Akash Tandoori Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "The staff are super friendly too."
• "Excellent service, excellent staff."
• "Service was extremely outstanding all staffs treated us with smile and created very comfortable environment."
• "Friendly chatty staff and a very enjoyable meal."
• "The owner was very chatty and friendly Couldn't do enough for us."
• "Great staff, really friendly and helpful."
• "Fast, sociable service, even when they're busy."

Cons:

• "Had to wait a long time for service and then food not hot."
• "Food seemed rushed."
• "Staff wasn't as attentive as last time."
• "But most disappointing was the fact that every time I looked up the two waiters where on their phones."
• "It took ages for them to take it off of our table when we were finished with them."
• "They got all the orders wrong and they brought some drinks out and other members of my party had to wait for there drinks."
• "The staff are in need of a course in Customer Services."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "We ordered lamb biryani which was delicious."
• "Best curry I've had for a long time."
• "The food was plentiful and tasty!"
• "The chicken korma is superb as is the chicken tikka masala and chicken bhuna, big portions."
• "Food was delicious, the lamb in the Saag was really tender."
• "The food is some of the best I've ever had, easy 10/10!!"
• "The food is fantastic and it's the best restaurant in the area."

Cons:

• "When it was noticed that we hadn't eaten our dishes... the older waiter took them away and asked if everything was OK... we said NO."
• "One of the worst place I visited. The spinach king prawn was raw, wasn't cooked properly."
• "I found the curries lacked depth with the Madras missing bite. They were flavourless and not the distinct different dishes that I was expecting."
• "The currys was really salted and louds of grease on the currys my son found a hair on his curry we couldn't eat our food because of it being salty and full of grease."
• "Both dishes are very delicious but I believe curries are their main specials."
• "The main course however was not cooked correctly over flavoured and clearly had frozen bagged vegetables in it."
• "Ordered two chicken Kormas both of them looked like the chicken wasn't thoroughly cooked."

Atmosphere and Location

Pros:

• "Awesome location - in heart of the city... Proper Indian Feel."
• "We came late so the restaurant was quiet but he showed me videos of busy nights and the atmosphere looked amazing."
• "Close walking distance to night attractions such as the Opera House (Winter Gardens) and The Grand Theatre."
• "The Akash is an off the beaten track Indian restaurant, you can walk past the door and not notice it."
• "Very welcoming and convenient to the town centre."
• "The hospitality of this place is amazing."
• "The 'front' looks modest indeed and not terribly inviting."

Cons:

• "You have to go upstairs to find the restaurant and it doesn't look like a typical place."
• "Service staff are okay but that place restaurant is not good for not access had to upstairs."
• "Entrance looks a bit shabby but once you're upstairs it's nice."
• "The restaurant is in need of redecoration. It's not a nice place to eat a meal. It's dingy and dark, lit with dimmed lighting."
• "When walking inside the stairs were quite steep and needed some renovation."
• "From street level you have to take a flight of stairs up to the restaurant... Toilets are up another level of stairs so the only downside is it's not really suitable for disabled or impaired walking."
• "The restaurant itself could do with a bit of modernisation!"

Value for Money

Pros:

• "The food is excellent and very reasonably priced."
• "In a very reasonable price range."
• "The meal being delicious and at a very reasonable price too!"
• "Great value with friendly and attentive staff."
• "Good value for your money."
• "Not too expensive."
• "Best mango lassi I've ever had."

Cons:

• "Bill was 46 quid paid in full, no reduction for mains being left as they inedible."
• "Price is too expensive."
• "I was overcharged on a phall curry and a garlic naan it should came to £8.90 and they charged me £9.40 won't be using this place again if they're gonna rip their customers off."
• "Chicken nugget with chips its cost is £8.80 is rip off."
• "Food not hot, had to pay for poppadoms ??"
• "Was very disappointed! The poppodums were nice and the starter was okay but the mains weren't up to much !"
• "All the items were good except Chicken Biryani.. the Biryani was not good and mango lassi was not as expected."