The best restaurants serving British food in Botwell Hillingdon London

We had heard of the place and it had reasonable reviews. Well from the outside it could do with brightening up and maybe a repaint. There is a small but pleasant beer garden, please note this is part of the same chain as the Prince of Wales in southall. The bar is nice stocked with a reasonable range of drinks as one would expect in a pub, but they do food as well so we had to try it. We started with the tandoori fish it came on a sizzler and was very good, nicely seasoned and not overcooked as fish should be. We then ordered the chicken sheek kebabs unfortunately they were tasteless and a bit disappointing. I had a very interesting chat with the owners son ‘Chandan’ who said they did not use the same recipe as the lamb sheek and I tried to explain it is a choice of different protein and the recipe should be the same as when you order a sheek kebab you expect it to soft springy and have good seasonings such as cumin, fresh coriander , chilli and onion at the least. The chicken ones were disappointing, we then ordered dhal makhani with fresh crispy tandoori roti. Well that was a delight well prepared and fresh. The roti was crispy as we requested , fresh and hot. Thank you a great dish, I found it lacked a little salt but that is a personal preference and the dish itself was great. I would definitely go back as they had much more on offer on the menu and would like to try something different every bar and restaurant has some great dishes and some not so. But that is what food tastings are all about, the venue is worth visiting and trying. You maybe pleasantly surprised by some great dishes. The pub is a little dated and could do with a modernisation especially the old carpet should go, replace it with tiles does away with the old pub carpet pub smell and is alot easier to maintain and clean on a daily basis. There is a small car park outside the front from my recollection but there are the side streets too. With some tweaks and improvements this certainly could be very good venue for a drink and curry any night. Chandan I hope you see this as a positive review and I hope you do change the chicken sheek kebab as they would really be great and keep the food fresh, hot and not overcooked and you’re on to a winner. We will be back to try something else soon :)