Rother
Mahdi Lounge

Mahdi Lounge

32-34 Cinque Ports Street, TN31 7AN, Rother, United Kingdom

Seafood • Asiatic • European • Fast Food


"I had a booking with a group of friends. We were warmly greeted at the door and asked if we had made a reservation. We were primptly asked if we would like anypoppadoms and dr8nks which these arrived swiftly. Being a Saturday night, we made sure we had reserved a table 8pm and secondly, as we were a big group. We arrived in plenty of time for our booking and were happy to wait for the table. The restaurant was full, which is lovely to see I the current economic climate. The fine detail of fresh flowers on the table and in the waiting area added a personal touch and ambience. The staff were very helpful with talking trouugh the menu and especially the lovely young lady that asked us what heat and spice level we were used to. She had a great knowledge of the menu and was able to talk us through the dish, and suggested that if we like the sound of a dish then they could ask the chef to cater for thier own level of spice as the dishes were made fresh to each individual order. The food was of. Excellebt quality and great portion sizes. As well as the presentation was outstanding , and going the extra mile was aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The dish wee had was a mixture of the lounge specials Dum Akhni, Dum Gosth, Lamb Chop Bhuna, and salmon tikka with a mixture of vegetables side dish and nans We all shared and loved the great food. Will definitely be visiting you again, soon rather than later. Thank you so much for a lovely, enjoyable evening."

The Custom Cafe

The Custom Cafe

Barnhorn Road, TN39 4QR, Rother, United Kingdom

Cafe • Vegan • British • American


"No idea what has happened but this once great cafe was just awful. We arrived (3 of us) and showed to a table. The diner wasn’t busy, only 4 other tables of people. Given the menus and had just sat when a waitress came straight over to take our order so we asked for drinks and more time to decide on food. Drinks came a few minutes later along with the waitress insisting on taking our order now. One chose the Custom Breakfast for 7.95 with the extra single hash brown for 55p, one went with the Hillbilly Special for 9.95 and I went with the Vegan Green Feast for 8.50 and took out the avocado and had extra mushrooms. Immediately we were told to pay before we would receive our food, which at the time was fine with us. The wait for food was about 20 minutes, so not so bad. When the food arrived it was all stone cold. Even the toast was cold and barely toasted at all. In fact the vegan mayo was warmer than the rest of the food. The vegan feast was definitely not a feast, rather a splat of cold spinach, two half’s of obliterated and cold dehydrated tomato, some very cold mushrooms, two burnt vegan sausage things and some baked beans. My no means was this a feast in anyone’s eyes. The Hillbilly pancakes were cold and as hard as anything but what made us laugh was the advertised side of fruit was literally a thin slice of orange. Hilarious. The Custom Breakfast was cold and the scrambled egg had a weird flavour to it so was left. Whilst we were trying to get the waitress attention to ask why it was all cold another couple sat and ordered and told not to pay until they left. This made us feel we had been singled out as we were three young guys. My mint tea was acceptable despite the cup it was in was covered in smears. The coffee was bitter and a bit unpleasant. As we admitted defeat and left we asked the waitress about the payment and was told everyone has to pay before being served. We pointed out that the couple were told otherwise. As we got in our car a manager came out to ask what was wrong. We explained that the food was all cold and unpleasant and that we had felt singled out. She explained that everyone was supposed to pay upfront and it was a mistake that the couple were told otherwise. So that was ok. When we mentioned the poor food the lady said that the cafe was busy and that the waitress should have come over to check everything was satisfactory, this never happened. We used to visit this cafe with my dad and the food was always so lovely and hot and excellent value. I am honestly lost as to what has happened in the last 18 months that has resulted in such awful food. I doubt we will return which is a shame as the memory of what it used to be is so far from what it is now."