The Vine, 9 School St, Mosborough, Sheffield S20 5EB

The Alma - George & Dragon - Royal Oak

We started at the Alma. A lovely little old pub in Mosborough village. There was only one other person in the pub. He looked like the village alcoholic.  We had a pint of Warrick’s favourite, John Smiths. Warrick knows his John Smith’s and said it was a good pint. Neil started talking about euthanasia and the wish to have his wife pass him a “Himmler style pill when it gets messy”. At this point the drunk was noticed eavesdropping on our conversation.

From The Alma we took a 10 minute walk to the next pub. If you’re not familiar with Mosborough, it would be advisable to use Google Maps at this point to find the George and Dragon which is on High Street. The pub was packed for a Monday. Annoyingly, there was a man who looked like a local with a big dog, sat right in the middle of the main walkway which he didn’t move as we tried to get to the bar. Trav seemed to think that we had walked into a school reunion party which seemed strange, as they only looked about 18. We had a pint of Stones in here then left for The Royal Oak.
 

Further up High Street we went for one in The Royal Oak. On entering the building Trav recognised a “smelly old tramp” that he’d seen somewhere before. We obviously avoided the room he was in as either Warrick or Neil confirmed that he stinks. The stains down his top suggested that he would indeed be quite smelly. From here we crossed High Street and made our way to The Vine.

Upon entering The Vine, the décor was pretty unimpressive but the staff were friendly and welcoming.

 As always, we had Poppadoms and Pickle Tray despite Warrick’s claim that they fill him up. The Poppadoms were cold but the pickles were perfect. We knew exactly what they were. We all agreed that some Indian restaurants can try to be too fancy with their pickle trays but these were just fine.

We shared starters. Tandoori King Prawn and Seekh Kebab. Delicious and not overfacing. We agreed that it was just enough before the main meal.

For the main meals we had Chicken Karai (8.5/10), Lamb Jal Jhina (8.5/10), Chicken Rogan (7/10) and Lamb Balti (9/10). We ordered a Boiled and Pilau Rice with Chapatis. The main meals were full of flavour and presented well. We agreed the chicken and lamb was of excellent quality too. Warrick found the Chicken Rogan very nice but said it was a little on the “oily side”. If it wasn’t for the oily Rogan, The Vine would probably have been the highest scoring restaurant we have reviewed yet.

8.25/10

Overall, we had another good Curry Club night. We were very impressed with the Vine and the quality of the food. We certainly recommend this restaurant and we will definitely return at some point in the future. In total, it cost about £80. The following day, our guts were no more unsettled than you would expect from a decent curry.

N.b. It must be pointed out that Mosborough is a nice place, particularly as a Curry Club member lives here. It is NOT full of drunks and homeless people as this review might seem to suggest.