Mahek Restaurant & Lounge

One of my fave places to go for indian. And the décor is nice with a spacious area in the centre, and cosy booths around the windows. Suburbs oft get a bad rep but not if you’ve found the gems, like Mahek! This is where I eat when I crave Indian food and I drive all the way to Surrey from Vancouver for this. I love the sag paneer, chai tea, and always order one or two curries to try. Don’t forget the naan and roti to round out your meal!

Excellent service. Food almost the best. We stop here if the reasturant «tastys» down the street is too busy. But these guys do a great job. Highly recommended.

I haven’t had Indian food in a while so I thought what better place to ho for Indian food than somewhere in Surrey. My friend and I came to Mahek after I was off work. I arrived there first and when I entered the host greeted me in a somewhat stand offish way, giving me a «what-​are-​you-​doing-​here» kind of look. I ignored it though and was seated. My friend arrived after and got the same vibe.
Regardless we ordered our food: shrimp pakora, naan, mutter paneer (peas and cheese in curry), the dahl lunch special and masala chai for drink. Food arrived promptly. The shrimp pakora was hot and tasty. Mutter paneer was okay. I don’t really like peas and I ordered it at the recommendation of a friend so I had no idea peas were in there. The wait staff were somewhat slow tending to us considering there was only one other table to serve.
It was okay overall, but I’ve had better food and service elsewhere. I’m glad I checked it out, but I don’t think I will return. Surrey is huge. There are plenty more Indian restaurants I can venture to.

Spicy! I love it! Definitely going again :) the servers were really friendly and the naan bread was perfect haha.

Great food; try their chicken or fish Vindaloo if you can handle spicy. I have been their customer for years and I have never been disappointed with either food or service.

OMG Best Indian food I’ve had. My wife took me here for the first time when we first started going out. She has been going since it was a little hole in the wall at the other end of their parking lot. This is our go to place, even though there are other Indian Restaurants close to our house, we make the drive even if its for take out. Portions are great, food is always fresh. They make some of the best Lamb Curry I have had. Staff has always been super friendly.

Some friends brought me here, and this place is worth the trek from the city! The place is decorated nicely, classy and clean. Service is incredibly friendly. We ordered a bunch of dishes to share around, I must say this place has the best pakoras I’ve ever had. I usually avoid butter chicken because it’s too sweet and bland, but I had seconds of the butter chicken here, it’s amazing. Lamb vindaloo was perfection, spicy with tender meat. The garlic naan was really good. The presentation is all really nicely done here, I will be back if I’m out this way. Mahek, please come to vancouver!!! :D

I was not happy with the quality at all… We ordered 2 dishes and they were almost same ingredients, color, taste really nothing different… Also the food need some more cooking time… Quantity was good but sorry dint like the taste

Food was amazing! The portion size was a bit larger than other restaurants in the area. Customer service was a bit slow as the staff was busy attending to the larger party and then staff forgot to give us bags to carry our leftovers home when we asked for the bags while paying. There were 2 other small tables besides us and the large party. They were either too busy or just forgot about us the moment we paid. I think the food was great but might not come back soon because of the service.

Great food and quick service. Have been there a few times and never disappointed.

Have been fans of Mahek for years … best deal is the mini meals and drink specials! Service is always good, friendly and efficient. Love that extra spicy means ‘extra spicy’ here :) Love all their tasty chutneys and pop refills are free! Can’t beat all this!

Great food (portions are perfect for two) great service (friendly and very customer service oriented). Cleanliness was top notch too! Especially enjoyed how much effort they put into making the place look good– their cutlery even matches the décor!

A great restaurant. Good portions, average prices, nice ambiance.
The food is super spicy! I asked for the curries to be made without dairy and the waitress explained to me that the spice level will be about medium because they make a dish mild spice level by adding cream. She insisted I would be able to handle it but oh my it was all so spicy. I’m not complaining because it was delicious nonetheless.
The Aloo Gobi is a great dish here. Big chunks of cauliflower! Yum!

This was our 2^nd visit to this Indian restaurant. The food was excellent again! My wife & I shared a mixed vegetarian snack platter for an appie that was very flavourful. For entrées, which we also shared, we ordered fish Korma, lamb Tikka Masala, small rice and naan… we enjoyed it all. The service throughout the meal was also good. If you’ve never tried Indian food, this is the place to start, you can’t go wrong

