Mumbai Lounge in York

African lamb curry was awesome 10/10

Booked at 19:30, standing in the restaurant waiting for a table for the last 15 minutes. Unprofessional

Great place to eat ..busy at tea time but you can book a table..great menu good portions

Whilst visiting York last week we had a lovely meal . Helpful as I have dairy allergy. Good portion sizes- tasty food- friendly staff very nice

Nice Indian restaurant, went as part of a group so had a set menu. All the food was very nice, I would definitely like to return to try some of the seafood dishes on the menu. Service was quick and efficient.

Very disappointing food, lacked flavour, tasted watery, complained, not bothered offered 10% off bill, expensive, charged £4 when asked for another pickle tray, wasn’t enough in one for 4 of us! We are locals and won’t be returning!

We had a lovely meal whilst staying in York, service was good and reasonably priced . Both children finished their meals which doesn't happen often!

six of us in the group,one vegetarian,who ordered the Paneer,and then found,much to her horror, that she had a piece of chicken in her mouth.she was mortified and most distressed. the manager apologised and the meal was replaced correctly but the experience meant she was unable to eat it it all. it was deducted from the final bill . from this experience it leaves one with concerns that vegetarians can’t be guaranteed that their food is separated from meat products. we will not be returning. George Smith

I'm really sorry but the worst food I've ever had at a curry restaurant 🫣as a chef myself the chicken in my view was not fresh so therefore cooked to death making the chicken appear brown/ grey ?? How does that happen ? Chewy. The korma sauce I've no idea what it was ? No coconut present just the strangest thing ? Lovely lady serving ect service is very attentive but food terrible I didn't have the heart to say the rest wasn't great either ( apart from the nanm breads and poppadoms) but feel robbed after paying £60 ISH such a shame as a trip out treat with my children alone in York could have been a better experience I've seen previous reviews here on the same issues ? 😔🫣

Nice food, but I like the food better at their shiptonthope restaurant better

This has been our go to place for curry in York for years. Highly recommend 👍

Service and atmosphere is good , but the food is too much oily , Its not the indian food, Indians dont use too much oil in food

Booked a table for 730 , left just before 9pm, food didn’t turn up , staff very unhelpful , No manager available, no apology Will not be going back

Booked a table for 730, order taken at 745 , 1hour later no food , were told they would try and get it to us within 30 mins, we paid for the drinks and left Service very poor , not even an apology , , cannot comment on the food as it did not arrive

Another excellent meal at our favourite Indian restaurant in York. Always a good choice restaurant. Meals are always well cooked and presented without too much pressure on you. Superb menu, good food and staff.

Really amazing food! Service was exceptional and the atmosphere great for meeting up with friends. Highly recommend this place!

The restaurant was so incredibly noisy it was impossible to talk without screaming. The service was slow for the main course. I have been to India 3 times, twice to kerala where many of the dishes supposedly come from and these dishes were not representative of anything but poorest quality. I was given the wrong beer, the special seafood dish was very oily and heavy handed and the seafood was horrible. I gave it a 3 stars since the waitress was very nice.

Had the set lunch menu £13 per person. Great value for two courses plus coffee and mint. The food festival 100m away was charging £15 for takeaways in polystyrene trays. Service was great, staff members really profession and attentive but not hovering over you like in some restaurants. Food great and very well presented. Set meal came with rice and nan so you didn't get stung for extras.

Really decent British Indian Restaurant, exactly what you want if you want a curry. It's a bit expensive, but it's in the centre of York, it's all a bit expensive but I think the food is decent, the service is fast. The chef's specials are top tier but the standard curries are good too. It's not that authentic obviously, and if you want very authentic Indian food then there are better places, but when you want a decent curry where your know what you're getting this is about the best in York. Gluten free indicated on the menu too which is great!

