Akbar's

went on my birthday with my husband. there was a little bit of waiting around. the food was good, the service was ok , the waiters did apologise for the delay in the food, between courses. the desert of hot chocolate fudge cake, just finished off the meal nicely. not over priced, just right. all in all a good night..

went here with my wife the food was nice i really enjoyed the starters the waiters were friendly good service good food at a good price would i go there again YES

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Aug 6, 2024

1

Edit : This place is closed now permanently. My full experience of Akbars. Please read through. Walk-in experience : Made us wait for 10 min in the lobby even though the table we booked was already free and ready. The staff called us out like this - "5 people, follow me!" when taking to table. The staff ordered this before we even sit - "We will not give any extra naan, chapati, curry once you place the order. You can only order once as we are very busy" Who would like to go to restaurant to be treated like this? Still, we had long day so we sit to eat. Food experience : It's not enough to just say that "taste of every item caters to British tounge". The food here has serious issues. 1. Too much food colouring (see the photos) . It's dark red in colour without any red chillies taste. 2. No water provided at table. (Find it in the photos if you can) 3. Peshwari naan had no dry fruits, Garlic naan had no garlic. But it was like Indian naan, so I give them a point for this. 4. In the name of mix raita, I got curd with salad topping. It is disgusting they call it as raita. 5. They missed the raita while writing order and later blamed on us that we didn't order it. 6. Served main course before starter. 7. Served raita after main course (after reminding thrice) I don't eat non - veg but my friends who went with me said this about non-veg 8. Portion of Akbars special biryani is 1/4 of any other place like Chennai dosa. 9. Starters are dry and hard to chew. It's disgusting. Please avoid this place, the service and food both are undesirable.

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Jan 8, 2023

1

On first impressions it seemed lovely, we walked in and we given a table, the table wasn’t very comfortable and kind of stuck out where the staff and customers were in and out of the room so we asked if we could move to a booth and were told no. About five minutes later two men walked in and were seated at a table next to us at first but the manager clearly knew them well and they asked to be moved and he moved them to the booth we couldn’t have. Not very fair but ok. The spicy fish starter was dry chewy and stuck in your throat, wasn’t fresh at all and not eaten we had to share the chicken tikka starter. We were taking the last couple of mouthfuls when the waiters swooped in and started talking away our plates, didn’t even give me chance to put my fork down. The mains were equally as bad. I’ve never ever had Naan bread with the consistency of a popadom, it literally snapped to bits like an over cooked biscuit! We had two Naans and they were both the same. Vegetable balti was like slop. I was really disappointed tbh. And again were stood over by the waiters the whole time. Very uncomfortable dining, very rushed dining and I felt a waste of money. We won’t be retuning for sure.

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Aug 19, 2020

1

This is not a franchise of the Akbars in Birmingham or Bradford. This is a bengali Akbars. The food looked great, but lacked taste and spice. We didn't enjoy the taste at all. The chicken dishes all had the same kind of taste (chicken pakora, chicken tikka, chicken curry. The dishes come out with lots of onions too, appearance wise good but nothing to enhance the taste. The butter chicken was the worst I had ever had. Unfortunately the first time and last time I would go.

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Aug 15, 2019

5

Despite it's back alley location, Akbars is a reasonably decorated Indian restaurant will decent food and fantastic service. Go all out on the great mains and naan bread (well sized naan bread too!), but skip the overpriced and disappointing desserts. Food and drink is well priced, so overall a positive experience.

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Google

Oct 27, 2018

3

Cuisine: Indian Verdict: Mediocre - nothing special- passable. Service: use a trolley to bring food and felt very canteen like....not the special way it should feel when in a restaurant. Prices okay, but on the touch dearer. Tip - Had a challenge parking, but then day a sign in the restaurant that you can park for free in the Radisson Hotel across the road, just get you ticket stamped when you leave. Would I go back again? ...maybe if it wasn't so busy.