Asha Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in East Lindsey

Booked a table for 2 people for 6.15 pm. Young man behind the bar needs a lesson in customer care. Ignored us at first, preferring to dry glassware and answer phone instead of welcoming us. Then rudely asked "you booked?" We have our names and a waiter showed us to our table. We ordered a ginger ale and small glass of house rosé and poppadoms with pickle tray. The waiter took our order for our main course but had rather an abrupt and verged on rude manner. Not once did he smile or make us feel welcome. The main course arrived and pleasant enough. We had only just put down our knives and forks when he cleared away and asked if we'd like anything else. We ordered coffee and moments later another waiter came to us and said he needed our table back! We explained that we'd ordered coffee and expected to be able to stay at our table, especially as he said "that's ok". Wrong! I still hadn't finished my drink at this point either. The waiter then pointed towards the waiting area and said our coffee would be served there. I said to the waiter that I hoped the coffee would be complimentary in that case as we'd been evicted from our table. "Of course" he said, "we are very sorry about this". As soon as we moved from our table another couple were seated there. In hindsight, we should have asked for the bill, and left. But, instead we waited another 15 mins before saying we were going to leave as the coffee hadn't arrived. The waiter then said please wait the coffee is coming. So we waited. Coffee arrived and we asked for the bill. The last item on the bill said £15.25 but couldn't make out what is was for so I queried it. The young man in reception said it was for "drinks". £15.25 for a small glass of rosé and small ginger ale!?!! He then said it included two coffees. I explained I thought that they were complimentary as we'd been evicted from our table. His reply was "I was told to charge you for them" No, I'm sorry about that, I'll check for you! We will not be visiting ASHA again. We were totally appalled at the lack of courtesy and...

We visited this restaurant on the recommendation of friends and I am so pleased they told us about the place. The staff are friendly and welcoming, they showed us to our table and offered popadoms and pickles - we declined as we did not want to spoil our appetites for the 'main event' ! The menu is quite extensive and there are some dishes exclusive to this restaurant as they were actually created by the chef here. After much deliberation, and some assistance from the very knowledgeable staff I chose the Chicken Aashiqi, my dining partner went for the Dev Daas (he was not sure if he wanted lamb or chicken and this offers both in the one dish !). We added Mushroom rice and a Garlic and Coriander Naan to complete our order and sat back and relaxed with our drinks until the food arrived. Wow !! Food was served piping hot, all the flavours were so fresh -- and the Aashiqi -- so many flavours I cannot describe other than to say it is absolutely delicious and something that must be tried ! My partner was also very impressed with the Dev Daas. We will be returning and may try other dishes, but currently we have some firm favourites !! Thank you Asha for lovely food and service, we...

It was extremely expensive....

The location is good with parking beside the restaurant. The interior decor is quite nice with nice tables & seating. Staff aren't very chatty & are barely polite enough to talk with only 1 quiet thank you all night from them, (so the manners need a lot of work.) The food tasted nice but beware of the prices of starters & drinks especially. Fizz is £4-£5 for a small 1/2 a pint or a pint of something you can buy in Aldi for £0.26 with much more drink available in Aldi (2 litres.) Our 2 poppadoms with 4 small dips/sauces was £8 something (so you can imagine the bill with the drinks alone would stack up quickly.) For 2 people, it cost close to £60. About £15-£20 more than most restaurants & there was a black hair on one of the poppadoms & not head hair size! I wouldn't visit again for a few reasons. The price is eye watering & so I'd be surprised if anyone visits more than once to be completely honest. It had only us & 1 other table being used by other people too on the weekend in the evening, so I'm sure their prices are being noticed & are putting mostly everyone off. It's a shame because it could be...