Kuti's Brasserie - Southampton

Service was appalling. Took over an hour to get starters and another hour before main course turned up. Food was ok at best. Poor quality mains and not sure the chef understood the menu. Used to be great but owners and staff don’t seem that bothered. Drinks too were overpriced and avoid the watered down cocktails

We visited here while staying nearby the night before boarding a cruise. We’ve seen this building many times when here but never really considered it. However seeing the reviews on here we booked. Firstly I have to mention the staff. Lots of them and all so friendly and efficient. The menu choices are varied from simple curries to more elaborate dishes. My other half is vegetarian and he had plenty of options. He had a paneer curry as a side portion to start. This was delicious. A good sized portion, beautiful flavours and lots of paneer. I had Onion Bhaji. There were three large ones on the plate, light, crisp and probably the nicest Bhaji Ive had. Both starters had a fresh salad on the side. I had the Chilli Chicken for main and he had the aubergine and coconut curry. Both dishes were excellent. Both tasted unique with nicely balanced spicing. I avoided the whole chilli’s in mine and really enjoyed it. We shared a mushroom pilau and a peshwari naan, the latter was my other half’s highlight of the meal. We had some poppadoms as appetisers which were light and non greasy and came with free accompaniments which was nice. It was hard to resist filling up on these. Overall we agreed it was probably one of the best Indian meals we’ve had and will definitely be back.

We chose the restaurant for a birthday lunch. The food was delicious. I would recommend the Murgh Malabari but all the dishes were superb. The service was fantastic and they made our lunch a special occasion.

The staff were excellent, they were attentive, the service was also excellent. Our food was beautifully cooked, the portions were generous, the food was flavorsome and tasty.

We had really been looking forward to visiting Kutis for some time. As a Birthday treat we got a babysitter and planned a nice evening just the two of us. It all started very well, great service order taken very quickly and starters out in reasonable time the prawns were great, the monkfish was ok. We then waited 2 hours for our mains! Two hours between starters and mains. When 1.5 hours had passed we asked where they were and we were told to take the opportunity to have a conversation with eachother . Honestly how rude can you be! We had other reservations 3 hours after our Kutis reservation so we needed to be out by 10pm. Our food then arrived, it was cold as if it had been sitting for a while! In addition the rice was wrong and we were made to feel it was our fault when we absolutely ordered correctly. We sent it back and left. It was a dreadful experience and ruined my Birthday celebration and rare night out with my husband. Its over priced for ok food a real shame and disappointment.