Moti Mahal Restaurant - Indian restaurant in New Delhi, Delhi - Central, India

The experience was very nice and I was shocked that this hotel was visited by many famous people such as Gordon Ramsay. The staff were friendly and the owner was also very friendly. Though, the food quantity was less. I do recommend that the restraunt should have a logo and have less information in the banner as we would not have even seen it if there was no traffic because it would look like a normal restraunt. After eating the owner took a picture with us and overall it was a good experience.

it was a sheer pity to see how a heritage restaurant of Delhi, once famous across India has become a total dump. The restaurant furniture hasn't been updated since the 70's, it was so dark & seedy inside that I almost wanted to turn back. We had to use the flashlight of our smartphones to view the menu as it was so dark. I've seen better serving staff at state government run hotels than here, there were only two middle aged waiters who were interested in the tips they might get from a table of guests nearby than look after my family. I had to resort to shouting "Bhaiya" & wave my hands multiple times for them to come to our table. My parents had finished eating before me & the waiter brought finger bowls for them & started taking away my plate too even though I wasn't finished, he simply wouldn't be bothered to come back again and bring me my finger bowl. The food was such a disappointment, the naans were like Chapatti & not thick & soft as they should be, the butter chicken was tragic, it was cooked in tomato puree & they didn't use any fresh tomatoes, it's as if you inserted some chicken pieces into a tomato soup. The Afghani kebabs were chewy & I had to pull at them in order to eat them, simply disgusting. The Mutton Pulao my parents ordered tasted of everything thrown together much like a dry Khichdi. There were flies everywhere outside & the ladies room was locked & was opened only after I told them my Mom wanted to use it, imagine how embarrassing that was. Rs3,095 simply wasted but a lesson learnt & I hope with this review future connoisseurs avoid the mistake I made of coming to this once renowned but not utterly decrepit joint.

Food nice. Waiter pushy (trying to convince me to choose another dish). Restaurant bit empty.

The food is authentic, it's a heritage and passion for the owner. The daughter of the owner at the counter informed that the restaurant is going for modernization and upgrade. This place deserves patronage because it's an authentic heritage of our culinary culture and ingenuity of Indian people. It created the Butter Chicken, Tandoori chicken and many more globally appreciated Indian recipes. Would love to see it again

Most recommended place for chicken butter masala and tandoori chicken. We tried tandoori chicken, chicken fried rice and tandoori chicken.

A very average restaurant. The food is not upto the mark. Not at all. The restaurant was empty when we reached there at around nine at night. We were the first customers that day till then. The seating arrangement is too conjusted. Outdoors is in shambles. Above all the taste of food is simply bad. Won't suggest anyone to go these .

I had only Butter Chicken at this place. It was yummy. But don't invest in other items of non veg. Desserts were Good.

After hearing and reading so much about this restaurant, we decided to try the famous food of Moti Mahal. Sorry to say it's nothing compared to other restaurants in Delhi. Tried their tandoor veg and non veg platters. Butter chicken. Chicken tikka masala. Shahi tudka. Only 1 of these dishes were delicious and it was tandoori VEG platter. Otherwise, this is not worth the hype. The Decor is so outdated. They have "Amitabh Bachchan" visited this restaurant on every table (very tacky). The menus are so old and need to be reprinted. Over-Hyped Butter Chicken is too sweet. The Shahi tudka has noo "Tukda"; it was really disgusting actually. Will not be visiting or recommending this to anyone.