Farnham Tandoori — Restaurant in Waverley

Have been coming here on and off for years, always usually a solid choice for your typical Indian restaurant and pretty good value. So last night I had amongst other things the Chicken Pathia which I love, but was disappointed to find that the chicken pieces were so tough and very chewy. I tried my mates chicken dish and his was fine. I didn't bother saying anything until we'd finished because I didn't really need the dish replacing. When the plates were cleared I explained the problem and left it at that. There wasn't really an apology which is fine, but was met more with a curious reaction instead. The bill was brought over and he just explained that he had taken half the price off the bill for the Pathia. I think I was actually so surprised it felt like a joke and stunned me into silence. It was also my Birthday so was being treated, and didn't make an issue out of it. I've never had that happen in all my years of eating out. I just can't get my head around the audacity of charging even a penny for a ruined dish. Usually you'd expect an apology and a free coffee etc. but to charge half price for eating one single piece of tough chicken??? Sadly I'm not sure I'll be returning again...

11 months after last getting a tasteless, 3-star takeaway from this place, has it improved? Nope. The Chicken Tikka starter, Bombay Aloo and Garlic Naan were just about passable but not the rest of it. Slurry. You know something's wrong when there's a sea of orange/brown oil in the bottom of the carrier bag when you get home. Almost every dish was swimming in it and it was leaking out of the cartons. The Prawn Puree was soaked though, a lump of doughy, half-cooked puree bread weighed down with a morass of tasteless slop with prawns in it. The Mushroom Bhaji was so oily as to be inedible without being drained first. And so it went on. How this place gets 4.2 out of 5 stars is a mystery and a sad indictment on the quality of curry houses in Farnham. Had I not been 20 minutes drive away, I'd have taken it back and demanded a refund. £40 wasted. ...

Normally I rate this restaurant 5 stars. This last visit was a (rare) disappointment. All OK till main course which was not even tepid. I should have brought it to their attention, & usually would. Just couldn't be bothered. I told them how let down I felt when plates etc were collected. As a regular customer, it would have been good P. R. to maybe given10% off bill. Felt as regular customers, our patronage was not valued. Will go back but it will now be sometime before...