Beautiful curry fresh ingredients

The service was ok, but the staff did not come over and ask how the food was once which is quite worrying for any restaurant. The Food was not that good. The butter chicken was clearly chicken skewers which had been cooked, and then a pre-made sauce reheated and mixed with the chicken. The chicken itself was very dry. The Lamb curry was tasteless, and again was clearly skewered meat mixed with some reheated sauce. The coke was flat and warm. They actually open the big bottles and pour these rather than just providing a can/bottle to you. Thats just a bad management decision. Please just use cans/glass bottles - your customers will appreciate it! Overall, I wouldn’t come back here again, but also wouldn’t suggest others don’t give it a try.

Just finished a lovely lunch time special. Absolutely great. Great value too.

As usual very good service and food

Amazing Indian food, been coming here for years and definitely the best Indian food in and around York! Staff are amazing, so friendly and attentive and the service is so fast, as a result the food is always hot and fresh. Cannot recommend enough!

Visit with work colleague for an evening meal. We hadn’t booked but was given a friendly greeting and shown to our table. The food we had was really nice and the service excellent. It was more expensive than some restaurants I have visited, but what do you expect in the middle of York. We will be returning customers

Well well well First of all they ask you if you would like this thin „bread“. That’s the first question after sitting down. You would normally think, ah well yes please as this would indicate that it would be on the house. It’s not. You‘ll pay 6.30£ for the bread and sauces that come with it that also weren’t mentioned. Not nice The food was another thing. The seasoning was quite bland and it didn’t taste like the dish I ordered. Also way to creamy. About 5 pieces of chicken were in the pan you get with the sauce. It wasn’t of the greatest quality either. If the pieces were smaller it would be better. You also have to order rice on top of the already almost 15£ you pay for the meal itself. The portion size of the rice was quite small in comparison to the main dish as well. If you want some Naan, it‘ll cost you another 5£ So quite expensive for what you get. It’s not hard to make this food well, why does every restaurant I go to mess it up so much… Well, next in the list is service. It’s quite good and they seem to care about the customers experience. Two of the workers though made a lot of noise at the bar which was annoying, letting plates and glasses got the counter quite loudly.

Brilliant lamb chef recommendation curry fish also had a chicken Kharai dish which was amazing. Very tasty and authentic Indian food and definitely shall return ! Brilliant staff and atmosphere…

The food was very poor. The chicken was tough and poor quality for this price point. Even my kids refused to eat the kids meal!! We won’t be going back due to the price, lack of quality and no atmosphere in the restaurant.

Absolutely amazing food and service. Highly recommend.

Excellent dishes. Pineapple curry is great for non spicy food choice. Salmon tikka is great. Mixed starter is a good appetizer. My lamb dish with medium hot is a bit salty but excellent spice balance. The mango drink is fantastic. The service is the best.

Nice restaurant. Food was delicious and staff were very attentive. The only downside was it was very noisy inside. It seemed like everyone was talking rather than eating.

Best Indian food I've tasted and the staff were amazing!👏👏👏👏👏

Good Indian The food was good and the service was also good. It's not the best Indian food I've had but not bad either.

First time visitor, travelled from Norfolk and this may be the best Indian I have visited in the UK! Service was great and the food is ridiculously good.

Friendly service, great food. Food was very well presented and looked attractive. Pickle selection very tasty. Pleasant decor & atmosphere.

The wife & I visited here on Sunday 4th August , didn’t book greeted by friendly staff , popadoms , main course each , rice and naan bread between us , the wife had 2 glasses of house red I had a large beer , food was good , service was good, the meal can to £75 which we thought was expensive & was not worth the cost , it was nice , but would we visit again , for the pricing No

Having eaten there a couple of days ago with a friend, I’m utterly baffled by the five star reviews for this place. Service was good (but with five serving staff and six customers at the time this was to be expected). Popadoms were fine, but were accompanied by a bizarre pickle tray unlike any I’ve had elsewhere with each of the four pots barely half filled. My starter was OK, but both curries (madras/pathia) featured three medium-sized chunks of stringy, dry chicken in sauces that were practically burnt; both unusually dark brown and caramelised. My friend’s Kingfisher(?) was warm, and having asked for a jug of iced water we were served with two glasses of tepid tap water. On a hot day, this wasn’t ideal. We left without complaint but can only surmise, by the lack of any attempt whatsoever to elicit any sort of tip despite good service, that our dissatisfaction was evident. Fifty-odd quid wasted.

