Moiduls Rawalpindi review
We don't normally eat in Indian
restaurants at lunchtime but there was a birthday celebration involved. Our
trip to Moiduls Rawalpindi was during half term and thankfully there was a
family and kids in the restaurant, otherwise we would have had the place to
ourselves. There is something slightly sad about Indian restaurants during the
day, maybe it's to do with the nature of the decor and furnishings.
This restaurant has been around for years
but has changed hands over the last 10 years so. I remember it as part of a
group involving the Golden Curry House in Hampton Wick and the Bombay
in Richmond
which used to be opposite where Waitrose now is but burnt down many years ago.
We opted for the businessmen's lunch
which at £9.95 per head appeared to be good value on the face of it. It allowed
the choice of a starter, a main course and rice, or bread, together with beer
or wine. The choice of starters and mains was pretty good -- with some dishes
I'd never heard of, for example, Captai which is a hot Sylheti dish and very
nice it was too. My colleague had a chicken Dansak which again tasted freshly
cooked and was delicious. Starters were Keema kebab and samosas which were
reasonable sized portions and clearly freshly cooked. We paid extra for
papadams which were nicely presented on large rectangular plates with matching
sauce and pickle pots.
Overall, very good value for money but
perhaps dropping the beer/wine choice and replacing it with a vegetable side
dish might be a more tempting offer, given that many people don't want to drink
at lunchtime.
Service was indifferent and the ambience
suffered from the daytime timing of our visit. I have noticed in the past that the
chairs here are almost immovable when trying to lever yourself in and out of
your table place: they could do with replacement.
Service: 5.5
Quality: 8
Price: 8.5
Ambience: 5
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