Mother India’s Cafe
3-5 Infirmary St, Edinburgh EH1 1LT, United Kingdom
Monday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
Tuesday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
Wednesday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
Thursday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
Friday: 12:00 – 10:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 – 10:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 9:30 PM
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Excellent restaurant serving Indian cuisine tapas style. There is a wide range of dishes to choose, many suitable for vegetarian appetites.
Two or three dishes per person is plenty to eat when combined with rice and naan breads. For two of us we choose five tapas dishes which proved to be plenty, when eaten with rice and bread.
Service is excellent and the premises are bright and clean. It can get very busy in the evening and booking a table is essential if you don’t want a long wait outside.
It’s next to the Royal Oak pub in Infirmary Street, where a great beer selection is available.
A cozy place for Indian curry.
My fav dish was railway lamb curry. It was the BEST lamb I’ve ever had in my life. It was extremely tender and juicy, and there were four HUGE chunks in it. The curry itself was very flavorful.
Butter chicken was very mild, ppl who expect to get strong flavor from Indian curry can avoid this. It was just full of sweetness for me, not with enough layers of taste. The chicken chunks were huge, but over cooked so they were quite dry and tough.
Mango lassi was just ok. Good but a bit too expensive for the quality.
Their nans were quite good, but very oily (probably the most oily I’ve had)
Peshwari nan was good, sweet but not overly sweet, with some shredded almond on top. Garlic one was quite GARLICKY, highly recommend for ppl who love garlic.
All the great reviews were absolutely right. Such an authentic joint with great dishes and super efficient service. The first place in Scotland that didn’t make us wait a long time between dishes. And the idea of “tapas” is great. We were able to share a lot more. And it ia also an option to try Indian food if you have done so yet.
10/10 would recommend. Food was very tasty. This is a tapas style place. However, the portions are substantial and what we ordered was sufficiently shared between 3 people. Great service – the staff is courteous and friendly. The place has a wonderful ambience.
Delicious meal and lots of gluten free options as well. The waiter was very knowledgeable about which items on the menu were gluten free and free from cross contamination (shared fryer). Overall we had a delicious meal in a nice atmosphere. Very highly recommend