Food was beautiful and staff were lovely and really attentive. Price was great as well for the food and service. Would definitely recommend
First time visit on an October Friday evening. Booked in advance. Friendly welcome. Polite staff. Food was lovely. Popped upstairs to toilet and there was more customers up there full!! Must be good! Will definitely visit again when wanting an Indian restaurant.
Fabulously delicious food and excellent and friendly service. I can't fault this food. The food was hot from start to finish. The bread, the poppadoms all hot and delicious. One od the most delicious Indian food I've had. I definitely recommend.
Really disappointed after visiting Veranda. From the outside, it appeared to a potential gem. But will definitely not be visiting again! The waiter managed to drop three pints on our table and said absolutely nothing - not even an apology - as he simply swept the beer off the table and towards the lap of one of our group. After a minute or so of nothing being said, we were ushered towards the table right in the doorway of the kitchen. None of us were annoyed about the mistake as these things are going to happen. However, we were pretty horrified to find those beers on our bill at the end of the evening. (An extra £20.85) The food was also poor. Between us, we had duck, lamb, venison and beef and most of it was really overcooked and dry. The bill arrived with the service charge and, as mentioned, the three fallen beers added to the price. Funnily enough, the service charge was marked with just 'SC' on the bill and somewhat hidden a few lines from the bottom, with the waiter arriving with the card machine as soon as the bill hit the table. And just when one of our group decided to ask about our bill not adding up, the waiter simply walked away mid-conversation. They did go on to remove the additional beers from the bill. Up until that point, we really had given them the benefit of the doubt; we had not asked for any freebies for the beers or complained about the standard of the food. But there is absolutely no excuse for the quality of the service we received.
Visited on a Saturday night. The food was ok, not the best curry I’ve had. Was looking forward to trying some unique dishes. The Narangi Batakh was disappointing as the duck was quite tough and the sauce was not ‘korma’ as suggested. The Fish Malabar sea bass was also a bit overcooked so that wasn’t great. There was also confusion with what we ordered - we were told they were out of sea bass so we ordered another dish but then they brought the sea bass curry anyway. Also the chicken pakoras were not what I was expecting as they were just chicken chunks in a breaded coating like chicken nuggets. Anyway, the Goan Chicken and Assam Lamb dishes were nice and the Onion Bhajis were delicious. The service was ok, the waiter seemed a bit fed up and the atmosphere was dead. We were seated upstairs by ourselves with no music and just people walking in and out to find the bathroom… Probably won’t go back.
Absolutely awful, would give no stars if I could! Very dark inside, had to use phone torch to read the menu! Service was very slow, not particularly friendly. My main was grim, I took the meat home for the dogs!! Ordered a medium dish but it had no spice at all, very bland. Would not recommend! Went there years ago and it was really nice...
I love my curry's and have tried most places in the area, never heard of this restaurant before and decided to book for my Dad's 70th. Was not disappointed! Only complaint is that there was no music at all so just everyone else talking as background noise which wasn't overly atmospheric, hence the 3 starts! But would still return.
The worst Indian I have ever had!! We ordered over the phone for collection and were on time, the food was cold and we were given a container of coconut milk and not coconut rice which ruined one of our meals. The chicken was very chewy so I left most of the food, however we have both had sickness that night since eating at Veranda. Do not recommend! When I called the restaurant to let them know the error their only solution was for us to go back to collect (after we had already plated up the food) or next time they will “sort us out” absolutely dreadful!!
Booked to come here in advance, as it had been recommended. When we got there, there was only one other couple in the restaurant and once they left, we were the only ones in there for the rest of our visit. The starters paneer and onion pakoras were amazing and was looking forward to the main course. The naans were smaller then expected, but they were lovely and fluffy and full. I have to say I was really looking forward to the saffron rice, but was very disappointed, as it was quite bland. The lamb passanda also wasn't the best I've had before, the lamb was very tough and chewy. The chicken was also quite chewy, also.
Veranda Wickham is located at The Square, Wickham, Veranda PO17 5JG, UK
You can contact Veranda Wickham at +44 1329 835566
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