Shock for the tip!
I'm so thankful to my boyfriend take me here after struggling with 'not really food' in Agra and Varanasi. Fancy decoration, great service (old waiters-loads experiences), and uncomplainable meal. However, it makes the little girl be nervous at the end of the payment...the waiter stands right side of the table waiting just for the tip! (Surprise and shock also for this rule)
Therefore, I decided to give this restaurant just only 3 stars instead of 4 like it should be.    [28 Sep 2008 06:16:40]

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Recommended Dishes: Mutton Korma

     ­h5n1, vietnam   

Go when it's busy, perhaps?
I was with the above reviewer. We'd just arrived in the big city after suffering a splurge-free trip from Delhi via Agra and Varanasi.

I'd been to Moulin Rouge twice last year and I remembered it as a fairly dependable bet. Well what do you have in the general area - some dreadful Chinese restaurants and some plastic-y 'multi-cuisine' nonsense?

I like the ambience and I liked the service. It's the kind of restaurant that attracts couples and families. Tables and chairs are sturdy, comfortable and well spaced out. Waiters and are 'mature' chaps that display a calmness and confidence.

I was slightly shocked at the beer prices but everything else seemed in order. Menu slightly pretentious. The 'Korma Shahajahani' turned out to be 'mutton korma' when the waiter repeated my order for confirmation and when the dish finally arrived at the table. The other dish with a similarly embellished name turned out to be a chicken dopiaza.

Food was okay. Beer was just two months old. Wow. (The Indian attitude to product quality is nicely exemplified by the beer makers - they transport the stuff across three states, leaving the stuff in the sun at both ends, and as if that wasn't bad enough the label says "best consumed *12 months* from date of manufacture".)

Nan bread wasn't great. Rubbery.

Regarding the service: Early on in the meal I managed to remain calm when the waiter asked if I needed another beer as soon as I emptied the bottle ... with two glasses two thirds full plainly visible. Later when the second bottle arrived I was testing him: I allowed him to fill my glass which was empty but was concerned he might top up my friend's oold beer with the new beer. Result: he didn't. Lucky bugger. Probably had the presence to sense I was ready to pounce - but it is still a shame you have to keep an eye on them.

What I found absolutely shocking however was how the waiter hovered intimidatingly - I mean he was actually *over* the table as my friend took the change. She asked if something was the matter and he actually *told her* in a totally unabashed manner (or rather with no manners) to leave a tip. In thirteen years of eating out on a daily basis I'm fairly certain I've never encountered this behaviour anywhere else.

I intended to leave a modest tip, in spite of the above pushiness with the beer, but I'm always looking for any excuse to dispense with this dreadful custom and the waiters here gave me much more than I needed.

My visit was mid-afternoon. I reckon if you go in the evening these old guys will be busy enough not to try any of their nonsense. You should get decent food in a comfortable setting with decent service if all goes to plan.    [28 Sep 2008 12:45:53]

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     ­Jon Wright, Chefmoz