Manu's Kitchen - Maitland

Friendly staff and the decor was pleasant the meals were enjoyable and if you like it hot then you will not be disappointed ,overall an enjoyable meal.

Decent flavour but ingredients (paneer, vegetables) were very disappointing. Also chicken garlic balls from coles deep fried are not chicken pakoras. Quite disappointing. It’s not hard to put in some quality if you are charging the prices of a decent meal.

What a surprise once you enter. Bright and colourfully decorated. Meal was excellent. Although they don’t do the usual side dishes. Staff very friendly. Prawn curry and lamb Lorna then you have to purchase rice per person so a little pricey but...good sized meals and we took BYO

If you happen to be driving around High street, Maitland Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine is hard to ignore. It is hard to imagine what Mannu’s Kitchen Indian cuisine was before it was an Indian restaurant. All I can imagine is the building housed a salesroom/showroom...operated by someone who had too much grease in their hair and ultimately went bankrupt. In its present form the exterior of Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine really does evoke the senses. The fluorescent lights which direct one’s attention towards Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine are unique. Some lights are way too bright. Some lights are way too dull. Some lights are broken. Some lights flash too rapidly. Some lights don’t flash rapidly enough. There’s also a fluorescent ‘open’ sign, which flashes on and off. The curtains have a sequential pattern “gold, pink, gold, gold, pink, gold, gold, pink, gold”. The pink curtains are tied. The gold curtains are not tied. The flashing fluorescent lights, the faded curtains, the or air conditioning units (which are all different makes and models) protruding from the wall really gives Mannu’s Kitchen Indian cuisine the vibe of opulence below the gutter. I have a great deal of anticipation stepping into Mannu’s Kitchen Indian cuisine. What will the interior be like? What will the proprietors be like? Will I be the only customer? I briefly think about the concept of destiny. How someone born somewhere in South Asia would end-up running a curry shop in Maitland, with flashing fluorescent lights, faded pink curtains and faded gold curtains. The interior of Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine does not disappoint. The tables are set-out with tablecloths, which have a similar conceptual feel to the curtains. So the tablecloths don’t get soiled they’re covered with a plastic protecting. Every table has an empty bottle of Bundaberg ginger beer on it, with one fake red rose in the empty bottle of Bundaberg ginger beer. On the counter there’s a framed award which proudly proclaims Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine was voted Indian restaurant in the entire hunter valley. There’s a flatscreen tv, which plays Bollywood music videos at a very loud volume. The proprietors of Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine seem to be a husband and wife team. They’re busy preparing curries and serving customers, so their young children seem to hangout in the restaurant foyer with tablets playing children’s cartoons/ nursery rhymes at full volume. The Bollywood music, the children’s cartoons and proprietors who communicate with each other by shouting means Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine does not have a great deal of ambience. You know when a new customer is about to visit Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine because the allocated car spots are right outside the windows. The gold and pink curtains do nothing to prevent the unbearable brightness of car headlights from shining through the dining area of Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine. As you wait for your curry amidst the or so defunct air-conditioners, the fake red roses, the Bollywood music blaring, the car headlights intermittently penetrating through the whole restaurant and children’s nursery rhymes blaring you can hear the people order and pick-up their take-away orders. “Extra Mild Butter chicken” seems to be the most popular dish at Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine. Finally, when your order arrives the staff at Mannu’s kitchen Indian cuisine constantly check on you. “Is everything all right?” “are you sure everything is all right?” “are you sure you don’t want soft drink?” “Are you sure you don’t want more naan bread?” “Are you sure you don’t want more to eat?” It takes a bit of restraint not to say “I am just one person eating alone. I have curry, two naan breads and a full serving of rice. How could I eat anymore?” When I have finished my meal and the staff say “was everything okay?” I say “It was fine. Thank-you”. I don’t tell them that I think their curries are bland and over-priced. I don't tell them there’s no need to ask me times if I want soft drink.

Went here because our favourite zaffron was closed. Sorry wevdid. Both the mango chicken and beef korma were very disappointing. Not one piece of mango in the mango chicken and the meat was full of fat and gristle...not edible. Beef korma was very average meat...obviously second grade...wont go again