The Guru Tandoori in Hounslow

Nice traditional curries on the main menu plus a fast and inexpensive lunch menu and good Sunday buffet. Surrounding are basic, probably not the place for a romantic meal.

Food was amazing! Such good value, the staff were delightful would highly recommend lovely evening had by all

Got there and despite booking, they didn’t seem to be aware of this. Once seated we ordered drinks, one of which was the wrong one. Glasses were visibly dirty. Tray holding the poppadoms was also visibly dirty, the paper lining a poor attempt at covering this. Starters (lamb tikka and Sheek kebab) were both very dry. Others around us also had this same complaint. Saw 2 mice climbing out of the wall and scuttling around tables near the window- completely unacceptable. Staff were alerted and seemed to do nothing to deal with it, except from subtly cover the area with a trolley. Finally, the member of staff who took payment still asked for an additional service charge. On a more positive note, the young chap who had started just 1 week ago was more than helpful, getting us extra drinks and water.

I ordered a takeaway and the food was FULL of oil. Most disappointing. Goan curries are not oily. I know this from years of eating traditional, Goan food. I ordered the chicken cafreal and bombay aloo and couldn’t believe how tasteless and bland both dishes were. I really had high hopes for this place but the food was simply not authentic. To make matters worse, when I got home the oil from the dishes had leaked all over the bag. I appreciate this may have been a bad batch but due to this poor experience I wouldn’t recommend this restaurant at all unfortunately. The best thing was the rice and poppadum with mango chutney!

Great food served by excellent staff, good choice, reasonable prices. The lunch menu is amazing value.

The premises for this restaurant are a little unconventional and rather 'industrial' in feel. The staff were very pleasant and helpful and found us a table overlooking the river. The food arrived promptly and was very pleasant and felt like good value.

I live in Brentford and have used this restaurant on several occasions over many years. I am therefore sad to have to be critical about my experience of dining there. It is usually a fine to go and, to provide a totally honest review, the food we had was fine. Fairly standard fare. So, why the poor review? A few reasons. We booked so it was no surprise to the restaurant that we would be arriving at 8.00 pm which we did. There were plenty of empty tables and I asked if we could have a particular table beside the window which was near to other diners. The waiter said no because it was not clean. We were offered another table by a window a bit out of the way. We were then told we could have the original table as it had been cleaned now. Why not just offer the table. It was available? Moving on, we ordered wine, popadoms, and dips which arrived fairly promptly. Soon after, we were asked if we wanted to order. We asked for a little time. We had just started eating the popadoms. The waiter then said that the kitchen closes at 9.00 pm so we should order. Now, this is a Saturday night in a London restaurant. It was about 8.15 to 20 pm. They took our booking for 8.00 pm so knew they would have customers at that time. What Indian restaurant on a Saturday evening shuts its kitchens at 9.00 pm? None in my experience particularly one that also takes orders and home delivers. So, we ordered our main course. As we were ordering, I asked my wife if she would like anything else from the menu. The waiter said: 'that's enough' and whipped the menus away. A particularly rude thing to do. Clearly, he didn't want us to order much food. Our main courses arrived fairly quickly. They were piping hot (temperature not ingredients). I think some of the food saw the inside of a microwave as it was almost artificially hot. As we were eating, we noticed that they were closing the bar down at around 9.00 pm. There is a large bar that the restaurant uses on the premises. Soon after this, they started to shut down the restaurant - cleaning, clearing, clanking about the place, turning off lights. they were essentially locking up. There were other people in the restaurant but not many. When we had finished our main course, the waiter was on us pronto clearing up. No offer of a dessert menu - which was on the original menus that were whipped away as we finished our popadoms. They definitely wanted customers out by 9.15 to 9.30 pm. There were two waiters. One doing his job, very nice, the other, who took our order is the boss I think was rude. He was certainly trying to hurry us out. So, we were out of there by about 9.20 pm. All in all, by the time we were seated and had our first part of the meal, we had about under an hour there. It was an unpleasant and rushed experience. Such a pity as the food was fine and one of the waiters was also fine. So, if you want to go out and have a nice pleasant unrushed meal with anyone, this is not the place for you. This place closes by 9.30 pm on a Saturday by my experience as it had closed by that time when we were there. They had no interest in customer service at all. Even if the food was brilliant, a restaurant still has to care about the customer experience. My advice is to go somewhere else. There are plenty of good Indian and other restaurants in Brentford - which is a great borough by the way. I have lived in Brentford for over 24 years and, as mentioned, used this restaurant before. What a disappointment then to find it has gone downhill like this. We will not be going back. We shall take our customer elsewhere.

