Bollywood Stories in Camden

Worst experience ever !! I went to the restaurant in the afternoon and first impression i got was ignorance ( as if they were not happy i was there ) the waitress didn't seem to know the menu nor could recommened anything,however i went with butter chicken and 2 naan ( btw it was 1 naan sliced into 4 pieces ).. the staff sat at a table behind me and i just had to raise my hand time and again asking for service.No water was served neither asked with my meal.It all seemed rushed or the staff was uninterested, probably underpaid to even care. I will never go here againnnnn....!!! There are far better options and with reasonable price in and around holborn. I will never visit this restaurant again.

Easy to miss from the outside. Seating is downstairs. Lovely decor of flower arrangements and wallpaper is of Bollywood actors/stars. Nice size tables. Happy hour. Good food which can be spicy so do inform the wait staff if you prefer it mild. Nice ambiance.

El personal amable, pero la comida era cara para lo que era. No pidas el tofu en salsa de frijoles. . . ¡Eso fue asqueroso! Gloopy y gelatinosa. Para ser justos, la otra comida que pedimos estaba bien. . . pero no es realmente una buena relación calidad-precio. Los cócteles estaban bien, fuimos durante una oferta de dos por uno que siempre es agradable! !

Mal servicio y personal grosero: ¡no sé cómo se salieron con la suya para ser honestos en Londres con toda la competencia!

La comida en el restaurante era normal nada especial para un restaurante en el centro de Londres. Los camareros dan prioridad a los grupos más grandes. Tuvimos que esperar 30 minutos para un plato principal. No hubo disculpas del camarero por el retraso. No volveré a este lugar ya que hay cientos de mejores restaurantes indios en Londres que este.

Been in London 2 years and this is the worst we've ever been treated at a restaurant. The waiter got our order wrong a couple times and then argued with us with attitude when we asked for it to be rectified. Terrible reflection on the business. They also tried to charge us for additional drinks they served us but never asked for. When this was happening the same waiter was arguing with another table. Food was great! but was so expensive even for London and the place was empty. Avoid this place for now until they figure some things out because it put a whole damper on the evening and made everyone feel super awkward when they receive attitude from you waiter.

PROS very nice looking restaurant in the basement of Club Quarters Hotel Ambiance is really nice CONS None

Nice decor and ambience. Tasty food overall and great menu. Staff was super friendly and professional. Highly recommended if you're looking for good, upscale Indian and Indo Chinese food.

Friendly service, nicely done up place and great food and drinks. Would definitely recommend to check out!

Really good food which was fairly priced. The service was nice as well. I would recommend the palak paneer and dal makhani.

Very average food and nothing to rave about. Service was ok too. Not many people around maybe symptomatic I would not go back

The outside seating area of the restaurant is worth a visit in the summers especially. Nothing like it. It's like in countryside yet in the city. A lunch is the best time to visit. If you want to spend a time away from the usual noice clutter and require your own space, checkout their outside seating area. The food is of great taste, just a tad bit slow service. One of the few Indian restaurant which caters food according to Jain dietary requirement.

The Food is Outstanding, Bombay Chilly Prawns & Momo Dumplings are to die for...!! Bollywood Music ... this is the go to place .. & they have a Beautiful outdoor terrace Tooo.

