Shabagh Tandoori — Restaurant in England

Some of the Indian dishes are not necessarily as they say on the menu! It was a bit misleading when i was presented with a chickpeas and cheddar cheese curry (indian curries don't use cheddar cheese!!) instead of the expected paneer curry (Indian cheese). Had also ordered a veg dosa (made of lentils generally), but instead got a pancake! Being an Indian I understand what I'm expecting from the curries I order, so it's annoying to encounter pretend dishes! It's OK if people want to improvise recipes, but letting customers when placing an order/a note on the menu is helpful, so at least I've a choice and get what I've ordered for! Most of my dishes were quite...

6 of us went for a birthday celebration at the weekend. Took 45 minutes from ordering for starters to arrive, some came out together others came out later. Took another 30 minutes until main meals arrived. Mains varied, the most basic was a chicken Tikka Masala which was so poor it was inedible, lamb dishes were chewy and hard, a couple of the special dishes lacked flavor, finesse and was poorly presented. The service was very poor and it appeared that the take away service was a priority rather than people in the restaurant. For 6 people the bill came to £237 … way too much for poor food and poor service. Advise to give this one a miss, we won’t...

Takeaway order:- The tandoori special starter was nice, the meat was tender and juicy. Poppadoms were good but only one sauce was provided. The king prawn bhuna was ordered as "hot" spice level. Very disappointed to say the least. Very watery with almost no flavour, spice was non existent.The king prawns were very tender but sadly not enough to save a truly terrible curry. The keema and cheese naan was nice as well as the pilau rice. 1h30m wait for takeaway which I understand as ordered over bank holiday weekend. A decent meal except for the truly awful curry which should have been the star of the show, sadly feeling very...