Lal Quila — Restaurant in England

Our 2nd visit to this place, wasn't that impressed with the service on the 1st visit, but the food was not too bad, so decided to give them a 2nd chance. Big Mistake! It was the day of the Ebor, so it was packed out, it seemed like the head waiter was serving outside, so we asked for a table for 2, he pointed to a 3 foot square table outside and said that was all he could do for us as it was so busy, but it was blowing a gale so I turned it down, but he talked my son into it. We had Bhaji starters, which were okay. But when they came with the main meal, they just shoved it all on the table & left, the plate that had my chapati on was on my dinner plate, the table was clearly inadequate, but then we realised we had nothing to eat the meal with, I had to go inside & ask for a knife & fork for us, by the time I wanted a piece of the chapati it was clap cold, the chips looked reheated & also soon went cold, I couldn't place the napkin on my lap because of the wind keep blowing it off, and the table was at angle & I was expecting food to fall off all the time, eventually, I was that flustered that I ended up dropping my knife onto my pants & got curry on my pants & shirt cuff, the bill was just plonked on the table by the head waiter with the words "That's yours" as he rushed past. This will be our last time, they've had their chances with me. My advice to you all, if you can't eat inside, don't bother, and if it's busy, expect Ignorance & bad service, after all, they just...

Four of us went at 7pm on a Sunday night when it was beginning to wind down after happy hour, but they still forgot the mint sauce to go with our onion bhajis, and then with the chicken tika we ordered, and no sauce came with the samosas we had either, but we asked and it came - they have a sauce problem, ha ha. Apart from that the food was well cooked and plentiful, and the naans we ordered were very fresh, light and fluffy as they should be. Going back to the bhajis, I like to think they were freshly cooked, but they were a little compressed and heavy, but edible. The drinks were fairly priced, and the Cobra was excellently kept and served and the house red was good. Friendly staff and 10% student discount is also available after happy hour when they give 15% discount to everyone. Good varied menu so...

I was quite disapointed in both the food and the service. We regularly visit a number of Indian restaurants around our home area, they are all better than we saw this evening. Perhaps we were unlucky with the food and perhaps I should have left right at the start. We ordered Poppadoms and pickles, the Mango pickle seemed to be watered. The lime pickle let down with oil and the onion was tasteless. I know that tastes can be different in different regions but not to this extent. The main course was ok but not good and the service lacked the personal approach and attention that I am used to. It seemed that the object was to get you to order as quickly as possible after which all interest was lost until we were finished. Sorry I will not be using this...