Tara Tari in Camden

Nice place to have food while in London, it offers a good variety of dishes and also beberage at bar

i took my wife there as a surprise and i wish i hadnt, the staff were rude (not the chef, he was the only nice one) the tables were on top of each other it was like eating with the people next to you, never ever going back, only plus side was the food was edible

We were there on a night out for a late dinner....they serve a mix of self stated international cooking....but enough is enough....a waiter removed my plate when i hadn' finished yet my meal.....anyway he prevented me tovtadte their awful sliced pizza, as my wife ensured me....

Compré un vale para Tara Tari groupon Buffet. La comida estaba bien, pero no me pareció que había mucho de una variedad, pero en el sis positivas el cordero al curry y el pan Naan era agradable y fresco y la Apple crumble y crema pastelera era perfecta

I went with friends for an informal mid week dinner on the off chance as I had never yield it before. Variety was great and food tasty. No complaints on any front. I will go again

Está enfrente de la estación de metro lo que es genial. El restaurante tranquilo cuando fui a las 3 pm los domingos. Era limpio y con un montón de mesas. El personal era amable y eficiente. Disfruté chino y los postres. Muy buena relación calidad-precio en lo que no es una parte económica de Londres. Buen ambiente.

He examinado este restaurante en mi propio sitio de revisión. si estás interesado en ver mi experiencia google cafeterías y botella Tops y visita mi sitio. Ultimatly no me impresionó con el "precio de descuento' vale por lo que se ofrecen y la calidad de la comida. El personal era muy agradable y amable, pero la comida no estar a la altura, que habría pagado menos que lo que hizo para el bono así que impacta mucho que esto hubiera sido aproximadamente 50% de descuento. R. S

Fui marzo pasado y escribió un comentario en ese momento. Acabo de ver respuesta de tari tari. Dicho esto, porque era mi primera vez revisar algo "desconfiaban". Fue mi primera crítica, porque era tan horrible que pensé que debería intentar y parada nadie de perder su dinero aquí.

Tener lo intenté hacer contactar por teléfono 7 (yes,7) veces reservar y utilizar nuestra sala sociales vale, nos hizo la 40 minutos pensando que iba a conseguir una mesa de todos modos y disfrute de nuestra noche ... Qué equivocados estábamos ... el restaurante estaba en la oscuridad y cerrado!!!

A la llegada la decoración y el ambiente bueno y te hace sentir como si estuviera en una buena noche, aunque el lugar es bastante vacío. El personal es muy amable y atento. La peor decepción de este lugar es la calidad de la comida y la variedad. La comida es terriblemente sosa los curries todos tienen un sabor similar. No entiendo por qué es llamado un buffet de comida mundial cuando todo lo que ofrecen desde la nación de Italia 1 pizza hecha en el punto que realmente no puedo identificar las coberturas y una pasada cursi pasty con brócoli. Menú del desierto consistía en 3 diferentes tartas que habían dejado fuera, que inevitablemente secos hasta el punto que era como tener un panecillo. La estación de pancake era excelente, un miembro de los cocineros del personal la tortita en frente de usted y usted tiene la opción de coberturas después. El chef fresco de comida no muestra de aunque en dos ocasiones una gran cantidad de humo sembradas se extendió a través del restaurante causando todos 8 comensales en el restaurante continuamente tos. Unas cuantas más diners venía y se unieron a los infectios tos en forma. En general, ni siquiera creo que valió la pena el dinero que pagamos, que era £18 por 2 de wowcher. Barato, pero supongo que recibes lo que pagas

Used a Wowcher deal £14 for two and a drink, The wine was nice and chilled tasted good. The food was a little disappointing from all the hype on the website. The best part was the chips and wedges section with the chicken drumsticks. The restaurant was empty the whole time we was there, the staff were very friendly im guessing the food had been there since lunch time as it wasn't very hot by 7pm. The fresh cooked food was ok by far the hottest in heat there, but quite tasteless. Overall ok for what we paid wouldn't go back or recommend, we both had a dodgy tummy the next morning.

I don't know what everyone is moaning about, I had a Wowcher deal and we decided to use it for lunch instead of evening as we like the London nightlife. It cost us £7 which included a drink, you can pay that for a sandwich in London. I had Thai, Chinese, Mexican & Indian.Food was hot and tasty & the next time I visit London I would defo return.

Dont bother. ..poor quality, food selection, staff attitude, and expensive. .got charged £52 for 2 adults and 2 kids with 4 soft drinks !! Kids only managed a couple of potato wedges which were hard and hollow! Sister some coleslaw and some potato curry as she is vege! Meat was dodgy, curries all same, 1 type pizza which was worse supermarkets..cutlery tray filthy! When complained no discount..I assured thwm we would not return. .he was not bothered! Never written a review before but felt compelled to try and save any other poor fools for making same mistake we did by travelling specifically to this place to be so disappointed. .had to go get a takeaway for kids after..truely shocking!! Grrr still angry...robbing barstools! !!

I am really surprised by the fact that Tara Tari has such bad reviews.I have visited this restaurant quite a few times since I live nearby and I have always been really satisfied.Taking into account you are visiting a buffet restaurant with around 40 different dishes you can't expect each and every one of them to be of top quality or super tasty, however I believe that overall the level of the food is great.

I booked this place for my mums birthday.This place was so disgusting & awful! No way was there over 100 dishes more like 20. The food wasn't cooked fresh! It was cold! The waiters were rude &the service was poor! My nephew ended up going mc Donald's! I found a LADYBIRD in my food. Yes a lady bird, when I alerted the waiter he told me it was because the door was open. For me that was the last straw! The chairs were stained all over! The bathroom was a mess, broken dryer to dry your hands! Messy toilets. We were extremely unhappy with food and service! We still had to pay the full bill. They didn't even give us 50% of the bill or nothing! When we suggested this the supervisor laughed at us! They just didn't give a dam! Even though we was unhappy,they said the manager wasn't available so he as the supervisor couldn't reduce the bill, he had no authority! What kind of non sense is that! My mother whose birthday it was,was so upset she was crying. I wouldn't advise anyone to go there! Their website makes out it's a world buffet! There was no Mexican or Thai to eat! The only Italian was pizza which looked like the one from Iceland freezers. The sushi looked like it was from yesterday's dinner night, there was flys all around the table. I wouldn't advise anyone 2 go here. POOR! If I could I would give no stars.

