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Based on 422 opinions finded in 2 websites

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Nº 544 in 595 in Argyll & Bute

Nº 131 of 136 Other cuisines in Argyll & Bute

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Best part: rice is available Worst part: butter chicken tastes sweet, like coconut, like a pumpkin soup. With pieces of chicken floating in watery broth. As an asian tourist, i recommend you come here only if you need some rice in your system

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Michelle Tan . 2024-08-13

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Half the items on the menu weren't available, and the chicken Kiev was quite dry.

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Andrew Walbran . 2024-08-13

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Very tasty food, super friendly service! Price/quality top!

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Marleen Geudens . 2024-08-07

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Ordered Indian so wun go wrong. Food is average, portion is small, Six prawns, and can see that it's one small chicken fillet that cut up into eight little bites. Best to ask beer bottle sizes else might have a big bottle to finish. Friendly service.

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Jacqueline Poh . 2024-07-29

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We had a full Scottish breakfast. Great value for money and served quickly. They have really nice coffee. Very comfortable seating, clean and cozy restaurant. Haven’t tried any other foods so can’t comment but would recommend the breakfast.

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Ally Mullen . 2024-07-25

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I have experienced many Indian meal in many places and this was probably the worst I've ever had!

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graham morton . 2024-07-23

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Just don't bother waited a hr for food then told us they were just dishing it up after another 30 minutes we got up and left just rubbish went to the co op and got some microwave food it was quicker

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Anthony Keene . 2024-07-21

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Very unfriendly and slow service. 2 pieces of chicken and 2 pieces of sweet potato in the dish, the rest was sauce. Lukewarm Coca-Cola. Paid a lot for little. Please go eat somewhere else. There were people who came in for a moment, but then left. They were right!

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Ingrid Engelen . 2024-06-18

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Very gentle service. However, the food takes long to be served and isn’t remarkable, by far the worst indi food I had at the UK or Ireland. They are lucky that there aren’t many other dining options around the city

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Rafael Costa . 2024-06-16

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Nice spot with a view of Talbert harbour. The food is very ordinary. The service is slow, noisy and not very friendly

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Olaf Simonse . 2024-06-13

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The lasagna was warmed up a bit in the microwave but still cold. The service was rude and the bill was incorrect. Crook!

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Marco Schumm . 2024-05-31

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Avoid at all costs. If you must go, check your bill

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Peter Reid . 2024-05-28

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Very friendly and helpful staff. Curry was very tasty. 👌

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Cheryl Barnes . 2024-05-23

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Only people in there, waiter took 30 mins to come to the table and the food took 2 hours. The food was also very average.

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Jamie Goddard . 2024-03-17

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Popped in for an Indian meal on the way home. The food was very tasty and the service was good. We would visit again :)

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Ray Jones . 2024-02-21

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Our food was closer to confectionary than dinner. We could hardly eat it. Our coconut rice was like it had been defrosted and then coated in sugar. Honestly never had worse Indian my life. Unfortunate as there aren’t many options in the area. Wish we tried out the Anchorage Bistro instead.

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Saskia . 2023-10-27

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Lovely tea and cake. And a lovely view.

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Allan Dembry . 2023-10-13

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Loveĺy meal lovely setting in Tabert

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Tracy High . 2023-09-26

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Popped in for a quick takeaway on drive to Campbeltown and soon wished i hadn't. This place had a very strong smell of the aromas normally found in an Indian restaurant yet it's supposed to be a cafe/bistro. A roll on cheap square sausage with uncooked onions, and a scone which was probably a week old and as hard as concrete, and they had the cheek to charge £5, no wonder there wasn't a soul sitting at any of the tables !. If i could give a zero I would. Never again.

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G Newlands . 2023-09-23

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I had the Lamb Tikka Joypuri my wife had Chicken Tikka Bahar nice but a bit Pricey...

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Simon Ashman . 2023-08-25

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Passing through and stopped for a brew. Average drinks and service, and didn't have food so can't comment on food. Toilets need tlc.

