The Parveen doesn't have the fastest food service in the world, but I think it's all the better for it. I like a leisurely dinner and, all too often we are herded in and out of restaurants in london as quickly as possible. The food is pretty good and the waiters are sweet. I could complain about once having had to ask twice for a drink, but in the grand scheme of things that's nothing.

I don’t normally get upset in restaurants but this was the exception.



It took 45 minutes for the drinks to arrive and then only half the order arrived and only with two glasses for four people. The remaining two glasses never arrived and I picked them up from the bar ten minutes later. The starters took another 35 minutes and the main courses 50 minutes after we finished the starters. A total joke.



The food was ok, not good but not bad either. The starters were way too fat, the main courses better. The rice was cold even after they served them the third time.



I will never visit this restaurant again and wouldn’t recommend it to anybody.

Last Friday we went to Islington's famous restaurant, Parveen Tandoori. We were afraid about service and food but it was great. Serving the food was a very good waiter. The food takes some extra time to get ready but it was good. Overall it was perfect for dinner. We will come back again.

Above average Indian cuisine served in a relaxed contemporary atmosphere. Menu has useful chilli symbol guide although my companion would have liked her dish hotter! Stylish artwork on walls and polite staff. Service could be faster but we went on a very busy night. I'll be back.

We ordered a take away from Parveen Tandoori Indian Restaurant on a Sunday night. When we arrived to collect our meal the place was completely empty, not a soul. We were met by 4 waiters, who were all curteous.

When we got home, the food was cold, the Vegetable Platter had 4 portions of cold starters (Pakora, Samosa and I think Falafel) which clearly weren't home made.

The Chicken Bhuna tasted off, and the carton was half full. Why when the Parveen Tandoori Indian Restaurant was empty did they not give us a reasonable sized portion?

Having never written a review of a restaurant before, I felt compelled to vent my utter disgust at the quality of the food. I really have never tasted an Indian meal as poor as this. Half portions, cold food - Parveen Tandoori Indian Restaurant really doesn't deserve any custom.

Surly man at the door should have been enough of an indicator, but we were hungry and didn't want to spend too long hunting around Islington for an eaterie on a cold evening.

Menu proclaims clientele base of barristers, politicians and the like, but this is truly a third rate shambles of a restaurant.

The waiters look either disinterested in their 'craft' or are running (I mean running) up and down the gangway. We were situated next to the toilets on an evening when it was not overly busy. Drinks order was taken in a gruff surly manner. We had to prompt for a food order to be taken 10 minutes later. 40 minutes later we were still waiting for our food and were told it would be there in 10-15minutes by one waiter, and 10 minutes later another waiter said the same. Finally, after insisting they check where our food was, they found the order had been left at the bar in preparation for the bill to be made up, but the copy never reached the chef in the kitchen.

Only when I angrilly repeated that their service was very poor in a voice loud enough to be heard by other diners did anyone take the matter seriously and then we were inundated with poppadums and offers of free drinks to keep us quiet. The food miraculously appeared in 5 minutes but frankly was as poor as the service had been. No sign of the succulent dishes described on the menu. Over use of curry powder and bland sauces rounded of an extremely disappointing evening.

I would not recommend this establishment to anyone wanting an enjoyable dining experience.

I have often walked past here and thought it looked nice so on Saturday when my parents were visiting I decided to take them to Parveen Tandoori. What a huge mistake! Overall the food was quite good but the service was appalling. The waiters spent the whole time hovering around us waiting to remove plates and glasses from the table. The minute one of us finished with a plate or a bowl it was gone. The waiters were actually running back and forth to the kitchen and one waiter spilt wine over a customer because he was rushing so much. It's a real shame as it is not the waiters fault, I am sure it is due to management that they are so rushed. I could understand if there were scores of people waiting for tables but there wasn't and it simply ended up being a rushed and unsatisfactory evening out. To top it all when it came to taking our money they didnt rush at all and in fact kept our card at the till for 20mins. I eventually asked for it to be told it had been cancelled, not once had they told us this. On trying a second card it was cancelled again, rather than blaming the machine they were utterly rude to us and wouldn't give us the receipts to prove the cancellation. We paid in cash and made a quick exit. Certainly won't be going there again!