Mowgli Street Food in Edinburgh, City of

Been wanting to try Mowgli for sometime, its was beyond my expectations. Everything tasted delicious and nothing like I have tried before. A taste sensation! Lovely setting in an old bank.

A Great lunch out with the guys from work, Elliot & Dorian were amazing & the food was great, we will definitely be back soon !

The food was absolutely incredible, with great vegetarian options. The lamb and the chicken curries were so good and the cocktails/mocktails were amazing! The service was great and the scenery was so lovely.

Quite disappointed by my experience at mowgli. I came with 4 colleagues and one of them was vegan. When we first got there, though the guy who sat us down at the table was very nice, the waitress who we initially spoke to was not. We got her attention initially, and asked for her to take our order, she said she would be back. About 20 minutes later, we saw her again, tried to get her attention to no avail. I ended up having to walk up to another waitress to ask for her to take our order order. We opted for the sharer menu, and was told that they could make one portion of vegan sharers for our vegan colleague, whilst the other portions could be non vegan and have meat I.e. 4 meat sharers and one vegan. Instead when the food came, they went half and half, really skimping on the portion sizes of the meat based dishes. I would say 50% of the meal was potatoes, The food was not great. Curries were room temp. Overall, would not come again.

1st visit & would be prepared to fly back from Belfast just to visit again, as Mowgli, Edinburgh, really was that good. Stunning location in the old Clydesdale Bank. Quite magical ✨️ The service by Gerlie, Meg & the whole team, was 1st class. The food was exquisite & the entire experience was faultless & beyond that, perfection. This beautiful restaurant & it's lovely staff set the benchmark off the scale. Thank You to everyone & we hope to see you again!

This was our 1st visit to Mowgli, recommended by friends.. Wow! What a brilliant experience, on every level. The setting is stunning with well laid out seating & pretty fairy lights, making it quite magical ✨️ The service was second to none, from the initial welcome by Gerlie, fabulous guidance on the menu choices, by Meg & all the little extra touches of care from them, made us feel like part of the Mowgli family. The Food was served promptly & was absolutely exquisite. Thank you to everyone, sorry we didn't get all's names! Each one that looked after us were incredible. The special touches for our wedding anniversary, gifted to us 🍾🥂 were the icing on this delectable cake. Congratulations Team Mowgli, Edinburgh 🏆🏆🏆🏆✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

The staff at Mowgli went out of their way to make our dining experience FANTASTIC! I have had extensive mouth surgery and have specific dietary needs, and Mowgli made sure I was able to enjoy a delicious dinner. Thank you so much Mowgli staff!

Loved this place. very nice staff and the restaurant looks so pretty. More importantly, the food was delicious. We had 3 dishes each and it was plenty. Also the espresso martini was so nice! Highly recommend this indian , trendy restaurant!

An incredible experience. Yesterday I went to dinner with my partner celebrating our first anniversary. He is a big fan of Indian food. We were really surprised. Everything was incredible and the service was exceptional. The girl who served us was very friendly and charismatic, as was the guy at the entrance. We will definitely be back!

Was underwhelmed. Food was reasonable. Service was efficient and friendly. Atmosphere was clearly aimed at people who post on social media.

The food is bad and portions are small. You can cook better food at home. Not recommended at all. Tourist trap!

this was unreal food and the best service. Jenny served us and she was so nice !!!!!!! and they treated the birthday boy very well 10/10 kiss kiss xxx

Jenny gave us amazing service today, most delicious food!!!

first visit to Mowgli, cant rate it high enough, wonderful service & food

“I recently visited Mowgli, and while the ambience was exceptional (10/10 for a date spot!), the food was a letdown. Unfortunately, I didn't find the Indian cuisine to be authentic, and the portion sizes were extremely small, not justifying the price. If you prioritize atmosphere over food quality, Mowgli might be worth a visit. However, if you're looking for a satisfying Indian meal, you might want to consider other options.