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Esta-Jane Middling . 2023-08-23

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Visited on 20/8/23 & the food was terrible. What a shame as you should expect a lot better from a cafe/bistro situated on the harbour.

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david burton . 2023-08-21

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I didn't mind the really really sweet coconut rice food overall was fine IMHO. The service was shockingly bad, rude I would say and the to be overcharged then ignored when asking for a breakdown of the bill. Outrageous.

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Michael Vindice . 2023-08-16

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Very rude and rushed staff. Ordered the BLT, photo shows the result. Asked about the amount of material on the bread, answer was basically, that’s it. BEWARE!

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Dave Pruner . 2023-08-06

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Vrij lekker eten het duurde even maar het was heel lekker. Zitten goed vol en kregen zeker waard voor ons geld.

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Jelt van Aarle . 2023-08-01

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The excessive amount of sugar in the coconut rice and chicken Korma was very unexpected. They both were gritty in texture and felt like they were afraid to let the coconut carry any of its own flavor by covering it with sweetness. My wife and I shared a single order of both and we were unable to finish because of the sugar overload. The naan bread was decent but they burned of the two we ordered and we didn’t finish that either. We possibly just ordered bad options because they seemed nice enough but they missed our expectations by far.

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Alejandro Garcia . 2023-07-09

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Busy little place. Only stopped for coffee and cake

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Diane McNay . 2023-06-28

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Sorry to say but not a great experience here supported by the lack of customers at what should be a busy time. Service was extremely slow on a very quiet evening. Food was disappointing with small servings drowned in sauce

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Bobby Davison . 2023-06-17

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Really good local Indian.. bit of a wait but fresh cooked and varied dishes well worth it. Good price too

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Trevor Paterson . 2023-06-14

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An absolute health hazard!! I'm very surprised that environmental health have not closed this place down. We were greeted ok and sat a a table. Looking up to the window which you could just about see through we were shocked to see flies buzzing around. A rough estimate would be 20 to 30, maybe slightly more. Leaning on the table whilst perusing the menu, I felt my arms sticking to it. That was enough. Before the waiter returned we made a rather hasty exit out of the door. To sum up in a single word. D I S G U S T I N G........

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Paul Sutherland . 2023-06-12

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We got stranded in Tarbert as the ferry service isn't ferry good just now this was the only food place open so we went it filled a hole but I wouldn't rush back not ferry good not ferry nice

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stefan boyne . 2023-06-06

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We called in at the harbour tandoori restaurant and takeaway about 8pm. No friendly welcome. Small, basic but ok. Half the items we asked for were not available including, unbelievably, poppadoms and chutneys, so we ordered second and third choices, 4 vegetable side dishes, rice and naan. Nothing fancy or special. They didn't come. We waited 45 minutes. When we asked we were told it would be another 15-20 minutes! We left.

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Gavin Dudley . 2023-05-31

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Really disappointing. Ordered a buttered Scone with jam as a takeaway. While it was made I used the loos. They needed a fresh lick of bright paint (walls were dark red) but at least didn't smell bad. Scone was waiting in a bag so I paid (£2.50)and left. Turned out the Scone was stale & dry with slight spots of mould on top. Two pats of butter and jam portion in bag! A DIY buttered scone! Didn't find out it was as bad til I was few miles up the road or I would've gone back. Couple were served their curry meal while I was waiting to be served. Sounded like half of their ordered food was wrong! I wouldn't eat from there again, waste of time & money for wrotten food.

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Patsy A S . 2023-05-26

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Strange place. Most of menu seemingly unavailable, told toasties only. No apology or explanation.

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Alison Smith . 2023-05-16

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Warm milk served with tea .cakes warm as cooler not on staff not very friendly. No toilet paper in toilets

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Hazel Beats . 2023-04-30

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Reluctantly, because it's not a naturally appealing looking place from the kerb, we stopped here for a meal and oh my, weren't we for a surprise. What a delicious freshly cooked Indian meal. And I can be quite fussy. Totally 5 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟. Will come back. Thank you. 😊

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ewa dol . 2023-04-15

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Fresh food friendlly staff and dog friendly.

