Buddha Buddha in Pembrokeshire

I went to Buddha Buddha for a special evening meal with my parents on our first full day of our holiday in Tenby after we read some very positive online reviews and recommendations. We booked a week in advance before going on holiday. The staff were not very warm or welcoming and didn’t seem to happy and they were not very approachable. The design of the restaurant isn’t the best, so we ended up being seated at a table in a dark, out of the way corner of the restaurant. Also, the decor in the restaurant isn’t very imaginative. Mum and I shared a bottle of Prosecco, and I also had a can of soft drink with my meal. We ordered poppadoms and a chutney tray to start with, and naan bread to go with our curry. The food was very tasty, however. Mum and I ordered a chicken jalfrezi and it came nice and spicy, as we all love spicy food. I also ordered a portion of chips with my curry as I don’t eat much rice, and they were good too. My Dad also enjoyed his food. They provide peppermints after the meal which is refreshing. However, the thing that really bothered us was that whilst we were eating and chatting, the staff kept looking over at our table every two minutes, non-verbally indicating that we should hurry up, or asking us whether we had finished yet. They didn’t actually say anything at all rude, or ask us whether we had finished, but it was just the way they kept looking over at us and that way they were passively chivvying us along, almost as if they wanted us to go in there, eat up, and go ASAP. So they wanted to get us fed and watered and out the door, a bit like fast food. Ironically, I’m visually impaired, so I didn’t pick up on those signals from the staff until they were pointed out to me later. The other thing which was a bit annoying was that right at the end of our meal, when we were paying the bill, the waiter said to us quietly, but slightly abruptly, cash only, please. I feel that they should have told us this at the beginning, because we weren’t to know that they don’t take cards, as this was our very first time here. We were only at Buddha Buddha for an hour, before we felt like it was clearly time to go. Normally, when dining out at an Indian restaurant, we are able to take our time and spend at least two hours there. Top tip: Make sure that you always carry plenty of cash when visiting Buddha Buddha. Especially if you are having a few drinks as well. I would not recommend this place because the staff made us feel quite uneasy and rushed, and despite the fact that we were polite to them and smiled pleasantly at them, the same as we would everywhere else we go whenever we go out, they never cracked a smile our way and their faces were quite stern at all times.

Good food but not taking card payment is just a piss take. Asked for a VAT receipt, funnily enough they didn’t give me one. never been a grass but very tempted to ring HMRC On my own and it cost 40 quid.

Food is ok ok and everyone talking in ego , they don’t how to behave with customer and how to treat customer

I don't know about the food but we were 4 friends and we just had to feel our stomach a little bit so we asked the person who was handling the customer. We asked him with a smile gesture that we want to order one veg Manchurian and one paneer tikka. All of sudden he literally said i am not gonna take your order because you are 4 and order is just 2 dishes so you have to order it 4 with so called attitude. The genuine request to the owner or who ever the person is responsible for that either train your staff how to communicate with the customer or either if you have that kind of policy how you gonna convince your customer to order for 4 people and for the people who are gonna visit i have read many comments if you see that Bangladeshi guy at that place just leave it otherwise he will gonna ruin your rest of day. I have to write it because he said either you order 4 or leave the place what the .. Is this who he is to tell me how much quantity that we want to order? Conclusion : for the new indian community or asian people don't go there and for foreigners guys you might get a little bit of taste in food but you will not get that love and warming welcome by staff and according to (indian) not any other Bangladesh or pakistani country warm welcome and greeting is the crucial thing to make tasty food dishes

Amazing food. Real bad service. Nothing special in terms of ambience. But the food is worth going through everything else. Five star for food . Zero for everything else.

Not very good. Bay of bengal is much better. And a lot cheaper.

