Saravanaa Bhavan Wembley Reviews Summary

Ambience

Pros:

• "The restaurant was bright, modern and spotlessly clean with tables well spaced apart for COVID times."
• "A lovely place to sit and enjoy a variety of Indian dishes."
• "Loved the food. Good ambience. Just felt like Tamilnadu."
• "Good ambience."
• "Inside the place looks really good."
• "The ambiance is welcoming, and the service is top-notch."
• "The seating arrangement, look and feel all gives you vibes of an Indian restaurant."

Cons:

• "The environment is very busy and chaotic mostly."
• "The restaurant lacks cleanliness and hygiene."
• "The seating space is very cluttered and washrooms stink."
• "Only criticism was the atmosphere inside was quite loud - a mixture of loud conversations around the tables, noise coming from the kitchen itself and the loud hand dryer near the sinks in the restaurant."
• "The restaurant had a lively atmosphere, but it was too noisy for my liking."
• "Their Wembley branch as always is very cramped plus noisy."
• "A bit noisy and not clean."

Service

Pros:

• "Got the table 4 Adults and a kid, ordered food, after 5 mins of ordering, changed the partial order, yet they accepted my request for change gracefully."
• "We were served by Swati and she was great because she made the experience better."
• "Open kitchen ensures the hygiene."
• "The staffs were really friendly… keep it up as it is…"
• "Fantastic service and friendly atmosphere."
• "The service is friendly."
• "Staff very polite and helpful."

Cons:

• "The service was very poor and the restaurant was borderline unhygienic."
• "Abslutely pathetic service."
• "Too many staff. Chatting themselves by leaving customers."
• "The waiter lady was rude and not pleasant to the customers."
• "The manager/cashier had a bad attitude today when it came to paying the bills at the counter."
• "VERY POOR SERVICE."
• "Poor customer service."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Usually food is always good."
• "The food was freshly made and you got some chutney which were rich in flavour and also had different textures."
• "The sambar vada, I had was amazing."
• "Saravana Bhavan offers an impeccable taste of authentic South Indian cuisine."
• "The food was great, loved the south Indian thali and the dose, idli and the mango lassi."
• "Food is amazing too much choice."
• "Lovely delicious and tasty food, great quantity, and reasonable by cost."

Cons:

• "The ferrero Rocher ice cream was pre-made and set in the freezer, so it was hard when it arrived, was not fresh and no expiry date either."
• "Food quality has deteriorated too."
• "I ordered dosa and when I got another bowl of sambar, there was hair in the sambar."
• "Chutneys were made-up of spoiled cocunuts."
• "Don't order Chilli Garlic Mixed Veg as the chef was recently changed and he doesn't know how to make it."
• "Very basic food and not worth the price."
• "This was the worst and soggiest dosas I had ever in my life."

Value

Pros:

• "Great value too."
• "Reasonably priced menu."
• "You definitely get good value for your money here."
• "It is very affordable compared to lot of places that serve Indian food."
• "The menu had an excellent spread of South Indian cuisine."
• "Prices are low compared to the London one may be cost of rent be factor for it."
• "Even the price was lesser compared to other south Indian restaurants."

Cons:

• "Very sorry but won’t recommend to anyone."
• "The only vegetable that I could make out was a bland beetroot curry."
• "Worst Buttermilk in the UK. Only curd with water, that's not buttermilk."
• "Food is expensive & Quantity is not much."
• "But their paans are stale and expensive. It's a big no if you take my suggestion. Complete waste of money."
• "Food prices are high but not even close to East Ham branch."
• "Prices of the dishes were bit on the higher side, but to get good Dosa in London cannot complain."