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The Mayura: Restaurant Review

Happy new year, everyone! It's been a while, so I thought to break tradition and post on a Tuesday this time - I'm sure you're in need of new restaurant recommendations, right?

Located in Kenrail towers, the Mayura is an Indian restaurant that you may not have been to yet. I'd heard about it, but never been, so when I was invited to do a review, I naturally jumped at the chance.




Located in Kenrail Towers, the ambience of the Mayura has peacock-themed, warm interiors. There's a lot of space to sit down, both inside and outside. The restaurant is the brainchild of Rajiv Segal, who has a corporate background and being from Delhi, had a high standard of quality and had developed a distinctive palate, which he wanted to bring to the people in Nairobi.

The menu was chosen for us by Rajiv (and boy, did we eat a lot!).

For starters, we had some paneer tikka, mutton chops, fish amritsari and banu kebab (chicken).




The paneer tikka was absolutely amazing! The paneer was fresh and soft, and the marinade was amazing. The flavours had permeated all the way into the paneer, and the accompanying spicy beetroot puree and mint chutney was a great pairing. It was reminiscent of a visit to Delhi I had made many years ago where I had similar paneer - amazing how flavours can bring back moments like those!


Next up - the mutton chops, fish amritsari and banu kebab.

The mutton chops were great! Easily the best I've had in a while. The meat was soft and came off the bone easily. The marinade was amazing too - not too spicy, with flavours of ginger, garlic and garam masala coming through, all the way into the meat.

The fish was nice too - it tasted homemade, and the batter had ajwain in it. The batter could've been a little crispier.

The chicken banu kebab, however, was not my favourite, and I wouldn't order it again. The charcoal from the grill overpowered the other flavours, and the spices hadn't gone into the chicken well.

For mains, we had dal makhni, rogan josh, butter chicken, accompanied by methi and butter naans.





The dal makhni was wonderful - it almost tasted like what you'd get at the gurudwara. I kept eating this, even without the naan, and could've happily had it on its own! It would've benefited from a tad bit more ginger.



The rogan josh was easily my favourite main meal! The Mayura has definitely figured out how to do amazing mutton - something which other restaurants get wrong a disappointing amount of the time! The flavours were WONDERFUL, with ginger, garam masala and onion coming through. The meat itself was so soft, almost melt-in-your-mouth!


The butter chicken was good - however, the flavours hadn't completely permeated into the chicken. The curry itself, however, was AMAZING - light and buttery.

Overall verdict? I definitely loved my experience there, and would go back again. This time, I may stay away from the chicken and opt more for the paneer and mutton dishes.

What did you think? Have you been to the Mayura yet? If not - do visit and let me know what you think!



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