Excellent quality of service and food.

Walking in here feels like a fairytale come true! ✨ The interior design, lighting and architecture are stunning - but the food is an absolute highlight. Please try the yoghurt balls, you won‘t regret it! 😍 Also, the vegetarian curries are amazing. For drinks: We tried the Mowgli mocktail and were inlove. Service was really sweet and helped us decide which curries to order, as it‘s a tapas-style Indian restaurant. 🥰 I‘ll definitely be back!

Love Mowgli! The food is very consistently high quality, the staff are helpful and knowledgeable, the menu is different and diverse. There is something for everyone. I tell everyone visiting the UK to go to Mowgli!

Enjoyed the food, however on later examining the bill, can’t believe the charge for a standard (£10 a bottle) Sauvignon Blanc £32!! And then the cheek to add 10% service on top 😠. If I had checked price on menu or bill at the time there is no way I would have accepted a further 10% service charge on this. Get real Mowgli!

Very charming place! The food was good with an original concept. The staff is friendly and smiling, I can only recommend this establishment. Enjoy!

So much hyped about the food..but didn't like the food at all..as it was our anniversary celebration..and we spent £100 here last night. It seemed like any dish with panch phoran was just filled with way too much tomato’s. Potato curry was absolutely disgusting, only we got taste was tomato puree, and same with the prawns. The chip butty had a very strange over powering flavour to it, could barely taste the turmeric or fenugreek that it was suppose to have as the flavour. The rice portion was a joke, it was so small after being told it would be fine for two people. The quality is not acceptable at all. Staff were all very attentive though.

Went on recommendation of friend, who actually couldn't get in during peak tourist season. We went in shoulder season and it was still busy, but worth planning a day or two ahead with a booking. First, the atmosphere was wonderful, bring inside an old bank with a huge cringing with a beautifully lit dome and warm fairy lights all over. Second, the food was awesome. We had the £25 per person tasting menu. Chat bombs, gunpowder chicken and fenugreek fries all highlights, but all the cities were delicious too. Highly recommend!

Fantastic place with fantastic food

Lovely atmosphere great interior. Food good varied and really sharing food vibe.

I was excited to come for a second visit with my husband after having a lovely girls lunch here on my last visit to Edinburgh. We chose Mowgli for a rare child free date night. Our table wasn’t ready on arrival, 10 mins late, this didn’t worry us. Service was fairly slow, we waited a long time to place an order, again we weren’t worried. We really enjoyed our food and decided to share a pudding and order a cocktail. The waitress took our order, but then returned to tell us we couldn’t order anything as we had to give up our table in 10 mins. We still had some wine left and felt pressured to leave. Poor when we were late getting our table and put a real dampener on our night.

My review is based on service alone, (or lack of) Having previously visited Mowgli at multiple locations on a regular basis, both for work and pleasure, we were appalled at the way we were treated and spoken to by 2 members of staff working Saturday night 8th March around 7pm. We were in town for the six nations and hadn’t planned to book anywhere for food, but called up on the off chance to see if there was any last minute availability. We were told we could not book until around 2 hours later, but was told to walk down and wait as we would be able to wait for a table and be seated before the available time slot. When we arrived we noticed numerous empty tables but were told they would not seat us ‘any time soon’ the earliest, being the original time slot we said was not suitable on the phone. When we explained what was discussed on the phone, the woman said we could not wait (despite being told we could on the phone) We explained what was discussed and explained we walked across town based on the phone conversation and pointed out that there were numerous empty tables. She then explained that these were booked for in an hours time and we would not eat that quickly (a bold prediction) It was very disappointing to be turned away from a restaurant that was not full, maybe the brand has became successful enough to turn away customers? We then asked for the managers name to feedback the treatment and no one could really answer, one moment the lady we spoke to was the manager, 2 minutes later it was a man. We were also told that the person on the phone gave us the wrong info as they were a central reservations system who does not know how things work. We left and went to tattu and spent £250 there. Not only did they not want our money on this particular evening, they have also made us never want to use the chain again for the regular visits we usually make at their locations that are local to us. One small encounter can make a lasting impression, for us, this level of service was enough to never spend money at this chain again. Customer service and communication training is very much needed for those who handled this situation. We would not have had an issue whatsoever, had we have been given accurate information in the first place, as we would not have bothered to have walked across town if there was no point in doing so. It is a shame, as until now we have received excellent service from other locations where the staff and food have been great, hence using them on a regular basis.

