Doolally

No if you are coeliac or have other needs. Christmas meet up with friends ruined for me as all I could order was a prawn dish (with exactly three prawns) and a salad. The heartburn was real. The issue for me was that the menu is not marked correctly/safely regarding cross contamination. Also, despite saying that I am coeliac, waitstaff insisted that “cross-contamination is fine” (news flash, it really isn’t when you have coeliac disease, nor should you have to risk it with any condition, who wants to be sick for Christmas?!?), then when they finally understood that it’s not, told me that they cannot guarantee that anything on their menu is safe. A total cop-out and such a mean thing to do, like I should get up and leave a Christmas gathering because you are the ones who haven’t made your menu accurate or safe. Doolally, your kitchen is huge compared with far smaller places that manage to welcome customers forced to live with coeliac disease or other serious digestive diseases/allergies. You also serve Indian food which is not difficult to make safe for coeliac disease. Sort your menu out, put a statement on your website so people with these conditions are aware that you don’t cater for this, or put your massive kitchen to kinder use. It’s not nice to have a digestive disease and be forced to take a risk like I had to the other night. Educate yourselves too. Happy Christmas!

I have a sensitivity to gluten (related to something other, not Celiac) but the absolute utmost respect the staff had for dietary restrictions was incredible. Waiter brought out poppadoms for the table and made sure to mention to me they may be contaminated, when dinner and starter came out another waiter brought them over and made sure to let me know they were Celiac friendly. We didn’t mention Celiac disease but we did ask for gluten free food just because I have been met with not quite accurate allergen listings on menus before. Prawn Curry was 10/10 and drinks 11/10, dessert and starter also good. Highly recommend if you have dietary restrictions (and enjoy good food)