Good food & great service. In an excellent location.

I had been craving something tasty and spicy for a while- traveling in Europe/UK exacerbates my craving for spice. I stumbled upon Mumbai Lounge after a long day of travel and ordered the Jaley Piaza with a side of plain naan. My taste buds were so so happy ; perfect combination of sweet onions and peppers and heat with lamb and chicken. High praises! Perfect evening; my wine was good and the total was £23 w main, naan and wine

I had a lamb dhansk which was absolutely delicious but to much , my husband had prawn korma which he really enjoyed, staff were very attentive for your every need , would highly recommend this restaurant & would go again next time we visit York ,

Delicious food. My chosen dish was very oily/ghee - but once drained off was amazing. Great choice and very reasonably priced. Would go again when in York.

Excellent Indian restaurant on the edge of York city Centre. Great staff and service. The food is excellent! We had mixed starter, poppadoms, chicken tikka balti, lamb balti, Lemon and cashew rice and drinks. £70 all in and great value for money. Highly recommend!

Go here every year after attending York races, food is always amazing & staff polite. Worth ringing & booking as it gets busy.

Just had a really yummy Indian meal - all delicious & very friendly attentive service, made even better by having the traditional hot dish warmers, Bangla beer ( which is almost impossible to get at other Indian restaurants). We had chicken tikka massala , sag alloo, peshwari naan & chicken biryani - which was superb with the egg omelette on top! We will definitely be returning soon, & recommend 100%.

Most items were fine, however the meal was let down by the main dish. The chicken itself was low quality; stringy, lacking flavour and served in oddly large pieces (for example, one piece was half a breast), which also resulted in there being noticeably less sauce to go with the rice and naan.

Found the curries to be below my average Indian restaurant and far from the original taste. Lovely staff and service.

Good Indian restaurant but some dishes could be a bit more spicy so beware if you like spicy food.

Excellent, prompt service and first class food. Relatively busy when I entered, attended to immediately and within a couple of minutes I was munching poppadoms. Great friendly service, and the food was excellent.

A late night post races calorie boost on a fairly quiet Friday night. Food was very good including a creamy chicken tikka masala for Miss predictable and a smoky chicken tikka korai for me. Decent garlic naan. Service a bit average and prices a bit heavy.

What has happened to my favourite curry house in York? I have been eating here every week for 2 years with colleagues and clients It has been reduced to overly loud music, staff shouting orders into the kitchen , food being returned ............has the ownership changed? Upsettingly terrible despite giving the restaurant the benefit of the doubt on 3 occasions

Went there was a group of friends and had a selection of shared dishes which were relevantly good however, the whole group had bad stomachs that night and in the preceding days

Eaten here a few times. I'm 99% vegetarian, never buy meat from the supermarket, but really enjoy eating chicken from here. Sounds odd I know but it just arrives in the pan in a perfect sauce, 2 chicken breasts and just falls to pieces. Lovely food.

A really outstanding restaurant some great tasting dishes

Really top quality food and service. Cannot fault this place. Shame the ambience was ruined by a group of Neanderthals who seemed to think it was ok to shout and swear for the whole duration of their visit!

First time I have put 5 stars to absolutely everything. The food here is drop dead GORGEOUS! The portion sizes are brilliant The way they give you the pans and the hot plate is very nice. People have actually requested for their normally spicy curries such as (Madras and Vindaloo) to now be overly spicy and they will gladly listen and cater to the customers needs which brings me to the service.The service is the best I have ever received in an establishment like this. It's cozy and comfortable the staff are so friendly they even open the door for you on exit the food.is that good this deserves a Michelin star. Are you looking for a good Indian restaurant in York City Centre? Look no further GO HERE! It's also open Lunch time on weekends which is a massive bonus they also don't just do warm ups for lunch times either it's all made fresh. Been twice now great both times and WILL be back!

Food was absolutely gorgeous, would definitely recommend

Very nice food. A bit pricey but woth it.

