Mother India's Cafe Restaurant in Edinburgh

Reviews

1. Dalal R ★★★★☆

   Most of the menu is gluten free, we had vegetables bakkora which was amazing highly recommended!! one of the best bakora I've ever had. we also had king prawns chili which was really disappointing, it was cooked too much so it was hard to eat. For main dishes we had chicken biryani it sticky and saucy so it was average, we also had butter chicken and garlic and chili chicken and basmati rice which were veryyyy good, however, the garlic chili chicken was very spicy for those who are not a big fan of spicy food. Also note that the dishes considered small.

   almost 10 months ago
2. Janette Gaunt ★★★★☆

   We chose this place because of its proximity to the Festival Theatre, and it is ideal for pre-theatre dining. The restaurant was busy at 6pm. Service was reasonably good, but did feel staff could’ve been more attentive. The dishes are tapas size, but there was no explanation from staff about how many dishes to order (it does state this on the menu, but other places we’ve been to with this range have asked if we’ve eaten there before, and if not, explained how the tapas menu works). We chose aubergine and potato, lamb keema mutter, machi massala (fish) and a naan. All were hot and tasty. The naan was not as puffy as most though. This was enough food for us, and it wasn’t heavy like some Indian food. I would go back.

   almost 10 months ago
3. Nannina Li ★★★★★

   We visited Edinburgh last week, this place was recommended by my Indian colleague, and we went there twice! Every dish was just fantastic, love the idea of tapas - that gave us the chance to try different varieties! And Good service. Wish we had such a place in the town I am living now…

   almost 10 months ago

1. Joshua Bradshaw ★★★★★

   Really great food. It definitely looks like you'll want reservations if you don't want to wait a long time for a table. About 2 tapas per person works out well - a little more if you're hungry. For two of us, four tapas total and two drinks was 50 pounds. Fairly typical level of heat, excellent flavor on everything. Whisky selection is limited but good.

   almost 3 years ago
2. George C ★★★★★

   Fantastic Meal! Recently visited Mother India’s cafe and thoroughly enjoyed my meal. I turned up around 19:45 and the place was packed, as I was by myself I was able to fit in. The food was very good and full of flavour. The smaller tapas portions is a great idea and enables you to have a few of your favourites.

   almost 3 years ago
3. Naomi Balau ★★★★★

   Chose Mother India's Cafe for my birthday dinner and was not disappointed. We were served fairly quickly, all the dishes were amazing with various flavours and the wine was exquisite as well. Couldn't have asked for anything better.

   almost 3 years ago

1. Whitney ★★★☆☆

   Disappointingly mediocre. After all the great reviews we were really excited to come try this place but all their dishes were very average. Especially the butter chicken, it was surprisingly bland for a curry and we are used to much more depth of flavour. The railway lamb was the best of the dishes. The most disappointing was the garlic nan which looked very blonde and tasted like it was raw :( Prices are very affordable though. And there can be a bit of a wait for a table. We arrived at 7.15pm on a Friday night after a show during Fringe and waited roughly 35minutes for a table or two.

   almost 3 years ago
2. Abhinav Tripathi ★★★★★

   In a word, amazing. I visited this place for lunch and was delighted to experience the amazing food and the reasonable price tag it comes at. Just a word of caution, if you don't like hot and spicy you have to tell them to mellow down the hot quotient otherwise the default is very spicy! For an Indian spice lover this place is as good as it can get in Scotland. The place is great to have a meal with family. The Naans are amazing both in size and in taste. Overall a must visit place for a Desi food lover in Old Town Edinburgh.

   almost 4 years ago

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