30.10.16 Pink Olive Andover

Pink olive
 Vertured to Andover with John and Chrissie next door.
Nice buzz. Nice white tablecloth. No music. Onion bajis a little greasy and Sheek Keebab a little bland and not on a sizzler. 
Maga chicken very spicy, Chrissie enjoyed the korma and John and I enjoyed the chicken tikka. Bombay potatoes quite spicy. Overall though very enjoyable meal
No mints!! No hot towel.
Waiter found some mints for us when he saw our disappointment.
Stopped in a pub on the way home for a game of pool, then took a few wrong turnings!
8/10

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

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 towels8/10

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

17.9.16 The Nawab Newbury

Following a cinema visit to see Blair Witch, less said about the film the better we decided to try the Nawab in Newbury. We last visited about two years ago before we started the blog and weren't impressed! 

We were downstairs rather than upstairs this time so the atmosphere /decoration was better
Started with the poppadums, a little stale. The pickles were nothing special,  Alan missed the lime pickle, There wasn't a spicy option.

I had the usual and Alan samosas for starters, which could have been crispier, followed by Korai chicken. The service was quick and I had a salad with my sizzling chicken tikka.

Alan said it was very average and lacked spice and gave it a five. I liked the atmosphere and gave it 6. So I guess overall a 5 1/2. From memory I would say a lot better than last time but still a way to

go.