Zaika Widnes — Restaurant in England

Booked a table for eight to celebrate Father's Day. Arrived at the restaurant on time at 17:30 and waited anxiously until 20:15 to be served. We sampled various tandoori dishes and around five types of curry, which were decent in quality and served piping hot.

However, the most disappointing aspect was that the bill was overcharged by approximately 20%. After carefully reviewing and calculating the bill with the restaurant staff, they rectified the incorrect amount. To add to our frustration, they initially claimed that their card machine was out of order, but we insisted on paying by card and, lo and behold, they miraculously had a perfectly functioning one. It left us feeling rather dishonestly treated.

I would only recommend this restaurant if you have no urgency to satisfy your hunger and don't mind paying extra for the privilege of aimlessly sitting...

Visited on a Sunday evening! We had poppadoms with a chutney tray which were really nice. I ordered a Chicken Chaat Starter which is my favourite starter but this Chicken Chaat was cold, bland & lacking flavour, the bread was hard. My husband had the Zaika mixed starter which he enjoyed but said it was cold. We ordered Tandoori mixed grills for our mains, garlic rice & garlic naan bread. The mixed grills were served on the traditional sizzle plates which hadn't been warmed so the food again was cold, the meat was plentiful but it was cold & tough. Garlic rice was ok but again cold, our curry sauces were OK but cold, the garlic naan was nice but couldn't see any garlic on it. Food should be piping hot when leaving the kitchen, maybe invest in warmers for customers tables to keep food warm, staff should maybe sit out of view of customers,...

Visited today (12th Oct) with 4 friends and honestly cannot fault the place. We got a lovely welcome from the staff and were able to choose where we wanted to sit. Our menus were brought over and drinks order taken. We, pretty quickly, decided what food we were having and placed our order. We all ordered different dishes from the £15.95 set menu (appetiser, starter, main, side, tea/coffee) and our poppadoms and chutney trays were brought out within minutes. They asked when we were ready for our mains and, again, they were brought out in minutes. All of our food was piping hot and every single dish was perfect. The staff were absolutely lovely and attentive, checking with us to make sure our food was okay or if we needed more drinks or water for the table. If you haven't already visited this place, you definitely should....we'll definitely be...