Paramount restaurant — Restaurant in Wales

Have been a lover of Indian food since I was 17yrs old. Not disclosing my exact age, I can say I have OVER 30yrs of experience. This place in my opinion was only surpassed by two other experiences as the worst Indian takeaway food I have eaten. Sheek kebab starter.. dry and very salty. Peshwari nan tasted OK but had very little coconut and the same for the keema nan which had only traces of meat. The main dishes were chicken korma and a chicken rezala (chef's recommended). The korma, a coconut based curry was overpowered by the taste of coconut water and had no creaminess, though the chicken was properly cooked. The rezala had properly cooked chicken but was bathing in a watery fluid mixed with soggy onion and tomato. Now, pilau rice should flow off the spoon, but this clumped like cat litter. Overall, the meal resembled a failed first attempt at a home effort of cooking Indian food. Not impressed at all and had travelled from Merthyr to Penarth to collect, based on others'...

Paramount, tucked away by Penarth train station, is unassuming on the outside. It's somewhat of an institution in the town having been in business for well over 40 years. And having dined there we can see why!

What they do, they do well. The food was fresh and tasty and the service was good. Everything was just reliably good in this place.

Did it blow us away? Absolutely not, but we were all in agreement that we would come back here. It's a really solid restaurant with a good variety of curries, the usual suspects when it comes to beer, and friendly service. You can't ask for much...

Based on great reviews I Visited a few years back but came away disappointed. Recently tried again as was told they cater well for gluten free diners. Service was very good / friendly. Food, again not so great. Both gluten free diners were ill, one was taken ill at the restaurant and the other once they were home. They suspect the onion bhaji as they both had it. We are not GF diners but both our meals had tough / rubbery chicken and sauce on mine was very thick / congealed. Sheek kebab had a more puréed than minced texture. Sadly for us another...