I love Cosmos, although admittedly sometimes my eyes are too big for my stomach (this tends to…read morehappen at all buffets I go to, unfortunately). NOTES: ~ This review is based on my experience on a Saturday night, so it was relatively busy. Ambiance: This place is really clean and fancy. It could get pretty crowded so I recommend calling ahead to make a reservation if need be (for large parties). Thankfully, I only had a party of 2 so it was pretty easy to accommodate and needed to wait only about 15 minutes or so. On the inside, with all the glitz and glamour, Cosmo is definitely made for a special night out to treat yourself every now and again. Customer Service: From what I've seen, before you go in while you're still in the queue, they could get a bit short with you and impatient. However once you finally sit down, the staff is attentive and respectful. I guess just grit your teeth through the service until you finally get in? Food: This is why I love Cosmo. It goes for a pan-Asian Fusion experience with cuisine from all around the world - Chinese, Indian, etc. I'm a huge fan because I've been seriously lacking authentic non-Chop Suey Chinese food in Swansea and Cosmo definitely delivers. My recommendations: ~ Potstickers. They're little nuggets of meat wrapped in flour and pan-fried. Delicious and juicy on the inside. The chef here does some of the best potstickers I've had! ~ Duck w/ Pancakes. Get it with Hoisin Sauce (a brown slightly sweet thick sauce), cucumber, and wrap it all up in a pancake. Delicious! ~ They make really really good battered chicken on a stick. ~ The queue for large dishes such as the lobster, salmon, etc takes a VERY long time so it depends whether or not you want to go. It's really well made though and fresh. ~ Get the dim sum. They're in round wooden containers and the custard buns are delicious. I'd definitely come here again.

Went to Cosmos at lunch time, it was £6.50 for the buffet and I was really impressed. The food…read morewasn't just your typical british-asian food, there were some more interesting authentic dishes, I'm honestly sick of asian restaurants and takeaways serving a version of asian food that couldn't be farther from the real thing. There was a wide selection of Indian and Chinese food to choose from, I assume there is more of a selection in the evening too. The food wasn't 5/5 but it was definitely what I'd expect when I'm paying £6.50. The drinks are quite expensive, however beer is at a relatively normal price which is a positive! Overall I'd come here again, in fact I look forward to it and trying out the other options they have.

The food is pretty good but expensive . In my opinion, the hotpot is the best in Swansea. And my…read morefavorite is ginger chill chicken and barbecue fish.

Very nice food cooked to order -wasn't a buffet despite its "eat all you can" claim. The starters…read morewere very nice and very tasty crispy duck with 4 pancakes for 1 person. We choose 2 starters each & 1 main course which was plenty. The drinks were reasonably priced too. My only complaint were the cold plates given to eat main course off. Definitely would go again

When we arrived the staff were extremely rude and shoved us at our table after giving them £25 per…read moremeal then having to pay another £11.70 for three soft drinks that were watered down . Then when we got to the food there was no options there all food was hard and cold and all the meat was raw. Salad looked moldy. Then when we got to desserts they were already packing away when they didn't shut for two hours the desserts were all hard and so was all the bread. Staff we really rude about asking for things to be freshly cooked and were EXTREMELY RUDE when paying them. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND COMING. If you come here it's your choice and a bad one. COME HERE IF YOU WANT TO RISK YOUR LIFE

I went here for a friends birthday a couple months back. The staff were quite rude and uninviting,…read moreme and my friends felt uncomfortable because they were talking in a foreign language and laughing while we were trying to sort out a table. But other than that the food was very good! Especially the sushi.

Great Indian food served in comfortable surroundings. This is my favourite curry house in Swansea,…read moreparticularly because of their Saffron Chicken dish, I love it so much that in over 9 years have only tried other people's dishes and keep going back to my favourite, a mild sweet flavoured chicken but with much more depth than a korma! Side dishes like peshwari nan, pilau rice are well cooked and tasty plus one of the best chutney trays with popadums. As the Bengal Brasserie is off the main drag of Indian restaurants it generally is possible to get a table on all but the busiest nights without any problem. Parking is always easy too and service is friendly and helpful.

Fantastic and comfortable restaurant with great staff, good service and most importantly the best…read morecurries I have tasted in Swansea. Absolutely love the food in this place, well presented with beautifully broad flavours. I must admit that I haven't tried more than a couple of items on the menu as I have fallen in love with 'my dishes', but that seems to be true of most people who I know eat there. Small word of warning, but not a criticism, if you go for the buffet you won't get the same range and quality of flavours, but then the same is true of most restaurants. All in all a fantastic place to get a top quality Indian meal in Swansea, if you get the chance try it, I promise you, you wont want to eat anywhere else!

Rubbish…read more Their set menu is cheap, but twice I've tried it and left incredibly annoyed. When I went with eleven other people they insisted in sitting us in tables of four and only taking orders from one table at once. By the time the third set of four had ordered the starters of the first set were already ready, hot and fresh from the microwave. Don't bother, if you want a curry this cheap wait until Sunday and go to a buffet in a better curry house.

