Lumbini

Service was poor, food was cold and nothing special, which was a shame because I was anticipating something different. We were shown to our table on arrival and left with the menu...20mins later I called a waiter to ask if we could order drinks, then had to call them over again to order food, but he said his colleague would take our food order. Two of the waiters just walked up and down looking at customers and didn't seem to know what to do, except serve drinks and clear tables. We ordered our food all together, as it seems we'd be waiting for a while...our starters came out less than 10 minutes after we ordered, chilli chicken and Awuja prawn delivered 3 minutes after poppadums, and they were lukewarm...our glasess were never refilled, the mains came out really quickly after our starters were cleared away, and although hot, they were not as described in the menu. We had chosen two dishes supposed to be spicy and with chilli, Bhedha Gurkali and Masso Masala...they were a huge disappointment. Everything tasted processed, the flavours were bland and uninteresting, the meat was hardly marinated and the curry was tasteless and generic like a jar of Uncle Ben's. We won't be going back.

An hour wait to order food, then potatoes in starter rock hard (uncooked) then unfortunately my lamb main was watery. Spoke to waiter, new management and chef. Will not be returning

Great meal, full of flavours and different spices, tried Figsy Macha (salmon dish) for the first time - really delicious - we wondered why we hadn't tried it before! Great restaurant, staff are friendly and know their food so don't hesitate to ask their advice. It's our No 1 restaurant in the area.

Went here to celebrate a birthday and had a lovely meal. My mum is vegetarian and there were plenty of options for her too- Really great menu choice, good food good service and very reasonably priced :)

As always the food was excellent. The portions were generous and the service was friendly and efficient. The beer was very cold. Great value. We shall be returning soon.

Lovely food , price good too, friendly staff , booked 1 day in advance with no issues at all. Would recommend ana different menu. Thanks

Really delicious food-an interesting menu with many different dishes available. Beautifully cooked and veryvtasty. Two very good bottles of wine as well. Attentive and cheergul service. Good ambience. Thanks for a great evening.

Excellent food, marred by a 70 minute delay between sitting down and food arriving. The restaurant was around 65% occupied. Monkfish curry ordered but Salmon dish delivered. Rest of meal as ordered. Usually much better service, this visit was not to the usual standard.

We had some friends with us from Germany and Australia and they all loved it. We will certainly come again. We all loved the goat.

Amazing food and fabulous service even though they were extremely busy. Love lumbini. There cauliflower special is the perfect accompaniment to there yummy curries. Will return again & again

Great welcome really tasty food. Goat curry is a must.! Really relaxing enjoyable evening. Great surroundings. Parking a bit tricky but worth the effort of finding a place. Will go again.

Food was excellent. Service was brilliant with the exception of one waiter who was rushing us to order. We informed the manager who apologised on his behalf. Lovely decor and ambience

Always good food and relaxing atmosphere. A chance to unwind at the end of the week with freshly prepared food that is very tasty. Highly recommend it.

I went there with my managers (5 people in total) from work as it is local to us. It was the first time we had been there and we had a very pleasant evening. The service was very good and we asked the waiter to provide a selection of starters we could all enjoy and they were all enjoyed. We then chose our mains and shared them to have a good overall taste of all the dishes, which were very good and we were all satisfied with the meal and service. We will certainly return and will recommend Lumbini to our colleagues.

As always the food was incredible, not too pricy and cooked fresh to order. Service was good. Would highly recommend this restaurant, never had a bad meal here!

Bad experience, food was Ok, nothing to be excited about, and service was a shambles...Long wait for the food and even longer to be able to order it

Great food. Very authentic compared to other Indian restaurants I have been and reasonably priced. Lovely with a relaxed atmosphere. Would highly recommend this restaurant.

The restaurant is run by lovely people and the food is always good. When is a big group we ask them to bring a selection of food and its a feast and each item is wonderful. I am always made to be very welcome and my names always remembered even if its 9 months between visits which is was until a month ago then I was reminded of the quality I have been 3 times since then.

This is a lovely restaurant. My partner and I went there for date night, the portions are huge we brought nearly half the food back in a doggy bag that the restaurant was kind enough to put together for us. The ambiance was nice and the food tasted great. The only thing that stops me giving full marks is that we tried to use the taste card deal we found online and it was not so easy. The deal reads 2-4-1 on all starters and mains. When it came to paying the bill we were told that we have to buy starters and mains. My partner and I both read the terms of the deal back to our waiter and he kindly gave us the money off but told us he was doing this out of kindness not because that is how the deal works. He went on to explain that they have been running the deal for years and it had always worked this way, didn't feel like the customers always right, attitude that he first gave when taking the money off our bill. That being mentioned I would visit again.

