Mowgli's

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179 reviews

#281 of 926 Restaurants in Cardiff££ - £££, Indian, Asian, Bangladeshi

+44 29 2062 8479+ Add website

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18:00 - 23:30

Mon

18:00 - 23:30

Tue

18:00 - 23:30

Wed

18:00 - 23:30

Thu

18:00 - 23:30

Fri

18:00 - 23:45

Sat

18:00 - 23:45

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4.0

179 reviews

#281 of 926 Restaurants in Cardiff

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Indian, Asian, Bangladeshi

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Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options

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13 Penlline Road, Cardiff CF14 2AA Wales

+44 29 2062 8479

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Premier Multi Award Winning Tasty Love Authentic Flavour Best Indian Restaurants in Cardiff Wales Visually Outstanding Vegetarian Kitchen Poppadom Mint Chutney Tandoori Biriyani Chicken Tikka Masala Naan Bread Delhi Prix Nouvelle Savour Meilleurs Cardiff

CUISINES

Indian, Asian, Bangladeshi

Special Diets

Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options

Meals

Dinner, Drinks

FEATURES

Delivery, Takeout, Reservations, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Table Service

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Julia B

5 contributions

Very good food, friendly service, but too noisy

Jan 2020 • none

We booked a table for 6 on the evening of the Wales v France Rugby game in February 2020. The table was ready for us when we arrived punctually. The restaurant was, as always, very crowded and very noisy; too noisy. (I think there are too many hard surfaces here which amplify noise.) Deicious food was served in reasonable time considering how busy they were and service was friendly, as we always find it. The food was really tasty, but the place was so noisy that normal conversation was very difficult. 3 of our party used the toilets and reported that they were very wet underfoot, unhygienic and very unpleasant.

Written 2 March 2020

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HelmarkCardiff

463 contributions

Great staff, great food

Jan 2020 • none

Visited here with my daughter and 2 work friends last Friday evening, for the first time. Very impressed, the food was served promptly and hot, all meals were tasty and plentiful...Probably over estimated the portion size as we never even got to try one naan bread as we had ordered too much. Friendly service, you need to book a table, it was full the whole evening. Will definitely return. Plenty of parking behind the restaurant.

Written 20 January 2020

Cardiffelvis

Cardiff149 contributions

Nice takeaway but too expensive now ?

May 2020 • family

Had a nice meal for 2 adults, 2 kids, as per norm, but started to question value, as at £45 odd quite expensive for a curry takeaway I think ? Was only 4 meals and 2 rice, so against other types of takeaways its not great value for money. Poss now a once every few months treat rather than monthly ? Chip shop meal, for 4, comes in around half that figure.....just saying....

Written 21 May 2020

Ekta c

16 contributions

Terribly bad and even manager Was extremely rude” 15 Mar 2020

Mar 2020 • couples

Extremely uneatable worst experience ever. My husband asked them to make indian punjabi style spicy paneer makhani he refused saying that we cannot make that spicy and recommended to take paneer tikka masala saying he can make that spicy and Indian punjabi style but when we had that it was unbearable sweet and horribly worst in taste. We couldn’t eat after a single bite. For which when we spoke to the manager he started speaking rudely and saying he cannot do anything and we asked him to return this dish and refund the money but he straight way refused and started speaking badly and misbehaving with us. We recommend don’t trust their words. The food is totally rubbish. Bad management, terrible customer service and worst standard.

Written 16 March 2020

Mowglis_Team

Dear Ekta, We have taken a long time to respond due to the through internal investigations into this matter. It seems your feedback was meant for "Mowgli Street Food" in Cardiff City Centre Church Street an entirely separate businesses - we have no association with. As you have left your feedbacks on 15th March for both our Restaurants it just shows how strongly you felt and perhaps the anger to you as a tourist to Wales. What you experienced as described here, was appalling & unacceptable for any restaurant anywhere in the world. Everyone deserves to be treated with courtesy & respect no matter what may be the circumstance or challenge at hand. We understand you came from Glasgow to visit South Wales, we would like to welcome you again on your next visit at Crwys Road Restaurant for a positive experience to help gain your trust on behalf of Indian Restaurants in Cardiff & South Wales. We also understand you had a positive experience at Zafran Indian Restaurant, Swansea on your Birthday so we hope you will be kind enough to not hold against us this bad experience. - Please do mention your reference as above at the end of the meal so that we can see how we did and any feedback to help improve on. Best Wishes, -Director Mowgli's Restaurants ( The Real Mowgli's Team of Cardiff)

