Post by (minisniper) on May 29, 2014 22:02:43 GMT
Just thought I would share this with you all
We visited this restaurant on 28th May after trying various other places around the Bay, we
are both great curry eaters and was looking forward to trying what looked to be a new
experience?? and yes it was!!! We were greeted by an Asian lady who showed us to our table
and gave us some menu's to look at and asked us if we would like any drink which we promptly
ordered along with a few poppadoms. This all arrived quite quickly and the waitress was very
polite, however we seemed to wait an age before she returned for our main order which was
very annoying considering the place was almost empty, anyway we started to order our food
and I was asking for our order to be cooked with fresh green chilli which she didn't quite
understand but then another waitress/manager came over who fully understood what I was
asking for to take the order, we all had a biriyani we were 2 adults and a child so I
specifically said that the one for our child needed to be mild and could we, the adults,
have both the rice part of the dish and the vegetable accompliment that comes with it cooked
with fresh green chilli to which she said yes that wont be a problem. Anyway we waited yet
another what seemed to be a lifetime for our food to arrive, only to find that there were
only 2 main dishes when we had clearly ordered 3 so we just sat there and waited for the 3rd
dish and a side dish to arrive, they bought out the side dish and some sort of very watery
sauce but not 3rd main?? Upon asking where it was we were told that there was only 2 but
then the waitress who took the order corrected the serving waiter by telling him that there
should be another and we were told it will be a few minutes? Well we waited and it was
sometime before the waiter came back and told us to share the one we had at that point I
asked where the vegetable sauce that comes with biriyani was? He said we do not provide any
sauce only Raith (Yogurt) well I was annoyed now because we weren't told this when I asked
for the vegetable sauce to be cooked with fresh green chillies. We decided to try and make
the best of what we had only to find what I can only describe as scandalous!!! Each bowel of
biriyani contained what I can only describe a Pilau rice with a few onion's and 4 small
pieces of chicken and at over £11 a shot I thought we would get something really special.
Apparently the watery sauce stuff was a complimentary dish but it was really as bad as the
biriyani. On the menu the dish is described as (In countries of the Indian sub-continent,
the recipe of biriyani has evolved, under a flaky crust with fragrant spices, served with
Raith) The dish we were served was very bland and far from being cooked with ' fragrant
spices' We didn't finish our food and got up to pay the bill where the waiter asked if
everything was ok? I replied with no! The food was very poor and so was the service to which
he replied 'I am sorry about that' and promptly relieved me of almost £55. I know a lot
about the Asian food I eat and have eaten in more Indian restaurants than I care to remember
and the Duchess of Delhi comes very near the worst!! To summarize.... Very slow service, poor/ badly cooked food,
over priced.
Avoid this place or try it ? it's up to you?
We visited this restaurant on 28th May after trying various other places around the Bay, we
are both great curry eaters and was looking forward to trying what looked to be a new
experience?? and yes it was!!! We were greeted by an Asian lady who showed us to our table
and gave us some menu's to look at and asked us if we would like any drink which we promptly
ordered along with a few poppadoms. This all arrived quite quickly and the waitress was very
polite, however we seemed to wait an age before she returned for our main order which was
very annoying considering the place was almost empty, anyway we started to order our food
and I was asking for our order to be cooked with fresh green chilli which she didn't quite
understand but then another waitress/manager came over who fully understood what I was
asking for to take the order, we all had a biriyani we were 2 adults and a child so I
specifically said that the one for our child needed to be mild and could we, the adults,
have both the rice part of the dish and the vegetable accompliment that comes with it cooked
with fresh green chilli to which she said yes that wont be a problem. Anyway we waited yet
another what seemed to be a lifetime for our food to arrive, only to find that there were
only 2 main dishes when we had clearly ordered 3 so we just sat there and waited for the 3rd
dish and a side dish to arrive, they bought out the side dish and some sort of very watery
sauce but not 3rd main?? Upon asking where it was we were told that there was only 2 but
then the waitress who took the order corrected the serving waiter by telling him that there
should be another and we were told it will be a few minutes? Well we waited and it was
sometime before the waiter came back and told us to share the one we had at that point I
asked where the vegetable sauce that comes with biriyani was? He said we do not provide any
sauce only Raith (Yogurt) well I was annoyed now because we weren't told this when I asked
for the vegetable sauce to be cooked with fresh green chillies. We decided to try and make
the best of what we had only to find what I can only describe as scandalous!!! Each bowel of
biriyani contained what I can only describe a Pilau rice with a few onion's and 4 small
pieces of chicken and at over £11 a shot I thought we would get something really special.
Apparently the watery sauce stuff was a complimentary dish but it was really as bad as the
biriyani. On the menu the dish is described as (In countries of the Indian sub-continent,
the recipe of biriyani has evolved, under a flaky crust with fragrant spices, served with
Raith) The dish we were served was very bland and far from being cooked with ' fragrant
spices' We didn't finish our food and got up to pay the bill where the waiter asked if
everything was ok? I replied with no! The food was very poor and so was the service to which
he replied 'I am sorry about that' and promptly relieved me of almost £55. I know a lot
about the Asian food I eat and have eaten in more Indian restaurants than I care to remember
and the Duchess of Delhi comes very near the worst!! To summarize.... Very slow service, poor/ badly cooked food,
over priced.
Avoid this place or try it ? it's up to you?
