Trishna

Went to Trishna for the first time and in short: good food. bad service.

We went for the 5 course tasting menu and the food and portion sizes were excellent. The chilli squid was outstanding and prawns were also good. Sea bass and lamb curry for mains were very good as were the selection of naan's. The pulao rice was excellent and almost as good as my mum's (I'm indian and that's high praise!). Carrot dessert was the only letdown, it tasted as if it needed to be cooked longer. Oh and the drinks were also great.

The bad point has to be the service, we were served by a young chap whose manner could be best described as short. A smile wouldn't go amiss and it took 30 minutes for our drinks to arrive and 50 minutes for the 1st course.

Overall I would go back to Trishna's as the food is excellent and they have some unusual dishes on the menu which I'd like to try. It's a shame that their service let's them down, if this was better and the dishes came out in a more timely fashion then this really could be a great restaurant
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Mr Bear
6 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 7
Friday, November 19, 2010

I've been to Trishna a few times this year and on each occasion have come away thinking that I must write a glowing review; so here it is.

The food really is quite stunning, often using an inventive combination of spices and ingredients in what might seem familiar dishes. I particularly like the fact that they use game such as partridge and pheasant as well as many varieties of fish rather than relying on chicken or lamb.

The food is remarkably good value - there's not much difference to the prices in a common or garden tandoori restaurant despite the food being in an altogether different league in terms of quality.

Service is reliably fast, friendly and efficient.

Highly recommended
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city luncher - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Friday, October 22, 2010

Absolutely fantastic restaurant with some of the best service in London. I went to Trishna with visions of it being a substitute for the Trishna in Bombay. It is not! It has its only special charm and the food is absolutely exquisite...the flavours, the presentation, the choice of dishes on the menu...all so well thought out and executed. We had the koliwada tasting menu...I would totally recommend the duck sheekh kebab and the crab.

We were served by Chris and Shaffi who I must say were courteous and friendly and extremely hospitable and made the whole experience even more worthwhile.

Would definitely go back again and recommend to all.
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Sherina Petit
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, September 10, 2010