Balti Hot — Restaurant in Stratford-on-Avon

THE RATING PAINTS THE PICTURE thought I would focus on the excuses so that you get a vibe for this Indian restaurant. Excuse ONE - 1 hr 20 min wait for mains.... We cook all of our food from fresh it takes along time. OOPS - refired Chicken Balti [original with zero spice] served to the table 1.5 mins after complaining? Excuse TWO - 1 hr 20 min wait for mains and poor customer service. When we have large groups - 6 or more (5 in ours) we always encourage the ALAN’S menu so the chefs know what to cook and can cater for the larger groups. Comment I'm in the country a field full of cows :-).

HOME OF THE BALTI- Excuse THREE - Bland chicken Balti I would request hot (Madras) Not Vindaloo or Phaal, received a "korma" We cater for a lot of Londoners, so tend to use their expectations, London Vindaloo =Midlands medium. Comment, I'm in the country again... Balti Hut, should know their own product, Hot and spicy should be delivered as such. All Kitchens prep in advance of service, lots of indian restaurents buy in pre prepared bases, and add the finishing touch... This experience was just extremely bad management, cooking...

We’ve just tried their chicken kurma and pasanda—absolute disappointed. The food was ok (too sweet for my taste, but that’s personal preference). The problem is the waiter overcharged us for each main dish. When we asked to check the price, another main waiter prepping drinks at the bar came and told us there was no mistake (claiming I was looking at the takeaway menu!). Then we asked to see the physical dine-in menu; upon discovering the bill was more than it should be, the man then changed his claim saying the price was different because ‘they didn’t change the menu yet’ and ‘the notice board is everywhere indicating that lamb dishes are £2 more than written on the menu’—we didn’t find such notice but didn’t want further confrontation so just paid and left. It’s just extremely unpleasant to be blatantly and unashamedly lied to. Honestly won’t ever return and will not recommend the place. To whoever that’s visited or visiting, I hope they don’t play the dirty tricks on you like...

I've got takeaway here numerous times now and have sufficient experience to leave a comprehensive review. Korma 9/10 Tikka Masala 8/10 Rogan Josh 4/10 (no spice whatsoever) Pathia 3/10 (Pathia is meant to be hot sweet and sour and sadly theirs is very sweet with no heat.) Jalfrezi 2/10 (again no spice and weird flavours) Overall I expected a lot better from based on the high prices they charge. The curries overall are disappointing (unless you only love mild...