Aladdin's Indian Dining

The Curryholic

Overall the wife and I enjoyed our usual Friday night curry here but there were a few things that could have made it even better. They have done a great job in the presentation of the dining room and toilets. Very smart, contemporary decor and spotless. Parking is convenient, they have a few of their own adjacent spaces but there's room round and about. Pleasant staff, happy to help but it was busy on our night and they appeared to be a bit stretched. Being almost full resulted in it being a bit loud, you couldn't say the atmosphere was romantic or it fitted the fine dining label. Nice poppadoms and dips but the sheekh kebab lamb was very coarsely ground with the wife finding a bit of gristle. It was also on the hot side, however it did come with an excellent salad and additional sauces. They also split the portion between the two of us on individual plates both with salad. The mains were very good but I would have liked a little bit more depth of flavour, also you would have had a challenge to distinguish between what should have been two quite different dishes. The sides were excellent especially the pilau rice, with non of the all to common red and green food colouring. Even the "dalek" kulfi seemed to be creamier than those we have had before. Nice drinks but unfortunately no pinot grigio blush for the wife. She didn’t complain about her large merlot though. What did annoy me though was having to ask three times for the bill, and when it came we were asked "would you like to add a tip?" In my opinion it's simply not done thing. As a result I made just a token gesture probably just us being miserable but it did put us off. The prices aren't too bad taking all into consideration.

Andrew Hartley

We went to this restaurant on a trip to Stratford and was really impressed. The place was clean and well presented and the options on the menu was great. The food was well priced and portion sizes was ample (we could not finish our plates). The only negative was I did feel rushed by the staff and 1 waiter told us he would give us a couple of minutes but then another waiter came over asking us for a drink order. So there seemed to be no communication between staff. Saying that if you want a great curry this is your place.

John Rhodes

We visited here last weekend on the recommendation of our friends who said it was was their favourite Indian restaurant. I can understand why.. the welcome was warm and generous, the location was excellent and the environment was clean well laid out and presented a lovely modern restaurant atmosphere. I staff were very attentive and efficient, and the quality of the food and its presentation didn’t disappoint ether. I couldn’t fault the experience we enjoyed at all. Well done to all involved, we look forward to returning the next time we are in the area.