Baluchi - London

Arrived in time. Restaurant was approximately 50% empty. Table was not ready. Asked to take a seat in the bar. Around 12 14 min later were taken to our table for 2. No menu. Few minutes later came food menu. No drinks menu. Requested papad with my drink, took 10 min before serving papad but wanted us to order food. Starter deserved 4 stars but kofta curry was bland and nothing like any Indian cuisine. Ordered pan kulfi was served two dollops of ice cream with grossly over powering pan flavouring added with touch of falooda ingredients. This was an insult to kulfi, priced at £12.50. When asked by staff about food, informed him about our opinion on the kulfi. He agreed that it had excessive pan flavouring and confessed that he had tasted it before it was served. This dish deserved minus 5 rating. The food is nothing like Baluchi at Lalit’s in Delhi and Mumbai. Baluchi London will be not be on our list for future.

The food was perfect, Every single mouthful was delicious, The mixed starter was superb. The curries the biryani had great depths of flavour. The naans were light and fluffy. Enjoyed every single mouthful of the meal.

We went for breakfast and the restaurant isn’t set up for non-hotel guests to have breakfast. The menu was very limited (3 choices, continental breakfast, full English breakfast or Indian breakfast) and there were very few people in the restaurant meaning the atmosphere wasn’t the best. The full English breakfast was very nice and the staff were extremely friendly and attentive.

Great food, great service by Sudeep. We ordered veg biryani (very yumm), paneer tikka, rasmalai (super soft).

Really really good Indian Fine Dining incorporating British ingredients such as scallops and Kentish Lamb all presented in the beautifully renovated dining room adjacent to the Lalit London which had previously been an old school