Reviews of Mela - Harborne (122)
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We visited this restaurant for the first time although we are frequent visitors to other Indian restaurants in Birmingham. We had a good welcome and enjoyed the food very much; the service was very attentive and the atmosphere pleasing. We had the celebratory meal for £14.95 which was extremely good value. We will go back.
As always we received a friendly welcome with prompt and polite service. The décor and ambience are most attractive - light, fresh and modern. The food was excellent and the portions generous. Bring-your-own drink is a great bonus!
Very pleased with choice of restaurant. The food was great. The service was good and the staff were friendly and helpful. Really good value for money.
Always great food, whether take out or dine in at Mela. Will continue to order from here whenever I have a take out, and will definitely be visiting again
Nice restaurant, good service. Only fault no time to digest starters before mains came out. Average price for an Indian meal. Would return but just ask to hold on the mains after starters
Good food served by attentive staff in a pleasant atmosphere. There was a restaurant feel and a varied menu. Also good vegetarian choices. Both our meals were tasty, well cooked and nicely presented.
Lovely food, very attentive, friendly and polite staff and the restaurant was very clean and attractive. Would definitely recommend and will be returning for another visit
Very nice restaurant with pleasant ambiance. Staff are courteous and helpful an, of course, the food is good! Would quite happily recommend to anyone else.
Great food but no customer service, said thank you multiple times to one waiter and not once did he acknowledge me. Not even a thank you when paying bill. Shame
Excellent - friendly staff, excellent food (shish kebabs some of the best I've eaten) and bonus of take your own wine and/or beer - although they are licenced. Bonus of being local and able to use my Taste Card too!
Mela is only indian restaurant we go to. Been going here around 7mths. Last weekend was no different - good food and good service. Always recommend.
Fantastic food and great service. Some really unique dishes. Both quality and quantity is brilliant. I'd highly recommend this restaurant to any lover of Indian food.
We first visited Mela in November last year. Lovely food and excellent service. Mela is the only place we go now when we want a curry in a restaurant. Highly recommend.
We enjoyed the excellent four course set meal, with a platter starter.Food and service fantastic! Enjoyed a bottle of house white wine priced at 6.95.
Great service - waiters made sure we were seen to and satisfied at all times. Drink recommendations were made, and a free taster was offered when we were unsure about which drink to order. We were not kept waiting, and felt well looked after. Food was of a good standard and portion sizes were generous.
We had to wait 1/2 an hour for a table, no drinks offered while we waited. Table was nicely presented and drinks served at the table. Staters were good, but the time taken to serve the main courses took to long meaning the first out was cold by the time the last came out. This somewhat tainted the evening as we were entertaining friends & had billed Mela as a premium curry house. Would think twice about going again
As always, great food, friendly helpful staff, nice decor and lighting..... Very reasonable prices. Although Mela has a licensed bar you are able to take your own drinks along too.
I was surprised that the restaurant was entered via just a door that led to stairs that arrived at a restaurant above a row if shops. However the food was excellent, the service from all the staff was attentive and engaging, and although noisy ( as the place was very busy) that added to rage sense of atmosphere.
Delicious food with fresh quality taste, staff who go the extra mile with customers and very nicely layed out. Best curry house in harborne by far!
Cheap as chips, and you get what you pay for. Starters were delicious, mains were greasy and very sparing with the meat. Tasted ok, but not really worth going back for.
The food was really tasty and the staff were friendly and it was very fast service great night out by us and our friends will visit again
Mela was fabulous. the food and service was as good as ever. However, there was no record of my booking through Quandoo Luckily there was an available table.
Great food as always, with a good selection of meat and vegetarian options. The staff friendly and attentive throughout and the restaurant as usual had an enjoyable atmosphere. Will be returning soon.
By far the best madras I've ever had! 10/10 would eat here again
The food was excellent, delicious and fresh. The waiters were polite and well informed of the menu. We would 100% recommend this place to anyone!
Very good food and extremely friendly atmosphere and service. Would recommend to anyone wanting a nice curry that is not overpriced but thankfully does not have lots of Saturday night drunk people
Staff very friendly, the starter which was a platter was very good, nan bread very nice, rice and curry dishes was delicious. We will return
The food is really nice, not too pricey & always large portions, I have the chicken hyderabadi & I love it. The drinks are always a little flat, I don't think they keep their fizzy in fridges so it always tastes a bit off. Overall though a good experience and it is our regular Indian restaurant now.
The atmosphere was nice. The food was good and service was also good. Husbands masala fish did lack a bit of flavour but mine was nice and flavoursome.
Good food and friendly service, if slightly frantic when it was busy on a Saturday night. There was no pressure to finish and go and staff took the time to chat at the end of the meal. Would return.
Service was quite slow but food was lovely as ever. Staff always pleasant and good at recommendations. Small venue do can get quite noisy with big parties especially.
Good atmosphere, great menu, reasonable prices, friendly service. The food was really nice - a little bit different and the wine was an amazingly good price
I went there twice (once with friends and last time with my parents) and it was always great! The food is delicious and the staff is really friendly. I think the price-quality ratio is quite good and I strongly recommend this restaurant since I will most propably come back.
Lovely food nice staff good service not the best table position but ok. Good choice of dishes and staff very helpful with advice. All in all a good night.
Excellent food and staff Me and my family and friends will defently be visiting again very soon Would highly recommend to local and non local people
Exceptionally good food, excellent surroundings, attentive staff and reasonably priced. A gem of a find, definitely visiting the best curry restaurant in Harborne again. Thoroughly recommended.
A pleasant and relaxed environment to catch up with friends. The staff were extremely polite, patient and good-humoured and the food was wonderful. Excellent service!
Pleasant cosy surroundings, comfortable seating, linen tablecloths, excellent service - one of the waiters was particularly welcoming and could not to enough for us, and above all delicious food.
Excellent dining experience.... Food was gorgeous and service very attentive and efficient. We went on a busy Saturday night but everything was perfect. Good prices for excellent night out, we will be back!!
Food was excellent, as always, but there seems to have been a change of management/staff. The normally friendly and helpful service was missing. This has been our first choice restaurant for years, we may try some of the other places to see what they are like.