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Address: 98 Portland Street, City Centre

Phone number: 0161 236 1364

Rating: 3.5/5

Visited by the Curry Night on: Thursday 13th March 2025

Website: www.arnero.co.uk

General comments: Appeared on the map and found incidentally, but it became the latest place visited by the Curry Night in 2025.

"Sadly, fighting work-related fires thwarted me from making it to the pre-dinner drinks at Albert's Schloss (although I do highly recommend it there!).  Instead, I met the rest of our merry group of 7 at Arnero.  It's not the most glamorous setting for a restaurant (effectively build into the NCP car park), but you would never know once you're inside!  The staff were very welcoming and the lead waiter had a great sense of humour.  As is customary, we started with poppadoms and dips.  There were only 3 choices of dip to whet our appetite, and I did think that 3 dishes shared between 7 of us was slightly stingy.

 This was followed by a selection of starters to share amongst the group (including one vegetable and one meat platter, plus a couple of other dishes from the starter menu).  These arrived promptly after ordering and were all tasty (although I would probably pass on the spicy water "Golgappa" shots in future...[yeah, it was an interesting experience!]).  I was tempted to try the Chicken Tikka Masala, which I am told is well renowned, but this Godly man is on a Godly diet and so the creamy delights of such a dish had to be left for another time.  Instead, I opted for the Chicken Methi Saag, which proved to be a solid choice - not disappointing, but not "knock your socks off" amazing - accompanied by the usual selection of rice and naans (which I would say were better than average).  Overall, it was a lovely evening and actually nice to have a smaller group like this every once in a while for Curry Night so that everyone on the table can speak to one another!"