Restaurant

Name: Standard Balti House
Area: Brick Lane
Address: 71 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL
Phone: 020 7247 5855
Website: www.standardbaltihouse.co.uk

Visits to this restaurant ...

1. 28 Jun 2001|2. 25 Jul 2002|3. 30 Jan 2003|4. 31 Aug 2017


Visit Report

Visit Number: 16 (visit 1 of 4 for this restaurant)
Date of visit: 28 Jun 2001
Cost per head: £21.50 (2 beers)

Serv Amb Beer Start Nan Rice Main Veg VFM Score Comments
Overall 4.8 6.2 6.8 6.4 6.2 7.2 7.2 6.6 6.2 6.48
Neil 4 5 7 6 6 6 7 7 6 6.1 See Neil's comments
John 4 5 6 5 4 5 4 5 4 4.6 See John's comments
Robin 7 8 8 9 8 10 10 8 9 8.7 See Robin's comments
Mark 5 6 7 6 6 8 7 6 6 6.4 See Mark's comments
Richard 4 7 6 6 7 7 8 7 6 6.6 See Richard's comments

All Comments

Neil - Very slow service which on a less alcohol fuelled evening (rare) could have spoilt the proceedings. The starter, Onion Baji, was actually very good but given a poor mark due to no yogurty sauce thing. Toilets very clean, but only bland piping.

John - Not the worst I've had. Dissappointed with my main dish - chicken dansak balti - didn't taste of anything really. Service was a bit slow too. The rest of the meal was ok. Welcome return of the chikpeas, and the Kingfisher went down a treat.

Robin - Best curry I've had in a very long time. Almost perfect shemi kebab to start, superb special rice and wonderful balti chicken pathia. The popadoms would also score a 10. Service was good after an initial delay bringing the starters, but Diggers soon sorted them out.

Mark - 10% discount offer from the pimp confirmed this choice from the debutante. However it still ended up pricey for Brick Lane. Slow service rattled Neil's cage, large portions were appreciated by some while others simply left their beer - what a waste!

Richard - Good food, especially ND's Prawn Balti Bhuna which I stole bits of and the tasty hot poppadums. Ambience good for your normal cuzza night: not too boisterous, not too quiet, décor standard but decent quality (although it had strange framed woodland scene carpet on the wall (?)). Let down badly by having to wait a long time for the starter. Tout outside offered 10% discount.


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