Sagar Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurant - Hammersmith Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food has always been delicious."
• "Had a paper dosa masala, and it was perfectly thin and crispy, with a yummy potato curry."
• "The Dosa was beautiful, and the potato and lentil curry inside was really flavourful."
• "Everything flavourful, nicely spiced, and the servings are generous and satisfying."
• "Food was so tasty and healthy, not swimming in oil."
• "All of it was amazing, perfectly flavored yet not over-spiced or greasy."
• "One of the best Indian foods I have had in a long time."

Cons:

• "Food was of very poor quality mainly based on potatoes. No flavour or a taste."
• "The sambar & chutney were so diluted, tasted stale & lacked proper spices & south Indian taste."
• "I had ordered vegetable keema, it was bland, all filled with gobhi, very bad taste, RAITA WAS SWEET."
• "Every curry was very weakly flavoured."
• "Food was blend, no flavour even though they charge a fortune."
• "The cottage cheese tasted like chalk, the vegetables had no flavour."
• "The food was very plain, no flavour at all."

Service

Pros:

• "Service is very good, probably been served by the boss."
• "The service was professional and prompt and all our needs were catered for."
• "The service was great and the restaurant was clean."
• "The staff were friendly while I was there & the lunch special was totally filling for £3.50."
• "Staff always accommodating & friendly."
• "Our waiter Naitik was excellent and very friendly."
• "The staff were really helpful and charming."

Cons:

• "Rude, unprofessional."
• "For me and the rest of us who didn't really want to pay service charge because of your attitude it will be the last time visit."
• "Efficient but unsmiling and unfriendly staff."
• "Waited 30 minutes for the order to be delivered, desserts were brought first, ice cream had ice inside."
• "I do not recommend this restaurant at all."
• "We were spoken too in an extremely condescending & rude manner (rolling eyes & pulling faces) by the waiter."
• "AWFUL SERVICE!!!!"

Value

Pros:

• "Food were tasty and reasonably priced."
• "Wine selection small but very affordable."
• "Amazing value too!!"
• "They do a fantastic lunch box for £3.50 which is more than enough food and, considering the price, a damn tasty meal."
• "The restaurant offers special Lunch menu for £6.95, good value for quantity."
• "The prices are good for this part of London and the portions generous - we always have leftovers to eat the next day."
• "The prices very fair and good value for money."

Cons:

• "Extremely over priced, small portions."
• "Really bad value for money."
• "They charge soo much prices for the food and the quantity is too less."
• "We spent almost £60.00 on food that made us sick and also had no flavour."
• "Expensive for the quantity."
• "The udipi thali (platter) was way overpriced at £16.00 and the portions of veg were mean."
• "I spent over £20 myself for a dinner and could not finish all as not taste good at all."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Sagar is delightful. Low key, simple, but warm and pleasing environment."
• "The ambience was perfect, felt like I was eating at my favorite restaurant in India."
• "Which was very cozy and had a pretty authentic vibe."
• "The place has a friendly, casual atmosphere."
• "Bit of a hidden gem down the road from Hammersmith."
• "Great ambience."
• "Warm, clean, welcoming and great service."

Cons:

• "The restaurant was quite quiet and could have done with a bit more atmosphere, both in terms of the staff but also the decor which is very simple."
• "The set up of the tables doesn't allow for much privacy."
• "Right across from the stairs to the loo was my table and it stank from the loo."
• "The decor is not the best."
• "Decor is a bit jaded and seating ok for a 45 minute visit."
• "While the ambiance is nice and hygiene is maintained, the mild sweet taste (in almost every dish) suits English palate more."
• "Food isn’t authentic as Indian food has a lot of flavour and is cooked fresh and served fresh."

Environmental Impact

Pros:

• "Beautiful, fresh, generous vegetarian and vegan food, so reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "Excessive use of unnecessary plastic-ware and no steps taken to reduce environmental impact."
• "Food is stale & not fresh. Plus comes in full of plastic packaging."
• "Please please be aware that this place is unhygienic and the food quality is very very poor."
• "Extremely oily and greasy (most probably from reused oil used for frying things)."
• "We found a short black hair in the last bite of our dhosa, disgusting."
• "Deliveroo and Uber Eats should remove this restaurant from their platform because they scam their customers."
• "The person serving was not even well groomed which speaks as to the hygiene of the place."