Indian Veg Reviews Summary

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Can't beat it for the price!"
• "Value = brilliant."
• "£8 all you can eat, you can’t go wrong!"
• "The buffet is £5.50 now, but still a good value for all you could eat, and everything tasted delicious!"
• "Great value for money and the owner is very friendly too."
• "It's astonishingly well-priced, with all-you-can-eat being £6.50 (!!!), and you get to bring your own drinks at no extra charge!"
• "£7.99 for all you can eat im central London is a bargain."

Cons:

• "At £7.95 per head it's not all that great a value."
• "It's cheap but it isn't good value for money."
• "Unfortunately, I'm only awarding 4 stars due to price rise, now £14.95, making it expensive now and not such great value."
• "At £12.95 per head a tad pricey for mediocre tasting food."
• "Eat all you can in 11 pounds, which is not cheap from what it may seem."
• "The takeaway containers are £7 But to eat in is £15, I remember when it was £5 to eat in, then went up to 7, then 10, I think 15, it's too much of a difference from the takeaway and a bit too pricy."
• "It's quite apparent that the buffet prices are exorbitant."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is very good quality."
• "Each dish was hearty and extremely flavorful."
• "Everything was tasty and flavourful."
• "Buffet is a range of very tasty vegetarian/vegan food - eat as much as you like."
• "The food is unbelievably good, so fresh and so much flavour."
• "Food very delicious, especially the NAN bread!"
• "The food was super hot and fresh, very tasty, good variety for vegetarians too."

Cons:

• "Oily food, unhealthy."
• "The Onion Bahji's were like dumplings, the rice was old."
• "The food was very oily."
• "The only gripes I have are that the fried options are fairly oily."
• "Sub standard (frozen) veg, limited choice usually always floating in oil. Expensive and disgusting."
• "The food also lacked flavour."
• "Food had obviously been left out for a LONG time, most of it was lukewarm, quite a bit stone cold."

Service and Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The decoration of the place was quite quirky too, which is nice!"
• "The interior is tastefully designed to make you re-think why any one would want to harm any soul."
• "The ambience is terrible and, more importantly, there are three really good Indian restaurants on the same street where you can choose your own food from a large menu."
• "Both the gentlemen working there were friendly and welcoming."
• "The staff are nice and the service is really good."
• "The staff here were accommodating and we were seated immediately."
• "The staff are always super accommodating and have great advice."

Cons:

• "Service of the staff were bit less as place is congested and in a top location."
• "Before the staff used to be friendly but that has gone as well."
• "The owner/manager sometimes sits in the restaurant talking on his mobile at very high volume."
• "The ambience sucked so much it's hard to explain."
• "Staff openly chat on their cell phones with no regard to customers, loud, imposing and nasty."
• "The only thing I have to say is that the staff, while nice, aren't terribly attentive."
• "The owner/the old Asian chap behind the counter is rude."

Social Impact

Pros:

• "They feed the homeless and people who can’t afford to eat so there’s a good feeling that you’re helping to support a system that looks after others by going there."
• "It offers free takeaways to the homeless."
• "They give free meals to homeless which is a great idea."
• "I’ll definitely be leaving a tip in the form of a donation for their homeless takeaway service!"
• "Indian Veg supports the homeless, by offering them free meals, you feel like you are supporting this wonderful establishment."
• "They also provide with free food to every home less, regardless to any caste, creed, colour, size etc."
• "They feed the homeless from the buffet as well, the people who run it are just good human beings."

Cons:

• "The food choices are limited; yes it appears that there are many options from the buffet but it’s all variations on one thing."
• "The location was a bit confusing as its walls were full with 'vegetarian/health propaganda posters'."
• "The walls are covered with hilarious sensationalised headlines about why vegetarians are great."
• "The walls are heavily decorated with vegetarian propaganda - I'm glad it survived the recent refurbishment. It is something to behold."
• "Posters all over the establishment preach the word of veganism and vegetarianism from various interesting and many times humorous perspectives."
• "The interior is a delight, filled to the brim with all sorts of vege/vegan paraphernalia, jokes & anecdotes."
• "The restaurant is also absolutely covered in wall paper listing all the benefits of vegetables and a vegetarian diet."