"Good Food & Service - Aye right!!"

A review of Ashoka-Curry Karaoke by The Hype Spy written on Sunday 2nd of October 2011

Where do I start! Booked for 16 folk for a family get-together. Most of us arrived at 7:30pm (as requested by the restaraunt) and each group of drinks orders took no less than 15 minutes to arrive with the wine being Echo Falls at £15 a bottle. Tables already had spicy onions and pompadoms laid on. It could be said that the pompadoms had been laying there since the previous week as you had to pull it apart rather than breaking a piece off. We sent them back for fresh ones but the same type came back. Didn't want to sample the onions after that. The place was far too dark and dingy for my liking as I like to see what I am eating - no chance of that here! By now I was worried about the cleanliness as I could hardly see anything and I ran my finger along the knife and it was filthy with food still stuck to it! The DJ then came round with song books for the karaoke, needless to say the light wasn't bright enough for us to read it. We asked if the lighting could be turned up a bit to no avail and so it was pot luck choosing a song. The worse was yet to come though as although our party was one of the first too arrive, we were the last to eat - around 10pm! When we eventually did get to the buffet, it was in a very small room as hot as a sauna and most of the food had gone! The only options available were chicken and even then you had to hunt for it as the meat in many of the dishes was sparse. Major disappointment to say the least! Asked for a jug of water? Had to ask again another 30 minutes later! Beware, it's waitress service only and there were only 2 waitresses and 1 barman tending to everyone. To be fair the waitresses were doing their best in a bad situation but there was just not enough staff on for the numbers who had booked. A few other tables were also complaining about the service. After asking to speak to the Manager several times eventually a Floor Supervisor came to speak to us. She was full of excuses and apologies ("A large group appeared who hadn't booked and proceeded to help themselves to the buffet before your group, I'm so sorry!" Couldn't she have prevented this? "No, sorry!") She said the Manager was not in the building and so had to deal with all the complaints herself and she admitted that the service that night was poor and she was embarrassed. I felt for her as it seemed to me the Manager had left her to deal with the flak. I definitely would not recommend this place for food or service but the entertainment was good with the DJ doing his best to ensure everyone had a good time. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to keep us there though. If Curry Karaoke wants to complete with so many other great nightspots in Glasgow, in my opinion it's got a helluva long way to go and it'll be a cold day in Hell before I return!

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