Lime Lounge Restaurant - High Lane - Review

T 01663 766686
A 123 Buxton Road,High lane,Stockport,SK6 8DX
E info@limeloungerestaurant.co.uk
W www.limeloungerestaurant.co.uk

The month of May saw the currycouncil members in a small dilemma. Do we count the Mays WAGS curry as the monthly curry or do we carry on with tradition and call a members only curry for May? The answer was simple for the currycouncil, a members only May curry was needed!

The next question was what restaurant to visit and review? Having had various invites from the website and new local curry houses opening in both Bramhall and in Cheadle Hulme, as well as Offerton, Mays curry location was going to be a difficult choice for the currycouncil. It was Beans turn to decide, so what would he choose?

Based on high recommendations from Christopher James Gents hair salon the last 3 times Bean had visited, Bean decided the council would have to go to the Lime Lounge as he couldn’t stand another ear bending from the barber about the restaurant if he hadn’t been there next time he went for his hair cut. So the Lime Lounge in High Lane it was.

The Lime Lounge is perhaps a little unknown as you’d only actually probably go past it if you were driving to Lyme Park or decided to go to Sheffield or head towards the M1.

Its located on Buxton Road, High Lane opposite the Red Lion pub. Parking is OK but you might want to park in the pub opposite as only a few spaces are available outside the restaurant itself.

On first impressions the currycouncil would say the Lime lounge is a “new age, modern” curry house. It's similar to the Purple Pakora (Poynton) and Jalfrezi (Bramhall) in its décor.

However one good thing that stood out to the currycouncil members was this was a modern restaurant but played traditional old school “bangra” music. This is an easy point to gain from the council (well done Lime Lounge).

We were seated towards the rear of the restaurant and met up with Marf and Loaf who had both been waiting for 10 minutes and spitting feathers…..

Drinks were ordered swiftly but unfortunately didn’t score that well. We did think that the draft beer perhaps could have been better, this was swapped for bottled Cobra lager again immediately and with no problem from the friendly waiter.

Also considering the fact that Woody spilt a full pint of Andy’s Coke all over the table the waiter again was extremely understanding and nothing seemed to much trouble to re-lay and tidy up the mess that “daft” Wood had made. Woody seemed to be a bit off colour after taking a pasting from Bean at squash an hour earlier which could account for his strange behavior in throwing Diet Coke everywhere.

Members ordered Chicken Chat and Tandoori Ratan starters. These were good value for money considering the portions that you got.

Dave went for the Chicken Chat and followed by Chicken Tikka Madras. He felt he was given a good portion size and it was well presented. However the rice portions were on the smaller side compared to the majority of other curry establishments the council have visited. Dave also enjoyed the decor and water feature with his concluding comment being "the strength of curry was perfect"

Marf decided to go for the Tandoori Ratan starter, as did the rest of the council members.

The Chicken Gurkali Murgh was impressive with fresh ingredients and good quality chicken in the dish.

Chicken Gurkali Murgh (above)

Again on the service side we had good advice from the waiter "watch out for those red chillies!".

Pops were also very fresh and the fresh tamarind brown sauce was a good & spicy extra for the pops and starters and also a first for the currycouncil. The currycouncil predict that tamarind sauce might start to appear with other onion relishes, mango sauce condiments in other restaurants in the future.

Naan, boiled and pilau rice were also all sampled and were of a high standard (especially the freshly cooked naan). The only improvement that perhaps could be made was the wood straw like baskets the naan was served in.

The general consensus was this as a decent curry house, good standard of food, good value for money and decent service.

The bill arrived and worked out with a tip about £22 each. The bill also came with hot towels and choc mint chocolates and “easy points to gain” for the Lime Lounge. £22 a pop seemed really good value for money considering that Jord sank 4 pints because he wasn’t driving and the bill was being pooled (scavos!)

All in all a good nights curry, definitely worth a visit and would be a recommendation from the Curry Council.

The Lime Lounge also scored 4* out of 5 on Scores On The Doors - the official local authority hygiene ratings panel for food businesses (read more about Scores On The Doors here).