Boulevard in Barnet

So so so so DELICIOUS. Raj was lovely. I highly recommend!

We experienced an amazing evening, the food was simply brilliant and the service was fantastic. I highly recommend if your in the area to visit

It honestly exceeded my expectations and I would highly recommend it. We got delivery but I hope to go in person soon. At first I thought it was expensive but when it arrived the portions were a Decent size. So much delicious well balanced flavours. Best curry I’ve had in a long time.

The food was spot on as always yesterday, thanks to Jeff and the staff with exceptional service. The best part (that I was surprised about) was the discount they have going right now - say JEFF25 when your bill arrives and you get 25% off! I will be returning!

Lovely place and atmosphere, quality of the food is 10 out of 10

The food is amazing, especially their lamb chops... No idea what's in the coating they put on them, but damn they are good. Most dishes seem to come up a little spicier than expected, such as the Korma, which actually makes for a nice change. Thoroughly recommended 👍

Don’t let the exterior fool you! Good food (East African and Indian) and understated interior and exterior. Gluten free seekh kebab is a must for the fella. Chilli garlic mushrooms (spicy) and in a thick tasty gravy/curry. Goes well with rice and/or naan. Batata vada good size and spicy potato stuffing. Potato bajjia was ok. Dal makhani wasn’t too bad. Could be a bit creamier and cooked a bit longer in the spices for the flavours to blend into the daal. Garlic mogo does not disappoint. Great and friendly service!

A small sports bar but the food is amazing - go almost once a week for the last 6 months and never had an issue. Always clean and always tasty food.

I have been coming to the Boulevard on and off for over 20 years the place never fails to disappoint the food is very good and authentic everything is fresh full of flavour and aroma and well presented also the staff are very friendly and welcoming what more can you ask I highly recommend the Boulevard we will back again soon!

Been going here for years Service consistently good and very tasty food. Really recommend the lamb chops

Great food when eat in or takeaway. I love the mushroom curry and mogo chips. Great veggie options!

Always the best choice for original Indian food.

Good food, good drinks. Sports if you want to watch.

This place has it all! It’s warm, cosy, has good food and good service! The food is always super tasty and you can’t fault the service! Highly recommend the crispy wings and the chilli chicken! One of the best restaurants in North London for sure.

Very good Indian food, totally recommend

Went in last night and kitchen had just closed but they opened it up for us and let us stay a little past closing so we could finish our food. Food was really tasty and service was amazing too.

Great staff and usual good PE food. Good for kids too

Great food, lovely staff and banging tunes 😋

Excellent food and service. Good value for money. Nice atmosphere. Will return.

Me and my dad come here all the time, the food is amazing with loads of flavour and spice and the staff are wonderful! Super friendly and helpful. We love coming here! :)

I’m lost for words, this ain’t authentic Indian food, this is what you call pub grub Indian. Gigantic wedges of patra, which is just a big no no.

Food is sooo spicy despite haveling requested it to be mild. Otherwise really lovely. Service is a little haphazard, we were using their function room at the back and they kept getting our tables wrong... and doubling up on orders... i mean ok yeh free food for us as they wouldnt take it back! Theyre missing a trick.... they need to do cocktails!

Brilliant food made to taste even better with great service from a staff member called Raj. Even when it is busy he somehow manages to keep on top of everything so everyone is satisfied. Along with the food, his skills are a great coup for Boulevard.

Local! Great people operate it. Food is great tasting. I hold lot of business meetings here it's ideal, especially as the team hosts guests so well! 10/10 food 10/10 service

Love this place. Every big birthday in our family happens here!

Amazing food great taste of India in this area, and even better staff, I have been there a couple of times now and don’t really write a review usually but jeff has always looked after our party and been amazing would definitely recommend thanks

Really bad food quality . Burnt lamb chops . Also we ordered chicken lollipops and they served us chicken wings and that was from frozen too. They said we sell this item as lollipops. Lamb chops all burnt . Ordered brandy with separate water they served pre mixed . Service very poor by manager and owner. Avoid going there and please stop wasting your money guys. Main chef was not there one of the staff said.

We’ve been coming to Boulevard for something like 10+ years, and it’s our go to for excellent indian food, relaxing atmosphere and fantastic service. In all of that time, we’ve never left a review, so thought it was about time. If you want a really tasty and fresh indian meal, with a wide selection of drinks, look no further. We can’t recommend it any higher. If you want your food done to your particular (heat) taste, just ask. It’s very authentic, so expect your palate to be taken on a journey!

