Tawa Indian Buffet (Spytty)

My wife and I have been going here for a number of years before and after the pandemic.
The food and choices of different meals are absolutely stunning,the staff are exceptional and give an excellent service,nothing is to much trouble for them.
I would personally recommend this Indian cuisine to anyone. 10/10🙂👍

First off I was fully aware of the cost off this buffet and fully aware that this wouldn't be any fine dining. In that regard I was correct and the food was as expected. A bit bland. That said there was a decent range off curries to choose from including your usual sides.

Staff were friendly and attentive.

What really knocked the the stats down was cleanliness and hygiene. Upon taking a jelly from the fridge one I could see there was mold on top of the jelly. They clearly don't have any use by date system in place as this must have been I'm the fridge a good while.

Secondly. Using the toilets I noticed a damaged seat with sharp plastic. Other reviews also mention this.

Thirdly upon turning around in the toilet I noticed a lot of toilet roll had been thrown all over the wall above the door. Easy to notice and it had clearly been there for a long time. Any decent restaurants that values cleanliness would remove it. This may explain yhe 2 star council rating.

Cleanliness and hygiene isn't hard.

So after visiting numerous times over the past few years, I think Tawa has changed owners now, as the past 2 times I've been in- In June and Now October, I've found the service has been really poor compared to the lovely last owners. The new staff aren't friendly at all, drinks take ages to come, no one is overly smiley or happy and the tables aren't even set up with cutlery anymore.
I thought this was a one off when I came in June but after the same today, we won't be back.
Plus some of the chairs in the booths need a really good deep clean, they're very stained.

Good value for money as you can eat as much as you like. I thought the starters were very good but the mains, curries, were not so good. They were a little bland but adequate. The rice, poppadoms, chips etc. were all good too. The service was very good and it was busy here on a Sunday lunch time so there was a good atmosphere.

I love coming here! The staff are really really great!!! So I have to say that the starters are my favourite! Usually on unlimited food places the starters are vegetarian based? Here, there’s chicken pakora!!! Also the salad is fresh and cold… I love the dressings as well… mint and onions… really lovely.. x x. All the curry’s for main course taste different.. it’s not like they’re all the same just a bit spicier than each other.. they are genuinely unique and tasty… my friend David and I came in early .. and spent time eating and felt relaxed. The ice cream machine is great … i had a bowl with blue sauce … felt like a child again! We paid the bill (with Ash) and it was value for money (especially these days!)
Thanks 🙏 guys!
From Sally and David

Ok so I got stung here. I didn't realize how expensive it would be on a Sunday night. For 2 adults and 2 kids. Plus 4 drinks. £80+ very disappointed. The food was fine in my opinion. I had no issues with staff. Very present and helpful. Hygiene to me looked good. Just the price. If we had been greedy and ate a load of food I would understand but my 2 girls are 2 puddings and a few chips. I will return again but not on a Sunday. Be aware.

Everything we ordered arrived barely warm. Hardly any meat, just some shreds (or should I say flakes) of chicken which they tried to disguise with an abundance of mushrooms. It was just cold and oily. Delivery was late. Mint sauce was like green water. Waiting on a refund through just eat. Everyone's food went in the bin. Wouldn't order from here again and definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone else. No apology from the restaurant when I contacted them.

What happened? Is this under new management? The price has shot up to £22.95 per person on the weekend?! The price board has been removed from the front window too - definitely wouldn't have gone in if we'd have known. The food hasn't improved despite the price increase, and there seems to be less options. Where are the spicy chips? Where is the dessert variety? Very disappointed as we used to frequent here and have previously rated it 5*