We found this place as we were staying close by. Reservations are not always necessary. The atmosphere was casual and it had a great menu for adults and a smaller menu for kids. The kids menu is usually only available at lunchtime but they were kind enough to make something for my 7 year old. Food was amazing… we ate there twice in 3 days! Great prices and service.

Frequent diner usually before or after a movie at the Watermans Cinema. Great selection of curries and the service is excellent. My favourites are Chicken Tikka Biryani, Chicken Tikka Bhuna and Chicken dhansak.

Delicious food, friendly staff and good service in a lovely spacious restaurant next to the river. Outside space to relax with a drink too. Recommended.

Came here on a Sunday for Buffett . It was lovely . I had Chicken tikka and sag aloo with boiled rice. It was really really good . Plenty of tender chicken great sauce and Nan bread . I’m sure that I ate more than I would have normally . Will definitely be back . My 4 year old granddaughter loved it too . Lovely view of the river too

We love going to the Guru when in Brentford. Food is fun and unexpected for the space around a community centre and film theatre. Do try it.

Had dinner here with three couples. The food was nice. But the service was a bit “all over the place”. We got our mains together with our starters. So it was rather difficult to enjoy a relaxed meal, because we felt we had to hurry to prevent our food from getting cold.

Found this restaurant by accident and loved it. It’s not smart and is part of a community centre- but the staff were lovely the plates piping hot and the food delicious. I had the Goan fish curry and my friend had prawn korma. Both very flavoursome and served hot. Good location by the river and we watched Heron fishing while we ate

Simply the best Indian restaurant in Britain. I tried the lamb passanda, which was delicious. The peshwari naan was crisp and sweet, just how I like it. Did I mention the beautiful view of the Thames and the friendly staff? Highly recommended for dates and friends' outings. They have a fabulous all you can eat buffet at weekends.

Went here for a light lunch, but actually portions were generous. We had a set lunch which between the two of us came to just £13.50. The foods tasted freshly cooked and arrived much faster than I had expected. While we waited we watched the birds on the opposite riverbank, and this particular day there was a lot of activity on the river itself, periodically a group of people standing on surf boards would glide by, some dressed in superhero costumes. Really made me wish I had a decent camera on my phone!After hanging about for a while, we enjoyed a hot chocolate, which was delicious. This is my second visit, but first time of eating. The first visit I watched a show in the small theatre. This time I visited the exhibition space, the displays were thought provoking and we left discussing the various displays - always a good sign, if it doesn't lead to a discussion, it probably didn't make you stop and think.Only downside to this visit was the temperature of the water in the Ladies, depending on which sink you used, you either got pleasantly warm, or scoldingly hot!Definitely will be going back. Parking was nice and simple, it was a little chilly and too windy to sit outside, but on a warmer day, this would be ideal.

Fancied a curry yesterday . Phoned for over 30 minutes eventually answered but had no one to deliver . Disappointed

Very good indian, service is perfect, good food, we love it. See you next time. Good beer, good staff

I thought long and hard in sharing this hidden gem with everyone as I want to keep it all to myself!! It’s a council run site with this basic seating restaurant alongside the theatre and cinema but you can book a table overlooking the river. I love it.Have come here three times in the past couple of weeks.Why? Because the food is like home cooked food. Hot and delicious and plentiful. It’s not spicy because I think it’s geared to the clientele but I find it tasty.I’ve had many of the dishes but always choose the pakoras as a starter with the green chutney. The peas keema is good as is the Tarka daal. Yesterday I had the chicken saag which I enjoyed.I hope this place continues to thrive for a very long time.

