The Chester Tandoori — Restaurant in Great Britain

Sadly not one of Chester's best restaurants. As I arrived the waiting staff were sitting in a corner eating and were in no hurry to show me a seat. When they did, I was sat next to a curry splattered wall. This was a sign of things to come.... The poppadoms arrived and to be fair they and the dips were good. The waiter came over, asked if we were ready to order, we were, he then vanished. While waiting for his return, i noticed the couple opposite had the wrong starter brought to them... twice! Once we'd managed to attract his attention again I asked for the crab starter but they had ran out Friday night...it was now Saturday night. Could they not buy more? How fresh is the seafood? Despite this worry of the freshness, I hastily chose a different seafood starter. Half our starters arrived we had to wait a few minutes for the rest. It wasn't very pleasant. On the bright side, mains and rice all arrived together which is more than can be said for the couple in the corner who had to wait a long time for the naans to arrive after getting their curry. My main (lamb shank) was delicious. Very good quality meat. The vegetable rice was lacking somewhat in vegetables but nice all the same. During my meal, there was another opportunity to see another mistake with ordering (a group of three received the wrong drinks) As I left, I glanced over to where the waiting staff had congregated. Virtually every restaurant acknowledges their customers as they leave but not here. All in all, disappointing. As many other reviews have said, the customer...

We ate here on 26/05/23, around 10:30pm. Many of the other restaurants were closed but Chester Tandoori was open, like any good curry house should be!

The place wasn’t very busy, maybe about 4-5 other small groups and some were clearly regulars.

We were offered poppadoms on arrival. And we also ordered drinks and a Thali for 2. The poppadoms were served warm, were crisp and came with plenty of sauces. The drinks (Kingfisher and a white wine) arrived promptly and were chilled.

The main Thali meal was great. Lots of little taster dishes in small pots served on a large stainless steel tray. Each of the small dishes was really nice and had a variety of meats with sauces of different strengths. The naan on the side was hot and cooked perfectly.

No bad after effects from the food ;-)

Staff were pleasant, humourous and attentive. Heard staff talking to someone who was obviously a regular and I felt we were all treated equally - friendly and warmly welcomed.

A great dining experience, and would visit again without hesitation. An easy 5*!

Footnote: I only read some of the reviews after having visited, but some of the lower starred reviews for this restaurant seem like they’re talking about a totally different place. My experience was great and zero issues with the staff...

Very worst experience ever at UK. Visited on November 8 Wednesday as we are about to celebrate an occasion. Had a pregnant lady and 2 kids along with 3 adult. Papadam was burnt and Mixed Tandoori was very spoiled. Complaint about this to waiter, literally he pulled the entire plate from us and taken to kitchen and no one responded to us for more than 15 minutes. If the food spoiled, they should have responded back or apologized. They didn't both and no one was bothered about that. We started enquiring to manager and he simply says this was the taste of dish. We are not fools to accept the spoiled food was the taste of mince. Then in another 10 minutes he came back with good one of same dish and says the flesh was from another container. I didn't understand the statement still from him, how can he give the reply like this. Would like to mail food inspector team to check their food stock. As per my suggestion, very worst service, food and hospitality and doesn't...