Lime Pickle Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Best curry I have had in a long time."
• "The Indian dishes served at Lime Pickle are the best I have ever tasted."
• "Not only are they consistent with exceptional high quality food."
• "Best prawns I have tasted in my life."
• "The food is excellent and the service is by far the best from any takeaway I've come across."
• "The food is outstanding."
• "Every item was well presented, perfect portions and so fresh 🤩 the taste in each dish was completely different and full of flavour."

Cons:

• "The minty yoghurt dip was always congealed around the edges or on the turn & poppadums stale."
• "Just think the food is bland... Plus I always collect and no matter what time they tell me it will be ready I always have to wait an extra 10 to 15 minutes."
• "Me & my husband think we had an upset stomach from our curry after eating from here the last time."
• "Ordered a curry from here tonight & it was disgusting. Prawns were like rubber."
• "Must say has to be 1 of the worst curries iv ever had.. very bland very watery no flavour no taste."
• "The food was tasteless, we threw a majority of it away."
• "The food was very bland. I know everyone has different tastes but the naga chicken wasn't even spicy at all."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are first rate for going above and beyond."
• "The customer service is on point."
• "These guys are amazing... Food is always kickass and hot, and the service is outstanding."
• "The service received tonight was fantastic. I had the slightest observation about my order, so I contacted them directly to give feedback, and they couldn’t have been more concerned as ‘they pride themselves on high standards’ was their response."
• "Customer service is heads and shoulders above competition, they are all so polite and actually care for their customers."
• "The staff are so polite and friendly."
• "Very polite staff who provide you with that personal touch."

Cons:

• "4 out of the 5 times we have waited up to 2 hours for it to arrive and had to call in and chase it."
• "Awful after ordering on just eat I had to walk to restaurant only to be ignored, and walked away from."
• "Tried this place on Friday evening... yet it somehow came at 8.30, and we were told its because we ordered at 7?! Don't understand the point of the schedule button if your just gunna deliver later."
• "Ordered a curry from here tonight & it was disgusting. Prawns were like rubber."
• "Uncooked raw chicken tikka rang restaurant straight away and requested a refund to be told no we will send more food out!"
• "The chicken itself, it was very rubbery and tasted as if it had been frozen."
• "After waiting for almost 2 hours for the food to arrive."

Delivery

Pros:

• "Order a meal for two. Delivered quickly. Food hot and very tasty."
• "It is extremely busy but even so I have never had a late delivery which I can not say for ANY other business in the local area."
• "Oh and quick delivery as well."
• "We ordered through Uber and it arrived very quickly."
• "Always on time or earlier than expected & always piping hot."
• "Ordered for the first time tonight at 5pm we were eating at 6pm. Absolutely excellent."
• "Ordered at 6, was told will be in one hour but it was less than 45 minutes. Really great taste, some extras, and good price."

Cons:

• "4 out of the 5 times we have waited up to 2 hours for it to arrive and had to call in and chase it."
• "Being a saturday, I expected a wait for my order, but almost two hours was a bit much... To be fair, when I called them, they were very polite and apologetic, and threw in three freebies as compensation."
• "Was told that delivery would be 1hr 20 mins. 2 hours later and 3 calls later the order turned up half the order was in the bottom of the bag it was in and the food was cold."
• "The food arrived half an hour late and was missing a naan bread."
• "After waiting for almost 2 hours for the food to arrive."
• "We decided to collect as delivery was almost 2 hours (very very popular, not slow)."
• "Half the delivery wasn't in the bag. Had to wait an extra half hour for the other part of the order to arrive."

Environmental Concerns

Pros:

• "5 star hygiene rating as well."

Cons:

• "Final big beef: 16 plastic tubs with bits of pickle, and sauces... Certainly, not environmentally friendly."

Value

Pros:

• "Would recommend to anyone looking for great Indian curries at a reasonable price."
• "Great tasting food would recommend to all 5 star all the way."
• "Fantastic value for money and really good tasty food."
• "Value for money is excellent and very often you find you end up with far more food than you can manage."
• "Ordered the 3 course meal for £9.95 and got extra popadums, free spring rolls, free onion bhajji's, and an extra naan bread."
• "Best Indian take away in Birmingham, very good value you for money, very flavoursome and very pleasant and respectful staff."
• "The food was absolutely delicious, The best from Birmingham so far and well worth a visit."

Cons:

• "I would not recommend this place much better Indian places to try. 100% save your money or try elsewhere."
• "So disappointed, won't be returning."
• "Waste of £40 of curries not worth it at all lamb and fish currys poor too much masala and no proper flavours."
• "Waste of £40 of curries not worth it at all."
• "Overall - big let down, will not be ordering this spiceless, generic sauced food again."
• "The pair of Baltis lacked any kind of flavour or even any spice."
• "Use to be really good, but the last few times of ordering, food has been bland tasteless and at times cold to the touch."