Polash — Restaurant in Gloucester

I'm giving my rating based on just the one visit, which to put into context was at 10.30pm on Saturday, so shortly before they closed at 11pm. So it was a little rushed, but they found us a table & still served us when they could so easily have turned us away. So that was good 👍.

Service was quick; drinks order was almost straight away and then our food minutes later. So a good start. Poppadoms were nice & crisp as were the side dishes & sauces.

Our food arrived promptly, all very good. My shaslik was served on a plate, when I prefer it on a hot plate, still sizzling is always good, but alas not on this occasion. Pilau rice accompanied our mains, which was nice & moist. I also had a keema nan, which was very thin, not bad but I've had better.

It was all a little rushed as the waiter took my plate before I'd finished my nan, which I found a little annoying. Great that they squeezed us in, that was appreciated but once they'd done that it would have been a better dining experience had they then allowed us to finish our meal before rushing our plates away as we'd probably only have been another ten minutes. The bill arrived barely after I'd swallowed my last piece of nan.

I'll certainly visit again, as the food was good but my favourite locally remains the Spice Lodge, always hard to beat with the...

Our first time visiting Polash after many local recommendations. The welcome at the door, a trade mark at many Indian restaurants was disappointing. We received a gruff greeting, were ignored when trying to explain we had booked in advance and the led to what felt like a refrigerated table. We moved table (apologies to whomever got it after us). After that things improved. The service was prompt, orders were taken. The drinks arrived in short order, the one size (small glass only) wine and a small bottle of Cobra. No glass was offered and I couldn't be bothered to ask for one to be honest. Onto the main event, the food! We didn't have to wait long, starters and main course were absolutely delicious and the portion size was great value. I'm looking forward to leftovers for tea tonight. We will happily go back again and again. Oh and there's nothing we saw that told us but, pay at the bar on way out. Must've waived our card at a dozen waiters before one of them told us. Anyway great food, that's the important bit.

ps. Make sure you don't park in the pub car park unless you've registered you number...

Food here is terrible.

Garlic naan was just a naan with garlic chunks thrown over before being served, not warmed with the bread.

Onion bhaji was pressed flat and dry, tasted like cardboard. It came with a few slices of lettuce and a lemon… why on earth does onion bhaji need lettuce & lemon? It doesn’t… this is just a filler so you get less of the food you ordered. I got 3 bhaji and some rabbit feed…

The chicken tikka - I don’t know how this is a chicken tikka. It was luminous bright red (food dyes??) with RAW shaved coconut?? The chicken was tasty but the sauce tasted like it was made by a child. Who in their right mind thought this was a great idea for a chicken tikka?? Grainy RAW coconut with some flavourless red mystery sauce…

Can’t recommend this place for indian food. The portions are tiny and the food...