Banarasi Hull — Restaurant in England

Ordered for delivery which arrived ok, no spillages or anything. Spent around £50 on the meal.

The good:- Peshwari naan was nice. It was quite simple in that it was filled with dessicated coconut and something sweet, guessing sugar. There was no sultanas like you get in some. I liked it. Some might expect more in it.

Prawn Puri was very nice.

Ordered a few different curries which had big chunks of chicken in them and a fair few pieces too. They were what we'd expect.

The bad: Some of the portion sizes were dismal. One starter costing almost £7 had four small king prawns that barely covered the bottom of the small container they came in.

The tiny amount of salad that came with the starters was all the same and consisted of thinly sliced red onion mainly.

Sauces that were sent was an absolute tiny amount. Onion bhajis were average.

Food has 3 stars for poor value in the main, uninspiring salads and basic recipes.

Service has 3 stars due to not feeling a valued customer really, no personality came though so not much to mark it on. No extra poppadoms that most places give out.

Atmosphere is 3 stars. Can't judge too much on it as had takeaway so going by the deflated feeling when looking at the portion size, I can only imagine being in a restaurant and served up the same.

Verdict: Would I use this place again? It's doubtful. It was ok but it felt in the main, poor value for money and nothing out of the ordinary. There are some interesting dishes on the menu that are different to the average Indian, which Hull definitely needs, but the image of the pathetic starter with the 4 prawns will stay with me for a long time...

Terrible service with a tinge of racism. We visited this restaurant recently at around 6.30 PM. We had not booked this place as this was not on our plans. When visited they asked if we had a booking, we said no. They said there is no space without booking. We were about to leave and asked us to sit down and within 1 min they had a space. We were shown a couple table and menu came right away. The space literally had 20% of table filled! I did not had the appetite for anything for personal reasons so my wife just ordered 2 of chats/ starters so we can quickly wrap up and go. I told the waiter that I don't want anything and looks like he dint like it. He was insistent on me ordering something. He says something in the lines of "you can't just hog space without paying". Note, my wife had ordered 2 items and we were there literally for 15 min. A second guy came in and said "we don't usually allow just starters in our restaurant, be mindful of that next time". In terms of spends/ time spent, we were one of the highest. I see people sit at Resturaunt for hours ordering a drink and a main course. I don't think they would do this to any white couple, this is the first time I felt racism after almost 3 years in UK. By the time we left, there was just one more table which got filled. Such show offs ! To owners, staff is not helping your restaurant, please ask them not to judge customers based on their order volume, race and how they dress. While coming back, I said I hope we did not waste your precious time, the waiter said...

Not has good as Bengal pride. This was Bengal lounge, my new review is for Banasari.

Visited with my partner on a Saturday night with no booking @ at about 9.30.

It was no trouble at all & we was shown to our table by a young pleasant waitress. Our drinks order was taken promptly & we was given time to make our food choices,

The waitress came to take our food order but then a waiter came & said he would take it instead. ( he said in case she made a mistake) I felt sorry for the waitress as she was really nice & didn’t think this was a nice situation in front of customers.

We ordered our food & we always ask for slight difference to the menu, but again this was no issue at all. We was brought some free poperdoms as they said our food would be a little while longer, nice touch thank you,

Our food came & it was the best Indian food I have tasted for a long while. My partner ordered the chicken garlic chill Karai. I ordered a vegetable korai. & the flours was gorgeous with the right amount of spice. My partner ordered a garlic Nan & I a peshwari Nan, the bread was the freshest I have tasted .

There was a mix up with the bill but this was easly sorted & would not put me off going again as the food was fantastic.

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