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Tamarai

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167 Drury Lane,
Covent Garden,
London,
WC2B 5PG

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11/10/2008
Tamarai is a big hit within our group... we simply love going there. The look of the restaurant is very chic and the staff is also amazing!!... Surely recommend it to all those lookig to spend a great evening out.
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Reviewer Cheers
04/10/2008
Last Monday we went for a dinner to celebrate our first wedding anniversary. Quite simply the food was amazing and the wine list spectacular. The service was friendly, attentive, genuine and professional. The deal available was the icing on the cake!!..
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Reviewer Anonymous
23/09/2008
this place is becoming one big joke what people they want in there ?
security well what can i say telling my party to lower our voices or we can't come in moving us on at the end of the night behave if i wish to stand outside till 4 or 5 in the morning that's my choice call the police to move us on not security all of a sudden they got extra power think not
tamarai was a lovely place to go 6 mts ago security polite and i can understand what they were talking about but now power tripping even the stupid guestlists. host she needs to get out bit more checking names on a clip board not to important
tamarai sort this out or another west end club will go
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Reviewer SeanM76
21/09/2008
Went to Tamarai last night and had one of the worst dining experiences I have ever had the misfortune to suffer. We were part of a large party and had been told in advance that we would therefore have to have the set menu. No problems, fair enough for a large group.

Due to some late arrivals we were not ready for our meals until 8:30 or so when some of us were given some of the starters, dim sum and duck spring roll. Not bad tasting although the portions were quite small. About half an hour later more starters were brought to our table, it turned out these were actually meant for the other table that was part of our group sitting right behind us who had not been served during that time. We had already eaten about half of these but the waiting staff didn't bother to top them up or bring new ones and gave them straight to the other table who had to take what were now half portions.

Roughly an hour after this (ie an hour and a half after being served our starters) the mains were finally brought out. Whilst I am told the seabass was actually quite nice the thai green curry was overly hot and there was not nearly enough rice to share properly between people.

Another hour or so after the mains had been cleared away we were brought the dessert, some sort of white chocolate ice cream which was tasty enough but quite frankly was at most enough for three quarters of a mouthful.

The fact that it took approximately three hours to be "served" a three course meal where everyone at the table was having one of three choices at most off a set menu was absolutely appalling. In particular for the mains where the three choices were the seabass, a thai green chicken curry or a thai green vegetable curry, the last two of which were presumably cooked up en masse. The starters and the dessert would also have been cooked up en masse so there was no excuse whatsoever for the length of time it took to get our meals.

This was while enduring one of the more overpriced
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Reviewer Ben_C
18/09/2008
Very pleasant experience, we liked the atmosphere, the food was well presented and surprisingly tasty, all together it was well worth trying, especially with the offer on Tuesday evening. Was quite packed for a week night.
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Reviewer Dissapointed1
10/09/2008
The ambiance of this restaurant is very good, however the service is extremely disappointing. To start with the door staff came across very rude and unwelcoming, once inside we were constantly harassed to order as they wanted the to take the table away to make space for a dance floor. The food arrived late and the head waiter was extremely rude and seriously lacked courtesy. I think Tamarai is in danger of becoming a tourist trap that does not care about repeat business. Also do not seem to grasp that a service charge should only be paid if the service was good! Would not recommend Tamarai to anyone.
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Reviewer Sukhie
02/09/2008
DISGRACE! We went to Tamarai for my girlfriends birthday. -We were continuously harassed for our order by the waiting manager (even though no waiter would actually take our order!)-Main courses were put on top of our starters-We were provided cutlery after numerous requests -The main for one friend came out 45 minutes after everyone else We politely asked not to pay for the services charge. The response? Security were called and marched us out of the club!! 5 of the 7 in our party were girls and at no point were we rude. I cannot believe in this day and age that we would be embarrassed like that and my girlfriends birthday was ruined! DO NOT GO TO THIS place unless you like being treated like a criminal for politely asking a question. A course in customer service is strongly advised.
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Reviewer MELLISA
12/08/2008
Went to celebrate a special occasion. Excellent service, excellent ambience and excellent food all combined to make a magical evening. I will certainly recommend this restaurant to friends and will be returning very soon
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Reviewer Sonia85
28/07/2008
Poor service, staff were rude. Me and my friends wanted to go outside and have a smoke but on our return back into the club the bouncer very rudely stood infront of us and told us we cannot go inside because we dont have stamps to prove we have already paid, we were all astonished as he was the same guy who let us in at the start of the night, and we said yes we did pay he very rudely and agressively responded by saying "you are lieing to me so now u better get out my face, u aint coming in" if thats good service then you need start handing your staff some manuals and fast!!!! we were asked to pay again but luckily one of the staff reconised us, yet still we didnt get an apology from the extremely rude man. want a good night out without trouble and hassle? AVOID THIS CLUB!!!!!
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Reviewer Tamarai
02/08/2008
Tamarai replies - We are very sorry to hear this shocking incident. We have taken immediate action and spoken to the security company who provide security at Tamarai. All security personnel have been disciplined against any such behaviour. Thank you for letting us know. We would like to invite you and your friends to come with complimentary entry to Tamarai at a date of your choice. Pls call the manager at Tamarai. Apologies once again. - Report
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Reviewer RFord
21/06/2008
Service was good and the food was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed the dinner, will be back.
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Reviewer hepayni
18/06/2008
Its a nice club with music I like for enjoying my friday nights and relaxing weekends after all week hard working.