Came here earlyish since the later sessions were booked. Nice venue, a former Clydesdale bank with spectacular columns and the more special roof dome. It was also nicely decorated with kiln jars full of christmassy style fairy lights. Very nice, very light. Service was great. Enthusiastic people only interested in us getting the most from the dinner. Excellent. A little less so was the over use of tamarind syrup in almost every dish. Ditto the pomegranate and the green stuff. I like all of those things but prefer a bit more variety dish to dish. The quantities were just right. I left fully satisfied although had slightly under ordered. No issue, it was plenty for the three of us. Chicken and fish were a little over cooked. All good but not quite restaurant quality of "just right". When I cook at home I may over do the meat time. In this kind of restaurant that's a literal too much. Prices were great. I paid for three starters and mains a little more than what I'd pay at Five Guys. In Edinburgh that is something, We'll be back to try different things and point out that we prefer "medium done meats". I had Goan fish. Nice. I also had Monkey wrap. All the. meat comments applied to both dishes. I had puri and roti too as I'd heard the bread were special. These were a little overdone too. Just a little mind. I had a beer and other diners softer drinks. I'd recommend it but tell them what doneness you prefer to avoid disappointment.

we went today for food we ordered crazy bird butter chicken and prawns all food was terrible not fresh waste of time and waste of money.

Great service. Exceptional food. Highly recommend.

First timers.Great service, shout out to Owen. 6 y/o loved it too. Impressive interior dating back to its old bank days. The lamb curry was particularly memorable.

Ok, so this one of the hyped restaurant in Edinburgh. Atmosphere was very good, but not sure why it so hyped because of food. Being an Indian, I know how food tastes and they are making a very awful copy of Indian food, We took Tiffin Box: which had 3 curries with rice. Paneer, Potato and Chickpeas. Chickpeas was so so bland it was no where tasted what an Indian chickpea curry would look like, it was so dry and lack of taste. Potato : it was very simple potato with tomato which was ok amongst the rest. paneer: Indian paneer curry are so delicate, and paneer should be so soft nd not chewy, whereas here it was so hard to even cut and no flavours at all. Just naming it as Indian street food, not making justice to it offends us. it is just hyped for ambience and the way serve in tiffin box.

Me and my friend had a lovely dinner here!! The street food share menu is great and good price. Our waitress was called Ava and she was excellent!!

Fantastic service from Jenny she is very approaching & will go far with her kindness & courtesy to customers . The food was delicious will be back again .🤗⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We ordered the £25 per head sharer deal which was fantastic, the servers are quick, friendly and very knowledgeable would highly recommend, we will be back 🙂

Excellent welcome, the waiters found us a table despite reservations. The availability and attention of the servers enhanced a meal of high quality and generous quantities! We highly recommend!

Exellent service and very tasty food, as always.

What a great addition for a tasty lunch. Such different flavours in a lovely setting with attentive friendly staff. Highly recommend Goan Fish Curry, Gun powder chicken. Yoghurt chat bombs, and of course the office workers tiffin. Big plus for our friends as it’s dog friendly!

A delightful culinary journey, amidst a cozy ambiance. Mowgli offers a unique dining experience, blending Indian street food with an exquisite atmosphere and traditional presentation!

