Saffron Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The bhuna sauce was flavoursome and the meat was tender."
• "The best Indian meal we have ever had."
• "The food is excellent and tasty."
• "All the food was lovely and nicely presented."
• "The flavours were intense, the meat and fish were fresh and juicy."
• "The food was beautiful, very tasty."
• "The nicest Chicken tikka masala we have ever had in a restaurant and garlic lamb melted in the mouth."

Cons:

• "The worse Balti I have ever had. Well over priced for the quality of the food."
• "King Prawn Korma consisted of four prawns two of which were inedible as were so chewy and tough."
• "The chicken tandoori leg which clearly was days old and also reheated in MICROWAVE - it was rubbery, dry and overcooked."
• "The currys we had were extremely bland, portions were small and the naan breads were soggy."
• "The special curry was uninspired, no taste of fresh spices."
• "All 4 main dishes were extremely bland. Nothing tasted fresh."
• "Food was VERY bland, no heat/spice to it at all."

Service

Pros:

• "Lovely evening great service foods was excellent and atmosphere lovely."
• "The staff were all very friendly and made an effort to make me feel welcome when collecting my order."
• "Staff delightful, and price wise its not expensive."
• "Staff and kitchen seemed very busy, but they were friendly and helpful."
• "The staff were great and very helpful, the food was tasty and fresh."
• "Service is friendly, efficient and the restaurant has a pleasant, calm ambience."
• "Service was amazing, truly lovely people who care."

Cons:

• "Staff were rude would not give me a refund plus it was nearly 2 hours late."
• "Service leaves a little to be desired there was 3 young girls waiting and we found only 1 really seemed to want to be there."
• "Utterly dreadful experience and appalling customer service."
• "Just a meeting place for the staff's friends who sit and block the tiny passage way to the toilets."
• "Other staff not attentive at all bit of a pity really put us off a return visit."
• "Had trouble communicating order, asked to read back."
• "The service was somewhat lacking."

Value

Pros:

• "Staff delightful, and price wise its not expensive."
• "It was a great value for money."
• "Excellent food and very reasonably priced and prompt, efficient service."
• "Good isn't cheap and cheap isn't good but this place just bucks the trend with great quality food."
• "Great service and friendly staff with sensible prices."
• "Average cost for a meal for 4 with drinks is about £70, excellent in my view x x."
• "Best Indian I have had in years. It's a must try, there's not many takeaways that are any good when come on holiday but this one is a cut above the rest."

Cons:

• "Totally over priced."
• "Seemed a bit expensive for what it was especially as they don't serve alcohol."
• "Just shy of £70 rip off. Avoid."
• "£4.90 for 3 poppodom is crazy."
• "The menu is expensive for what is served."
• "It was a bit costly, so I might only come back for special occasions."
• "Very poor selection of alcohol as they were out of both Indian beers (kingfisher and cobra) on tap so only had very expensive bottles."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Lovely evening great service foods was excellent and atmosphere lovely."
• "The place is always clean and friendly."
• "Service is friendly, efficient and the restaurant has a pleasant, calm ambience."
• "One of the most amazing restaurants iv ever been to, lovely staff lovely food, lovely prices! Spot on service and excellent food, stunning atmostphere, highly reccommended!!"
• "The restaurant team were very friendly and polite and the food was superb."
• "Another excellent meal at Saffron on the last evening of our holiday."
• "Restaurant clean tidy staff were all English friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "The atmosphere was forgetable."
• "The tables are too close together, we were nearly sitting with strangers."
• "Just a meeting place for the staff's friends who sit and block the tiny passage way to the toilets."
• "We wanted dessert too having kids with us but had no option. This was totally unprofessional and down right rude."
• "Service was shambolic, 'are you ready to order yet' was asked three times in the space if two minutes."
• "Some staff was lovely, 2 young girls was talking about a customer that sent her chicken back as they gave her lamb."
• "Shows on the website they are open at 5.30. Tried ringing but engaged. Drove from Huttoft and when I got there for take out they were closed. NOT GOOD. THEY should at least update their web site."