I've never been to one of these world buffets before and wouldn't again. We tried to book but was told it was full and to turn up and hope they had a space, we arrived and it was half empty so we were quickly seated and our drinks order taken then we were told we could get food. We went and filled our plates, the food wasn't great, there was a fair choice but mainly of similar stuff. The best bit was probably the chicken and onion wing bar bit. The crumble was dried on to the dishes. I wasn't impressed. Worst of all was after ordering our drinks numerous times they finally turned up luke warm and whatever they were serving was not real coke or pepsi. I was glad to leave. Finally to top it off my little boy had a poorly belly the next day and the only thing I can put this down to was the prawns he ate from the cold buffet bit.

we vistied Tara Tari we used a groupon voucher so didn't pay full price found the staff very pleasant and they presented you with a new plate every time you cleared it, there isn't many places you can have spring rolls, onion bahjhs, chips, onion rings, sushi, noodles and pizza all on the same plate!!! Food was good and the chef freshly cooked the noodles, I would like to recommend the female staff member who did the pancakes on 27/09/14 evening as she was very friendly and only to happy to help and friendly and the pancakes were cooked perfectly!! Loved the all you can eat desserts aswell, came out bout a stone heavier than when I went in! thanks Tara Tari will be back!!

We went on a Friday evening, thought the food tasted good, but not a great choice of selections. They could have had more dessert choices too.

Went on a Saturday night very disappointed no shusi bar only crabstick shusi only Italian food was pizza ok if you wanted Chinese or Indian glad I only paid £9 each and not the full price had to get a take away as we were all still hungry

We got the groupon offer 2 for £18, the food was horrible. Everything tasted old, un fresh and wouldn't try again. The staff were a bit rude- not wanting to serve (tap) water. We got Chinese noodles stir fry made infront of us, I requested soy sauce, when he finished cooking my one had so much soy sauce I could have it like soup err. Not happy and as a group we all agreed so it was not just one person view but everyone's. Before I finish desert was also horrible except the 2 fresh fruit- pineapple and a grape

Worst buffet I ever had !! Food was discusting . All curries.. Food not fresh . Not much choice!! We are 5pax was looking for nice buffet to have nice dinner but end up feel so disappointed as in we stay quite far from London . Will not recommend at all .

Dissapointed big time! This is an all you can eat Indian! We came here on a Sunday about three pm. Very few customers and you could see that the food had been sitting around for some time. Didn't taste good and we left quickly worried about our stomachs! The place could do with a make over. Please avoid at all costs!

This was the second time we came to Tara Tari World buffet and both times we were very satisfied. This time even better because previous staff was uncommunicative and a little slow. This time they were very nice and friendly, they talk and serve really nice. Food is excellent - a lot to choose, atmosphere is nice, maybe a little to dark and they could do some other chill out music. Overall very very good.

I went yesterday. When I booked the person suggested a time after a large booking so queues wouldn't be long and food wouldn't run out. So good start. Arrived and seated quickly. There were different options available Indian, Thai, Chinese, salads and 3 sushi, plus a pasta dish and a Mexican fish. With the bad reviews we expected less options and similar flavours. But the dishes all tasted different and were nice. I particularly like the freshly cooked noodles. You can ask the chef for additional ingredients if things run out. He cooked it up nicely and I loved it. He was also friendly and a service with a smile. The chairs and seating was fine. It was busy but only 3 waiters so ordering drinks was a bit slow but they did their best. Waiters and chef were all nice. No rudeness there. Not sure what all the negative comments were about. Food could have been warmer my guests said. It was ok for me. I wish there were more Chinese starters but there were lots of main dish options. I had a nice time. I got a Wowcher so didn't pay full price.

Went with my friends as thought it would be a good buffet. Turned out to be almost undeniable taste like left overs from a cheap cheap cheap take away.

I was 2 times the first day the food was horrible but I come back because my wife likes buffet and it was better. The food was good.

Take my advise, don't waste time rather go to McDonalds. Don't bother wasting your time and money. Food is taste less and cold. Not much choices and chairs so dirty that you don't want to sit on them. Good location, that's all it is worth.

