Flavours by Kumar Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was great - offered a seat and given a complimentary drink while waiting."
• "Service was excellent and a special effort was made (unprompted) to include a young autistic lad in our party."
• "The service by Louis was so prompt and kind."
• "The service was excellent and very well priced!"
• "Attentive, welcoming staff."
• "The friendly service was excellent."
• "Staff very very polite and pleasant."

Cons:

• "He was making us hurry up and order."
• "The staff could have intervened and asked them to leave but did absolutely nothing."
• "Disappointed in the quality of food and waiter trying hard to get us to order more alcohol then we wanted."
• "4 of us went to eat, 1st we sat there for at least 20 minutes before they asked if we wanted a drink."
• "He was very erratic and shouting at us."
• "Staff didn't appear to know how to deal with our issue."
• "Miserable staff ... not very welcoming... ordered food was wrong."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Superb food only let down by the state of the toilet (male)."
• "Most of the food presentation was top notch."
• "The best Indian food I’ve ever had out of India."
• "The curries here are definitely more interesting flavour wise than normal albeit slightly more expensive."
• "The food was amazing, full of flavour and tasted great."
• "The curry was lovely, really nice taste and the chicken was cooked to perfection."
• "One of the best Indian meals I have eaten."

Cons:

• "One of the worst currys ive ever had, chicken wasn't cooked properly, didn't taste like a curry and was very watery."
• "Prawn curry was completely overcooked."
• "However for me, the chickens tikka was a little dry."
• "These were simply deep fried prawns with panko breadcrumbs and did not resemble the menu description."
• "This was the worst beef curry I have ever had in my life."
• "Mushroom rice was bland and full of oil."
• "The mains were just awful. The naan was not fresh and looked like it been store bought."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The restaurant has a lovely ambience."
• "A very calm and welcoming atmosphere."
• "I found the restaurant comforting to be in and absorb my surroundings."
• "Even the building is charming!"
• "An unsuspecting cozy little gem of a place we found by chance."
• "Lovely restaurant nice people will definitely visit again."
• "The food is as good as any I’ve had the service is first class and value is tops."

Cons:

• "The interior is run down, dated and in need of an urgent face lift."
• "Found the surroundings in need of updating and atmosphere very flat."
• "The unpleasant experience of having to listen to a couple of rude yokals swearing raucously from their table ruined the evening."
• "Unfortunately the atmosphere was somewhat subdued!"
• "The interior is a little down at heel and it still feels like the old pub it once was."
• "Set in an old pub, we went there on a hot Sunday evening in July, and it was a little warm."
• "Sag was from a tin - overall bland, tasteless food marginally improved by asking for some chilli."

Value

Pros:

• "Really good, and fantastic value."
• "Prices very reasonable for the quality."
• "Prices are low considering the quality."
• "Excellent value for money (lunch menu 12-2pm)."
• "Above average cost, but well worth it."
• "Overall this cost around £40 for two people with beer, so excellent value for money."
• "Very reasonably priced and service was excellent."

Cons:

• "The curries here are definitely more interesting flavour wise than normal albeit slightly more expensive."
• "Food was tasty... but... it took a total of half an hour to pay the bill."
• "We spent £47 on a meal that we threw over 3/4 away."
• "Despite ordering dishes that are typically mild it was all incredibly hot (as in chilli) and way too spicy to be edible for me."
• "The food itself is mediocre at best, presented well but plates and bowls were old and cracked having said that it was busy i expect due to the great price not the atmosphere there isnt any."
• "Plates and bowls were old and cracked."
• "We had specifically asked for a mild dhal for the kids, yet it was extremely spicy (clearly pre-prepared) So the kids didn't eat."