Absolutely beautiful food and atmosphere. We went late on a Sunday night (8pm). Staff were very attentive, food was delicious and the ambience was fantastic! Highly recommend

Probably one of the best Indian meal I have ever eaten, there isn't a lot more to say just try it you won't regret it.The service was 6 star well done we will be back

Excellent food and great service. One of our party was delayed due to traffic but, the staff somehow managed to rearrange our booking. Fantastic.

Went for the first time on Mon 17th Feb. Booked on line for 8.15pm but got there at 7pm on the chance we could eat earlier. Thought they would say no but luckily someone had cancelled and to the pleasure of my daughter we got the swing seats too!! We got the £25 banquet for two and another main to cover 3 of us and was more than enough food. Really nice and tasty. The staff were excellent especially Jenny. Will definitely be visiting our local Manchester restaurant soon!!

Jenny our waitress made the entire experience amazing. She has a fantastic knowledge of the menu so could give very educated recommendations and she was very kind and doting to our table. The atmosphere of the restaurant was amazing as it’s located in an old bank, so the decor around our table was exquisite. The food was phenominal, our highlight dish being the yoghurt bombs. There is something for everyone on the menu as the dishes experiment with flavour and are worth every penny. Will be coming back in the future!

Food was good. Even though they said one plate is small, itvwas quite okay for me with rice. People were so kind and place was so cozy.

Very welcoming and warm Staff & Service. Well lit Creative Ambience & Decor. Great place for street food. We tried Yogurt Bombs, that were fresh & flavorful (not spicy). And we tried the Indian School Tiffin that comes with 3 varieties of curries & some rice. It wasn't the best Indian Food you would expect in a restaurant. It was more like home cooked food. Simple & Comforting. The food was served in steel tiffin lunch boxes exactly like the ones we used to carry to our school back in time, which was an unexpected nostalgic feeling.

The ambiance was nice, food however was not very flavourful, most of the dishes were oddly sweet and not very fresh tasting, the temperature of the food was also not hot enough. Overall left quite unsatisfied.

Our first visit to Mowgli and we were really impressed. The food was fantastic, so full of flavour and we were really happy with our choices. The sticky chicken was incredible! The atmosphere is beautiful and the food arrived quickly even with our table of 6 on a busy Saturday night. Great friendly service. Enjoyed the food so much I forgot to take photos of it! Can’t wait to visit again!

First time here for a birthday lunch, great food and the staff were helpful and very good with my needs as a gluten intolerant

Beautiful Venue, friendly and attentive service, and of course - very tasty food!

Walked in expecting authentic south Asian food. Left feeling disappointed, and this is coming from someone who was born and grew up in that area. It feels like most of the importance has been put on the decor and the food is an afterthought. The servers were friendly but not knowledgeable about the menu at all, they weren’t able to answer any questions. I understand that it is tapas style dining but even then the portion sizes are atrociously small. There is no spice in the dishes and I am sorry but you cannot put giant slices of chillis on top of each dish to make up for that. Our food arrived lukewarm, so it felt as though the kitchen had put it out and forgotten about it. We ordered the puri and instead of being crispy and flaky it was doughy and chewy. We ordered the gulab jamun with ice cream and when we received it the ice cream was melted and the gulab jamun were again lukewarm instead of hot. They were also oddly dry and weren’t soaked in enough syrup and as someone who has had this dish for years I have never come across something so disappointing, you’re better of going to a grocery store and making it yourself for a fraction of the price and 5 times the portion sizes. I can see why a majority of the low rated reviews have been left by a lot of south Asians as when you grow up eating Indian food the dishes that were served to us were absolutely appalling.

Lovely building. Food was very tasty indeed. Waitress was very informative and helpful as it was our first visit. Would have liked option for none halal meat. But fish was delicious. Lovely cocktails and excellent orange wine!

Stunning food! Slow service, it took them 20mins to give us water and take our drinks order. Then no one really took checked in on us after that.. so adding service charge automatically is crazy

First visit but will definitely be back. Excellent sharing plates. Beautiful restaurant with loads of atmosphere.

