Raitha Raitha
Old India

Old India

34 St. Nicholas Street Bristol, BS1 1TG, BS1 1JX, United Kingdom

Beer • Wine • Indian • Pakistani


"I ordered Chutneys and Poppadoms, lamb biriyani and peshwari naan bread. My partner chose a very hot curry (I can’t remember what). Chutneys were mango chutney, onion salad, lime pickle and raita yoghurt sauce served in little dishes (but plenty to eat). Poppadoms were fresh, large and crispy. The lamb biriyani was delicious. The biriyani is served as “dry” flavoured mixed rice and lamb (it wasn’t dry but isn’t saucey) then a simple mild saucey vegetable curry is served on the side to pour over if you wish. The lamb itself was good quality and cooked perfectly. The fat had rendered, it was incredibly succulent and tasty, the texture was melt in your mouth, there were absolutely no nasty fatty bits at all. The biryani was absolutely delicious and didn’t need the curry but I enjoyed both. The peshwari naan bread was delicious and sweet. I can eat a lot, had missed lunch and was making up for it at dinner time, however even for me this was a generous amount of food so I wrapped up the naan in a napkin and enjoyed the following day. The building is beautiful, it’s a grand room, small floor area but very tall ceilings. The dining room still manages to feel cosy and homely. It’s worth a trip down to the toilets just to see a bit more of the building. I also had a glass of red wine which had strong enough flavour to stand up to the meal. Very good value. I will be back! And bringing other people!"

Lal Bagh Tandoori

Lal Bagh Tandoori

7 Chalk Hill, Bushey, Watford, WD194BL, WD19 4BL, United Kingdom

Kebab • Pizza • Seafood • Fast Food


"Yesterday evening at 7:30pm we ordered a takeaway from this curry house, local to my Mum. She had used them previously and the curry was good and they delivered on time. (This is the only reason I have given a review of Poor rather than Terrible. On this occasion however, having ordered over £100 of curries and sides, our order took almost 2 hours to be delivered they had said an hour. When we phoned (4 times to find out where the driver was, we were told he'd left and would be with us soon. (They had the full address and postcode and had been there before. They also had my mobile number. When he eventually arrived he had 3 bottles of beer to give us as an apology for his lateness so he obviously was still on the premises when we'd called. So the lateness was an issue as was his tone; as was the fact that when we called the curry house with the driver still with us, they insisted that the manager would not be available until after 22:30 and so they couldn't do anything about the problem. I don't buy that. The curry itself was also an issue. We would have had a far more flavourful curry by cooking one ourselves using Pataks curry paste, if only we'd known earlier! I think they'd run out of spices, and they clearly didn't know Makhani Dahl from Korma sauce, because that's what we'd got. My Karahi (Korai Lamb was bland, more like a stew and the naan bread's were definitely not garlic. I dislike writing bad reviews I just tend to not go back. But this time I felt it necessary as even though we didn't pay the full amount we gave the driver £100 instead of the £112.20 they'd asked for, it really wasn't worth the money we were all just so hungry that there was no other option. I can only imagine that they had new/different staff in from when my Mum last ordered, and they fell apart because it was a Saturday night and had over committed on their deliveries. It's no excuse though, don't waste your money."

Ivory Arch

Ivory Arch

80 Walworth Road London, SE1 6SW, United Kingdom

Halal • Indian • Pakistani • Full Available


"Stopped in at this restaurant coming back from sightseeing. The food is very good and a reasonable value for the money spent; however, the service we had was so slow as to be glacier-paced. At one point I thought our waiter had perhaps become ill...and left the restaurant and no one had informed us and then I spotted him waiting on another table. Though our meal had been put in a good minutes before the other group they and another couple were served first. So I started thinking perhaps these people were regulars and they always ordered the same thing, coming in the same time every night, perhaps they had called their order ahead realizing the place was a bit slow; but the fact I was coming up with these scenarios says the service was abominable When we finished our drinks we could not get others because the waiter was not paying us any attention. When we finished eating I tried getting the waiter's attention so we could pay the check and leave, this proved a very daunting task. I stood up, put on my jacket, and still nothing. Finally, when the waiter was in the vicinity I asked if we could possibly have our check and he asked if we were finished. The plates were sitting on the table, empty, stacked.(what did the place need for a hint I thought maybe because there was no older male in our party perhaps they thought we didn't deserve a lot of attention. I gave up trying to understand the extraordinary poor service. We were paid so little attention I believe if this is common here, they may start having a problem with people walking out without paying. Given how little attention our party of two received, I believe people would get away with this. Shame, because the food was very good and had the service been a little bit reasonable we would have eaten here again."