Green Gates Authentic Indian Restaurant. Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "An entirely different tastes of so many Delicious Indian dishes."
• "We dined together with Tandoori Chicken and Naan which was mouth-watering and flavoursome."
• "Food fabulous! Three course lunch for £6.95 a ridiculous bargain - all freshly prepared and well presented."
• "Chicken saag was so tasty and fresh!"
• "The food is spicy in a flavoursome way, not just fiery."
• "Tasty, fresh, really superb."
• "Best Indian food in Stirling by a long way! Authentic and fresh."

Cons:

• "When we called the restaurant to complain that our chicken tikka tandoori meal had raw chicken, they refused to believe this."
• "It tasted like rancid gee had been used and most of the dishes were greasy."
• "Unfortunately lack of flavours."
• "Chicken was good but not tikka as asked for, naan bread was the size of a table tennis bat."
• "Every single piece tasted the same, the fish had hardly any flavour to it with hardly any fish."
• "The flavor in the curries was underwhelming."
• "But the food we ordered paneer butter masala, it was so sweet like they have put the whole box of Sugar on it."

Service

Pros:

• "The other staff were very efficient and polite."
• "The service was great, the waiters were very attentive and helpful."
• "Staff attentive and friendly."
• "Highly recommended. Many thanks to the team for a lovely evening."
• "Staff friendly and helpful."
• "All the staff were extremely friendly and helpful."
• "The “front of house” man was brilliant advising us and ensuring everything and everyone was catered for."

Cons:

• "Charged crazy prices despite the menu saying different prices and meal deal offers on Windows."
• "Food half an hour late from an internet order, left us standing outside waiting for the food while they took others in and gave them theirs."
• "The wrong order was delivered, 45mins later the right order arrived cold."
• "Service was awful for some reason, food took over an hour!"
• "Was in for a collection, ordered food at 19.06 was told it would be half an hour, went in to collect food and was told to sit, 40 mins later I was still waiting."
• "Rude guy on the phone when I phoned to check what was happening."
• "Food was very very spicy asked for some yogurt to try and cool for child and charged £1.50 even though they could see she wasn't eating it."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The restaurant itself is clean and very well kept and the decor in general is lovely."
• "The decor so cozy and comfortable."
• "An authentic Indian restaurant with fantastic ambiance."
• "Ambience was very cozy, calm and comfortable."
• "The interior is clean, hygienic and really good and it gave me a royal feel."
• "Very nice ambience."
• "Lovely interiors, very pleasant staff, amazing food."

Cons:

• "Green Gate you need to change the stairs to your Building to high a step into Green Gate. Handrails on steps need to be right down to last step in or out of Building. People with Mobility Problems can't get up or down your Stairs."
• "The restaurant was congested. Not friendly for small kids."
• "The décor and ambiance was quite plain."
• "But please note that there are steps to enter the hotel. So if you are on a wheelchair please skip this hotel."
• "The main problem was the amount they brought to our table and the space was left was really off putting."
• "Only concern for me and my husband being panipuri lovers, it's seasoned water was a bit too sweet."
• "IF YOU HAVE BROWN SKIN, DO NOT GO TO THIS RESTAURANT. The staff was not friendly to brown people."

Value

Pros:

• "It's good value. We spent £14 each and were very full."
• "The quality and portion sizes make it worth every penny!"
• "Portion sizes are generous and prices are reasonable too."
• "Great pricing as well and good size portions."
• "Price compared to quantity was good."
• "More than generous portions at a reasonable price."
• "Inexpensive for the quality and quantity you receive."

Cons:

• "Charged crazy prices despite the menu saying different prices and meal deal offers on Windows."
• "We felt like prices were increased as curries were priced at £8 and then charged £12.49."
• "Poppadoms on the menu £1 each charges £3.75 for 3 and £1.50 per condiment."
• "Charged £4.95 for a naan bread which is one of the most expensive Naan breads I've ever had."
• "For a bill not short of £200 for the four of us we were disappointed."
• "The portions were small."
• "Food was very very spicy asked for some yogurt to try and cool for child and charged £1.50 even though they could see she wasn't eating it."