The Princess of India, Indian Restaurant, Morden — Restaurant in London

Visited here today (Thursday 5.15pm) for their £9.95 buffet, a party of 4 adults and we were all very pleasantly surprised. Attentive staff, atmosphere lost a star because of some noisy kids (but that's not really the restaurants fault), a virgin Pina Colada that wasn't great but not bad, a lassi that was definitely ok and a mango juice that was also ok, so the drinks were ok, maybe a little pricey but you expect that at a buffet anyway. However, the food choice was very impressive. If you remember Jimmy Spices or JRC then this place shames them...honestly! I've reviewed around the world (read my other reviews) and I always call it as I see it and for the money this was without doubt the best value for money buffet I've had....full stop. So you might ask, why only 4 stars on the food? Well, the chicken dhansak was spicier than the lamb madras and neither gave me a sweat which I would have hoped for from at least one of the offerings. However, there's a lot of offerings, korma, tikka masala, Madras, dhansak to name a few but there was a prawn dish, tandoori chicken (legs and thighs), onion bhajis, mushroom bhaji, 3 different rice, some aloos, all told about 20 items to choose from (in my photo each container has 2 items in). Now, honestly none of the dishes were the best version of the dish I've ever had BUT the variety, flavours and amount of meat mean this is definitely one of the best Indian meals I've had for anywhere close to the money. Full disclosure, I do love having a spoon (couple of meat chunks) per dish / curry for the different flavours so this is an ideal place for me. My wife and I will definitely be back, maybe have to limit ourselves for weight gain reasons but that would be the only reason. Try it, you won't be disappointed. One last thing, I'm not sure if they serve alcohol, I was driving so didn't look too hard but didn't spot it on...

We decided to eat out this evening. So I booked a table here for 2 at 5.30pm for 6.00pm, asking that we were sat in a corner NOT near the window. When we arrived we were promptly shown a table near the window, so I cited our booking, and THEN we were shown to another table NEARER the window. Eventually we sat down somewhere else. There were lots of waiters (5 or 6) rushing about clearing up plates etc from the hoards of buffet diners.The poppadums arrived quickly (no lime pickle), so we ate those and waited, and waited. We eventually grabbed a waiter & ordered our mains, simple easy dishes, incl a plain nan bread. When our plates were put on the table mine was obviously dirty (with the previous diners food), so I asked for a fresh plate. When our food arrived it was almost cold, and NO nan bread, we tried eating some but eventually returned it. The waiter brought out fresh food, which was not much warmer, and NO nan bread. When the nan bread arrived it was the wrong type (Aloo - with mashed potato) and I had clearly asked for a plain nan. The waiter then brought a fresh plain nan bread. It was a real shame as the food actually tasted nice, but it was cold, so not enjoyable. They could have got 5* just for using a microwave (maybe it was broken). We asked for the bill and were given 2 small towels to clean our hands - these were burning hot (so they DO have a microwave). All in all we wont be eating here again, or ordering takeaway again, so they have lost out. There are 4 other indian restaurants in walking distance from Morden Tube station, so we will try them next. So if you like eating cold food, off of dirty plates, with awful service then this is the...

I used to use this place a lot for take away but stopped after getting very similar food when ordering different dishes (I later discovered with my own eye's that it appears they send out buffet food on deliveries), the final straw was when I was quite ill after having food delivered (when I went in a few days later is when I discovered the sending out buffet food as saw it with my own eye's). Anyway, after not ordering food for quite some time I decided to do so again knowing the food had once been tasty and it was once decently priced, and hoping it was once again as it had been. I ordered online as their website advertises in big letters 20% discount if ordering online with a big "order now" tab next to it....I order, enter everything asked but no discount is given. So I call them up and say that the discount had not been added for ordering online and get informed that there is a note at the bottom of the page, mixed amongst several general sentences stating that the discount is only for orders over a certain price...no mention of this next to the massive "20% discount" sign or anywhere else when ordering. So will not be using them ever again, the food is decent but very rich (makes sense when doing all you can eat buffet, the richer the food is the less you eat) and is good "cheat day" food, but after the last few experiences I can say I have had enough. Shame as although they were not the best local Indian food, they were once good...