Ashoka Southside

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• Average price 2 courses: £14
• House wine: £11.95 per bottle

• High point: Cosy surroundings
• Low point: Princely 'king' prawns
• Food served: Sun-Thu 5-11.30pm; Fri/Sat 5pm-midnight
• Delivery: £1.25; delivery to most of the Southside
• Open since: 1989
• Also offers: Childrens portions, Childrens high chairs, Take away, Pre-theatre menu

The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 is now in the shops.

This review is from the 2007 edition.

The Harlequin Group has been serving curries in and around Glasgow for more than 20 years, a sign that its formula works. The Ashoka Southside outlet offers a pleasant, though vaguely conventional, dining experience. The restaurant is cosy and looks like an old-fashioned living room with thick red carpets, soft lighting and dark wooden furniture. The menu is long on the usual dishes - if a bit short in innovation. A combination platter has a medley of pakoras, onion bhajees and tandoori chicken wings, warm and fragrant with a nice crisp batter. Chicken gujiya are spicy spring rolls, filled with minced chicken and served with tangy chickpeas. King prawn jalfrezi has a creamy texture and strong flavours of garlic and ginger, with cashews and almonds giving the dish a nutty finish. For something slightly different, the chicken malwa combines loads of red peppers, spinach leaves and green chillies in a rich stew of garam massala spices and plenty of coriander.