Thank you for my wonderful birthday feast ! Delicious food.
juan def
Found hair in my food.Rude staff, owner accused me of placing a black coloured pube in my own food. My hair is grey and my wife is blonde.The food was cold too and never tasted fresh. Once we found the pube. We never finished our meals. This place needs a hygiene inspector.Don't believe the positive feedback, the owner gives discounts to those who will leave good ones. Terrible!!On top of this. The staff are not even Indian. I think people in sidcup see brown people and curry and think "Indian!!". Sadly not. I heard them waffling on in their own tongue and its clearly Bengali. This is called passing off. If a pub bottled supermarket vodka in a expensive empty bottle of russian vodka and sold it for retail. They'd be prosecuted!I dont know why its any different when the chefs/cooks are all from Bangladesh!This explains why the food does also not taste authentic and relevant to India.Also, no tilapia option!!If you want quality alcohol or mixed alcohol beverages. Buy it in a restaurant where the bar staff actually have tried alcohol before themselves. The staff are muslim. This is a problem if the wine is off and they wont try some to corroborate the problem.The chicken is not fresh.. I could tell the chicken was days old and then heated up. Sadly the lamb was also bland. None of the meal had any depth. They sadly either dont use fresh coriander or run out of fresh coriander as it was lacking.. dried coriander is a huge let down.This really is not fresh indian cooking.Even in India the regional style of cooking varies. Its obvious that not one chef is indian.What's also funny! Some of the positive reviews have stock photography of food that's not even theirs!?
O K-A
We've been coming here regularly on a Tuesday for a number of years. There is usually 6-8 in our group. We know the owner Mr Khan from his days working at the Oval Brasserie, so we are usually looked after well & the service is very friendly. Unfortunately, yesterday we were subjected to the worse service we've ever had in this restaurant. We phoned & booked a table for 4 at 8.15, and were told if wouldn't be a problem. The reason we booked was because of the conditions of the tastcard offer (2 for 1 on main courses, when booked in advance). We were seated on a small cramped table near the door, even though there were plenty of other tables further in. We mentioned to waiter we had a tastcard, and he informed us it was only valid if we had booked in advance. We told him we had phoned and book previously but he replied that the tastcard offer was only for bookings made at least 24 hours beforehand. We pointed out the conditions on the tastcard app, which stated quite clearly that it was for pre-booked tables & we were entitled to the 2 for 1 offer. He said he couldn't do it, so we asked the speak to Mr Khan, and he replied rudely "Mr Khan is in Bangladesh".We received our food which we have no issues with but it was served in an hostile manner, with no consideration. They forgot parts of our order and we had nearly finished our meal before they finally arrived. When we asked for our bill, we mentioned once again about the tastcard but we were shown a small typed photocopy of an agreement with tastcard saying "offer only available with pre bookings" we pointed out again, that we had booked but to no avail, they wouldn't accept it. The waiter & manager were extremely arrogant & dismissive towards us. We told them we would not be back and that it was a shame, as we like Mr Khan & the food was always great. But they were not interested in the slightest. Mr Khan, if you read these reviews, you really need to keep an eye on your business, because you have lost a group of loyal customers!
Terencey
Exceptional food with very friendly service, always the 1st
A Weaver
Fantastic curry in sidcup, food was amazing!
Kieran Smith
Been coming here for almost 15 years...! Consistently great service and great food, Jimmy's Korai and Moghul Special are my highlights.
jøsh . reed
Great night out with mates brilliant food service 10/10
Muhamed Kabeer
Good food and good
Richard Kirby
My wife and myself have enjoyed a early 2 course meal and a couple of drinks in the space of 2hours . perfect for a married couple escaping.Starter misour chicken (excuse the phonetic) tender and well presented.I had a house recommended lamb Jimie Courie (apologies again) with a of the menu chicken mildly spiced accompanied by rice and advised potatoes.Congratulations to the restaurant .Thank you!
Some of the food was cold, but they said it was freshly cooked!! As a result, my friend was ill later that night. When I messaged them the following day, they replied with a laughing face emoji. Not what you would expect but I thought I would share so you can make up your own mind whether you should risk going there.
Jane Mckiver
We always get takeout food from Curry Mahal , food is always excellent, best Indian food we’ve tasted, they used to be in pettswood and we followed to sidcup when they moved , even though we live in Bromley. Well worth the visitKid-friendliness: Always very friendly
NijMadlani
Only the big guy who is the boss gives good service . Runs out of Kingfisher all the time . Young waiters no smile don’t want to be there. Too long to serve and take orders. Staff training needed. Can be there 2 hours!
briansA7021US
The food here is absolutely fantastic and I’ve recommended Curry Mahal to a lot of my friends who now go there regularly and they feel the same I’ve seen a few bad reviews on TripAdvisor for this restaurant and I wonder if they have been fabricated comments by other restaurants !!!