Love the food here & the presentation. Bit disappointed this time though as despite booking a table for 2, we were still made to wait at the bar for a long time, where there wasn't really space to stand. However, they did let us have this round of drinks for free when the bill came. Went for a meal again last night and the service and the food were amazing. This time we were seated straight away and were really looked after. My son and I have big appetites, but were really full last night. The food is so good and really authentic. We were seated in the basement this time, which I've not seen before, it was so cool and much quieter than upstairs, it was really nice.

we had dinner here on bank holiday saturday, the place was packed, good food but the food we ordered was way too much, we could have shared a main and had plenty! Nice place, would revisit.

Each and every member of staff makes you feel special. Food was excellent. What are you waiting for

I’m a pure vegetarian so I tried the paneer tikka for starters and paneer balti for my mains and they were amazing.. I highly recommend this place.. A lot of veg options for the vegetarians. Friendly staff.

Just a random visit to this restaurant as we were hungry after a long day . The food was amazing and the quantity was very good. The Staff was very friendly and attentive.

Bad food - not worth your money at all. We ordered tandoori lamb and chicken mix, samosa, and bread. IMPOSSIBLE to chew the lamb. Soooo hard. Chicken was super dry, like it was cooked a long time ago and reheated. Paratha was also not fresh - they didn’t even bother to warm it, cold and can only taste oil. Naan was good. Good service.

Food was very testy, staff are very friendly, so clean and good services. Best Indian restaurant in York. You also must visit this restaurant once.Wow…

Food was amazing they was so much I go again thank you .

Ate here tonight . The food was amazing as always. Been here twice before. Disappointed they sat us right next to the door where it was draughty and cold. Yep my fault for not asking to move , but the restaurant at the back was empty . I appreciate restaurants do this so people passing see it's busy, but it ruined my meal and experience

Fab meal there, staff lovely & friendly, happy to recommend. Bottle of beer was very reasonable.. huge bottle!

We called in by chance and it’s obviously popular as we only just managed to get a table on a Tuesday! It’s a very attractive place with a great vibe, the menu is interesting and a big breakaway from the norm. Our meals were generous and tasty, very impressed and charming staff, and excellent value.

A busy, bustling restaurant with wonderful Indian food. The service was also excellent. It can be quite noisy but that does add to the atmosphere as well!

Like thousands of so called Indian restaurants , it’s Bangladeshi. Just FYI

Have been visiting Mumbai Lounge since 2010 and it gets better and better all the time. Our business dinner this week was a delight, with the owner Rakib personally selecting a range of dishes to suit our tastes. A VIP service comes naturally to him and you can see all the staff are highly trained and are at your service. This is not your average Indian. The menu evolves all the time and you can see the chefs (a lot of them) hard at work in an open kitchen. We have dined in the main restaurant before and also on the top deck as well as the private dining room on lower ground. Each floor has a bar and offers a unique place to be. Perfect for any occasion. Perfect food. Perfect service. We will be back soon. Thanks Mr Rakib.

I took a few friends over to this place. The Naan was good including Pappad and chutneys that we ordered in the beginning with lamb tikka and kebap. However the curry items were super oily which makes the food sticky and our stomaches ache ! Not highly recommended

The BEST Indian food we have tasted for a very long time!!! Staff were friendly m, service was seamless and the food was out of this world and reasonably priced

On March of 2024 we visited Mumbai restaurant. Our meal was very tasty. We enjoy service. We booked a dish with lamb and coffee.

Decided to book for my wife’s birthday on Saturday night 23rd of March Arrived made very welcome great atmosphere We ordered our main meal and it was absolutely lovely, one of the best curries we have both had , cannot fault the quality We will definitely be returning,

Nice place to eat out,kebab starters were under done and disappointing Other dishes were nice, good sized portions and the special Curry's were excellent Service was good

Arrived and asked if we wanted papadums, we said yes and within a minute 8 arrived with 2 lots of side dips. We never asked for this amount, thought nothing of it until bill appeared .... £15 just added. Sheet kebabs were extremely bland and the chicken tikka starter tasted like it was boiled with no taste. Request extra salad/lettace with no tomatoes or cucumber and man (manager?) gave me a hard stare and the impression that this was an inconvenience. This meal was really expensive for the quality we received. The only good thing about the Mumbai was the lovely waitresses.