A great restaurant with a good atmosphere and friendly staff. They have some unique dishes with names ending "cocktail" which i will recommend. Another thing i noticed is there are more veg options as compared to other indian restaurants which was welcoming. A bit pricy now as compared to a couple of months ago but it was worth it Avoid days when football is ON as it will be overcrowded

Excellent food freshly prepared great service on point. 10/10 great choice of food & drinks

Great sports bar Great food Had our Xmas party last night great time lovely food great staff

Let down by crispy bhajia ( they were like crispy crisp), and in spite of requesting naan were burnt

Fast service, delicious food. Will come there again!

An Indian meal... Beer and footy.... What more could you ask.... Food was excellent both vegetarian and non vegetarian...

Another amazing experience.. friends from Nairobi, Mombasa, Leicester and Bexley.. Great service (thank you Dhanraj), delicious food and super welcome.. love this place...

Awful mains and decent starters and rude comments on here from the owner who cannot take honest truthful criticism

One star too many! Abysmal, starters are OK!

Kalpesh knows what he’s doing. Jeff is a great manager and the staff are really accommodating and friendly, tonight was David who was very professional. Great for families and also people who want to watch sport! 👍🏻 great food!!

Ordered veg kofta was ok..nice consistency of gravey but too tangy, think they added lemon to it...not too pleasant. Naan was lovely and soft. Starters had mogo & bhajia they were nice. Not much of an atmosphere, would be nice to have music. Very cold in there air con was on!

First (and last) time we order from this restaurant. We made an order on 25/06/2022 at 22:20. It was disappointing the food we receive as it was, first very expensive for the quality of the food (I would say it was overprice), second, we ordered butter chicken but what we received wasn’t butter chicken as it was spicy and it wasn’t like any other we have eat from other Indian restaurants (it was worse). What I am guessing is because we made the order near to closing time they didn’t have enough butter chicken sauce and they mixed it with other left over sauce on purpose to make 2 portions. Third the poppadum it was one piece when on other Indian restaurants giving you two pieces. Again I don’t know if it was because we made the order late and they didn’t have enough or because they are giving only one piece. What I know it’s the first time we are seeing something like this. Finally my recommendation it’s negative and we won’t order again.

Ordered butter chicken but it was not butter chicken, it was very spicy. Possibly because we ordered late and they just sent what they had left and covered it up to be butter chicken. Also ordered popadoms and got one broken and crumbled delivered. Extremely disappointing considering the high price!

Food great, Sky Sports. What's not to like

Delicious food, great staff and venue for watching sports

Good quality Indian food, with low/no msg. Also love the fact that the menu includes allergy info, including dairy content. Great place if you’re lactose intolerant

Bussling ambience. Attentive yet relaxed service. You can see inside the kitchen from outside; this openness inspires some confidence in them A focused menu and each dish tasted vibrant and unique in its own right. (Not the same base sauce used for each dish) Well done Boulevard and thank you for the good food and service

Always an amazing experience! Best shashlik paneer!

We haven't been to this restaurant for a while although we live very close. The service and the food were excellent and we cannot fault this place at all. We had too many brandies and will certainly be going back. Chris and Caroline

Fantastic food atmosphere very friendly staff. I come back time after time love it

Lovely food and atmosphere with excellent service from all the staff.

Superb food and Service is Excellent, staff very friendly and overall a nice curry pub !

Amazing food and excellent service

Very friendly restaurant and bar serving Indian cuisine. Great atmosphere.

Very good atmosphere, super clean and nice sports bar. attentive and pleasant staff. All the food I had was top notch Indian cuisine. Cobra on tap was a plus :)

Yet another lovely meal at boulevard. Just remember if you don't like it spicy ask for it Mild or not spicy not all items can be accommodated but most can.

Nice atmosphere, nice and friendly staff with good food and drinks.

Brilliant night with 3 other friends from Brighton. Genuine tasty and aromatic food, a superb service with smile and great friendly atmosphere. Thank you guys, you do an amazing job... Patron for life, Vipul

Had a terrible experience a few days back when I ordered food for a Diwali get together on the 5th. We ordered an Egg Biryani, Veg Kofta curry and Egg curry along with Naan. We had to throw the entire meal away apart from the Naans as it was no fit for consumption. We had to re-order food for our guests as the currries were under cooked to the point where you can taste the raw masala in gravy, almost like it was uncooked. The kofta tasted like a medicine, and the egg biryani too had raw masala in it, like the rice were simple tossed with masala and packed. I normally never write reviews like these, but I was shocked as the restaurant is well reviewed, but it seemed like someone who has never cooked before had prepared that meal, which was impossible to eat. Both the curries and the side dish given with Biryani tasted the same!! Since complaining to Uber eats never does anything, and it really did ruin our night, and no action was really taken, I had to share it here. Not sure if the restaurant had a bad night, or it was our luck, but quite possible the worst meal I have ever ordered.

