Peppermill

Name: Peppermill
Address: Jebel Ali Village - Dubai, Jebel Ali Village, Dubai, AE
Telephone: +97148806676

Jebel Ali Village

Indian restaurant 04 880 6676

Peppermill is a casual Indian restaurant in Jebel Ali Village, with a menu that ranges from familiar curries to fusion-style dishes. Reviews point to the chicken tikka platter, butter chicken and biryanis as some of the more appealing orders, while the spacious setting suits family meals.

Reputation Score

3.5

★★★★☆

182 ratings

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The Good Stuff

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Butter Chicken

Several diners enjoyed the butter chicken, with one ordering a second round to take home.

Platter Portions

The three-chicken tikka platter was praised for big portions and tender, well-spiced yoghurt-marinated tikka.

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What to Eat at Peppermill

Foods and drinks mentioned in reviews of Peppermill, ranked by positive reviews minus negative reviews. Zero-score items have no net positive feedback; their labels distinguish neutral-only from mixed feedback.

Food 1

Vegetable biryani Net +2

“Vegetable Biryani tilted towards being ok when compared with others. Given a choice between bad or worse, bad is still better.”

Honorable mentions (30)

Butter chicken Net +1

“Literally the best service and the most delicious food. I never write reviews, but I had to for this place. I loved the butter chicken and naan. I ate in, and ordered a second round to take home.”
Appetiser platter Net +1

“Anyone who is a fan of Indian Street food would love the appetiser platter.”
Chicken biriyani Net +1

“We ordered Prawns Biriyani (soft and juicy prawns, light masala for the rice), Chicken Biriyani (chicken was soaked in the sinfully delightful masala), Shahi Nawabi Murgh (Chicken in Cashew Gravy, best curry I’ve had in a while, perfect with Naan/Roti), Sabz Diwani Handi (a delight for the vegetarians, an absolute dish in itself) and Gonghra Paneer Tikka (was okay).”
Chicken home curry Net +1

“we ordered tandoori chicken, panner and chicken home curry, tandoori and butter naan.The food was delicious and adequate in quantity.”
Crispy potato Net +1

“We ordered samosa (which was good), crispy potato (which was good) and kebab platter.”
Crispy tanduri allo Net +1

“Food is tasty, I tried crispy tanduri allo remind me the taste of my village food.”
Gonghra paneer tikka Net +1

“We ordered Prawns Biriyani (soft and juicy prawns, light masala for the rice), Chicken Biriyani (chicken was soaked in the sinfully delightful masala), Shahi Nawabi Murgh (Chicken in Cashew Gravy, best curry I’ve had in a while, perfect with Naan/Roti), Sabz Diwani Handi (a delight for the vegetarians, an absolute dish in itself) and Gonghra Paneer Tikka (was okay).”
Kache gosht ki biryani (mutton biryani) Net +1

“Kache gosht ki biryani (mutton biryani) was delicious, not too spicy and meat was very tender a 9/10.”
Kofta Net +1

“Rest we tried daal makhni and kofta, veg biryani all are well prepared and tasty, Quantity is little less and price is moderate high, which is balance through zameto application with pro discount option.”
Lachha paratha Net +1

“Kept eating Lachha paratha with a dash of Sabzi since staff acknowledged that this is how the taste should be.”
Lemon+mint Net +1

“We also ordered drinks (masala chaas, pomegranate blush, and lemon+mint). Overall the drinks were good, pomegranate blush topping the list though.”
Lentil soup Net +1

“Really disappointed. Lentil soup was ok but other than that everything was hopeless.”
Masala chaas Net +1

“We also ordered drinks (masala chaas, pomegranate blush, and lemon+mint). Overall the drinks were good, pomegranate blush topping the list though.”
Mixed grill platter Net +1

“Their mixed grill platter and Indian chaats are yumm ....as were their biryanis.”
Palak papdi chaat Net +1

“Had palak papdi chaat which was outstanding and tasty.”
Paneer kadhai Net +1

“1. Paneer Kadhai Like I said, I don’t eat paneer so it was my first time trying this Kadhai. And it definitely won’t be my last. The kadhai was amazing. So good that I ended up over-stuffing myself and had to literally ask my friends to have it removed from the table so that I’d stop eating. I’m definitely going back for more”
Pomegranate blush Net +1

“We also ordered drinks (masala chaas, pomegranate blush, and lemon+mint). Overall the drinks were good, pomegranate blush topping the list though.”
Prawns biriyani Net +1

“We ordered Prawns Biriyani (soft and juicy prawns, light masala for the rice), Chicken Biriyani (chicken was soaked in the sinfully delightful masala), Shahi Nawabi Murgh (Chicken in Cashew Gravy, best curry I’ve had in a while, perfect with Naan/Roti), Sabz Diwani Handi (a delight for the vegetarians, an absolute dish in itself) and Gonghra Paneer Tikka (was okay).”
Sabz diwani handi Net +1

