Est. India Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The poppadum, chutney, korma dish, nans, railway lamb were to die for."
• "The tandoori chicken was really good as well as the bryani rice."
• "The food was awesome. I’ve never had such tender lamb."
• "Absolutely stunning food."
• "The food was thoroughly enjoyable and we certainly will be revisiting this restaurant again."
• "The food is simply the best. Everything on the menu is great, but our favorites are the biryani, tandoori, and papri chaat."
• "Probably the best Indian food we have tasted."

Cons:

• "To make matters much worse upon ordering dosa again today the coconut chutney had gone bad for sure."
• "Food was lovely, but there was raw chicken in our starter."
• "The sauce tasted a bit batch cooked Couldn't really tell the difference between the two dishes apart from the meat."
• "Some dishes were just not authentic."
• "The food was fine on the name of India. As professionally speaking the basic taste of Indian food was missing."
• "The biryani lacked flavour and was more like a pulao rice dish."
• "The food itself was probably some of the worst Indian food I have eaten."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was brilliant and staffs are very friendly."
• "Staffs here are very nice."
• "Waiters were attentive hence the 3rd star."
• "Great menu, really great food and what stood out most was the service, especially Zakir who totally made mine and my husband’s evening."
• "The people here are friendly and treat you like a friend."
• "Staff was very friendly and helpful."
• "From a service perspective, all the staff were polite and friendly."

Cons:

• "Incredibly rude staff & very pressuring to customers when taking orders."
• "Cold cold reception and off putting staff."
• "Service was really bad as the waiter told us to give a whole order in one go because he thought it was busy (which was not)."
• "Good food, however sour attitude from waiter who said is the Manager."
• "Service was terrible."
• "Despite the lack of customers, service was slow."
• "He was incredibly hostile, unwelcoming and rude."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere was chilled and exotic."
• "Better than many old style curry houses and well worth a visit."
• "The atmosphere is cozy, yet open."
• "The atmosphere in this restaurant was just the icing on cake!"
• "The ambience was pleasant."
• "Lovely vibe here."
• "The atmosphere is cosy and slightly exotic but not in an overpowering way."

Cons:

• "The atmosphere was kind of special: there were no other customers apart from us."
• "The only down side we have to say is that the waiters constantly walk up and down and watch you whilst you eat which feels a bit awkward at times."
• "Pretty Indian but the service left a lot to be desired."
• "The most inhospitable and rude service I've experienced in London."
• "The waiter took us to a corner table even though the hotel was almost empty with other more comfortable tables to dine at."
• "We had the feeling that they wanted us to leave their restaurant quickly."
• "Disappointed, restaurant packed with table of 17 adjacent."

Value

Pros:

• "Value for money was about what you'd expect for a central London location."
• "A decent hoppy IPA to accompany - and reasonable prices too."
• "Prices are reasonable."
• "The curry far more flavoursome and reasonably priced than so many others."
• "Food was great once again as was the price."
• "We went all in therefore had a higher bill but you can also eat here for very reasonable prices."
• "Best Indian food I've ever had."

Cons:

• "Very pricey and sub standard food."
• "Everything is way overpriced."
• "At £25 per person was also very overpriced for the food we received."
• "Overpriced food."
• "Most soaked will set you back upwards of £12."
• "Costed 24 pounds for 2 dosa."
• "Also a service charge of £1.00 for collection is not good."