Restaurant Review: Relish chicken tandoori

DOLPHIN SUITES HOTEL. With the variety of foods and drinks, you cannot miss out on the chicken tandoori.

Situated in upscale Bugolobi, Dolphin Suites hotel is a neat and comfortable 27 room hotel that is nestled in elegant and up market suburb of Kampala. The rooms are reasonably priced and include breakfast. There is also a small swimming pool, a health club along with limited conference facilities.
For starters the Dolphin chicken wings fireworks served with chips proved to live up to their name though they were in no way fiery and these were complimented with the lasun chicken Tikka. The latter are succulent and boneless pieces of chicken that are marinated in a concoction of ginger, garlic, onions and other spices in a yoghurt marinade and then grilled in a tandoori oven and the results are amazing.

Other dishes
Next came the catch of the day, a whole deep fried tilapia with a generous salad of thinly sliced onions, tomatoes, carrots and laced with lemon and vinegar and salt and pepper.
We also ordered the chunky fish tandoori (fillet) done in a sauce with a cashew nut based sauce served with jeera rice and chili naan and a side dish of hot raita.
The food is well presented, tasty and comes piping hot and the service is very good. With Chef Patrick Nzui at the helm along with a chef from the Indian sub-continent Dolphin suites is certainly to be ranked when it comes to Indian food.

If you go…
Place: Dolphin Suites, 36 Princess Anne Drive, Bugolobi
Smoke-free zone: Allowed on the veranda
Recommended items: Chicken tandoori
Service: Generally on the money
Ambience: The dining area is strictly al fresco
Open: Breakfast, lunch and supper seven days a week
Our rating: Worth a visit
Menu: Breakfast daily from 7am to 10.30am, an assortment of salads such as salad Nicoise, Greek salad, starters like Dolphin fireworks chicken wings, tilapia Goujons, sandwiches fresh or toasted including the classic BLT and ham and cheese. The entrees ranged from the house steak to the chicken teriyaki to the Hawaiian pork chops and there was also a small selection of pastas and pizzas from which to choose. Last but not least was the respectable Indian cuisine repertoire with such popular runners like chicken tandoori, chicken tikka, dal makhini with both veg and non-veg well catered for as would be expected.
The space: Spacious and a very decent sound level
The crowd: Residents and diners from all around
The bar: Coffee, tea, juice, beer, wine, smoothies
The damage: Lunch for two with beverages around Shs 75,000
Sound level: No problem
Parking: Secure
If you go: Daily

NOTE

RATINGS: These ratings are purely the reviewer’s personal reaction to food, ambience and service with price being factored into consideration. The menu listings and prices are subject to change without notice.