Derby
Gurkha Paradise

Gurkha Paradise

140 Nottingham Road, DE21 7NP, Derby, United Kingdom

Asian • Vegan • Nepalese • Vegetarian


"Went here tonight with family; thought we would give it a go because we enjoy Nepalese cuisine and we had read lots of good reviews. We were all really disappointed with the whole experience. Firstly, it's a bit of a dump inside: cheap, nasty, tatty and drab, plus the toilets are simply awful. Parking is inadequate and then we were greeted with a broken fridge outside the door. Next, we were served by a young teenager who was going her best but clearly new, needed a lot of support and had no refinement...employing such a youngster is never going to end well. Then, the food: what a let down. Out of the starters, the only half decent dish was the mixed tikka the chilli fish was a mound of black, greasy chunks of mess and the lamb choyla was inedible...my partner picked at it and left most. Then the mains: all underwhelming, bland and lacking any depth of flavour and clearly poor quality ingredients. Finally, we were all surprised to be served a bottle of Lidl Chenin Blanc that costs roughly £5 (and is basically naff plonk) and be charged £16.95 for it. Yet, despite everything being pretty poor, the prices are not cheap at all! We did not overindulge and yet paid £100 for three of us. Add the fact that we were sat near a table of loud, rude and foul mouthed chavs to all of the above and it won't surprise you to learn that we won't be returning! We will stick to the Himalyan Gurkha on Macklin Street which is miles ahead on all fronts."

Half Moon Inn

Half Moon Inn

534 Burton Road, Derby DE23 6FN, United Kingdom

Pubs • Fish • Asiatic • British


"Let me start by saying the 2 members of staff at the half moon where very friendly and seemed genuinely concerned about what had happened and did their best to try and make what was a complete disaster a little bit better. However it is very disappointing when someone had taken the time to arrange a Christmas party for 16/17 people and when you arrive at the pub the staff don't know anything about. The party was booked at least 8 weeks previously and a cash deposit paid. We had to choose our food well before the date and our orders where given to the staff in advance. Plus the person organising the party had popped into the pub 3 days before to confirm all was sorted. But on the night there was no table set for a large christmas party and the chef had to rush across the road to the local co-op and get at least 2 big very full carrier bags of food. At this point we all knew we where not staying because it was very clear that we where not going to get the party that had been advertised. So after a good 35 mins of waiting around The manager/landlord (not sure which he was) finally came to sort the cash deposit out and gave his half hearted apologies. To be honest he really didn't seem to care what had happened which is a surprise because his pub will have lost a big chunk of money that night and the reputation of his pub will be in question now too. So it's safe to stay we won't be returning there again. We did however have a fantastic Christmas party night and lovely food at the red chilli restaurant across the road."