Best Mandi in Karachi

Finally paid due visit to newly opened Ridan Mandi house and it was totally worth paying. The place called Ridan house of Mandi is situated below Marca city at Khalid Bin Waleed road, Al Ridan is known as house of Mandi started their operations from 21st October 2016, your tummy will surely love the food on offer by Ridan mandi house. I didn't expect any restaurant in Karachi to have a good concept of traditional Arabian Mandi, but I stand corrected.

Real Mandi is what you get in the middle east, If you are familiar with authentic taste of mandi then it can be some different for you, this is for sure adjusted for the local taste so cannot be called authentic, it has Pakistani touch, not a 100% proper Arabic ethnic taste, but Restaurant have surely tried its best to keep it as much close to authentic Arabic taste, I don't think Pakistani's taste buds can accept the taste of Middle eastern Mandi.

Restaurant have wide range of Arabic dishes on offer chicken Mandi, mutton Madfoon and chicken madbi and kunafa, Yakhni and Kehva. We ordered mutton Mandi with salad. It was mentioned for two persons but we were three and it was enough for us, even some food was left. Their quantity is double what they mention. Yakhni and Kehva are complimentary. Food served immediately, infect the food arrived within 15 minutes. Chicken madhbi is must try as have same traditional taste as of original Arabic Mandi. Mutton Mandi was all up to the mark, and well cooked, tender and juicy, meat quality was excellent. Also had Kunafa and chicken Mandi, Kunafa was superb. The biggest winner of the night was that red tomato sauce. Salad was also well prepared with cucumber, tomatoes and onions. 

Have to say that it was worth the wait and brought back some very nostalgic memories. Ambiance is good, the environment was perfect for eatery, they have that regular dining facility (Table/Chairs) and they also have Dastar khuwans, like carpets with cushions (gao takiya) in small separated cubical and all waiting time depends on which day you decide to go normally its 15 min for floor sitting but on weekends it can take 30-45 minutes to find a space. Before visiting called them and asked if they can reserve the space, to which they replied, we don't accept reservations from Fri-Sun.

Recommended for people who want to try new and amazing experiences and also for those who have lived in the Middle East and want to take a journey back through taste, choice is yours after seeing the pictures.

Timings for Dinner 7:30 pm till 12:00 am and Lunch starts from 12pm to 3pm  

Address:  Khalid Bin Waleed Road, Opposite Danish Motors, White Palace Tower, P.E.C.H.S, Block 3. Karachi, Pakistan    Contact:  0301-3450845      Web site : www.RidanMandi.com

What's the difference between mandi and madbee?

Mandi is cooked in pressure cooker or special made something like tandoor you can say which is a hole in the ground with coals in it, Madbee is the one that has charcoal grilled chicken.More like chicken Tikka.