Grant Boultwood
Long standing customer from when Owners Restaurant was in Petts Wood.Glad to say high standards transferred.
Excellent food and
Thank you for my wonderful birthday feast ! Delicious food.
Found hair in my food.Rude staff, owner accused me of placing a black coloured pube in my own food. My hair is grey and my wife is blonde.The food was cold too and never tasted fresh. Once we found the pube. We never finished our meals. This place needs a hygiene inspector.Don't believe the positive feedback, the owner gives discounts to those who will leave good ones. Terrible!!On top of this. The staff are not even Indian. I think people in sidcup see brown people and curry and think "Indian!!". Sadly not. I heard them waffling on in their own tongue and its clearly Bengali. This is called passing off. If a pub bottled supermarket vodka in a expensive empty bottle of russian vodka and sold it for retail. They'd be prosecuted!I dont know why its any different when the chefs/cooks are all from Bangladesh!This explains why the food does also not taste authentic and relevant to India.Also, no tilapia option!!If you want quality alcohol or mixed alcohol beverages. Buy it in a restaurant where the bar staff actually have tried alcohol before themselves. The staff are muslim. This is a problem if the wine is off and they wont try some to corroborate the problem.The chicken is not fresh.. I could tell the chicken was days old and then heated up. Sadly the lamb was also bland. None of the meal had any depth. They sadly either dont use fresh coriander or run out of fresh coriander as it was lacking.. dried coriander is a huge let down.This really is not fresh indian cooking.Even in India the regional style of cooking varies. Its obvious that not one chef is indian.What's also funny! Some of the positive reviews have stock photography of food that's not even theirs!?
We've been coming here regularly on a Tuesday for a number of years. There is usually 6-8 in our group. We know the owner Mr Khan from his days working at the Oval Brasserie, so we are usually looked after well & the service is very friendly. Unfortunately, yesterday we were subjected to the worse service we've ever had in this restaurant. We phoned & booked a table for 4 at 8.15, and were told if wouldn't be a problem. The reason we booked was because of the conditions of the tastcard offer (2 for 1 on main courses, when booked in advance). We were seated on a small cramped table near the door, even though there were plenty of other tables further in. We mentioned to waiter we had a tastcard, and he informed us it was only valid if we had booked in advance. We told him we had phoned and book previously but he replied that the tastcard offer was only for bookings made at least 24 hours beforehand. We pointed out the conditions on the tastcard app, which stated quite clearly that it was for pre-booked tables & we were entitled to the 2 for 1 offer. He said he couldn't do it, so we asked the speak to Mr Khan, and he replied rudely "Mr Khan is in Bangladesh".We received our food which we have no issues with but it was served in an hostile manner, with no consideration. They forgot parts of our order and we had nearly finished our meal before they finally arrived. When we asked for our bill, we mentioned once again about the tastcard but we were shown a small typed photocopy of an agreement with tastcard saying "offer only available with pre bookings" we pointed out again, that we had booked but to no avail, they wouldn't accept it. The waiter & manager were extremely arrogant & dismissive towards us. We told them we would not be back and that it was a shame, as we like Mr Khan & the food was always great. But they were not interested in the slightest. Mr Khan, if you read these reviews, you really need to keep an eye on your business, because you have lost a group of loyal customers!
Exceptional food with very friendly service, always the 1st
Fantastic curry in sidcup, food was amazing!
Been coming here for almost 15 years...! Consistently great service and great food, Jimmy's Korai and Moghul Special are my highlights.
Great night out with mates brilliant food service 10/10
Good food and good
My wife and myself have enjoyed a early 2 course meal and a couple of drinks in the space of 2hours . perfect for a married couple escaping.Starter misour chicken (excuse the phonetic) tender and well presented.I had a house recommended lamb Jimie Courie (apologies again) with a of the menu chicken mildly spiced accompanied by rice and advised potatoes.Congratulations to the restaurant .Thank you!
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Some of the food was cold, but they said it was freshly cooked!! As a result, my friend was ill later that night. When I messaged them the following day, they replied with a laughing face emoji. Not what you would expect but I thought I would share so you can make up your own mind whether you should risk going there.
We always get takeout food from Curry Mahal , food is always excellent, best Indian food we’ve tasted, they used to be in pettswood and we followed to sidcup when they moved , even though we live in Bromley. Well worth the visitKid-friendliness: Always very friendly
Only the big guy who is the boss gives good service . Runs out of Kingfisher all the time . Young waiters no smile don’t want to be there. Too long to serve and take orders. Staff training needed. Can be there 2 hours!
The food here is absolutely fantastic and I’ve recommended Curry Mahal to a lot of my friends who now go there regularly and they feel the same I’ve seen a few bad reviews on TripAdvisor for this restaurant and I wonder if they have been fabricated comments by other restaurants !!!
Long standing customer from when Owners Restaurant was in Petts Wood.Glad to say high standards transferred.