Mahdi Restaurant

The restaurant was nice but the service was sort of slow, the food was quite expensive (£16.5 for a veggie dish >£20 for meat) and not that remarkable in my opinion. Some of the food was good according to my friends (the chicken platter) and some of it was not particularly special. There were 4 veggie options for mains which is decent and between us we ordered three of them but they were not that great. I wouldn’t go back again.

As we entered our group of 6 was placed on a table for 4. After notifying the waiter that the table was too cramped he started pulling the table which of course made no difference. Eventually he attached another table to the end of the row. The food took about 40 mins to arrive which was of course very slow and when it came it was very disappointing. My vegetarian friends were disappointed by their meals which they said lacked flavour and I had the same issue with my lamb and chicken dish (#23 on the menu) as it was very plain and dry. My friend who ordered a different chicken dish was however quite happy with his meal and said it was well flavoured. The atmosphere inside the restaurant was great however it was also very hot and stuffy inside. They do however have great tea and baclava which was very tasty.

Delicious food. I loved the bread goes really well with the meats and the sauces that came with it.
The rice was soft and the meats were tender, packed full of flavour! We got the mixed grill to share, certainly didn’t disappoint.
Service was good and the food came out fairly quick.
Look forward to my next trip!

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I have visited this restaurant a couple of times and really enjoyed it. The seating is lovely and the service was great. The meat was lovely. We ordered the platter for 3 people and 2 people and the mixed mezze at the start with naan. It was lovely. I would really recommend this place.

This place is about 10mins walk from the station right after all the shops on the high street. At 5pm it was quite busy and you know the food must be good if there are Persian and middle eastern people dining in there. The restaurant decor is wonderful with lovely vibe, the portions are big and I enjoyed the fresh flat bread. The grill food is wonderful, fresh with lovely fluffy tasty rice. I ordered a dish which has way too many berries but this could be how it’s served traditionally but the food itself was great. Definitely ask what’s in the dishes if you don’t like berries/fruits in your food. Waiters are lovely here but i am sure this place gets busy 7pm onwards on a Friday. It was quite busy at 5pm but not full. I would definitely come back and try something different else, slight more pricey than expected but the portions are big enough for two people!