Bayleaf Fine Indian Cuisine Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "First class food, not your 'average' indian food which is much te same everywhere."
• "One of the nicest indian meals my husband and I have had in a long time."
• "Food is absolutely wonderful, so much flavour, quality ingredients, big portions."
• "Food was amazing, had a selection of starters, Tandoori mixed grill and Keema Naan."
• "All of it was fantastic as very authentic and flavoursome."
• "The food delivered was absolutely amazing. The best curry I have had for awhile."
• "Really good quality and authentic Indian food."

Cons:

• "The tikka masala was a bit runny & tasteless."
• "Food was OK but portion size was a bit small."
• "Food came out hot but portions were not particularly big or flavoursome."
• "The usual dishes we have tasted watered down bland and just not that great."
• "Food was bland and tasteless."
• "Curry was flavourless."
• "Vindaloo was not as hot as it usually is and only came with 4 pieces of chicken."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff very friendly, service excellent."
• "The staff were very friendly and nothing was too much trouble!"
• "Staff are really friendly and can't do enough for you."
• "The staff were efficient and there was a comfortable family atmosphere."
• "Service was friendly and prompt."
• "The staff were friendly and helpful and nothing was too much trouble."
• "Friendly and courteous service."

Cons:

• "They didn't ask how anything was and it was even a struggle just to get the bill!"
• "Cannot take any over the phone payments after a 10 minute conversation the gentleman on the phone told me to order from somewhere else..... disgraceful."
• "Communication over the phone was terrible had to chase them after they said they would call us back for a price."
• "The waitress who served us refused to write anything down when we ordered."
• "Awful slow service. 1hr 45mins in and the food still hadn't arrived."
• "Very bad and slow service."
• "Delays of over an hour from when we ordered."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Was amazing value for money, staff couldn’t have been friendlier, and most importantly, the food was great!"
• "Excellent value for money."
• "Very nice and friendly people, well worth a visit excellent value for money."
• "Great curry and price was good."
• "Prices were reasonable."
• "Prices really reasonable."
• "The prices are very reasonable too."

Cons:

• "They tried to charge us ridiculous amount of money where there was 3 families and in total costed around £260-£270."
• "No draft beer available so ended up having bottles of cobra which at 5 pounds a bottle a bit expensive."
• "Not going to lie this was a very expensive take away, the quality of the food was awful, mostly burnt."
• "The food was slow to arrive and incredibly expensive."
• "Incredibly expensive."
• "This was a very expensive take away."
• "If you arent local check your bill....had £7 added and then the calculator was blamed!! No receipt, cash only lets hope hmrc are aware...rip off merchants."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Food was amazing lively atmosphere and very good service."
• "A nice atmosphere."
• "It is such a nice friendly restaurant."
• "Lovely atmosphere & busy for a Tuesday night."
• "Really beautiful Indian. Had an amazing meal."
• "Lovely little restaurant with some of the best curry we have tasted."
• "Nice, clean, friendly restaurant."

Cons:

• "People ordering take aways dominated the room, waiting for their order that rarely arrived."
• "No atmosphere in the restaurant, a door bell going off every few minutes."
• "Dining here was stressful and an unpleasant experience."
• "Tries to cramp a lot of people in a very small place."
• "Maybe slightly lacking in atmosphere but we were eating on a Tuesday night in January and almost the only people in the restaurant."
• "Very noisy, tries to cramp a lot of people in a very small place, some of the waiters (well one in specific) were very rude."
• "Decor, lighting and air conditioning were non existent."