Started off at The Hallamshire. Lovely pub. Seems somewhat Victorian. Had a pint of Black Harry with Neil. We both didn't like it. It was flat and thin. Trav and Ben had a trendy lager. They both seemed to like their's. Had another pint in there. Can't remember the name. Rabbit something or other. Neil called it "rabbit piss!". Again, flat but it tasted quite nice.
Walked across the road to The Closed Shop. Me and Neil had a Black Sheep. It was alright. Trav and Ben had another lager. The pub was quite nice inside. Seemed a bit studenty. Watched Neil and Ben play the most boring game of pool ever. Pub quiz started. Quiz master started making jokes about Donald Trump and Brexit. Should keep his political views to himself.
We then turned left out of the pub and went down the road to The Springvale. Doesn't seem quite as posh as the other two pubs. We all had a pint of Guinness. It was a relief to get a nice pint. From here we went to the off licence across the road from Rajput as you have to take your own booze. The kid in there knew alot about beer and we asked for his recommendation. He advised Cobra. Which was honest of him considering all the poncy beers he could have sold to us in there.
From the off license we crossed back over the main road to Rajput. It's only a small restaurant but modern and clean. Service was efficient. Poppadoms were as you would expect and there were four pickles. No lime though. Had Chilli Fried Chicken starter. It was delicious but very spicy. My main meal was Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi. This was well presented and tasted excellent. We had Boiled Rice and Pilau. We also had a Roti and Garlic Nan. We ordered a side order of Paneer Aloo for a change. Curried cheese isn't something the Curry Club would normaly have but it was quite nice. The portions weren't the biggest so it was a good job we had a starter.
We took a take away (Lamb Bhuna) for Warrick, another Curry Club member who was on babysitting duty. It was cooked just before we left.
I can't remember how much it all cost exactly but we all chucked in £20.
Overall, we had an excellent night and Rajput was very good. We didn't have dodgy guts at all the next morning and we were all very happy with the food. We would certainly go back.
8/10
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