In 44 years eating on this planet, this is the worst eating and dining experience in my life. Before I get personal, here are the facts:They claim to provide world buffet. Rubbish! Some remnant of a crab stick rolled in horrible rice is not Japanese food.Water thin sweetcorn soup, water thin sauces, and carrots (acting as a fillers) in sweet and sour chicken, in fact carrots and courgettes in most of their oriental selection of abominations of oriental cuisine. Starter selection included a selection of shrivelled and droopy leaves dotted with what looked like couscous. Talking of shrivelled and droopy, I will comment on their staff later.Starters are a dried up, greasy mess as must be the Chef’s thought process.I asked a waiter for fresh wraps for the Fajitas dish and he suggested Nan bread! I should have launched the last remaining wrap as a flying saucer at his thick head (the wrap was hard enough and his head dense enough to absorb the impact).To represent North Africa we have a labelled Chef’s special Moroccan dish. Special needs more like! In a world rich with diverse language, poetry, simile and metaphors; the words to be used here can only be “looks like excrement!” Not sampled as I am not into that particular deviant fetish.On to India. As an Indian I say shame on you that you represent our beautiful cuisine in such an abhorrent fashion. Lentils are thinner than the diarrhoea shooting from my bottom this morning. I tried all their curries and they are the worst I have ever eaten (Manchester curry mile, Southall, Green Street, Brick Lane, India and Pakistan). Dried up, cardboard tasting floating chicken and meat bits that had given up all hope of being saved from puddles of brown, dismal polluted excuses for sauces.Desserts:Bits of cake, jelly that had melted like the hopes of this place ever having success, Indian red (not normal colour) galab jaman Indian dough desserts that had been left abandoned and had dried of shame. You would think cut water melon cannot be ruined but the occasional flies soon ended that (perhaps they were the back-up boys referred to by the waiter later on, see below).Staff:I complained to the early evening Manager who was pleasant and empathetic. He left later on perhaps to end his shift or search his inner being to question how he ended up working in a living nightmare. He did not defend the indefensible and brought out the Chef (see photos). Chef’s response: “… different tastes… can’t make everyone happy… doing my best…”Thank God this Chef is not a mechanic as his best would leave you with wheels missing and a car without clue or direction. I discovered later he is related to the owner; 2 observations: an answer to how he got the job and please, oh please stop the breeding!Now the waiters. Positive: One white waiter (also in photos) asked at one point if all was OK and was told “No” apart from his kind question. I feel his question really meant “help me I am on less than minimum wage and don’t get to keep my tips.” Here is a tip: RUN! Don’t look back. RUN!Other staff were at best indifferent zombies wandering aimlessly in a barren wasteland of buffet hell apocalypse. When marginally active they contaminated the washed cutlery by drying them with a rag of a dish cloth with their grubby hands (no gloves) that they cleared used plates with.On leaving my deeply, disappointed 71 year old Father tried to give constructive advice that was resisted. Frustrated he called it as it is and told the scrawny, weasel of a late night manager that his place was rubbish. He and the other waiter became aggressive at which point I guided my Father out. I am a 19 stone trained Martial Artist and body builder and was threatened that they will call their boys (see flies feeding on water melon above). Heads up maggots, do the maths… really? You would need many more 5 foot nothing, skinny and shrivelled reprobates to come close to achieve that fantasy. In this instance the pen is mightier than the sword.On coming home and settling my Mum who finds it difficult to walk and whose 67 Birthday was ruined; we as a family researched this hell hole and discovered people of the world are united in condemnation of this world buffet: “…no words…stay away… awful… give it a miss… rat excrement...nasty… beware the staff… boring and dull… let down… rubbish food… forced to pay beforehand…” there are many, many more. As for the good ones: nonsense, they wrote them themselves!!!Food hygiene rating is the lowest one could get: “1”We are reporting you to Camden Council. We are reporting you to Group on. We will spread the word to prevent potential customers being duped by their web site: “... an exciting new world buffet restaurant … offering good quality food at an affordable price, but with a far greater variety of food on offer”. You sad liars!Gordon Ramsay would blow this place up. We got Group on vouchers and paid £6.25 per head instead of £14. Get what you pay for? To summarise rename Tara Tari to Tata Tati (Indian for Testicles Poo) and I would not pay for that either.Shakespeare said “If music be the food of love, play on...” I say shoot the entire orchestra, burn them and bury them in blessed soil… bury them deep.

Worst ever eating experience of my life! Tara Tari translates to “Quickly Quickly”….. follow the meaning, leave quickly, very quickly. Website deceiving…… you think you are in for a banquet from around the world, unfortunately couldn’t be further from the truth. Website quotes that the chefs have a wealth of experience in their chosen cuisine…..Really!!! One chef related to the owner who clearly doesn’t have the experience of good world class cuisine. Food was an insult to the countries they are promoting. Dried up, lukewarm, unrecognisable, insipid mush that had been sitting there all night. Sweetcorn Soup was watered down with a few sweetcorn kernels. As I filled the ladle I thought chicken had been added, to my horror it was a poached egg swimming in murky water. Since when is Sweetcorn Soup made with eggs? Desserts, all three of them, left uncovered for the flies to feast on….even they seemed to leave disappointed! Staff are rude and unprofessional. No attention paid to the customers, nobody came to the table to see if everything was ok other than to bring one round of warm diet cokes. Save your money, DO NOT eat at this restaurant. No food hygiene certificates, checked the website and they only received a 1 star rating, lowest you could possibly get!

We visited as we had a voucher. Staff were alright and we had no issues. White house wine was alright too. The chicken khorai was delicious (and tender) as was the pilau rice and chicken biriyani and thai green curry. My parter and I did not like sweet & sour chicken and the noodles were bland and a bit cold. Wrap for fajitas was stale and poppadoms didn't taste fresh. Yes, toilets did smell of wee. Drinks were a bit costly. Eight quid for two soft drinks. Not bad but not great and not worth the full price. There was no chef present to cook for us, so that felt a little let down. Maybe if the chef had been there and we had some nicer selections of food, we both would have enjoyed it more.

OMG. We walked in to try it as it's local. It was definitely an experience. I've never been anywhere quite like it. In a bad way. Terrible TERRIBLE service. Really disappointing food. Avoid at all costs.

We also bought through Groupon, and we are very glad we didn't spend more.Service was average, but it was the food that felt a let down. The 'Japanese' options were no better than you'd find in a supermarket - and almost every food option was a disappointment.Its cheap, but you get what you pay for, and for a little more money you can get much better options. Or for the same money but a bit further out of town.

Seriously don't bother with this place. Not worth it at all. Not a good choice of food and what is there doesn't taste nice. Meat spoons are in vege dishes. Food kept running out and no one could be bothered to top it up. Service was just as crap.

I feel sick after eating the rancid food I have been given. Firstly the "world buffet" was only two countries: Indian and Italian, yet the Italian food was incredible bland. Have you heard the saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" well definitely don't judge Tara Tari by it's exterior otherwise you will be very disappointed?I just made an anagram for this restaurant: A Rat I RatBut seriously do not waste you money going to this poorly ran restaurant even if you got a voucher it is realy not worth it!

Food is terrible. This restaurant does not deserve to be called tara tari world buffet. There was only about three world foods on site and hardly any variety of these cuisines. I had to wait 20 minutes for a drink. The staff are arrogant and outright rude. The food was awful. I am still hungry. The food has given me a funny after taste. The staff were so lazy that they couldn't be bothered to fill up the dishes on the buffet counter. After reminding them continuously they finally used their brains and bought out more food. The toilet was disgraceful to. You better off going to McDonalds as their food is luxury compared to this. I will never return to this and I hope you make the wise decision of not going as it will be the biggest mistake of your life.

