Rajdoot, Manchester

Michael West says..“ Rajdoot and Gaylord were this ranters first experience of Indian cookery (apart from a recipe my father had picked up during National Service in the Catering Corps). They were far removed from the rather scary variety in what we now call curry mile, I think Shere Khan had led the way a few years afterwards. Rajdoot itself has always prided itself on its cookery. Service I have always found to be amiable. Tuesday nights are not the best time to visit me thinks.”

Janie Morrison says..“ Brilliant review. Had me in stitches. Especially the clumsy lad. Bless him. But I still like it in here it seems tucked away and the food as the article points out is v good.”

Katrina Thomas says..“ Best line this week in a food review 'I found it unsettling that the theme of Laurel and Hardy wasn’t playing.' As a Laural and Hardy fan though I can't remember the curry movie. Still I might dance along and see if the food is as good as described.”

Intafood says..“ Whilst British Indian food obviously satisfies the masses here, you can't beat the authentic tastes of India. When eating international food, I always try and find the authentic flavours! I reckon I could make more authentic tasting food than some of these so called international restaurants!! ”

Rob says..“ Been a few times and the food is nearly always very good, much better than most places in Rusholme.”

cping says..“ I do agree about Gaylord and Rajdoot being the place to go 25 years ago and would add the 'Nepalese' place in West Didsbury. But I was spoilt for Indian food long ago when the wives of my Bangla colleagues at Uni organised a potlatch supper. Every thing beautifully fresh and delicately spiced, each dish with distinctive flavour. But their husbands having got thier PhD's, they went back to run Bangladesh, Maybe we could borrow their chefs for next year's Food Festival ”

Stevo says..“ Best curry in Manchester? On Burton Rd, West Dids - The Gurkha Grill. Shame the curry mile is such a shabby affair - it really has gone down the pan in the last 5 years :-(”

Avo says..“ A very timely review Schofield seeing as though National Curry Week starts this weekend! ”

Nick says..“ I've always enjoyed the food there and I like the fact its a bit of an "old school" curry house inside. Its also good to have the Rajdoot slap bang in the middle of town for those times when a lunchtime curry is a necessity ...”

Anonymous says..“ I have been eating here for years, really good restaurant, and even though the service is quirky, they have always looked after me, and my family and guests, and delivered consistently great food, no prentiousness...”

Motorsportsfan says..“ I started my relationship with curry around 30 years ago, buying curry sauce and fat, brown crinkle cut chips at my local in Droylsden (affectionately known as “Rabies” due to one of the owners succumbing to the virus in the upstairs flat). The Rajdoot (and Gaylord) were the places visited on special occasions because they WERE “special”. Unfortunately the last two visits I made were spoiled by the sheer incompetence of the staff. To be fair one was an office party with around 20 people attending so I’ll let that one slide but the other…. My friend visited on a Friday night and entered at around 6pm. We spent around 20 minutes in the holding area and following the third request to be seated were shown to a table. I don’t recall what we ordered but do remember that out of 2x starters, 2x main and 2x side dishes 50%; were incorrect. Side dishes arrived followed by a 10 minute wait for mains and rice and umpteen requests for glasses to be refilled went ignored. As my friend and I are not fussy eaters we consumed everything that was delivered. Mainly for fear of how long we would be forced to wait for the errors to be corrected. All of this occurred with the restaurant at one third of capacity. The final straw came when, having waited half an hour and asked three times for the bill, we decided that if we stood up and started to walk out someone must surely give us some attention. By now you may not be surprised to hear that our exit was also ignored. This is the only time in my life that I have left a restaurant without paying and I still feel guilty because the food was unquestionably good. However it seem from the review that the service at the Rajdoot is still well below par and as that is part of the contract between diner and restaurant I’ll not be handing myself over to the cops just yet.”

dave51 says..“ Ah memories, my father used to take me for my christmas lunch to the Rajdoot, this was in the previous location in the building opposite to san rocco. it used to be great the hesd waiter was called Sant, is he still there? I think i saw him in wings the other night (eating not working) when it moved to its current location it was never as good. Does anybodt know when Shimla pink is moving, again I fear the worst for it when it moves, its very expensive , but quite good.”

emma grace says..“ Dave, the last I heard from the owner was feb/march...”

redrooster says..“ my last visit to the Rajdoot will be my last visit , it was terrible , both sevice and food . may have been an off day but even the dreaded curry mile was much better. there are much better curry houses than this in Manchester . ”