All reader reviews by davbeau
Nando's (Goodge St)
It really is depressing to type 'Portuguese' into the search field and be greeted with an endless list of 'Nandos. You might as well add McDonalds and Burger King to 'American'. Even Cafe Rouge is not in the list of French restaurants (thank goodness) but it has a fairer claim than Nandos does. I did go to try it and had the 'peri peri' chicken. But Nandos is a fast food restaurant with no discernible connection with the lovely food I have eaten in Portugal apart from the fact that there is something called 'peri peri' chicken on the menu - oh and they also serve 'Portuguese' rolls. The rest is burgers 'wraps, 'pittas'. This is NOT a Portuguese restaurant and should be removed from the list.
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Overall rating 
Food 0 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Shikara W1
I am amazed and stunned by all of these good reviews for this restaurant. I can only conclude that people have very different palates because this is the oddest tasting indian I have ever been in. Their solution to 'tasty' indian food appears to be tons of ghee and even more sugar. The food was so sweet I just could not eat it. I love indian food and I go regularly to well regarded places like Lahore Kebab House on Commercial Road, a couple of places on Brick Lane (although it is variable there) and if I feel like a posher night out, Chutney Mary's in Chelsea. The starters were fine but all of the main dishes we ordered - butter chicken, 2 lamb dishes, mixed vegetables and matter paneer were al sickly sweet. I was told they did it that way because it sells, but Indian people complain about the sweetness too! They made us a sugar free lamb curry on the house but it was still clagged up with far too much ghee Never mind the taste I would never go back just for the sake of my health! The huge menu should have rang alarm bells - you just cannot make all of those dishes properly - and they don't. Apart from the sweetness the butter chicken tasted like no butter chicken I have ever had - coconut-ish in flavour - the waiter said it was almonds and yes you can put almonds in a butter chicken but this tasted like sweet coconut. Basically if you love chicken tikka masala you may like the food here - but if you are looking for indian food and any savoury flavour at all in the main dishes you will be wasting your time. This sickly sweet food is simply an insult to the cuisine.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Overall rating 
Food 1 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 1
@foodepedia Pretty bright and sticky over here but not as wet as we thought. Enjoy the heatwave!