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Paul Obrien . 2023-04-13

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After a long drive. I decided on a cooked breakfast to set up for the longer day ahead. However this was very disappointing at the marine bistro. The breakfast was of poor quality, part cooked bread, apparently toast, 1 cheap sausage, a scattered piece of haggis on a tattie Scone. Half a tomato, which was just cooked. Bacon. Microwaved beans. The fried egg was partly raw. I pointed this out to the server, who apparently cooked it also, and told me it how Scottish breakfast are served, only cook it one way up. No offer of an apology and still charged me full price. I paid and thought this review will deter others of a similar experience.

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willie webster . 2023-03-05

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We bought 2 burgers and 2 curries and has to send back both the burgers because they were completely raw in the middle

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Darcy Cameron . 2023-02-27

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An excellent meal, so glad we came in.

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Alex Page . 2023-02-21

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Very poor all round. Chips barely blanched, very white, potatoes hard, sauces dried out. On top of that it was a quiet Monday, informed would take 30 mins, 46 mins later got the substandard meal. Dropped in standards big time in last 2 years. I'm local but won't buy anything from here again. Shocking service

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Sandy Smith . 2022-11-15

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Lovely curry there last night. Good sized portions

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Julie McNeill . 2022-11-13

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Only one person serving/cooking. Long wait but worth it. Fresh morning roll and delicious back bacon. Good mocca as well.

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Jane Gordon-Clark . 2022-10-04

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Very tasty Indien Food and the Staff very friendly. If you like Indien Food, I recommend them.

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Hermina Hanni . 2022-09-27

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My worst food experience in Scotland so far

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Jakub Matouš . 2022-09-18

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Awfull experience, food from frozen good, even the haddock they claimed it's locally sourced. No toilet paper, no sanitizer.

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Ixtremist Ohtheyrlywantmyname . 2022-09-18

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Well worth a visit if you ever go to tarbert.

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peter cargill . 2022-09-17

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We stopped here for a quick bite over lunch. Only reason we chose them was because nothing else was open or had seating. The view is lovely, but so it is from any place along this street overlooking the harbour. We ordered Fish 'n Chips and Carrot cake. The carrot cake was way too sweet but otherwise reasonable. The Fish 'n chips had plenty of chips which was OK but the fish was really not great.

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B vdm . 2022-09-16

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Passing through and stopped for a break and decided on Scottish breakfast to keep us going. Really friendly place, Indian restaurant at night. Breakfast was lovely, thank you. Dog friendly too. Would definitely call in again.

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Chris Gration . 2022-09-09

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I have to say that the Indian Food was really really good but the service could be better. We waited 50 instead of 30 minutes as promised and they tried to charge us more and then tried to give us less change even through we gave them 15% tip.

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Trung N . 2022-09-02

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This is most likely the least tasting food I've had in my life. We went in to get some lunch and apparently you cant have Indian food for lunch so we got another menu with a bunch of generic dishes on it. So I got a microwaved (most likely) bolognese and my friend got a burger with nothing on it except cheese (he did not ask for this it was like that by default). The guy who worked there was quite overworked so it was hard to get service. It seems from other reviews that the indian food is pretty decent so get that you end up here and they have it available.

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Erkanmeister . 2022-09-01

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Fabulous breakfast with plenty of delicious coffee

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Melanie Takacs . 2022-08-23

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Really good, one of the better Chicken Sags I've had. Great nan bread. Good service and decent speed of delivery even with a bigger group in.

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Phil Hapus Rides . 2022-08-23

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Friendly staff, dog friendly, lovely scones, bit too hot cappuccino but nice,

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Viktoria Wilson . 2022-08-22

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Steak pie was like dog food the gravy was a watery the puff pastery had not even risen would not recommend

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Derek Ross . 2022-08-11

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Big pot of tea, a good hot coffee and some cake to accompany, nice wee cafe

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Al B . 2022-07-21

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Lovely food, lovely staff, and what a great town tarbert is.

