Address: 56 Hanbury St, London, E1 5JL, United Kingdom
Phone: +442072476999
Rating: 4.6
based on 152 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The BEST and only place I eat curry in the Brick Lane area and I grew up in Asia."
"Really tasty food, and the owner is so really nice to introduce the menu."
"The food tasted great, we ordered Chicken Tikka and Tandoori lamb and except for the Naan we enjoyed everything."
"The food is delicious and staff very nice 👍recommended if you are in the area."
"Absolutely delicious food."
"The food is always delicious and feels very home cooked."
"Delicious and authentic Bangladesh cuisine with three-dimensional flavours."
Cons:
"Serving store-bought parathas deep fried in oil. Food was not authentic and portion size too small."
"Food here is not good and the service is very bad."
"Basically, the food isn't great, and it is way overpriced."
"The pervasive odor in the dining area indicated a lapse in basic hygiene standards."
"The chicken tikka was not cooked properly. The Lamb kebab was dry and Lamb chop was average."
"Excessive use of oil dominated every dish."
"The food was very disappointing to the point that we only ate the naan bread and the rice."
Service
Pros:
"Excellent service from friendly employees and the owner himself."
"Very nice staff, very helpful and with a smile on their face."
"Friendly staff and great service from a team who are clearly deeply passionate about food."
"Service is excellent."
"Service was swift, pleasant and really well delivered."
"Great service and very tasty food. Really friendly service, nice relaxed atmosphere and excellent value for money."
"The service is amazing, attentive and personal."
Cons:
"The service was also a bit odd."
"Service definitely left something to be desired. The man who waited on us was generally sour and had a condescending demeanor."
"The majority of the staff had an attitude problem."
"The service left lots to be desired as well."
"But the server only took our table orders late, and the food came out too late."
"The waiter is also very rude."
"They don't have a alcohol licence so water it was."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"Nice relaxed atmosphere and excellent value for money."
"A charming atmosphere with reasonable prices."
"Nice lively atmosphere."
"It's a small, fun and modern place. Very popular and quickly filled up which is a good sign."
"It's got fancier in the last few years but is genuinely great great food, lovely service and nice lively atmosphere."
"The atmosphere was great."
"It's a wonderfully clean place with the friendliest staff."
Cons:
"Perhaps they can turn volume down a bit as I felt it was way too loud."
"Unfortunately my experience here started off quite badly as owner asked not to order tap water as they don't benefit financially if customers request this."
"The restaurant is more of a cafe atmosphere with simple decor also it doesn't serve alcohol..."
"The restaurant is too small with bad deco."
"Small tables and uncomfortable experience dining."
"Please don’t go here. Small portions, overpriced and everything seems to be microwaved."
"The food was okay. However, you’re not allowed to drink tap water which I just think is appalling."
Pricing
Pros:
"The food is reasonably priced (£70 for 4 people)."
"One of our party mentioned the portions weren't big but he's pretty greedy and the other two of us reckon it's better than being overfaced, but also the prices were good."
"The food quality is extremely good and fairly priced as well."
"Price wise, it is a very decent restaurant."
"We spent 25 pounds for 3 people for 3 main dishes and 3 drinks."
"Had an amazing meal at realistic pricing."
"Absolutely delicious and very reasonably priced!"
Cons:
"They also don’t offer tap water and charge almost £4 for a bottle of water!"
"Basically, the food isn't great, and it is way overpriced."
"It was not expensive but considering the quality of the dishes, it was not even worth what I paid."
"I appreciate the cheaper pricing but given the quality of the food it wasn’t worth it at all!!"