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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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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>
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<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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category='Good Curry Guide 2007,Now Closed'
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category='Good Curry Guide 2007,Indian Food,Restaurants'
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hours_text='noon-3pm, 5:30pm-11pm Mon-Fri; 5:30pm-11pm Sat; closed Sun'
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locale='Covent Garden,Holborn,WC2'
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summary='Now closed; was a modern Indian restaurant in Covent Garden/Holborn.'
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opening_hours_text='noon-3pm, 5:30pm-11pm Mon-Fri; 5:30pm-11pm Sat; closed Sun'
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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.

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Last visited by Kake, Bob, DrHyde, etc, 14 May 2008. Opening hours taken from the Moti Mahal website, February 2012.

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