Mezbaan is Edinburgh's only restaurant dedicated to just traditional and authentic South Indian cuisine. We are now open for lunch. If you are short for time you can sample our express menu or for a more relaxed our a la carte menu.
Modern India
City Centre
- Food served: Sun-Thu noon-11.30pm; Fri/Sat noon-1am
- Also offers: Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Takeaway, Pre-theatre menu
- Open since: 1998
- Average price 2 courses:
£16 (lunch)
£16 (evening meal) - House wine: £10.95 per bottle
The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 is now in the shops. This review is taken from the 2007 edition.
As exemplified by the name, you feel an immediate sense of contemporary confidence in the air when entering Modern India. Soft candle-light and hushed, traditional music lend a subdued and rather romantic atmosphere - although the service, while professional, can be fairly abrupt. Plump, spicy garlic mussels also give a suitably 'modern' feel to a range of classic starters (pakoras, dosas, samosas et al), arriving immersed in a thick, rich white sauce and served with a warm and crispy paratha. The menu has a section devoted to seafood - including salmon, swordfish and monkfish - all of which are tandoori-roasted and therefore free of any butter or oils. Tava dishes, which come served on an onion platter, also feature prominently. Sylheti chicken tava is cooked in a sweet and sour sauce, rich with tomatoes, garlic, ginger and coriander, though there is no sign of the promised cashew nuts. Egg-fried rice makes for a different and interesting accompaniment, as does a crispy and buttery cheese and onion naan bread.
- High point: Cheese and onion naan
- Low point: Some dishes don't quite match their description
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