Saturday, 29 October 2016

23.10.16 Sheesh mahal LLanelli



Looks like this restaurant has recently been done up and was very nice. It was voted best restaurant of the year in 2015! We wouldn't agree with this.
6/10

16.10.16 Blue Ginger

What a disappointment, back to our favourite restaurant with David and Esther. Welcome and setting all good but the food was not up to scratch!    7/10


Saturday, 1 October 2016

25/9/16 Ginger Carmarthen

 Visited Ginger in Carmarthen when droppping Tesni off to start University.
Lovely atmosphere and friendly and helpful  waiters.
 Paper napkins
Prawn Puri  and Sheek kebab starters for the boys. Proper lemon squeezers.
 Alan had  Cafreal  and Elton had Goan curry.
Tesni and I had Chicken Tikka served on a sizzler with salad.
Proper towels at end of meal

but not warm enough. 7 1/2 









1/10/16 Tandoori Connosseur Sonning Common

Tandoori Connoisseur in Sonning Common on a very wet evening. Prettily folded napkins. Gold coloured tablecloth. Indian music. Nice enough atmosphere would have been even better if restaurant was fuller. 

Poppodums crispy but not warm. Alan had Sheek Keebab and Chicken Korai  and I had my usual.
Kebab and chicken tikka came on a sizzler. Tikka served with salad. Service good. Really hot towels😃8/10








28.8.16 the Palm

Seven of us celebrated the bank holiday with a visit to the Palm. The food was very nice but the experience was marred by the quality of the service! The company was good so it was a very pleasant evening overall.

The booking was for 7:45 and drinks  order was taken in the foyer at 7:50. The men were served and we were seated. The men had finished their beers before the girls' drinks had even arrived.
The table was laid for 6 not seven but we had to keep asking for and extra place settings.... a plate.... some cutlery... no serviette appeared. We asked fro water twice... but we didn't have any glasses to drink it from.

Poppadums were served at 8:15 and some starters arrived at 8:50, again some had finished before others were served.Starters includes chicken lollipop, Goan seafood platter and a peshwari naan.

Mixed chicken tikka (K),  karakai (E), murgh Jaipuri (A), Reshmi tikka (T), Butter chicken (C), Chicken Korma (Z) were the main meals ordered and enjoyed. John however struggled with his "spicy" Dansak! The menu had said 2 chillies- fairly hot but warning hadn't been strong enough. He lost his taste buds.

To top it all, the towels weren't opened for us and there were only 6  not 7 After Eights!

We will not be rushing back!!
Very difficult to mark as the food was good but the constant looking out for waiters to come and attend to us had an impact.
6 1/2