Namak Restaurant - (Near , South East)

5 /5 Shabana Qadir: I had a fantastic family dinner here today!!! Loved the food, dessert, drinks excellent service!!!! Every dish had a beautiful aroma and the desserts were to die for!!! Loved this place I recommend highly!

5 /5 farzana qadir: Had such a wonderful experience at Namak ion Saturday. The food is extremely authentic and I’m of a South Asian background. Each dish was cooked to perfection and the flavours were tantalising. I will be visiting again and just to add that Shab’s hospitality was on point and he attended to all our needs. Delicious food and outstanding customer service.

5 /5 Tampha G: What a fantastic dining experience this was! The staff were attentive and friendly. The ambience was chic yet cozy. But most importantly, the food was delectable! Every bite was delightful and the flavours were spot on! A big thank you to the award winning Exec Chef Arup Dasgupta for the delightful dining experience. We had scallops, lamb chops and creamy broccoli paneer for starters followed by even more delicious daal makhani, chefs special lamb shank, a show piece of a biryani lot and breads. We totally overate. I have no idea how we managed to go through the mango sorbet and pistachio kulfi. That was such a gastronomically satisfying experience indeed! Cant recommend the food enough. This ones a hidden gem in South Woodford. Parking was also easily available within a couple of minutes walk and overall the location was great.

2 /5 satender yadav: Very disappointing experience, had to wait for approx 20 minutes at the door with gush of cold wind coming every now and then, even after prior booking with 3 other parties waiting to get acknowledged. After getting a table, we waited for someone to take our orders for next 20 minutes. As no one bothered, we went to the bar to place drinks order and had to call someone for taking our food order later. The food arrived after another 30 minutes and was just ok, nothing too great, although quantity was too little. Somehow they forgot to give us table napkins, even after asking we didn’t get table napkins but tissues ( table napkins issue was limited to our table only). We got in conversation with the neighbouring tables and everyone was super frustrated trying not to ruin valentine day experience. One of the guys from our right side gave up and carried the dishes to the kitchen himself, finally they all left super frustrated. People were getting up and closing the main door as there was no one at the door and it kept opening with cold air coming in. The owner has just put a cloth curtain to contain the cold air, which is not helping much. How much does it take to make a closed space which is so common in most restaurants. We tried not to complain and ruin the day for us, the manager didn’t seem bothered and had the guts to put a 10% service charge for this horrible service. I have seen the restaurent’s response to the reviews on google and can upload the booking confirmation in case you call it a fake review!! So final take- Do not ruin your day, At least dont plan to go there on a holiday or any busy day. believe me, they cant handle.

1 /5 Pabz B: Wouldn’t recommend. Went here for Eid dinner with the family - reserved ahead. The restaurant is minimally decorated - a bit outdated but looks ok. There was no atmosphere here at all - we were some of the only diners there on a Friday evening (after 7pm) - another family came in towards the end however. As a South Asian, I wouldn’t recommend this place for the food - which of course is the only reason you’d go here obviously. I think the food is more tailored to a western palette perhaps - not surprising considering the location. We ordered a number of items from the menu and nothing blew us away - although the prices definitely do. Pretty extortionately priced for what it is and because of this, I expected way better. The biriyani had so many whole dry spices left in there that it left an awful after taste - I had a cardamom, aniseed, part of a cinnamon stick etc in practically every bite - needless to say, most of it was left uneaten. The curries were decent - nothing special at all, have had way better in more basic places. The only decent thing we had was the chilli paneer. The service was not great at all - don’t want to be negative but felt quite unwelcoming and rude right from the start, maybe they didn’t appreciate the fact that we wouldn’t spend money on alcohol. Found the waiter/ manager to be quite rude and abrupt. Will definitely not return.