Cafe India
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Cafe India Summary
- Address: A5, 1 Ivetsey Bank, Watling Street, Wheaton Aston, nr Stafford, ST19 9QT (Map)
- Tel: +44 (0)1785 841144
- E-mail: Click here to contact
- Website: Go to the Cafe India website
- Cuisine(s): Bangladeshi, Indian
- Opening Times: Mon - Sun: 17:30 - 23:00
- Avg Price: £23.00
- Party Planner: Group bookings & Party planner
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for two courses, coffee, half a bottle of house wine and tip/service)
Cafe India Description
This place comes as something of a surprise to anyone who remembers the old Little Chef on the A5 near to the turn to Wheaton Aston, next to the Bradford Arms, since it?s been completely transformed and turned into a very stylish Indian restaurant, with a quality of cuisine to match the décor.
No garish flock wallpaper here, instead a cool interior of muted colours that provides an ideal background to enjoy an excellent evening out.
The menu is also far more enterprising than at your normal Indian establishment; instead of a bewilderingly huge tome of many variations on a similar theme, here you are offered thoroughly individual dishes, showing off the real diversity that exists in the Indian sub-continent.
There's a range of appetisers, interesting options such as maachli chaat, succulent mackerel cooked in garlic, tomato and capsicum or bhelpuri channa with chick peas, tomatoes, aubergines and garam masala. The usual suspects make their presence felt with prawn puree, king prawns cooked with tomato puree, onions and green herbs served with puffy, light bread and sheek kabab, rolled and spiced minced lamb cooked in the tandoor.
The main courses run from the chicken curry from Goa, marinated meat cooked with onions, garlic, ginger, chilli, cream coconut, coriander and hot curry paste through to Chittagong style king prawns, half cut shelled prawns with ginger, garlic, grated onion, lime juice and coriander; maybe you should try the lamb saqi, a creamy dish of barbecued meat simmered in coconut milk, ground ginger and mint or North Indian chilli garlic chicken, cooked in hot chilli garlic sauce garnished with coriander.
More standard choices include a range of tandoori dishes, biryanis, baltis and even the ubiquitous chicken tikka masala, apparently Britain's most popular dish these days, as well as the traditional curries, like korma, bhoona, madras and dansak.
Side dishes are impressive as well, with an excellent tarka dall, a vegetarian delight of assorted lentils cooked with garlic, or aloo gobi, cauliflower and potato with light spices, and begon bhajee, aubergine with tomato and onion.
Their excellent Website provides you with details of Cafe India's full menu, the takeaway service - with a 10% discount - and their special banquets for parties of ten or more.
Fixed Dinner
- £9.95 (2 courses + coffee), Sun - Tues
Your Reviews of Cafe India
Shobhna (2 July 2008)
I had a take away tonight. My third in as many months and once again it was absolutely delicious. We had dahi, rice and an assortment of vegetarian dishes with a lamb korma and a keema nan for the meat eaters. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the food and as I am also a coeliac it is extra special to be catered for so well. If you are passing on the A5 it is well worth a stop.
Agoriman (19 April 2008)
We visit Café India three or four times a month. The food is first class and the service is generally good. The manager is usually around between Wednesday and Sunday. I suggest you visit this place during these days as the service perks up when he is around.
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Additional Info for Cafe India
Children welcome
Groups allowed
Air conditioning
Outside seating
Reservations
Cover Charge
- House red: £8.75
- House white: £8.75
- Service charge: Not included
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