We bought this on groupon, really don,t waste your money. Service was shocking rang to book a table for two while visitingblondon for bank holiday weekend, asked me to ring back in 10 minutes then was told to ring the next day as it has to be 24 hours only in advance, when we got there we were shown to a table with very stained seats this is enough to put you off, if they don,t care about the appearance of the the place the customers CAN SEE what standards of hygiene do they have behind the scenes. Waiter came over after we had sat down asked us if we had booked (very unfriendly) only about four other tables taken so not over run with customers, we were under the impression it was a world buffet well NO it more like an indian one with only one pizza and soggy pasta with broccoli thrown in for the Italian, spring rolls for Chinese, what tasted like warmed up chips and hardly any meat in the curry and the choice oh no sorry just the one very sad looking dessert to have. Really don't waste your money we left after 10 minutes then went for a sit down meal elsewhere so payed twice for an evening meal. Sorry don't even want to rate it but can,t put review on if I don,t the one star given really should not be there.

Restaurant is in a great location but that's probably all it has going for it. The food selection is not fantastic - though the freshly made naan breads are nice. Other food was ok but nothing amazing. Asked for tomato ketchup to eat with the chips they served but apparently they don't do tomato ketchup! Very odd. Staff do not speak much English which may have been a barrier to the good service expected. We got this on a groupon deal so did not pay full price thankfully but even then we would not go again!

A friend of mine visited the restaurant and recommended to visit this restaurant. Well what I can say. I have visited a lot of buffet places but this is different and unique. Food was okay I won't say good or bad but there is a live cooking station which I enjoyed. They will cook the noodles with the toppings you like. There are different varieties of curries and chicken; but the only thing we did not like was the chicken was dry. I explained this to the manger which he has acknowledged. Staff were very helpful, free Wi-fi available on site to pass the time. .Place was packed with customers.The bad bit of this restaurant was the chair which had stain marks. The seat were uncomfortable to sit on. The chair that I sat was actually broken. For the price we paid it is an average buffet restaurant. Maybe with a few tweaks and renovation of the furniture it would be good place. Would I come back again, maybe not now but maybe in future.

I spotted rat poo in the restaurant avoid this place at all costs i went on to a simple meal and spotted a little poop pebble on one of side counters i thought it was one of the buffet selections from you're long range of 4 items on the buffet tables from you're "global" buffet

Went there for my birthday celebration and there was a large group of us, the food was of decent to good quality but unfortunately the staff were rather rude to my table as they seemed not to be equipped to serve large groups. Other than service food and price is reasonable

Me and my friend went there Sunday gone. Toilets stunk of stale urine. Dryer didn't work. Now the food.I enjoyed it. Well enjoyed and only ate the Indian food which they seemed to specialise in and even then was very simple and far from the best. The other dishes did not even seem appealing to the eyes, and I'm not a fussy person but especially the Mexican dishes were very stale. The beetroot was dry and smelt gone off but they said it was a vinegar that they used which my friend was eating and was put off also of the cold noodles. Even the Chinese sweet and sour chicken was not up to normal expectations. Which was feedback by my friend. Desert alright. Not even worth £9 on groupon voucher.

We used a Groupon vouCher, and cannot understand the bad reviews. Arrived 6pm on a Saturday and not very busy - but it did become a lot busier. Yes, the place looks tired, seats a bit marked etc, but the service was fabulous, and we all loved the food. The waiters and waitresses were very helpful, particularly with my young daughter. We all ate plenty, trying dishes we may not have tried before. We will be back!!

Very supprised that at 1.45 on a Sunday afternoon this palce was empty, I can understand why they try and sell voucher deals. There was food and it was hot also various cold option too just not appertising for my taste. Decided to do a toilet check and it stunk of urine with a taped up hand drier which was mentioned on 25th July by another reviewer, and still no paper towels. Sending Gordon Ramsey to beat this place into shape.

We have eaten at Tara Tari on six or seven occasions over the last two years, when we visit from Australia. At the beginning the food was well priced and the variety more than acceptable. But the last two visits in June and August have been marred by grumpy staff. The 'greeter' was not happy when we arrived. The evening feature live cooking station didn't seem to be working from 8:30 onwards - the chef is always the friendliest staff member. I asked for two pancakes - the waitress queries 'two?'. I confirmed, yet only one arrived. The sullen and angry cashier was the worst he has ever been - treating my daughter with scorn when she paid - leaving us walking out asking ourselves 'what was that all about?' I think that will be the last time.

Been there after buying a voucher. We have a second voucher to use and really looking forward We will for sure enjoy a lot same as a last time but due to location (completely opposite site of london from my home place) not planing to visit a lot.Food really good, not a big choice but fresh and tasteful.

Photo shop is a great thing.as place is nothing like photos. Chair full of stains. Food cheap rubbish.curry tray with just sauce in when it should of been lamb curry. Left quickl and went somewhere else.

You'd think you'll be spoilt for choice going to a world buffet restaurant but we were not. The food choices were limited, the salad dry and overall the food didn't actually taste good. Half the restaurant was empty yet they still put you to sit on the other half that's squashed, so you have no privacy. It's not somewhere I would visit again at all.

Good buffet restaurant. The food is tasty and there is a large variety of dishes form different country. The sushi is not so good in my humble opinion.I really enjoyed the indian food.

I've been going past this place for years, I've eaten in buffet restaurants from london to vegas so I have a good idea of what's good and what's crap.this place is more indian than anything else, here is my conclusion of this place---it's crap and not clean.the food was mostly luke worm, the selection was poor, you could see the state of the centre hot counter was very poor with food left cold in a container underneat it.the mens toilet was just disgusting, blocked-up toilet that had not been flashed, no toilet paper,the hand cleaning liquid was empty with no refill and the hand drying machine was covered in brown tape and was not working.stay away from this place.

