Mowgli Street Food Reviews Summary

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Loved it here! Great decor, love the swings and fairy lights."
• "There are lots of fairy lights around making it aesthetically pleasing."
• "The decor was beautiful and lit up with beautiful lighting that gave such a cozy feel."
• "The swing chairs and fairy lights are just lovely."
• "The atmosphere and decor is lovely."
• "The decor is beautiful and the food is absolutely outstanding."
• "The ambiance of the restaurant was fabulous with the twinkling lights and swings at the table."
• "Lovely atmosphere and pretty decor, I loved all the twinkling lights everywhere."

Cons:

• "The swings are very distracting, we kept forgetting to pick what we want to eat as we were too busy swinging."
• "The acoustics could be different elsewhere."
• "The swings need to go."
• "No beer on tap and what was supposed to be a £3.50 Sprite Zero was probably about 200ml of cheap lemonade."
• "Swing seats are silly! Slipping off it and moving about.. very disorienting."
• "Not a fan of the swing seats but that’s a personal choice."
• "It's ashame as I loved the Oxford branches food."
• "Service was pretty poor and slow, wasn’t made to feel particularly welcome."

Food Quality and Taste

Pros:

• "The food was amazing! Loads and loads of veggie options."
• "Our food was delicious, very happy with our choices."
• "Given a complementary starter, which was amazing."
• "Absolutely loved the food here, very worth the hype."
• "The food here is different than usual Indian food. It is extremely tasty."
• "The food was incredible. Seriously delicious!"
• "The food was absolutely delicious and could not fault it."
• "Amazing Asian street food. The Treacle Tamarind fries (actually cubed potatoe) is delicious."

Cons:

• "Food was nice but lacked the wow factor and arrived all at the same time which was a bit daunting."
• "I have to say I was disappointed with Mowgli. The treacle tamarind fries were recommended to me... I can still taste them, but not in a good way."
• "The curry I had was served in a bread cob but had only 3 pieces of chicken and a watery sauce."
• "The house lamb curry was fantastic but at the same time the Agra ginger chicken was a bit on the bland side."
• "The only downside I felt was that the dishes lacked authenticity and flavour."
• "We had the butter chicken and roti bread and it was divine. Drinks were absolutely amazing and well worth the money. The portions were slightly small for the price."
• "The food was fine.. but my Goan fish curry was tiny, the size of a starter."
• "The food tasted great and even though it was busy, it remained nice and quiet. Although the portions are the size of appetisers."

Service Quality

Pros:

• "Really lovely waitress, very energetic and friendly."
• "Service was excellent too."
• "The staff were very accommodating when we brought our booking forward 2 hours (on a Friday evening)."
• "Service was efficient with happy and friendly staff and we were not rushed."
• "Adam our waiter was brilliant: friendly and attentive without intruding."
• "The community here is incredible, the managers were lovely and gave me and my friend freebies."
• "Outstanding service from friendly greeting on arrival to attentive, informative, and well paced service throughout."
• "Excellent service in explaining the way food was brought out."

Cons:

• "Food was nice but lacked the wow factor and arrived all at the same time which was a bit daunting."
• "The staff have also been consistently rude on all occasions, which is strange for such a lovely restaurant."
• "We thoroughly enjoyed it but thought it was all a bit rushed. Food came out very quickly."
• "Food out in dribs and drabs not as hot as I’d like and really not that much for the price for each dish."
• "Service isn't very good, staff are busy as food is constantly flowing out of the kitchen so if want anymore drinks or food it's tricky to get anyone's attention."
• "Although slow to be given menus and slow to take drinks order the ambience made up for it."
• "Service was pretty poor and slow, wasn’t made to feel particularly welcome."
• "Service was fine. Food was mediocre and lacked any real skill with flavour."