Last friday you had cocktail offer for friday nights I will be happy if you give that offer every fridays guys... Thanks.



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Reviewer Anonymous
12/06/2008
It's an amazing place. Lovely food in a very nice atmosphere . It's one of the best restaurant's that I've ever been.
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12/06/2008
Lovely restaurant amazing service and atmosphere.Tried the Chefs’ tasting Menu and with the offer it was a great value for money



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Reviewer Samanta
11/06/2008
We had a very good experience at Tamarai. The food was excellent and the service as well. We enjoyed a lot. We would definitely recommend it.
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Reviewer Robby Marlow
07/06/2008
We had the set menu at Tamarai it was a great. Fantastic wine list and friendly staff in a dark interior, which gives it a club/ bar, feel. We are definitely going back.



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Reviewer juliaspadino
20/05/2008
I went to Tamarai with my friends last saturday. It was amazing. The whole night was great, we got there at 8 pm and stayed on for the night club, which was also so good, the music, the people, everything was just perfect.
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Reviewer Anonymous
26/04/2008
I cannot stress how uterly disgusted i was with the level of service by both staff and more suprisingly the Manager at this very overpriced restaurant. Firstly our waiter was insistant on our ordering both our starters and main dish straight away having only given us two minutes to consider the menu. The menu itself offered very little. Our waiter came over to our table to clear our starters away whilst i was still eating. The restaurant turns into a club later in the evening. My friends and i had ordered a round of drinks and on two occassions our glasses were cleared away when they were still half full. We complained to a memeber of staff who seemed completely uninterested and asked to speak to the Manager. The Manager again offered no apology, dismissed our complaint and when we asked his name in order to make a formal written complaint refused to give his name. We carried on with the rest of our eveing and i was even more appauled to later see another member of staff again clear away a half full glass from another table without checking with diners.
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Reviewer Tamarai
13/05/2008
This lady demanded free drinks for 5 of her friends because she claimed that her drink was cleared from her table. She had settled the bill and gone out of the restaurant for a smoke. Her empty glass was cleared in front of 3 of her friends who did not tell the waiter not to clear an empty glass. She kept on insisting and asking for free drinks threatening that she will otherwise complain. She may be be aware that clearing empty glasses constitutes good service! - Report
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Reviewer Anonymous
13/05/2008
As a solicitor I am offended that I am being portrayed in this way when quite simply Tamarai's response to my review is just untrue. I would have expected such an establishment to have allowed me the opportunity to discuss my complaint with them at the time. This did not happen. (Clearly it seems from their response because Tamarai considered me to be a freeloader).
I think that the number of negative reviews I have seen on many restaurant sites speak for themselves and the fact that Tamarai have requested so many of the reviews before mine (below) to be erased speak volumes. - Report
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Reviewer Tamarai
13/05/2008
Clearing empty glasses is a non-issue in any restaurant. It is not a cause to complain or a reason for an apology. - Report
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Reviewer Anonymous
13/05/2008
Paying for two rounds of drinks for 4 persons (not 5) + not even half empty glasses, been taken away whilst dancing beside the bar = bad service, reason for complaint and an apology from Tamarai...
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Reviewer hepayni
18/06/2008
dear Anonymous,

I'm a person who goes this place weekends with my guests.
And all my friends and myseld has been informed about service, club time everything. Its noting is surprise if you read your booking mail which everything is writen clearly.

I didn't live any problem and after dinner most of the times with my guests stayed for clubbing. Its one of my favorite venue since I ve been living in London for my business.

And I do most of my dinner meetings there.
Staff are friendly, managers are polite and helpfull.
Price is little bit up but its deserve with food and cocktails/
I reccomend to everyone .


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Reviewer Anonymous
17/04/2008
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13/04/2008
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25/03/2008
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Reviewer LeenaM
17/03/2008
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Reviewer Anonymous
11/11/2007
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Reviewer Anonymous
20/09/2007
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16/04/2007
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Reviewer Rob Huchins
23/11/2006
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Reviewer Anonymous
23/10/2006
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05/10/2006
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05/10/2006
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