A hidden gem. The food is outstanding.

Went here a few years back, curry, beer and football on TV. As if I died and ended in a better place.

Always had a positive experience in this Indian restaurant/bar, located on Friern Barnet Road opposite Princess Park Manor. The food is always cooked to perfection, with well sized portions which personally make it hard to finish. The Customer service is simply brilliant, thank you Jeff for always bringing the energy 😅 Added bonus is that this has great bar and shows football & other sporting events across many screens. 5* Would definitely recommend on overall experiences 👍🏼

We were a party of about twelve people from my partner's sports club, and went to this restaurant to celebrate the end of the season. It's a fairly busy road, but in the evening street parking is quite easy. The ambience is relaxed and friendly, and we had a cosy corner of the restaurant reserved for us. The menu is quite large, with all the popular Indian dishes as well as a few more unusual ones, for example the Gujarati starter dish patra which you never see in restaurants but then this is a Gujarati family business. We ordered a variety of veg and non veg starters and main dishes which were all well received. I didn't have any of the meat dishes as I was sitting with the vegetarians of the group, but everything I tried was excellent. All freshly prepared and not drowning in oil (as can be the case in Indian restaurants), and beautifully spiced. Portions were larger than expected, and we probably over ordered, so beware. The staff were cheerful and courteous, and were observing Covid precautions. Prices were typical for London.

After so many years, still excellent tasting food, a lot of choice and nice setting to enjoy a good night out.

Very good food and friendly welcome, best place to watch football while you eat. Loved it 👍

Very good food and customer service from Jeff. We spent a lot of time in the restaurant and were very well looked after. Great value for money.

Very very expensive small portions 😭😓😭😓😓😓😡😡😡

went with few friends and it a quite atmosphere, food was kind of ok, and drinks are at reasonably priced, overall - will go again and experience it again

Good indian food with excellent customer service. No nonsense authentic and value for money

Very tidy venue. Lovely staff. Extremely tasty food - I recommend the lamb chop starter.

Great service very efficient, food was delicious had the saag lamb, butter chicken & chilli chips which were abit soggy.

Really poor quality food, and over priced too. The meat samosas were tiny filo-pastry things that you would expect to find in the frozen section of a cheap supermarket. Hardly any meat in them, and a bitter, burnt taste. The naan was thin, the paratha had no ghee in it at all - it was as dry as a bone. All meat was poor quality and over cooked. Onion bhaji was mush. The aloo gobi was poisoned with tomato and swimming in vegetable oil. There was no evidence of authentic Indian cooking, and the level of food was similar to that of supermarket ready meals. And that means ASDA, not even Waitrose. We bought the food based on the great reviews. Some people must have extremely low expectations, or very poor taste. A really disappointing meal, that was not worth half the price we paid for it. Update following response from the owner: Your response shows that you are unable and/or unwilling to comprehend a review, or to understand the true value of customer feedback. In your responses to customers' negative feedback, you never address your own shortcomings, or accept any blame. Instead, you blame the customer, or accuse them of reviewing the wrong place. It is laughable arrogance that you should attempt to pass off processed, frozen food as fresh, and then criticise any customer who complains about it! In fact, if anyone takes the time to look through your responses here, they will be able to see, quite quickly, that your customer service skills are at the same level as your cooking skills.

Food, service and atmosphere; this place has it all. Will definitely be back. Highly recommend this place for anyone seeking a good Indian

The best indian place in north London, the food is amazing, particularly all of the stuff from the grill and the butter chicken mains. The service is top notch and the fact they show all the live sport is ideal. Proper authentic indian food, anyone who dislikes this place doesn't know what that is!

Used to be the best curry house around the area but for some reason quality taken a real hit post lockdown. Tried it now three times at least over the last few months and disappointed each time.

Loved the food was so amazing, really friendly staff, cleared the tables right away after we finished eating. Definitely would eat there again

I've been coming here for over 15 years now, and for good reason too. Friendly staff, great atmosphere, and clean surroundings. I had the masala chicken and tandoori roti. Very tasty! I'd definitely recommend this place if you're craving authentic Indian food.