Written 18 March 2020

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Bev T

Caerphilly1 contribution

Disgraceful from start to finish

Jan 2020 • none

Having booked this due to the reviews we were appalled by every aspect of this restaurant. Even though we had booked we were made to wait to be seated. My husband and I were placed on a 2 seat table mid way down the restaurant. Tables either side were so close that the table had to be pulled out for me to get onto the bench seat against the back wall, thank goodness I am a size 10 because otherwise i would have had to crawl under the flipping table. It was already very noisy and we were already considering leaving, however we were both very hungry and decided to give it a go. Starters & mains were ordered at the same time and we were keen for the food to arrive, we didnt have to wait long within 5 minutes starters were on the table (freshly cooked my backside?) they wouldnt have had time to turn the gas on by the time it arrived. True to form of the way this night was going the food was tasteless and insipid ! During our starter the people next to us arrived a group of 12 noisy teenage girls, this just added to the already horrendous noise levels and meant that my husband and I had no choice but to either shout across the table at eachother or sit there in silence. Still hoping that the main course would be better we remained in our seats (couldnt have moved anyway without causing major disruption?) Our mains arrived - we were gutted! It was the same low quality tasteless crap that the starters were. We had ordered different meals from eachother but they both looked and tasted exactly the same. Tried it but failed to enjoy it, left most of it and requested the bill. At no point were we asked if we enjoyed our meal but the answer would have been a resounding NO! We just could not wait to leave, out of a desire to go as quickly as possible and out of awkwardness we paid and left. NEVER GOING BACK !! What a disgrace to Indian cuisine!

Written 13 January 2020

RachelT

Cardiff12 contributions

Extremely disappointed

Aug 2020 • family

Ordered a Home delivery via Just Eat, it arrived with missing chips, cold, soft pompadoms, cold keeman nan, Korma was like gloop, spot the chicken. Phoned the restaurant straightaway and asked for a refund, they told me to ring Just Eat, they told me the restaurant has to give me the refund. Have spent a week trying to get a resolve on this but have given up now as they are blaming each other. Waste of money. Have been a customer since they opened and will never return again.

Written 30 August 2020

Frankie Cannon

139 contributions

Could Be Victim Of Success

Jan 2020 • family

Visited Mowglis 25th Jan had pre booked our table for 4 for 8.30pm. We arrived at 8.20pm and the place was packed and very noisy, waited until 9.05pm before we were seated half way down the restaurant the tables were that close together we were touching elbows with people next to us we had to pull the table to one side everytime someone wanted to get up and when a waiter had to pass with the service trolley. On 2 occations a lady squeezed out from the table and her bum was actually dragging our table cloth and food off the table. One of the family had a starter at about 9.20 and we waited for 45min and were served our main meal at 10.05 with an apology for the wait. The food was bland, noise levels to high, and the slow service was disappointing. The young man at the bar apologised for the long wait but the man i think was the manager kept his head down and said nothing. This restaurant is a victim of its own success as the food and service is usually excellent. Will go back next time we visit my daughter and give it one more chance. Regards Ian and Estelle

Written 27 January 2020

JoWit

Cardiff9 contributions

Takeaway

Sept 2020 • none

Ordered a takeaway at the Whitchurch Mowglis at 7pm to collect at 8pm ( an hours notice is surely enough) Went to collect and had to wait outside for 45 minutes until 8.45 to collect as it wasn't ready for 8pm as requested. Seems they were prioritising the restaurant customers. Awful service for takeaway.

Written 27 September 2020

davidbB4446VU

Cardiff108 contributions

Great food and service

Jan 2020 • family

For a birthday celebration we decided to go to Mowglis. It was a Tuesday evening and We hadn’t booked. It was early evening and they were able to accommodate us immediately. We were greeted like friends and shown to our table. The drinks order was taken immediately and poppadoms delivered. We were given plenty of time to consider the menu. There is such a variety of dishes to choose from it is a difficult chose. I have never ordered a fish main course before but the monkfish is delicious. The whole experience was good. Every dish we had was perfect. It is not the cheapest Indian restaurant I’ve been in but the quality is very good and worth it. The service was also very good.

