I initially walked pass by here towards a tram station but decided to come back to get some food as…read morethe smell from this place was so inviting, I just couldn't pass. Owner was very friendly. I enjoyed chatting with him for a while. Price is very reasonable and food was delicious. Small eat in area inside. If I lived in the area, I would definitely be a frequent here.

The proximity to vegetarian eateries Oklahoma and Earth Café may explain in part the…read moreofficial-looking 'Vegan Food Served Here' poster displayed in Little Aladdin's window. Little Aladdin is a fast food outlet which doubles as an inexpensive curry café. It's a small place, with just fifteen covers, half of which are stools at the window ledges. As usual, I went for the 'Rice & 3 veg' curries plus a chapati, which came to £4.50. While similar to other Northern Quarter curry cafés, Little Aladdin is fairly vegetarian-friendly in terms of more choice and using fresh vegetables, including fresh spinach. I had channa, spinach, and mixed vegetable curries on rice, all tasty, made with care, using big chunks of courgette, potato and so on. Plus the chapati was well-cooked and tender, cooked to order with just a two minute wait. (As there is no evidence of menu rotation, I would presume they serve the same curries every day). Their vegetable samosas are prepared fresh each morning (I asked), although these may be the filo pastry type rather the 'from flour' type offered by This & That. Falafel are also made fresh each morning, and served with salad in fresh naan or chapati. The serving staff are really easy-going, so I think you would be able to mix-and-match anything you wanted. As with many of Manchester's curry cafés, complimentary jugs of tap water are on the table. So it's five stars for Little Aladdin, and I look forward to eating here again. But do check my 'Curry Cafés of Manchester' list for other good alternatives.

Food was nice and delicious. But the staff wasn't very…read morefriendly. Seemed like everyone was in some rush, pushing to finish the food and leaving. Headed over the bill just in the middle of out tea. Wasn't welcoming at all. That's a shame because food was delicious!

Love this place. It's worth booking if you're arriving over the weekend. Vegan menu and they're…read moregood with kids. It wouldn't be a good venue for celiac diners. Staff are friendly without being clingy. They tend to be quick taking orders and brining food out, but a little slow in bringing the bill (only an issue if you're on a schedule). It's a casual setting, some of the tables can feel a bit 'busy' if you're in the thoroughfare. The dosas are my favourite, especially the onion rava dosa. Cocktail menu is inventive if that's your thing.

Vindaloo is amazing spicy but overly hot to the point you cant taste the spices used…read moreSaag lamb meat was soft and cooked well Peshwari naan is my my favorite with the sweet desiccated coconut complement the hotness of vindaloo Service was good we were assist quite fast, staffs and possible owner also checks the people of they are okey Ambiance was okey but the choice of music is very traditional which is not for everyone.plus ambiance is a big dark and gloomy due to all dark color contrast

There is no doubt that this is the best Nepalese restaurant in Manchester. You have to look past…read morethe no-frills decor, because the main focus is on the quality of the cuisine here. Some of the best dishes I've had here are Bhotowan Chicken, Chicken Khorsani and Fish Tikka. What I love about a lot of the dishes are that they're spiced correctly - in other words, they're hot! If you're suffering you can always order yourself a Tiger beer or a Mango lassi though. The staff are always smiling and friendly, and have never, to date, got the bill wrong. Comes highly recommended, and voted but Harden's as one of the best of its kind in the country.

The food was just delicious!…read more We went for pre-theatre menu as it was much better value for money, so I imagine the main menu is even yummier! The portions were of decent size, quite filling! I would defined recommend if you want to higher end Indian restaurant. The service is very attentive, polite and smiley, nothing much to complain about!

This place could be so much more but it really failed to deliver on flavour and service. It's…read morelocated in the city centre of Manchester and was started by a famous Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle and her husband. They have some locations also in the Middle East. Two floors here the restaurant upstairs and bar downstairs. We booked to take a table in the lounge as it was last minute and it was busy on a Saturday night. The cocktail the waiter made us was great and we ordered some starters and mains off the menu. The ordering took a while as staff were milling about but not paying attention to the tables. The food was pretty ordinary to say the least and the starters were bland and lacked any real flavour the exact opposite to Mumbai Street food. The mains were too sweet and I asked for my dishes spicy :-( the naan bread barely had any garlic on it and all in all a very disappointing meal. Not the sort of curry you expect when you pay good money. I don't think I would ever come here again.

Having not been out for a curry in a LONG time and stuck in a village where the only place doing…read moreSunday lunch after 4pm on a Sunday was manic, we decided to pop to Monsoon for a refreshing change. The local town folk had the same idea and it was surprisingly busy for a later Sunday afternoon. The onion bhajee starter was good as was the tandoori chicken (it came sizzling on a hot plate in the bone (new to me)) but could've been a little less bland. The main of lamb pasanda was VERY sauce heavy and slightly tough to chew, which for a chef recommendation, came as quite a surprise. The Chicken Shukria (asked for mild) came as required and had a lovely sauce and the accompanying pilau rice was appropriately sized for one. Garlic naan was not bad either. Three stars is top end but they were able to cope with a lot of covers but the food wasn't all that great.

I have been using this restaurant for about 8 years and have never had a bad meal, and at one time…read morewe met up there with friends once a week, so you can imagine that is saying something. Their meals are good quality, healthy, and their portions are generous their prices are more than reasonable. The staff are helpful, polite and friendly.