Have visited Guru at Watermans for over two years now and really like their express lunch menu. This place has been a favourite for work lunches, birthdays, Christmas etc. Would like to try their a la carte menu in the evening with my partner soon.

Generous portions, great tasting, friendly service, flexible with the menu as one of us wanted chicken instead of lamb which wasn't a problem at all, brilliant value. Lovely laid back venue with big open space and great river views. I'd say you were daft if you expect some pretentious, perfect restaurant inside a community project building. Worth a visit.

Just visited this waterside curry house and here is my reaction. Positively the food was satisfactory and the location and view excellent. Negatively the service was slow despite few diners when we arrived, and the main waiter was polite but not very smiley or welcoming. We really wanted to like this place as we often go to the Cinema here, but our overall feeling was one of disappointment. We shall give it another shot but the jury is currently very much out.

We have wanted to try this restaurant for some time as it is in a wonderful location with fantastic Thames views. A visit to a late afternoon film promoted a visit afterwards. Wonderful river views, but slow, unsmiling, uncommunicative service with mediocre tasting curries. I had the Goal fish curry. It tasted ok, but being one of my favourites I have to say I make a better one myself. My husband had a very sickly tasting chicken tikka masala. He ate it iI would have leftbit. This restaurant needs to up its game. It should be a gold mine with its location but unfortunately it is lacklustre and uninspiring.

I ate at The Guru last night after watching a film at Waterman's cinema with a friend. We ordered lamb badam passanda and Chicken rogan josh, dhal and pilau rice. It was pretty obvious before we started to eat that the sauces the lamb and chicken were in were exactly the same, an orange-red gloop, with no discernable tomatoes, peppers in fact anything apart from the gloop. The rice was too soft and the dahl simply wasn't that lovely spicy dhal that I've had in other restaurants. The portions were, however, generous.

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to meet up as a huge family under the same roof- it was very memorable!

Great, hospitable atmosphere and courteous, pleasant service. This restaurant could be simultaneously formal yet informal, and still allow for a comfortable dining experience.

Let's take it chronologically:-

We dined here after watching a film at the Watermans theatre. The restaurant is a little soulless but the service was very good and the wine was excellent. We enjoyed a chicken jalfrezi and a paneer tikka masala plus a nan bread and rice. The food was really tasty and we look forward to returning soon especially during the day so we can enjoy the view over the Thames.

Went to the watermans to watch Murder on the Orient express. Good selection, friendly staff who made sure we didn't miss the film, they even packed and held on to doggy bag until we collected after the film.

This restaurant is located within a local Arts Centre and right on the river Thames.

Ate hear after going to the cinema at watermans. lovely river location. Attentive, polite staff, food freshly prepared and very reasonable, very relaxed atmosphere, recommend, more cafe than restaurant but well worth film and food and spying on the river, lots to see.

He comido en el gurú durante toda la temporada de fútbol. Sencillamente la comida de calidad para los precios que cobran es FABULOSO! El servicio es fantástico. Altamente recomendado.

Fuimos allí después de una noche de cine en Watermans temprano. El servicio era amable y eficiente, pero era un poco básico y de frío. Teníamos dos platos de Goa, cordero y otro de pollo uno jakuti (no puede comprobar el menú - el vínculo está roto en su sitio web). Ambas estaban muy bien en una especie de manera de sosa en Goa siempre nos preguntó cómo queríamos la comida picante y normalmente terminamos con un nivel para nosotros, mucho más caliente que el predeterminado. guru También teníamos arroz y vegetales dansak (decepcionante - sosa y principalmente una especie de sopa espesa). Con una botella de vino y propina llegó a 50 libras por dos.

