The Watling Rasoi — Restaurant in England

After weeks of excitement about The Watling Rasoi opening on 8th June, my husband and I went here for dinner on Friday 10th June. Although the decor is lovely and modern, I made the following observations: The service is very poor, we were greeted, taken to our table then served popadoms and we ordered our drinks, but we were not given a menu - we finished our popadoms then had to ask for a menu and our drinks again so that we could order our starters and main courses. The starters eventually came - we ordered the Rasoi grill platter to share - however, the malai chicken tikka was totally missed off our dish!! We ate our starter then got a menu again to read the description and let them know - the malai tikka was then sent to us with our main courses. Luckily I took a pic of the dish in advance for Instagram. For our mains we ordered a Rasoi Raja Rani which was a chefs special dish which was meant to include lamb tikka, lamb mince, chicken and mushrooms all in one dish with a shot of flaming Sambuka!! We also added a mushroom rice and garlic nan. Unfortunately, once again, half of our dish was missing!! what was served was a lamb curry with lamb mince but there were no chicken and mushrooms!! I called the waiter over and highlighted that there were two items missing from the dish, he went to the kitchen to ask and came back 15 minutes later to tell me that the chef didn’t know there was meant to be mushrooms and chicken in the dish!!! There was no offer to replace the dish, in fact the waiter was rude and told me to be patient as the restaurant was only open for the third day running!! Although we did not get what we ordered, the food we were served was tasty, however due to the lack of drinks and service, our first experience was ruined. I was annoyed that the waiter was rude to me, in earshot of other diners, so I called the owner over to express my disappointment - he reduced the main dish as we only received half of it, then when we paid the bill we realised that he had added 3 extra drinks to the bill!!!! Absolutely outrageous, when I calculated the bill again he then refunded what he had overcharged. Overall, The Watling Rasoi has a lot of potential but the staff need to drop their egos, the waiters need to be more attentive to menus and drinks, and they need to double check the food before it leaves the kitchen. In addition, they need to reduce the number of tables by 2 in order to ensure diners are not so close that they are unable to have a conversation without those on the next table hearing. On a final note, as the food was flavoursome, we will be back to give it another try in a few weeks time in the hope that the waiters would have settled in to a...

These new guys have taken this restaurant over from the old owners. They have worked so hard to revamp the restaurant with everything brand new. The restaurant is so clean with beautiful tiled polished floors and comfortable seating and the new bar made from sparkling granite stone very posh. The menu has totally changed. This is well worth a try the food taste gorgeous. I have ordered food from here 3 times in the past week because we have no kitchen at home at the moment. And having a completely different menu there’s so much food to work my way around and try. I actually walked in last nite just to meet them in the restaurant and say hello. The staff and owner are very friendly and helpful. When I was in there last nite I had already ordered my food and whilst I was waiting I witnessed a dish they brought out to another customer and when they presented the dish to him they set fire to it a big flame on the dish it looked amazing I have never seen this before? I will definitely give this dish a go next time. Apologies for my writing I’m not the worlds best writer but I just think this restaurant and the guys working there deserve a great review as they have worked hard for it and earned it. Well done guys...

It's the second time I've been to The Watling and both times have been excellent. Food was lovely the best Indian I've had in a long time. Also, even though they were extremely busy on a Friday evening near Christmas, the service was still good. We will be back when we are next in the area. ... PREVIOUS REVIEW In unfamiliar surroundings and looking for a nice Indian restaurant we found Watling Rasoi on Google. It seemed to have nice reviews and pictures looked good. We called on a Easter Thursday and managed to get a table within 15 minutes. Wow, it was lovely. A very friendly welcome and very accommodating even though we wanted a different table. Great selection of drinks and probably the best draft Cobra I've had in a long time. They even had Cranberry juice!.. Great selection of dishes, Salmon Tikka, and other Salmon dishes. Nice to see Broccoli side and Courgette side, we indulged in both 😁. Poppadoms were fresh crispy and Tasty with a good selection of chutneys. Garlic Chili Chicken was also very tasty. The service was friendly and efficient throughout the whole evening without being overbearing. Such a lovely find at last minute. Thank you very much guys we...