Abida — Local services in City of Edinburgh

Ordered food last night from this establishment. Almost everything that arrived was just slightly colder than lukewarm (other than the chips). Chips soggy as hell (frozen crinkle cut which were oversaturated), pakora was extremely soggy and cold (never had soggy pakora in my life), mushroom pakora was undercooked (mushrooms were hard/semi raw and at one point, the mushroom fell right through the batter because it was so dense and the batter was so soggy). Korma was lukewarm (but the real saving grace of the meal), rice lukewarm and the samosas had gone soggy as well. Basically, was annoyed as had ordered food because was busy and didn't have time to cook and then at the end of my busy day, waiting an hour starving for something hot and filling, ended up having to wait longer to eat because everything had to be cooked AGAIN just so it was hot enough to eat. Chips took nearly twenty minutes alone to cook in the halogen oven just to get them to where they didn't taste like oil filled mush and they were still pretty tasteless (their only saving grace was being dipped in that really lovely orangey dip that was provided).

Don't get me wrong, the korma sauce was lovely, one of the nicest I've tasted, unfortunately the chicken in the korma was dry and ended up going to my cats (they send their compliments to the chef, by the way, they don't care how their chicken is cooked as long as they get some), the dips with the pakora were nice but the pakora itself, having been soggy, was very unappetising and not enjoyable. The Dupiaza was apparently "alright" (nothing extraordinary).

To be very honest, I was really disappointed at our spending nearly £30 on TWO curries, two rice, two different pakora, samosas and a container of soggy chips (and having to reheat all of it). You get complimentary salad but not everyone likes salad - just absolutely got wasted. When you order from a takeaway and want a curry, the last thing you're really thinking is "oh, I could really go a salad" (lol, yes, really...). To be honest, for the money we spent the least that could have been offered was a free poppadum or naan. Wished I'd just gone to the nearest Morrisons and got a bag with everything for £8 or £12 and reheated it myself - it'd have taken less time than it did to arrive from here and me to reheat.

I really couldn't recommend it based on this experience. I do commend the lovely korma, but the time it took to arrive and it all being cold and soggy...really not happy with it. Sorry, I hate being uncomplimentary, it's not my style, but really...£30 is not a sneeze for a takeaway when you're on a very low income. When you spend that much for one night's meal you expect a steaming hot treat, not an entire two course meal you have to cook...

Ordered food for 7:15pm for collection. Drove to the other place, which is no longer doing collections. That was my own fault, but they brought the food over anyway - very happy with the server. Food arrived at roughly 7:40, not quite on time (it is a 10 minute drive), but well within reason.

The food itself was a bit of a mixed bag. Had the veggie Momo, which was mostly ok, slight curry taste with carrot and kale filling. The dip provided was rather a letdown, tasted like tomato ketchup with a bit of chili. Tandoori roti was good, whole wheat flour, well grilled, and a roti and not a naan (certain restaurants just seem to throw whatever's around into the bag). "Spicy" Pappadoms were - well, pappadoms. I have yet to have bad ones. The veggie North Indian Garlic Chili was quite pleasant at first, veggies nicely cooked but with a bit of bite left, more on the garlic side than the chili - or so I thought, until I hit the chili and it hit me back. Brought some tears to my eyes, and I consider myself rather well acquainted with spicy food. Dear cook, if you happen to read this, I most certainly agree that the vegetables in a curry should not be pureed so that there is some variety to it, but please dice the chili...

I was directed to Abida after contacting the 5-star restaurant Prahna Indian Grill's phone number to ask about their delivery service. The Prahna Indian Grill staff member also directed me to Abida when I asked about their delivery service. The order was delivered fairly quickly - 40 minutes from completing the call to receiving the food. The food was a mix of mediocre and good. The Onion Bhajis and Lamb Rogan Josh were excellent. The Chennai fish curry and Chicken Tikka Masala were not tasty and very sugary. For the price, I was not happy. I will not order from here again. Note: The Abida staff member who answered the phone mentioned this restaurant is the new location for the Abida restaurant on St John's Road, Corstorpine. It makes sense since their menus...