The Chilli Pickle Reviews Summary

Price and Value

Pros:

• "A 1 person thali box is 20 quid but it is somehow worth it."
• "Price we thought was exactly right for what you get."
• "Not cheap but good value for the standard of food and service."
• "£61 including service for more food than 3 hungry adults can eat is good value too."
• "The bill much less than we'd anticipated paying based on quality of the food."
• "The price was extremely reasonable for the quality of food."
• "This makes the £16 quid for veggie £18 for meat well worth the price."

Cons:

• "Items are over priced. My dosa cost over 10 quids."
• "Food was expensive for quite small portions."
• "Definitely wasn’t worth it £40 might not be nothing for the business but for some us we earn it."
• "Very expensive with what you get average £15 for a very small curry."
• "Overall though the main dish struggles to justify the ₤15 price tag."
• "Priced at £19, which seemed on the expensive side for the size of the portion."
• "Amazing restaurant, but it is now very expensive (compared to our last visit over 5 years ago)."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Excellent lamb thali! The lamb was soft and east to eat, perfectly balanced spices."
• "Excellent food... and the best chai since Indian railway chai!"
• "The food was fantastic and super value."
• "The food is superb. The best Indian food we've eaten to date."
• "Delicious food especially the mutton lal mas."
• "Most delicious food, so tasty and fresh, no long wait times and the friendly staff accommodated us even in a packed evening!"
• "Absolutely delicious curry; 10/10 would recommend the BBQ Masala Tiger Prawns."

Cons:

• "All aspects of the meal so blandly spiced they could not be recognised as curry."
• "The masala dosa looked the part but tasted like stodgy bland dough."
• "All the portions were fairly small, and the biriyani I had was extremely bland."
• "The food is too bland to be called an Indian menu."
• "Sauces tasted like they are from the cheap jar."
• "The Biryani is just a coloured chicken rice."
• "The Tamil chicken was flavorless and spice less."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were friendly and efficient."
• "Staff were very attentive and nothing was too much trouble."
• "Service is very good with knowledgable, warm and efficient wait staff."
• "Staff were attentive and polite and the service was too notch."
• "Ridiculously lovely staff. I mean stylish, friendly, cheerful, attentive and professional."
• "The service was amazing, very efficient staff and the food was absolutely delicious."
• "Staff were extremely friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Our mains took a very long time to arrive."
• "I'm quite disappointed with the meal I had tonight."
• "The diner is amazing but the service is one of the worst I never had."
• "The restaurant staff did not seem to know what they were doing, the service was useless."
• "Poor customer service and bit greedy."
• "The service was poor, staff rushing around but not really doing much and dropping things constantly."
• "Service was very rude and we were asked to leave the table after 90 mins."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Great outdoor seating with heaters."
• "Beautiful decor, relaxing atmosphere."
• "The place is fun decor, relaxed Indian, colourful, backed by the sounds of India."
• "The first thing you notice when you enter is the beautifully intoxicating aroma of spices and roasted garlic."
• "The place is vibrant and attractive with quite a buzzy, party atmosphere."
• "Good food, good service and a great, buzzy atmosphere."
• "Vibrant place, cozy atmosphere."

Cons:

• "Music was too loud."
• "Restaurant was very noisy and for what were were served overpriced."
• "It seems as if most of the money has been spent on decor, and if I'm honest I found the decor a little tacky."
• "We got chased out. Didn't like that."
• "It was very busy inside and a bit too loud for my taste."
• "We were shown to a table in a dark corner next to the loud coffee machine."
• "It all looked like school dinner served in small metal dishes which made it difficult to scoop out the food."