I have never been to an Indian restaurant this fancy, but then again most of the ones that I end up…read moregoing to are out in the suburbs, so fancy really isn't on their agenda. However, this one is really flash, and pretty pricey as well. Basically they sit you in a waiting area while they prepare your table for you, which I've never experienced because pretty much all of the places I have been to already have the tables ready. Anyway, it wasn't too bad, but for some reason I prefer the ones in Australia.

We wanted an authentic Indian restaurant and came across Rajdoot. Located right in the city centre,…read moreRajdoot is underground and tucked away. It's interesting how you order at the lobby waiting area and move to your table only after you have placed your order. For starters, we got the lamb shish kebab which packed a ton of flavor. I wouldn't have expected that much flavor in the kebab just by looking at it. I wish it came with some sort of sauce so I wasn't eating just a plain kebab. For our mains, we got a chicken tikka masala and a lamb chili bhuna. It's cool how both of our entrees were placed on a box with a lit candle to keep our food warm. It's pretty elegant and nifty! I thought both dishes were tasty! The tikka masala was creamy and the chicken was tender. We ordered some garlic naan to wipe it clean! The lamb was excellent as well. Even though there are two chili signs on the menu, we asked them to tone it down to a mild spice level and it was perfect. The lamb was soft and the chili sauce was terrific. Overall, it was a unique dining experience and Rajdoot is definitely on the fancier end of the spectrum when it comes to Indian food.

Ive wanted to do a curry restaurant for a while now so of course we had to go down curry mile. We…read morebooked a night out and then decided to go here after some recommendations. We got the uber down, and went in. It was somewhat close to closing time so we easily got a seat and sat down. I was looking forward to this. As there was 2 of us, we decided to order 2 currys to share, 1 rice, naan, roti, and a starter. We got the gunpowder potatoes ... they were absolutely amazing .. but had a kick to them. I stupidly ordered a cocktail and forgot to ask for table water so I was feeling the burn. But these potatoes were amazing. With that we also had a basket of popadoms with various sauces. All were exceptional. The food came quite quickly and it looked and smelled amazing. The rice was plain basmati, and we went for a butter chicken, and chicken korma. I kid you not, the korma was the best I have ever tasted. it was SO good I have dreams about it. The butter chicken was also amazing with a little kick and it was perfect for 2 people to share. The naan and tandoori roti were perfect accompaniments and I honestly can't wait until I can return here for more food.

I visited here on recommendation of one of my friend, i am fully satisfied about food, service was…read more4/5 and ambiance 3/5 I urge foody people to visit here and explore more about it

I don't find myself in Rusholme very often these days. It's odd, my other half is not into curry…read morewhatsoever but his father absolutely loves the stuff. Go figure. If I was ever to take the in-laws on a big tour of Manchester, we'd head straight to Rusholme with a bag of beer and munch some spicy delights. My memories of more regular boozy dinners on the Curry Mile are not as you might expect. A good few years ago, socially, I hung out with many gentlemen. It was the result of being in a circle of friends via ex partners and what-not, thus there were generally few females lurking about and I was one of them. Now, some men simply see a curry as something to wolf down as fast as possible when you've had a skinful. Others take it very, very seriously. I was in a group where no less than three members claimed to be curry connoisseurs. It wasn't just that they were very critical of their Indian food when they ate out. They made the stuff at home. From SCRATCH. That is, they bought curry pastes (sometimes even forgoing the paste to gather all ingredients themselves), natural yoghurts, garam masala, tinned tomatoes... and they were very, VERY fussy. As in, my ex partner point blank refused to eat a Sharwoods, Asda or even Mardhur Jeffrey sauce from a jar. Yes, these were not boys to cook for. So when one of these males, also a militant vegetarian (in fact two of the three were militant vegetarians... am I spotting a pattern here?) said that his favourite spot on the Curry Mile was Tabak, I had David Copperfield-esque Great Expectations. Tabak swiftly became one of my favourite spots alongside Lal Haweli, although I didn't think it quite compared to the latter at first. It's had very mixed reviews on the Curry Mile website, however one positive review was written by an actual Indian person, and I must confess I've seen many dining in Tabak. So if you're after authentic Indian cuisine this is probably your best bet. And it's a lot more subtle and lower on carbon emissions in the form of neon lights than a great deal of the others, which is probably a good thing. If the militants, and Indian people, the best judges of all (remember what I told you about how my parents taught me to eat in ethnic restaurants? If people of that origin eat there, it must be good) eat there then it's definitely worth a try. It also has all the essentials of a great Curry Mile restaurant - bring your own booze, student and group discounts, and it also has a function room for hire as well as a buffet service with an all-you-can-eat policy. Now that'd be great for those lager-swilling revellers who like to fill up on poppadoms to sober up slightly. Perhaps not so great for the discerning 'curry experts' I dined with.

NB: This review solely concerns the buffet lunch deal…read more Tabak has a pair of shining reviews from a pair of shining reviewers on this site, but I'm afraid I can't add to that. I half suspect that this is a buffet vs a la carte thing, but regardless, I must report what I experienced. I took a group of 7 or 8 friends to Tabak recently for the buffet, and what we got was classic curry mile stuff. I didn't pay too much (though I wouldn't remark on the cheapness either) but I didn't get too much either, and I felt slightly queasy afterwards. The buffet is large and well stocked, but so stodgy and dodgy that I regretted the experience somewhat. Would I go again? If others wished to, but give me Swadesh or another city based offer any day.