"While we enjoy Veeraswamy and Masala Zone, and a very frequent visitor to MW Eat Group restaurants specially Veeraswamy. I am in the food business and a food critique, I have to say Amaya has been a total disappointment. Hospitality: One of the most dreadful experiences I have ever had in any of the restaurants in any part of the world, it is really hard to believe that this restaurant is managed by the same group company that has managers such as Sarfaraz and Anjan (both from Veerasawamy) and chefs such as Sadeep and uday (again both from Masala zone and Veerasawamy), the reason I say this is because, based on my experience at Amaya.... Starting from the Chef: I came across a chef who does not care if the guests at his restaurant are fed or hungry, who does not care to cater to the basic needs of guests. I do not know this chef personally, but, in my honest opinion, a person with this sort of attitude should have a conscience and not stand behind a kitchen EVER in his life. Such a disgrace. Manager: a French Manager, who 's attitude and ego is on the top of her head, that she does not like Indian eating in a Indian restaurant, who was more bothered to butter the naans and plates of people of certain origin over Indians. I was taken back in thoughts to historic days prior to 1947 with Indians not being welcome in an Indian restaurant. She even had the audacity to not come to the table to have a chat even after being requested that I wanted to meet a manager. while I had a chat with her prior to leaving, she was one of the coldest persons I have come across, with an attitude and unwelcoming, cold, approach making our family unwelcome. I never know an Indian person can be discriminated in an Indian Restaurant, it makes be baffle even while I am writing this review. Food: For the very first time, we leave a restaurant with a £300 bill while being hungry, dissatisfied, disappointed and humiliated. We were a party of 6 all of us vegetarians and not a single dish in the menu catered to vegetarians, we ordered Naan and wanted to have a veg curry, and made a very basic request to feed us veg curry to go with the naan. The Chef sends us a message (not in person, but through a runner in the restaurant) that the cannot serve anything. The request was simple, give the same curry that he/she severs but without meat. This is as simple as NOT adding meat, but he/she does not which to accommodate. Instead says take it or leave it . The food in general was substandard, the dal was cold and felt like mold, This was the only curry that was on the menu for the vegetarians to accompany the Naan bread. we let this pass and ordered some goat cheese, which was rubbery, Spinach Tikki was alright who extreamly greasy/cheesy, the garlic naan was dipped in butter/oil, there was not FINE about dining here. We as a group never are fussy, generally like to have a good time and enjoy good food and make the most of any experience, However the entire experience at amaya has been the worst... The attitude of both the manager and the chef have made the experience, however they had their own priorities and their own set of customers they wanted to please."
