Pakhtoonkhwa Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "I was very impressed with the quality of the food as well as the friendly service provided by the staff."
• "Every time the food was great, freshly cooked very tasty and well presented."
• "The chapli kebab was absolutely delicious."
• "Everything was AMAZINGLY tasty. Spices were just perfect."
• "All to all food is very delicious and tasty food but I like mostly lamb saji."
• "Their food is so nice and delicious."
• "All the kebabs are really yummy, juicy and delicious. Kabuli Palau and chapli kebab best."

Cons:

• "Do not recommend to real Pakhtun food Lovers.Fake and Third class quality restaurant."
• "I found that the food lacked freshness, aroma, and an enjoyable taste."
• "Food was rubbish, disgusting, oily, all bones no meat."
• "The food was awful and over priced!"
• "Food wasn't fresh and it was awful."
• "Second order all burn kheer big brown pieces and chicken sijji with rice was probably pre packaged and later put in microwave and smell and taste plastic of the box."
• "Food is very expensive taste good but poor hygiene and quality doesn't match the taste."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was awesome."
• "Customer service is very professional."
• "The man who took our order was very knowledgeable around the dishes."
• "The staff is very friendly and helpful they have always smile on their faces."
• "The rest of the staff were very hospitable."
• "The service was great and the female member of staff who served us was very polite and courteous."
• "The waiters were attentive and service overall is excellent."

Cons:

• "Service is very bad. We got told to leave the restaurant because we requested downstairs seats."
• "Service is worth 0 to be honest, the waiter needs some training on how to ensure customer satisfaction."
• "Very bad customer service."
• "We were very unsatisfied by the customer service."
• "Extremely poor customer service."
• "Terrible service, stupid staff that can’t even speak English."
• "Poor service. I would say the worst service ever had."

Price

Pros:

• "Fairly priced and very nice food."
• "Amazing food at a reasonable price."
• "Overall a good meal and great value we will certainly be going back."
• "Traditional pashtoon fare at more than reasonable prices."
• "Prices being slightly expensive but certainly worth it none the less."

Cons:

• "The food is way too expensive the portion size are not reasonable at all."
• "Food is very expensive."
• "Probably 100 per cent more expensive than comparable restaurants in East London."
• "Very expensive, naan are very small charges £2."
• "They increased their prices by 50% and reduced the portion size by half too."
• "The restaurant price are on very high side, literally ripping the customers."
• "Price hiked by 40 percent and portion shrink by 50 percent."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "I loved the Persian seating area - a different way of sitting and eating."
• "It was clean."
• "Happy with environment."
• "Lovely sitting and family Atmosphere."
• "It's certainly a nice cosy place to take guests and to dine with family."
• "The place is not fancy, you get to choose to sit on the floor on carpets in traditional style or on the tables."
• "You can sit on the chairs or on the floor. Whatever you prefer, it's definitely worth trying this out."

Cons:

• "The space isn’t much there was people waiting inside to get a seat."
• "The idea was to go to an afghan restaurant, however there was no real afghan authenticity."
• "Sitting arrangements are not very attractive too."
• "The structure of the restaurant is back dated, nothing like what they have advertised. Chairs are damaged, dirts everywhere."
• "Horrible dingy little restaurant."
• "The restaurant is too warm you can't even sit for long."
• "Restaurant needs lots of work in dinning area."

Authenticity

Pros:

• "Despite the long wait, my first tasting of Afghani food was excellent."
• "This place does one of the best namak mandi karahi’s in the uk and the kabuli pilau is phenomenal as well."
• "The highlight was definitely the lamb pilao. The succulent lamb pieces combined with fragrant rice created a harmonious explosion of taste."
• "Authentic Afghan &Peshawari foods freshly cooked namak mandi karahi had delicious food."
• "Amazing AUTHENTIC food, wonderful service and fresh food!!"

Cons:

• "The idea was to go to an afghan restaurant, however there was no real afghan authenticity."
• "Business is run by Pakistani so have no idea how actual Afghani dish should taste like."
• "Here the foods are not authentic Afghan."
• "Their dishes are not 100% authentic, which are being claimed."
• "This is not Afghan restaurant, it’s Pakistani food."
• "Was specifically craving for kabuli pulao. But their kabuli pulao doesn’t have the proper afghani taste."
• "Kabli pulao was not pulao it was plain rice with one small piece of meat which was microwaved."