Mirchi Indo Pak Cuisine
90-94 City Rd, Cardiff CF24 3BN, United Kingdom
3.8
892 reviews
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FRQJ+9X Cardiff, United Kingdom
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The interior was so fake, it clearly wasn't a "fine dining" place, even though the prices suggested otherwise. If you see the menu, you'll see for yourself that the prices are WAY too extortionate for what they are. There was grease and old bits of food on the menus that were so off-putting. It was abhorrent, clearly we made the wrong decision.
We were given a plate of popodoms and sauces (mango, chilli, mint , and onion pickle) which were thrown into the table, as if we were interrupting something important. Furthermore, when asking for simple tap water, we were delighted to be told there wasn't any. Any restaurant should have this for their customers.
Furthermore, we expected, to say the least, new plates after the popodoms but alas, it was not the case.
Upon receiving food, the curry was cold, salty and tiny for how much we paid, £14 for it! We had a look at the menu because we thought the platter for 2 was more than the mix grill yet the only difference was apparently the chips and £5! How can you pay £5 extra for a plate of oily, overcooked chips where most of them were too hard to eat. There was no butter on the naan and if we asked about it, the rude waiter may have said it was £5 extra for it! The biryani wasn't authentic, it tasted like a curry mixed into plain rice and that wasn't good at all. To top that, it was really greasy.
Finally, we asked to take some food away and the response was, we were given two containers with a "Here you go" and he walked off. That was so rude, it seemed like they were more interested in their phones than our custom. I would never go there again, not even as a last resort. We decided to try something new and this is the case. I advise you, do not even think of going here. It isn't the sort of place that one should expect anything to be nice.
A glass of mango lassi goes down well with every meal - keep in mind this is a dry restaurant.
Half Lahori Murgh Karahi
Fried Egg Rice
Portion of Fries
Naan x 3
2 drinks
Total - aprx £22
The Karahi was delicious, full of flavour and perfect for us as we don’t prefer too much spices. ( they do have spice levels if you prefer more we selected Mild )
Coming from Solihull ( Birmingham ), we didn’t expect the food to be very impressive but it was, and we loved it.
- Food was priced fairly
- Service could be slightly improved ( not that it was bad but it was on the slower side even though it wasn’t busy )
- Food quality was good
*Tip to the management : a waiter/staff member coming the table once the food has been served just to ask how it all is and if there’s anything extra required makes a huge difference on the first impression a guest gets while visiting a restaurant