Second pakora night out and was really looking forward to a wee change from usual haunts. Quite dated on arrival, hard to believe this place has only been open a few years.. service on drinks was pretty good, but not on taking actual order and neither the delivery of getting a small order of pakoras. We tried the chicken and vegetable pakoras and stole fish from Jennifers plate. We're quite a sharing lot us yelpers when we get together! After 45 minutes, our pakoras finally arrived, despite there only being one couple in the whole restaurant at the time. Disappointed by tough chicken meat and salty beyond belief, same as the fish and vegetable ones - The whole table was literally agast from the over seasoned with salt mixture. That and a lengthy wait, means a one star is all I can give this. (oh, the dead flower in the vases on each table sitting in brown water added to this rating!) Server was apologetic stating a new person in kitchen, but only upon realising the whole group were from Yelp... Didn't charge for chicken pakoras, but discounts don't matter ultimately, as I'm happy to pay for good quality food. This just wasn't that. I can't even bring myself to give my usual signature sign off either! :-( read more

Punjabi Charing Cross - Chicken on left and veg on right - Indian Near Me - Glasgow, GLG

My second Yelp Glasgow Pakora Passport event, I had been looking forward to post-work pakora all day... how time drags so slowly in such circumstances! Most fellow Yelpers had arrived earlier and settled in, so we were quick to take our seats. After ordering and receiving drinks promptly, it took quite some time to have orders taken. I was pleased to see fish pakora on the menu in addition to the usual veg. & chicken options. Haggis was also available, and as part of the mixed option; mushroom. I ordered fish and veg. Each was a generous portion of 6-7 pieces served with onion and sauce. The batter on the fish was light and delicate, with firm white fish within - very tasty. The veg was a more crunchy batter, not as good as the fish, but pleasant enough. The restaurant decor could do with a makeover - it still looks and feels like a pub (which i assume the venue previouly was) with harsh lighting and bland slightly-too-loud music. Without ordering a main, I can't give a full restaurant review. I have heard good things about Punjabi and would happily revisit to try a full meal. I would score tonight's Pakora experience 3.5 if I could award an extra 1/2 star. read more

Punjabi Charing Cross - Fish and veg pakora - Indian Near Me - Glasgow, GLG

I was so looking forward to lunch here due to a recommendation from work, the outside looked good but that's where it stopped the inside was a miss mash that made it still look like the old pub that used to be here, l think it was the old Mitchell bar. There was no music playing in the background and no atmosphere, just the sound of everyone talking. It sure was cold here, so l kept my jacket on. The starters where bland and so where the main courses, there just was no flavour,I had the Chicken bhuna and found it too thick in the Ashoka they put fresh coriander through and chopped tomatoes, there was nothing in this one. The main courses where served in cheap looking metal dishes that where pretty grubby and had not been heated so just made the food get cold fairly quickly. l left with my partner both disappointed after being recommended this curry house, l was looking forward to dining here we wished we hadn't bothered, as Tesco & Asda has a better packet curry with more flavour and much better value. Doubt l would visit here again as have had better meals and experiences elsewhere in the city. l don't think l will be back or recommend this place. read more

Punjabi Charing Cross - Indian Near Me - Glasgow, GLG

I was here on Monday night for Pakora Passport outing 2, and, as I only had pakora, I feel maybe it's a wee bit unfair to judge the restaurant in it's entirety. However, my experience of the pakora (I ordered the fish), was really only deserving of two stars. The service was slow, and yes, we were a big group but we did only order pakora which really shouldn't take 45 mins to arrive. The server wasn't helpful in explaining that you could only order mushroom pakora as part of the mixed pakora order, but instead left us to work this out for ourselves despite us asking him. V strange. When the food did arrive, it was accompanied by whole chunks of onion that were really unappetizing to look at and I'm sure nobody would ever want to eat. The pakora was far too salty, as previous reviews have mentioned, and I was left dying for a large glass of something, anything by the end of the evening. Based on my experience, I won't be going back to Punjabi as there are a hundred other Indian restaurants in Glasgow I've been dying to try for a while. The company was good though, so thanks to Yelpers for that! read more

