LANKA — Restaurant in England

As fellow sylheti Bengalis, I am truly sad that the standard is so low amongst our kind. As soon as came in, the decor reminded me of the restaurants from the 90s. There was an awkwardness in the air, we were the only ones in the restaurant and no one greeted us kindly or gave small talk.

We asked for a diet coke, but the drink was definitely the cheaper supermarket type, and was most likely sitting the in the fridge because of tasted flat. They rectified it by pouring us a new coke from a can.

After we complained about the coke, the service was more hurried and awkward, which made complaining about the rest a bit more harder.

The lamb chops left a lot to be desired. No spices were used, and there was more fat than meat on it. The biryani was passable, if you don't have taste buds. On their menu it says we could request medium, hot, very hot but they didn't ask us this.

If your only customers aren't Asian folk, you could probably get away with mediocre service. But this isn't authentically Indian or Bangladeshi.

I really wanted to like it and support them as a business, but I honestly think you need to...

Really excited to try Lanka, after seeing all the positive reviews..

Unfortunately my experience did not live up to the expectations that I had set.

Like other reviewers the Chicken Tikka, both as a starter and in the Korai was bland, dry and chewy - seemed over cooked and under spiced.

The sauce of the dish was very nice, but the chicken used let the dish and my experience down.

I was going to let the staff know this, however I was not asked how my meal was and the overall service was acceptable, just not great.

Hopefully I just was unlucky and the standards are better than what my experience was.

Next time I’ll stick to what I know and visit a very good restaurant...

I've been a quite few times at the restaurant and never have been disappointed with the food. It has a quiet atmosphere, pleasant music, I even have my favourite song there, the owner told me it's called Saude Bazi by Anupam Amod. The restaurant has also nice table settings, I feel a bit guilty, if I spill something on the cloths. Staff are welcoming and attentive. Some of my favourite dishes are Lamb Korma, Mega Mix Grill, and Mixed Platter sharing starter which is available on request, it has chicken tikka, lamb tikka, sheek kebab, onion bhaji and samosa. I highly recommend this restaurant, it in the city centre, close to the train station, and has...