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Garam Massalla

3.8 (4 reviews)

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Visiting Manchester and friends say let's grab food here it's good. Sign in window says open till midnight but shut by 11:25 p.m. :(

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Blue Nile Restaurant

Blue Nile Restaurant

4.6(9 reviews)
3.1 miStockport
££

Fabulous restaurant the best in Hazel Grove highly recommend. They even made me a custom curryread more

As other reviewers point out, service here is extremely efficient, with your drinks order being…read moretaken basically as soon as you sit down and food orders also being taken and processed quickly. I didn't feel rushed though, and bf loved the immediate arrival of beer to his hand. Food wise, I was tempted by a few things on this interesting Bangladeshi menu and got some helpful and decisive advice from the waiter. In the end I want for the chicken thawa which wasn't particularly unusual in flavour (I chickened out of the satkora fruit option which I will get next time) but very well done and a very generous portion. I thought the aloo gobi was the best I've had in ages. We also tried onion bhajis and I would say Blue Nile is slightly beaten out by Stockport rival Last Monsoon in terms of flavour and crispiness. Bf had lamb handi which he really enjoyed - the meat was tender and not at all stringy or dry. Definitely recommend if you like lamb. As above service is very good and it's a nice restaurant with some cool tropical fish tanks in the walls. Kind of reminds me of the Purple Pakora in Poynton. Overall this is yet another good restaurant in the independent Hazel Grove scene (we commented on Friday that the chains have not moved in here, which is maybe why there is such diversity and quality) and I will be sure to come back.

Kismet - Pilau Rice - gorgeous; never seen any like this one!

Kismet

3.8(6 reviews)
2.1 miStockport
££

I had no idea what this would be like, since the majority of Curry houses in the UK over-sweeten…read moretheir dishes, probably in response to some inclination in the British palate for sugar. But this place was just down the street from the hotel I was at, and I thought chicken tikka masala or butter chicken would be nice. When I got there I was greeted warmly and seated. I ordered a British beer on tap (John Smith's) and perused the menu. They had Butter Chicken. The description did not specify what part of the chicken they used, which I hoped meant they would use dark meat. Chicken tikka masala seems to be always white meat, but various places serve butter chicken with dark. I think that may be the traditional way. When it came time to order I asked specifically whether or not the dish was sweet. He described it as rich and creamy and only a bit sweet. I rolled the dice and ordered it, prepared to have them doctor it if it came back like the sweet and sour chicken that most places pass off as real curry. Fast forward... the Butter Chicken comes, and the waiter pauses a moment to make sure it tastes ok for me, so I take a taste... oh! Yes, that will do fine; it's not too sweet! And as I started eating it with the rice I realized that this was exceptional; surely the cook made it from scratch. The sauce was nicely blended and thick, with just a few pieces of ingredients to let you know it didn't begin life as some quick-serve powder mix. It was fragrant, rich, and full of flavor. It turned out to be among the best Butter Chicken I've had anywhere! And the accompanying Pilau Rice (a few more pennies than white rice) was beautiful as well as tasty. Give this place a try if you want a delicious, authentic Butter Chicken. 5 solid stars.

Kismet's happy hour deal is pretty astonishing in its food to price ratio. We were already full…read moreafter munching on two poppadoms each plus some very nice vegetable samosas and onion bhajis. The main event was not quite as good, my bf felt his lamb rogan josh lacked punch and my prawn massala featured some rather small weasly prawns (I prefer Sainsbury's prawn makhani ready meal). There are loads of main course options with the happy hour deal however, so it could be there's something a lot better. The side dishes of dal and bombay potato we were too full to manage but these were packaged up and I enjoyed them the next day. Service was good apart from everyone disappeared when we wanted our bill. The decor looks like it was last updated in the 1980s with green fairy lights and some rather cold ceiling lights, it's not particularly attractive but charming in its own way. I'm sure we'll be back as we live close by but as there's quite a few Indian restaurants in our area probably not straight away, as it's not a clear standout.

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Kismet - Rich, savory, not too-sweet Butter Chicken.

Rich, savory, not too-sweet Butter Chicken.

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