Good food and a nice variety of draft beers

Fabulous indian food, you won't find better locally. It has a great relaxed feel, a bar and they show sport on plenty of screens dotted around... i think recently refurbished as it has a more modern feel than it used to have.

Delicious food reasonably priced. I highly recommend!

This use to be a great restaurant but standards have dropped recently and after the take-away we had last week we will not be going back. First one the items we order we superficially asked for it not to be too spicy, I don't know why we bothered, it was hot beyond imagination. We ordered 4 different curries and 3 tasted exactly the same. The Onion bhaji were oily and tasteless. When we rang up to complain, all they could say was 'OK what do you want' It wasn't cheap either which made the whole experience worse.

Visited yesterday after meaning to for so long. Food was great. The Chilli Chicken (starter) was superb. And we had a fish (tilapia) curry, but can't remember exact name. Was great. Wish i lived closer to it and then I'd be there very frequently as whole atmosphere was : nice, casual and authentic. loved it. (and good range of draught beers)

Excellent food, friendly ambiance and service

Been coming here for years now with my family and my sons measure all other Indian restaurants against its high standards. Can't say we've ever had a bad meal here or any complaints. Always a good mixed atmosphere. Football for the lads and good food for all. Can't believe the poor/bad reviews. Never been my experience and we've been coming back for ten years

Great place with great food unfortunately because the place had to close due to Covid restrictions the waitress was in a bit of a rush, can't blame her though

I can’t believe I haven’t reviewed this place yet! Been coming for years and never had a bad meal! Especially love chilli chicken and lamb chops Love this place

Always nice and relaxed environment

love this place. always on point.

Incredible Food. Great service and great place to sit down and enjoy a traditional curry.

Was pretty excited about trying this Indian joint, but was disappointing. The Sheikh kebab were dry and lacked taste. The curries were not cooked properly - the spices weren't cooked long enough. The seating was awkward where you had to sit along the same side, had a neck ache after 30 min of talking to my friend.

Brilliant food. Made for Indians by our own communities

Football, beer and a curry all in one spot. Brilliant idea. It doesn't look much from the outside but once you're in, it's surprisingly cosy and the food, WOW just amazing. One of the best curry's I have in a looong time.

Does not know how to cook food but knows how to burn it never again it was the worst food I have ever eaten. The lollipop chicken was chicken breadcrumbs superglued to chicken. When we said the onion baji was burnt the owner said that’s how the cook it. Don’t waste your time goinh

Food was average and no rules were in place to help protect customers from COVID-19. We sat near another group less than a meter apart.

So many people recommended and it did not disappoint at all! I’m vegan and they had so many options the food and service was amazing can’t wait to Return! Thank you x

You walk in, and its got a pub like atmosphere and seating. It's uncomfortable as hell. You may as well sit on the floor because they give you old stools across booth like seating. It's tight, cramped and poorly laid out. You have to pay for popadoms (many locals around the area you don't have to) and they're stingey on the sauce. Food is average, lots of garlic and sometimes overly spicy. If I was you, I'd take your money elsewhere.

Tasty food and generous portions. Would recommend

Lovely inside.outside can do with modernising. Very dated. Foesnt fo justice to refurbished inside

