Dhaba Indian Street Food Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Freshly prepared delicious food. Not overly spiced."
• "The south Indian fish curry is to die for. And the chicken wings."
• "Everything we ordered was spot on taste-wise."
• "Both meats and veggies were amazing. They have a great vegan menu too!"
• "The food here is so delicious, so comforting and has a very 'home-cooked' feel."
• "Really tasty authentically flavoured food."
• "Best Indian food I've had in London. Worth checking the vegan options are actually vegan."
• "The food tastes average. We walked into the place without a reservation on a Saturday evening."

Cons:

• "Terrible food. Avoid! Whatever this is, it’s not Indian food."
• "Every dish was extra sweetened. Even the accompanying yoghurt and hari chutney were a sugar syrup."
• "Too grassy prawn curry (you can see curry swimming in oil)."
• "Ordered some food(rice and some chicken tikka) and it was bland and dry."
• "The food tastes average. The bhel tasted okay but was missing crunch factor."
• "Spicy lamb dish (Chittinad) was sweet because they added sugar into it, which tasted awful."
• "Chana was undercooked, food was stale and not up to the mark."
• "It’s not Indian food as it says. Taste was so bad I have wondered if anyone can make dishes this tasteless."

Service

Pros:

• "Good service. Well packed food in leakproof containers."
• "Appreciate the quick service as we were hungry! 😄 Loved Dhaba's food."
• "The person who served us was brilliant and friendly."
• "Service is quick. You will likely need to book as it does get busy and it’s quite small."
• "Great little Indian street food restaurant with friendly service."
• "Absolutely lovely dinner. Authentic and traditional Indian food, the owners and staff were so friendly and accommodating."
• "The staff were attentive and helpful. The food was delicious."
• "The staff was very nice, also helped us choose what to order."

Cons:

• "Not very welcoming or a warm service when we entered."
• "The main course took ages to come.. no one even cleared our plates we had to tell them to bring our food out."
• "Staff service and attitude is where it all goes downhill and hence the poor rating."
• "Whilst ordering mains, we were pointed (can’t find on website or at time of booking) that each adult should order a minimum of one main course."
• "We walked in without a reservation and we were able to get a table immediately. Staff didn't deny us service but they did try to convince us to order more."
• "We were taking a late-night walk and wanted to grab a bite, we tried ordering the tandoori and the staff told us it is not enough for a dine-in service and we had to order more."
• "The food was eatable but don’t call it Indian Please because it’s definitely not!"
• "I don't know who is writing all those reviews for them but having 4.8 rating is way over stated. Service is good but food is far away from the 5 stars."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Small tables in a small dhaba. But it’s just right."
• "Simple but with a very colourful and vibrant setting inside. It is very comfortable to be there."
• "Decor is great, loved the Sholay picture. Topped off the food with a bottle (!) of ice cold 'Thums Up'."
• "It’s the most authentic Indian food I have eaten in London! Really recommend this place, very reasonably priced for such amazing food and atmosphere."
• "Lovely little place, wonderful hospitality and staff. Food is awesome, not your everyday Indian food served everywhere else."
• "The restaurant itself transports you to a little side restaurant in India with its clever design - while also being very comfy, cosy and clean."
• "The staff were very kind and let me have paracetamol as I had a really bad headache."
• "The menu online and in the restaurant is really clearly labelled with gluten free, dairy free, vegan, contains nuts etc."

Cons:

• "There was no music playing and as it was just us in there it was a bit quiet and odd for a restaurant."
• "The ambience was dingy and the seating was not comfortable."
• "This isn’t the Indian street food we expected - rather a traditional UK-Indian restaurant."
• "Can only give 1 star because info on Google seems incorrect. First off, they open at 5:30 Tue-Fri but despite this, I entered around 6:15 on a Tuesday to find the place empty."
• "It was a family dinner! Was surprised by the temperament of the staff, throughout he was very rude!"
• "Totally disappointed by the options and the quantity of the food was very less for the price they are charging. Wouldn't recommend."
• "It’s not Indian food as it says. Taste was so bad I have wondered if anyone can make dishes this tasteless."
• "WoW oh WoW. Food is outstanding no word of a lie. Their lamb biriyani is soo tasty and that green sauce that comes alongside the popadoms is out of this world lol."