Dhaba — Restaurant in Southampton

Read plenty of reviews for this venue and safe to say it definitely lives up to its hype! We were greeted very warmly by both owners and the venue is very welcoming and homely. The food is outstanding as well as the service and passion the owners clearly have for their amazing venture.

We ordered the Pav Bhaji which was EPIC. Its normally hard to get a good well spiced and seasoned one and this one hits the mark 100%!

The Potato Bombay Bad Boys were a fabulous take on a vada pav and took them to a next level and they were super in terms of the perfect portion size and flavour.

Dhaba Nachos with the soya keema are again another fantastic and different way of serving nachos and were amazing as again it shows the owners take on different foods and again they hit the mark with it. Awesome dish.

Tandoori Butter wings were the perfect blend of tandoor flavour with a lovely not spicy marinade that would suit any palette, really enjoyed them.

We also had a Paneer Masala which was divine. The sauce was completely different to the standard sauce you get at other curry places and could not get enough of it! Was so good.

The dishes were washed down with a gorgeous passion fruit martini and a Nimbu Paani which was very refreshing.

Id highly recommend this venue and we will definitely be back for sure to try more of the menu out.

A big thanks to the owners and staff there who made everyone feel welcome and super to see them trying different takes on dishes and most certainly being successful in doing so! See you again! Much...

Fantastic! Its an amazing little place, brilliant vibe, super friendly staff, vibrant decor and super clean and tidy.

The food is Indian street food in a tapas style. 2 or maybe 3 dishes per person works well. There is a strong presence of fusion food here from all styles (Sliders, Nachos, Chips) but everyone of them works well for even the more traditional curry fan. Talking of which they do have a more traditional menu section if that is your thing!

Vegetarians and vegans are well catered for as well and the staff have huge knowledge of specialist dietary requirements.

Really well priced too - cant fall off!!

Top tips - Pau Bhaji, the Chilli chips (yes really), dark dhall, the lamb sliders and the Marsala chops were well received on our table too!

Drinks were great too, they have a good range at good price and I particularly enjoyed that they had the craft beer Shed Head on tap which works really well with intense spicy flavours.

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Would give no stars if I could. We were served by a very rude man wearing a turban (for description purposes) who made us feel we were not welcome even when we made friendly chit chat. We sat down with our drinks, and ignored it. I turned and smiled at said man and he stared at me so coldly it was like I had wronged his family and he wanted me dead! I turned my head and looked back and he was still standing there staring at me. I told my fiancé and said I wanted to leave, we left without even finishing our drinks. My fiancé had to good grace to thank them as he left. I certainly did not. I have never felt so unwelcome in a public house in all my life. I am 52 so this is bold statement. If the man does not want to even fake being polite to customers he should not be serving the public. Awful experience and ruined my Friday evening. We shall never darken their door again! (This was...