Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food Southside Reviews Summary

Category: Indian restaurant Edinburgh

Address: 16 Drummond St, Edinburgh, EH8 9TX, United Kingdom

Phone: +441315639871

Rating: 4.7
based on 143 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was absolutely great. We ordered the 'chaats' and they were so good."
  • "The Railway Station Lamb is so tasty and has layers of spice."
  • "I tried their bombay chilie chicken with naan. Good that they have some dishes with authentic spicy level of the dishes."
  • "Everything we order was absolutely delicious."
  • "The Bombay Chilli Chicken was deliciously spicy."
  • "The food was authentic Indian food and offered a great quality."
  • "Food was super delicious, portions were generous for small plates and prices good."

Cons:

  • "the food is not very good. Poor interpretation of Indian food, which seemed to focus more on presentation and less on flavor."
  • "Disappointed about butter chicken. Overpriced."
  • "The food was less then average, we ordered chicken tikka, chicken 69 and samosa chaat all were bland and need spice adding."
  • "The butter chicken was a bit sweet for me, the lychee cooler needs to have a less sweetener."
  • "Main course was not tasty. It was just fine."
  • "The mains werent great."
  • "Butter chicken: 5 dice size chicken breast, overlooked, extremely tough."

Service

Pros:

  • "staff are super nice and friendly!"
  • "The servers were very polite and warm."
  • "The staff were excellent with very fast service."
  • "Great, considerate service by Mehak."
  • "Staff were super friendly and couldn’t have been more welcoming and helpful."
  • "Staff really friendly."
  • "The staff was very helpful throughout."

Cons:

  • "When the waiter came over to ask if the meal was okay. We advised the food needed to salt and he just went away and didnt come back."
  • "Ordered (via their own website) for delivery and the food was almost an hour late."
  • "Glasses were dirty."
  • "The only point would be the overall cleanliness especially ladies toilets:( I ended up with something sticky on the back of my jeans."
  • "One negative was the new onion and beetroot bhaji. So much mint it tasted like toothpaste."
  • "The only small thing I would comment on is that we were charged a recycling fee despite the fact we didn’t finish our bottle of wine so we were taking it with us anyway."
  • "The table was apparently only reserved for 1 hour 15 minutes - this just is not enough time to sit, have a drink, order your food and dine in comfort."

Value

Pros:

  • "Excellent food at a reasonable price."
  • "Well priced to boot."
  • "everything is quite reasonabley priced."
  • "Portions are big and prices very reasonable."
  • "The prices are quite affordable."
  • "Price is amazing, food quality and taste are super great."
  • "Great value for money, food tastes really good."

Cons:

  • "Disappointed, but the food was good, albeit expensive."
  • "they add charity donation to bill without asking."
  • "The portions are small, so it's not the cheapest if you're a student, but it's totally worth it!"
  • "Food was good but when it comes to bill.. Ooh wait what I ordered 4 dishes 6-7£ each and then I see 45£ I guess you should inform your customers that you charge % for charity, for water, for 'free starter' etc."
  • "I would not come back because of the small portions."
  • "Though the cutlery was not entirely clean."
  • "But food was really pricey."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere has a great vibe."
  • "We also appreciated the Indian background music that adds to the atmosphere."
  • "The staffs were very friendly and the atmosphere was great."
  • "The interior and ambiance is just amazing."
  • "It was a great vibe and extremely friendly staff."
  • "Beautiful venue, love the pop art on the walls. Very vibrant and cool, well done."
  • "The restaurant has good ambiance."

Cons:

  • "Only complaint was the place was a little on the loud side, made it hard to hear and talk."
  • "It was Monday night so the atmosphere was a little flat."
  • "You can only bring wine and beer. No sodas or juice. Don't disrespect this awesome establishment!!"
  • "The rice wasnt cooked properly the grains were hard."
  • "The food we had consists of 3 items each. Ample serving and all I can say is we'll thought of recipe."
  • "Though the atmosphere was good."
  • "lovely atmosphere."

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