Fab restaurant fab service and always good food. The spicy goat is the best on the menu. I would highly recommend this wonderful place. Go for the evening and enjoy great Nepalese food.

Overall a good night. Service was a bit slow maybe being down to it was very busy. The food was very good and there was plenty of it. Disappointing that we had 4 bottles of Prosecco and we were given 3 different types,1 which was a bottle you could buy in Aldi for apx £5 and we were charged £21.95 for it, a bit of a rip off.

Freindly helpful staff , good service, excellent food and supportive arrangemnets as eating with a 4 month old baby. always look forward to eating at Lumbini

Food is nice but the services are not at all good. The staff is not well trained or may be experience.It takes a huge amount of time to make orders.I don't think so the staff was less when I visited.It's just the management was not right.

Fab food & service as usual. Love lumbini's. Would recommend it to everyone. Hidden gem Thank you guys Glad to here your opening on Sundays now Donna

Nice food and good service. Booked for 15 people for a colleague's leaving do. Food served immediately and was in good quantity. Loved all the starters

The food was excellent, as usual. However, this time the experience was let down by bad service, we waited over an hour for our food, which was much too long. We will be back as the food is good.

Not enough experienced staff available to take orders [only one!!]. The manager does this himself, on a round-robin basis from table to table so this meant you could be waiting a while between courses! Having been there before and it not being this bad, I'd like to hope this was down to management wanting everything to be perfect due to it being Valentines day. [as it turned out this had a bit of a negative effect]. Overall experience was great though. Food was really nice and everyone was very polite and helpful (when they did eventually get to your table!).

We had to wait more than an hour for our food. They should have told us when we booked for 13 people that the wait time will be so long. We arrived at 7.30 and had our main course served just after 9pm.

Fantastic food/decor but we waited 45 minutes for the bill!! :-(

Great food with a huge variety of vegetarian options. Very good value for money and excellent service. Go off menu and ask for the magic vegetables.

Amazing as always! Staff are great and the food is fantastic.

Atmosphere was very nice and friendly. Service was prompt without being over pushy. Food was freshly cooked and very well presented. Would highly recommended it

The food was lovely but the service wasn't very good. 1 starter didn't arrive until the main course was eaten and we waited ages for drinks. We didn't find the staff very friendly, there was no goodbye or a thank you when we left like in other restaurants we have been to even when they are busy.

Great food but wait to long for it so that's a big down side. So if you got a spare three hours you might enjoy it.

Excellent food, fantastic service and a wonderful atmosphere. This is our 3rd year going back for New Years and I can't wait to pop back for a lovely curry soon!

The food was excellent with a wide range of choice. It came piping hot and very good portion sizes. The service was also very good and was very attentive but not over bearing in any way

We had a wonderful time at Lumbini, the staff were friendly and knowledgeable about the food, their recommendations were lovely. We will definitely be returning some time soon.

Excellent food and very good service from staff. Great atmosphere would recommend for a party or a romantic meal. Easy to find but parking limited

Delicious food. Attentive staff. Great atmosphere. Only downside was long delay in being served. It was an exceptionally busy night so we understood why and will book an earlier time in future.

Food was good. service was good. But I could not find any parking slots. So I had to drive around to find the plan Ce to park.

Nice relaxed meal with lovely food and great service. We will be returning. They have a good selection of specials as well as all of the traditional dishes that you expect. Not expensive either. Great value for money.

What a great restaurant! I don't normally bother with reviews, however Lumbini's food is consistently to die for. All dishes I have eaten here so far have been amazing and I come back whenever I can. The décor is tastefully done and the restaurant itself is kept to a high standard of cleanliness and the staff are truly welcoming and very funny!

Great food good service and a nice atmosphere. Highly recommended. Great selection of dishes and if its not on the menu they will make it for you.

Fantastic food with a wide selection of dishes, friendly and efficient service even with a packed restaurant. Reasonably priced. Definitely visiting again - the Goat was simply delicious :)

Very good food a huge variety on the menu service was excellent and friendly first visit there definitely be going back I would highly recommend the restaurant

Great meal as always, friendly staff & a warm welcome. Would highly recommend this restaurant as very high standard of food with a great choice.

Excellent restaurant with great food and friendly service. The chilli chicken starter was great and the tandoori monkfish melts in the mouth! Would definitely recommend.

We were a party of 21 ladies, the food and service were excellent, we will go again. The set menu of starters and main courses was a good mixture of food, the vegetarians were well catered for.

Food was good, good ambience, nice staff. Suggestion was good. I feel like going to have a get together there soon with my friend in london. Cheers..

The food was very good and we had a lovely evening. Service was a little slow however it was a Tuesday evening and busier than they were expecting.