Ordered 2 chicken biryani it was spot the chicken. The chef came to our table out of the blue so I said there was not much chicken . He said it was in small pieces. Still couldn't find much. He sent up 5 chunks of chicken to our table which did not taste like our dish. This with 1 potion of onion bahji 2 poppadoms and chutney tray 2 and a half pints of beer cost £50 not worth it

Omg seriously we booked a table for 8pm for 10 people finally got served half hour later, food rocked up at nearly 10 pm after only 3 waiters rushing about like Manuel, shouting in the kitchen and was all coming out mish mash and in dribs and drabs 😬,worst food I've ever had after the wait left feeling hungry after a £400 bill 🙄won't be back next year for the Rally 👋

The food was delicious. The food was prepared and customized as per our request. It's a small place. Make sure you carry cash with you as the card is not accepted here. The naan was freshly prepared, we tried the Coriander chilli naan and the garlic chilli naan. The paneer tikka starter was delicious, and had a decent amount of pieces. The dishes are slightly over priced as it's a tourist spot. But definitely worth visiting. You could ask the staff to give the wifi password and use the internet. The toilet is neat and clean. Too many doors to enter though. They provide mint after the meal which is refreshing.

The food was good not huge portions but enough to fill you up, priced around £13 per main dish and £3.95 for chutney tray. however the atmosphere has a lot to desire and the older waiter wasn't the most approachable and happy and also kept trying to take items off our table when we had not yet finished. On arrival we were asked if we would like poppadoms we requested 2 but then we're brought 3 along with a chutney tray which was not requested but was added to our bill, which is fine but some people may not want this.The waitor then asked twice to take the chutney tray reaching over my mother's food while she was eating to take it, I had to tell him twice that we hadn't finished with it especially as we were paying for it. Also they made you feel uneasy by hovering looking to see if you had finished to take items off your table as if they were in a rush to get you done and out the door. Although the food was nice I wouldn't return due to customer service being poor.

Staff rude and just want you in and out as fast as they can . No customer skills what so ever . Food was good and very tasty , what a shame the staff let it down .

Not worth the money, and it's cash only

Very good food. We received a very warm and friendly welcome. We'd love to come back. Thank you

Cash only. Wunder why. Food very good, portions not big.

Average tasting food. Service was appalling - the Indian/Bangladeshi member of staff who took my order suggested that I should order all my food in one go and he will not take any repeat order this was at 8:00 pm ( so the kitchen wasn’t closing), forgot half my order. Kept up his grumpy face and no smile service throughout the evening. I can’t believe how such people get these jobs in a customer facing industry. Cash only, probably don’t want to pay the actual VAT. Avoid at all costs, plenty of decent restaurants around.

Overall quite a miserable service. The cash only option wasn't made clear, which it should have been from the very start. Instead it's a trip to the cash machine....top tip, always carry cash

I should have had the buttered chicken which my partner had. Although chicken dry, it was tasty. I chose the Green Thai chicken - chicken dry and the sauce was like water with no taste at all. Sambles and naan bread were tasty. We were a large table and were scuttled out for an even bigger crowd.. Cash only. Very loud - Won't be back. PS: Still waiting for the glass of water I asked for .....

Had the best chicken achari of my life here ... Not the easiest of dishes to make properly but the chef nailed it ... 👌

Been here many times and love it. Great food and friendly staff. Tonight the family all had a delicious meal. I had one of the best Chicken Baltis ever, really flavoursome and really fresh tasting, and of course a lovely pint of Cobra 🙂👍

We had a takeaway on the 25th July chicken korma. . chicken tikka masala both currys were watery no taste at all. And we ordered onion bhajis well I thought they was cricket balls totally fried Rock hard . You could never be able to eat them .best part was only the nan bread . I've been eating from there for years when we come down to Tenby in hols. And that was the worse I've had . £49 right down the drain

Very well cooked curries with a superb flavour. Recommended, particularly the Chicken Bhuna.

Best lamb Madras I've ever had, food was hot, fresh and the lamb just melted in my mouth, a little expensive but you get what you pay for. Excellent 👍👍👍👍👍

Absolutely great Garlic Chilli chicken, Bombay Aloo and Chilli Naan cooked to perfection, service quick and efficient. Well recommended.

Not good. Curry was like tomato soup. Expensive for what it was.

