Makhan Bhog

Review: Makhan Bhog (Thao Dien)

Status: Approved!

Overall score: 7.0

Another meat (pardon the pun) and another curry house on HOCC’s approved list of curry houses (just about)!

‘Crafted with love, served with passion!’ is the tagline of this months restaurant Makhan Bhog. Nestled in the heart of D2 and marking a first in the prestigious history of the HOCC, members gathered for the May 24 review at this vegetarian restaurant with Indian roots and a history dating back to 2005. According to their website “Makhan Bhog has more to offer than just great Indian food… The food we serve at Makhan Bhog truly reflects our passion for Indian cuisine and our commitment to excellence in every aspect of our business.”

The culinary journey began with a single, albeit delicious, poppadom that set the stage for an interesting evening. Concerns arose when Doritos made an unexpected appearance, but the flavorful puris that followed quickly quelled any doubts. A certain chickpea dish garnered particular praise and the daal was lauded for its rich flavour. Except for minor murmurs about the absence of meat, on the whole members relished the experience with Makhan Bhog throwing down the gauntlet for other vegetarian restaurants in HCM as we approach the second half of the 2024 CHOTY season.

If you fancy a change from your chicken jalfrezi or fish tikka then give one of Makhan Bhog’s HCM branches a try!

📢 quotes from the reviews:

- "This was a pleasant surprise to enjoy all vegetarian food as a big meat eater. The food was exceptional"

- "Value good. Beers good value too"

- "The curries were good. Best rice for a while. Poppadoms and naans good, and i liked the salsa. The stale doritos were uncalled for and the starters were weird”

- “Food was outstanding. Great flavour, naan was good. Single popodums was strange but tasty none the less. Very good food I thought”

- “More meat pls” 😜 

✅ things we loved:

- value for money

- great naans and rice

- flavorsome curries and daals

⚠ things to improve:

- interesting starters 🤨 

- small portions 

- slow service and warm beers at times (reflected in the full scores below. We like them cold 😉 )

👨‍🏫 Full scores (out of 10):

Quality: 8.0

Service: 6.6

Customer Care: 6.8

Value: 7.7

Atmosphere: 6.2

Average score: 7.0