Noori's — Restaurant in Nice

I was visiting Nice and found this restaurant through Google Maps. From the good online reviews, I decided to give it a try. The experience at Nooris was horrible, and I am providing the details below:

Very Long Serving Time

Our order was very simple - Rajma with plain rice, along with paneer tikka masala and one Naan. We were made to wait for 49 minutes (I measured it) until our food got served. During this interval, we tried to enquire 3 times with the waiters - but got little to no information, and our requests were politely cold shouldered.

De-emphasis on Indian Guests

It seemed from the waiters body language that the entire focus was on serving foreign guests rather than Indian guests. There was another Indian lady who was complaining bitterly for not being heeded to. Foreign guests who entered the restaurant 10-15 mins after us, ordered food, got served, ate their dinner and were waiting for the cheque - while our plates remained empty.

Bad food quality and calibre

After 49 minutes, the food finally arrived when we offered to leave the restaurant. The rajma beans were outnumbered by the capsicum and tomato pieces. The dish looked like a mess, hastily prepared and presented. The paneer was hard and it was inedible. I could not imagine how a trained chef can make such a paneer dish and still “brand” it as Indian food. Anyway, the bill for the paneer dish was rolled back by the restaurant.

In summary, I would not recommend this restaurant - as it seems that the very basics of Indian hospitality and food quality has been forgotten by its owners.

All the best to all those who would visit this place.

Best...

Best authentic Indian food in Nice! It’s been open since 3O plus years.

The cheese and garlic naans are just the best: fluffy and buttery. We normally order for the thali and Kingprawn madras with pilau rice. This time we’ve tried the Chicken Tikka Masala and Chicken Malabar. The Malabar was well balanced of spiciness and Indian spices. My son and I shared the Chicken Tikka Masala, it was perfect: great combination of sweetness and Indian spices. We loved it.

Great selection of cocktails and desserts. My husband had the warm Suji Ka Halwa served with coconut and vanilla ice-cream; Chocolate lava cake for my son (it was truly amazing) and I’ve ordered the Mango Kulfi. It was so creamy and delicious! The Indian desserts were homemade. Everything was so tasty. 10/10!

The service was impeccable: very attentive, warm welcome, and wonderful hospitality.

We love the decor too, very cosy, and elegant with Indian touch.

We had an amazing and unforgettable...

First the positives, I thought the food (when it arrived) was really really tasty. The chicken sheek kebabs and onion bhaji starters and chicken malabar main course and hot garlic naan were excellent and I would recommend.

However the main issue was getting the food out of the kitchen in a timely manner. (30 mins for 2 starters, 37 mins later for 2 mains and naan)  There seemed to be enough wait staff who were all very friendly and apologetic about the delays, but getting the food out was slow. The reason stated was they just had a rush on at that time, The restaurant did kindly compliment some of the items on the bill (which was appreciated and good customer service having acknowledged the delays)

So in summary, if you like tasty Indian food this is definitely worth a try, but you might need to wait a bit longer than expected if they are busy. (BTW we arrived at about 9pm on a Sunday night in...