Lal Mirchi

Myself and my boyfriend visited here last night, we hadn’t booked a table but were told this was fine and to take a seat in the bar area. The restaurant was by no means busy, we waited 50 mins to be seated at a table, taking into account we’ already ordered our food you’d expect it to be ready in time for us to be seated. not in this case, we waited another 20 mins for our starters then another 30 mins for mains to come after starters had been cleared. Don’t get me wrong, the food was nice enough but by no means the best. I doubt we’ll visit again, just for the waiting time alone

I have to say at the start that I haven’t been here during weekdays. On a Sunday, the banquet is, basically, a help yourself to all you can eat. While this has been fairly common at Chinese resaurants for quite some time, it is a relatively new development in Indian food.
The Lal Mirchi is nicelt situated for anyone passing through Haydock, next to Iceland and other major shops, but removed enough to have its own carpark. A headwaiter-​type shows you to a suitable table and takes orders for drinks, then you are left to enjoy the food.
I accept that the bhajis may not be perfect, but I found the curries were all excellent and the rice selections more than sufficient. The only misgiving I had in this respect is once when the basmati rice was labelled chicken korma! I actually heard some customers saying how good the korma was while helping themselves to more of this rice! By the way, the real chicken korma really was wonderfully creamy, with just a hint of sweetness cutting through the cream. The beef madras, on the other hand, has varied from very hot to My God! Help! The meat, in all cases, is tender and of better quality than called for the invention of curry in the first place.
There was a very limited selection of sweets each time, but I didn’t have room for more than a small helping of ice-​cream anyway.

ok but i dont think the food is as good on a sunday banquet the onion bagis tast like cardboard

Lovely Indian banquet every Sunday evening. I love Indian food and I can honestly say, it is the nicest Chicken Korma I’ve ever tasted in my life.
The lamb is lovely too. I like everything about it, excellent and friendly service too. Give it a try.