El restaurante está justo en el río que tienen unas vistas estupendas, la comida es típica de la cocina india, la comida estaba bien, pero no estoy seguro de si volvería

Cuando entré en este restaurante me pareció v simple/básico/antiguo y asumido la comida sería demasiado. Sin embargo, la comida hecha para la decoración básica! Aunque no hubo una enorme selección de buffet de almuerzo, la selección había delicioso! ! ! El servicio era un poco lento, pero la comida era realmente una agradable sorpresa que el resto de realmente no importa. Volveré de nuevo a mi cara! cosas !

Seguimos nuestro olfato para encontrar esta joya! El olor de la comida de la India nos condujo a lo que nos pareció que era un centro de la comunidad. Abajo encontramos un bar, restaurante y el cine local. Nos tomamos una cerveza y nos trasladamos al otro lado para sentarse y leer el periódico en cómodos asientos antes de conseguir una mesa para dos. El menú cubierto todos los indios lo básico restaurante sin ser demasiado largo. El servicio era agradable y eficiente, las porciones eran decentes y comida era deliciosa. Había mucha gente, pero no tienen una enorme espera en entre campos. Cuesta alrededor de £30 para 2 de nosotros... poppadoms, encurtidos, entrantes y platos principales... realmente lo disfruté.

Encontramos este restaurante mientras google alrededor del hotel estábamos; sin embargo, físicamente no fue encontrar lugar que fácil, ya que estaba situado en el "complejo" de una óptima ubicación de waterman - algunos signos en el suelo/nivel de la calle habría sido más bienvenido especialmente para nosotros, viajeros y nuevo en la zona!

We seem to visit this place whenever we are in the area, the food is very good, although I'm not an expert on Indian food. Service is also good.

Guru Tandoori is an oasis tucked away at Waterman's in Brentford. The lunch menu is breathtakingly satisfying and the staff are very courteous at all times. The owner Francis will go smile for you to have a memorable night out.

Very ordinary food, though it is enticingly described on the menu. Slightly stingy portions too, for the price.Interesting to note that you pay an extra 10p to watch your pint coming from the bar to your table - Guinness is £4.05 a pint if dining and £3.95 if you go to the bar yourself.

We booked a table at Guru for a meal prior to watching Amy on Saturday night. Having read the previous reviews all I can say is that the staff/chef at Guru must have seriously stepped up their game. The food we ordered was perfectly cooked and served in good time for us to go in and watch the film which meant we didn't have to rush. Not the sort of place you'd expect an Indian restaurant and we had a great view of the river too, which made it a bit special. We were very impressed. Top marks for Guru!

I have eaten here many times but never thought about reviewing it for some reason. If you live in the Brentford/Kew area or are attending something at Watermans Arts you really should try the Guru Tandoori. For £4.99 they serve a lovely lunch. There are meat and vegetarian options, served with lovely fresh bread, crisp salad and perfect rice. Tremendous value and free chilled water. And depending on the tide a view of the Thames or the Thames mudbed! I took someone who hadn't been there yesterday and she raved about the quality and value. Hence this review, better late than never.

Had been to this place quite sometime back and wasn't at all impressed with it. This was my last visit there. The food was just hitting the average line (if there was one). The staff were very laid back and service was found wanting. Visit if this is the last place open.

What a disappointment, worst food and service I have ever encountered. It's a brilliant idea a curry house in the cinema / theatre but falls flat on its face because of the food and service.A non smiling menacing looking waiter showed us to our seat, and that was the end of any pretence at hospitality. Bhaji's were Luke warm and fell apart, obviously been cooked for ages and then warmed up. Chutneys were like water.Waiter took away empty plates but asked us to keep our cutlery, we refused. He then bought our main meal. Rice on a plastic plate, and chicken tikka masala and gobi aloo in what can only be described as pudding bowls! Slop in a bowl is a pretty good description. We sent one back as it was not even warm and refused to pay for it.Place is generally dirty looking, dated, and unfriendly, with very poor quality food. Never going back!!