“We ordered Prawns Biriyani (soft and juicy prawns, light masala for the rice), Chicken Biriyani (chicken was soaked in the sinfully delightful masala), Shahi Nawabi Murgh (Chicken in Cashew Gravy, best curry I’ve had in a while, perfect with Naan/Roti), Sabz Diwani Handi (a delight for the vegetarians, an absolute dish in itself) and Gonghra Paneer Tikka (was okay).”
Samosa Net +1

“We ordered samosa (which was good), crispy potato (which was good) and kebab platter.”
Shahi nawabi murgh Net +1

“We ordered Prawns Biriyani (soft and juicy prawns, light masala for the rice), Chicken Biriyani (chicken was soaked in the sinfully delightful masala), Shahi Nawabi Murgh (Chicken in Cashew Gravy, best curry I’ve had in a while, perfect with Naan/Roti), Sabz Diwani Handi (a delight for the vegetarians, an absolute dish in itself) and Gonghra Paneer Tikka (was okay).”
Shahi tukda Net +1

“We had a memorable lunch today at Peppermill (Festival Plaza). The food, starting from the starters to dessert, was absolutely delicious and we left with happy and satisfied stomachs. Special mention to the Shahi Tukda and Rogan Josh. Highly recommended dishes.”
Sheikh kebab Net +1

“The sheikh kebab was nice and the naan came along with was really nice.”
Tandoori chicken Net +1

“we ordered tandoori chicken, panner and chicken home curry, tandoori and butter naan.The food was delicious and adequate in quantity.”
Three chicken tikka platter Net +1

“So we ordered the three chicken tikka platter,, it was delicious, specially the tikka in yoghurt one,, was so tender and well spiced, then we ordered butter chicken with white rice and naan and butter naan...”
Tikka in yoghurt Net +1

“So we ordered the three chicken tikka platter,, it was delicious, specially the tikka in yoghurt one,, was so tender and well spiced, then we ordered butter chicken with white rice and naan and butter naan...”
Tomato soup Net +1

“I highly recommend trying the tomato soup. it is very tasty.”
Butter naan Net 0

Mixed feedback

“we ordered tandoori chicken, panner and chicken home curry, tandoori and butter naan.The food was delicious and adequate in quantity.”
Garlic naan Net 0

Mixed feedback

“Overall, the only thing that’ll pull me back to this place will be it’s paneer kadhai which i really enjoyed with garlic naan.”
Rogan josh Net 0

Mixed feedback

“We had a memorable lunch today at Peppermill (Festival Plaza). The food, starting from the starters to dessert, was absolutely delicious and we left with happy and satisfied stomachs. Special mention to the Shahi Tukda and Rogan Josh. Highly recommended dishes.”

What to Avoid (25)

Food 24

Aaloo gobhi Net −1

“Chicken Tikka, Dal Makhani and the Aaloo Gobhi. This is as basic as it can get. If you can’t make these right, then there is something wrong for sure.”
Awadhi murg Net −1

“2. Then it was chicken tikka masala and awadhi murg. Tikka masala was just just chicken dipped in tomato puree. Awadhi murgh was the worst. Zero taste and the chicken pieces was horrible..chewy..hard..I literally want to throw and show it to the manager.”
Awadhi murgh korma Net −1

“I ordered AWADHI MURGH KORMA(AED 55) with Butter Naan And Garlic Naan. The food was kinda of average and not as tastey as I expected for the price.”
Bbq platter Net −1

“Bbq platter was a good mix of kebabs however, it felt a bit under cooked.”
Butter garlic naan Net −1

“The Butter Chicken and Rogan Josh were bland, while the butter garlic Naan was mediocre and not what I would expect from a more upscale establishment.”
Cheese garlic nan Net −1

“the food was not fresh ( felt like frozen veggies and dauce) and not tasty. we ordered panner tikka subzu handing butter Nan and cheese garlic nan”
Chicken fried rice Net −1

“I have ordered biriyani, fried rice, sheikh kebab. The experience I had was not satisfying. I have noticed flies on my table and the chicken fried rice was like biriyani rice with very little chicken minces. When they asked about my comment on fried rice I have told them this does not look like fried rice. They said they will change it and they gave back the rice more oily and with little more chicken prices. I could not eat it because it’s too oily.”
Chicken malai boti kebab Net −1

“The chicken malai boti kebab was like frozen packet chicken put in microwave, dash of something white on it (to look like malai) and served on a Cold hot plate. The chicken was like rubber.”
Chicken tandoori tikka Net −1

“Pathetic food and service, chicken tandoori tikka was not fully cooked.”
Chicken tikka Net −1

“Chicken Tikka, Dal Makhani and the Aaloo Gobhi. This is as basic as it can get. If you can’t make these right, then there is something wrong for sure.”
Chicken tikka masala Net −1

“2. Then it was chicken tikka masala and awadhi murg. Tikka masala was just just chicken dipped in tomato puree.”
Dal tadka Net −1

