Coriander Lounge Indian Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Absolutely stunning food, takeaway or dine in."
• "If you love curry, this is the place for you, on the mid to pricey range, but well worth it."
• "Can honestly say that it was the best Indian restaurant I’ve ever been to."
• "Their food is simply amazing."
• "The food itself was first class."
• "The food was delicious. Delhi dal makhani and side dish- bhindi bhaji."
• "Every single dish was absolutely delicious!!"

Cons:

• "The food was mediocre, but the service was horrible!!!"
• "The most awful dish I had ever tasted. I am from India so I should know. No garlic ginger chilly was fresh. All powders!!!!!"
• "Everything else was very mediocre and lacked the strong flavours that you expect from Indian food."
• "Honestly, been here twice first time I thought maybe because they were so busy but my second tires was the same. The food is mediocre."
• "Delicious flavors but chicken felt like a low quality one. The ones that are pumped with water. Texture was peculiar I must say."
• "The different curry’s all seem to have the same base and no difference except for the main meat/ vegetable ingredient."
• "Food was way over-spiced. I ordered a mild dish and received something that was clearly not."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff, despite the restaurant always being busy are mostly attentive but not too attentive."
• "Excellent service in the restaurant with respectful and friendly staff."
• "Service is fast without feeling like they are rushing you and all the staff are really friendly."
• "Service was incredible and staff were friendly, owner came to the table to check if we needed anything else and kept an eye on everything."
• "Customer service of whole staff was good, specifically Gurjit."
• "Good atmosphere. Friendly staff."
• "The staff were always attentive and quick though regardless of how busy it gets."

Cons:

• "The waiters got our order wrong twice, once with the drinks and once again with our main meals, the pricing is also a bit steep in my opinion."
• "Staff are not attentive, however Pricing is very good, service is Dreadful, and they tried it on with a £30 service charge."
• "We were literally dumped at a table and forgotten about!"
• "But the service is terrible the waiter didn't acknowledge my wife at all."
• "Made me wait around for 30 minutes before I was seated."
• "Drinks arrived 1 at a time, food came out, forgot about my food and my drink still hadn't arrived."
• "I waited for 60minutes, and I think I won’t come to this restaurant again."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Great atmosphere with warm lighting and cosy low ceiling height, toilets are second to none and banter with the waiters is a nice touch."
• "The inside is beautiful, can get a bit hot but its really cute."
• "The amount of effort that went into the decoration of the restaurant and the presentation of the table was immaculate."
• "First impressions were good, with the décor being clean and well appointed."
• "Nice atmosphere and they even gave our little one some complimentary chicken and chips which he devoured! Perfect!"
• "Especially on a Friday or Saturday evening, the atmosphere is always quite loud and chaotic. Not a place you go for a quite meal. And it is a bit cramped but that's due the high demand and quality food."
• "On the main bus routes and there's parking in East Street, or below bar if you need it."

Cons:

• "Meal was fine, we were seated by the door on the right as you enter. This area is where the takeaway customers sit and dinners wait to get seated, a bit like having a table in the middle of Clapham Junction."
• "I was rushed into ordering as they told me that the table was required for other guests in one hour."
• "The place is full of drunks because of the location."
• "We were sat right by the takeaway pick up so it was cold and noisy as well."
• "Atrocious service. Took more than 2.15 hours to finish meal with delays at every stage."
• "We really don't remember it being as noisy on the last visit, as it was on Tuesday."
• "Unfortunately we were sat in a rather awkward table in front of the bar meaning we had a lot of people traffic passing us."

Value

Pros:

• "The food is reasonably priced."
• "All in all would highly recommend it, prices are good for what you get."
• "Very good value as well."
• "The food was just amazing honestly and the value for money was just crazy, so good."
• "Prices of the menu are fair for the location."
• "Pricing considering location and the quality is also brilliant."
• "Good value all round."

Cons:

• "The pricing is also a bit steep in my opinion."
• "I think it's a little pricey for what you get but that's just my opinion."
• "London prices for food that tastes good but not amazingly so."
• "It’s not cheap not that I expected cheap but for the price it should be far better."
• "Too much sugar in all the food!"
• "The main courses were of a poor quality, again with little variation in the sauces."
• "The dishes served as starters were lacking in individuality, all with the same curry sauce that overwhelmed the flavour of the prawns and chicken dishes."