Rudest waiters I have ever encountered!!!! Booked a table for ten so we could have a meal before watching a film. Booked the table for 7 - the film was at 8.45 so we assumed we had plenty of time. Had to ask three times before anyone came to take an order. Then the waitress who came (after we'd been there over half an hour!) could only take an order for drinks and poppadoms. I said excuse me twice to two different waiters who dismissed me rudely with a hand gesture and carried on walking! At that point I complained. We did then get our order taken. But the food was a dreadful disappointment when it came. We all ordered different dishes but most of them looked identical: meat in a red sauce. Some people in our group left most of their food. I ate mine: it was distinctly average. It was supposed to be butter chicken which is usually my favourite curry but it just tasted like chicken chunks in the kind of cook in sauce you could buy in Tesco. It took ages to get our bill too - I had to ask three times - and we only just got our seats in the cinema as the film was starting. If you want a curry in Brentford, try Sam's Spice just down the road from The Guru. Far better food and the waiters are delightful!

My boyfriend and I ate at Guru Tandoori at the Waterman Arts Centre before a film last night. We had planned to go somewhere else but time didn't permit so we did a quick survey of the so called restaurant area, and open cafeteria style kitchen. It didn't look good with laminated photographs of popular dishes etc, but we felt that we shouldn't judge a book by it's cover and the menu looked ok, although expensive, with a few Goan specialities which we were optimistic about.We ordered a Goan chicken dish, a king prawn patya and three vegetable dishes. When they arrived they all looked the same shade of brown slop and tasted like Keen's curry powder! The prawns were like rubber, the chicken was completely dry, the brinjal wasn't cooked. The sag paneer was disgusting and was obviously fished out of a sag aloo as it had bits of potato in it. It was beyond disappointing and the sulky exhausted looking waiters seemed to be embarrassed because of it. I do not think I have had a worse meal. When the £45 bill came we felt violated.We live locally and are very committed to patronising local businesses but this was insulting. If you find yourself in Brentford and feel like an Indian meal try Sami's Spice on the High Street. The quality of the food is 100% better at half the price and it's BYO.

The staff were very efficient and friendly, we received a warm welcome and were given prompt attention whenever we needed it. The food was freshly cooked to order and very good.

The restaurant is situated within the Waterman cinema/theatre complex and hence easy to miss from the road. Very good service and food. The two of us paid £60 including tip for lots of food, beer G & T and a bottle of wine. There is a separate bar area offering Indian snacks.

We went to the restaurant after a visit to Kew gardens, and in celebration of my mother's birthday. We remembered this restaurant from over a decade back, when my sister used to do dance performances in the adjoined theatre. The venue itself is odd. It enjoys a prime location overseeing the Thames, however the interior is horrible. It is a dated purple colour with exposed piping, paint falling off everywhere and mould enjoying a growth spurt above us. It is very open and integrated into the cinema area, which seems ridiculous. The serving area for the food looks like a school lunch area, so cheap and tacky. One of the worst decors I've come across in any restaurant (2/10 for decor). The food was bad. There are only 2 dishes that prevented this review from being a 1/5. The chilli chicken was good (9/10) flavoured well and with soft chicken. The butter chicken was also average (7/10). Every other dish was very poor. The paper was flavourless, the lamb and chicken starters in the mixed grill were overcooked, as was the onion bhaji, the daal was not tarka daal but a cheaper alternative, the rogan josh had a layer of ketchup on it and the quality of the meat was extremely poor, the spinach was old and covered in too much oil. It was horrible, one of the worst Indians I've had in my life. The food overall (3/10)And the pleasure of this horrible food- £90 for 5. I wouldn't come back here, even if the views are fantastic.

