The India 2 - Best of the City Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff looked after us and helped us choose the dishes from the menu that could eat and enjoy."
• "The team is very kind and welcoming."
• "Delicious meal this evening - good service, well-paced, and just the dishes we were hoping for."
• "Great food and service."
• "Delicious food and five star customer service."
• "Food was delicious with an exceptional service."
• "Staff are super friendly and the place is gorgeous, perfect for after work dinner or date night."

Cons:

• "Given the defensive nature of the owners response to a complaint about their experience, i.e. the terrible and rude service."
• "Despite this, we managed to order the starters, but throughout our meal, the server continuously stared at us. This made us feel uncomfortable and unwelcome, and it significantly marred our dining experience."
• "Older bold waiter with beard is disrespectful and really low quality behaviour."
• "The staff were so mean, they made us feel very uncomfortable."
• "The rest of the staff was extremely rude and unwilling to help."
• "The staff who was serving arrogant and rude to us."
• "The service was absolutely slow, waiter was rude."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Highly recommend the lamb chops and chicken 65 for starters, full of flavour but well balanced."
• "Quality ingredients leads to some of the best dishes in the area."
• "The food was amazing, came reasonably quickly and while it is a bit more expensive for a lunch, I felt it was worth the price as a treat."
• "The meal began on a high note with the mixed platters of starters."
• "Food was excellent with good size portions."
• "Simply the best curry I've ever had!"
• "The food was fresh and delicious. Lamb shank biryani highlight of the evening."

Cons:

• "Everything about the mains was sweet, it was and had no other tastes."
• "The food was not at all good. If you want to try Indian food, do not go for this restaurant."
• "The food was underwhelming with no flavor."
• "Food was awful. Most of the food tasted like it was made a week ago."
• "The food was meh, way too sweet."
• "The food has no taste and its cold."
• "The food itself was not up to par unfortunately."

Ambiance and Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Was surprised to find an affordable and high quality Indian in this area."
• "Lovely experience at The India 2."
• "Wonderful service and food at such reasonable prices for this area of London!"
• "Great service & great food in a pleasant setting."
• "Outstanding venue, considered and polite staff."
• "Very nice simple restaurant."
• "The atmosphere was comfortable and quite relaxed."

Cons:

• "Filthy toilets."
• "It felt a little cramped because the tables were little close together."
• "Only fault would be that the waiters seemed to be rushing around a lot on what felt like a quiet service, and were quite quick to get me in and out."
• "Men's toilets could be better."
• "FYI this place says it’s wheelchair accessible online. However, just a heads up that it is not accessible especially not if you have an electric wheelchair."
• "The main problem with the food is its too sweet it looks like dessert and onion bhajee is too much oily."
• "Horrible experience. We went when there were plenty of free tables on a Sunday afternoon, only to be told we can only eat if everyone orders a main dish and we weren’t allowed to share."