tamatanga Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Best Indian food in the city centre."
• "Food: great vegetarian/vegan options."
• "The thali was amazing and the quality of the food was excellent."
• "The food is always hot and packed full of flavour."
• "The food is always delicious and bursting with flavor."
• "The menu has a really good choice and the food arrived really quickly."
• "The food is full of flavour and there’s so many things to try."
• "Food was all good and menu is varied so you will have something for everyone."

Cons:

• "The biggest issue is that I had to ask for my bill 3 times."
• "The butter chicken tasted like tomato soup and was also bland."
• "I ordered a Goan Fish curry and rice. Grace, the lady who served me, offered to take an other for a soft drink, saying that, if I did that, the entire meal would work out cheaper."
• "The only half decent things about the restaurant was the mocktails and the service in regards to the food being served in a timely manner and the staff who were polite."
• "Their lamb curry bowl was good however."
• "Food was bland and luke warm, the staff were rude."
• "Food was cooked beautifully no faults for a table of 10 highly recommended however we found a staff member extremely rude."
• "The food was extremely bland and very expensive."

Service

Pros:

• "Wild thing is, service is so quick no matter how packed the restaurant is."
• "Service: ALL staff were really kind and welcoming."
• "The service was amazing. All the hostesses were friendly and they care about the customers a lot."
• "Service was as quick as expected, no long delays."
• "Service was really quick and the staff were lovely!"
• "The staff were so friendly and attentive and it made for a great night out."
• "The staff are always friendly and the place is always very atmospheric and full of laughter."
• "Great atmosphere and the service is excellent."

Cons:

• "Hard to get hold of someone when we needed additional drinks."
• "Service was quick when we were served but was a little hard to flag someone down at times."
• "Staff were always attentive and even helped us split the bill etc."
• "Service is a bit sporadic, the waiters are either too attentive and constantly checking in or nowhere to be seen."
• "Staff are lovely, polite, friendly and helpful."
• "The service was really slow and we felt discriminated with respect to other customers."
• "Service was fast and the staff were lovely!"
• "The staff are really friendly and complimentary."

Atmosphere and Ambience

Pros:

• "Loved the place and the ambience."
• "Atmosphere is amazing in here but seating is quite cramped in here but there is enough space to enjoy your food."
• "Atmosphere: we went around 8pm, very busy but not loud."
• "Atmosphere: always too busy and cramped for my liking but that’s just me."
• "Environment is upbeat, colorful, modern, family and friend worthy and honestly a fun and welcoming place to dine."
• "The restaurant is beautifully designed and decorated."
• "Great atmosphere and the service is excellent."
• "Really nice, would recommend. Service was fantastic, on being sat down they walk you through everything."

Cons:

• "Atmosphere and decor works well."
• "The polish lady on counter is absolutely rude!!"
• "The place itself is very picturesque and the staff are very friendly and polite."
• "The actual food was lovely. The naan is delicious, thin and has a slight crisp."
• "The food was nice not amazing though."
• "The service was good but the food was not as good as the reviews mentioned here."
• "The food was extremely bland and very expensive."
• "The food was nice but the Curry's were very strong in taste so you couldn't really eat much."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Price: for 5 of us was around 19.00 per head, very reasonable."
• "The Tamatanga Thali could be shared between two people...I was feeling hungry and was struggling to finish."
• "Food was delicious and nice."
• "The food was extremely delicious ( kudos to the chefs)."
• "The food was very good the portion size was huge so we may try something a bit different next time."
• "The thali was a huge portion of various dishes, but each of them tasted equally good."
• "The food was lovely, portions were generous."
• "The service was really good."

Cons:

• "The food was extremely bland and very expensive."
• "Food was bland and luke warm, the staff were rude."
• "Food was cooked beautifully no faults for a table of 10 highly recommended however we found a staff member extremely rude."
• "The food was really bland and I wouldn't call it authentic Indian food."
• "The menu is more for the lunch time crowd I had to search for the starters which appeared over on the far right."
• "Great atmosphere and the service is excellent. First time we ate here about 2 yrs ago, food was bang on. The railway lamb was delicious."
• "Although the food was extremely delicious ( kudos to the chefs)."
• "Food was average, nothing to complain about but nothing to compliment, either."