Tayyabs Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Thoroughly tasty food!"
• "The food is wonderful."
• "The lamb chops and grilled king prawn with their Tarka dhal that’s what does it for us."
• "The seekh kebabs, lambchops, dry lamb curry, chicken karahi are all highly recommended."
• "The food is unique and authentic, served quickly and tastes great."
• "Food no doubt is one of the good ones in London, very close to perfect."
• "Food fantastic and delicious."

Cons:

• "Found a fly inside one of the sauce."
• "The popadoms were stale."
• "The curries are ok I’ve tasted better."
• "The food is the worst Pakistani / Punjabi / Indian food i've had."
• "The mutton was very very chewy not something I would recommend."
• "The food was cold and seemed microwaved."
• "The 'Chef special' young chicken karahi was non tender chicken with tomato paste."

Service

Pros:

• "Service is very good."
• "Service is welcoming and helpful."
• "The staff exhibits remarkable professionalism, efficiently tending to their duties."
• "The staff are so helpful and ensure you don’t over order and bring out food swiftly and efficiently."
• "Service was good and quick, food arrived in a very reasonable time."
• "The service is was excellent - when one of our starters was a bit slow in arriving, they apologized and gave us a free additional dish."
• "Service was great and prompt."

Cons:

• "Another waiter came to tell us we needed to leave as the next table was there."
• "Extremely rude staff, not helpful at all."
• "The waiting for food takes ages, we had to wait around 30+ mins before being served."
• "The manager here was very rude. We had booked but he had given our table away and told us to wait in the walk-in queue."
• "Staff don't care."
• "Waiter dropped dirty cutlery on my favourite shirt leaving multiple massive curry stains."
• "The service is horrible and our waiter was incredibly rude."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Easily one of the best Indian restaurant with decent ambience too without burning your pockets."
• "It's not a quiet place but if you're up for a good, loud, fast paced experience, you'll love it."
• "With its four-tiered seating setup, the restaurant boasts ample tables."
• "The place was lively with people but also comfortable to sit and enjoy your food."
• "The place just has an incredible buzz."
• "It's always busy, giving it a wonderful bustling atmosphere."
• "The venue is such a great vibe from the second that you get in there, it’s massive."

Cons:

• "The only negative was how busy it was when we visited."
• "The place is so tightly packed."
• "Venue was literally overcrowded with people waiting on the staircase for a table to be free."
• "Customers are squeezed together, little space between tables."
• "The place is crowded, tables are packed tightly and everyone is loud."
• "VERY noisy place so definitely not suitable for a peaceful and quiet meal."
• "Sat upstairs next to huge crowds, with loud music playing like you’re in a club so you can’t hear anything."

Value

Pros:

• "Furthermore, the food is reasonably priced, in perfect alignment with the exceptional taste and generous portion sizes."
• "The BYOB is awesome."
• "Bring your own drinks!"
• "The cost of the food is also extremely reasonable."
• "You get soo much food for the price."
• "The bill came to a very reasonable £15 per head."
• "Very good, plenty food for under £20 a head."

Cons:

• "The rice was horrible far from pilau rice and the portion was so small did not justify the price tag of £4.50."
• "For the price we paid for meal it was not worth it."
• "Paid £15 for 3 pieces of small Tandoori King Prawns."
• "My quibble was the Sag Aloo- £9 and it came out with 2 round potatoes and a lot of sauce."
• "The £1 per Poppadom is extortionate."
• "You pay a lot!"
• "However, we paid £35 between 2 overall so good price for portion."