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London
Croydon
Imperial Lounge & Restaurant
Imperial Lounge & Restaurant Reviews

Imperial Lounge & Restaurant

Indian, Vegetarian, Asian, Contemporary

Dishes priced around£9

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Reviews of Imperial Lounge & Restaurant (145)

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4.9/6

145 reviews

4.9/6

145 reviews

Food:Outstanding
Atmosphere:Pleasant
Service:Great
Value for money:Good value
Waiting time:Exceptionally Good
Noise levels:Pleasant
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"Average"
3/6
Aruna G.9 months ago · 1 review

Ambience, staff were nice. Food was very average and not up to standard

"Excellent"
6/6
Lynn F.9 months ago · 1 review

Excellent food, amazing choice of dishes and something a bit out of the ordinary.

"Very good"
5/6
Sumeet R.9 months ago · 3 reviews

Delicious food and great service! Good ambience and plenty of space to sit and enjoy

"Very good"
5/6
Shagufta K.9 months ago · 1 review

Brilliant food quick service, beautiful restaurant to sit in , but pricey

"Excellent"
6/6
Thahira S.9 months ago · 82 reviews

Delicious dishes, the Samosa Chaat is one of the best I've had. Staff were also very polite and attentive thank you

"Excellent"
6/6
Palvi G.a year ago · 1 review

Visited Imperial Lounge and restaurant for the first time for my husband's birthday. All the staff served us with a smile, so polite and welcoming. Food was amazing. Thank you for a lovely evening

"Good"
4/6
Payal V.a year ago · 5 reviews

the food is good, but the price is not so good

"Excellent"
6/6
Dharmik P.a year ago · 5 reviews

Amazing Environment, with delicious food. Must try Indo Chinese- authentic dishes.

"Excellent"
6/6
Manisha G.a year ago · 1 review

Always a great example etiem everyone. We had a guest visiting from the US and he himself wanted to come here from last time’s experience. Top marks.

"Not good "
2/6
Payal V.a year ago · 5 reviews

service was good but food was not!! not visited for a while so was looking forward to having our favourites but the taste of the food was not the same, bland and boring and overpriced!!! me and my son also were vomiting that night so definitely didn't enjoy that meal.

"Excellent"
6/6
Sharmela M.a year ago · 14 reviews

Never fail to make me a happy customer portion sizes have gone down but did great as always

"Excellent"
6/6
Sharmela M.a year ago · 14 reviews

The whole group loved the variety of taste in the food always recommend Imperial lounge

"Excellent"
6/6
Sharmela M.a year ago · 14 reviews

Always my go to restaurant never fail me. Love the starters

"Good"
4/6
Sharmela M.a year ago · 14 reviews

All good but slow service but they were very busy today

"Excellent"
6/6
Sharmela M.a year ago · 14 reviews

D definitely try the salt and pepper fish amazing taste.

"Excellent"
6/6
Payal V.a year ago · 5 reviews

good food and good service. prices could be more reasonable but as a treat it's ok

"Good"
4/6
Sharmela M.a year ago · 14 reviews

Food took longer to come weren't much staff around to ask but overall fine

"Excellent"
6/6
Sharmela M.a year ago · 14 reviews

Hungry lunch time went for starters with colleagues as usual was perfect

"Excellent"
6/6
Sharmela M.a year ago · 14 reviews

Perfect service delicious food always accommodating staff and go there at least every week

"Awful"
1/6
Sangita P.a year ago · 1 review

The restaurant service was not very good at all. We waited about 45 minutes for our starters and we didn’t even get our mail so we left without having any main food.

"Average"
3/6
Jeff R.a year ago · 1 review

Rice with our main course we'd ordered came out 30 mins after we'd eaten main course which spoilt the experience, when advised manager he seemed reluctant to offer any compensation, so he agreed for "1" drink on house. Then when bill arrived the rice was included, so we had to mention it all over again. Food was nice though. The outdoor entrance could do with cleaning up, lots of litter around, could put you off eating there.

"Awful"
1/6
hazel M.a year ago · 2 reviews

My son birthday celebration...His favourite dish is Massala Mongo' The table was booked for 7pm and our orders placed at 7.20pm. We asked for the starters and the mains dishes to be served at the same time. The first starter (a chaat) arrived at the table at 8pm. No drinks, had to remind the waiters that we ordered drinks as soon as we arrived at 7.05pm and an hour later we haven' t receinved our drinks. At 8.30pm, part of the starters, rices and nans arrived at the table, no main dishes so asked to speak to the manager and explained how can a customer receive rice and nans with no food? The manager explained that the restaurant is really busy and there was a private party on site. However, the manager went to the kitchen and allocated another member of staff to bring our food as soon as it is ready in the kitchen. We order drinks whilst waiting but by 9pm these were not ready. Had to called the manager again and the drinks came straight away. At 9.30pm, we were still waiting for 'massala mongo' and were told that a further 4 tables were waiting for these but this starter was served to the party as soon as it was cooked. We decided to cancel the 'Mongo'order'. What a disappointment with the kitchen service...the blll was well over £200 and the birthday family meal was ruined ...This is not the first time that we experienced delay in serving the food but we always give another chance to businesses but this will be the last time we go to the Imperial lounge on Purley way'!

