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2.5 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  3      Service  5      Value  1     

Was taken here, and found out later from foodie friends (to their great amusement) that this place is notoriously awful. They're right.

We had a set menu, which was worryingly cheap, the reasons for which became clear. The scallops were verging on unrecognisable as scallops, obviously frozen or bulk and served on re-used scallop shells. The kangaroo was ridiculously rare (which I normally like), but somehow stale. The creme brulee was little more than commercial custard which wasn't so much brulee as slightly singed.

The decor is grim and the service is fine, but neither those matter at all when the food is bad enough that I would be embarrassed to serve it myself. Am genuinely astonished by some of the more positive reviews below. It's like we went to a different restaurant.

Jul 10, 2011

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

8 Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  7     

Love this place. Last time we had the palak chat, sundihya, chicken varutha, a pile of dosa, ... then struggled manfully through gulub jaman. All of it is consistently excellent, the sundhiya in particular disappeared off the table in record time.

The service is much better than average. We were apologised to profusely for what turned out to be less than a 5 minute wait, everything else worked seamlessly.

Some of the below reviews complaining about the price are strange. I think $20-25 mains violate people's expectations that curry should be reheated and served from a water bath onto a steel plate. Which is disappointing, of course. The quality of the food easily justifies the price here, simple as that. Great restaurant.

Jul 10, 2011

2.5 Not Recommended

Food  1      Ambience  3      Service  5      Value  1     

Was taken here, and found out later from foodie friends (to their great amusement) that this place is notoriously awful. They're right.

We had a set menu, which was worryingly cheap, the reasons for which became clear. The scallops were verging on unrecognisable as scallops, obviously frozen or bulk and served on re-used scallop shells. The kangaroo was ridiculously rare (which I normally like), but somehow stale. The creme brulee was little more than commercial custard which wasn't so much brulee as slightly singed.

The decor is grim and the service is fine, but neither those matter at all when the food is bad enough that I would be embarrassed to serve it myself. Am genuinely astonished by some of the more positive reviews below. It's like we went to a different restaurant.

Jul 10, 2011

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

8 Recommended

Food  9      Ambience  7      Service  9      Value  7     

Love this place. Last time we had the palak chat, sundihya, chicken varutha, a pile of dosa, ... then struggled manfully through gulub jaman. All of it is consistently excellent, the sundhiya in particular disappeared off the table in record time.

The service is much better than average. We were apologised to profusely for what turned out to be less than a 5 minute wait, everything else worked seamlessly.

Some of the below reviews complaining about the price are strange. I think $20-25 mains violate people's expectations that curry should be reheated and served from a water bath onto a steel plate. Which is disappointing, of course. The quality of the food easily justifies the price here, simple as that. Great restaurant.

Jul 10, 2011