Standard Balti House Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "The staff - warm, friendly, engaging ...It was a lovely experience!"
• "Excellent service from the staff."
• "The service, the food, the experience from the moment we walked in until we left was absolutely amazing and outstanding."
• "Overall, lovely atmosphere and amazing service!"
• "Very friendly and attentive service."
• "The service is nothing short of exceptional."
• "The service was great and the food was amazing. As much as I was full, the food was so good I didn't want to stop eating."

Cons:

• "Waitier was rude after informing him about the bread."
• "Most of the staff were fairly pleasant but one of two were unmistakably rude."
• "Service was appalling."
• "We had pretty bad service throughout the evening."
• "The waiters seemed pushy and aggressive from the moment we’d sat down."
• "The guy who came and took our order was rude and at times ignorant to the individual requirements of the group."
• "The waiters were very angry."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "A genuine gem amongst the many other restaurants serving Indian food."
• "Absolutely sensational food served by the amazing Ahmed."
• "Very nice and authentic India Bangladesh food."
• "Food was really tasty and authentic at the same time."
• "Food was fantastic and at a great price."
• "The Chicken Tikka starter was moist and succulent whilst the Lamb Balti was flavoursome and just the right amount of spice."
• "Food was absolutely sublime, freshly made, full of flavour, incredible taste!"

Cons:

• "Food is terrible and over priced."
• "Standard Balti is exactly what it's name states: standard."
• "OK curry, but not spectacular."
• "By far the worst curry experience I have had in Brick Lane!"
• "Ordered the lamb shashlik, it was the most pointless matter I have ever processed!"
• "Ordered the butter chicken and it was disgustingly sweet- like someone had dumped a bucket of syrup into it."
• "Both dishes had too much sauce with very little meat."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "For the cost – and worth noting that its much more reasonably priced than some of its neighbours – I’d say it’s definitely a 4."
• "We got a £20 per head for starters, mains and two drinks which seemed like a good price."
• "They even go and get your beer and wine for you and they give you 20% off your alcohol purchase."
• "With tastecard was a bargain."
• "Very reasonable prices too."
• "Fresh and tasteful food that is superb value for money even without any offers."
• "Lovely bit of food and drinks got a great deal of starter main rice naan bread and a pint of beer all for £20 pound each would recommend."

Cons:

• "It's very expensive as well."
• "Did not order much because small little portions and very pricey."
• "All dishes are overpriced and small portions which they so called ‘medium’."
• "The portions of chicken tikka biryani is very small."
• "The portions were quite small."
• "The only downside is that the portion sizes are a bit small for the price, but nothing too unreasonable."
• "Once in and had our meal, the bill came and the “free” drinks were added on to the bill. Just a trick to get you in."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is vibrant but sophisticated with a modern feel."
• "The ambiance exudes a delightful charm."
• "The place has a nice décor, with some Bollywood up on far screens and accompanying music piped through at a comfortable volume, which added to the ambience."
• "A relaxed ambience with a great service to match located in the heart of Bricklane not far from the buzzing Shoreditch."
• "Much nicer decor/ambience than other places on Brick Lane."
• "Very nice decor."
• "This Indian restaurant has a nice and traditional Indian cuisines."

Cons:

• "It didn't help that we were sat next to an obnoxiously loud TV that was playing music."
• "All the tables in the restaurant were placed too close to other customers, and it felt like we were disturbing them every time someone needed to go to the washroom."
• "It was very disorganised with servers rushing about with food trolleys and welcoming new customers through the door."
• "Other table complained and the bully Doorman was rude ..."
• "While dining outside at Muhib, next to this restaurant the owner was smoking next to us."
• "Sadly looks like there has been a change of management."
• "Being an Indian, I can safely say that this is the worst restaurant serving Indian food that I have been too recently."