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Natraj Romsey

Natraj Romsey

1-2 Stirling Walk, SO51 8, Test Valley, United Kingdom

Asian • Balti • Indian • European


"1st impressions on arrival the restaurant and decor looked nice, had wanted to try Natraj for quite a while, we had the opportunity to try when friends invited us. We were seated at our table and menus and drinks ordered, staff didn’t seem very attentive and asking for a bottle of Bud was a rigmarole to say the least ! Then we wasn’t greeted by another member of staff to take the food order, he wasn’t friendly, and the rushed attitude and manner to which he did this was not pleasant. The food came out pretty quick and the temperature of my meal was warm, not as if it had been freshly prepared, it was ok but not as expected for a chicken Bhuna and pretty tasteless ?. A garlic Naan and a peshwari Naan came out in the same bowl, the staff member couldn’t even get which order they were in the bowl right. The dessert menu was presented and after saying we wouldn’t be having dessert, this was snatched away and pretty much was told the bill was coming, and the attitude from the staff was like we had outstayed our welcome and they wanted us out of an empty restaurant at 9pm on a Saturday night we sat down at gone 7.30pm ? What’s the rush, not impressed and won’t return again due to mainly the staff attitude and mediocre food. My wife this morning has a very bad tummy. The restaurant had vacant tables all evening, and we couldn’t understand why the untrained and not very attentive staff pushed the whole experience through so quickly, wasn’t as if people were waiting to eat, by 9pm we were the only ones in there on a Saturday night, had I walked past and looked I would of wondered why, but on visiting the answer is very clear ! Sorry but 1st and last experience for us."

Janna Lebanese

Janna Lebanese

5 Gatley Road, Cheadle I-SK8 1LY, United Kingdom

Grill • Arabic • Lebanese • Vegetarian


"More Egyptian than Lebanese even the decor and music. Not all the food was Lebanese. Don't get me wrong, it was nice food. Kishek was more like a lebne, falafel was not falafel. Mixed pickles were beetroot and olives, Kanafe was more like baklawa. They didn't have makanek as sausages, they gave us a different sausage. Kibbeh was so dry. Salads (tabula and fatoush) need a lot of improvement. We came for dinner last Friday as 2 families. My husband is Lebanese. This was the first time he tried a Lebanese restaurant in the UK, and we wanted to share this experience with friends who have never tried Lebanese food before. When I called to make the booked, I asked if their chefs are Lebanese they told me the head chef is Lebanese, the other chefs are Arab. When we arrived, we asked to speak to the chef, but there was no Lebanese chef, and no one from the kitchen came out to talk to us.. this I find weird. It was 5.30pm, and extremely quiet. I've worked in Restaurants in the UK, and chefs have never had an issue with poking their head out and saying hi! We ordered the Lebanese way lots of starters, a couple of mains. We asked them to bring the food out as they are ready. I made the instruction clear. They brought all our food out together even the main! When I asked why, she said the chef told her to bring it. I told her a number of times that the main will get cold, she finally agreed to take them back to the kitchen!"