Just check your bill. Tried to over charge by more than £10 for a takeaway. Food ok, average, surprised by it's good reviews on Tripadvisor.

Ordered a takeaway meal for 6 people and one of the meals was missing. Chicken korma was tasteless and watery , chicken was inedible . Never will I order food from here again.

2hours after starter. Main course turns up no thank u. Worst customer service in tenby. And place needs to be shut down. It has history. Stay away people

Food was amazing, however lost a point for overpricing on multipack bought cans of Coca Cola. Definitely returning.

Horrible hospitality.. very rude, ill-mannered and uncaring. Doesn't deserve even a single star.. as I wanted to post this review comment i had to give one star..Won't advise to visit this restaurant. 🙏

Good food but expensive for the quantity. £125 for 6 people. Didnt order beer just 2 diet cokes, few chicken dishes and some veg dishes with rice.

Avoid this restaurant. I went with my two girls and although the service was good the food was disappointing and very expensive compared to any Indian Restaurant I have been to before (and I have to confess it is my guilty pleasure!). A can of diet coke is £2.95 and overall our bill which consisted of: 3 Poppadoms and Chutney Tray, 1 Chicken Tikka Massala (kids shared), 1 Buddha Buddha Curry, 1 Boiled Rice, 1 Chips and 1 Naan and 3 cokes was £60. We won't be back.

Arrived for our booking at 8.30pm was a little shocked at first as our table wasn’t even set up even though it was prebooked. Disgusted at how rude the staff was towards us. We put in a drinks order and shortly after the staff began to shout at each other over who was going to take our order right infront of us. Once we’d put in the order we given our starters and were left waiting for two hours for our plates to be cleared and our food to come to us. We asked for a jug of water but were told to use our glasses that were used for other drinks as they had no glasses even though it wasn’t that busy. During this time we had asked multiple time how long the wait was and was told “two minutes” or “five minutes” but was left waiting for another 20 minutes. We then tried to cancel the order and pay for what we’d eaten to go and he would not allow us to leave and began to put our plates on our tables for us. After being given some dirty plates it was wiped with a tea towel that he carried around the back of his neck and given back to us instead of being cleaned or changed to a clean plate. We got the rice first which then went cold as the curry didn’t arrive until 5 minutes later. We then had our food and had to listen to all the staff shouting and arguing with each other very loudly. Once we’d eaten and went to pay the bill he was shocked when asked for the change. Overall it was not worth going to and I felt very disappointed with our experience and how everything was handled and how awful the service was and how long we had to wait for everything, we did not manage to leave until 11.30pm despite being there at 8.30 for our booking.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS - Staff/owner unbelievably rude, ignored us for a table of 2 to sit a table of 4, then rushed to take order and walked off with attitude, menu is a lucky dip to what you’ll get and the food is low quality, as others have said; ignore the nice smell and go elsewhere, you have been warned; I would AVOID at all costs, there’s plenty of other establishments with a brilliant welcome/service with good quality food nearby.

1-2-2023 i go to buddha buddha restaurant . Oh my god onion baji best onion baji try this one.

Very good curry ,steps going down into restraunt not the best ,cash only, bit expensive

Having spent 3 lovely days in Tenby when the weather was crisp, bright and fresh with blue skies above, we were ready to warm up with a curry. Buddha Buddha ticked all the boxes, our meal was tasty and authentic. Our waiter was so pleasant, maling us feel comfortable and at home. We would thoroughly recommend this restaurant.

You have go down stairs to get in, so not advisable for infirm or disabled, Shame we did not read reviews 1st. We walked in at 1830 on a Saturday evening in January and asked for table for 2 (only 2 people seated) have booked? No. I'll see if we have table. Ok follow me. Before jacket off or seated, can i get you a drink? Menu studded, ordered butter chicken (never had one red before, funny colour for butter) wife had Korma, we shared rice, onion barge (blobs of greece on plate) pashwarney nan again very fatty. Mango chutney just a runny mush. Inc 2 wines £56. Sorry no pics as left phone in car. Annoying! Health ⚠️ warning & for wallet!

