Get the Tayyebs smell!

You never think Tuesday night is going to be a busy night. Especially on a very cold evening a couple of weeks before Christmas. So imagine our surprise when we showed up at Tayyebs and had to wait almost an hour to get a table.

The menu has a large number of choices allowing you to order various meats in quite small portions. To make things simple, we opted for the mixed grill, sag alloo and the dhal, along with regular sides such as nanns and rice. Being Punjabi, the food is more spicy than what you may expect from your typical Indian restaurant. Even the poppadoms were spicy! The mixed grill included pieces of chicken (which I have to say were a little on the dry side), lamb kofta and the best bit, lamb chops to die for! Both the vegetarian dishes were also excellent - the dhal was thick and creamy while the sag alloo, although it did not look like much, was extremely well spiced and very tasty.

The only real complaint we hasd was the lack of ventilation in the restaurant. Many of the meat dishes are served on sizzling platters. Due to this, everything we were wearing or had with us smelt of cooking for the next two days. But this is a small price to pay to enjoy such tasty food at very reasonable prices. Also, if you want a beer or some wine, you'll need to bring it with you.