I have visited Tara Tari on several occasions over the past year I must say I am very surprised at all the negative reviews and comments on this site – these do not reflect my personal experience! Each time I have visited I have had a very enjoyable meal – OK, it’s not fine dining but it doesn’t claim to be and you wouldn’t expect it to be for the price you are being asked to pay. The food has always been hot, tasty and there is plenty of choice. It is a great place to bring my teenage son as he is always hungry and eats so much! I particularly like the Indian food. The drinks are of good quality and the wine glasses are always sparkling clean – (I notice this as some places seem to have glasses clouded by the dishwasher and/or with lipstick marks on them – but not here). I have always found the staff to be friendly and helpful. My family like this restaurant so much that both my children chose to come here for their birthday dinners rather than anywhere else – so as you can see my experience does not echo that of some of these other reviewers.

Went with my husband. Bit far from where we lived but because we want to try out new restaurants, we didn't mind that. As soon as we arrived, there were only 2 or 3 customers including us. Was so disappointed. Worst buffet we had been to. Foods were rubbish, so ordinary. Not one fish dish in sight. We're better off eating at Mc Donald's for that matter. Place not organised, bit dirty looking. And the drinks we ordered was supposed to be homemade lemonade. Because of the steep price, we expected a real homemade one but it looked and tasted as the ordinary fizz drink.. No bits as you would expect for a real lemonade. Tsktsk.. Felt like we'd been ripped off. So disappointing.. Never again.. Their website is so misleading as well.. No Japanese food even,one dish.. If there is a zero rating, I could give them zero. I don't know how they could have won an award..

We visited Tara Tari on Saturday at 11:30 but they send us away saying is still closed. We come back at 12 and we were first guests. Staff were polite but not very interested to serve. We used Wowcher coupon but they didn't offer any wine or drink. They don't say much. But food was very nice. It was fresh, delicious in we have a lot to choose. Nice meet, good prepared salads. Over role it was not so bad.

I visited Tara Tari on a Wowcher coupon. Upon arrival the gentleman who greeted me was very polite and accommodating. From the way the made it sound on the phone I expected the place to be a lot busier and from photos online I expected it to be a bit bigger as well. That aside the atmosphere was decent, decor was fair, chairs could really do with a good cleaning/reupholstering as they were very stained.Onto the food. The food was DISAPPOINTING. The selection was decent enough but the taste was not. I had some sweet and sour chicken, wedges, coleslaw, samosas and onion bagahi. The sweet and sour chicken was way too sweet and left a strange after taste, the coleslaw you could tell was either reused or left out for too long, the samosa and onion baghi were fried in reused oil. My first plate was seriously unappetizing and I had to leave the majority of it. I tried the stir fry bar next, this was a good deal better and the stir fry was prepared right there. The desert was fair, vanilla cake (guess you can't get too much wrong with that).Weird little side note. I asked for a Fanta and the bartender served me orange juice with soda water and charged me 2.50 quid! That definitely needs to be fixed.Staff was quite friendly and helpful, very polite. No complaints there.Overall thoughts: with a bit of a refurbish and some revamping in the food arena this could be a good place to visit. As it currently stands I wouldn't suggest going out of your way to have a meal there. I'm just happy I didn't have to pay full price.

Tried this place out as it was recommended to me, ok let me start with the food, didn't look appetising to start with, salad looked like it was a day old and most dishes looked like they haven't been cooked fresh just re-heated, the starters were all over the place people using there hands to put food on there plate, really unhygienic.. The empty dishes were not replaced during the duration I was there but I suppose I didn't stay long, the choices for the main dishes were not appealing at all, some of the food didn't even taste like what it was suppose to be? Finally desert was very limited and again it was like just put there for the sake of it, tried the apple crumble with custard, again very disappointing, it was all cold including the custard. The only positive the service was ok. Unfortunately wouldn't go back or recommend this place.

Not enough variety and some of the trays were not refilled often enough!Dark and dingey! A fly landed in my food! I can't think of anything good to say about my visit here unfortunately. Sorry :(We were celebrating a birthday but the disappointment in the restaurant, food and service really put a downer on our visit.I was very disappointed as the website made it sound really good! I will NOT be coming here again!!!!!

Used a groupon voucher for my partner and me. Enjoyed every single food i tried. Chef made fresh fajitas and chicken noodles for us which were delicious. Very clean and delicious food.

Staff needs to be trained.Management only seems to spend additional time on tripadvisor to respond to people's reviews clarifying their great experience (apparently). They only keep toting a random food award they managed to pay their way through.Seriously, you got to have air conditioning in a this big a sized restaurant... We, and I noticed few other tables too, were actually sweating and uneasy by the time we finished the meal. A couple of our friends actually left the table to breath easy outside.I got a groupon deal n thought it would be worth it, what I blundered on was that I did not take the reviews on tripadvisor seriously.The staff carries a rude behaviour and unprofessional way of handling complaints. The management keeps repeating on tripadvisor to have sorted the matter at the time of complaint, but, ALL the staff there seems to have an attitude problem. While all we asked was to replace the coke we ordered because it was genuinely fizz-less. A squash in still water would have more bubbles!! And the waiter started debating over it...Anyway, the food was hovering around average and below average. Pluses-The variety was immense3-4 items were actually nice; spicy chicken wings, stir fry station (live), chicken tikka masala, lamb bhuna and creme' brulee' in desserts.There was a pancake station while I didnt find them catering to even a single pancake request...Still the place had quite a turnout. Probably everyone got pulled in by the 10 pounds buffet deal from Groupon and partially coz it was a saturday...

