Indian Tiffin Room Leeds — Restaurant in Leeds

Title: A Hilariously Delicious Adventure at Indian Tiffin Room Leeds!

Step right up, fellow foodies and fearless flavor adventurers, for I've got a tale that'll tickle your taste buds and have you laughing 'til you snort your naan! Buckle up, because the Indian Tiffin Room in Leeds is not just a restaurant—it's an uproarious odyssey through the labyrinth of Indian flavors, with a side of side-splitting hilarity!

🥘 Culinary Carnival: Picture this – you walk in, and your nostrils are immediately serenaded by the scent of spices so vibrant, they've got their own backup dancers. The menu reads like a love letter to Indian street food, and I was so excited, I nearly fell off my chair. Let me tell you, the Samosa Chaat is like a tango of crispy and tangy, and the Dahi Puri? It's like popping a mini party balloon of yum in your mouth.

🤣 Name Game: Now, let's talk about the names. Oh, the names! It's like a Scrabble game with flavors. "Pani Puri"? More like "Punny Puri" because it's so good, it should be a crime. And "Vada Pav"? Nah, more like "Vada Wow!" because it's like a flavor explosion in your mouth, and it's a burger that wouldn't even know how to spell "boring."

🎭 Waitstaff Shenanigans: The waitstaff deserves their own comedy special. They're like culinary stand-up comedians, cracking jokes while delivering dishes with a flair that'd put any circus performer to shame. I half-expected them to start juggling the plates, but they settled for serving up heaps of humor alongside the heaps of delectable dishes.

🕺 Flavor Fiesta: Brace yourselves, because the flavors are dancing a conga line on your palate. The Paneer Tikka is like a disco ball made of cheese, while the Bhel Puri is the Bollywood dance sequence your taste buds never knew they needed. And don't even get me started on the Thali—it's a smorgasbord of flavors that's so delightful, you'll want to tap dance while eating it!

🤤 Dessert Delirium: Now, if you thought the savory dishes were comedy gold, wait till you meet the desserts. The Gulab Jamun is like a sweet, syrupy pillow of happiness that'll make you rethink your life choices. And the Gajar Halwa? It's like a warm hug from your grandma, but in dessert form. I might've shed a tear or two; don't judge me.

💃 Atmosphere Amusement: The ambience is as lively as a Bollywood blockbuster. It's like the set designer took all the vibrant colors of India and threw them at the walls, creating an explosion of hues that's more uplifting than a helium balloon at a kids' party. It's impossible to be in a bad mood here, even if your boss just assigned you the mother of all projects.

🕹️ Endless Laughs: Oh, and don't even get me started on the naan bread! They serve it with a straight face, but I'm pretty sure it's a plot to see how many naan puns you can come up with while you devour it.

So there you have it, folks! The Indian Tiffin Room in Leeds isn't just a restaurant; it's a sidesplitting, flavor-bursting, name-dropping extravaganza that'll leave you rolling in the aisles and licking your plates clean. I've officially added "comedy night at ITR" to my bucket list, and...

Ambience is amazing. Walking upto our seats, we were visually treated with beautiful decorations plastered around with quality instrumentals played on impressive speaker, not so loud to drown your conversation, yet you could hear tinkers of it. With some catchy slogans pasted across the backs of staff like 'you're the chilly to my paneer' and 'gobi mancunian', the place felt like in touch with the modern times and in sync with its local positioning with the crowd as well as with its roots without protesting too much.

Service was fair enough. I felt we reached the venue a bit too early during the day when the kitchens are being fired up and that caused slight delays in getting the dishes but it's more with our timing and not with the service which was impeccable. Staff serving with a smile and not minding that a 4 year old climbed on top of the table was quite heartening to see.

Coming to the food, I felt it was mercurial. We had a cocktail (can't remember the name but it was mango flavoured) which was astonishingly delicious, presented in a very unique bulb shaped glass. The Lassi there was quite good too, as evident by me taking 3 servings of that. The starters we ordered were squids and chicken lollipop, both of which were quite delicious. Dahi puri was also sumptuous. We had ordered pav bhaji too which we found to be unnecessarily spicy. On the mains, we had chicken vishaka which was nice and had all kinds of tastes but a real bummer was mysore masala dosa. No zing in the sambhar, coconut chutney was very very fine but tasted bland with no signs of any tempering (tadka) in it (forgive me for my lack of knowledge if any of the 5 southern states of India follow this practice, but I've mostly found coconut chutney with at least cumin and curry leaves tempered in it). We were expecting it to be mind boggling with the south Indian dishes but we're left a little wanting to be honest.

Pricing wise, I guess there might be a need to optimize, (again it could be wishful thinking amidst price rises across the country) given 2 and a half people had their meal for almost 100 quids. I personally went with a mindset and with the advices of my peers that since it specialises in south indian dishes, it would be wise to order them instead of many other dishes from other parts of India on the menu (like laal maas, Nalli nihari, etc) but I felt a few things lacking from dosa which is a little...

Nice food but the staff and service are abysmal.

My friend and I walked in on a Saturday afternoon and it was quite busy but we were seated straight away. We initially ordered drinks at the bar (1 alcoholic and 1 soft drink) and were not asked for ID by either of the 2 staff members that served us. However when we sat down, one of the waiters (white with a bald head) stormed over to our table and demanded to know if we had ordered drinks. We said yes? He then demanded we show him our IDs which we did given that we are 25 and 27. This intially was very off-putting as his attitude and mannerisms were quite frankly rude, unwelcoming and like we had done something wrong.

We ate our food which was nice and we wanted to take home what we didn't finish. Another different male waiter came to serve us and we asked if the food could be boxed up. He then came back with 3 metal containers, a naan bag and a plastic bag which he then proceeded to shove in my cup that I was drinking water from (see attached photo) and we had to box the food ourselves in the middle of the restaurant whilst sat at the table. We then asked for the bill which came with a 'discretionary' 10% service charge. Another female waiter came to take our payment and we explained that we were not paying the service charge as we thought the service had been terrible and she said this was okay and apologised. She took the payment and then took the card receipts to the waiter who had shoved the bag in my cup who then proceeded to comment on how we had not paid the 'discretionary' service charge. We then explained to whom I assume was the manager that absolutely no way we were paying a service charge for service that had been rude, unwelcoming and downright terrible. The manager said if we had raised it earlier he could have done something but I would suggest sending his staff on a few training courses in customer service would be the most appropriate action given that they now automatically expect service charge to be paid. Perhaps HR could also look at paying their staff better wages as opposed to pushing wage top ups on to the customer.

Overall, a terrible experience - we have never felt so unwelcome in a restaurant and we won't be returning. Ye...