I had a nice time at the Pakora Passport evening here but only due to nice company. The decor was random - a sort of old living room style with what appeared to be Valentine's decorations still up in October and roses on every table which may well have been alive around the same time in February!? (See picture of dead, brown, crispy rose in foosty water!) The service was pretty poor. Our drinks order was taken and arrived quickly but we then had to wait a long time for them to take our food order, perhaps they weren't sure if we were all there yet as we had all been trickling in at different times. Anyway, when taking our order, I asked for the garlic mushroom and chicken pakoras only to be told the garlic mushrooms listed under the pakora section are just garlic mushrooms, not pakoras so I just ordered chicken and vegetable ones instead. It was only after the waiter left that someone commented that it's strange they don't do mushroom pakora on their own as they come as part of the mixed pakora. I have no idea why the waiter didn't think to tell me I could have them as part of the mixed portion so went chasing after him to change my order to mixed which included chicken, veg and mushroom. Our food then took around 45 minutes to arrive! WHY does it take 45 minutes to fry some pakora?? The restaurant was not even busy apart from our group of around 15. I'm SO glad I didn't waste my money on 2 portions as they were all pretty horrendous. The chicken and veg ones were VERY salty. I liked the mushroom pakoras as they were in a different batter and tasted normal, nothing amazing but edible. The person next to me ordered the fish pakoras and we shared - the fish ones were even more salty! Awful. Oh and they also came served with massive chunks of raw onion for some reason. The only positive thing was the sauce - spicy but with a good flavour. Overall the atmosphere and service was terrible, venue dingy and tired and the pakoras mostly inedible. We mentioned the salty pakora and the waiter didn't seem interested. A different waiter was more concerned and offered to take someone's pakora off the bill when she complained and apparently others didn't pay for the chicken pakora either. I was offered no such thing when I paid despite having also complained, I really just wanted to leave (and got a takeaway curry from Tesco next door to take home as I was still hungry!). When he then discovered we were from Yelp he was even more apologetic and blamed the new chef for putting too much salt in the batter. He said they hadn't done themselves any favours that evening and that we should come back to try some other food. I will never return here - not worth the risk of bad food when there are guaranteed nice places serving good pakora and other asian style food in much nicer surroundings. read more

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Excellent food service was brilliant and staff very friendly and knowledgeable. We had chicken tikka & Haggis pakora for starter. Main course was chicken tikka chasni and we like to try something different so we had chicken tikka crispy Salon. read more

I headed along here with my lovely friend for a girly catch-up and gossip of an evening. It was midweek and there were a few other diners there, but not many. We were seated quickly and our first waiter was very attentive, checking to ensure we had drinks and bringing us poppadoms and spicy onions while we checked out the (vast) menu. I settled on haggis pakora to start - a great choice. The pakora was just beautiful, crispy batter with lovely light pakora sauce. For the entree I had a creamy chicken tikka dish (possibly the shakuti?) with the saffron rice and a peshwari naan which took up most of a table. Again, genuinely delightful food. Alas, that was where it all went wrong. Our original waiter disappeared, every other diner packed up and rolled off but my friend & I were left for the better part of an hour & a half while the remaining waiter talked loudly to his two friends seated by the door. We attempted to make eye contact and catch his attention repeatedly but to no avail. We weren't offered a dessert menu, or coffee etc. When we eventually did get the bill we couldn't have got out of there faster. It put a real dampener on an otherwise lovely meal. It's a crying shame as this little hidden gem could be amazing, but when competing in Glasgow against some long-established favourites the service lets this place down big time. I'd never say, "Never again" but it would take a lot of arm twisting to get me to come back here. read more

We ended up here because the place next door, Bon Accord, has stopped serving food. One of the waitresses actually sent us over there, said she eats there all the time. So we went and was it worth it! The owner was SUPER friendly and was spot on for what to order for our party of 6. Their version of fruit nam? AMAZING! Everything we ordered was really good. Prices were very reasonable. Some might be put off when they first walk in because it didn't look like a place that would have good food, but the owner said he had just acquired the restaurant and was in the process of renovating. Would definitely go back again...and encourage anyone to check it out. read more

Came here tonight with 7 friends to try the pakora as it had been recommended. When we arrived we were served poppadoms which came with an onion chutney. Our drinks order was taken and refreshments arrived promptly. Our order was taken and it wasn't until an astonishingly 45mins later our pakora arrived! A long time to wait just for pakora. I ordered vegetable pakora and my friend had the chicken which we choose to share. The vegatable pakora was tasty 6 small pieces and came with the usual red sauce. The chicken on the other hand was EXTREMELY salty and slightly rubbery...VERY disappointing indeed. We complained to the waiter who said he would speak to the chef, who told him this was how the chicken had come pre-prepared. They offered to take the chicken off the bill. However when they discoverd we were going to write a review on YELP they conceded "they hadn't done themselfs any favours" and our experience "wasn't the norm"..and actually the chef HIMSELF had prepared and over-seasoned the chicken. Granted..maybe their main courses are better... but not in a rush to come back here :( read more

