Meghdoot's is an Indian restaurant, but it isn't like your average Indian restaurant. If you are looking for some spicy sauce to follow a night of serious drinking you will probably do better going somewhere else. I'm not knocking conventional curry houses here - I like something nice and spicy and easy to digest after I've had a few beers as much as anyone. The only trouble is that it might put you off going to an Indian restaurant simply to enjoy some good food. But please don't be put off of Meghdoots.
Meghdoot's has its own distinctive style of cooking. For a start, before you even pick up your knife and fork you can see that they use good ingredients. The chicken looks like chicken, and you can tell which bit of the bird you are eating for instance. Fried onions have the appearance of having been cut and fried just before being served. The menu is very helpful giving not only the names of the dishes - which didn't help me very much - but also a description of the dish so you can order with some idea of what you are going to get even if you don't really know much about the cuisine.
On our last visit we had some kebabed chicken with ginger and some lamb in an orange sauce - not a combination I would have thought of but one which worked really well. The flavours are subtle and very enjoyable. We had some very well cooked rice with it. It was very light and not remotely sticky. The prices are a bit higher than a typical curry house, but don't really reflect how much above average the food is.
The wine list seemed okay - I don't really have any idea about wine but picking a mid priced one gave a very reasonable tasting one. I am not really very interested in wine so a wine buff might have a different view.
All in all, highly recommended - but don't go after a night's drinking.
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