Purbani Botley — Restaurant in Eastleigh

Further edit: I was up until 2am suffering. It is now 5.30am, I have been back on the toilet for half an hour. I have the most intense reflux despite taking loads of gaviscon, the 3 hours of sleep I had were terrible because every time I farted I thought I might poop myself. All I had was Korma, garlic prawns, rice and the typical naan and poppadoms. Nothing spicy, nothing which could set me off to this degree, it's so bad that I question whether it was even ibs to begin with and not another cause as this is completely out of character for my flare ups. As time goes on and I continue to suffer the effects, I fear eating here again. I've kept the second star just because of how good the previous experience was but my fear of this result far outweighs any joy from that previous occasion.

Edit: Must be a different chef on tonight because this wasn't nearly as nice as the previous occasion. The chicken was dry with some pieces so tough they were hard to cut and the korma was bland and watery which says a lot as it's mild anyway. The prawns were even worse - I didn't even know you could cook them to that consistency, some parts were mush and other parts were like rubber and to top it off, none of the food set off my IBS last time but I'm currently sat on the toilet for the 3rd time this evening having one of the worst flare ups I've had in a while. Not the sort of flare up I get from innocently eating a trigger food but the sort of flare up you get when you've eaten nothing but trigger food. I'm currently trying to fight the nausea while praying that my backside stops leaking. Guys, what happened? So disappointed. The bhaji's were good at least but now I'm too afraid to finish the packet. Guess I won't be eating left overs tomorrow after all. - Currently wouldn't recommend. Sorry.

First time customer. The garlic prawns are to die for especially if you're a garlic lover like me.

Will definitely make this my new go...

Been before and loved everything , tonight a total disappointment. Started on a high with prawn starter but went rapidly downhill , poppadoms did not taste fresh , onion salad soft and not pleasant , Chicken Bhuna bland -at least half of meal not eaten due to how it lacked and we were only comped the Bhuna - not an experience we would repeat . Also the hoover coming out at table next to us whilst we were eating was random to say the least. To clarify as per restaurants response We had not booked - much the same as our last visit so review written as a like for like experience. Agreement on refund is not an affirmation that ‘happy’ For transparency another dish was offered , however as we were told we could only have the table for an hour and were 10 minutes over this we declined. Eating 75% / if you looked at both the serving bowl and plate then may I suggest an optician , we also left at least half of the pathia as for only one person to be eating on a meal out for two isnt our normal way to have dinner The waiter that we spoke with about the Bhuna was the only one that tried to assist , when raised about the chutney and salad all we got was Oh ! The hoover - great to see you clean , weirdly I hadnt noted the other diners or ages Hopefully that gives you the fuller review...

The restaurant is located in a convenient location. Free parking nearby and the atmosphere in the restaurant was good. Some more authentic background music would have been nice.

The food was ok overall, though I felt it was slightly on the bland side. The garlic grilled prawn was very sweet for us. But unclear whether it’s coz we had children with us they adjusted it. Drinks: I was hoping for a lassi but only soft drinks and some juice available. The naan bread was a bit undercooked. Gooey inside. Veg curry was good.

Service was on the strange side. We had a waiter at first who was very grumpy and insisted we order things in order (drinks then food then dessert) when we asked if we could order drinks and food together (as our children were hungry). Appeared very inflexible and a bit rude to be honest. Felt like we had to accommodate his needs. We got another waiter later on and he was much more amicable and flexible which made up for it a bit. Maybe more training is needed for the staff. As we left a nice older gentleman greeted us and...