Purbani Tandoori — Restaurant in London

Very disappointed and dissatisfied. I am of punjab descent and ead and cook Asian dishes on a regular basis.

The evening started with a very quick and friendly greeting at the door. Me and my partner entered, excited by the smells, ambience and general layout of the restaurant.

We, as we always do, ordered 4 starters to split between us - onion bhaji, Shami Kebab, Chicken Tikka, and Aloo Chat.

These dishes came out promptly following our drinks.

Sadly, this is where things went downhill.

The shami kebab was not what a shami kebab is supposed to be, the bhajis were small and refried, the aloo chat was bombay aloo - when checking with staff they confirmed it was aloo chat.

Then the mains arrived. They were - chicken do piazza, and chicken noor jahan.

The noor jahan was incredibly salty and the do piazza was salty and sweet.

These dishes are traditionally supposed to be oniony, spicy and hints of bay leaf. None of this was present in the dishes.

We also ordered a stuffed paratha. This was incredibly bland and actually was that same Shaana Paratha brand from a deep freezer aisle of tesco.

We mentioned to the waiter after taking one spoonful of each meal, that we were unhappy with the meal.

He said: I was attempting not to pay because I'm Asian. I filled up on starters I was penalising the owner by asking not to pay for a meal I did not eat. Everyone else likes the food, so what is my problem?

I'm shocked and incredibly disappointed in this backwards, racist and disgusting behaviour from the server. I mentioned this to the front of house and he passed it off as a "miscommunication " and said why am I trying to penalise the owner?

I explained I too am a business owner, and as such, I am responsible for the actions and behaviour of my staff. Just like him.

In the end, they settled by not paying for the mains. But it left a negative and sour taste in my mouth.

I won't...

Staff were very attentive to start with. We enjoyed the dips and the poppadoms. Unfortunately the onion bhajis were very hard (perhaps re-fried) and very small but still enjoyable enough to eat. All starters seem to come with a side salad that is definitely not authentic.and does not add to the dishes. Olives ?

Unfortunately the mains were a real let down. My dish was incredibly salty and as I am pregnant i am already quite sensitive. My partner's main was very sweet and upon asking they admitted that one part of the main meal was sold under a different name, admitting to misadvertising their food. (we also noticed this to be the case for one of the starters but let it go!) We had one bite of everything but none of which made us confident that a replacement meal would be to our liking.

When we asked for it to be taken back as it was not enjoyable, we ended up having to deal with two different members of staff, one of whom became accusative and rude, and made assumptions about us simply not wanting to settle our main meals. His words were 'well i understand you had lots of starters so clearly you're not hungry for the mains.' as he was leaning down on the table towards my partner, one hand leaning on the table. Couldn't say this made us feel very welcome and we are unsure as to why we would have an incentive of buying food we were not going to have as we, as they kindly offered, can have the food wrapped up for the next day (which is what we usually do!).

To top it off the restaurant staff had to calm down another visitor, who decided to intervene, as apparently her regularity of the restaurant was testament to superiority in taste, raising her voice above anyone in the restaurant.

We ended with lessons from the business owners about how to run a business. We left feeling still hungry, unsatisfied by the...

I don’t normally leave reviews but I feel I have to on this occasion. I was craving an Indian but wanted really authentic freshly made food, as opposed to run of the mill curry houses that only have the usual tikka masala/madras/vindaloo etc. I stumbled across this place on Uber eats and I’m stunned. Absolutely gorgeous food. Super delicious, incredibly reasonable priced considering the quality, arrived bang on time, the gent that dropped the food off was lovely and friendly, to quote him ‘here’s your lovely jubbly food’ and my was it! Great find, everything that we ordered was outstanding. Completely different to any ‘Indian’ curry house that you’d normally order from. I will definitely be booking a table to dine in.

I saw one or two reviews saying not to order from them as it takes too long etc - I’m a chef, I can tell you that sometimes things do go wrong. They could’ve been short staffed, incredibly busy etc etc, no reason to not order again because you caught them on a bad day. If you want a delicious authentic Indian meal, this is where you should get it from.

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