Anoki Restaurant - A38 Burton Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is absolutely amazing."
• "Starters were delicious, I'm generally apprehensive but the fish was amazing."
• "Brilliant meal, we opted for the 5 course BBQ menu so we could all try different foods."
• "The food was fantastic."
• "Quite simply this is the best Indian food you will find anywhere."
• "Tandoori king prawn and lamb chop starters were superbly tasty and Mirch masala chicken main was succulent with just the right amount of spice."
• "Food is cooked perfect with juicy flavours."

Cons:

• "Main courses, all at the £25 mark were flavoursome but completely overwhelmed with salt and dry."
• "Curries were very average starting price of any curry was £22."
• "The food came cold."
• "First date night with my girlfriend, 55 mile round trip, bland starter, my main was very salty."
• "Have always loved the food here, however went a week or so ago and the food was awful and bland."
• "The main courses however, are very average and not authentic."
• "Food was tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are very welcoming and friendly and amazing with the kids."
• "A lovely, friendly atmosphere and staff were so attentive and polite."
• "Staff: all extremely polite and very accommodating who had very nice attire."
• "Always greeted like family when dining here."
• "Staff attentive without being intrusive."
• "The service was fantastic all of the staff were really lovely attentive helpful and cheerful."
• "Friendly and courteous staff, decent attempt at staying COVID secure, and really excellent food."

Cons:

• "Anoki's service was so bad I sat without a menu for 20 minutes."
• "Service is good until it gets really busy then a little disjointed."
• "Service was rather slow though, we asked for the bill after waiting a long time after our desserts and it still hadn't appeared 30 mins later so we had to ask again."
• "Very slow awful service, 3 and half hours for main and dessert to come."
• "We’ve was waiting for hours to get the order."
• "Service was a bit hit and miss, but staff seemed rushed off their feet."
• "Service was terrible, felt like you was in the way of the waiter."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere and service is second to none."
• "The atmosphere was really relaxed and classy."
• "It's a wonderful Indian restaurant with beautiful decor and a romantic atmosphere."
• "Can I just start by saying great atmosphere, very friendly staff and a beautiful building and decoration."
• "The decor and ambiance is perfect."
• "First impression was wow, beautiful place, very well decorated."
• "Nice decor, atmosphere not buzzing but it felt warmer as more people arrived."

Cons:

• "I felt like the vibe was dull in the building due to a larger group being seen to more than everyone else."
• "There wasn't many people there, and on a Saturday night you'd hope for a good atmosphere."
• "It wasn't a nice atmosphere."
• "The outside is looking rather tired and cluttered."
• "This used to be the place to go for fine Indian cuisine and amazing customer service......now at a time when businesses need every customer they can get Anoki are pushing people away."

Price

Pros:

• "Brilliant value with the loyalty card."
• "With a gold-card membership a meal for two and a couple of drinks is typically £30 something, so for what you get it's pretty reasonable."
• "Also if you go before 6 it's half price which was a nice surprise!"

Cons:

• "It's very expensive and having eaten here a few times and had takeaway meals, I've noticed that the quality of the meat is quite poor."
• "Prices are far to high."
• "Too expensive and not good Indian cousin taste."
• "Unless one goes for a meal deal, ANOKI is expensive."
• "Mains tasty enough but quite pricey."
• "Sadly, very overpriced for what it is."
• "Absolutely overpriced."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Very spacious parking."
• "They have a big car park."
• "Good location, easy to get to, with plenty of parking."

Cons:

• "The access from the A38 is scary and downright dangerous with no run off from a dual carriageway with large lorries running."
• "The access is bad due to being directly part of the A38, you have to really keep an eye on going in/out."
• "Just watch the entrance to the carpark - it's directly off the very busy A38 and the traffic is fast and there's no run-off."
• "The driveway that connects to the A38 is very short and you need to drive with extreme care when coming off or onto the main road."
• "Beware that getting here is awkward. The exit is from a Dual carriage way."