“3. Dal Tadka Dal is one of the safest menu options, one can hardly ever go wrong with it. However, they did mess it up. The Dal was super bland (no salt, no spice) and couldn’t even be saved by pickles. Wouldn’t recommend it till the restaurant’s at least rectified the recipe”
Fried rice Net −1

“I have ordered biriyani, fried rice, sheikh kebab. The experience I had was not satisfying. I have noticed flies on my table and the chicken fried rice was like biriyani rice with very little chicken minces. When they asked about my comment on fried rice I have told them this does not look like fried rice. They said they will change it and they gave back the rice more oily and with little more chicken prices. I could not eat it because it’s too oily.”
Handing butter nan Net −1

“the food was not fresh ( felt like frozen veggies and dauce) and not tasty. we ordered panner tikka subzu handing butter Nan and cheese garlic nan”
Hariyali kebab Net −1

“We ordered samosa (which was good), crispy potato (which was good) and kebab platter. Kebab platter was not great .the chicken was chewy and frankly no taste and no difference between hariyali, malai and tikka kebab. I expected Gazebo like kebab. But my bad luck.”
Kebab platter Net −1

“We ordered samosa (which was good), crispy potato (which was good) and kebab platter. Kebab platter was not great .the chicken was chewy and frankly no taste and no difference between hariyali, malai and tikka kebab. I expected Gazebo like kebab. But my bad luck.”
Malai kebab Net −1

“We ordered samosa (which was good), crispy potato (which was good) and kebab platter. Kebab platter was not great .the chicken was chewy and frankly no taste and no difference between hariyali, malai and tikka kebab. I expected Gazebo like kebab. But my bad luck.”
Mutton chops Net −1

“Worst experience..price is too high we order mutton chops in that smell was there.Never we recommend anyone.waste of time and money”
Mutton rogan josh Net −1

“The mutton Rogan Josh was another disaster. Again like the pre packaged meals we get in supermarkets. Not prepared fresh as the gravy was cold and tasteless. The mutton definitely felt like it was frozen since last few months.”
Panner tikka subzu Net −1

“the food was not fresh ( felt like frozen veggies and dauce) and not tasty. we ordered panner tikka subzu handing butter Nan and cheese garlic nan”
Sabz biryani Net −1

“2. Sabz Biryani I usually eat veg biryanis but this one was not my cup of tea. The essence of kewra was added more than was required which overpowered the entire biryani’s taste and it ended up being the dish that was eaten the least (not ordering it again)”
Soya chaap masala Net −1

“Never ever have I tasted Soya Chaap Masala so tangy as against normally everywhere being Spicy or a simple masala flavor.”
Tikka kebab Net −1

“We ordered samosa (which was good), crispy potato (which was good) and kebab platter. Kebab platter was not great .the chicken was chewy and frankly no taste and no difference between hariyali, malai and tikka kebab. I expected Gazebo like kebab. But my bad luck.”
Daal makhani Net −2

“The daal makhani we ordered was worse than the ones you get in ready to eat packs.”

Drinks 1

Mango lassi Net −1

“Even the Mango lassi we ordered was a bit sour as against being Sweet.”

Tips for a Better Visit

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Ask Spice. If you prefer milder food, ask for dishes to be made non-spicy; one diner specifically recommended the tomato soup.

Allow Time. Avoid a tight schedule: several reviews mention waits of 40 minutes or more, even when the restaurant was quiet.

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Practical details

Jebel Ali Village - Dubai

Jebel Ali Village, Dubai

04 880 6676

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Common Concerns

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Slow Service

Multiple diners reported long waits, including 40–60 minutes for relatively simple orders.

Uneven Taste

Reviews vary sharply: dal makhani, biryani, rogan josh and kebabs were each called bland, oily or poorly prepared.

Customer-reported prices

These are customer-reported mentions, not a current price list. Prices may have changed.

AED 55

AWADHI MURGH KORMA

“I ordered AWADHI MURGH KORMA(AED 55) with Butter Naan And Garlic Naan”

Google review · February 2022

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The Bottom Line

Peppermill is a casual Indian restaurant in Jebel Ali Village where the experience can vary considerably. The menu gives you plenty to work with, but the reviews most often make a case for the butter chicken, chicken tikka platter, naan and biryanis. The mutton biryani was described as tender and not too spicy, while another table enjoyed soft prawns and a lightly spiced rice dish.

The setting is one of the steadier positives. Diners mention cosy or spacious seating, private family rooms, outside seating and a pleasant view. It can work for a family meal or a relaxed visit when you are not rushing.

Some reviewers also found the service friendly and the food fast, so there are clearly good visits in the mix. The main caution is inconsistency. Other customers waited 40–60 minutes, received incorrect orders or found dishes bland, oily, chewy or not fresh.

Dal makhani and biryani attract particularly mixed feedback. Prices are often seen as high for the quality, and several diners encountered a non-working card machine. Ask for your preferred spice level, allow extra time, and check payment arrangements before settling in.

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