My son took me here for a treat and it definitely was, I am vegetarian and have been for 40 years and this was the first time in all those years that I was blown away with choice and flavour in beautiful surroundings. The staff were so helpful making the experience all the more better. Thank you 🙏🏻 we will definitely be back and intend to try out your Glasgow restaurant as well.

The atmosphere alone is worth going here, unlike any other place 😍 The staff are super friendly and welcoming. Tonight it was Elly who served us and she was so lovely ensuring my mum had a perfect end to her birthday trip. Definetely recommend!!!

Had a delicious dinner at Mowgli. As a single diner it can be easy to be forgotten, but Jenny and the team at Mowgli were very attentive and were great and just lovely to be around. It was the best experience I've had so far dining at Mowgli Edinburgh. I had the monkey wrap which had succulent flavourful chicken and the chocolate brownie which ended the meal perfectly. Thank you 😊

Food and service are nice ,but I think foods are over rated

Martha was so friendly and really made our evening. Food was beautiful and a gorgeous venue, will definitely be returning!!

Unbelievable quality food, service and the atmosphere sets the scene for a chilled night out in Edinburgh

Came here for dinner, great atmosphere and food. Staff were super friendly!!

The food was sweet and not authetic at all! Most of the dishes tasted the same and extremely sweet. I ordered prawns curry, lamb and chicken, all were underwhelming and no flavours except being sweet. The rotis where thick and not properly done. The only thing we liked was yogurt bombs which was really good. The staff is extremely polite and friendly and the location and ambience is 10/10 but the most important things is missing "taste" and "flavours of India

Delightful food in a beautiful restaurant. Heaps of gf options on a separate menu. Highlights include the sticky chicken & dhal. Controversial opinion: better than Dishoom 👀

What a great restaurant it is! Absolutely amazing food and a great atmosphere.

The food was really tasty, but the portions were small in my opinion. The atmosphere was really cozy and great decorations. So, except from the portions I liked everything else!

Beautiful place, you need to have a reservation :) the food is delicious, but the portions may be small for some :)

Good Indian cuisine in a very atmospheric old bank building.

Nice surprise when discovering the setting which gives a magical atmosphere The staff is super friendly and attentive And the dishes are very tasty and generous A beautiful place

A great discovery in a magnificent setting, very pleasant staff and the best INDIAN!

It was delicious, the interior was nice, and it was relaxing. I like it better than Dishoom.

Fab food. We both had tiffin box selection, a meat and veg one. Too much food for 2 people. But was very scrummy.

This was my third time here and i’m always blown away by the food, has fantastic vegetarian options, a gorgeous interior and lovely servers. Thank you Elliot for being so welcoming and attentive, we had a lovely evening

Excellent food and vegetarian food. Portions are sharable. One serving and starter is enough. Portions are HUGE. However, you can get the home package smoothly. Lovely atmosphere and friendly service

Great place, street food portions, so we ordered two different things and shared them between 4 of us, definitely going back. Booking is a must.

We went here for my wife’s birthday. The venue is good as you expect from an old bank building. High ornate ceilings and very airy. Tables and chairs have been well arranged. Service was good and friendly with good explanations of what was on offer. We went for a simple but light starter Yogurt chat bombs. This was followed by the office workers tiffin, we also added an extra dish Mowgli sticky chicken. Along with this we had a bottle of wine. The restaurant also put on a small birthday dessert free of charge. Total cost for all of the above came to approx £80. We both enjoyed our meal very much.

Wow what a place. Absolutely stunning, food was amazing we tried lots of different dishes my favourite was the sticky chicken. Staff were fantastic. Would I return Absolutely. You need to pre book as it gets busy.

First time visit to Mowgli. Food was amazing. Staff very obliging. Atmosphere was great. Great choice of drinks and cocktails. Will definitely return soon.

Wonderful staff, great food, lush cocktails and a beautiful space.

