Ashoka Review
The summary review is shown below.
Summary
So here are the results of the Scottish jury. Our first trip by plane which was certainly a novel way of getting to a curry house.
We certainly had a great weekend but I think we were a little disappointed with our meal. The restaurant was rather cramped and a little bit dowdy for our liking. The score is still reasonable but there does seem to be a different taste in evidence in a lot of the dishes. The waiter explained the Ashoka group sell similar food throughout it's chain of 40 or so restaurants so we can only assume this suits the Scottish pallate.
As far as the MKCC go we like our curries with fuller rounder flavours with less of the sweet and sour influence. Perhaps we need to travel around all parts of the UK to test the theory that curries vary throughout the regions.....
Scores are below:
| Item | Score |
| Location |
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| Ambience |
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| Food |
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| Service |
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| Value for Money |
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| Cleanliness |
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| TOTAL | 19.0 |
Other Comments
Here is a selection of some of the other comments from the evening......
- Great poppodoms. To quote Ian "the best poppodoms I've ever, ever had!
- Very large starters - a meal in itself
- To full to enjoy more
- Lamb Bhuna Khorai was not too my taste.
- There was a sweet and sour taste familiar across a number of dishes
- Excellent nan
- Great sundries
- Lots of food which is what I expected from previous trips to Glasgow
- Not too sure about the similar undertone of tartness in many of the dishes
- Staff very willing to go out of their way to answer our many questions
- Haggis pakoras very tasty. Not the gimmick some of them thought this could be
- A bit crammed and noisy
- Formica tables - quite a functional family restaurant
- Restaurant nothing special and did not live up to expectations
- Tasty fish starter
- Good and friendly staff
- Keema nan a bit greasy although tasty all the same
- Good to see lots of families and kids
