Chowki

Couple of weeks back I had made a visit to chowki with my wife while we were roaming around Piccadilly circus. There at the door we were welcomed and offered the sit in the second room after taking our coats kindly. The environment seemed little busy. We were waiting for the waiters to place our food order. We felt something like we were ignored so had to call for one of the staff.

The waiter duly apologized and tried to make us convenient and started to take the order with much attention and decent manner. We started placing our order starting with the drinks and starter then requested to order the meal later. We placed the order for our drinks and the starter and requested to order the meals later. The waiter was so flexible that our every preferences were accepted which made us positive.

We had the meals on our table which we found wonderful in taste and incredible curry on the side. On the mid way of our meal we even ordered some kadak naan for which the waiter instantly went to the kitchen and brought the naan for us exactly what we said. And also the waiter didn't miss to ask us about the food in the middle of the meal making sure of everything despite the busy situation.

Thank you chowki for the lovely food and good service. I would definitely make other visits and highly recommend the place for food and drink.
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kamal shah - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Saturday, November 05, 2011

On a trip to london, my wife got £40 worth of tesco vouchers to spend at chowkis in denman st london, we ordered two bottles of cobra which were warm, when our starters arrived they were a little on the cold side, but quite tasty. for the main course i had lamb rogan josh, mine was tasty but again not warm enough, my wife had the chicken korma which she did not like at all.

when we came to pay the bill partly with our tesco vouchers, we were told that we couldnt pay with them because we ordered a special promotion, nowhere on the printed menu said it was a special promotion, after a word with the manager we had to itemise everything on the menu, and then pay with our tesco vouchers, over all i would say that it was a disappointing experience.
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m evans
6 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 4
Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Horrible food, they claim it to be authentic indian it is a total joke !!

I am an Indian and this place has one of the worst indian food I have eaten in my life more so since they claim to be authentic.

Had the prawn starter and chicken tikka starter, the chicken tikka was bland reshmi kabab rather than chicken tikka and prawn had no taste. The main course of chicken malvani curry was ridiculous, it was a sainsbury's tikka paste with breast pieces thrown in and the Undhiyo was one of the worst gujarati Undhiyo i have ever tasted. Had a 2 for 1 taste card but still paying £25 for this was a waste.

If they claim to be an authentic indian restaurant then they should serve authentic indian food, this was really a joke. If you want good indian food go anywhere else, give this place a miss.

Really wanted to have a word with the head chef but controlled my urge as they are catering to first timers who stumble upon this place thinking it will be good, really don't know who are regulars here ! Hope they read this and improve the food in future ...
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sunpete
3 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 1
Sunday, May 08, 2011

Totally disagree with any bad reviews about this restaurant. Four of us visited the Chowki last Saturday the 27th November and had what can only be described as four beautiful starters and four wonderful main meals. The tastes of all the dishes was superb and the service was brilliant. the bill was reasonable and what you would expect to pay for a very good meal.
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Cheryl Bray
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, November 29, 2010

Visited November 8th 2010 evening me and a friend.

2 starters both fish. The kings prawns described in the plural had only 2 at £5.95 and were covered so much in spice paste that neither head, body or tails could be identified, no taste of fish whatsoever. The other fish starter was over cooked and dry inside.

The two mains were a lamb and chicken curry with rice. The rice was plain rice, no colours, very bland. Both curries had a solid colour sauce where no individual ingredient could be identified. The dishes were of small portions.

The waiters merely took your order, delivered the food and left yet a service charge is added to the bill!

The restaurant is dark coloured wood and the uniforms black dark in colour, atmosphere is similar to a bus station!

This restaurant is serving Indian food at a level last seen in Northern England mid 1970's. Even with a 50% off card the food is also expensive. Do yourself a favour and give this place a miss as London is full of wonderful value for money eateries of which this is not one!
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David
3 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 3
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Is this place a spin off from Tiffinbites? Tiffinbites is far better.

Had a terrible meal and the service was spolied by mistake after mistake. Embarassing
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Greg
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Saturday, November 06, 2010

pathetic is the word

service for namesake is 0, food is not even 0, after just coming from india it was a complete letdown, the food was bland, i think the food was only for tourist because of location and not really indian. even the prices are not reasonable for the quantity of food.

never suggest to anyone and would not go back.

find a local restaurant- serving real indian food to enjoy with my beer !!!!!
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pooja
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

The ambience of the place is OK, and the location good with friendly staff (although being asked numerous times whether I wanted a Tikka Massala version of the dish I'd ordered was annoying)

The food was very expensive though for what it was - £14 for the special Biryani. It was nice - but not that special.

They also tried to fob us off when they'd made a mistake with the Kashmiri dish. It looked like a Korma, but we were assured it was Kashmiri. Then we asked where the fruit was then that was supposed to be in it. They then agreed it was a mistake and replaced it.

I shan't be going back.
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Jim - View all reviews by this user
3 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 0
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

SImply the worst Indian food that I have ever had. This place used to be good, now words cannot describe how apalling it is. Nothing more to say - just don't even think about going.
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0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Thursday, October 07, 2010

We ate here on a Tuesday night around 8.30. The host was pleasant and welcoming. Resturant had air conditioning on set for wait staff, not customers. Service was sluggish. Menu had narrow choice but had some interesting dishes, especially for the veggie diner.

The starter (chicken wings) were cold (not cooked at all). Fortunately, all food appears pre-cooked so didn't take the kitchen long to send another batch. Starters were small but tasty. Main courses were very small and again, warm at best, and the food came out staggered.

I always tip, but due to poor service and over priced, warm food, it was my intention to refuse this time. However, service charge included on bill and we were so keen to leave, I just paid and ran. As another reviewer has stated, great for tourists who will never go back.

Please, just don't bother. Really disappointed. Find somewhere else.
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5 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 4
Wednesday, June 09, 2010