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Mathura

Taste, portion, presentation, ambience and service - all five stars. Very classy venue, with great tasting food.

You can definitely tell why it’s founder was awarded Michelin stars.

Absolutely blown away by the vegetarian tasting menu! It was incredible! Not only was the food amazing but the service was superb! My husband took me here for my birthday meal and it was amazing..also the waiter must have overhead it was my birthday and surprised me with a lovely pudding!

Great resturant the food was delicious and service really great - they take your coat and were constantly topping up water and really felt taken care of. The butter chicken main was honestly exceptional and the desert was fun and theatrical but also tasty!

HALAL STATUS: Halal food menu (exc. game meat; prepped & cooked separately) • Alcohol served.

After seeing for ourselves the scale and grandeur of double Michelin Chef Atul Kochhar’s ambitious new restaurant, Mathura, we finally understood why it’s taken as long as it has to come to fruition.

Located in the old Grade-II listed Westminster Fire Station on Greycoat Place, this huge 120-cover venue is a memorable one, with a good portion of the original features therein being incorporated into the current design.

From the brass fire pole located in the main dining hall, to the iconic heritage-listed tiles from when the station was built in 1906, this venue also boasts four distinct dining rooms.

As you can imagine, we were expecting big things from a restaurant as magnificent as Mathura; and we weren't left disappointed. As per usual, some of the dishes we had the pleasure of trying at The Chef's Table didn't just have Atul's mastery of spices indelibly stamped all over them, but will live long in the memory. It probably also goes without saying that some may again be shortlisted for this year's #FtLionAwards taking place throughout all of next month.

It should also be noted that the restaurant does charge a 12.5% service charge.

The Pappadum selection is a good mix and comes along with some fresh home made sauces.  I always say if the restaurant is making their own sauces this is a great start.

We mainly had the vegetarian items so I look forward to being invited again so I can try the main meat courses and bring you another review.

It was a pleasure to bump into Tina again this time and this is going to be another of Atul Kochhar success.

We had a limited menu during the soft opening but it was not lacking in choice and there are tasting menus now on offer so I look forward to going again for this.

We started with the Hindukush Nadru Tikki (Lotus stem and walnut tikki, lotus seed, lotus crisp, lotus puree) which was fresh and nutty and highly recommended followed by Mathura ki Chaat which was both tangy and aromatic and shows sign of great inspiration and freshly sourced ingredients.

The one item from the Kanishka menu I wanted to try here was the Atul‘s Murgh Tikka Pie, which brought back great memories of Kanishka and happy to see the same flavour profile followed through with the flaky pastry and spicy filling along with a great tangy home made tomato sauce….

We then had a selection of Vegetarian side dishes as below:

Mathura Signature Dal Bukhara - These Black lentils were creamy and best I have had and you have to order this if you are going.

Dum Olav - Potatoes nice fresh flavour

Pindi Chole - Chickpeas excellent dish with a bit of a spicy kick to it but very complimentary to other items.

The portions sizes for us were good but we are not big eaters and enough for three of us.

We followed up by selecting the following desserts which i must say were amazing to look at and taste and we could not finish all three but still glad we had a chance to eat them all.

Tarte- Apple and pear tarte, cardamom and mascarpone ice cream or vegan vanilla bean ice cream, ginger vanilla sauce - This was a very light and refreshing option.

Chocolate - Dark chocolate and orange cannoli, walnut ganache, caramel, baked cream - A mix of chocolate flavours with a really sweet cannoli crispy shell and amazing toffee sauce.

Coconut - Coconut and lemon grass parfait, barfi, pineapple raita, sundried pineapple, batasha - I am no real fan of coconut but this was light in flavour and also went down really well.

Really great food with such different flavour profiles to each dish and service was immaculate.

We have Halal options on the menu. Please ask a member of staff for details.

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