Akbar's Restaurant Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was great and staff were amazing."
• "The service we received from Navid was first class."
• "Service is great with really attentive manager and waiters."
• "The service was very professional and the people serving us were very polite."
• "The waiter who served us was very friendly and polite."
• "Staff are super friendly."
• "The staff was very friendly."

Cons:

• "I was really disappointed at the slow service."
• "The service we received was diabolical."
• "Service was bad only people who seemed to get proper service were large groups."
• "The service has been really disappointing."
• "Service poor."
• "The service can sometimes be just shocking."
• "The service very unprofessional."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Authentic spicy North Indian food."
• "The pakora was rather nice."
• "Every bite was a burst of flavor that left us craving more."
• "The food is awesome and prices are decent and reasonable!!"
• "The food was just delightful, the spices, presentation, tenderness of the mutton was on point."
• "The food was very tasty especially the Haleem was excellent."
• "The food is absolutely delicious."

Cons:

• "The chicken in one of the main dishes was so overcooked that it was not edible anymore."
• "The food was quite plain and had no exciting flavours that I normally get from an authentic curry."
• "The food was extremely spicy and lacked all other seasoning."
• "Chicken biryani is worst on overall order, I’m not sure it usually make like that here or only today. Mine is so smelly and can’t able to eat single piece of chicken."
• "Food was not to standard the chicken karai and the chicken jalfrezi was cold."
• "The chicken nambali tasted stale."
• "The worst Indian food the six of us have ever had. Tasteless, extremely watery, salty, lack of sauce."

Ambience

Pros:

• "Nice atmosphere to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday."
• "Very pleasant atmosphere. Good for family/friends gathering."
• "Great Ambiance absolutely amazing food and great service."
• "The atmosphere was great."
• "There was a nice ambience in the spacious dining area."
• "The restaurant was spacious and had a classy ambience."
• "The place has a nice ambient atmosphere."

Cons:

• "I think the seating and ambience in the place is a bit tacky."
• "It felt almost as cold inside. Our fellow diners were all, without exception, eating with their coats on."
• "Really uncomfortable and wobbly tables and also far too close together."
• "The restaurant felt like a sauna."
• "The place looks so tacky I would never come by."
• "Chandelier colour kept on changing and really made the interior ugly."
• "It was extremely hot in the restaurant and we couldn't wait to leave."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Value for money? Excellent!"
• "Prices are reasonable, portions are generous and service is quick, friendly & efficient."
• "The value for money here is remarkable."
• "Prices are very fair for a city centre restaurant."
• "Very good value for money."
• "The dishes selected were reasonably priced, well prepared and thoroughly enjoyed."
• "Really good value for money."

Cons:

• "But price is slightly higher on the side."
• "Portion is not worthy for price."
• "Again getting less for your money."
• "Understand price rises are happening all over the industry but the price rises here are a joke it’s way above average."
• "Prices have been raised nearly 40% on various items."
• "Very exorbitant prices for the kind of dishes they are."
• "Overpriced awful food."