Controversial review from Dan who claims that the Anarkali is superior to the Viceroy of India. I'm…read moresure the Viceroy would not be happy with this hastily blurted opinion. I must say I agree regarding Miah's - theirs is a gimmick Indian restaurant (in a church, innit) and the poshness of the venue does not bring it up to the level of the Anakarli or the Viceroy in terms of service and deliciousness. I think the Viceroy is slightly better because I have more amusing memories of my dad's friends asking for 'coca cola' in a really laboured way so the waiters would understand (they speak fluent English). Either way, St Helen's road spoils you for choice of Indians.

Yum…read more The Anarkali is the best Indian restaurant among the many in the St. Helen's Road area, just pipping the Viceroy to the title, and pushing many people's favourite - Miah's - into third place. The Viceroy's staff are far far friendlier, and Miah's boasts a great location (a refurbished church) but Anarkali just edges it for the quality of the food. It really is very nice. Even the Sunday buffet is good quality - much better than Miah's. It is quite amusing to read the Anarkali's menu. On the back there is a big pretentious spiel about how there is (I'm paraphrasing) no such thing as a curry, just the many dishes created by wives and mothers in Bangladesh - although that doesn't stop them from serving Chicken Tikka Massala and the like. I'm also pretty sure that a lot of Bangladeshi vegetarian wives and mothers aren't tucking into massive portions of meat on a nightly basis either. We'll let the Anarkali off though. I used to live 2 minutes walk from it. This was not good for my pot or my wallet.

Had a 1st class welcome very freindle staff nothing was to much trouble didnt have to wait to long…read morefor my food the food was 1st class 1st class service from start to finnish cant to return highly reccomend

This lovely little property at the bottom of what used to be my road went through a series of…read moredifferent identities before finding success. It was a few different pubs, a classic British restaurant and just a building at various times, before the smart guys who now run it, came and opened up a classy Indian restaurant. It was opened as 'Bombay Spice' and took only a few weeks before establishing itself in Swansea as one of the premier spots for a curry. It was done out very tastefully, and was one of the first of its kind - the modern Indian restaurant, which is now so popular across Britain - decorated in a fashionable, clean style with few references to Indian culture. The food expresses the culture all by itself. Excellent Indian food. That's it, basically. Great service and lovely surroundings. When the capital of India changed from Bombay to Mumbai, the restaurant kept up and changed its name too. They also opened another restaurant with the same principals of excellent, authentic Indian food, good service and trendy decor in St Helen's Road, and that has been equally successful. Obviously it is a very popular place for my old household to go to, because there is a 2 minute walk home. Otherwise, there is some free parking available.

I have some great memories of this place!…read more I really hadn't experienced a whole lot of Indian food until I found myself working in the UK - one of my colleagues gave this place high marks so the whole team went out one evening for dinner... the food, service, and drinks were all spot on - most memorable, however, was the atmosphere. Miahs is located in an old church which has been remodeled to accommodate 2 story seating, with much of the buildings original character retained. Sitting there enjoying lamb rogan josh, I couldn't help but wonder what the 18th century craftsmen who originally built the structure would think about 4 Americans dining on Indian food in their church! If I ever found myself in Swansea again this restaurant would certainly make my 'must do' list.

The best of the many curry houses in the sandfields area. Really flavoursome indian food with all…read morethe usual favourites on the menu. Go for the Sunday buffet which is more than worth the money they charge. Service isn't anything to write home about, but really you're coming here for the food, which is pretty damn good.

A pleasant, large restaurant, with comfortable chairs, tablecloths and friendly staff. There was a…read morespecial lunchtime buffet when we visited which was very reasonable - and you could eat at much as you liked for one price (you helped yourself from a table which the waiters kept restocking). There was one vegetarian choice amongst the three main 'curries' plus some starters like samosas.

Have been here several times on Sunday for buffet lunch always fabulous selection and varied.read more

What is it with stupid restaurant signs that feel the need to have classy hand written logos. I…read moreseriously thought this place was called Spice Riot until I looked it up online. It was probably way I went. Looking for surly spices going around burning people and collecting ASBO's sounded like a good night out if I'm being honest. Much to my dismay it was far more civilised than that and found it to be a Thai restaurant too. I like Thai as I'm newish to it and am still finding myself ordering whatever looks good rather than going for a usual dish I like. Beef with hot thai bean sauce was my weapon of choice and I wasn't disappointed. There was a small Spicy riot in my mouth, but nothing I couldn't handle and found it very tasty indeed. The staff were polite and served as well, nothing out of the blue though. It did take a little longer than I would of liked but that may of been due to the large number of bodies that were taking up my air and my time, so it was understandable.

Within a samosas throw of the Red Dragon Centre's other Asian all-you-can-eat buffet, the Spice…read moreRoute caters to those who prefer more Indian based cuisine. The interior is modern and very well furnished. Not a typical, authentic setting for this kind of cuisine, it's still pleasant enough and certainly kept clean and in good condition. The staff here are friendly enough, although given the nature of buffet dining, there's pretty much very little they have to do. Staff are keen to offer refills on drinks, but this isn't entirely innocent. With the quite cheap prices on buffet food, the drinks are a little bit more expensive and carry a bit of a premium. The food is pretty average. That's an honest opinion. Really don't think it's anything to write home about, and i'd hardly call it authentic and flavoursome. The poor quality of the food is detrimental to the whole experience quite significantly. After all, you do go out to eat the food, not take in the surroundings.