Very friendly staff, food was outstanding,

Contrary to my previous review, and now under new management, we have had three flawless takeaways.

Excellent food; authentic Indian, amazing quality, taste and excellent Asian cuisine . Happy to help and advise on food, drink and anything to help!!! Recommended by John and Gail McGarvey.

Friendly staff. Lovely little restaurant and I can assure you the food was very authentic and tasty. Music was a little too loud though. Would definitely recommend this place if ever you're in Tenby.

Not great food or experience here. The chicken was undercooked. The tika masala sauce had too much sugar in it and the waiter took our side dishes at the end and put them on a pile of clean dishes. These side dishes had our dirty napkins and dirty tissues on them. Yuck!

Had one of best Indian takeout tonight. Curry sauce with biriani amazing. Thanks Andrew price

This place's food is spectacular. Had the lamb ceylon probably the best I've had. Washed down with draft cobra. Give this place a try, you won't be disappointed. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good food 😋 👌 very clean place.

The portion size was good and tasted okay . However, Worst service I’ve ever received from a restaurant. The staff who served us doesn’t even have basic skills in hospitality! Or, may be they were not happy to serve “the brown”. Also, it’s overpriced compared to other India restaurants.

Worst Ever service I had!!!!! Very bad attitude of the staff!!!! Never know how to smile!!!! RUDE....RUDE...RUDE... I would have given 4 stars if the service was atleast good!!! Taste - Average/Good Portion size- Good Price- Above Average/High No High chairs available I don't recommend this place to anyone. Sorry!!!

Avoid Avoid Avoid Please don't waste your money and time. Our curries tasted the same hahaha sorry the food was horrible. We remember coming here in 2018 and we were greeted by an Indian chef, he was so friendly and his cooking was stunning. My family had a great time and the food was stunning. Sorry 1 Star

OK abit crammed In tables to near each other!

We booked a table in advance but still had to wait to be seated because they didn't have enough seats for us. 8 of us sat on a table for 6, with my little girl being made to sit on the end due to tight/cramped space and trays of hot food being carried over her head. Took over an hour for the food to arrive, which actually was quite nice but the overall service from the two male staff was dreadful. They were miserable and rude. The female staff was lovely, attentive and engaging but this wasn't enough to make up for the other two. 1/2 pint of squash for my kids was ridiculously expensive and overall the food was expensive for what it was. Cash only setting with no indication of giving us our change and had a very entitled demeanour of keeping all the cash given to them. What a terrible experience for us overall and would avoid!

Rip off prices food minimum too small for the price will not go again

Nice food but not the friendliest atmosphere

Amazing. Buddha Buddha accommodated us at a spare moment and we were welcomed and seated promptly. Ordering and timely arrival of our food was fabulous. Quality of the food served was second to none. A great experience. One of the best Vindaloo meals had anywhere, in the UK or Australia.

I enjoyed the food, but overall, it was only an average experience. Restaurant was in the basement and was very hot. One member of staff was attentive, another was not particularly customer focused. Scored 2 stars based on the food only.

It's an average tasting curry you would get from any curry house, nothing special. We also ordered poppadoms but didn't want any chutney condiments as they were an additional charge. ( usually come free with poppadoms) anyway when the bill came we were charged for the condiments. Looking at the reviews this seems to happen a lot. Check your bill carefully.

If you love Indian food then stay well clear of this place. Absolutely shocking customer service, swearing at customer’s. Overcharged for food. Stay well clear of this place!!!!!!’

Ok, positives first. 1. The Keema Naan was very good. The negatives. 1. Everything else.

Absolutely stunning we'll woth a visit, Bit pricey but Good

Beautiful food my husband brought me here for my birthday meal thank you would definitely recommend this restaurant

Wanted a takeaway so Came here because it had the best reviews in Tenby, can only imagine how bad the others are, Tasteless curries, Bombay potato no flavour either, naan bread was in a heat bag which was odd as it was stone cold, mango chutney was a runny liquid, probably the worst curry I’ve ever had. If you want the best curry in Tenby go to the ready meal section in the supermarket, sadly I’m not joking!

