Indian On The Cliff — Restaurant in North Norfolk

What a disappointment. Haven't been here for some time, and we were so looking forward to our visit based on our previous experiences. On arrival, we were surprised at the scruffy waiting staff. A miniscule pickle selection was brought to us along with a couple of poppadoms. We were asked if we wanted drinks, and I requested a bottle of sparkling water. The waitress returned to say the bottles hadn't been put in the fridge... I requested tap water instead,( l was later asked if the bottle was now cold enough? - no!) From our seats i observed customers struggling to get in and out of the toilet, I realised the issue was due to the storage of a high chair in front of the door! We put in our orders with the waitress; when our starters arrived, my husband was brought the wrong dish. The waitress shouted at the owner (?) that 'he didn't want it'. Obviously, it took some time to prepare his starter, by which time I'd finished mine. Our mains arrived. This time, my husband had requested the chicken option but was served (the more expensive) lamb version. We decided to say nothing as we didn't want to repeat our first course experiences! We had ordered Onion Bhajis as a side, which I would definitely question whether they were homemade as they were like hard golf balls! We ordered 2 coffees, whilst waiting a large mixed age group arrived and sat themselves all over the restaurant. The ones next to us then proceeded to let their child play a loud game on his IPad. One would have hoped the staff would have requested they desist. The group proceeded to call out to each other with no regard for other customers. The 2 waiting staff and owner struggled to deal with taking their orders and appeared to have completely forgotten their other customers... We asked again for our coffees, which eventually arrived. The disturbance created by the new customers meant we rushed our coffee so we could leave. The main food was pleasant, but the chaos ruined the meal. The prices remain high, but the food and restaurant as a whole do not justify these charges! It is unlikely we will...

I am surprised at the 5 star reviews and wonder if they dined at the same restaurant.

To be fair the king prawn starter was tasty but my friend's chicken tikka was very strange and looked like it had been retrieved from a different curry dish, It is the first (and I hope) the last time that I have seen tomato ketchup and mayonnaise being used to adorn the plate - hardly authentic? Whilst the channa massala side was fine, the main was the blandest jalfrezi I have ever tasted but that was nothing compared to the poor excuse for a Peshwari Naan that was served, A mass produced shop bought naan bread out of a packet with a few almonds and a bit of coconut sprinkled on the top. It wasn't even toasted! How could they describe it as stuffed? It did not meet the description in the menu and was certainly not worth the price charged. It is what you would expect from a Wetherspoons not from an Indian restaurant. What followed next can only be described as bizarre; in response to the usual "is everything alright with your meal" enquiry from the staff, I replied that the meal was OK but the Naan bread had let them down. The waiter squirreled off to fetch the "chef" (?). He proceeded to argue that the bread was not shop bought but made by him that very day, further that the reason we were disappointed was because we had never experienced a genuine Indian Naan bread before and these were the only ones in the country that were genuine, gluten free and vegan! What rubbish. we just smiled and said we could not accept that - it was clearly a mass produced product. He then left only to be replaced by an Asian woman, who we believed to be the owner, who said she was offended by our opinion, paid someone £8.50 an hour to make them and that she had a wedding party of 50 to cater for the next day. My friend to this point had been polite, smiling and trying to defuse the rising tension but when confronted with such rubbish just cut her dead and asked for the bill. Needless to say we will not...

Found one pure Indian on the cliff,just above the Cromer pier,here you just walk after parking your car nearby public car park as well book your seat in restaurant either dail a phone or email given on FB page by Indian on Cliff,Cromer as they open only Thurs Friday n Saturday anyway restaurant allowed, takeaway n inside dining with kids or your dog ,yes we book our seat with dog started food with drinks n fried papdam n set of chatnies with delicious kings prawns as starters dinner ordered it's korma of delicious lamb n cheese nan ,it's all tasty as I tasted bit out of wife's dish my dish was very authentic Indian dish,Baigan bartha(Abergine/egg plant fruit)wow I ask for spicy original taste of India n ceff made it,had garlic n chilli nan with it piece of lime over Baigan bartha is like cherry on top Restaurant having full bar at counter with sufficient seating arrangements inside restaurant about 10-12 tables,one common toilet inside overall good to visit again, walking to restaurant is not big issue it's great walks around n from cliff it's nice view of sea...