Mayfair Tandoori

The food here was okay and the service was AWFUL! Two tables and the waitress sat and talked to the couple the entire time. It took her ten minutes to realize we were ready to order and we were sitting right behind her and the other customers. This restaurant does not deserve a longer review.

We went here during early lunch hour and did not know what to expect. The restaurant is extremely small (we were not aware of the downstairs until I began to write this review) and seats perhaps no more than 20 people in a tight space. I don’t mind it as long as the food is good. I took a liking to this establishment and was seated at a table.
The rest was downhill. Food was not good and the service did not exist. Appetizers and dinners were brought out at the wrong times and the taste of the food did not make up for the service flaws.

The Mayfair Tandoori is a fantastic Indian Restaurant to which I have been going to for many years and really enjoy the food and friendly staff I would recommend this restaurant to anyone.

Bit worried after reading the reviews. The food was fine, not the greatest, but it wasn’t awful. The atmosphere was a bit strange though. Went on Monday evening, we were the only people in there. Very small shop and so it was extremely quiet. But service was prompt enough, but I’d pick another place if we were to go again.

Lesson learned — look here for food reviews BEFORE going there.
Find another Indian place — NOT THIS ONE — RUN AWAY QUICKLY
Sadly Mayfair Tandoori is AWFUL! I was lured in by the quaint little Mayfair cul de sac area but when I entered, it was loud & obnoxious (unfortunately due to the drunk, loud, and rude Americans — my fellow countrymen) not only at the table across from me but also next to me in the tiny room. Ugh — I was ashamed and embarrassed. Not Mayfair’s fault — I agree. But then I’m met by the waiter who also upsells me some chef’s lamb special — which was, you guessed it, not very good. I kept biting into uncooked star anise that was like wood chips that stuck in my teeth, which i was forced to discretely spit out, and quickly overpowered the almost non-​existent food flavor. Btw — the Lamb meat in the dish was also unflavorful, overcooked, and very sparse. I also ordered some Cauliflower Aloo Gobi — a little better but again lacked in the nice curry and Tandoori flavors I love. Took forever for them to get my bill. The angry man, popping up from the dungeon room below to ask for his bill was also — not pleased. Not trying to bash this little place unfairly, just trying to be honest. Gordon Ramsey should visit this place for Kitchen Nightmares —
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Underwhelming — both food and service. Argh! How did we manage to hit two bad Indian spots in London?
Service was slow and the staff didn’t seem overly helpful nor friendly. I ordered the butter chicken and it made it into the list of 10-worst-I’ve-had. Since we seek out Indian food wherever we travel (not to mention at home), this is certainly saying something.
Not recommended — hit up the Caffe In (also in Shepherd Market) for curry chicken as a much more satisfying alternative.

Whoa — I log into Unilocal,and now see that my favorite, local indian restaurant in London (Mayfair) has a very low rating here. I see the other folks here seem to have had some bad experiences that I have never observed. I’ve been to this restaurant 3 times, and each were great. The food is very fresh, and homemade. I can say it is my favorite indian restaurant in all of London! The owners are very nice, the menu is extensive, and the food is great! Will continue to go back and I hope the ratings pick up here!

This place is really strange… I went there at what seemeed to be like a non-​busy time, there seemed to be one guy working there and he kept dissapearing (maybe to cook the food)… the portions were very small and the curry was not very spicy

We were visiting London and staying in Mayfair, after going to the pub next door, we decided to try Mayfair Tandoori.
The place looked packed, but really there were only about 4 tables in the upstairs area that you can see, when you walk in… we thought we were going to have to wait, but we were taken downstairs and were seated where we were the only ones. It felt like we were dining in a dungeon. From the start our waiter tried to upsell us; beer, wine, etc. We ordered 3 dishes, rice, raita and 4 orders of Naan, followed by 1 large beer. The waiter didn’t speak English very well and he couldn’t really understand what we were saying. We asked him questions about the plates, but he had no idea what we were talking about. «is the chicken white meat?» «yes the chicken is boneless»…uhhhhh?
Our waiter was standing right behind our table the whole time staring at us and it was super awkward.
The Naan had way too much butter on it, but it was the best thing we ordered. The first dish was very small and it was cubes of chicken, it was ok. The raita was literally sour cream with some shaved cucumbers on top (Yuck). The rice was rice pilaf, not white rice like we had ordered. The chicken tikka masala dish was ok (at least it was white meat), the 3^rd dish, they forgot to bring.
After we finished the food that they had brought us, we were still starving so we asked for the dish they ha forgotten and ordered more naan. The tandoori chicken tikka was wayyy too greasy and with it, they brought out a bright green sauce that had a ton of green food coloring in it and tasted like sugar water with a hint of mint.
The bathroom was dirty and they had a single cloth hand towel in there… sooooo unsanitary, not to mention there was a spider that crawled across the table!
$ 47 pounds later, we were still really hungry, grossed out and annoyed.
If you are in Mayfair looking for a place to eat, stay away!

We were really looking forward to this meal but were very disappointed. Taken downstairs and placed at a table with curry stains, and napkins all over the place. Drinks prices not on show £8 FOR TWO LAGERS OUT OF A CAN opened in front of us. Persuaded to order an xtra vegetable dish for a further £6 and 10% service charge (optional) but by that time you just wanted to get out! Service curt and unfriendly! WE WILL NOT BE BACK.