Excellent food, especially lamb dishes

On Sunday 26th July I was watching the final Premier League games of the season with friends. We were planning on a meal later in the day but fancied a snack to bridge the gap. The consensus was to go for a selection of Indian hors d'oeuvres. Authentic Indian food in North London is rare; most vendors offer 'balti' which is Bangladeshi cuisine adapted for the English palate. There isn't really a Punjabi restaurant but there are a couple of 'East African Indian' kitchens here and there and their menus do offer some Punjabi dishes (some of the chefs are Punjabi). Having been to Boulevard when it was known as the Boulevard Club (before it looks like what it does now) I felt it would be a safe bet. We ordered, via the Uber Eats app: Onion Bhaji; Patra; Gota and Samosa. On ordering I did think the prices were a bit on the high side but we were having it delivered so accepted it in the hope that if the food was good, it would be money well spent. Nobody ever regrets buying quality. The Gota, (Gujarati) spicy deep fried fritters made from gram flour and fenugreek leaves, were decent. A good sized portion (five in total) which looked and tasted good. I would be happy to pay the price again given the choice. Samosa (one portion consisting of four deep-fried spicy potato and vegetable parcels wrapped in pastry) looked ok but i didn't think it was particularly good value for money. They were small in size which are consistent with the ones you get from the Indian supermarket and keep in the freezer for when someone unexpected pops in. Real samosas are much bigger (up to three times the size of one of these little tributes) and usually give a much more authentic taste of India. These were clearly the ready made ones and all four combined would still be no match for a proper made in-house one. Not good value for money and didn't really taste like a samosa. They were cooked well but I definitely would not buy them again if given the option. Onion Bhaji. Should be golden brown and a bit crispy. Five pounds will get you a weight (they are usually sold in grams or kilos) and you a fiver's worth (in Southall for example) would feed four or five people a tasty snack. This portion there were FOUR black blobs of goo. When I broke - or separated - one to see what the inside looked like and it was a stodge of uncooked besan (batter mix) and raw onion. Having cooked pakora (a variant of bhaji) at home many times, I cannot understand how you can achieve such a charred appearance whilst the inside remains uncooked. Issues with the batter mix and temperature of the oil would be my guess for starters. A simple dish cooked in nearly every Indian and Pakistani household around the world and Boulevard managed to get this about as wrong as wrong could be.Patra (or Pateer in Punjabi cooking). Colocasia leaf coated in spicy besan, rolled and cut into slices before being deep-fried. It's quite an easy dish to cook after the preparation is done; looks great too: the green leaf is a nice contrast to the golden/brown filling in the middle. Boulevard's offering was black. All black. Not just a bit black around the edges (a hint of char can be okay sometimes) but entirely burned black. There was not another colour in sight. This portion of patra was two or three shades of black. Again, if they'd manage to avoid this detail I wouldn't mind paying £5.75 for this delicacy, but it has almost left me scarred and scared to ever order again. A complete culinary disaster. Sauces. The usual format of chili and raita sauces usually accompany each dish so. Technically two sauces for each dish; in theory we should have been given EIGHT pots (four of each). Had they have given us two large pots of each: fine. It would have sufficed. What we got was THREE pots; two chili and one raita but bizarrely not one of them were full. In fact, all three were below the halfway point. A let down compounded by the disappointment that we were now looking at what was meant to be a tasty treat but had turned out to be an anticlimax. A call to the restaurant was due...My call was answered by somebody who identified himself as the duty manager, 'Nick'. Giving them the benefit of doubt insofar as we all make mistakes and this was the first order of the day for them (or even that someone somewhere somehow was playing a prank on me) I calmly expressed my disappointment. I asked Nick for a mobile number so that I could WhatsApp him images of the food (some of these images are published with this review). He received them and his immediate reaction was to state that he would be 'taking this further'. He did try and smooth things over by saying that the delivery driver 'just takes what the kitchen put in the bag' and it would never have happened in the restaurant. He then went to offer to look after me - us - the next time we ordered. I told him that based on this experience, there would not be a 'next time', ever. He understood and then went to offer 'anything off the menu on the house'. By now we were reticent about what might come but in any case, nobody was in the mood to eat anything by now. Nick asked what I would like to do. Frankly speaking, by now I was quite perplexed by his inability to rescue this from falling deeper into a hole. I suggested that on the basis that half the order was inedible (and subsequently put into the bin) I would accept half my money back. He said he would need to speak to 'the guvnor' when he comes in, again, a bizarre process in the circumstances. Eventually - the next day in fact - Nick came back and offered a *part* refund. Part by deduction of the Uber Eats commission they pay and the delivery fee to the driver. What was left was halved and offered to me as a refund. I honestly felt like laughing but as if that wasn't enough of an insult, he added, "the next time you're passing, pop in an collect it.". Wow. Just wow.We exchanged a few more words and on Boulevard were not prepared to do anything else to win my trust, falling way short of the minimum requirement to be classed as a 'reasonable offer'. My stance by now was to tell them to keep it. Now it had become a matter of how flippant they were about the matter so I decided to publish the experience, starting with their Facebook page. I wrote a shorter, condensed version of this review and Boulevard replied with 'Well, well, well. We don't usually reply to reviews but we had to with this false one". I then added the images and screenshots of the receipt and part of the conversation transcript with Nick. Boulevard quickly removed their comment. I'm happy to write good reviews about good experiences but this has turned into, by far, one of the most bizarre experiences I have ever had. Suffice to say, Boulevard will never see a penny from me, ever. A bizarre way to react to burning someone's meal. Yes, I was disappointed and of course quite embarrassed in front of my friends. We made a joke about it and after realising that we couldn't eat half of our order

Didn't taste like a freshly made food, the chicken was dry and the flavour was quite honestly bland, such a shame as this place used to be considered good.

My mates have been raving about this place for years. Got to say really impressed and can't believe I've not been before