The Third Eye Wilmslow Road, Didsbury Manchester Indian and Nepalese Licensed 2 diners 2 small beers each 2 courses each Total cost £28 Ratings out of 10: 4 Menu 6 Food eaten 9 Surroundings 7 Service 5 Value for money A posh small restaurant in the yuppie Manchester suburb of Didsbury. Looks like it should be a nouvelle cuisine place - polished wooden floors, very restrained decor. For somewhere claiming to be both Indian and Nepalese, the menu was short and lacking in variety. I had trouble spotting anything not on a standard Nepalese menu. Service was attentive but a bit obsequious. Marks lost for only small bottles of Cobra beer. The important bit, the food. Starters were onion pakora, unremarkable. Tikka paneer was excellent, really flavoursome. Accompanied by spicy onion relish that was the highlight. Main course aloo saag was very creamy and tasted of fresh spinach. Channa dal was rather boring. Mushroom rice had plenty of mushrooms and lots of flavour. Tried a panni(?) naan which sounded good on the menu, stuffed with potato and spices, but in reality was bland and had a lot of butter between the layers. This is the closest Indian restaurant to my house, but I won't be going back for some time, as it was overall a bit disappointing with a few exceptions.
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Restaurant report - Manchester
On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:07:30 +0100, Steph Peters Someone wrote: >The Third Eye >Wilmslow Road, Didsbury Manchester >Indian and Nepalese >Licensed > To stick with the Mancunian theme... tonight I went to: Royal Naz (aka Royale Tandoori) 20, Wilmslow Road, Manchester Licensed Indian Restaurant 1 diner 1 pint diet coke 4 courses (if you count the courtesy popadoms while deciding what to order) Total cost £13.95 Ratings out of 10: 9 Menu 8 Food eaten 8 Surroundings 8 Service 8 Value for money A medium to large sized restaurant in the Rusholme area of Manchester (an area with a heavy concentration of Indian restaurants side by side). A largish and varied menu with quite a few "specialty" dishes. This restaurant has won prizes for its food in the past, and maybe recently - I don't know. I've lived in Machester for four years, but hadn't tried this restaurant before, though I have tried many of the others. From outside it doesn't look the most impressive amongst the many, but it was worth getting inside (ohh...I was going to make a rude joke about "the women I've known" here, but thought it in bad taste! I'm sure you can make it up yourselves... it's not like I haven't given you all the clues! ;-) ). The waiters are friendly and ready to advise (you are encouraged to ask about any aspect of the food - it says to on the menu). Spicy dishes can be made medium or hot whichever you prefer. The only complaint I had about the service was the time it took to take my order. Athough I was munching popadoms, and had my drink, so it didn't really matter... To eat, I had popadoms with various chutneys etc. Like most of the restaurants in Rusholme (but not quite all) these were free and brought to the table upon your arrival. One of the sauces seemed to be tomato and red chilli. I've never had this before, and it was very nice. I intended to ask about it, but forgot! For a starter I had Onion Bahji. This was served with salad, but (unusually for Indian restaurants I've been in before) diced and dressed. The onion bahjis were standard fare. Nothing more to say. For main course I had Chicken Roghan Josh with pilau rice and a puri. The quality of this course was excellent. It was an easy meal to eat! The chicken melted in the mouth, and the rice was so light. Often with rice it's either undercooked (making it hard) or overcooked (making it stodgy). I'm not a big fan of rice usually, and more often go for a naan instead, but today I chose rice and was glad I did! The puri, too, was well cooked and not really greasy, whereas in most cases they tend to be greasy. Excellent all round. For dessert I had Mango Kulfi. Individual Kulfi bought from Sainsbury or similar supermarket warehouse. Nice, but not credited to the restaurant (unless the skill is in removing it from the box!). Sorry, but I didn't notice the selection of beers on offer, as I don't drink, and everywhere serves diet cola of one variety or another! This is a place I would certainly visit again as it was friendly and served excellent food. There may be better (hence 8 rather than 9 - I'd hate to end up one day having to give a restaurant 11 out of 10 for something!), but this is certainly good. I will have to revisit soon to check if it is consistently good, or if I just got lucky. Gosh, the things I have to suffer just to report to you people...life's so hard... :-) Chris From [email removed] Sat Oct 13 23:00:43 EDT 2001 Article: 1883 of uk.food+drink.indian
NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Oct 2001 01:33:01 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:1697 "A night in India" Toowong, QLD Australia BYO(unlicenced) Indian Restaurant 1 diner 1 beer(brought myself..included in my price) 1 Coca Cola Chicken Tikka Masala + Roghan Josh Masala + Rice Large serve of Naan $AUS 12( Approx 4.5 quid UK) ($10 AUS sans Beer) Rating 9 Menu 8 Food eaten 9 Surroundings 9 Service 9 Value for money Chris W. wrote: : On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:07:30 +0100, Steph Peters Someone wrote: : : >The Third Eye : >Wilmslow Road, Didsbury Manchester : >Indian and Nepalese : >Licensed : > : : To stick with the Mancunian theme... tonight I went to: : : Royal Naz (aka Royale Tandoori) : 20, Wilmslow Road, : Manchester : Licensed Indian Restaurant : : 1 diner : 1 pint diet coke : 4 courses (if you count the courtesy popadoms while deciding what to : order) : Total cost £13.95 : : Ratings out of 10: : 9 Menu : 8 Food eaten : 8 Surroundings : 8 Service : 8 Value for money : : A medium to large sized restaurant in the Rusholme area of Manchester : (an area with a heavy concentration of Indian restaurants side by : side). A largish and varied menu with quite a few "specialty" dishes. : This restaurant has won prizes for its food in the past, and maybe : recently - I don't know. I've lived in Machester for four years, but : hadn't tried this restaurant before, though I have tried many of the : others. From outside it doesn't look the most impressive amongst the : many, but it was worth getting inside (ohh...I was going to make a : rude joke about "the women I've known" here, but thought it in bad : taste! I'm sure you can make it up yourselves... it's not like I : haven't given you all the clues! ;-) ). : : The waiters are friendly and ready to advise (you are encouraged to : ask about any aspect of the food - it says to on the menu). Spicy : dishes can be made medium or hot whichever you prefer. The only : complaint I had about the service was the time it took to take my : order. Athough I was munching popadoms, and had my drink, so it didn't : really matter... : : To eat, I had popadoms with various chutneys etc. Like most of the : restaurants in Rusholme (but not quite all) these were free and : brought to the table upon your arrival. One of the sauces seemed to be : tomato and red chilli. I've never had this before, and it was very : nice. I intended to ask about it, but forgot! : : For a starter I had Onion Bahji. This was served with salad, but : (unusually for Indian restaurants I've been in before) diced and : dressed. The onion bahjis were standard fare. Nothing more to say. : : For main course I had Chicken Roghan Josh with pilau rice and a puri. : The quality of this course was excellent. It was an easy meal to eat! : The chicken melted in the mouth, and the rice was so light. Often with : rice it's either undercooked (making it hard) or overcooked (making it : stodgy). I'm not a big fan of rice usually, and more often go for a : naan instead, but today I chose rice and was glad I did! The puri, : too, was well cooked and not really greasy, whereas in most cases they : tend to be greasy. Excellent all round. : : For dessert I had Mango Kulfi. Individual Kulfi bought from Sainsbury : or similar supermarket warehouse. Nice, but not credited to the : restaurant (unless the skill is in removing it from the box!). : : Sorry, but I didn't notice the selection of beers on offer, as I don't : drink, and everywhere serves diet cola of one variety or another! : : This is a place I would certainly visit again as it was friendly and : served excellent food. There may be better (hence 8 rather than 9 - : I'd hate to end up one day having to give a restaurant 11 out of 10 : for something!), but this is certainly good. I will have to revisit : soon to check if it is consistently good, or if I just got lucky. : Gosh, the things I have to suffer just to report to you : people...life's so hard... :-) : : Chris