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Shan Whittaker . 2022-07-20

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Should not be called a bistro. Food was not good

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Clare Dennis . 2022-07-18

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Great value for money and the food was amazing! Great service everything made fresh highly recommended

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Toni Connolly . 2022-07-16

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Great wee bistro with amazing views of the harbour and further down the water the food is great to

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Gary Shaw . 2022-07-13

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Staff has no idea what scampi nor pickles are. Very average food.

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Ramblin Robin . 2022-07-11

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Low quality microwave burgers which came out cold. Terrible soup. Charged us twice for our bill, knowing someone in our party had already paid. Had to asked to be refunded! Wouldn’t recommend.

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Jessica Boateng . 2022-06-20

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Best coffee I tasted in Scotland

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Steven Perry . 2022-06-19

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Service was dreadful meal was OK. Its a shame as we had eaten here few years ago and it was great but this time it felt like we were in an episode of faulty towers.

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Clare Keeling . 2022-06-18

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Excellent coffee and bacon rolls.

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John Yates . 2022-06-09

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Excellent value for money. Member of staff was very attentive. Gave us exactly what we requested it. Extra hot coffee and the bacon was beautiful. Thank you.

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Audrey Yates . 2022-06-08

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Nice for coffee and cake , staff friendly.

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Heather Taitijijjj . 2022-05-27

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Lovely coffee and friendly staff!

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Carole Farmer . 2022-05-26

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This place is only in buisness because they are the only ones with open tables. Everything we had was not worth eating and way too expensive. The tandoori chicken had 6 1 inch sized pieces for 14 pounds. Avoid.

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G D . 2022-05-25

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Great service great food just what I needed after a long journey...

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Dave Skelton . 2022-05-24

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Wir haben im Restaurant zu Abend gegessen und dort wirklich sehr leckeres Essen serviert bekommen. Anders als auf den bisherigen Bildern handelt es sich allerdings um ein INDISCHES Restaurant! Wir hatten 4 verschiedene Gerichte von süß bis scharf und die Schärfegrade sind hier "ernst" zu nehmen! Lamm, Huhn, vegetarisch, mild oder scharf, große Portion oder vorspeise - es ist für jeden etwas dabei. Es hat zwar ein wenig gedauert und der Platz war für 4 Personen auch etwas eng, aber sonst definitiv zu empfehlen.

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Holger Herboldt . 2022-05-12

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Marine Bistro seems to be the Indian at night. I posted on their site. Not good at lunchtime. Coffee good but food terrible. Worst toastie I have ever had in the UK. Tables greasy. Only stayed as empty and my husband liked the view.

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Yvonne Overell . 2022-05-05

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Good food quick and great cakes, friendly staff

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Eddie Ostle . 2022-04-23

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Excellente cuisine indienne. Le personnel est hyper aimable et en cuisine on adapte le piquant selon vos goûts. Plus, ils sont ouvert tard !

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Marion Brest . 2022-04-11

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Lovely view across the bay and the fish n chips weren't half bad either. 😁

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Füe Fighters . 2021-11-06

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The food was the only plus point. Inexperienced staff, taking our order they seemed more interested in telling us how to handle our children than writing anything down. Two empty tables left uncleared for our entire stay though there was only one other customer present at the time. Our drinks were split and arrived separately- the wait caused by one take away customer ordering apparently, though why that affected our drinks order I don't know. Poor service, redeemed only slightly by reasonably good food. Don't buy the "Milk" shakes though - it's just ground ice mixed with flavour and milk. Not appetising at all.

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DecrepitDragon . 2021-11-05

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It's OK, nothing more. OK value.

