Maniks, Gloucester Road North

Maniks
7-11 Gloucester Road North, Filton, Bristol, BS7 0SG
http://www.maniks.co.uk

Maniks opened earlier this year in my local area in an old television shop, and bills itself as a Indian and Thai restaurant. The area already has two very good Indians; our favourite Akash on Filton Avenue and the Raj Pavilions opposite Horfield sports centre so we were hopeful for a good quality, yummy Thai option. The restaurant is big as it is spread over two premises and is also a bring your own, perfect for keeping the price down.

We visited on a Friday night with some Thai cuisine loving friends. We were asked to wait for a table for a few minutes as there were 5 of us, and after a short wait we were seated. The restaurant have paid a lot of attention to the décor. Everything is gold and black and we all loved the black glittery walls. It took quite a while to actually see a menu and we had to ask twice for one. Once received though we selected an assortment of Thai mains to try including; green curry, red curry, spicy chicken, garlic chicken and prawn pad Thai

The mains were delivered pretty quickly, but I had to send my red curry back as it was packed with mushrooms which I can't eat which is the first Thai red curry I've seen with them in. The restaurant were very accommodating and happy to re-do without the mushrooms. The green and red curries sauces were both quite thin but the green curry was tasty. The spicy and garlic chicken dishes were stir fries packed with peppers and chillis and were received well. The pad Thai was the best dish, although slightly overcooked with small prawns it was the best of an okay bunch.

The best thing about Maniks is certainly the bring your own as the bill for 5 people totaled £40. Bargain!

Maniks is a good low cost local option and because of the size can cater for bigger groups which along with the bring your own policy is a great option for larger celebration events.
Personally, I would still visit Akash for curries and I would make the trip to Simply Thai on Gloucester Road for a bring your own Thai but I would be very tempted to pick Maniks for larger events such as birthdays with families and friends or work events.