I have visited this restaurant a couple of times in the past, and remembered it as being a venue where though the food quality wasn't the best, had a vast selection of cuisines and was a fun place to visit. My friends and I visited Tara Tari today for a birthday celebration, and thanks to this experience will not be returning. The 'manager' made us feel unwelcome from entry, forcing us to pay beforehand (though this is not common practice in this restaurant) because he didn't seem to trust that we would pay! He was then continually rude to us on a number of occasions, such as when one member of our party asked if he could have another set of cutlery to eat his dessert with, and was refused for some reason, and told to 'use that one brother', with the manager pointing at a fork that had already been dirtied from the savoury food. I have worked in the service industry myself for a number of years, and found our treatment completely unwarranted and souring. After we had finished, and I had just ordered a £4.25 pint of lager, we were told we had to leave because our table had been booked, even though we had booked ourselves, and had only been there approximately an hour. I'm not sure what this staff member's problem was (all the other staff were polite, though obviously inexperienced) and he successfully made our trip into a bit of a joke. Not particularly appealing considering the already unimpressive prices for the buffet and drinks. Never again.

It was ok, but the food began to emerge into each other that I forgot that I was eating a variety of cuisines including Indian, Italian, Chinese etc. The dessert was nice!!The voucher deal made it worth while, but I don't think that I would pay the full price.May try again in the future!!

Been there with a living social deal all you can eat.The quantity is obviously ok, but the quality very bad.Mix of food that tasted almost the same : Indian (the best one), thai, chinese, italian, mexican, american, etc. Quite good desserts

The concept is a good idea - international buffet, but they failed badly on delivery and quality.The staff appeared to not want to be there, ordered drinks they forgot to give them to us had to ask for the drinks three times!! The first thing that worried me was food poisoning, so I stuck with rice, chickpeas and spinach, which was ok. But I saw some freshly cooked tandoori chicken wings and took a chance, but unfortunately they not cooked properly, the chicken was pink. There was a large selection of deserts I had the vanilla cake and cream brulee, it appeared that the vanilla cake had mice droppings on it, I was so upset as I had already eaten 1/2 if it. Had a row with my partner for taking me to such a terrible restaurant, he had purchased a groupon deal. I said to him you have wasted your money, next time research a restaurant on trip advisor before buying a groupon deal.

Like a number of previous reviews I had a Groupon voucher and Tara Tari sounded like an interesting and inexpensive meal out. In total four of us dined.Parking was relatively straightforward as after 7pm the bus lane on Finchley Road is fair game. As you enter there is a bar to the left, three rows of tables stretching towards the back of the restaurant where the buffet is located. There is a fairly good array of dishes. I enjoyed the green thai chicken curry and rogon josh. A lot of the dishes were not to my taste and some looked to have been on the buffet for quite some time. Much of the food tasted quite fatty but it was edible and there was quite a lot of choice. There is a tepenyaki chef there to cook fresh noodle dishes and prepare fajitas. These were good. Most of the staff were nice and helpful. The soft drinks we had were quite pricey. A small coke will set you back £2.50 and a coffee slightly more. The toilets were not well maintained and the hand dryer held on the wall by strips of brown tape!Overall I liked the restaurant but it's not somewhere I would rush back to. Other similar restaurants are slightly better. That said it's ok and at Groupon prices good value.

Confused international menu, all tasting of coriander, only good thing is the idea of a big buffet.Suggested only if you prefer quantity to quality.

My husband and I took our two children there for Father's Day after getting a Wowcher online. The food sounded great with a huge selection of cuisines so we thought there would be something for everyone- What a DISAPPOINTMENT. It would have been value for money if the food was anywhere close to what it was portrayed as. The Indian cuisine was ok, everything was absolutely hideous. Bland, dredged in oil that upon tasting it was obvious had been sitting there for an eon. The service was swift and that is the only positive thing I can say. The "sushi" bar consisted of seafood sticks wrapped in rice and seaweed- definitely not sushi!! Waste of time and money. And we were all hungry when we left. Hope the restaurateur is reading these reviews and acts upon then quickly.

Food warm not hottongs boiling hot, that's what the food should be like. All drink s warm.pancakes made to order, so tiny laughable. Won't be returning very disappointingcheff stirring food double dipping and linking spoo and putting back errrrrthere is not enough passion from the worker's they congregate around each other chatting and laughing they neec a rocket put up there bum to do some work. Will tell all I know not to bother going there

I purchased a deal from groupon to visit this restaurant £35 for an all you can eat buffet for 4 including a glass of wine.The food was lovely, the wine was a bit like vinegar it was very dry but you can't fault the value. The staff are all very friendly. The front of the restaurant looks like a cafe and there is no parking it took a long time to find the restaurant as this was our first visit to London but would definitely recommend the food.

Visited this restaurant today with my husband and baby. There is a vast amount of food on offer ( mainly asian) and all of it was hot, fresh and wonderful. The red thai curry was the best we have had in ages! The drinks were not so great- warm apple and orange juices tasted like tesco value stuff and cost £3.25!!! The coke was flat and the glasses were small. Wasnt impressed with the service( except one nice friendly man!) The others were unsmiling, unfriendly and quite rude. Our baby son had dropped some food on the floor and one waitor came along and started sweeping it up, pulling the tables apart in order to reach underneath with his broom while we were still eating! He acted annoyed by the mess and didnt reply when I apologised. The other guy took payment from my husband without a single word! Just handed him the machine. No please, no thank you. Awful service! Need some training I believe. However all in all the food was good enough to make us want to come again... just hope different staff are working! :)

I had a poor first visit but thought I'd give it another go as I saw positive reviews. This was far worse than my first visit, rubbery ,cold food, thought I'd try the Indian as I hadn't before and wish I hadn't bothered. Toilets were filthy..as we're the hygiene standards of some of the waiting staff. If anyone's bought vouchers ..get your money back. It's not even worth the discounted rate. Somehow the management feel that voucher users should be getting substandard service...my suggestion is that less time is spent on the Internet blaggarding customers and go and visit other global buffets such as Cosmos and JRC.. Then go and train the staff and keep your toilets clean...if they are caked in faeces, imagine the germs returning to the table. For every negative review there seems to be excellent reviews, I struggle to see how it's possible to have such contrasts, unless different cooks and managers are on duty .... Or the positive reviews are fake...

