Lahore Karahi Tooting

GENUINE REVIEW: I had come here this evening with my partner for dinner, we were served by a gentleman who was seeing everyone queuing up. We were seated quite quickly, and ordered food not long after… FOOD: We ordered 1 pair of vegetable samosas, mushroom and onion rice, chicken saag, chicken tikka masala and 2 plain rice. Vegetable samosas - came out quick enough but both were loop warm to cold. Chicken saag - the chicken saag texture was really thick and had absolutely no taste to eat, also was very salty. Chicken tikka masala - chicken pieces were soft, but the sauce was runny, had no taste of either cream or tomato. This was a runny texture and tasted like a gravy that came out of a bisto sachet! Mushroom and onion rice, the rice lacked flavour, the onions were boiled not panned of fried, the mushrooms seemed like they were out a tin and not fresh at all. Naan bread - the breads looked fine but again had absolutely no taste to how a plain naan should taste like, they had a crisp and fluffy texture but not the best I’ve had. Condiments sauces - the mint yogurt sauce lacked taste and not enough sugar to give the sauce it’s natural flavour The mango chutney, was good and had chunks, chilli sauce was also good and had flavour. SERVICE: The service for me was not above par, a polite woman took our order after asking her questions about the dishes we ordered but seems to lack the knowledge of the menu. We had also asked 3 times for water before we was given any, plates we left empty after our starter although asked if they could be taken to provide more serving space. At the end I had asked for the bill and was not given one just the manager coming up with the card machine and quoting me £38. I didn’t bother to ask as at this point I wanted to just leave! One of the waiters was cleaning out table before leaving who acknowledged us and asked about the food which I didn’t hold back and said it was appalling, he asked why and I had told him which he obviously felt embarrassed and didn’t know what to say not even a sorry…. I won’t be coming back here at all and o do not recommend such a place! I even gave my salaam on arrival to the manager who obviously didn’t want to acknowledge me at all… I would unfortunately avoid coming here as there are many places on the high street to eat better quality food at the same price or even less.

The charsi lamb karhai at this place is TO DIE FOR!! (Honestly I’m not even usually a lamb fan) it’s excellent and probably the best I’ve had in London. Service was amazing as was the cleanliness and hygiene of the restaraunt. I didn’t try other things that came to our table but the keema naan and Nihari were also amazing. We will be back!

The lovely restaurant on the corner before the market serves up a proper bit of grub .. the kebab roll is enough to have for lunch ,. It’s absolutely beautiful with the perfect amount of spice . The first time a had one I got chilli sauce and to be honest it blew my head of … so the next time I went for mango chutney and that is a game changer for me … the roll comes with fresh salad and two kebabs wrapped in a naan bread for the steal of only £2:50 ,. I promise you will feel pleasantly full and content… the place is clean the staff are friendly and cant wait to try other things on the menu ..