It was a Sunday evening around 8:30, I was in Surrey (random!).
I was with one side of the family, and they wanted to check out that scene of a place called Tasty Indian Bistro, too much of a scene for us in the end, and waaaaaayyyy to much of a wait…60+ minutes, so we came here.
At Mahek they said it was going to be a 20 minute wait, understandable, it is a weekend evening…
So basically 3 of us came after the stipulated time period, and they put us in the back room because they hadn’t cleared any of the dishes from the front of the restaurant, talk about being LAZY. Anyways whatever, we get seated… and, what, the waiter didn’t even ask for any water? This was uncool, he knew we were waiting for our party to arrive… so he could have offered us something. When they arrived, he then asked us for water. Lame.
1* Chili Chicken ~ this is one of my most favourite Indian dishes, but here is tasted so bad. The chicken was REALLY overcooked, to the point where I couldn’t cut it with the side of my fork :/​, but the onions were raw. I love raw onions, but not in a dish where they are supposed to be cooked. Also while it isn’t like a daal (meaning it should have broth), chili chicken shouldn’t be dry either… ps, the chili chicken wasn’t even that hot in taste!
2* Palek Paneer (spinach with cheese) ~ not as bad as the chili chicken, but the flavour of this was way off… not what I am used too at all.
3* Naan ~ not very fluffy… fluffy and warm and scrumptious naans are the best! You can tell that they are made in house, but something went wrong during the way.
4* Allo Tikki with chickpeas (potato patties) ~ quite good, and even though there were just two of them I would pay just under $ 5 for them!
5* Steamed Rice ~ underdone
I told the 3^rd, yes we had 3 different waitresses/​waiters for no apparent reason, why the chili chicken was shit, and to take it back… so she took it off of our bill after my mom told her too, she didn’t even offer. Mon dieu!

Really enjoyed all we had (butter chicken, goat vindaloo, spinach stuffed naan) fast service, great atmosphere

I took my parents here while I was visiting from Seattle on a Friday evening. The restaurant was busy but not every table was filled and there were ample service staff at the restaurant. Our waitress was unable to answer questions about the menu. Our questions were simple, «what kind of fish do you use in your fish curry» and «how spicy is the chicken korma dish». She was unable to answer either one and gave us a blank stare.
Our cocktails and fish pakora arrived but the pakoras were too salty to eat so we just left them on the table. Over 60 minutes went by and we asked if our dinner was going to arrive shortly, we were concerned since the table next to us was turned twice since we arrived. Our waitress forgot to put in our order. At this point it was 10pm and we just decided to pay for our cocktails and leave.
The restaurant manager told us it was a busy evening, no apology, no compensation.
The appetizer we had was very salty and inedible and the service was down right pathetic. I would not recommend this restaurant, there are alot of other great options for Indian in Surrey. Desi Junction is one I highly recommend.

Went here as another Unilocaler recommended it. Got it to go.
The prices are on par with other Indian restaurants in the area.
Ordered butter paneer (basically vegetarian butter chicken) it was ok, prob the least flavourful butter sauce I have had in ages. It was too thin and there wasn’t a lot of seasoning.
Also got the rav nathan vindaloo, it was also only ok. It was spicy but again other than the heat the seasoning was weak.
We ordered some naan and roti as well which again was ok.
The roti was way to thick and was dripping with oil, the naan’s thickness was right but it was way too oily as well.
Overall I won’t order from here again. We collectively decided it is a safe place for white people to try indian food but I prefer more authentic flavours with deeper subtleties in the flavour.

Okay, I’m an East End Boy and Michelle is a West End Girl so neither of us were thrilled to be invited to a birthday dinner way out in Surrey. The food better be worth the trip or we’d be kickin’ in chairs and knocking down tables.
Well we weren’t disappointed. Tucked away in one of the ubiquitous strip malls is a gem of a restaurant.
The butter chicken is some of the best I’ve had. The Paneer and the curried vegetables were excellent. The lamb Vindaloo was a bit salty but still very good. The brotah was almost like homemade. All of the food was worth the trip.
Only complaint was the acoustics in the private room at the back were horrible. Michelle says it was because the ceiling was too low. Or too high I forget which.
I liked Mahek so much I wrote them a jingle. Much to Michelle’s chagrin I sang it all the way home:
If you’re in Surrey
Don’t you worry
Tasty treats await.
Go to Mahek
It’s worth the trek
Their Butter Chicken’s great
Okay Michelle was right. That was lame.

The food really deserves 5 stars because it’s really good. The flavours are just right and the spice is all balanced as it should be. My biggest qualm with this place is that their service is often not professional and the servers are not on top of their game. Half the time they don’t have any idea what’s going on and if your order had been taken or not. The last time I came, it also seemed like we were being rushed out of there as she kept on checking to see if we’d paid the bill so we couldn’t even relax and have a decent conversation to catch up with each others lives (me and a friend I hadn’t seen in a while)… So that’s really what would deter me from going here the next time.
But I suppose if you’re doing take out, that doesn’t really matter.