We came here on a Tuesday night after a graduation. It was a Tuesday night. It was very busy with queues of 20 to 30 people outside. We made a booking a day before but received an email on the day saying the booking was cancelled. Made a phone call and was told to turn up as normal and the manager would sort something out. No problem. Came at the correct time and had to still wait over an hour. To be honest it wasn’t too bad as it was a beautiful evening and was nice sitting outside and watching the world go by.

The staff her are amazing, very polite, courteous and smiling. The table we eventually got was absolutely amazing. Right next to the kitchen. The atmosphere there was incredible. Very buzzing although a little bit hot it really was worth it.

The food was very hit and miss unfortunately. We ordered a lot of food as we wanted to try everything as this place had a lot of hype.

Okra fries and prawns were very well seasoned and crispy.

The grilled malai mushrooms were a bit confusing as they was a lot of marinate on mushrooms and that does not work as the texture of these mushrooms is also very saucy.

The gunpowder potatoes were just simple crushed potatoes with spices and masala. The masala was overdone.

Sheekh kababs are a benchmark for any Indian/Pakistani restaurant. These did not reach the level they should. Over spiced with not enough spaces. Really lacked in flavour.

We had read a lot about the spicy lamb chops, but these were rare to medium which was significantly undercooked. Just didn’t hit the spot. They were supposed to be pink i understand but they were a bit too pink.

The chicken ruby was just a glorified butte chicken a lot of sweet sauce with not a lot of chicken.

The mutton pepper fry was seriously over spiced and quite unpleasant as the taste of the meat was not able to come through.

The black daal was silky smooth and very well flavoured. Big hit.

The chilli cheese toast was just essentially melted cheese on toast with raw green chillis on top. 50/50 in our party.

The keema pau was under seasoned and under spiced and just has some white buns with it. It was ok and another 50/50 in our group.

The house chaat was very very nice. Spiced just right with perfect blend of flavours and spice. Hot and cool with the yogurt. A massive hit.

The chilli chicken was nice too although a bit chewy, but overall flavourful.

The chicken berry Britannia was seriously over spiced with way too many spices. There was serious lack of salt.

The Nalli nihari biryani was signature dish. We took this on recommendation of the waitress. It looked incredible. But was a poor disappointment.

There was a lovely looking lamb shank poking out of the pastry, but it had no meat on it and very very little meat in the dish. What little meat there was, was extremely gamey an unpleasant. A real waste of a dish. There was serious lack of salt.

Be very aware in our opinion the actual rice in each biryani was the exactly the same. The lamb shank or the chicken is added to it after.

Once again, the spices were all wrong. It was not very nice.

We really wanted to enjoy Dishoom, but the food was very disappointing.

Far too often there was way too much spice and chilli but not enough masala and flavour. It was all wrong. Some of the food was nice but unfortunately did not make up for the other food.

The staff are amazing as is the atmosphere and setting.

The other thing is to be aware of the prices. There was 7 of us and the meal came to £380. It is very pricy.

We are of Pakistani origin and cook a lot and eat out a lot. We all know food and how it should be cooked, prepared and tasted. Regrettably Dishoom fell far too short.

It was not worth the money at all, and we definitely would not come back.