The Mango Tree
Posted on November 15, 2023 by Ching under Food and Drink.
Brian let me choose where to eat dinner on Monday, October 30, which was my actual birthday. Most of the time I take into account what would please both of us but, since it was my birthday, I figured that this is the one day that I would get to pick where I really wanted to go and Brian would just have to go along with it. I’d been seeing lots of posts on social media about this new Indian restaurant on the South side of town that’s supposedly really good so I asked Brian to take me there. Also, I remembered eating Indian food the Bombay Club at Sandals Emerald Bay when we were celebrating my 40th birthday and it was amazing so I was hoping it would be a lot like that.
Brian is not very fond of the South side of town (he grew up there and thinks it’s super sketchy) but, since it was my birthday, he let me have my wish to appease me.
Here’s a picture of the bar in the middle of the restaurant.
Their beer selections were actually pretty good. Obviously, since it’s the Mango Tree, they have Mango Cart. LOL. It would have been disappointing if they didn’t.
They also had a decent cocktail menu.
I opted for the sangria mojito which was pretty good.
Here are some pictures of our food.
Brian ordered the most non-Indian thing you could possibly get. LOL. But I appreciate him for being a good sport and taking me anyways.
This is the chicken pakora — basically strips of chicken.
It didn’t really come with dipping sauces but our server brought a couple of sauces out at my request.
For my entree, I got the chicken biryani (always a pretty safe bet). They give you a ton of food, which is fair because their prices are higher than most Indian restaurants in town. I ended up having to take most of my food home to go.
Here’s the dessert menu.
We got some gulab jamun, a traditional North Indian dessert that literally looks like wet balls. I’d never had it before. It was different but tasty.
Overall the food was decent but most definitely not as good as the food we had at the Bombay Club. The service was okay. He seemed very confused and frazzled and it took him several tries to get our bill right. The first time he brought out our check, the bill was for $100 and had all sorts of stuff on it that we didn’t order. After several attempts, he finally got most of it right but forgot to charge the balls ($5) which I pointed out and he went back added. After the bill was finally right, we tried to pay using our phone but their system wasn’t working. After trying a couple of times, we finally gave up and paid at the counter and then all of a sudden all three charges showed up. In the end, we only got charged once but whole experience was a little bit frustrating. We were very patient and didn’t make a scene or ask for any kind of compensation, though. We’re just not that kind of people.
We are happy to pay for all the food that we ordered and didn’t make a big deal of it but the whole experience could have been better for sure.
I don’t really let these things bother me so we still had a nice dinner but it definitely made me rethink trying new places for special occasions (not that my birthday is all that special). NOTE TO SELF: Go somewhere tried and true next time. You live and learn. Until next time, GNG.
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