The place looked absolutely gorgeous, and the staff was very friendly:) I tried the Himalayan Cheese Toast, and it tasted amazing—definitely a highlight of the meal. However, the Bhelpuri was a bit of a letdown. The portion size was smaller than expected, and it was quite dry. I think adding chutney or a bit more moisture would really help improve the dish.

Food is so amazing, yum-licious. I loved the small portions. We enjoyed every bite. And the staff is awesome especially Stella who gave us a brief history of the restaurant beginnings. I am visiting from Connecticut and this will be my favorite restaurant when I visit again.

Lovely flavoursome food at moderate city centre prices. Pleasant staff and set in an old Clydesdale bank building with stunning cupola and attractively decorated with lighting. Great experience.

Lovely restaurant to sit in with amazing food and really friendly staff

Food and atmosphere and service was great, just stumbling option it while doing some Christmas shopping, I had the lamb curry, and it was one of the best I have had, we will definitely be back.

We had the Christmas menu which was good with more food than we could eat.

The food and services were good and the atmosphere is great.

The scenery is beautiful, staff are lovely and the food is delicious!!

Arrived 30 mins late to our dinner booking because I remembered the wrong time. The lady who greeted us let us know they had (understandably) given our table away but she went out of her way to move things around and provided us with the full hour and a half on the swing seats. Don’t normally leave reviews but it was a really lovely restaurant and I was impressed with their service, especially considering we had gotten the time completely wrong.

Waitress was rude and uninterested.

Lovely food and cosy environment. Could have stayed longer but very busy.

booked a table for 4 on the 12th of December. First of the bat amazing decor, definitely one of the best i have seen so far. Service was OK waiter didn't seem too eager to see us, she wasn't very clear about the Christmas menu either when asked leaving us with questions when food came. I feel like for the price point, you pay £35 each to share food between two, it was very overly priced. Small tins of currys which didn't seem to have much flavour and the rice wasn't enough to be shared. Unfortunately i will not be coming back as there is restaurants out there with better quality food for fraction the price. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone especially in this cost of living. Thank you for the manager who was very polite but it still doesn't justify paying £141 for the food we had infront of us.

A great place and a great experience. Girly, the girl at the reception gave us a special table to celebrate our daughter's birthday. They prepared a dessert for him with candles that we brought. Mary, our waitress is lovely. He recommended us very well and the treatment was super friendly. We will deliver every time we come to Edinburgh.

Fantastic food and great service!

Great food. Very helpful staff who took our bags of Christmas shopping away to store safely until we left.

Really nice place, good food, nothing astonishing. Small dishes but well cooked. Overall a great experience but it could be cheaper

Beautiful place - done out so that it is pretty, atmospheric and with seating such that you can actually hear each other. The food was enjoyable though we got a bit confused with the "as it comes" approach. Some lovely, lovely flavours though. They've a good selection of cocktails and mocktails. I'd have happily stuck to mocktails but we were tempted by the orange wine, which was light and fruity. Staff were friendly and happy to explain things though there was a long gap between receiving and then paying the bill. Still, I would absolutely recommend it for lunch and will definitely go again.

We ordered 7 dishes to try and almost every dish was over powered by coriander which I am not keen on so wasn't the best which is a real shame.

The most beautiful restaurant I’ve ever been to. I’ve been wanting to come here for ages. It didn’t disappoint.. the food, the cocktails, the decor .. everything… is out of this world. Will definitely be back. 10/10 🥂🎉

Mowglis has a great ambience. I loved the food overall but some dishes were mediocre like the green chicken curry and lamb chops

2nd time here and fantastic again, it’s a different take on a traditional Indian meal in the uk . It’s almost like an Indian take on Tapas with smaller size dishes but more of them.

Never been before but the food was stunning will be going again!

The most incredible evening! The service from Jenifer is unmatched, so friendly and professional! Every single dish we had was incredible, so fresh and bursting with flavour! Cannot believe we have never tried Mowgli before!