Original Lahore Kebab House

A quick review as I can't believe the low reviews that some people (who incidentally don't have a grip on grammar) have given.

Before you eat there and review it, this place is a *budget restaurant*. Yes, the service is straightforward but this is a warehouse-sized restaurant and to expect anything more would be churlish. Yes, the salads they dish out at the start of the meal are plain but you shouldn't be basing your meal around them anyway. And yes, the decor is not of michelin star standard - but if you don't like it then eat elsewhere! I've been there a number of times and what you see is what you get. Wonderful Pakistani cuisine for a fraction of the cost of some other restaurants. The lamb chops are amazing, they taste just like the ones my neighbour in Wembley used to make.

You get what you pay for and in this case with the food alone, a lot more.
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G
8 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Friday, December 16, 2011

Best indian/Pakistani curry in London, amazing value and take your own booze, amazing.
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Tristan Ayer - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Sunday, November 06, 2011

WOW!! This place is just amazing. Great environment, great food and just really friendly staff. I would highly suggest this resturant to everyone, and the option of BYO just makes it a ALL STAR place to eat.
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Jordan
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Monday, October 03, 2011

One of the best place I've been to. Great value for money and there staff if very helpful. Curry was very nice and worm as if came straight from the kitchen. I am definately looking forward to go there again and would highly recommend this to anyone who is thing or is in the mood to eat some tasty curry and kebabs. YUMMMMY!
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Tim
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 23, 2011

Lahore Kebab House are trading on their name from year's gone by to turn a fast buck...my recommendation save your money and don't go there

I used to work an international bank on Commercial Road about 20 years ago and at that time Lahore Kebab House's food and reputation was unrivalled, we frequently ordered from them as a corporation and also as staff individaually....never dissappointed

Fast forward to today, went to a festival in Tower Hill, drove past the restaurant, remembered how good the food was, went in with family...raving about the food...hmmm ended up with curry on my face!!!! Can categorically say it was probably the single most worst dinning experience one has the misfortunate to pay for...

There was no attention to detail, the waiter slapped a plate of salad on the table that comprised of one slice of tomato and doorstep chucks of onion...totally unedible...

The food was awful....we ordered chilli paneer, except it tasted nothing like chilli paneer...it was like they had taken paneer and poured a cheap chicken tikka cooking sauce all over it and chucked onions on top to disguise the lot...could not really eat it...

As starters we also ordered the seekh kebabs they were greasy tasteless and over salted with zero flavour, as was the the chicken tikka, infact one could not differentiate between the taste...

The mains was equally disappointing, the rice was so undercooked i think the waiter went and fetched it from a paddy field straight to the plate..with all dishes having no flavour and all over salted in all cases!

The service was appalling, the platters from the starters were not cleared away in fact we were expected to have our mains on the same plates....the convienantly they drop a bottle of mineral water on each table without any request, to bump-up the bill i suspect...

The waiters have a 'could'nt care less attitude' ....at the death i reluctantly paid for the food exactly to the penny...in order to NOT leave a tip... i think the only reason that they allow 'bring your own booze' to the restaurant is that no-one sober, in their right minds, would otherwise frequent the place...

Unfortunately, this restuarant is another example where past sucess has been sacrificed in order to make a quick buck...my sincere advice stay way....and go instead to McDonald's across the road as their curry sauce is more authentic... you have been warned!
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tuna fish - View all reviews by this user
0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, September 11, 2011

I was a bit dissappointed with lahore kebab house when I went as I had such high expectations based on previous reviews. The reality was an open, plain room, which rather resembled a tacky wedding venue than a high class pakistani cuisine house. The food was not what I expected either with what tasted like a chilli spillage rather than a nice mix of usually incredible Pakistani flavours. (My favourite cuisine.)

Dare I say it, the tayyabs restaurant just down the road eclipses this lack of atmosphere and average food and all for the same price!
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5 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 4
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Went to lahore with the group of my friends had a lovely meal and had the great time

We will be back
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Usman
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Thursday, July 07, 2011

Went last night. Chilli pander and chilli Mogo had same paste tasteless pander blocks not cooked in sauce very disappointing. Samosas thick pastry with little filling poppadums oily. Lamb kebabs dry tough. Chicken curry good but salty tarka dal salty Shame did not live up to its reputation naan greasy, dry and heavy, was not light and fluffy.
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3 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 2
Sunday, July 03, 2011

The place stinks, the cutlery is dirty, I asked for a clean one I got another dirty, got my starter ( papadom) without chutney, with comes with it..asked for salt and pepper, got only pepper, had to ask for salt again. The service is the worst I ever experienced.The food is nothing special, I felt like I'm in an unhygienic dirty place, so lost my apetite before I started to eat. Will never go back to this stinky dirty place!!!
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0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Saturday, July 02, 2011

This used to be one of my favorite places to have a work lunch, I used to rave about it. We've been going here since 1997 before it was extended.

Sadly no more. Today the food was so salty it was only just edible, my associate had a dish of mixed vegetable curry, which was awful, potato was uncooked. The legendary chops were thin and over cooked..

We will not be back
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3 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 4
Thursday, May 26, 2011