Sakonis Reviews Summary

Buffet

Pros:

• "It was worth paying for the buffet."
• "I would highly recommend going for the Buffet dinner as the choices are brilliant."
• "Such a lovely range of dishes, both savory and sweet in the buffet. All very fresh and continuously replenished while we were there."
• "The buffet was great, such a feast. Loved everything."
• "Complete value for money."
• "The lunchtime buffet is also top class, I fully recommend."
• "Must visit place & buffet is worth having."

Cons:

• "However their buffet is rather expensive so we only go once a few months."
• "Went on a Sunday morning buffet. Stale cold oily food."
• "Recently their food is really bad, buffet system is also very less choices and have no taste."
• "The huge buffet looked impressive but was disappointing."
• "The food was extremely cold and there was empty counters with no food being replenished."
• "They have a large number of varieties, but most are sitting out there in a pile."
• "There is no regular system for when the buffet counter is refilled."

Service

Pros:

• "Falguni served us and she was really great her smile made our day today thank you falguni."
• "We have received excellent service From Mrs Dinal Sutariya."
• "Had an amazing experience, Anup was our waiter today and provided us an excellent service."
• "The staff are very kind."
• "Special shout out goes to our waitress 'USHA' she really looked after our big group of 11 people."
• "The staff- Ms Dinal, Mr Dhruv and Ms Falguni have been amazingly cooperative."
• "The service was outstanding and the staff are like friends too."

Cons:

• "The staff are very rude and arrogant, did not welcome us at all."
• "Service needs to improve since plates, cutlery and bowls are always out and they take ages to replace them."
• "Service wasn't great either, you'd think that if a place was that busy they'd have more staff to help and make the experience worthwhile."
• "The service is incredibly slow. Waited for nearly 40 min just for the bill."
• "Throughout the evening, I found the service to be consistently poor. The waitstaff seemed disinterested and inattentive."
• "Service staff not attentive."
• "Terrible service and staff."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Sakoni’s is fantastic, delicious, authentic vegetarian Indian food."
• "The food was absolutely too tasty."
• "The food is very good and a lot of variety on offer from savoury to sweet."
• "The food was superb and the atmosphere was solid for a London Indian restaurant."
• "The flavors of their dishes were simply outstanding."
• "The Food tasted so amazing especially paneer chilli and fried chips."
• "The food is absolutely wonderful and delicious."

Cons:

• "The food was not great, 2 dishes were spoilt, had a foul smell."
• "The mains really disappointed me again the mysore masala was just not to my taste."
• "The chilli paneer was also like warm. The crispy mogo was soggy and luke warm."
• "Was not too keen on their Shezwan noodles / shezwan mogo. Felt that it lacked flavour and the mogo was not crispy enough."
• "The flavor is immensely lacking and is demeaning for any Indian who walks in."
• "Possibly the worst pau bhaji I've tasted, the bhaji tasted like ketchup."
• "Chilli paneer, chow mein had no flavour."

Price

Pros:

• "It's not cheap at £6.50 but it's totally worth it."
• "The bill was still great value."
• "Overall for the price it is worth it."
• "Buffet is great value for money with fantastic quality."
• "We always get the buffet which is fantastic value."
• "I had buffet for very good price."
• "One of the best Indian vegetarian restaurants, lot of variety and buffet is available for all items. Very reasonable and with great service."

Cons:

• "Very sad to see there was an automatic service charge of 12.5% when it's all self service for the buffet lunch!!"
• "£22 for a dinner buffet per person."
• "Too expensive."
• "There’s a difference in price too by a few pounds with Wembley being more expensive for one person. Not sure why? With the lack of choice."
• "WHY ARE THE EXTRA 12% SERVICE CHARGES on top of the bill? Feels like looting from the common people."
• "However more recently the prices are ridiculous!"
• "Food price was a little expensive - especially the paneer at £7.99."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The place has been refurbished and looks very nice and posh, definitely doesn't match the food standards."
• "The restaurant feels and looks very posh."
• "The warm and inviting ambiance sets the stage for a delightful dining experience."
• "Amazing environment."
• "The décor is very well done, especially the paintings on the wall that share the restaurant's history."
• "Really great ambiance and the food was lovely."
• "The restaurant is clean, bright, courteous staff and mouth watering & delicious starters and meals."

Cons:

• "The back side of the restaurant is so dark and no ventilation."
• "The atmosphere of the restaurant is friendly and accommodating."
• "The restaurant was cold to be fair the lady put on a heater."
• "It has almost become a convenience restaurant."
• "The only drawback was the actual area where the food is served is rather cramped."
• "The ice cream machine was broken and the curry’s in the warmers were like warm at best."
• "They are pathetic in their food service when the crowd increases."

Cleanliness

Pros:

• "Clean and well looked after."

Cons:

• "Only the WC was not neat and clean."
• "The toilets are a mess though and the wash sinks and taps need urgent repair."
• "The bhel becomes soggy or the samosas are cold and oily."