It is such a shame that although I had one of the best meals in a long time last night, the service at Tamarai was absolutely appalling. Having confirmed a table of 11 earlier in the day we were shown a table for 8. It took at least 3 members of staff to come over before they squeezed in 3 more place settings; however, they didn't bother to bring any extra chairs and so we had to ask for them when we could finally get someone's attention. The restaurant itself is very dark, but overall had a good ambience considering it was a Monday night.

We then also had to get their attention to order drinks after patiently waiting 20 minutes. Having ordered our food we were told that the food would be placed on the table and we would have to tell the waiter what we ordered! Some free fois gras was brought to the table, but only 9 plates; we therefore asked if everyone could have one and if one person could have an alternative as they were vegetarian. We were assured that this would be no problem, however, the waiters were not seen again until they brought us our starters.

After some fantastic starters, not only did we wait an hour until our mains, but the dirty plates from our starters were not removed from the table. All the mains arrived together except for some side orders of pumpkin mash. After eating half of my amazingly tasty green chicken curry which was pungently spicy with a rich coconut sauce – without any side dish, we chased the waiters and it was clear that they had been forgotten.

Straight after, another gentleman came over to see if our food was ok and when we reiterated that the side dishes were missing – we were told that they were coming in such a manner that we can only assume that we were inconveniencing him and he walked off rolling his eyes at us.

To be perfectly honest, I am tempted to return simply because the food was fabulous and in my opinion, none of the dishes I tasted could be faulted…however, I have received better service from a well known burger… More