In the old days, before the Mini MacDoos came along, Mr MacDoo and I used to live on New Road Side. As DINKYs (Dual Income, No Kids Yet!), we ate out all the time and used to go to The Last Viceroy a lot, it was a firm favourite.
So when we decided to go out on a long overdue date at the end of last year, we thought we'd go back to our old haunt.
We were a tad confused when we got there and it looked to have closed down, but the former Suburban Style bar next door looked to have been refurbished and re-opened as Enigma, incorporating Indian restaurant East.
We weren't sure if the Last Viceroy had just moved upstairs, but regardless, we figured since we were in the mood for a curry we'd check it out.
We went inside and the surroundings were quite nice, but the whole venue seems a bit confused. The front of the place is like a bar / nightclub, then as you step up to a raised area at the back it turns into a restaurant.
We sat down and ordered some poppadoms to nibble while we waited for our mains. They arrived with a delicious tray of pickles and dips and we munched away happily.
As a calorie counter, I went for the Chicken Tikka dish for my main, It was really good, the meat was beautifully moist and wonderfully flavoured, and the portion was so huge that I really didn't need much of the carby sides that we had ordered to share between us!
Speaking of which, the rice and naan that we shared were really nice, both lovely and fluffy, and very tasty.
Mr MacDoo went for a dopiaza, which I pinched a spoonful of for research purposes and again, it was lovely and tasty, and not too oily.
Price wise it was fairly reasonable, the drinks weren't too expensive either, I suppose that's the advantage of it being within a bar, you don't pay that 'restaurant premium' on your drinks!
All in all it was nice, and perhaps I'm being a little bit harsh giving three stars rather than four. But it definitely loses one for the noisiness and location within a bar. The other star is lost because while the food was lovely, it wasn't quite 'five star' standard.
Nevertheless, I think we'd go up there again if we were out for an evening in Horsforth and fancied a curry. Maybe I'll rethink and add the fourth star back in after the next visit, watch this space! read more