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:47:30 BST Lines: 105 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:2077 We went to the Royal Naz on 12th September this year. My wife pregnant and nearly 2 weeks over, and someone suggested going for a curry. I had samosas to start, which were excellent, followed by a Chicken Dopiaza with Mushroom Pilau. The chicken had been cooked "Traditional Style" whatever that is, and it was cracking. The rice was fab too, not greasy, which makes a change for that type of dish. Louise had a Chicken and Mango Passanda, which horrified me whan she ordered it, but turned out to be the best "Sweet n Creamy" Curry I had ever had. With drinks, it all came to £23.00. Did it work? 7 Hour later, Sophie was born, so it shows that Curry is good for you after all!!! On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:56:48 GMT, [email removed] (Chris Wolstenholme) wrote: >On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:07:30 +0100, Steph Peters >Someone wrote: > >>The Third Eye >>Wilmslow Road, Didsbury Manchester >>Indian and Nepalese >>Licensed >> > >To stick with the Mancunian theme... tonight I went to: > >Royal Naz (aka Royale Tandoori) >20, Wilmslow Road, >Manchester >Licensed Indian Restaurant > >1 diner >1 pint diet coke >4 courses (if you count the courtesy popadoms while deciding what to >order) >Total cost £13.95 > >Ratings out of 10: >9 Menu >8 Food eaten >8 Surroundings >8 Service >8 Value for money > >A medium to large sized restaurant in the Rusholme area of Manchester >(an area with a heavy concentration of Indian restaurants side by >side). A largish and varied menu with quite a few "specialty" dishes. >This restaurant has won prizes for its food in the past, and maybe >recently - I don't know. I've lived in Machester for four years, but >hadn't tried this restaurant before, though I have tried many of the >others. From outside it doesn't look the most impressive amongst the >many, but it was worth getting inside (ohh...I was going to make a >rude joke about "the women I've known" here, but thought it in bad >taste! I'm sure you can make it up yourselves... it's not like I >haven't given you all the clues! ;-) ). > >The waiters are friendly and ready to advise (you are encouraged to >ask about any aspect of the food - it says to on the menu). Spicy >dishes can be made medium or hot whichever you prefer. The only >complaint I had about the service was the time it took to take my >order. Athough I was munching popadoms, and had my drink, so it didn't >really matter... > >To eat, I had popadoms with various chutneys etc. Like most of the >restaurants in Rusholme (but not quite all) these were free and >brought to the table upon your arrival. One of the sauces seemed to be >tomato and red chilli. I've never had this before, and it was very >nice. I intended to ask about it, but forgot! > >For a starter I had Onion Bahji. This was served with salad, but >(unusually for Indian restaurants I've been in before) diced and >dressed. The onion bahjis were standard fare. Nothing more to say. > >For main course I had Chicken Roghan Josh with pilau rice and a puri. >The quality of this course was excellent. It was an easy meal to eat! >The chicken melted in the mouth, and the rice was so light. Often with >rice it's either undercooked (making it hard) or overcooked (making it >stodgy). I'm not a big fan of rice usually, and more often go for a >naan instead, but today I chose rice and was glad I did! The puri, >too, was well cooked and not really greasy, whereas in most cases they >tend to be greasy. Excellent all round. > >For dessert I had Mango Kulfi. Individual Kulfi bought from Sainsbury >or similar supermarket warehouse. Nice, but not credited to the >restaurant (unless the skill is in removing it from the box!). > >Sorry, but I didn't notice the selection of beers on offer, as I don't >drink, and everywhere serves diet cola of one variety or another! > >This is a place I would certainly visit again as it was friendly and >served excellent food. There may be better (hence 8 rather than 9 - >I'd hate to end up one day having to give a restaurant 11 out of 10 >for something!), but this is certainly good. I will have to revisit >soon to check if it is consistently good, or if I just got lucky. >Gosh, the things I have to suffer just to report to you >people...life's so hard... :-) > >Chris From [email removed] Sun Nov 4 10:42:41 EST 2001 Article: 2975 of uk.food+drink.indian