Fast service and clean, however charged for items we didn't order, and food was quite average. Was quite off putting to see the kitchen staff sitting smoking outside in the doorway.

This was a walk in, the food smelled so good we just had to. It did not disappoint, the food, the service….everything was perfect. This needs to be tried !!!!!!

Food, wine and service were good although pricey. At the end we were told cash only and had to go across the road to get it out of the machine. When we complained the we should have been told before ordering they said there were notices at the entrance but we looked on the way out and there was nothing indicating cash only.

The food is adequate but does not worth the money. The attitude of the staff are terrible and very unfriendly. The restaurant is located in a basement and the environment is very uncomfortable. Would not recommend to anyone!

Nice food.but....felt very rushed. Only 6 people in too. Asked for an extra 10 minutes to decide on menu to be told "no-chef waiting" within 50 minutes we'd ordered,had starters,given mains,given the bill and finished drinks.if I'm out for an evening meal I like to be out for the evening "for a meal" not a quick sit down curry.ddnt appreciate him hanging around the table as taking plates away before last person had finished. I'd go back if they slowed the pace down.far too rushed.

We had a lovely meal, obviously cooked with care. Will be going back.

Take cash, no cards taken. A good menu, the food was good.

Absolutely Awful customer service skills, I can only assume they thought I would eat and run, because I dont actually know why I was treated so badly. (I'd been for a sea swim and walked 6 miles today, I'm not running anywhere!) Waiter looked at me strangely from the start because I was a solo traveller. Waiter stood over the table like a bouncer. He only relaxed slightly when I took my coat off. Questioned my choice of a large glass of red wine. I was rushed through my poppadoms and they took my main away asap. Went to the loo and they formed a search party. Lamb balti was actually alright, never ever going back

Lovely food, but not cheap. We were charged for an extra poppadom that we didn't have and extra for the condiment tray that came with them, which I've never seen anywhere else. The staff were helpful and welcoming, but not especially friendly. However, the food was very tasty and service was quick so we didn't quibble over the cost of 1 poppadom.

Every time I come to tenby I try and eat here , good portions

Ate in here last night the curry was amazing the rice was ok. The portion was huge the staff were good I would recommend this place if you fancy a curry whilst in Tenby!

Really good food, quick service

Staff need a little bit of customer service training

Really nice food and the staff were friendly

We booked as it was a BH weekend. The restaurant was very busy, and there was only two staff out on the floor. However, the two gentlemen were very attentive. The food was absolutely delicious, and the house white was really good. Would definitely recommend 👌

The portions were small and the dishes were very overpriced. They charged us £60 for 2 small bowls of rice, 1 pathetic looking plate of chips, 2 half full containers of curry, 4 cokes and some poppadoms. The chicken tikka masala tasted strange and overly sweet, there were only 5 chunks of chicken. Overall the flavours were inauthentic.

Very rude staff. Was told they didn't take bookings, called in to be told they have a group booking that had been previously booked. Arrogant staff who were rushing around, shruged his shoulder and said what do you want me to do about it. So cant comment on food, just staff were not very helpful.

I was on vacation at Tenby when I happened to visit this place for dinner. We were a group of 8 people and we had the most shocking experience of our lives here when we ate the food. There was no taste in the foods we ate (we took chicken tikka, biryani, chicken jalfrezzi, peshwari naan, veg Madras, egg rice, chicken korma). The only taste was either the foods were sweet (which it's not supposed to be) along with lots of coconut or it had too much red chili with no other taste. We do not usually waste food, but i am sorry to say we had to waste considerable portion that day as it could not be taken more. The chicken tikka was raw with red color on it only. The taste of egg rice and biryani was same, only difference was biryani had boiled chicken pieces and egg rice had some fried scrambled eggs. The biryani had no biryani essence at all, it was a portion of colored boiled rice. The restaurant claims to be indian Thai, but the taste of foods were no where close to Indian/thai. We had a discussion with the cook later regarding the quality but to our surprise he did not even accept it other than just to say I will be better. We feel that our food cheque of 137 pounds was a waste.

