Barnet
Original Lahore Kebab House

Original Lahore Kebab House

148-150 Brent Street, NW4 2DR, Barnet, United Kingdom

Halal • Indian • Chicken • Pakistani


"We as a family have been coming here for the past ten years, and we can never find fault with the food usually. It has recently been refurbished which is nice, thereby creating additional seating space. We have come back here after several months and we were shocked by how much they have increased their prices. A meal for 5 (two adults and three kids) that previously woud cost approx £60 yesterday cost an eye watering £93 ! Prices have been increased as if it were a fancy London restaurant which it is not. £4 for a single kulfi. £4 for a two piece gulab jamoon (thats £2 per piece). £3 for a single garlic naan. £7.50 for a tarka daal ! and £8 for a ladies finger Karahi. Mix grill for 2-3 people £29.50 ! They have also reduced the size of their seekh kebabs and now give you cheaper chicken seekh kebabs in the mixed grill (as well as lamb) which they never used to before.While I do understand that energy costs and the price of food stuffs have gone up recently, these price hikes are not sustainable, which probably explains why on a Saturday evening at 20:00 there were only a small amount of customers. If you hike up your prices so much for a clientele who are used to paying reasonable prices you will lose customers to the detriment of trying to increase your profits to cover your costs, to a degree. Needless to say, we shall not be visiting again any time soon. Oh by the way, our meal did not even include desert for all five of us and neither did any of order any soft drinks. If we had, the bill would have probably been circa £120-£125. Thanks but no thanks, we shall find a cheaper pakistani restaurant within the surrounding areas of which there are several. Sad really as we loved their grills"

Bella Mia

Bella Mia

857 High Road, Barnet, United Kingdom

Pizza • Seafood • European • Vegetarian


"This was the worst and most hurtful dining experience I’ve ever had. I’m shocked by the racism and overall lack of humanity of the owner. When we walked past the restaurant the menu looked ok and the place looked authentically Italian. We’d also been fooled by the amazing reviews this place had(more the fool us!!! The owner came out, did not greet us, smile or offer a warm welcome. We were surprised at this as other nearby restaurants operate very differently! His aggressive tone complete lack of customer service awareness as the lunch prevailed has left me with a bitter taste. Our food arrived there was no politeness or kindness in his service. Not even eye contact. Just silently put food on the table and removed it without even asking if we’d finished! My pasta dish was admittedly good(but not great and certainly not worth all this . When we paid, we were open about leaving this place a review(because it’s more honest to help a business grow through feedback which is was our sincere hope for this owner . This was met with aggression and rudeness and as we walked out of the door he said “I don’t know where you’re from but here in this country we don’t take two tables”. For context it was a very hot day, the inside of the restaurant felt hotter, we sat outside at 2/3 small tables facing away from the sun and instead of asking nicely he aggressively said “You’re taking two tables?! That’s how youre going to sit?!” We said we’re happy to move if anyone comes and that he could ask nicely (but the restaurant was COMPLETELY empty inside and out if anyone had stopped there was another table and we would have happily moved but he was VERY rude in the way he spoke with us . His service was abysmal no eye contact no manners no customer service…even AFTER we had moved for him taking plates away and putting food down without a word. This level of ‘customer service’ is unacceptable but the racist comment? And his reply to the other comment posted by my family member where he has reworded what he ACTUALLY said? Unforgivable and we, nor our friends or family will be returning. We suggest you really think about one of the other INCREDIBLE restaurants that are family owned, friendly, welcoming and refrain from ignorant offensive comments. Sub standard food, no customer service, with racism on the side? No thank you. Good luck to you Bella Mia. You’re going to need it."