Panache Fine Dining Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Beautifully presented Michelin star quality food."
• "The portion sizes were good and the quality good."
• "King prawns and buttered chicken were well cooked and flavoured."
• "Food was spot on made like it should be with spices you can taste, made like an Indian curry should be not typical cheap local catering for local taste buds."
• "The salmon was by far our favourite dish."
• "Chicken Patia, which was delicious and full of flavour."
• "The food was exceptional and my guests loved it, the dishes were all cooked to perfection and served beautifully."

Cons:

• "The Aubergine curry was half cooked, Fish was overcooked and chicken currys were bland."
• "However mains were really bland and lacked flavour."
• "All dishes were bland with a hint of sweetness."
• "Makhani sauce was too sweet. Karahi paneer was badly spiced. The veg platter was tasteless."
• "It tasted very cheap... considering it was meant to be a chilli curry it only had a very slight kick to it."
• "The curries has a good amount of meat. However, the Jalfrezi sauce seemed to just be the base, no hot fried vegetables."
• "All the dishes were bland!! No seasoning, spice or flavour whatsoever!"

Service

Pros:

• "Service friendly."
• "Service was delightful and very professional. Staff are extremely friendly and attentive."
• "The service was exceptional and so to was the food and ambience."
• "The service was like a VIP service which was excellent."
• "Service was prompt, the staff were always friendly."
• "The service you receive is great! The staff are very polite and go above and beyond to make sure that you're satisfied."
• "Staff were very welcoming and professional."

Cons:

• "Service was slow."
• "Service not up to much, table booked 8.15 showed to table 8.30."
• "No one asked if the food was ok, no one showed us out of the door, no one wished us good night."
• "Food was dumped on to our tables by an unapologetic waiter."
• "Terrible meal and slow service, we heard numerous tables complain about cold meals and not receiving drinks."
• "The service was very slow and took almost an hour to take our food order."
• "The service was slow even though the restaurant was almost empty."

Ambience and Decor

Pros:

• "Beautifully decorated restaurant, with a nice private dining area for intimate functions."
• "Premises decor very appealing & clean & tidy."
• "About to book again for 1st of May to take some other friends."
• "Atmosphere was great and the restaurant was very busy."
• "Atmosphere was spot on."
• "Everything was absolutely beautiful, in fact, it was the best meal we've had in this country!"
• "What a Beautiful Restaurant, Manager professional and pleasant the staff was polite helpful and friendly and the food was delicious."

Cons:

• "You could get the exact same thing for half the price at any other indian."
• "Using an occasion like Valentine's Day to rip off customers through an extortionate set menu isn't really on."
• "Who puts sugar in naan??? Panache restaurant does."
• "WARNING, keep your possessions safe on you as this restaurant aren't forthcoming or helpful if you leave/misplace things."
• "I really do hope panache sort out their parking because we are all sick to death of people parking at Kwik-Fit and also outside Tesco stores and on the streets and even on the pavement it's a disgrace get your act together panache."
• "Plates are too big and the table too small. Needs sorting."
• "Overall the decor inside this restaurant is very aesthetically pleasing, although slightly tacky!"

Pricing

Pros:

• "Prices are very reasonable but you get what you pay for."
• "Good size portions, not the run of the mill menu with venison and duck fusion dishes."
• "The food is rather expensive starter around£7 to £8, but the food is lovely."
• "Consistently good and reasonably priced."
• "Excellent up market Indian restaurant."
• "The food has never ever been short of perfect."
• "A luxurious premier dinning. Huge selection of fusion dishes with combination of some traditional Indian curries."

Cons:

• "We ordered 2 cokes one was charged at 1.50 and the other one 2.50."
• "Soft drinks are steep £4 ouch for 330ml."
• "But the quantity of both starters were like child portions, and for £8.95 for the kebab platter & £12.95 for the fish platter, this is extremely over priced."
• "For India food the price and portion do not match."
• "The food is amazing!! Flavours are immense, rice is absolutely perfect."
• "Food is overpriced the people and they're pretty much rats."
• "The curries had let me down tasted like pre cooked canned food from lidl."