The WORST Indian food I have had in my life. If you love Indian food, pls do go here to waste your money. This is a small place run in a basement. Initially there was a wait of 1 hr when we reached. Lookng at that we assumed the food must be pretty good. The glasses for water were not washed properly. They had lipstick stains from previous customers. Out of the 8 dishes we ordered, chicken jalfrezi and Veg korma madras didnt have salt in it. The taste of the rices in egg fried rice and chicken biriyani were same. The chicken tikka was under cooked. The Buddha Buddha special curry was tasteless. Chicken korma was overloaded with coconut. When we complained of this pathetic food to the chef (who was not an Indian chef but was a bangladeshi cook and looked like he was drunk), he didnt even bother to acknowledge. Pathetic experience!!!

I do not recommend this place to anybody we are on holiday all the way from Leeds we was at the beach all day and one of our babies fell asleep in the restaurant as we got there they stuck as in a dirty corner we was only in 10 minutes trying to make our mind up and kept hounding us to place an order told us if we don’t order it now he’s going to ask us to leave so I said we are still looking to place our order he said if we don’t leave the The owner will come out shouting At us didn’t even offer us drinks or anything they just wanted us out of The restaurant

Really small portions in takeaway. The Tupperware was barely half full of curry. The keema naan has the most stingey amount of lamb meat!! Wouldn’t bother going again, extremely expensive pricing and you only get small portions of everything and the quality is lacking

Completely rude people.!! And over priced place is a joke. 2 popudums and chopped onion n mayo jam. (Pickle tray not) 2 cans of coke £10... Having a laugh. Had to listen to the owner n only waiter insulting previous customers who had left a review. So decided not to order.. got told if I'd have known you Was only going to have popudums I'd have refused you entry!! Restaurant completely EMPTY!!! Exuse me your rudeness and over priced menu is the reason we didn't want to stay!. Avoid this place at all costs don't waist your money

Great food but the view into the kitchen with its strip lights and food buckets should be shielded from diners. Close the door folks! Steep steps down from street level will put off many. Good service.

Beautiful food last night, could not fault it! Definitely my go to Indian when in Tenby.

Lovely food surroundings & staff.

Lamb Byriani. Tasteless, no seasoning, no taste. Very dissapointed, worse takeaway in a long time

Fab food, excellent service highly recommended

Food was stunning and friendly staff especially faz made us welcome. My wife said her vegetable madras was on 🔥 but very nice

1 Nice place 2 nice food 3 nice drinks 4 nice staff

Great food , great surroundings

Lovely food don't listen to the negatives reviews was so good

Ordered for collection whilst holidaying in Tenby, met owner on arrival had a chat, top man, food was lovely, had Chicken Pathia, was right on the mark, sweet at first then bang the heat kicked in. Lovely food, would highly recommend!

Absolutely fabulous meals, great atmosphere and great service.

Enjoyed a fantastic takeaway meal on our first night in Tenby,meals were excellent quality, well prepared and plentiful. Best takeaway we've had away from home.

Well hidden down in the basement. Quick service ,efficient. Nothing wrong with food but just felt like it was manufactured not hom cooked.

Excellent food and service considering they were very busy . Look out for the small entrance , there are around 20 steps down into the restaurant., not a problem as people were bringing push chairs down.

Very busy the waiter was rushed off his feet. But coped marvellously and everything we asked for arrived in a timely manner

We had 4 different curries from there last weekend and they were awful . Watery curry sauce, all tasted the same very bland ,the meat was tough and flavourless. Avoid this if your a curry lover.

Always visit here when in Tenby, lovely food, excellent service and friendly staff, highly recommended.

Everywhere closing early in Tenby and we were lucky enough to get in here for dinner, lovely chicken patia curry with cobra larger to wash it down 😋