Al
Bilal Indian Restaurant Manchester - reader comments
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"Everytime
I visit this restaurant the food is always to a high standard,
we are never disappointed. I was suprised to hear about the closure
of the restaurant due to health and hygine reasons. I would however
like to return in the near future as the food is outstanding
and hopefully Al Bilal will have cleaned itself up and will put
in 100% effort in maintaining its brilliant standards"
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jasmine, manchester 30/5/08 (visited on a tues evening) |
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"Its
been a while since Ive been for a meal down the curry mile, as to
be blunt, pretty much all the best Asian restaurants in the area are
in town nowadays, since they rely on being good, rather than just
being in a novelty area which is full of students, and that attracts
visitors, simply for the experience of seeing Rusholme, not for good
food. However, its always nice to have a change, and even after all
these years, there's still something cool about going for a meal down
Rusholme. Maybe it just brings back memories of being a student, when
every restaurant gave you free poppadoms on entry, and if you were
really broke that week, you ate those, and then left! Anyway.....
Al Bilal was pretty much as you'd expect any middle of the
road Indian to be. I'd complain that it was too noisy
and busy, that the service was a little unattentive,
and that the food was pretty much thown onto the table,
but this was a 'curry house' at peak time on a Saturday night, in
one of Rusholme's more casual eateries, not that there are any intimate
ones. Complaining about this would be about as relevant or sensible
as sitting in the Stretford End at Old Trafford in a Man City jersey.
Our run of the mill, typical 'British Indian' starters of Seekh Kebab
and Fish Tikka were fine, well cooked and tasty, as were the mains
of Chicken Biryani and Lamb Bhuna. The bill for 2 including poppadoms,
2 starters, 2 main courses, 1 rice and 1 naan, with 2 glasses of coke,
came to a silly £28, which for the amount you get, is practically
giving it away.
Sure, Rusholme's curry houses are no longer the be all and end all
of local Asian cuisine, but the story at Al Bilal is the same as anywhere
on the curry mile. If you want a good, casual night out with
the lads, you cant beat it really. I do feel though, that
if you ate at 20 restaurants on the curry mile, you could easily get
the impression that they are all served using the same kitchens, share
staff and have the same menus. I've even heard a whisper that every
restaurant in Rusholme is owned by 3 guys?!
Anyhow, a fun night, decent, cheap, tasty food. The
eternal question of 'which is the best restaurant in Rusholme' always
pops up. I say toss a coin to decide. They are all equally average
on the grand scale, and the best one is the one that you personally
favour, for whatever reason.
Rusholme stil remains unique though, and just as much fun as it was
when you got free poppadoms 10 years ago! I wouldnt do a runner these
days though."
- chris handley, salford 28/5/08 (visited on a saturday evening) |
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"During
our meal, we experienced no less than 5 different waiters - ranging
from one who clearly couldn't care less through to an absolutely
brilliant head waiter - probably the campest on the Curry Mile.
His promise to return with our 'dins dins' sadly didn't avail. Another
waiter brought the food instead and it was extremely tasty.
I would certainly return again."
- matthew, manchester 16/10/07 (visited on a tuesday evening) |
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"VIP
card system is great, eat there 5 times and get a meal free, great"
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Mike Tebbs, Swinton 2/10/07 (visited on a tues evening) |
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