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Sonar Gao
- Telephone 0131 555 2424
- Food served Mon–Sun 5–11pm.
- Average price £11.50 (evening meal)
- Typical order Veg pakora, chicken tikka balti, pilau rice (£10.35)
- Website www.sonargao.com
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Since opening its doors in 2004, this family-run Bangladeshi restaurant’s fame has slowly spread from its Leith base to the further reaches of the city, and it is now consistently touted among the capital’s top takeaways. Offering an eye-watering selection of mouth-watering options for those who aren’t shy to try new flavours, it is easy to see why. Recommendations include starters such as aloo chat: spicy potatoes with cucumber and coriander, while for mains it is well worth trying a Bangladeshi speciality, such as Sathkora Gusht – spring lamb cooked with lemon, garlic, onions and steeped in all manner of Subcontinental spice.
Takeaway review
This well-established Bangledeshi restaurant has been receiving consistently high marks for some time now and given the standard and variety of food on offer, it’s not hard to see why. The huge menu extends well beyond the classics of korma and bhuna and those keen to go off-piste are well catered for. Try the garlic mushroom puri for a new take on a traditional starter or the excellent main of lamb laknavi – meltingly tender meat in a garlic, mint and lime sauce. Ordering via their website allows plenty of time to make your mind up and the unusually speedy delivery service covers most of the city.
- Delivery: Free for orders over £12; no delivery after 10:45pm.
- Provides: Vegetarian options (at least ¼ main courses), Wheelchair access
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John Balfour – 23 Jul 2012, 10:32pm
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I get takeaways from Sonar Gao all the time.
They are of consistently high quality.
They are generous with extras such as poppadoms, salad, pickles, etc.
Their lamb is always tender,
I didn't often get lamb curries until i had theirs and now i usually get lamb.
I'm sad that Robby got a duff curry from them
because I get curries there all the time and they are ace.
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Robby – 22 Jul 2012, 5:44pm
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Do the people writing these 5 STAR reviews own the Sonar Gao???
My wife and I had a Chicken Bhuna from this place recently and it was the most disgusting curry we have ever had in our lives and we have experienced Indian food from hundreds of Indian take-a-ways and restaurants throughout the UK.
In this particular curry, the chicken was soggy and this was something we have never had with chicken before and this creates the serious question, "Was this chicken raw"?
The sauce (if you could call it sauce as it was mostly oil) had an interesting aroma, but one would have to eat this blind-folded to avoid the fact that it was 50% oil.
The chapatti had deep red markings on it as if someone had not washed their hands before handling it.
The rice and the pakoras were very basic and you could get better than that, in many other take-a-ways.
This was the only time we will order from this place, but we had to try it after reading those 5 Star reviews here.
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