The Gaylord - Twyford

The Club were back in Twyford again this month (James has been banging on about The Gaylord for ages so we relented ) previously the trips to the Mitas & Haweli have been pretty successful so hopes were high... And we weren't disappointed.

Sadly despite booking for a full house Ian, Tom, Gavin, Nick were all fallers on the night - Clive was working so can be forgiven…

Meeting up in the Duke of Wellington
- which is just down the road and what I would call a proper pub, small and homely and two bars and a couple Sky sports TVs on the wall... Beer is good FortyNinner but it isn't a cheap pub at a £1 for crisps & £3.80 for a pint us too steep.

Anyway popping down The Gaylord we were welcomed by a pretty uninspiring entrance but inside its clean tidy and bright even is the wall art looks a little home drawn… but the people and food make this place. The waiting staff ate very smiley and friendly guys who make you relaxed from the off.

The Bangla Beer is best avoided really we all tried but to be honest wished we hadn't the local member stuck to Cobra - good move !? It's just got a weird after taste and is too sweet.

The menu is eclectic with some Persian dishes, lots of duck dishes and a Bengali speciality dish or two. The puri is good as a starter but the crab one is too much a product of the blender that it should be. But the mixed starter is excellent and bloody cheap too… the Bhaji are standard fare but a bit underwhelming so starters were pleasant but not the clincher.

The mains are very different - highlights were the Memsaab Favourite, the Captains Patilla and Shatkora all proving interesting and popular, and the duck dishes are a must try... The menu has the ability to vary the hotness to taste and the staff were really helpful explain the curry's heat levels and offering advice on tastes chillies and levels if pain likely from the hotness etc but not pushy or overbearing - funny how you notice good service as so many places these days practically throw food at you.

The bill ---- surprised us all coming in at only £29 a head so The Gaylord is one of the cheapest curry houses we have visited. Startling for the quality of the food.

The chat this month was great, and so good to see Juan back with us after recent trials and tribulations and the club is better for him back too. And as many think we just discuss sport and women we also discuss bigger grammatical questions like the irregular verb 'To Shear' and how it is properly declined and we agreed on it too (http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/irregular-verbs/shear.html)

Overall what can be said is The Gaylord - good ambiance, fabulous staff and tasty well priced food… says it all. We will be going back.

On scoring The Gaylord jumped into our top 10 … no mean feat by our scoring...well done team getting in our Top 10 is praise indeed.

www.gaylordtandoori.co.uk