York's 'Mumbai Lounge' is a rather slick contemporary Indian restaurant on the city's Fossgate. We turned up at Saturday lunchtime at the end of the half term week when the city was teeming with tourists but we didn't have a problem getting a table. In fact the restaurant was rather quiet and we were given a table in the window and right beside the door; only a couple of other tables were occupied and probably as a result the service was on the whole too attentive and verging on the obsequious at times. Yes, the slightly shimmery salwar kameez the waiters wore looked great but they appeared ...
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