Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 18 and Version 4 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]]. |
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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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We started with a round of cocktails at £8 apiece; [[Kake]] rather liked the Tamarind Martini, which had just enough spice to be warming. |
We started with a round of cocktails at £8 apiece (see [http://www.motimahal-uk.com/index.cfm?content=35&Menu=6 menu]); [[Kake]] rather liked her Tamarind Martini, which had just enough spice to be warming. |
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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 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). |
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[[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. |
[[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 (see [http://www.motimahal-uk.com/index.cfm?Content=56 menu]), which seems like a good way to try it out. |
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As of June 2008, they also offer [http://www.motimahal-uk.com/index.cfm?content=73 cookery classes] on the morning of the last Saturday of the month, and [http://www.motimahal-uk.com/index.cfm?content=75 roomali bread demos] every Monday and Tuesday evening. |
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* [http://www.motimahal-uk.com/index.cfm?content=12&Menu=8 Interior photos on the Moti Mahal website] |
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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://love1london.blogspot.com/2008/08/moti-mahal.html Love London review] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20100122005840/http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/10771.html Time Out review] |
* [http://www.chowhound.com/topics/501610 Chowhound thread] * [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/6243.htm London Eating comments] * [http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/reviews/10771.html Time Out review] |
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* [http://lukehoney.typepad.com/the_greasy_spoon/2009/01/the-greasy-spoon-visits-moti-muhal.html The Greasy Spoon review] * [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] |
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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, May 2008.</div> |
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formatted_website_text='http://www.motimahal-uk.com/
' host='213.165.225.132' hours_text='noon-3pm, 5:30pm-11:30pm Mon-Sat; closed Sun' latitude='51.514672' locale='Covent Garden,Holborn,WC2' longitude='-0.120249' major_change='1' |
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opening_hours_text='' phone='' postcode='' 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-11:30pm Mon-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.
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 (see menu); Kake rather liked her 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 (see menu), which seems like a good way to try it out.
As of June 2008, they also offer cookery classes on the morning of the last Saturday of the month, and roomali bread demos every Monday and Tuesday evening.
See also:
- Interior photos on the Moti Mahal website
- Kake's photo of the menu as of April 2008
- Chowhound thread
- London Eating comments
- Time Out review
- Jan Moir's review
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