Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 18 and Version 14 of Moti Mahal, WC2B 5AA

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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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* Chowhound threads: [https://www.chowhound.com/post/moti-mahal-confirmed-501610 1], [https://www.chowhound.com/post/quilon-627135?commentId=4792523 2], [https://www.chowhound.com/post/london-covent-garden-moti-mahal-835455 3], [https://www.chowhound.com/post/moti-mahal-covent-garden-872503 4]
 * [http://www.chowhound.com/topics/501610 Chowhound thread]
* [http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/627135#4792523 Another Chowhound thread]
* [http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/835455 Yet another Chowhound thread]
* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/6243.htm London Eating comments]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20100122005840/http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/10771.html Time Out review]
 * [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/10771.html Time Out review]
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* [https://www.andyhayler.com/restaurant/moti-mahal Andy Hayler's review]
* [https://rwapplewannabe.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/moti-mahal-soho/ An American In London review]
* [https://forums.egullet.org/topic/133489-moti-mahal-covent-garden-london/ eGullet thread]
* [https://www.arbuturian.com/food/restaurants/london/moti-mahal The Arbuturian review]
* Picky Glutton reviews: [https://pickyglutton.com/2011/04/17/classy-indian-in-covent-garden-moti-mahal-review/ 1], [https://pickyglutton.com/2012/04/02/moti-mahal-review-2/ 2]
* [https://wheeliebuns.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/moti-mahal-great-queen-street-london-wc2/ Tea Eagle's review]
 * [http://www.andyhayler.com/show_restaurant.asp?id=583&country=England&restaurant=Moti%20Mahal Andy Hayler's review]
* [http://rwapplewannabe.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/moti-mahal-soho/ An American In London review]
* [http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/133489-moti-mahal-covent-garden-london/ eGullet thread]
* [http://www.arbuturian.com/2010/moti-mahal The Arbuturian review]
* [http://pickyglutton.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/classy-indian-in-covent-garden-moti-mahal-review/ Picky Glutton review]
* [http://wheeliebuns.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/moti-mahal-great-queen-street-london-wc2/ Tea Eagle's review]
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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=''
major_change='0'
 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='1'
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summary='Now closed; was a modern Indian restaurant in Covent Garden/Holborn.' 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'
summary='Now closed; was a modern Indian restaurant in Covent Garden/Holborn.' postcode='WC2B 5AA'
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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