Kohinoor of Kerala Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Very very tasty Southern and Northern Indian cuisine."
• "Fantastic food... especially the tandoori lamb chops. The best I've eaten anywhere in the country."
• "The variety of flavours was amazing. The meat was succulent and melted in the mouth."
• "The best Indian hands down. Full of flavour in every dish."
• "The food was amazing,we are visiting the area for a few days, and tracked this wonderful Keralan restaurant."
• "Wow this curry was absolutely divine! Nice big pieces of meat and very tender. The flavours were amazing and all very fresh!!"
• "The food is incredible and so delicious that whatever you order, you will not be wrong."

Cons:

• "Don't expect authentic keralan food whether it's the beef or porotta as they are pretty average."
• "I had a chicken 65 which was huge fried balls of chicken... from inside it was tasteless."
• "Fried rice is horrible. Rice is not at all mixed up properly and vegetables are very less cooked."
• "Worst Dhanshak I think I've ever had... It wasn't sweet.. it wasn't spicy.. it was just, tasteless."
• "The quantity of the chutney is rather disappointing and taste is far removed from God's Own Country."
• "Curry's tasteless onion barges awful."
• "Not an authentic Indian taste. The kick was missing in all the five dishes we ordered."

Service

Pros:

• "Service superb, haven't been in about 18 years but as good as I remember!"
• "The staff we really friendly and welcoming too."
• "Great service, amazing food, crazily good value."
• "The staff were friendly and really keen to make sure we were happy with everything."
• "Also, the staffs are very sweet and ready to help and serve you with a pleasant smile."
• "Staff both polite and attentive, food served promptly and hot and fresh ingredients."
• "Service was great and attentive."

Cons:

• "Not worth the money & Rude manager! Waited 45 minute for food that wasn't great, and half went in the bin because it didn't taste nice."
• "Food is ok but the wait for collecting a takeaway was way longer than I was told."
• "But only down point is the service time. You have to keep waiting and waiting."
• "The fried prawn start is a joke (a single prawn gets served)."
• "Service is very bad i have to wait for a 45 minutes for the food."
• "Really good food but had to wait 30 mins to be seated even though the table was booked in advance."
• "Service was not up to the mark."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is very pleasant."
• "The place is very clean, the tablecloths snow white and the gentle background music invites you relax."
• "But the atmosphere was great, it was clean and well kept inside."
• "It's small but very cosy inside and the staff are excellent."
• "Restaurant small and cosy space with relaxed atmosphere, busy but yet calm...nothing was too much trouble here."
• "Authentic food and great atmosphere."
• "Wonderful restaurant with great ambience."

Cons:

• "First of all, I didn’t even like the restaurant ambience. It is so packed up and very noisy."
• "Busy Indian. Bit bright and lacking atmosphere."
• "Although the decor is dated."
• "Only problem is Uni students, who gather there in huge numbers, make a massive amount of noise and detract from a pleasant dining experience."
• "It is so packed up and very noisy."
• "Guy who was serving us to take order he was stressed specifically to us."
• "Service is polite but sometimes it feels a little rushed."

Value

Pros:

• "Great service, amazing food, crazily good value."
• "The food is fantastic, the service excellent and it was also very good value for money."
• "Price was reasonable for the quality of food/service."
• "Always busy and although not the cheapest Indian restaurant in town it is the best without any doubt."
• "Worth spending a little more for the quality u get."
• "Prices were perfectly normal."
• "Been here many times and it's always very good quality, and friendly service."

Cons:

• "Not worth the money & Rude manager! Waited 45 minute for food that wasn't great, and half went in the bin because it didn't taste nice."
• "Very expensive, food is quite good but not worthy(biriyani)."
• "Totally highly expensive."
• "Not good paid £55 for awful food pilua rice was like rice pudding Curry's tasteless."
• "The pricing was also somewhat misleading as every item I had was more than stated on the online menu."