"Excellent"
6/6
Dharmik P.a year ago · 5 reviews

Food was awesome, nice ambient, staff and services were mind blowing!!

"Average"
3/6
Kowshi N.a year ago · 1 review

I been to this place 3 times before . Compare to that the service was better this time.

"Very good"
5/6
Chirag P.a year ago · 1 review

Recommed as a great place to dine out. Good range of veg/non veg options.

"Excellent"
6/6
viola f.a year ago · 1 review

Excellent service Delicious and good variety of food Nice atmosphere

"Very good"
5/6
Rob C.a year ago · 1 review

For a party of 8, the round table was great.

"Excellent"
6/6
Darren H.a year ago · 1 review

One of the best biryani I’ve had..very good service too..

"Average"
3/6
Priya P.a year ago · 1 review

The Samosa chaat and chicken tikka was good. The seekh lamb was tough. The butter chicken was very sweet and the cauliflower in the cauliflower Manchurian tasted off. Not a great experience.

"Good"
4/6
Gautam N.a year ago · 1 review

Good food and friendly staff We had a lovely evening!!

"Excellent"
6/6
Ranga N.a year ago · 4 reviews

Great food, nice ambience friendly staff, authentic Indian and Chinese food

"Awful"
1/6
Nirali M.a year ago · 1 review

There was hair in our food…we showed it to them and they offered new dish. We almost finished eating so said we don’t want any more. No apologies and no good gesture of giving any discount in bill. It was horrible and I will not go again to this restaurant.

"Very good"
5/6
Saurabh B.a year ago · 1 review

Great indian food especially the chats and stuff is amazing.

"Excellent"
6/6
Rashmi K.a year ago · 1 review

Good food and good ambience , we go mainly for the spicy guava punch

"Very good"
5/6
Parita T.a year ago · 1 review

Staff were friendly and food was delicious. Really nice restaurant and will be back with the family soon :)

"Excellent"
6/6
Suhasini P.a year ago · 2 reviews

Amazing food and this is a fav place of mine!

"Very good"
5/6
Anshu J.a year ago · 1 review

Our second time here. We love the indo Chinese food served at this restaurant. Staples are chilli paneer, veg manchurian fried rice and hakka noodles 😍

"Not good "
2/6
Sheinaz P.a year ago · 1 review

Extremely disappointed. I have had better food in other indo-Chinese restaurants.

"Very good"
5/6
sadie w.a year ago · 1 review

Lovely drinks and food and staff. Piano Music was awful.

"Average"
3/6
Tereza G.a year ago · 1 review

The Imperial came highly recommended so thought we’d try it. The service was attentive and pleasant enough but robotic, no personal touch. Starters: The salt and pepper Okra @ £10.45 was good. Pani Puri was well below average. Bland filling, soggy puris and only yoghurt and tiny tamarind specks on top. No coriander chilli chutney present so pretty disappointing. It’s a basic so can’t understand how one can go wrong with that. The Samosa Chaat was soft, stale pastry, bland potato filling and bland sauces on top. Again a basic that was disappointing. Mains: the Pilav rice and Moilee Fish curry were average- lots of creamy sauce but no balance of distinct spice flavours at all. The Ajwaini Jhinga @ £16.45 was overcooked for 3 x king size prawns with a chewy texture. Desi Chicken curry and Peshwari Naan were ok. The Meethe Baigan was average, no distinct spice flavours. The choice of dishes for the best part was not memorable so a huge let down especially as we love good fresh, flavoursome Indian fusion food.

"Good"
4/6
Milan S.a year ago · 1 review

THe food was great as well, but this time we felt we were rushed since the very beginning to order right away, may be to free the table.. even though we finished 30 mins before the slot finished. We didn't like being rushed.

"Excellent"
6/6
Kanav D.a year ago · 1 review

The food is awesome specially Indo-Chinese and vegetarian curries.

"Very good"
5/6
Dewesh S.a year ago · 1 review

Loved the food , service was well attended Some activity to keep little ones engaged and happy was missing.

"Very good"
5/6
Mandar D.a year ago · 1 review

Good vibes , spacious and nice lounge with live cricket matches

"Not good "
2/6
Gaurav M.a year ago · 1 review

I booked a table for 2PM and got a call at 12:30 that there kitchen will be closed at 2:30. They asked me to come over by 1:30, which was not possible so we didn’t went there.

"Very good"
5/6
Jagoo S.a year ago · 1 review

Service was very good and food was good too. We had pre ordered our starters as we were 13 of us and had a long table.

"Very good"
5/6
Alpa P.a year ago · 1 review

Good food with attentive service throughout the evening. Thank you.

"Average"
3/6
Swapnil R.a year ago · 1 review

Small table for 8 people; felt cramped with no space.

"Excellent"
6/6
Suhasini P.2 years ago · 2 reviews

One of my favourite restaurants and so lucky that it is so close too!

"Not good "
2/6
Steve E.2 years ago · 1 review

The seat in the booth was torn to shreds. The service was rubbish with all of us getting our food at different extended times not eating together. To top it all I had the worst does of the shits the next day. They need to cook the spices !!!!!

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