Written 7 January 2020

Sparklingchelle1976

Pontypridd127 contributions

An absolute shambles…

Sept 2022 • friends

The worst meal I’ve ever had. We arrived at 7pm for our table of 9. Noticed the restaurant was extremely busy with diners and a colossal amount of take aways going out. Our orders were taken and starters arrived. The onion bhaji whilst large was dry and completely over cooked. I mentioned this to the waiter as my plate was being cleared who tried to tell me onion bhajis should be dry.. not so dry that you can’t chew it.. We then waited a significant amount of time, for our plates to be cleared and warm plates for our main meal, by the time the main meals came out (2 hours and 20 mins after we arrived) the plates were cold. The curries looked as though they had come from a microwave and really didn’t look fresh, the meats within the curries were dry and over cooked. Bt this time we had enough and requested to speak to a manager who whilst apologetic couldn’t salvage the shambles of an evening. We did observe many tables getting served quicker and think this is because they are regulars. Needless to say, we won’t be becoming part of this crowd… not coming back..

Written 1 September 2022

Climber18526349947

1 contribution

Lovely lockdown home delivery

Jun 2020 • none

My wife and I had eaten in the restaurant previously and had no doubts about Ordering a home delivery during the lockdown period. Ordering by phone was very simple and the delivery was courteous and timely. Oh, and the food, as ever, was excellent. A very pleasant experience once again.

Written 1 June 2020

Ellie00447

Cardiff458 contributions

The best Indian !

May 2020 • couples

We ordered / collected our Indian from mowglis as a takeaway during lockdown when restaurants weren’t back open yet and omg it didn’t disappoint ! The best Indian food I’ve ever had. My meal was the chicken tikka with rice and a peshwari naan 😍. All food that was ordered looked delish and the portions are huge! All dishes are enough to feed 2 people ! Amazing

Written 3 August 2020

Steve

1 contribution

Greed

Dec 2020 • none

Ordered my New Year’s Eve takeaway the day before for a 20:30 pick up on NYE. I arrived at 20:00 on New Years Eve as it was busy outside when I past earlier that evening. I asked when I paid for my takeaway how long it would be and I was told 15 minutes. An hour later I went back into to ask where my takeaway was again and was told it was on the rack. Not sure what a rack is in the world of cooking but I was told again that it would be 15 minutes. I eventually got my takeaway at 21:45. All I can say is that this was pure greed by this restaurant. Trying to make as much money in a night as possible. I can kind of understand after the year the hospitality sector has had during the lockdowns we have had this year but I wonder how many of us waiting in the freezing cold on NYE will not be returning in the New Year. I for one will not be returning. One gentleman arrived at 18:00 to make an order and was told to come back at 20:00. He left with his takeaway 5 minutes before mine. A friend of mine waited 4 hours for his delivery to arrive. People were arriving while I waited to pick up their delivery as they waited so long and couldn’t get through to them on the restaurants phone. I must say that the food was lovely and I do hope for your sake that your customers on NYE are more forgiving than me and will return again in the near future.

Written 5 January 2021

Rachel

Cardiff3 contributions

Worst Indian take out I’ve ever had

Feb 2021 • family

Ordered the Rajasthani mixed bhajee, so disgusting. Cold, gluey sauce with mixed frozen vegetables. No cheese, no green peppers. Nothing like the description. When I complained was told that they don’t use any frozen vegetables, so the peas are fresh?! Was 100%a frozen veg mix. They were apologetic but argued about the frozen veg and told me to call back if I wanted a refund as they were too busy. Partners meal was nice but won’t order from there again, mine ended up in the bin.

Written 14 February 2021

Bobcat

Llanelli47 contributions

Disappointed

Jan 2022 • none

We had a takeaway meal for four people from Mowgli’s, Whitchurch, which consisted of mixed starters and main meals. Starters were of average quality, but the keema naan was disappointing and it contained a tasteless bland and pale looking meat. The vegetable curry for the biryani was nothing more than a spicy soup and I couldn’t eat it. Two of our other main meals were of reasonable quality, but overall the food was poor and certainly not worth the money, which was quite expensive. I’m happy to pay if the food is good, but unfortunately this was not.

Written 22 January 2022

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