Lahore One Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was incredibly flavorful and very skillfully cooked."
• "Everything is made to order and really delicious."
• "The food from start to finish is just Deliciously prepared, you can just taste the flavours in juiced in the meat WOW!"
• "The food was exceptional and very reasonably priced."
• "The food is fresh and spicy, really feels homemade."
• "The food was amazing. loved the saag, kebabs and the kheer."
• "Food quality has remained a consistent 10/10 in over 25 years.... that's saying something!!"

Cons:

• "Ordered 6 chicken biryanis and they tasted so bland."
• "The 'famous' chicken was oily and had a strange fishy smell."
• "The biryani is not fresh and lacks flavour."
• "The Daal and Lamb Karhai were utterly tasteless."
• "Chicken curry it was ok, everything was mircowaved."
• "However, the biryani I ordered is bland but smells nice with small pices - about 8 chicken pieces and the rest was just rice!"
• "Absolutely rubbish! Food so average, makes you wish you bought your meal from a packet out of Sainsbury's!"

Service

Pros:

• "Incredible food and service !!"
• "Service is super fast."
• "The service was really great as well."
• "Customer service is friendly and fast."
• "The service was exceptionally quick and friendly!"
• "Everybody had a lovely time, and I couldn't have asked for better service."
• "Friendly service."

Cons:

• "Poor customer service - I reserved a table over the phone, they confirmed my details, took my name and number down and verified the address."
• "Service was appalling (Kamraan was our server)."
• "We thought the service was pretty rude?"
• "Service was OK - seated v quickly busy night, food flew out of the kitchen - but the food itself! Tasteless doughy parathas more like an oil doused roti, an okra dish that tasted off."
• "Horrendous service!"
• "He tapped my shoulder not gently at all, and with an angry face and an aggressive tone, he said: - where's the tip?"
• "Our waiter, a tall, skinny, dark hair with beard guy, was extremely rude."

Value

Pros:

• "Very good value though and worth visiting if you want to try some proper Asian cooking."
• "Good prices plus it's BYO so get the booze at Tesco next door."
• "It was also great value for London !!"
• "The food generally was really well priced."
• "Great food at a low cost!"
• "The price is pretty fair!"
• "Great pricing and smiles from a happy staff."

Cons:

• "2 star venue service 3.5 star food at 5 star prices."
• "Extortionate prices for measly portions."
• "Advertising “LARGE BIRYANI” promo for 6.50 but what comes is more like a kids’ size portion on a small plate."
• "£9.50 for Karahai Chicken - again with the tiny baby bites of chicken and kids’ size portion."
• "Portions are getting smaller and smaller and prices remain sky rocket high since the initial increase a few years ago."
• "A meal for two at Lahore One will forfeit you around £40+."
• "The reason why I have 3 stars is because, they charged me more than what we ate. I only realised after I came home."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Yes it's not the fancied looking place, but that just really adds to its character!"
• "A small restaurant that looks warm and cosy."
• "The place itself is very simplistic and unassuming (my kind of place)."
• "It's a small place, not the best decor, but the homely culinary feel absolutely makes up for it."
• "Inside looks new and clean."
• "Small space but super clean and smelled wonderful."
• "It's a small old-school joint, far from special in terms of atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Old restaurant so deco not great, small and uncomfortable seating area."
• "The atmosphere and seating was rubbish, did not feel hygenic!"
• "Eating from a primary school canteen with small tables and small chairs."
• "However, do not expect anything fancy and if hygiene is important to you, don't even think about this place."
• "Decor... Oh dear."
• "Don't be put off by the size.... it's spans over two floors."
• "When we walked in, one of the waiters tried to send us to Lahore Kebab House."

Payment Options

Pros:

• "There is parking in front of the restaurant for 1 hour free."
• "You can bring your own bottle too, no corkage."
• "Cash only but ATM nearby."
• "It is cash only with 3 ATM's nearby (hopefully operational)."
• "They don’t accept card, but there is a ATM near!!"
• "Bring cash! And a big appetite and takeaway box so you can try as many things as you can!"
• "I gave 5stars because you guys deserve it, keep up the hard work!"

Cons:

• "They don't take card payment which was a little inconvenient."
• "Cash only too so unfortunately you’ll have to pop to the ATM next door."
• "Two things you need to know, it's BYOB only, and it's cash only."
• "How cheap - cash only?"
• "The waiter told us that tips or service can only be paid with cash."
• "Pays minimum wage for maximum hours, treats their staff like slaves, takes advantage of other people's misfortunes."
• "Whilst watching the waiter walk away with our money, we saw him put it in his pocket!"