Baraka Eatery London Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "One of the best karachi Biryani’s I’ve ever had and the curries are always exploding with flavour."
• "The food is great (especially the flatbread and the Mediterranean section)."
• "Their kebab roll and prawn puri are absolutely delicious."
• "The meat in every dish was super soft. Amazing flavours in everything."
• "Food was outstanding."
• "The food is sooo yum! Better than Indian food I’ve had from more expensive restaurants."
• "The food taste is so delicious that it reminds you of your left behind home."

Cons:

• "Wings were burnt, 'biryani' looked clumpy and also too spicy."
• "Starters were shop bought frozen kebabs which were warmed up on the grill, the main was extremely oily."
• "Mixed grill is very poor, partly burnt out. It tasted old."
• "The chicken tikka biryani was rubbery and the rice looked mushy and was greasy."
• "The food looked and tasted old, wasn’t fresh and was served on a chipped plate."
• "Extremely distasteful vegetable stir fry, disgusting lentils served us today."
• "Mixed was very disguised, mutton chop were too tough, chicken wing, chicken tikka, lamb tikka was burnt, bitter taste and very dried."

Service

Pros:

• "Absolutely brilliant, spotlessly clean, service tip top."
• "Their service was so nice and the seating atmosphere was clean, quiet and cozy."
• "Great customer service, the manager made us feel very welcomed."
• "Service is really good. Nice specious and soothing atmosphere."
• "Service was attentive and very welcoming."
• "Waiters were polite and helpful."
• "Staff provide excellent service."

Cons:

• "I was very disappointed with this restaurant, the reception very bad."
• "The service was so when we were giving order the waiter was so uninterested in taking our order."
• "Waited 20 min and no show from anyone."
• "Tables were filthy and we literally had to wave waiters down on numerous occasions to provide us with water and drinks."
• "Service was terrible and food was disgusting, attended for a wedding party and the 'waiters' lacked basic human knowledge."
• "Terrible service with staff Waiter wouldn’t take our starters plates because the chef would mind."
• "Awful service. Waiters looked absent minded."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "The price unbelievable, for 2 curries, popadoms, naan bread and ice cream sweet £40.00, beat that."
• "This restaurant serves excellent food for such a small price."
• "This restaurant is perfect for everyone, especially for people that are looking for very good quality food with very low price."
• "For just £20 I fed all three of us with a bag to take home."
• "A bit pricey but good value for money."
• "I'm very happy with the quality of food you get and also the portion sizes."
• "Highly recommend, it does get busy in there, if you can sit upstairs as there is more space."

Cons:

• "We were charged a whopping amount for Lilliputian sized meals."
• "Expensive."
• "Overrated, over priced."
• "Food wasnt that great and very small portion for the price."
• "The portions were very small. Disappointed experience, we will not go back."
• "Be careful if you visit them because they do nasty trick on portion size."
• "Food was served cold, THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE you can ever think of, overrated, over priced."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Large portions, nice and quiet atmosphere."
• "Place is clean and tidy and the aura is comforting too."
• "Nice specious and soothing atmosphere. There are few private cubicles upstairs too!"
• "In the downstairs dinning area, there is a clear view into the kitchen, again spotlessly clean as were the kitchen staff."
• "It was reassuring to see that there screen doors installed in most of their booth seating areas."
• "Love this Bangladeshi halal eating place in the high street. Good families."
• "First of all I love the fact they have private enclosed booths upstairs that family's can eat in privacy."

Cons:

• "Its borderline okay. The place seems far too crowded especially upstairs."
• "The painting on the wall was coming off and the flooring was a mismatch of tiles, wooden floor and carpet."
• "The interior is terrible with seating covers which are torn or worn out."
• "The place is literally filled up with ugly table & chair."
• "Decor/interior needs a change. I didn't feel like I was sitting on a clean booth and tables had that sticky feeling."
• "The decor was stale and outdated."
• "Too tight space and the cuble too squshey and danger."

Hygiene

Pros:

• "Absolutely brilliant, spotlessly clean, service tip top."
• "Their service was so nice and the seating atmosphere was clean, quiet and cozy."
• "In the downstairs dinning area, there is a clear view into the kitchen, again spotlessly clean as were the kitchen staff."

Cons:

• "No positive comments regarding hygiene were found."
• "Hygiene disgusting. I went to the WC to wash my hand and I have seen the chef have the toilet but didn’t wash his hands."
• "Found hair on my food, spoke to the staff who served me, made lame excuse."
• "Sorry this place deserves no stars I demand tower hamlets to come and check this place, lack of hygiene as well as poor service don’t recommend anyone to waste their money."