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Mantra Indian Cuisine & Bar

116 N West St # 100, Raleigh, NC | Map it  

27603 35.781659 -78.645851

(919) 833-2823 | View Website

  • Hours

    Lunch: Everyday 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dinner: Sunday-Thursday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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rawatmonty

Member since Sep, 2011 View Profile
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Joined 8 months ago
5.0
May 22, 2012

Thanks to all the feedback, from Mantra Indian Cuisine & Bar. We at Mantra would like to take this opportunity to thank all visiting guests who wrote in about their experience when dining at Mantra. All your feedback gives us insight into how we can further better our service standards, so that guests have a pleasant experience while dining at Mantra.

Thanks

Gamer Rawat

P.S.- Look forward to seeing you all again at Mantra.

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hannafrans

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Joined 6 months ago
5.0
May 15, 2012

Great experience. After hearing so many great things about this restaurant, I finally went. The signature aloo chaat is flash-fried potatoes topped with sweet yogurt, tamarind and date chutney. It was so light, so airy, and so crisp; it immediately disintegrates in your mouth.

Another signature dish, malai kofta, paneer pasanda, dum aloo and stuffed bellpeppers was incredible,

For dessert, I chose my favorite, gulab jamun--round balls made of dough and milk solids with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream so fantastic.

At Mantra, not only did we receive three incredible courses, we were also approached by the chef towards the end of our meal and conversed with him momentarily. I think that's really generous of him to take a couple of minutes of his busy time to see how our experience was at the restaurant.

What a great experience. Be sure to go if you love Indian cuisine or have never tried it. But beware. Once you dine at Mantra, any other place is sure to disappoint.

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tracytrinity

Member since Dec, 2011 View Profile
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Joined 5 months ago
4.0
May 15, 2012

I was welcomed into the restaurant and quickly offered. From the chill of the outdoors and through the curtain I was brought into the world of Mantra. My fear was that it would be too hipster for my taste, but I was welcomed into the restaurant and quickly offered a seating option despite the tables being filled.

Since i was at the chef’s table I felt that I was being given a royal treatment with a round table seating arrangement with a chandelier and portrait of the chef who greeted us during the course of our meal.

I took a few moments to take in the restaurant before I opened the menu.

I was wonderfully overwhelmed by the menu options of Mantra. I love Indian food, but can easily fall into the palak paneer and naan trap.

I wanted to try a little bit of everything...from the appetizer menu, so the waiter pointed me to their non-veg. & veg. platter which consists of a sample size of a couple of appetizers listed on the menu.

After consulting with the chef I opted for the chef’s special menu which featured the aloo chaat, lobster masala, lamb shank, the “popular chicken tikka masala” and the bread basket.

While in my dining experience at Mantra, the chef approached the table to get our opinion on what we thought about his entrees and if we needed anything else to better the dining experience. It was a treat!

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PieereJonathan

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Joined 4 months ago
5.0
May 15, 2012

So delicious. Wow! You have to try the Chicken tikka masala. It was so delicious I could have ordered this appetizer as an entrée. The lamb kebabs I order tasted so fresh, so perfect. They really make sure they cook with the freshest ingredients. Rack of Lamb marinated in yogurt was perfectly marinated. For those that are vegan, Mantra offers a variety of entrees that are flavorful. When comparing the prices of most fine dining restaurants with Mantra you won't be disappointed, the price isn’t expensive.

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KareniaKeil

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Joined 1 month ago
5.0
May 14, 2012

Mantra was good. We are accustomed to eating Indian food and were looking for a place where true traditional Indian cooking is served. We stumbled across Greg Cox’s review of Mantra and noticed that there was a mention of chef Rawat who we have been following for years in the Triangle Area. Chef Rawat has previously cooked for Saffron where we frequently visited and the dishes there were tasteful. When we read that chef Rawat was at Mantra we immediately decided to visit Mantra to see what dishes were being prepared there. Not surprisingly everything we had tried at Mantra was good.

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