There are few places that I absolutely have to visit when I'm in England and this is one of them!!!…read more England isn't known for great service but this place always has the best! They take reservations and your table will be ready. The food is outstanding. I'm taking my daughter to England this weekend (we are from Florida) and this is literally on our agenda the weekend we get in. The food is so flavorful and delicious. It's best to go with a lot of people so you can try a bit of everything! We loved everything we tried but the chicken tikka masala with the sweet naan with the honey is the best! We can't wait to have dinner there!!!

I've walked past this Indian restaurant many times but had never been in until my FIL's bday a few…read moreweeks ago. From the outside it looks like any other Indian place and once you get inside it's again pretty standard. The difference is the menu and the quality of the food. I had a really excellent fish pakora to start and then one of the chef's specials as a main. The naan bread (the make or break element of a curry for me) was perfect so I was very happy. It was really busy and people were being turned away on a Thursday evening which is always a sign of good food. As a result I'd recommend booking a table in advance. You can get the metrolink to Altrincham then a taxi down to Hale or the train goes all the way there. This place really stands out from some of the samey average/poor curry houses in south Manchester.

Fantastic, creative Indian food in a clean, pleasant environment…read more The nan was a little on the "tasteless" side but the other food was great. We shared Tandoori Chicken, Shrimp Masala, and Saag Ghost (small pieces of lamb and spinach in a curry) - all terrific. The only negative was that the only daught beer was Kingfisher. Well worth a trip.

This was our first visit and we enjoyed our food, the value for money and the service was also ace…read morefriendly. I opted for the shish kebab starter and a lamb rogan josh with a nan bread. My wife chose the same starter with a chicken tikka massala and pilau rice, so we shared the bread and rice. The lamb mince starter was tasty and it was lightly spiced. It came served up on a sizzling hot plate with onions on the iron base. This works well as it chars the onions making them tasty. My lamb main had 7 pieces of lamb and the rogan josh gravy was mild and a good portion. As it's a first visit I didn't know the spice levels and this dish was mild for me. The nan bread was delicious. I tried my wife's quite red tikka massala and I could detect the back note of Sharwoods tikka massala from a jar which slightly disappointed me.

Locally and family owned. every time I come from American to Manchester, I make a trip down to Sale…read moreto eat at the Massala Lounge.

Ishta is a high quality Indian restaurant situated on Old Market Place above the town centre in an…read morearea rife with great little eateries and pubs. It's a large restaurant but set in an old townhouse so is brimming with character. The decor is simple yet modern, a mix of dark woods, crisp white table cloths and deep red carpets. The staff here are some of the friendliest I've ever met, and more than happy to help you in whatever way they can. The menu itself is much more experimental and diverse than your average Indian restaurant, with some very positive results. I can't remember the name of the dish I tried, but it the lamb just melted in my mouth, and the flavour was like nothing I've ever tasted, rich, sweet and nutty almost. Try the special 5 course meal on a Sunday for £9.95 if you want to experience this restaurant on a budget.

Amazing and quite unique place -haven't seen many like it in Manchester. Fairly small but great…read moreselection of Indian street food tapas, dosas and curries with plenty of veggie options. Staff is extremely welcoming and friendly. The venue is tucked away in the residential area, but it's definitely worth the journey!

We came to Manchester as my dad had his direct flight back to Orlando booked from this airport. So…read moreafter arriving at our hotel, we checked for local Indian places to eat at, and Amma's Canteen popped up with great reviews (which indeed they lived up to) and when we called to make a booking, we were in luck and they had a spare table for four. They are only open for dinner and we ordered the following menu items: 1) Stuffed Kozhukattai - what a fabulous starter! Plus came with a sauce called "Poor Man's Dip" which was fabulously peanutty and coconutty! These are basically wontons stuffed with lovely curried veggies. 2) Masala Dosa - Really light and oil-free Dosa! My mum wasn't a fan due to lots of ginger in the potatoes but I didn't mind that spice making its presence felt. Really enjoyed the earthiness of the Sambar too. 3) Spinach & Red Kidney Bean Dosa - this was a revelation!! Honestly I was very dubious about this combination but with the beautiful spices that are dry roasted with the red kidney beans and the perfectly blanched spinach, I loved the taste of the Dosa. When the owner came and chatted to us later, he said the reason for this combo was because these are three of his very fave things to eat, and so he played around with the combination till he got it right. I am glad he persisted and my tummy benefited from his experimentation! Probably my fave thing from the menu! 4) Kaikari mandi with Oothappam - lots of winter vegetables in a most interesting curry and Utthapham (which is a rice+lentil pancake). I found this menu item to be a bit muddled in its tastes. Not sure this combo worked for me, but individually, both items were delicious. I liked the mandi curry more with rice. This too had a bit of a good spicy kick to it. 5) Alleppey Fish curry with steamed rice - my brother got this and holy moly! Dense and rich coconut curry with a beautifully cooked fish. This had a spicy bite to it, but delicious. Probably my second fave menu item. 6) Trio of dessert - we were full from earlier menu items, but the table next to us ordered it, and then we couldn't resist. One cool surprise was the roasted rice used as a topping on top of the carrot halwa - never seen that done before at a restaurant and it worked well. The Gulab Jamun was hot and tasted great and the Milk-Payasam was light, and not massively sweet at all. Great end to the meal. It's a really well curated menu, with lots of items that I haven't seen in restaurants previously. Amma means mother and I really did feel like I was eating a home-cooked meal. Plus there were so many dishes I was unfamiliar with, as I believe this is a Kerala region restaurant, and so the cuisine is something I'm not that familiar with. I also really enjoyed the fact the Owner came out later to chat with us and get feedback on the meal - it was great talking to him and letting him know how much we enjoyed the food. Absolutely recommend and hope to return when next back in Manchester. Yelp 19/ 2019

So...the takeaway food has been really good. 5 star good. The restaurant experience? Not so great…read more This is the most drastic review change I've done to date. Nine of us were booked in for a Saturday night curry at 8pm and they were ready for us, or so we thought. We ordered drinks, poppadoms, chutney trays, starters and mains as normal - a few of us decided to forego the starter for just a main course. Had we known that we'd all be waiting nearly an hour to be served the starters we'd have demanded piles of extra poppadoms for free. Having to ask twice where our food was was unacceptable to say the least. The waiter couldn't have been less bothered. I struggled to figure out whether it was a case of them having too few staff being over-worked, or too many staff doing sweet F.A. Needless to say, the majority of the group who had starters were disappointed with the end result. They were saved from a Eek! 1 star review because the main courses, especially the naan breads, were, on the whole, pretty good and decently sized. I had really high hopes that the restaurant would live up to the takeaway - there can't be many places where this sadly isn't the case. For the time being I'll stick with their takeaway menu.

Arrived told by an employee they had no tables, not that there would be a wait. Congratulations,…read moreyou lost a customer, completely incompetent and unprofessional.