Jasper S.
Yelp
To say I was disappointed in Mai Colachi would be understatement. In the words of my favorite childhood author R.L. Stine: Reader beware, you're in for a scare(-ily long review).
Before I even begin to talk about food, I need to address the service. They make a big show out of taking COVID seriously by having customers do a temperature check before they can enter the restaurant.
Despite that, their own employee working the front refused to wear his mask properly. He had it hanging under his mouth, and when he noticed a customer looking, he readjusted the mask... to sit under his nose instead. It would almost be funny if we weren't still in the middle of a raging pandemic.
What kind of a message does it send when the face of the restaurant, who is the one interacting directly with customers and handling to-go orders, can't even wear a mask properly? It inspires zero confidence that the owners or management are enforcing a mask policy in the kitchen.
In regards to placing our order, we were told that the estimated time would be 25 minutes. I showed up after 30 minutes (just in case the order wouldn't be ready exactly on time)... only to be told our order still wasn't ready at all.
I was told to wait another 10 minutes, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt and waited in my car a little longer. I enter the restaurant 15 minutes later... only for the guy at front to still not be ready with my order since they were "sorting out the payment"(???) At this point I had placed my order 45 minutes ago.
Now, all that is forgivable if the food itself is good. Sadly, the impression our entire family had with the food ranged from "mediocre at best" to "some of the blandest desi food" we had ever eaten.
Some overall thoughts: the Masala wings were fine. Not amazing, but probably the best thing we had (the cut-up carrot flowers are a nice touch). The masala fries, however, were bland beyond belief.
The Chicken 65 was shockingly lacking in spice. I have had many Chicken 65 dishes in my life; I would rank this one firmly towards the bottom.
Their Peshwari Karahi was far too oily, and like most of their dishes, lacking in overall flavor (notice a pattern here?) The Chicken Tikka Handi was similarly oily, and the chicken itself was tough and over cooked.
Honestly I could go on and on about how disappointing the food was (don't even get me started on the fish), but I think I've made my point.
There's far too much competition for Desi restaurants in Plano for us to even consider going back. Save your time and money, and consider going to literally any other Indo Pak restaurant instead.