A rare trip “up north” for the curry club, as we ventured to Towcester to visit the Moghul Rooms. And even more rare, we were a full house, with all ten members in attendance. 

Most of us met up at the Towcester Mill brewery for a pint and, as it was a reasonably warm evening, we enjoyed the last of the late summer sun in the brewery’s lovely beer garden. 

Suitably refreshed, we walked over to the restaurant, which is in a characterful old building on the high street (Watling Street) and took up our table up on the first floor. The place was busy, which is always a good sign and the staff were friendly and welcoming. 

The menu was very interesting, with a number of different dishes offered, along with some of the usual “curry house standards”. Pops and dips seemed to go down well with the assembled throng. The starters and mains looked nicely presented and most dishes were very well recieved. Service was good and the staff helped us out with a couple of dishes that we couldn’t see on the menu (rashmi kebab and tarka dhal) – these were specially made up for us. Sadly, the dhal was the one weak spot for me; it was a little bland, tasting of garlic but little else. I mentioned this in passing to one of the staff and he immediately took it off the bill, without prompting, which I thought was excellent customer service.

Overall, a fun night in a very good restaurant and I hope to go back for another visit sometime soon.

Andy S(immo)

Also, check out the scores and the common curry.

Common Curry – On the slightly more expensive side.
Certificate –  4 star certificate awarded.
Web site – https://moghulrooms.co.uk/

Positive	Negative
A restaurant with character	Stairs may cause access issues
Fair choice of menu especially as they seem willing to give you off-menu choices	Very noisy acoustics, music on but couldn’t hear it
Very good service, attentive staff and food came quickly, even though it was very busy	Rooms quite dark
Very generous portions	No dress standard for staff
Pops dips all ok	Gents ‘tin tray’ toilet not discreet
Prawn puree, good tasting prawns, some liked the triangles of puree, some didn’t	Tarka Dhall, special order, bit average and bland
Rashmi Kebab, special order, great fresh made, well spiced burger and omelette	Tabaqui Chicken, not a good choice, thick sauce, odd flavour.
Moghul mix starter – a pleasant, tasty variety	Parking a bit tricky
Chilli Paneer, very spicey
Chicken Pathia, very tasty
Lamb Sizzler, some found it hot, some not hot as expected, but very tasty
Lamb Tikka Masala, tasty, tender and plentiful
Royal Chicken Korma, very tasty, generous portion
Boss Lamb Curry, well presented, good lamb but not spicey at all, even though madras strength requested
Good veggies, recommend Kumb Mutter (chick peas and mushrooms), Saag Aloo and Onion Bhaji
No problems with any rice or naans