Shah Tandoori Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was absolutely delicious!"
• "Great authentic Indian food."
• "The chicken tandoori was aromatic and perfectly cooked."
• "The tandoori king prawns were perfectly cooked and flavorful, while the chicken banjara was tender and delicious."
• "The food had just the right balance of spices and an authentic taste."
• "The matter paneer was perfect!"
• "The dishes are flavourful and have a good kick."

Cons:

• "The grilled meats are bad, and the shrimp doesn't seem very fresh."
• "The samosa chat had no indianess."
• "Good if you want boiled chicken cubes in a generic curry sauce saturated with cheap vegetable oil."
• "The butter chicken neither had salt, nor spice and the chicken was shredded with color."
• "Kabab platter - Rating 0 | Again not what you expect ...raw and small portion."
• "The food lacks flavor."
• "They serve the most tasteless food in London."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was great."
• "All of the staff were incredibly friendly and they were incredibly handsome with the portions of food."
• "Raj has been very professional and friendly."
• "The staff attentive and friendly."
• "Hussein was exceptionally helpful and provided great service."
• "The staff was very friendly and helpful."
• "The staff are really friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Inappropriate behaviour from the staff."
• "Service however left something to be desired. I shouldn’t have to ask 3 times to pay the bill."
• "The waiter forces you to order more as he says whatever you order is less."
• "When asked about gluten free options, lines seemed to be a bit blurry."
• "The service was attentive but at same time I found it a bit lacking of attention.. they forgot a few drinks and pieces of cutlery."
• "I've not been treated with such contempt as a customer by a member of staff for many a year."
• "Staff started quarreling and were very rude."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Also recently renovated, looks great."
• "Atmosphere was welcoming and at the same time a party zone."
• "What an evening we had, great food amazing atmosphere and vibe."
• "The place is ambient. The traditional light music playing in the background adds to the flavour."
• "You'll enjoy a lovely meal that will make you travel in a nice and cosy atmosphere."
• "Unlike many curry houses the decor is not too cheesey and is in fact quite tasteful."
• "The space itself is clean."

Cons:

• "The place was not worth the price."
• "The strange thing for me was the salon opposite had a lady sitting there completely still for 2 hours."
• "It does get very busy and as a result you can be quite cramped to accommodate all the diners."
• "People may hate the noise from the train."
• "Another big let down is the noise on the floor is annoying as there is underground station beneath the floor."
• "Ambience was not of my taste but that’s personal."
• "Also the decor is very outdated, a bit depressing."

Value

Pros:

• "Good quality dinners at affordable prices."
• "Good value, hearty curry."
• "The food was the best we've had in a very long while, and very reasonable priced."
• "Price came up to around 35£ per person.."
• "Very reasonably priced too."
• "Delicious food, friendly staff, very reasonable priced."
• "Priced very reasonable too."

Cons:

• "I think it is very harsh to demand a 10% service-fee when you don't get offered anything tbh."
• "We got scammed as we had to pay 15% of what we ordered and not 10%."
• "The water was 5 pounds which was pretty pricey."
• "They offered us papadam and thought it was complimentary but no...10 GBP for 10 Papadams of which we ate only 2."
• "Then they tried to add a service charge of about 25-30% for a table of one."
• "I've had much better for the price."
• "2 of us spend 70 GBP on really bad food."