Well,I was very surprised to see the previous reviews rating 1 or 2,then realised its all related to pskara nights,this place rates in my top 3 all time,I've never reviewed it before as I like to add a photo. I was with a young chap from Newcastle think of moving to Glasgow, as Ii was Glasgow curry week I had to take him to Glasgows finest,I after a bit of pondering we headed off taking in the city sights on the way.we were absolutely famished on arrival ,the best way to tackle a curry Pre theatre at 10.95 looked promising,we both agreed we prefer not to have a starter seperstly,so asked for it all to be served at once,now,for some reason this is a negati e to people when food takes a while to arrive. In this case,and I know this for a fact,its because its being cooked to order,fresh,its not a place where theres a big vat of curry sauce waiting to add boiled meat,and a few bits added to make a different dish,this is the real deal,anyone can make pskora,its easy,but try creating a flavour like theses curries,surely why you go yo an Indian restaurant? Pakora did appear on our buffet,chicken puri,lamb and chicken curries,buns type I think,we just said we wanted nice rich spicy things and we got them,the pskora was nice,thin batter,with moist chicken,puri nice too,but the curries,wow,I have eaten a ton of curry,I make it, very well,I did a buffet for a retiring Indian doctor and was mistaken for mother India,,not quite as good as them but i know spices ,23 years making,eating,curry ,I'm an expert on this glorious culinary delight,I'm on my 5 th in 6 days as I write this lol,Glasgow curry week must be going to my head,there for I'm qualified to say that this is in a different league,if you want the real deal,see past the bright lighting,the somewhat drab surroundings,the wait while its COOKED FRESH,how long does it take you to make a meal for guests...10 min..no. of course nt The staff are super friendly if you engage with them and happy to chat about their chef,and the things he makes for them,this is cooking of the highest stsndard,expertly season rd,spiced beautifully with heat built from layers of spices not just a handful of chillies like lesser establishments, black pepper,mustard seed ,ginger,they all feature here to make a complex,rich base with no dominant chilli heat spoiling it,full of green herbs too,but without the dominant coriander flavour that spoils many. If you actually want great curry,really great curry,look no further. Sorry yelpers ,I think you should look past the pakora here,this place serves top notch curry,all reviews bar one are about pakora nights,get the deep fryer out,a bag of gram flour,make it yourself,its so easy you eont believe it,try msking a curry like this,a soft,flaky perfect naan..if you love curry there is a blog devoted to it,and he agrees with me,hardly a mention of pakora,35 visits here.. read more

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Came across this place as it was close to my air bnb and open late. Ordered take away over the phone and got there a little early. The owner greeted me and introduced himself. We sat and talked while the food was prepared. He offers some great suggestions at places to see while in town and was great company. Anyway, got the food back to the room and was blown away. Easily the best curries I've ever had. My biggest regret was not ordering more, or going back the next day. Highly recommended. I'd go back to Glasgow just to eat there again. read more

Here i come the most authentic punjabi flavour i ever had in glasgow kadhai panner n mix veg richly spiced n having a typical indian aroma of spices yummy peppers n panner spiced in tangy tomato sauce too yummy . Total justice to all d vegetables n spices if any indian vegetarian looking for authentic punjabi food this is d place do visit n enjoy d flavor... read more

Came to this place by accident as the pub next door had stopped serving food and it was raining. Food was excellent,, staff very friendly and accommodating. Food was fresh,, flavorful,, and waiter was quite helpful. Was in a group of 6 and the tab at the end of the night was very reasonable and we'd all definitely go back again. It's a place that you make a point to return to if ever back in Glasgow. read more

We came across this place by accident. The staff made you feel welcome, and the interior is comfortable. All this adds up to a nice evening, then you get the food. My lordy! I have never tasted such beautiful food for such a small price! Honestly there is no such thing as an average dish. Try the Sea Bass or the Lamb Chops as starters, with a half pint of Cobra to quaff. We then asked our host, Harry, to recommend something as we always pick what we know. It paid off as a sizzling seafood plate, prawns and bass, with two other dishes, one chicken, the other i didn't get to taste as it disappeared so quickly ! Honestly this is THE BEST Indian food I have ever tasted. Please do yourself a favour. Visit this place, genuinely friendly staff, comfortable leather seats, and the best food you'll get bar none. All for a price so reasonable, I left a £10.00 tip. I've never left a £10.00 in my life............Till now read more