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Ricky Smith . 2021-10-22

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Good place in Tarbert to enjoy a lunch and break from the car. Food selection is varied and well prepared, and welcome after a long drive. Service prompt, efficient and kindly. Would visit again.

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Dorothy Barbour . 2021-09-25

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Terrible place cant even pay with card and on the other hand it's disgusting unclean and dirty looking staff

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Brian McGowan . 2021-09-14

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A very disappointing experience. The food served was not what was described on the menu. The dishes were very basic and overpriced.

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Don Hardman . 2021-09-14

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Worst fish and chips I've ever had. Cannot believe what was served up, bearing in mind its location with a local fishing fleet, to be served frozen fish that I could not identify was a joke. Wasn't cheap either. Absolutely shocking.

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Nigel Draper . 2021-09-13

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Food was OK. Very expensive for what we got. This is more of traditional seaside cafe than a bistro.

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Kevin Tough . 2021-09-11

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Love taking out food and sitting at the habour friendly staff and tasty food.

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Graham Moore . 2021-09-10

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Avoid at all costs! They have different prices on different brochures and tha food is absolut rubish. I had a gammon steak which was ultrathin , dry and salty in the middle.

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Laurentiu Simion . 2021-09-06

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Do yourself a favour and give this place a miss ! never seen customer service like it ! the guy literally dumped our plates of food onto our table ! food was edible but a pot noodle and a can of coke would have been better, you have been warned 👎

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Zach Owens . 2021-09-05

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Decent enough before 5pm however the menu is too extensive for the size of the establishment. Dinner time they are overwhelmed as they are one of the few places serving dinner in Tarbert. One member of the staff gives the impression he would rather be somewhere else. Again the evening “Indian “ menu is too extensive for them especially when they are doing takeaway fish and chips when the local chippie is closed. Be prepared to wait.

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J “TopFlat” Benedict . 2021-09-02

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This is a bad choice of restaurant. Poor service, bad food. Don’t go.

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Sebastian Black . 2021-09-02

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Basic toastie. Cheap and chearful

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Jeanette Speirs . 2021-08-27

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Lovely breakfast and big portions

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Jess Lloyd . 2021-08-03

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Good food friendly staff very clean inside

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george hay . 2021-07-15

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Very good service, nice staff good food.

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David Todd . 2021-07-13

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Nice place, good food , friendly staff,

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Paul Smith . 2021-07-11

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Bistro by day and excellent Indian by night.

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Jolyon Gritten . 2021-06-18

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Excellent service and excellent food. Highly recommended. The steak is to die for.💕💕💕👍

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Gavin Veitch . 2021-05-21

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Ordered 3 breakfast and a baked potato plus drinks and it was nearly £40. I wouldn't mind if the food had been top class but my beans were still cold, the lorne sausage was like a brick and the bacon was inedible. I told the staff but I still had to pay full price despite leaving most of the food on the plate for the bin. Won't make that mistake again. Avoid the place

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lorna Stephenson . 2021-05-19

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If you like good coffee this is the place. We drove about thirty miles today in the hope that this bistro might be open. We are still scared of Covid but we thought we might have a wee break from our isolation and try a wee trip. The welcome here in Tarbert was heartwarming and we left full of soup and toasty after a happy return to the town. A good blether with Buddy in the Thrift Shop made the trip worth it just for that alone.

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James Robb . 2021-05-13

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Cher pour ce que c'est : une salade falafel donnée sans sauce et sans couvert ( à emporter ). Un sandwich chicken tikka bon mais très petit. Pas terrible. Seule avantage, ouvert tard.

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Amelie Gentil . 2021-05-10

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Food is excellent layout of tables good with social distance window seats Staff local and friendly unique as cafe changes to Indian cuisine bat night Open till 11 pm

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james stewart . 2020-09-14

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Good food, excellent coffee and the staff were very helpful.

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Harvie Tennant . 2020-08-30

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Great service and good food. 4 different snacks and drinks and all 4 people very happy with there choice.

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Margaret MacInnes . 2020-08-12

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