Went for drinks followed by a lovely meal with friends. Great atmosphere, friendly staff and the food was excellent! Perfect evening out, would recommend.
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I went here a week ago just to try a new place and of course, for my love of Indian Food. When I looked it up online it looked pretty fancy with really good reviews. Situated just a few steps away from Reyner's Lane tube station (plus one for convenience), it looks quite nice and fancy at the first glance. Classy decor with traditional paintings and lamps giving it quite an Indian touch. Although I would have liked it more if the place was more lit. It was lacking lighting for me.
Food: For starters, we ordered paapri chaat and seekh kebab. Both dishes looked absolutely perfect and beautiful and did not disappoint our taste buds at all! Only, for me, paapri chaat was more of a plate of Dahi Bhalla but oh well, it tasted great so who cares. For mains we ordered Dal Makhani, Butter Chicken, Plain Butter naan and garlic naan. According to my friend and food blogger, Anay Rajadhyaksha, Pink turban served us the best butter chicken he had tried in London! I guess that says more than enough. The stars of the night were the naan breads though. Delicious! Dal Makhani was also pretty good. But it seemed like it was missing something. Not the best one I've had in London so far. Finally, for desserts we ordered rasmalai and kulfi. Yum!
Service: Initially, I wasn't that happy with the service. First of all I ordered a cup of Chai at the very beginning which they forgot about until I asked them about it after finishing our mains. Then also I'm assuming they were out of milk or/and tea and the guy went outside I guess to get it or something was happening which delayed my tea even more. Secondly, the lady who took our order didn't know what the dishes were in the menu or what the drinks were and didn't know what to recommend. So the first impression wasn't that great. However, afterwards they tried to cover up and improved and service was pretty nice for the rest of the night.
Pink Turban - unusual name for a restaurant. But sets it apart from the rest for sure. I wanted to try this place ever since I had heard the name.
I went for Sunday lunch when the restaurant was completely empty. Felt weird to be the only ones but the food was excellent.
We ordered Delhi chaat, Dum biryani and Rara Gosht. Chaat was tangy and spicy. Perhaps a bit more tamarind would make it a perfect 10/10. Dum biryani was quite authentic and had been cooked in a covered handi (vessel). Rara gosht was a bit too rich but delicious. Overall, great food. If we had any more space in the stomach, I would have tried the kheer shots. Perhaps next time.
Decor of the restaurant is modern - but not to my taste. But I would definitely go back for the food!
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