The food was really good. I devoured the szechuan fried rice, gobi manchurian, palak paneer. The naans were a bit too hard (probably because they became cold as we were waiting for the palak paneer as there was a muck-up in our order - more below). The food was very highly priced for the portions we received but then again, it is central London. I loved the entrance, very different and that's what prompted me to try out this place. It leads to an underground bar/restaurant style setting which I quite liked. I think it would probably appeal more to a younger crowd. Food arrived fairly quickly. Our first waiter ( the person who showed us in was great), however it all went downhill when another waiter decided to serve us. First, he took a wrong order. We asked for palak paneer and he decided to bring pani puri instead (we were even pointing out the dishes on the menu). This ofcourse meant our naan went cold by the time we received the palak paneer. We then asked for the dessert menu and he hesitated, almost as if he couldn't be bothered and he stated three options that the restaurant had. I insisted on the menu because how can we make a choice without looking at the ingredients or knowing the prices? He brought one menu between the three of us. It turned out that there were about 6-7 dessert options. At the end of our meal, he brought a bill including both the palak paneer and pani puri. We were looking in his direction when he realised he had made an error so he re-printed the bill. 5 minutes after bringing the re-printed bill, he brings a card machine and we inform him we are still waiting on our other friend to make the payment. He smirks and walks away. We are then presented the bill with a service charge which we did not want to pay because we were very disappointed with the service. I had a word with our previous waiter informing him of our experience and that we would be back but service needs to be improved. He apologises and informs me that the waiter has been doing long hours. As we are walking out, the waiter that served us stops us and says we haven't paid service charge. I inform him we do not want to pay it as we were not happy with the service. He then says we must pay it otherwise he will have to pay it from his pocket. I told him we are under no obligation if we are not happy with the service and we will not pay it. He then says we should have informed him before he brought the bill as he would need to re-print the bill without the service charge and he did not have the password for that. By now, I was completely irritated and I told him that was not my problem. I would have returned to this place because of the good food, but until they improve on the service, I will be taking my business elsewhere. If the waiters act as though they are doing the customers a favour by serving them, then that will be this restaurant's downfall.

It has a grand entrance on Kingsway which is as quirky as it is spectacular. All glitz and flashing lights above a staircase. But it all literally goes downhill from there. The restaurant in a dark basement lacking all natural light feels more like a canteen. A rope cordoned off half the room from an area where a large presumably pre-booked party were taking turns at a buffet table. The menu bizarrely starts with desserts before listing mainly Indian staples but strangely a few Chinese dishes such as Sichuan prawns. For such a prosaic menu and environment the prices were pretty steep including £20 or thereabouts for quite a few dishes without accompaniments and nearly £30 for a thali. Even a fairly bland chicken curry came in at £14 so I decided I might get better value including it within a £19.99 three course menu. Potato and lentil patties six in number formed a generous starter; the chicken curry featured a large bowl of rice and some chunky pieces of chicken in a mild sauce; I was given no choice of dessert just a bowl of rather stale fruit salad with a dollop of ice cream. I accompanied all of this with a bottle of Rekorderlig cider which at £7 was more expensive than in any other restaurant I’ve ever been to, including many more prestigious venues than this.

The only one star that I can give is for the nice flashy entrance (apart from the option to post this review) and may be for one of the starters. The worst that I could say was the dark and dingy ambience and the loud...

Restaurant is in the basement, so no natural light and it is not obvious whether it is a restaurant or bar and this seems to hinder any passing footfall that might otherwise be enticed into a street level restaurant. It completely lacked any atmosphere and...

I was staying at Club Quarters, and ended up having breakfast most of the days here. They serve intercontinental buffet and cooked English breakfast. At first it felt a bit weird to be staring at these images of Bollywood actors on the wall while eating...

What a serendipitous discovery! We were just walking past and had no idea this was under the CQ hotel. Fantastic Pani Puri and Samosas - with Mocktails at Happy Hour - and non-stop laughter with old friends. They have a large conference room for hire,...

Restaurant is under CQ hotel and near Holborn tube. The food and service are fine. Although the dish I had was possibly a little too creamy for my taste. My only real criticism is the price. For basic Indian food it is pricey. I know...

I got to go to this location quite a few times as I was staying at a hotel nearby. Personally, the Indian food wasn't as great as I'm used to here in NYC, but the Chinese food was fantastic! OMG, the Szechuan chicken was TO...

First, the staff clearly couldn't care less, quite abrupt, no warmness or friendliness. The food was poor, water thin and rather tasteless curry, same quality as a supermarket ready meal. The starter and main came at the same time, about five minutes after ordering, so...

I went with about a dozen people for a pre Xmas lunch. We were the only table in the restaurant !! amazing the week before Xmas. Why became clear! A very strange menu of Chinese or Indian dishes, not an obvious mix as far as...