Real Taste of India Croydon Reviews Summary

Authenticity and Taste

Pros:

• "Taste of India is the perfect spot to fill our hearts if we are away from home and missing our food."
• "The food here is tasty and good, the temperature of the food is great it's served hot."
• "If you're looking for a decent Kerala cuisine in South London, look no further than this restaurant."
• "Everytime I come I feel I'm home. The food is excellent and the service is fabulous."
• "One of the best Indian restaurants I've tried for a long time! Very delicious and authentic tasting food."

Cons:

• "Food was yummy very delicious service little slow but the was they packed up my take away food wasn’t good at all."
• "Masala dosa had too teaspoon worth of filling when it is supposed to be FILLED crepe pancake."
• "The chicken tikka masala was not good because it literally looked like butter chicken."
• "Don't know how to make street food and Biriyani. Street food always have chutneys in it. They don't put any, nothing at all."

Service and Staff

Pros:

• "The service at the restaurant was excellent. You won't be disappointed."
• "Staff are pleasant and friendly. Atmosphere - enjoyable."
• "Staff are really good kind and friendly - the Pothichoru was a last min upgrade from a different order and they acknowledged it."
• "The staff is very friendly, especially Arjun. I highly recommend everyone comes here."
• "Staff was very friendly and attentive. Best Kerala food ever had from UK."

Cons:

• "Horrible experience. Waited 30 minutes for food to arrive (starters)."
• "Too long waiting. Pazhampori (banana fry) was microwaved(we could have done it at home, why visit restaurant for this?)"
• "We will not recommend this restaurant for family as even after 1hr they haven't served our food and whenever we check about the time they say will serve in 5 minutes."
• "Just been for dinner with family and frined, service is absolutley rubbish, that's ok but they are fiddleling with bill."

Ambiance and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Also interesting is their setting and interior decor, which reflects Indian culture."
• "Brilliant atmosphere, Spacious Restaurant. Best South Indian Recipes."
• "The atmosphere was awesome and I definitely liked that you have a very modern style."
• "The restaurant was clean and newly decorated."
• "Very good indian authentic indian food, at almost indian prices."

Cons:

• "The place has screening and a TV with some lite music(mostly malayalam songs with a mix of hindi and Tamil) and apart from that it has a bland or dull ambience."
• "It’s Sunday night super busy every table has people and guess what they only got 2 waiters serving."
• "Went for an early evening meal, hardly anyone was in the restaurant when we arrived, yet tables around us were dirty, some with plates of bones and half-eaten food piling up."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The food was absolutely delicious. The staff were excellent, with a smiling face, polite and extremely helpful. All second/third servings requested was provided."
• "5 stars dish: Chicken in the pot. It is like chicken biryani. Plain Dosa and the sauces are very delicious and hot spicy 😉 Perfect place for families, clean, tasty and budget friendly."
• "Very good Indian authentic Indian food, at almost Indian prices."

Cons:

• "For £21.00 per person…total nuts!!!! Save it for their regular menu or Pothichooru which is way better."
• "The chammanthi was froze and the quantity of the side dishes was not to the standard."
• "Not worthy for money. I ordered the dish with comes with parotta and curry their special. It was nearly £9. Two parotta with lots of lamb curry on top of that with three tiny pieces of lamb."