Mandi House

Mandi House on Wharf Street South — also known as Khaleej Mandi House — is a well-regarded Arabic and Gulf restaurant serving the cooking traditions of Yemen and the Gulf states. The speciality is slow-cooked rice dishes: chicken kabsa, fragrant with whole spices and tomatoes, and lamb mandi, where the meat is slow-roasted above the rice until falling-tender and infused with smokiness. Reviewers praise the lamb mandi for "incredibly tender meat and fragrant, fluffy rice in generous portions." Rated 4.4 out of 5 from close to 700 reviews and carrying a food hygiene rating of 5, the restaurant draws a strong following from Leicester's Arabic student and community population who recognise the Gulf cooking style as genuinely authentic.