Love this restaurant . Good value for money lunch time special . Great view of the Thames . Lovely food and lovely view

We were staying across the road at the travelodge and were told to try here. We were not disappointed as the food was really tasty and great value. Loved it and would return

Cutting it a bit fine before a film at the Waterman's, Guru Tandoori served up a snappy supper just in time, we resolved to return for a more leisurely dinner next time.

Always go here when i visit London and the food is fantastic and reasonably priced. The surroundings are lovely too, and on a summers night you can look out to the river. Menu is extensive and service is great. Highly recommended. Love it.

I attended a 90th birthday meal here with a group of about twenty five people. The food when it came was reasonably good. Unfortunately it was nearly an hour in coming by which time the young (great-grand) children in the group - who were served last - were getting fractious. The abrupt end of the meal was also rather startling in that one of the staff said "we need your table". We imagined it was a joke until they removed it! They then returned for the chairs leaving 4 guests standing! I suppose the conclusion is food not bad, customer relations abysmal.

This is the 3rd time we have been here in the past 12 months. We always stay in the area when we come to twickenham for the rugby & the food here is fantastic. The staff are very welcoming & attentive although because we always arrive around 9.00pm there have been very few or no people in & we were the last people in there. I would imagine they get more early evening diners before going to see a film. But saying this, we were not rushed & were able to enjoy our meal in a relax atmosphere. The food was fantastic & there was so much of it. We had popadoms, chutneys, starters, main course, rice & nann breads with drinks. We couldn't eat it all. The bill was very reasonable too. Thank you for an enjoyable meal at the end of a great day( even though england lost!), we will definately return.

good food, good service and very reasonably priced. the view over the Thames is something that could add 100% to your bill elsewhere.

I suppose I would call myself a regular at the Watermans Arts Centre. The food and ambiance is excellent. The Guru Tandoori does a very good lunchtime menu for £3.99 which I have, and my favourite are the wraps. I go to the Watermans for the ambiance - it overlooks the river, the staff are very friendly and remember my name and the food is very good and cheap. The parking is free as is use of the internet - both impossible to find these days. I did read some reviews beforehand about voucher experiences, but I am presuming that there was another chef working there, as it really is good value anyway. The cinema is also good, I think it is the cheapest in west London costing a fiver on Monday nights.

The two previous reviewers both experienced the meal deal here.99I cannot comment on the meal deal but having eaten here four times I can honestly say this is one if the best places for a curry in London ( and I am comparing against the best).The food is exceptionally flavoursome, and the riverside window seats give a grand view of the Thames. OK the mango chutney with the poppadums is a bit runny, but the quality of the tandoori starters and main course curries more than compensates.Competent service, moderate prices.

I know we were on a voucher set menu, but this meal was just plain awful and ruined our evening. The thali had no flavour, the popadoms were a cardboard and goodness knows what that aditional yellow tastless liquid was - all slopped on a single metal tray as though we were Prisoners in Cell Block H on Indian night. Avoid!

I should begin by stating that we visited this restaurant on a voucher deal which included both cinema tickets and a meal, so we were probably not having a typical dining experience. Notwithstanding that, we had a pleasant bite to eat before going in to see out film, in a restaurant with a lovely view of the Thames.Our arrival, however, was somewhat inauspicious. Prominent notices indicated that those on the meal deal had to fetch their own drinks from the bar - fair enough, I suppose, as we were being "cheapskates", but it did make us feel slightly like second-class citizens as other diners had their drinks brought to them.However, thinks looked up from there. The service was prompt, which is particularly welcome on a pre-film package. Our offer included the choice of a chicken or a vegetable thali, and we both opted for chicken. The thali included a good selection of different offerings with various flavours, and although it looked quite small on the plate, it was in fact quite filling.All in all a pleasant pre-cinema meal. We had a little time to kill after we finished, so we went and sat out on the terrace with our drinks, watching the river flow by and a heron fish for food!