Dakhin Reviews Summary

Category: Indian restaurant Glasgow, UK

Address: 89 Candleriggs, Merchant City, Glasgow G1 1NP, United Kingdom

Phone: +441415532585

Rating: 4.5
based on 168 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Flavours are more aromatic than your normal takeaway, but very high quality never the less."
  • "The most perfectly cooked fish and balance of flavors I've had in a long time; the spice and heat were very subtle and only there to enhance the natural taste and texture of the dish."
  • "Phenomenal food, very flavoursome and just the right amount of spicy heat."
  • "The food was absolutely amazing."
  • "Everything tasted absolutely delicious and was very authentic too."
  • "All of the food was fresh tasting and delicately spiced."
  • "The food was beautiful; plenty of variety, generous but sensible portion sizes, good prices and it tasted delicious."

Cons:

  • "The food wasn't much chop either."
  • "The fish was stale and the spices on the fish were undercooked."
  • "Food was hot above limits even for dishes that wasn't flagged as spicy."
  • "Quality of food is very cheap as the idly was as hard as the iron."
  • "Service was non existent, chicken was dry and sauce lacked depth of flavour."
  • "The dosa is not delicious at all, and the sambar and chutney are as well."
  • "The Idli wasn't up to the mark. It was too hard."

Service

Pros:

  • "The staff were very friendly."
  • "The service was fantastic and the staff were so fun and so kind!"
  • "The staff were very helpful throughout."
  • "Service is fast and friendly."
  • "Service was quick and all the staff were friendly."
  • "Service was friendly and helpful."
  • "The service was excellent & the food tasty."

Cons:

  • "The service is diabolical overall & The Waiter's heads appeared like they were someplace else."
  • "Got served food without any cutlery, asked for some and they never came back."
  • "Service was abysmal - we ordered drinks and 20 minutes later, with our drinks order still not on our table, we were informed the order had been lost."
  • "However and a big however is that on a recent visit an a Tuesday evening at beginning of August 2022 and despite having made an online reservation we were seated at our table and waited almost 25 minutes before anyone even approached us."
  • "Service- we asked for water the staff pretended to be very busy and didn't bring us the water."
  • "We hadn't been offered drinks until at least after we'd ordered the main courses."
  • "The customer service is slow, and you get tired of waiting for the food to come."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

  • "Right in the heart of Merchant City in Glasgow."
  • "The atmosphere in the restaurant was buzzing."
  • "Great atmosphere."
  • "Really stylish place with cool music which gives a great taste of a modern India."
  • "Fabulous lunch for group of 7 friends getting together for the first time since before Covid."
  • "The restaurant has a lovely ambience."
  • "After experiencing crowded places across Britain with not so great ambiance, this restaurant was fabulous in having tons of space and room to breathe along with the ambiance expected at a high end restaurant."

Cons:

  • "The restaurant is not even on the ground floor and has no views outside to enjoy or appreciate."
  • "Not welcoming for kids."
  • "Parking can be an issue if visiting during busy hours."
  • "Parking around that area can be a nightmare and it is upstairs so not sure about disabled access etc..."
  • "As far as I can tell the only access is by stairs, so not great from an accessibility perspective."
  • "Hence low on atmosphere... However there is no background music nor there is anything in the restaurant to make a theme nor something about south India."
  • "I didn't find the atmosphere friendly as well."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "Enjoyed a delicious meal here on a Tuesday night, taking advantage of their 10% student discount."
  • "The selection of tester menus is fantastic."
  • "Good prices."
  • "Really well priced too."
  • "For what you get it is very good value for money."
  • "The pre theatre meal deal was good value."
  • "Price reasonable."

Cons:

  • "I did think this was a tad expensive, for comparable curries."
  • "One line review: “pretty expensive for a nowhere near Indian food” Detailed: We ordered Idli, vada, Sambhar and 2 different Biriyanis. There are just 2 Idlis and 2 Vadas that you get for 15£. Highly disappointing experience."
  • "However, it is a ridiculously expensive place to eat south Indian food which is infact extremely cheap to prepare."
  • "The food is overpriced."
  • "£4 for a dosa with absolutely nothing on it. £15 for a filled dosa. What. Are the diners unaware what this food normally costs?"
  • "Extremely overpriced for what you get in terms of quality and portion size."
  • "Little bit highly priced."

Menu Options

Pros:

  • "The fact the entire menu is completely gluten free is amazing for people like my friend who can't eat any gluten, they have the full menu to choose from."
  • "The whole menu is naturally Gluten free and nut free too I believe."
  • "Every dish gluten free and plenty of veggie and some vegan options too as well as all the traditional dishes."
  • "The restaurant is nut and gluten free."
  • "Absolutely everything on the menu was gluten free!"
  • "They are coeliac UK accredited with a 100% gluten free kitchen."
  • "Everything on the menu is gluten free to the extent that they are @coeliacuk approved!"

Cons:

  • "Don’t ever go there as there are multiple other options you will find around."
  • "They failed to realise their mistake after they mixed up our orders and gave a vegetarian person a non-vegetarian dish."
  • "Also they have very small opening hours that start at 12:00 PM and close by 2:00PM with the last order at 1:30PM."
  • "Not really anything small/inexpensive on the menu for them other than plain breads."
  • "The dosa is not delicious at all, and the sambar and chutney are as well."
  • "Their menu is very weird as in you need to buy all separately meaning if you buy dosa then you need to buy sambar and chutney separately."
  • "Don't order Lemon Rice because it doesn't really contain any lime juice."

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