Golden Ambal

After a busy day of baking 500 cupcakes (don’t ask) I was needing feeding and I was in the mood for a curry. Our local favourite had recently closed so we needed to find somewhere new. The spot which is now the Golden Ambal has changed hands several times in the last year so we were a bit skeptical but based on recent Unilocal reviews we decided to give it a shot.
I ordered the Paneer Dosa and a side Makhani lentils. David had a lamb dish and a naan, we shared some onion pakoras too. We ordered a collection on JustEat and our order was ready to pick up from the friendly staff in snazzy gold waistcoats when we arrived.
The food — tremendous! My dosa was light and the filling beautifully flavoured. All the accompaniments came individually packaged and included a delicious home made mango chutney. Far better than the sickly sweet jarred stuff. The onion pakoras were light, tasty and not soaked in grease. David lamb was amazingly tender and in a rich spicy gravy. The star of the show were my lentils. They were awesome! So rich, creamy and delicately spiced.
We were both very pleasantly suprised with the food and the price, coming in at under £20.
I hope it stays around longer than it’s previous owners as we have found our new favourite!
Cheers, Amy

This has been a tricky spot in recent times, with three restaurants failing in this spot in the last three years. Fingers crossed for Golden Ambal because I was quite a fan when I visited for lunch. The lunch deal was very good value and the a la carte menu looked to hold some potentially interesting dishes. Worth a go, I’d say.
Overall, we said: «I was highly pleased with Golden Ambal. This hasn’t been a fortunate location, but this iteration is well-​equipped to flourish as the fare on offer is very good. I look forward to visiting again, particularly to give their dosas a try. I’d recommend a visit.»

I have walked past this place so many times and dismissed it as an odd Indian takeaway at best. However it appears to have had a make over. Up stairs only a few tables and mainly set up for take away, down stairs has seating for 50. We went on a Wednesday night about 8pm so we were the only table in. We were however given a warm welcome. The service was great, the food very tasty and very reasonably priced and to top it off its BYOB. I will definitely try here again either sitting in it take away.