Dawat in City of London, Westminster

I used Dawat catering for my wedding reception and it was an awful experience. Firstly the person in charge Asif Ansari overcharged us from the agreed price and then they provided terrible service. The bar stuff they provided didn't know how to make simple drinks and they didn't know the difference between vodka and whiskey. However according to Asif, "they are full trained bar stuff". The staff also said they ran out of water and coke when serving guests in the bar, even though there was plenty of stock in the fridge. It looks like Dawat hired them straight from the streets. The rice was also off and had a bad smell and the mains were awful. After telling all of these complaints which was passed on by guests, he denied everything saying that they provided exceptional service which was not the case. I totally regret using Dawat as my caterers for my wedding as they ruined aspects of the day. Therefore I advise everyone to avoid using them as caterers and stay away from Asif as he is the biggest con man who just talks a lot of rubbish and doesn't have a clue what he is doing. Stay away from Dawat!

I ordered lamb nihari (lamb shank). Although the portion size was good and the food tasted good, I couldn’t help noticing that the content had been bulked up with curry sauce and in fact there were only two small pieces of meat and a small bone with hardly any meat in it. £11.99 for this felt expensive. When I order a ferrero milkshake it arrived in a glass with a trickle of maple syrup sort of liquid on the inside of the glass presumably mimicking chocolate and a small piece of wet ferrero chocolate at the top of the cream with no nut in it. The milkshake tasted as it had been watered down. Even the waitress was not surprised when I told her the milkshake was poor and tasteless. I rate the milkshake the worst I have ever tasted. Even McDonalds milkshakes are at least three times tastier. Overall atmosphere and experience was good although I left believing the restaurant was deliberately cutting corners to combat competition from other restaurants in this case at the cost of a customer wondering why he and his party of 6 who left a generous £25 tip for which we didn’t even get a thank you should have dined elsewhere instead! Note to restaurant; People may not say anything but they notice when you try to cheat them

This is a place I would never recommend to anyone. Super rude and full of attitude manager. Extremely bad service. Food quality was terrible. Lamb nihari was the worst I have ever eaten. Please avoid.

Beautiful service staff was very nice food was very good worth it filling and immacuant worker very nice top tier I recommend 100%

The food was cold but shame as we paid because they over charge us.no apologies waiter don't or stuff don't get any tips so don't bother put any tips on ur card nor cash

Very very busy on a Saturday night but the restaurant made a big effort to seat people as quickly as possible and did not make us feel hurried ordering or eating despite the queue of people still waiting. The decor is beautiful and really unique. The restaurant was very clean and the waiter was excellent and very friendly. The food arrived quickly and everything was hot and tasted delicious. We ordered a lot of dishes from the menu and found the prices very reasonable. We would definitely go here again.

Food was served warm and tasted great. Lovely 7 star service with special thanks to Afroz. Have been here a few times and experience is always the same.

Bait and switch. Went in after seeing their takaway menu price on the wall. They provided a menu after sitting down that were 2x the price on the wall. They said it was for the service which is unheard of for me. Just add a service fee and mention it upfront like everyone else. Servers also immediately asked us to order twice within a span of two minutes. Pressure tactics