Bournemouth Lahore Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff were very helpful and attentive. The service was first class."
• "Absolutely one of the kindest, attentive, helpful, just wonderful staff."
• "Staff were very professional and extremely polite."
• "The staff was very nice. The music was nice and calm."
• "Staff friendly and the service was good."
• "Really good and fast service."
• "Service is very fast and freshly cooked food is served."

Cons:

• "The most awful service I have ever seen. Waited for our tea before meals very long."
• "Ridiculous do t order on the phone say 30-45 mins 90 minutes later still waiting and constantly getting fobbed off."
• "The service was poor and the restaurant lacks any atmosphere."
• "Very disappointed with quality of the food, the service."
• "The staff were extremely rude and arrogant."
• "DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE!!!!!!. We ordered food at 6.50pm and it hadn’t arrived by 8."
• "Pretty poor experience. Only 1 high chair for the whole restaurant."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Good food, reasonably priced."
• "Fantastic Indian restaurant. Got there around 5:00pm and by 6:00pm it was full."
• "Amazing meal. We had the chicken dhansak, the lamb Baltic, sag aloo and naan breads and everything was delicious!"
• "Naans were very tasty. So we’re the popadoms dips and fries."
• "The food was excellent and tasty."
• "Food was really tasty, huge portions and the tea was to die for."
• "The food was very traditional and authentic."

Cons:

• "The food was very, very poor. Almost completely lacking in flavour, it was just like eating meat in brown sludge."
• "The okra side dish was so bitter that it ended in a bin."
• "It was very disappointing! We didn't receive what we ordered and items were missing from my order while I had already paid for them."
• "Tikka masala was so sweet that, again, was not eaten."
• "Avoid avoid avoid. Misleading prices and old meat. Everything smell And prices are sky high."
• "The food was extremely overpriced for what it was."
• "The carpet was so dirty and the food was really bad."

Atmosphere and Setting

Pros:

• "We visited this restaurant 2 days in a row, a great buzz in the restaurant with a lovely clientele."
• "Open from 11.55 am to late in the night this is a must visit restaurant if you are looking for Indian cuisine and taste."
• "This was a great find during my trip for work in Bournemouth."
• "We did have a candle light dinner."
• "All the products were fresh and the dishes had the warmth of home-made food."
• "What an amazing gem discovered."
• "As you enter the place you are welcomed by a magnificent setting."

Cons:

• "Not sure if this is pakistani food, more Bangladeshi. Name of restaurant is deceiving."
• "Will never go back to this restaurant again, a 4th visit in 3 months, and the same problem every time."
• "As soon as we walked in, the restaurant smelled absolutely foul."
• "It’s not traditional Lahori restaurant. fake food they serve ask for chicken Dall they just mix 6 cube of chicken some red colour and lentil soup and served me."
• "The restaurant lacks any atmosphere."
• "The restaurant deco is a bit dated, in need of a refurbish."
• "Interior is dated and not a place for a nice evening meal. It is not a romantic venue at all."

Value and Pricing

Pros:

• "Ordered delivery on just eat. What a great place, food was brilliant, delivered quickly and was very reasonably priced."
• "Good prices not expensive."
• "The price is very very decent!"
• "Take your own alcohol and eat for well under £30 for two of you!"
• "Always fantastic value too for the food."
• "The bill was rather inexpensive."
• "The food was delicious and affordable too."

Cons:

• "We were charged £68 for a few main dish & side dishes."
• "A very Poor customer service."
• "Expensive for the quality of the food they serve."
• "Mutton biryani was very oily and rice wasn't cooked properly."
• "Apart from the Naans, the Lamb curry, chicken curry and mixed grill were genuinely the most horrendous foods I’ve ever had from a Pakistani restaurant."
• "The portions were awfully small and definitely not worth the price."
• "Very small portions & hugely over priced £7.80 for tarka dhall."