This was a delightful find. We loved the flavour of the curries we had. We chose a chicken pakora starter, which was very good.
I would have preferred for the pakora to have been fried a bit longer as I tasted some rawness of chickpea (gram) flour.
I opted for the paneer cheese butter masala main, and it was rich, delicious and with a bit more chilli heat than I expected for a butter dish.
Anyway it was darn good but if you are choosing this dish to avoid heat then tell the waiter to avoid a chilli bite surprise.
My wife enjoyed her chicken tikka masala too, declaring it quite good but not great. Both dishes had slivers of fresh ginger on top that enhanced flavour.
The sauce-based mains were served in candle - warmed metal serving dishes, which was just as well for two reasons: first we sat outside, second the plates that were brought were stone cold.
This is food for beer not wine and they have great beers. I opted for a porter style; my wife stuck with lager. Beer in restaurants is comparatively expensive in this part of Poland compared to most restaurant food costs.
The food portions were mostly good and the basmati rice perfectly cooked but the nan bread was disappointingly thin and more like a crisp bread.
So it was averaging a good four star but there were too many disappointments that could and should have been avoided with a little care and thought.
I've already mentioned the stone cold plates, this should never happen in any restaurant especially one serving rice as it goes very cold very quickly on cold plates. Cold rice isn't pleasant.
The service was great but it was so only up to a point as once we had our food no-one came back outside to check if we needed anything else - by this I mean within a few minutes of being served we were asked once if it was ok and that was that our waitress disappeared thereafter.
No-one returned again until all food was eaten. I would have taken another beer but by the time our server did appear it was too late. Darkness had fallen and it became cool.
I was a tad annoyed as the restaurant was not at all busy and when I went inside to the rest room it turned out that the waiter and waitress were just chatting away to each other.
Finally although I've not reduced my star rating we paid the cheque in cash. I was expecting change albeit a very small sum. The change did not come, the waitress did not return despite it being my money. I was holding a generous tip, expecting my change, even though the service wasn't good.
This is when I went in to use the restroom, tip in hand and noticed that the two staff were socialising in a near empty restaurant so my tip stayed in my pocket.
The above problems are minor really but in combination they disproportionately annoyed and result in three stars. The staff need to grasp the the fact their industry is hospitality. read more