Home v Plymouth - March 2013
Date - 19/3/13
Venue - The Mamataz Mahal, London Rd, Westcliff
Attendees - Me, JB, Bill, Liz, Dave G, Mike, Malc.
As Southend prepared for their 3rd home game in a week, we thought we'd sample a pre-game curry in our home town, so we picked probably the closest one to Roots Hall -The Mamataz Mahal near the Palace Theatre, Westcliff.
On arrival, the restaurant was empty except for someone waiting to collect a takeaway and who offered to take a picture, so at last I'm in one as opposed to behind the camera!
We ordered drinks, poppodums and pickles plus main courses and rice. There was a sweet chilli pickle/dip that was absolutely delicious and homemade and which I'd never come across in an Indian (more of a Thai influence I think) and I went for a Chicken Jalfrezi as a main. Other dishes included a Meat Madras, 2 Baltis and a Lamb Rogan Josh.
The toilets weren't up to the standard of the rest of the place, which let it down a bit as it seemed fairly newly refurbished. Perhaps they hadn't got to the loos yet.
Service was spot on (hardly surprising as there was no-one else there!) but the food was absolutely top notch. It was probably the best Jalfrezi I'd ever had. A couple of the others also said that the food they had was right up there with the best "Ruby's" they had ever had as well. One of the nicest touches was the offer of a drink "On the house" after the meal, which was very welcome, even if it made us tight for time.
Southend and district is awash with restaurants and a lot of them are Indian, so competition is fierce. That means anything that isn't on the button doesn't last long, but this one certainly was superb.
Price wise it was decent as well at £20 per head including drinks and tip.
Marks -
Exterior - 7
Surroundings - 6
Interior - 7
Toilets - 5
Service - 9
Food Quality - 9
Value - 8
Overall - 7.29 - worth bearing in mind for a local meal or take-away
The football -
This ended up being the last game of Paul Sturrocks reign, against one of his former clubs. We were woeful for the third time in a week and lost 2-0 which practically ended our promotion hopes. Thoroughly depressing.
As Southend prepared for their 3rd home game in a week, we thought we'd sample a pre-game curry in our home town, so we picked probably the closest one to Roots Hall -The Mamataz Mahal near the Palace Theatre, Westcliff.
On arrival, the restaurant was empty except for someone waiting to collect a takeaway and who offered to take a picture, so at last I'm in one as opposed to behind the camera!
We ordered drinks, poppodums and pickles plus main courses and rice. There was a sweet chilli pickle/dip that was absolutely delicious and homemade and which I'd never come across in an Indian (more of a Thai influence I think) and I went for a Chicken Jalfrezi as a main. Other dishes included a Meat Madras, 2 Baltis and a Lamb Rogan Josh.
The toilets weren't up to the standard of the rest of the place, which let it down a bit as it seemed fairly newly refurbished. Perhaps they hadn't got to the loos yet.
Service was spot on (hardly surprising as there was no-one else there!) but the food was absolutely top notch. It was probably the best Jalfrezi I'd ever had. A couple of the others also said that the food they had was right up there with the best "Ruby's" they had ever had as well. One of the nicest touches was the offer of a drink "On the house" after the meal, which was very welcome, even if it made us tight for time.
Southend and district is awash with restaurants and a lot of them are Indian, so competition is fierce. That means anything that isn't on the button doesn't last long, but this one certainly was superb.
Price wise it was decent as well at £20 per head including drinks and tip.
Marks -
Exterior - 7
Surroundings - 6
Interior - 7
Toilets - 5
Service - 9
Food Quality - 9
Value - 8
Overall - 7.29 - worth bearing in mind for a local meal or take-away
The football -
This ended up being the last game of Paul Sturrocks reign, against one of his former clubs. We were woeful for the third time in a week and lost 2-0 which practically ended our promotion hopes. Thoroughly depressing.
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