Reviews Mumtaz Leeds

The height of excellence!

Visited mumtaz for the first time and what an experience, the interior design is of a very high class, felt like we was in a seven star hotel, now the food was excellent, a great experience, lamb chops my favourite couldn't get fresher the main course was out of this world everybody needs to eat here for excellence in food and service my family really enjoyed the moment wow.

The lamb leg ordered in with rice and their special sauce ...completely divine. Service from the Mumtaz management is always on par as well. Great scenery looking over the riverbank.

Beautiful restaurant. Manager very welcoming. All staff apart from the waiter who dealt with our initial complaint was useless. Coming from a customer service background in the same trade I wasn't happy with the reply of 'nobody else has complained' unfortunately isn't good enough. Eventually one of the waitresses informed a chef who in turn informed the manager who dealt with. Either offered us another dish or wiped of our bill. We accepted the latter. Beside that little incident the overall experience from waiters to the gentleman at the bar were excellent. Not to mention the food which was exceptional.

I'd heard about this place first from an Arab friend who thought it was great. Didn't pay too much attention thinking now if a Desi tells me this I might take heed. I was later taken there by family who live in England and have to say, I was taken aback.

Firstly the decor is so majestic and tastefully put together. Love the color scheme and beautiful chandeliers. Very soothing for the eyes with plenty of sunshine coming through their large windows which have a grand view of the dock, with boats lining their tiny Marina.

Now here starts the food, we felt like eating traditional delicacies and were a bit disappointed to learn the ' Masala Brains' had sold out. Anyhow we went onto to order Paya (Lamb Totters) and the King Prawn Karahi along with their garlic buttered Naan.

Now let's hang on our last experience at a Desi night out had us over ordering food and we made it clear from the start let's order simple, it's lunch time and try out the real traditional stuff so we can truly get the feel of good cooking.

The king Prawn Karahi was finger licking good. Right amount of masala, a real tasty bite. Prawns not over cooked as they do tend to get a bit chewy if overdone.

Their Paya (trotters) was just amazing, right amount of masala and not too watery gravy. The trotters weren't over cooked so they weren't falling off the bone either many places get it wrong by simply this.

This time we had opted to steer clear of cheese and stuffed Naans. If you want to enjoy traditional fare and get a real taste of the curry and not the taste of bread over powering the curry then you need to go for either a plain Naan or a garlicky buttered one like we did. Nice and soft, very tasty and a decent size for one.

How can you leave without dessert, well I had heard so much about their Ras Malai but gave it a miss as simply by now the other items had filled me up. I did try a serving of Pistachio Kulfi though kidding myself into thinking its lighter than the others until it arrived in a tall glass served with a humongous dollop of fresh cream sprayed down the side of the glass. Nifty idea I thought to catch the drips, when I picked up my kulfi on a stick.

Our server was British with origins from Calcutta, sorry we didn't ask his name but he was grea, very polite and happily made some good suggestions. He even came back to offer us some more water after we had paid our bill. Usually in most places no one bothers once the financial transaction is over.

To sum it all, Beautiful place + Beautiful Food ❤️ Can't wait to be back!

This place is amazing but busy based in Leeds it was well worth the visit. We did have to wait to be seated but it was worth it. There is plenty of room and the atmosphere is great.

I really enjoyed my Iftar experience at Mumtaz. The dates and soup etc. were a really thoughtful touch for Muslim customers. The mixed grill was nice but I particularly enjoyed the butter chicken and garlic naan. The service was really organised around Iftar time and I was really impressed.

Just had a lovely meal at Mumtaz, there were 12 of us and the waiter was fantastic. M.Ali served us all evening with a welcome smile and could not do enough for us.

Visited here again last night for pre mother’s day dinner with few ladies from church to celebrate Mother’s Day, Waited for 15 to 20mins to get seated The food is absolutely amazing Ambience is beautiful – Highly recommend!

A very different experience to the small dimly-lit restaurants I'd usually frequent but the bright lighting and brash decor doesn't detract from the excellent service and really good food. Given every table was full and the whole place had a real buzz about it's clear they're doing something right even if none of the many photo friendly props was being used during our visit. I'd usually run a mile from anywhere that professes to be "The Selfe Restaurant" but thankfully it wasn't packed with self-obsessed photographers but just many people enjoying great meals. It's odd to not have alcohol but the constantly refreshed water made for a really nice change. Go for the decor, it's really something else, and marvel at the size of the place (with a perfume shop!) but above all try the food, it's very good.

Imran provided us with 5* service. He made our experience exceptional at Mumtaz.

We ordered the Grand Thaal which was enough for 6 of us, everything was spot on, the food, service levels, happy to report the tables were spotless as were the toilets, the restaurant was 60% full when we went, they should open one in London, will visit again when I'm in Leeds

The mix grill starters were average. The poppadoms and their sauces were amazing. Got two (large) naans and two curries between a couple. This was more than enough and took about half of it home. Wish the waiter was more accurate on the serving size of the curries as one curry dish and one naan would've been enough for two after having a mixed grill starter with poppadoms. The steamy mocktail was amazing but slightly overpriced. Nice areas to take photos too.