Chutney Mary Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Many of the dishes had fine notes of aromatic ingredients and had delicate flavours e.g Pepper Chicken and air fried kale with drizzle of sesame seeds and honey."
• "The food at Chutney Mary is simply delicious."
• "The food was delicious."
• "We had the chicken tikka and veg samosas which were both wonderful."
• "The food is delicious and well presented, and we highly recommend the vegetable samosas as they are to die for."
• "Easily one of the best Indian restaurants I have been to in London, well worth the price tag."
• "The food is authentic and tasty great. It is perhaps the best Indian food I have had outside of India."

Cons:

• "Portions are extremely small - again for the price you pay, very underwhelming."
• "Starters were great but main course were very disappointing; nihari gohst, malabar prawns, butter chicken flavours were well below expectations."
• "The food was ok, the presentation was good but the food lacked depth of flavour."
• "Some items being over-empowered with flavours that I won't relate with the dish."
• "There food was mediocre in taste, for £30 entree of butter chicken, you expect more than 1 chicken thigh cut up into 4 pieces."
• "The food was great and authentic, very close to what you’d expect in a great restaurant in India."
• "The food was also good but it wasn’t great."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were professional, friendly and paid attention to the most minute of details but in a manner that didn't seem interfering."
• "The staff went above and beyond to cater for our needs."
• "The staff is wonderful."
• "It's a beautiful establishment, with friendly staff."
• "All served by an amazing team of people."
• "From arrival the service was friendly and relaxed."
• "Staff were really friendly and warm - I lost part of an earring just before leaving and a staff member actually searched on the floor and found it for me."

Cons:

• "You never saw the same waiter twice and even there were many people we just had to wait always a bit too long."
• "Service was patchy. A lot of confusion and wrong drinks."
• "The service was interesting, took ages to try and stare a waiter down."
• "Service was acceptable but when asking our waiter for further explanations he just repeated his original explanation so we didn’t really fully understand what he meant."
• "Service led by Ramni was exemplary."
• "The service was bad and the first time in my life I’ve been approached by a server that we need to consume at least 50£ to avoid being charged the minimum."
• "The service was not good and we kept waiting to get someone’s attention."

Ambience

Pros:

• "It's a beautiful establishment, with friendly staff."
• "A beautiful restaurant, with equally beautiful food."
• "Very comfortable surroundings and a menu set for all levels of Indian cuisine."
• "It's in a fantastic location in the heart of one of London's most fashionable areas."
• "The atmosphere and the decorations were elegant and beautiful."
• "The decor is elegant and stylish, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere."
• "The ambience is superb."

Cons:

• "In the basement room where we had the private dinner, there was a bit of a leak in the roof and it was dripping."
• "Room was somewhat dark so all those Instagrammers hoping for good photos just forget it."
• "Lastly I found the restaurant acoustics poor, the restaurant was full, and I found it so loud, you could barely have a conversation with the person next to you."
• "The restaurant decor is like somebody's living room in the 1970s and the thermostat was turned up very high."
• "Lamp in front was missing a bulb and shade was wonky, glass cabinets had cleaning materials inside and junk, not what diners want to see."
• "The room is beautifully decorated."
• "Dining room was a little noisy..bar q quiet."

Value

Pros:

• "Easily one of the best Indian restaurants I have been to in London, well worth the price tag."
• "Reasonably priced for what it is, 25£ for the average dish."
• "The price was fair, according to central London location and quality of the food, which was outstanding!"
• "The weekend brunch menu from 12-2:30 includes 2 courses for £39 or 3 courses for £45 which is amazing value for money."
• "Reasonable prices for location and quality of food."
• "Food is really good. Worth for that price."
• "You get what you pay for and this certainly applies to Chutney Mary."

Cons:

• "Expensive yes."
• "It is a little on the pricy side... between the two of us the bill came to £120 plus."
• "A little bit on the pricey side."
• "For a pricy menu, I would not say we got our money’s worth in terms of tastiness."
• "It is ridiculously overpriced and the food is substandard in the extreme."
• "Extremely overpriced for next to no food on the dishes."
• "As for prices, it's a very expensive restaurant."