Anoki Restaurant Nottingham Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "We all commented on the great food, comfortable atmosphere, brilliant service."
• "The banquet was a great way of trying several dishes."
• "The food was authentic."
• "Chicken Makani was very tasty with a nice little kick of heat."
• "Every dish I ordered was fresh, tasty and had a touch of innovation."
• "The food was cooked to the perfection standards of indian food native to Punjab."
• "The food is very fresh and tasty."

Cons:

• "The attempt at a Chicken Balti was terrible. Lacking in relevant spices and covered in chilli to mask it."
• "Bland tasteless curries."
• "Palak paneer lacked flavour and chicken makani tasted reheated and the chicken seemed precooked."
• "Mains tasted of raw garlic. So overpowering could barely stomach it."
• "The mains chicken dishes where nice but sorry to say had better from Sainsbury's and the lamb was tasteless and fatty."
• "All three of our main dishes absolutely flavourless, unacceptably small."
• "It was simply slosh, with a few cubes of dubious looking chicken thrown in."

Service

Pros:

• "Restaurant wasn't overly busy so service was fairly quick."
• "Would definitely recommend the set menu as it is very good value for money."
• "Staff excellent and very friendly."
• "They have the friendliest staff i have ever met."
• "Very attentive without being made to feel your being watched."
• "The waiting staff were incredibly friendly, helpful and seemed to genuinely want to provide a memorable experience."
• "The staff were fantastic and very attentive!"

Cons:

• "Absolutely absurd treatment by staff and management towards delivery workers!!!"
• "Nobody welcomed us and took us to our table!"
• "Our drinks were forgotten about and there was no baby change anywhere."
• "They are rude to you even if you ask them a simple question."
• "We had to keep looking for the waiter and asking for every little thing!"
• "Don't recommend the delivery drivers to pick order from this restaurants."
• "We was waiting ages for our food order to be taken."

Ambience & Decor

Pros:

• "Very nice decor in somewhat dimly lit room with comfortable furniture and clean facilities."
• "Not too loud and very calm with an ambiance feel to it."
• "The interior decoration, music feel, atmosphere are all top notch."
• "Ambience a little quiet but it was early on a Thursday evening."
• "The decor and staff costumes (traditional Indian costumes) are excellent."
• "Beautiful decor and very helpful & friendly staff."
• "The cosy yet elaborate decor gives the venue a special feel which is further enhanced by the gold service you receive from the team when dining here."

Cons:

• "My opinion was that we were paying for the fancy decor, mints, heated hand towel etc."
• "The poppadom pickle tray was already on the table before we even arrived which was a bit off putting."
• "Only thing to put it down was the atmosphere."
• "No music."
• "Environment smelt stale, and looked like a low-budget Alladin pantomime set."
• "Disgusting washrooms."
• "But it's gone down hill, the place was scruffy with stained seats."