt (and I like salty food). I did mention this to the staff, but another member of our party had a stronger complaint so I decided not to press the issue.
We got some side dishes to share — we started to order these individually but our waiter suggested that we let him bring an appropriate quantity of side dishes in order to avoid ending up with too much; this turned out to work fairly well. Kake was quite keen on the dal makhani (black lentils in cream; £4).
We ended up paying about £70/head, though we did drink quite a lot of booze.
Kake's verdict: I'd like to come back and give this place another go. As of May 2008, they also do a lunch special of two courses for £10, which seems like a good way to try it out.
See also:
- Kake's photo of the menu as of April 2008
- Chowhound threads: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Love London review
- Time Out review
- Jan Moir's review
- The Greasy Spoon review
- Andy Hayler's review
- An American In London review
- eGullet thread
- The Arbuturian review
- Picky Glutton reviews: 1, 2
- Tea Eagle's review
- London Eating comments
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