Brilliant

Very disappointed with the quality of food and the patronising attitude when we said the tandoori chicken tikka was very very spicy and too salty! We were told that this is how indian food is cooked!! and a replacement brought but this time the chicken was still very salty but undercooked, I would not revisit this restaurant.

Had a [vegetarian] dinner here last night. The chutneys were a bit oily but fresh-tasting and delicious. Tandoori paneer was the best I have had in London [including Tayyab's]. Aloo gobi and Dal makhani genuinely superb. Very friendly service too. I thoroughly recommend this place.

Last night, exhausted after finishing a baking marathon for a charity event at work, my partner and I decided to pay a visit to the much talked about Brilliant Restaurant for some authentic Punjabi fare. At the start of the meal the enthusiasm level was 5 stars. Soon after being seated, we wasted no time and ordered a dry version of the Butter Chicken and Seekh Kebab for starters. As soon as we saw the Butter Chicken flashing us neon orange colour warnings our hunger levels went down. As predicted, the Chicken was a disaster – bland and orange-ily jeering at us. The dish was soon enough sent back to the kitchen with the server promising us that it will be revamped and brought back to life (err sure). We then attempted to make friends with the seekh kebab and roomali roti. Ahh the combination. The roomali was spot on, soft velvety and very lovingly embracing the kebab. The kebab on the other hand was playing hard to get, with our mouths. It was a no nonsense chilli infused skewer of rage, and our stomachs agreed the next day. Without much ado, and desperate to have some ‘brilliant’ food, we went on to the mains. The pulao rice was not Basmati, but a long grain variety. Well, excusable as it delivered what the menu promised; fluffy rice with peas and a light tempering of onions, ginger and garlic. The chicken, which had earlier made us cry for its untimely death, was now lying in its new avatar, giving us the pepped up, buttered and currified oh so hip look. We dipped our serving spoons inquisitively and it was soon agreed that out of politeness we will not send the dish back to the kitchen. The lamb curry was our desperate attempt to justify the long drive and dodging traffic to the restaurant. Yes it was slick with an oily base of gravy, but the pieces itself were as not succulent as you would imagine little Mary to be. We ended the meal sans any dessert, paid up and left. The verdict? The meal enthusiasm was now down to 2 stars, and the sombre walk back to the car left us wondering whether we had rather (un)brilliantly just made our way into the original restaurant’s namesake. Much ado about nothing.

The best restaurant in London serving mouth watering dishes. Tandoori Lamb chops, Nyama Choma, Tandoori Salmon must try starters. Finger lickin main course dishes like Methi Chicken, Karahi Gosht & Karahi Prawns. Instead of McDonalds I must say to brilliant---- i m lovin' it :-)

I like the fact that this place is bright and you can actually see what you are eating. Food is surperb and each dish well spiced. I wanted my curry extra spicy and when requested this was done for me. Everything about the place was amazing, the service was also excellent. In fact we has a birthday in the family and inside of the menu, it says they can do a cake and sparkler which is £10 and when the cake arrived, the lights went dim, a birthday song came on and a laser show starts, it was fantastic and my aunty had a great birthday. We are an indian family so do not really go out for Indian food as we make it at home, but we wanted to try the brilliant because we had heard that prince charles visits here and also seen it on ramsays show on tv. We were very happy after our meal and although it is a little expensive, it was worth each penny. Good food in clean surroundings with friendly staff, i highly recommend this place.

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I have lived in Southall for years and I have always been baffled why the Brilliant gets reccommended by reviewers from London. I suppose they just haven't tried the dozens of other local restaurants in the local community and are copying each other. In truth the Brilliant is a bit better than average and that's it. Neither the ambiance or the food are outstanding and there are lots of better places within a couple of miles. Like many other North Indian restaurants, the food is inevitable pre-prepared and the vegetable dishes suffer as a result. Try Omis on Beaconsfield Road or the karahi restaurants at the west end of Southall Broadway.

We went there 19th feb, the food was really good and well presented but is not an intimate place for eating. You must shout to have a chat with the people in front of you, because the other tables are too close and there are 3 big tv's showing the cheff ramsey's episodes very loud and over and over again. There is not a nice atmosphere, we only wanted to leave as soon as they serve the starters. The light is too strong almost like in Mc donalds and if you ask them to do something special for a birthday, remember the big cake will cost you 10£ but they won't tell you until you have to pay for it.

We ate here tonight. Fantastic food.