Monty's restaurants are an institution around Ealing, and until the end of last month there were four of them. Sadly Dipendra Karki's Nepalese curry house on the west side of the Broadway Centre in High Street is now gone. Blaming prohibitive rent and rates, the restaurant closed its doors for the last time and is relocating to West Hounslow. As if to add insult to injury, it will be replaced by Poundland -- an unfortunate sign of the times, and a blow to Ealing.
Decades ago there was just one Montys restaurant with three chefs. Soon the three went their own way, each taking with them entitlement to use the Monty's name and brand. One of those was Bishnu Karki whose Northfield Avenue premises is still thriving. It was this restaurant I used to frequent most, until I discovered that his son, Dipendra, was running an outlet on High Street. I've eaten at all the Ealing Montys, and as I discovered, Dipendra was definitely serving the tastiest food -- making it all the more unpalletable that this is now the one to go.
...Saturday evenings will just never be the same again. Ho hum.
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Living just around the corner from the splendid Bawarchi in Hanwell, I've never made the effort to eat at a Monty's despite hearing very positive things.
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't change the fact that I'm very disappointed by this news. As you say, Monty's is an Ealing institution, and while there's no shortage of places to eat on High Street, there seems to be a dearth of real, high quality local food.
Yeah, very disappointing news.
ReplyDeleteNever been to Bawarchi -- will have to give it a try.
does anyone know what has happened to montys in hounslow i.e. is it open? went round a couple of times and it wasnt and website suggests not either - what happening?
ReplyDeleteI believe it was open for a while, but closed soon after. I think there was some new development planned at that row of shops which meant Monty had to close. Sadly it means Dipendra has no restaurant at the moment. But I guess he'll be back before long.
ReplyDeletemontys has now opened again at 146 152 boston rd w7 2hj since march 2011
ReplyDeletedipendra is back in town we should support him
ReplyDeletegood luck