Food very bland and tasteless, staff are in your face all the time even tried to take our plates away before we had finished our pompodoms wouldn't go again or recommend

Very disappointing visit, firstly waitress was at us straight away without giving us time to settle down, we ordered onion barji and lamb sheek starters that were extremely bland and tasteless the barji appeared to be more like potato fritters than crispy onion. I had lamb pasanda main which was more like a korma but again tasteless and didn't look at all appetising, my wife ordered the chicken balti again tasteless and bland, keema nan was also greasy and lacking in mincemeat filling, one to forget I'm afraid and at £62 including 2 drinks definitely not good value for money

Service was excellent. Everyone was so lovely. Food was the best Indian food I'd ever had. Would highly recommend.

Great lunch time special in the middle of York

Absolutely dog food! Nothing authentic! Selling the lie of indian food to Brits and europeans that know no better! This isn't indian food! Drink a lot of beer and fill your beer craving with this rubbish! Left my meal.

Food was very good, Feels a little like the squeezed one to many tables into the area they had, I will be going back though.

The food, as always, was first rate. The atmosphere in there is casual without being bawdy, and the staff are attentive without being overwhelming. Thus is why it's always my first choice for an Indian restaurant in york.

Genuinely never had such delicious Indian food, freshly prepared and better quality ingredients than ever experienced before. Cannot recommend too highly. (I was only visiting York briefly and just wish they had a sister branch nearer my home on the south coast!)

I had a three course meal starter, main, desert it was £35 couple of hours later I threw up. I haven’t felt so ill 90% sure it’s food poisoning 😍

Excellent food great service and reasonable prices

Fantastic food ,service brilliant but don't feel too rushed to order your food

The worst curry I've EVER part eaten in my life ! Sauce was like Heinz tomato soup with sugar and cream thrown in ; special fried rice ? Absolutely appalling NOTHING SPECIAL AT ALL fried white rice with chick peas WOW I think NOT , Given it one star as that's as low as you can give ! Would have been zero if the option had been available : HIGHLY NOT recommend !

Good but pricey Indian restaurant in the heart of York. I had spicy crusted Monkfish which was excellent. They are a bit stingy with the Pickle Tray

Terrific authentic Indian restaurant. Excellent lunch menu and not overpriced. Under £40 for pickles and pops, Chicken Tikka/Veg Pakora starter, Balti Chicken/Buttered Chicken - rice and nan for main and wine, tea and coffee. Would recommend.

The best Indian I’ve had in years. All of the staff are super friendly and professional. Fantastic place that’s well worth a visit. Every time I go to York I come here. Perfection every time.

Lovely place to eat. Friendly staff, a huge shoutout to Anitika, absolute credit to your team.

Nice place, good sized portions, good mix of delicious courses. Staff pleasant, facilities good

On arrival, immediately seated, menus and drinks produced, no draught, large bottle of Kingfisher/Cobra. Starters large and good, main course, one rice to share enough. Friendly staff that made you welcome, clean facilities

Excellent curries, probably the tastiest we’ve eaten! Lovely atmosphere and friendly and attentive staff. Thanks for a lovely evening! 10/10

Very good for non Indians, tourists & people ignorant of Asian cuisine !

Hands down the best Indian in York. Eat here or get a takeaway at least 3 times a week, everything always perfect.

Just okay. Nann & veg rice excellent, curry and starter tasteless really (chichen Balti and mixed starter). Overcooked prawn which was disappointing, wouldn't rush back

This place had been recommended to us for a weekend stay in York by a few people but we were disappointed and won't go back. The main problem was that the noise was overwhelming and really annoying. There were quite a few large groups already seated who clearly had had lots to drink and were being really loud, coupled with other groups coming in the door and waiting, very loudly, before being seated. Service was ok, a bit slow but the staff were pleasant enough. Food was generally ok but one of us had a passanda - the sauce was tasteless (few spices and tasted like warm milk) and chicken very disappointing.