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Omi's was an Indian restaurant in [[Locale Southall|Southall]]. According to Google Street View, it closed down by July 2017. The information below is retained for historical purposes. <div class="old_info"> Indian restaurant in [[Locale Southall|Southall]], in the [[Category Good Curry Guide 2007|2007 Good Curry Guide]]. [[Kake]], [[Ewan]], and [[James]] visited early on a Thursday evening in December 2008. Arriving around 6:30pm, we were the first customers of the evening. We shared a couple of starters between the three of us - gol gappa and papri chaat, along with a portion of achaar (pickles) <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3103605133/ photo]</small>. Although gol gappa is not the most intuitive of things to eat, there was no attempt made to ensure we knew what to do with it. Luckily, we did. [[Kake]] thought the gol gappa and papri chaat were both great, though the pickles were disappointing, with an overwhelmingly harsh vinegar flavour and very little else. For mains, we had saag <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3104537992/ photo]</small>, bangan bartha <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3104499526/ photo]</small>, bhindi masala, and Satya's special lamb, along with some maki di roti, paratha, and pilau rice on the side. The saag was pretty good; the bangan (aubergine) was less good - only a very faint smokiness, and too much onion. Although the food was good, the service was a little odd. There was no attempt to make us feel welcome, and indeed [[Kake]] wondered at several points whether we were being metaphorically sniffed at for some kind of etiquette breach. My questions about the food were either dismissed or ignored - and I don't think they were either stupid or uninformed questions. For example, I asked if the gol gappa and papri chaat would be too similar to each other, knowing that they were both likely to involve tamarind and crispy things, but all I got in reply was "they're different things" - they are, indeed, different things, but when they arrived they were quite as similar as I'd suspected, and I'd have preferred to have something more contrasting. Table-clearing between courses was also quite clumsy, with plates being stacked and restacked in front of us and the table wiped with a paper napkin plucked out of a spare water glass. The service issues were rather confusing, since this isn't a little hole-in-the-wall place; the decor is relatively smart and modern, and their website implies that they want to be seen as a comfortable and contemporary place. The food is well-priced, though, and good enough to allow overlooking the service problems, if you're forewarned. [[Kake]]'s verdict: I'd not say no to coming back, but the service was very offputting and I'd rather try one of the many other Indian restaurants in the area. <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Ewan]], and [[James]], December 2008.</div> </div> address='1-3 Beaconsfield Road, UB1 1BA' category='Good Curry Guide 2007,Now Closed' |
Indian restaurant in [[Locale Southall|Southall]], in the [[Category Good Curry Guide 2007|2007 Good Curry Guide]]. address='1-3 Beaconsfield Road' category='Curry,Good Curry Guide 2007,Indian Food,Restaurants' |
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formatted_website_text='http://www.omisrestaurant.co.uk/
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latitude='51.506665' locale='Southall,UB1' longitude='-0.377868' |
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phone='' postcode='' summary='Now closed; was an Indian restaurant in Southall.' website='' website='http://www.omisrestaurant.co.uk/' |
os_x='512566' os_y='179938' phone='020 8571 4831' postcode='UB1 1BA' website='' summary='Indian restaurant in Southall.' website='http://www.omisrestaurant.co.uk/' |
Indian restaurant in Southall, in the 2007 Good Curry Guide.
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