Dilli, Altrincham

In Altrincham in the rain you are likely to hasten to the first culinary haven but I had decided on Indian so we were prepared to get a little wet to attain the chosen cuisine. In a street hovering between prosperity and the sharp end of the recession, Dilli easily enough caught the eye.

Service seemed peremptory and charmless but was undeniably speedy and correctly paced. Our starters were delicious especially my partner’s Jhaal Moori, somewhat like a rather elaborate Bombay Mix mysteriously but subtly glued together by some unknown substance. For my Bijnor ki Pakori (in fact potato and onion bhajis) I would have chosen a mint sauce that looked less as though it had just recently been in Waitrose jar, but the flavour was fine.

At first I thought my Rara Murgh unremarkable but that epithet was more properly reserved for my partner’s Pista aur Badam ki Murgh which appeared to have retained none of the flavours of its ingredients which included pistachios and almonds. There is mild.......and there is flavourless. My own dish grew on me and I had to concede the artful distribution of green chilli in it. I was let down again though by the “spicy potato” filled kulcha which I can only say lacked spice and to some extent lacked potato.


Dilli’s self penned accolades are not fulfilled at this branch. I offer their link so that you might try for yourself but my mark is 6 out of 10 for a meal which satisfied my need for Indian food but was redeemed substantially by its starters.

http://www.dilli.co.uk/