Asian Flavours — Restaurant in Funchal

Listen up Americans. Eat here.

My boyfriend and I (from the states) went here craving some indian food. The menu says that the items are sold mild but can spice it up on request. We had the best/ MOST friendly Indian waiter who asked what kind of spice we wanted from 0-10. I asked for 8. My boyfriend asked for 9.

Our waiter did a double take and then proceeded to ask us where we were from in the states… we told him the Midwest. Now, I know what you’re thinking…. ‘The Midwest knows nothing about food or spice’ and you’re right. BUT we have spent most of our life eating Indian food from all over the country… and we always order level 7 anyyyywhere we go.

After his hesitancy, he said we could do a taste tester with our appetizer. He brought out a spice to add to it and it was spicy. We told him it was great.

Our meals come, and mine is nearly too spicy to eat- but in my eyes, thats perfect. Justttttttt on the verge of not being able to handle it. I like to get a little sweat going, and feel the spice warm me up from my belly to my skull.

I tried my boyfriends, his was a cream based dish so our friendly Indian waiter said that it will be hot, but the cream will mellow it out, so eat slow (Of course).

A little while later he circles back to make sure it’s spicy enough for us.

We are both sweating, water is gone and we got a little shake to our leg because it’s uncomfortable. Best Indian food we have ever had.

He looks down and says ‘good, I gave you a level 3’ 😂

God bless that man. God bless him.

Go eat here and get humbled.

Ps- the place is VERY small, and has outdoor seating but couldn’t risk lowering the star value. If there’s a wait, then wait....

Called to make enquiry he told us to come at 2100 to avoid busy time and last order is at 2130 we got there at 2000 and he said no table and no take away then i mentioned that i called him and that he said to come at 2100 and he reserved our table but didnt make that clear over the phone. Anyway we sat down and waited 5mins for a menu was quite busy and he said food will take long as theres a queue of people waiting. Waited 1 hour and 15mins for my starter then another 30mins for my main.. food was ok but its not fresh. On my last day me and my husband decided to go back and reserved a table at 2100 the manager mentioned to us to come at 2100 as there will be no queues and less busy we got there at 2045 and he said no chance for a seat before even asking if we reserved a table. Sat down on the table and he said dont expect food to come within 10 mins which i thought was very unprofessional and rude we waited 1 hr and 20mins for our starter and it was really busy and we had 6 tables infront of us. Manager said its a service were he makes fresh food per person at a time thats why the food takes time and no other restaurants deliver fresh food. Apparently! He didnt apologise for the late service or knock off any money or free drink or some kind of good will gesture.. instead he thinks his food is fresh and its ok for customers to wait over 1 hour for there starters and mains with a reservation! He reserves tables so theres no queue of people waiting. Very Poor management skills and very unprofessional. He lies about what country his from too. Dont get fooled by his deceiving kindness. Money is more important than customer...

I would not recommend this place to anyone. My partner and I went there thinking it was a great place after seeing all the reviews left which were incredibly misleading.

The service was very slow, waited about an hour for our starter (spring rolls) which were almost ice cold in the middle. There was only one person running around doing things while two other people stood around doing nothing. Waited about 20 minutes to even get our order taken.

I ordered the pad Thai with medium spice, (the server asked me what level I wanted between 1-10 and I said 5), but when I got the food it was so spicy it was almost inedible - and I eat spicy food every day. When asked if it was too spicy, I said yes and was rudely spoken to although I didn’t even bring it up.

Towards the end when paying for our food, since we are tourists we paid through credit card and paid with our currency (which is an option on the machine), he was very upset with us for not paying in euros since he loses some dollars there. He made this a big deal and was very rude about it.

Overall this was probably some of the most disappointing food and service I’ve ever experienced. Would not go back and thought I should write a review based on how upset I was...