Calcutta Brasserie Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was absolutely spot on, and the customer service was flawless."
• "Excellent food, charming staff and great service."
• "The food is exceptional!!"
• "Service was fantastic! Food was good, tasty and plenty of it."
• "The biryani was especially good."
• "The food was delicious, I asked for something that wasn’t on the menu and the chef made it for me."
• "The food was fantastic and authentic, not at all generic."

Cons:

• "Food was cold, vegetable pakoras were really nice tasting."
• "Tandoori chicken wings were bland and tasted powdery."
• "Main course was butter chicken served with pilau rice and naan bread. This was quite disappointing if I'm honest."
• "Went for the buffet and the food didn’t set me on fire with excitement, basic choices in the starters and mains but the desserts was not great."
• "Dosa was stale, the batter prepared was not even to the mark of getting prepared batter from any Indian store in Milton Keynes."
• "The food fizzled and was average / bland."
• "Chicken biryani 14 pounds 0 rating one of the worst biriyani I never eat in my life."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were fab, they brought out some cake for the birthday boy and had written happy birthday in icing on the plate which was a really nice touch."
• "Always excellent service delivered by delightful staff in a stunning location."
• "As a vegetarian, they had some great selections and the flavours we're really good."
• "The service was spot on."
• "The staff are amazing and helpful."
• "Staff are very friendly and tending."
• "The staff, in particular a chap named Alex was very friendly and accommodating to our group of 8."

Cons:

• "Did he think we were really going to order 4 entrees that we couldn't eat just so that he can comply with his 'company policy'?"
• "It's dark, they seem to struggled with our large order on a Saturday night."
• "Shame as the building and interior are beautiful, but totally let down by the total lack of service."
• "Terrible service, low quality food."
• "Takeaway took an hour, so left waiting for 30 minutes without even the offer of a beer!"
• "Had to ask for bill twice."
• "The thing that ruined it for all of us - and has done for me before - is the service. It always seems just a bit abrupt, aloof."

Ambience and Location

Pros:

• "Impressive church setting as well."
• "Romantic setting in an old church, the decor is an eye catch."
• "Venue gets a 10/10 rating... you must visit this wonderful place."
• "It's in a chapel, retaining all of its old features including a brilliant domed roof."
• "One of the most beautiful restaurants I've ever eaten in! The surroundings were exquisite."
• "Wonderful setting inside an old church."
• "This is a great Indian restaurant housed in a converted chapel with surrounding cloisters."

Cons:

• "The building was a little rough around the edges (missing light bulbs, broken seats, and so on)."
• "Do not go to this restaurant if you are a coeliac."
• "Without willingness of the customer they charge 10% service charge."
• "By 815ish they were demanding payment, 3 times asking for the money, coming back with the pay machine, wasn't keen on us some of us paying cash."
• "Nice touch offering a free bottle of Cobra to the dads on father's day."
• "The whole birthday celebration brings the class on the place right down to McDonald's level."
• "Can get a bit noisy at busy times because of the sound reverberating around the high ceilings."

Value

Pros:

• "Pricing is on the higher end but you get what you pay for and this restaurant is worth every penny."
• "Recommended."
• "Tasty Indian food available from the menu or buffet - and extremely reasonable prices."
• "they reduced the bill food was good"
• "The Sunday Buffet is good value."
• "Over all I would recommend coming here if on a budget if about 15 pounds per person."
• "Food was amazing and very reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "£20ish each meant that we probably could have had better value buying separately."
• "We paid £75 just for food, to me this was quite expensive."
• "Spent £90 on food we just picked on and some drinks."
• "The price is at the higher end for a curry in the MK area."
• "The final bill was a tad higher that I would expect for an Indian."
• "Railway mutton curry 11 pounds 0 rating oil and too spicy even street dogs won’t eat that curry."
• "Very disappointed, was rushed, staff surly & dirty looking, hardly let us view menu, rushed us into set meal A or B."