Poor service, inexperienced staff,poor selection,warm beer and to top it off burned my fingers on the tongs. Anyone thinking of going don't bother wasting your hard earned cash.

Visit Tara Tari as part of All-You-Can-Eat World Buffet and Wine offer on Groupon, booked a table the day before as requested but no great need. Food selection reasonable but could be better. Enjoyed the visit but wouldn't rush back.

Was in Swiss cottage with work did not use trip advisor and went in 'off the street' - never again. Bland and Luke warm food but Thai red chicken curry was ok. No atmosphere.

My husband and I went with an open mind, despite the negative reviews. Unfortunately, all negative reviews were reinforced. The food was absolutely terrible. We have been to several buffets in the London area, and by far Tara Tari was the worst. Their only semi-decent dishes are the Indian ones, other than that all other dishes were horrendous! Having one-two dishes from a country does not qualify this restaurant to include the cuisine in its title. Sushi was terrible to even look at! We were in and out in under 30 minutes. Only positive is that the service was average which shows the managers are receptive to guests feedback. Overall, STAY AWAY!

I've actually been there twice today! The first time I was alone and I was so impressed I went again later with a friend.The staff were very friendly and helpful: they let my friend bring his bike inside, which not everyone does; one man pointed all the vegetarian things out to me; one came running over to me when he thought I'd got something which was not vegetarian as he did not want me to have anything my own principles wouldn't allow and they let us and another group stay for hours without ever getting annoyed. They were very welcoming indeed and they gave me a discount voucher after the first meal which we used with the second.The food was unusually varied for a buffet - it came from so many different countries! It was really good stuff as well.What incredible value it is to be able to eat endless amounts of Indian, Thai, Chinese, Italian and other types of food for those sorts of prices!A great place indeed and so conveniently located right next to a 'bus stop and so no near to two London Overground stations on two different lines (namely Finchley Road & Frognal and South Hampstead) and to Swiss Cottage tube station.

Got a deal to go to this restaurant which is situated almost next to Swiss Cottage Tube.It was quite large inside and tables in very close proximity to each other.nobody explained the way it worked in this all you can eat buffet style restaurant so you just had to figure things out for yourself.first thing I noticed was just how many chicken dishes there were I'm guessing because it's because chicken is cheap. they had one lamb dish and one beef dish some vegetarian dishes too.I was disappointed that in the Italian section they only seemed to have pizza with sparse topping so I never bothered with that. no matter what dish I sampled everything seemed to have an Indian flavour to it be it Chinese or Mexican. Found it a little frustrating that some items on their drinks menu had been discontinued but had not been deleted.Service here would not win any awards but it was ok. I was glad to see that they had fruit on the sweet section and not just the usual array or chocolate cakes etc.To be honest I got full sampling the various foods on offer,would I go for a romantic meal here NO would I go with a group of friends possibly. As long as you like the taste of Indian food you'll be fine Indian Chinese, Indian Mexican Indian Italian etc.

They do have a good selection - however the taste is not up to the mark. For example, there Chinese food doesnt taste like Chinese. They have cooked the Chinese food Indian Style. Sweet n Sour chicken should be crispy chicken, but they have simple put boneless chicken in the sauce. This is not how Chinese Chicken Sweet n Sour is cooked. Egg fried rice were simple basmati rice with eggs.Good selection of dessert. Would I go there again, probably not. Will I recommend this to someone, yes if you just want to give it a go and try other dishes liken Mexican, Pakistani or Indian.

On visiting this restaurant , we found the service to be ok, the food very bland and not what it said on menu, atmos boring and dull!Italian consisted of cheese pizza, indian small drumsticks tandoorish and onion bhaji, hard bits of freezing cold chicken tikka, chinese was plain chow mein which was most flavoursome on the menu, NO OTHER MEAT IN SITE ! Greasy vegetables mainly onion to make freezing cold fajitas , chips freezing dry tasteless.Overall the food was awful I would never visit this place again steer clear !

I visited this restaurant for the first time today and was extremely happy with the fantastic variety of food on offer. The food was delicious, great value for money, and excellent customer service from the staff.This is a great place to go to. You go once and you will most definitely be back again.

Anyone who goes in expecting fine dining is going to be disappointed- which all these negative reviewers are obviously expecting. For a mass buffet, both my boyfriend and I were amazed. Eat what's freshly been brought out each time you go up, don't go for the stuff that's been sitting there. The lemon fish was so freaking good- and I had sushi with every plate.

Fantastic" we visited Tara Tari whilst staying in London with some friends. It was absolutely fantastic"there is lots of choice and everything tasted delicious" I am a fussy eater and I still couldn't get enough on my plate! My favourite course was tha pudding - it was so yummy" we will definitely be visiting again next we came down

Great restaurant would recommend, ate here last weekend and loved the buffet and the bubbly atmosphere. Great selection of Indian, chinese and Italian food. Food was plentiful and well cooked, will definitely go back !

Terrible food: greasy and tasteless, and not at all fresh. I'm not a particularly fussy eater, but I do like food that is fresh, and hot if it is supposed to be hot, cold if it is supposed to be cold.this was the most unappetising eating experience I have eer had. Everything was a tepid temperature, even the salad, and tasteless. So if you like warm greasy food with no taste, this is the place for you. Otherwise, stay clear. It's a good idea, very poorly executed.

Il ristorante, piuttosto buio all'interno, ha un numero elevato di posti a sedere, quindi presumo sia superfluo effettuare una prenotazione se non durante le serate di sabato e domenica. Il cibo è solo sufficiente, in special modo per quanto riguarda il sushi. Alcune pietanze, seppur scaldate all'interno dei pentoloni, non era sufficientemente caldo. I prezzi, inoltre, sono abbastanza cari da listino, quindi consiglio di frequentare la struttura solo se in possesso di buono Groupon (come nel mio caso).

