Topic: Latif's Inspired - Stoke On Trent

[George]

There is a youtube channel with the same name. The presenter seems well meaning and the recipes look interesting, not that I have tried any yet. So i decided to visit the restaurant itself. I am rating my experience as really bad due to a combination of two factors: (a) sky high prices, and (b) low quality food, taste wise, at least for the single dish I ordered, with pilau rice.

I would have added meat samosas as a starter but not at a cost of £5.50. I may also have ordered saag aloo but regarded the price of £7.50 as extortionate, for a side dish. So I settled for chicken dhansak. It lacked any of the rich flavours found at many BIRs. At least 75% of restaurants would serve a better dhansak, in my opinion.

Very disappointing. It confirms my guess that if a top notch BIR starts a youtube channel it could have potential if the people behind it know how to create fine flavours. But, the other way around, the chances are against it.

[Kashmiri Bob]

Crikey! £5.50 for a samosa starter.  You could get a whole bag of Humza samosas for around that!

Rob

[George]

Indeed, I went to another Indian restaurant on the same trip and was thinking their samosas were not as tasty as a bag of frozen samosas I bought from Asda. Either they buy in an inferior brand, or make their own with a very poor recipe. Indian restaurants have become too expensive for me to take too many chances. I need to be reasonably sure the food will taste good before committing to the expense.

[livo]

Crikey! £5.50 for a samosa starter.  You could get a whole bag of Humza samosas for around that!

Rob

Au $4.50 for a large meat or vegetable samosa over here, served with a mint / yogurt raita from the nearest T/A, so that's less than half of what you are being asked to pay.