Sitaaray

Took the advantage of its lunch offer, but not impressed by the weird dipping sauce. It is a shame that this restaurant is on a very beautiful street - Drury lane
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King - View all reviews by this user
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Food 4 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 5
Thursday, February 26, 2009

We visited using their special all you can eat offer on a Tuesday. The service was very good and the food delicious. It wasn't the most amazing meal of my life but the food was very good. We were stuffed after the first few courses because we hadn't realised how many there so be careful with the amount of bread that you eat.

The staff were very attentive and efficient and would quickly take our plates away, bring us the new courses and ask if we wanted more of anything!

The place was very busy and the atmosphere coupled with the decor really added to our experience.

Would definitely visit on the special offer again.
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Annie - View all reviews by this user
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, January 06, 2009

I live round the corner from sitaaray and go there fairly regularly. I really admire what they've done as it's a bit different and bold. I wouldn't want to eat in the surroundings every day of the week, nor could my body take it but I thoroughly recommend this place as a once in a while. The decor is fun and the food is delicious - and properly spicy.

It's also a good place to take a group as it takes the hassle out of ordering and paying (you all get the same).
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Alexander
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Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Thursday, November 27, 2008

I was impressed with the quality of food and the service at Sitaaray. The kebabs were excellent.
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Gerard Knightly
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

I was impressed with the quality of food and the service. The kebabs were very nice- we were stuffed by the end of the meal.
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Ryan
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

I visited Sitaaray 25/6/08 with my husband and son and had the grill menu which features a variety of kebab starters, one dahl, broccoli floret and paneer followed by main couse dishes that included chicken curry, rice, nan, saag aloo. I have say I was very dissapointed. The only crockery was knife and fork, there were no spoons to eat the dahl with, one of the kebab dishes looked undercooked in addition to this we were expected to eat starters and main all from the same square steel plate which was pretty off putting as after eating a variety of kebabs there was food on our plates that we had either partly or not eaten. The waiter seemed put out at getting us new plates for our main course. The ladies toilet was in need of repair, the lavatory handle was broken, the hand dryer didn't work and there were no paper towels. Charging 12.5% service was the final insult!
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Polly Shergill
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Food 3 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 1
Friday, June 27, 2008

Have to say that I had a great time at Sitaaray last night. Went there to start a night of celebrations for a 30th b-day surprise and the b-day girl thought the whole thing was a great idea. It wasn't too busy so staff were attentive to our table but I could imagine that when its very busy that could change. The decor is lavish bollywood with pictures everywhere but not distasteful however the toilets needed more attending too (bit wifffy). However, we all thought the food was tastey and very prompt!! They do tell you at the start to expect that the small dishes arrive one after the other as that is the style of this restaurant. It didnt bother our group but one of us had a little trouble in keeping up. As a non Indian food eater myself, I will go back to eat here as everything I ate suited my taste well and wasn't too spicey at all, which for me was perfect. The four of us paid under £30 each which also included 2 bottles of wine and service. You do forget though that you can order more of whatever arrives (which I would liked to have done) but it was exciting to see what was coming next......all in all good fun eating.
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Geri G
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Friday, March 21, 2008

They don't really need to do the gimmicky Bollywood stuff (my only grouch about the evening was that the music from the continous screening of the movies was a bit too loud). We were a group of 9 seated on the balcony, which gave us privacy without being too tucked away and everyone was impressed by the food - all very fresh tasting and with balanced spicing. We enjoyed in particular the sea bass and lamb cutlets. The portions are small, but they kept emphasising that you can order as many repeats as you wanted - as it was, by the time the curry came, nobody had much room left and we only asked for a repeat of some spicy potatoes that were delicious. The service was charming and attentive.

I liked the 'suprise' element of having lots of little dishes coming and thought the £19.50 a head to be reasonable - I agree with a previous review that the drinks are on the expensive side, but they were happy to supply a large jug of tap water with ice and lime.
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Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Friday, March 07, 2008

We visited Sitaaray last Friday night and have varying views of it. I must say the food was delicious, especially the seabass with garlic! The surroundings were lush and seating very comfortable. However, this was all totally spoilt by the waitress who appeared to be in a hurry to serve all our courses one after the other with hardly a break in-between. We certainly felt rushed. My final spoonful had barely left my lips when we were asked by the waitress if we wouldnt mind hurrying up as they had people waiting for the table!!!

All in all I would not visit this place again, its a real shame as the food is lovely. If you do go, be prepared to leave with indigestion and little cash. As although the food is cheap (£20 per head) the beverages are not. Three bottles of Kingfisher beer cost us £18!
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lauramaria35 - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 3
Sunday, January 27, 2008

We went to this restaraunt last night. The food was ok, ambience ok nothing brilliant, the staff seemed like they didn't want to be there, they got things wrong drinkswise and forgot drinks - i mean do you really get that in a supposedly top class restarant these days? We even had to get up and go and ask for the bill.

I will not be going again and will not reccomend it simply because of the staff.

Dipa
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Dipa - View all reviews by this user
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Food 6 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 4
Thursday, October 25, 2007