Live nearby and thought we'd pop in for a quick dinner before a movie. Incredibly poor food. All in large heated vats until flavourless mush. "Sushi" was balls of dried up rice in seaweed. Tepenyaki ingredients sitting at room temp all day - if you've never had a stir fry with air-dried ho fun noodles before you might want to give this a try. Even the rice was dried up. Pizza like cardboard. Place almost empty with more staff than customers. Despite that it took 30 mins to take drinks order.

Please people, spend your hard earned cash elsewhere. Although the deal was through a discounted voucher, it was not worth it. Staff in need of urgent customer service training and chef/cooks should be sacked. Very disappointed.

Food provided in the buffet is nothing as described on the website or menu for that matter. Service was TERRIBLE. Plates were not being picked up as waiters went past. Only one waiter bothered to do any work and others wasted time walking around or pretending that they were being useful. E.g. taking 15 minutes to just dry a set of cutlery. Not worth the money at all.

We went with a voucher and thought it was great value for money, food was nice, staff really friendly, certainly loads to choose from! I recommend it!

We wanted a quick cheap meal using our taste card, and that is exactly what we got.There was plenty to choose from, the hot food in the bain maries was nice and hot, the hot food left on hot plates was tepid, the apple custard was nice and hot, and as for the custard once I removed the thick skin it was very nice and thick, just like my husband likes it.The staff were attentive, kept asking if everything was to our liking,Would we go back, if we were in the same situation, wanting a cheap quick meal

To begin with, the food is average at best with a basic selection albeit some tasty dishes such as the vegetables in garlic soy and a few of the poultry dishes and the deserts. I would never return to this restaurant again for this reason: the managers/workers and even the chefs(!!!!) observe your plate obsessively, almost passing a rude judgement. Very disrespectful and completely inappropriate of a buffet establishment. The food is not I repeat NOT worth the amount of damn scrutiny faced. Thank god for platforms like this so I can warn others of this. I should've read some reviews prior to visiting- I would've thought twice!

We came on a wowcher deal (which was a good price), however considering it was a world buffet it seemed to be Asian (Indian and Thai) food or a slice of pizza, a couple of the dishes were mis-labelled and some of the dishes were not very warm let alone hot. A lot of the dishes were for 'evening only' (as we had lunch). Desserts was a choice of Indian desserts, cake or fruit and as I personally do not like Cake or Indian desserts it was an apple for me which was bruised as were most of the other fruit.The staff were lovely though, and couldn't have been more helpful and were always smiling. Overall I would probably not return but more because I do not like Indian or Thai food.

Went here with a friend the other day and absolutely loved it. I was like a child in a candy store trying to decide what to eat first and had to be controlled by my friend so I don't get too excited. I've been to many buffet places before and absolutely love this one, has an excellent variety of lovely tasting food and I would definitely recommend to everyone.

This is my first review ever and I only write it because the place was the worst place I ever been. The actual menu had food on it, the waiter past us 3 or 4 times without picking up the plates so we just stuck them up on the next table. The food was not tasty at all and the chicken wings were probably cooked few days before cause they had a funny taste.Not to mention the toilet seat full with urine. Never ever going to go back. The only thing that made me happy was that I haven't paid the full price.

1st things first, I have rated this very good because we took advantage of a promotional offer, if I had paid full price I would have put it at 3 stars. That said I enjoyed my food here, selection was not the largest but had variable options for most tastes. Service location cleanliness all good. Some of the food such as pizza and pakora seemed to be a bit on the lower end of food quality but fajitas and masala were very good so it evens out. Nothing tasted bad and checking some of these previous reviews, which I read after booking, I was worried but after visiting I dont know where these terrible reviews come from and would reccomend this place to friends, especially with the same promotional offer

great place, value for money food was superb and a very good selection. i would recommend this place to all friends visiting london. ps the creme brulee is to die for soooo good

.Terrible service.moody servants.horrible food.the coke tasted like tesco brand coke.The food is nothing like the website menu.definitely not worth the money

Would not go back to this restaurant again!The service was bad, he asked us have we been there before and we said no and he proceeded to tell his something but was muttering and none of us had any idea what he said.The food was horrible there wasn't that many dishes. I asked where the Japanese dishes were and he said they were only for evening customers. This was the same for alot of other dishes as they had signs on the saying 'Evining only'. I looked on the website before we went and it didn't say anywhere that not all of the dishes were available at lunch.The curry was really watery and the coke tasted watered down too. I do have to say the pilau rice was really nice but that was about it.

An excellent atmosphere, very tasty and fresh food and very friendly staff. A huge variety of food with great option for vegeratian too.

I went to Tara Tari last Friday evening for a family birthday celebration. The restaurant was pretty full and had a good “buzzing” atmosphere. This was my third visit to Tara Tari and the food was every bit as good as my previous visits. As usual I had far too much to eat and then they brought out a birthday cake so I went home completely stuffed! Great evening again and now my sister wants to go there for her birthday with her friends.

We went in for the lunchtime service and the place was nice and quiet. The food was great! Nice and tasty , the salad bar was amazing! I especially loved the sweeetcorn soup.Will definitely go again,

Went here with a friend, as soon as we got in the door and sat down we were Asked if we were ready to order drinks, we had just sat down! About a minute after we were asked again, this was really annoying, majority of the workers are men and made me feel really uncomfortable as they kept staring at myself and my friend whispering to each other then looking over most of the night,one also commented on my outfit and asked how old I was. so unprofessional!!!! Standard and quality of the food is cheap, bland and greasy, defiantly not worth the money! Not to mention as soon as me and my friend had left we felt really sick. I vomited twice once I got home and so did my friend. So unless you want to go and waste £15 on disgusting food that will make you sick and made to feel uncomfortable by old sleazy men then I wouldn't recommend this place.

This is the worst ever terrible food I've had in my entire life, food is disgusting, when I arrived, I couldn't find anything able to eat, half of the food is salad but not fresh, all of the food is not fresh, from salary to fruit. I feel I am a kind of person can eat almost all kinds of food, however, at here makes me impossible to choose. Very disappointing.