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Indian restaurant with takeaway service

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Lemongrass14 Sun 05-Jan-25 12:13:40

Take away delivery are not cheap either

wibblywobblywobblebottom Sun 05-Jan-25 11:39:39

On New Years Eve many more people buy take out. In my Indian restaurant take away is separate from the restaurant itself. There are more Indian take outs only nowadays because more people eat at home.

Goldieoldie15 Sun 05-Jan-25 11:37:23

Have a take away, take it home. Clearly

mabon1 Sun 05-Jan-25 11:07:55

Stop visiting.

flappergirl Thu 02-Jan-25 11:43:17

Yes, this has become a common problem especially with Indian restaurants. It's like sitting in a takeaway with chairs rather than a restaurant. The constant door opening and ensuing draft is something I hate when eating in particular and the helmeted drivers lurking around the bar area don't add to the ambience either. But, restaurants have got to make a living so I don't know what the answer is.

Jaxjacky Thu 02-Jan-25 10:39:02

Our local one has a separate reception area from the main restaurant, any deliveries they make are from the rear of the kitchen, so it’s fine.

Redhead56 Thu 02-Jan-25 09:58:10

We have experienced that and staff and customers smoking at the entrance. We really don’t bother as we asked to be moved twice because of the draft caused by the door constantly opening.

petra Wed 01-Jan-25 20:41:29

Friends and family have all decided it’s far more relaxed in our homes. More table room, don’t have to worry if we get a bit boisterous 😂 No waiting, drinks are a lot cheaper.
When finished flop on the sofas in the sitting room.

Ailsa43 Wed 01-Jan-25 20:14:20

Yep same here with Inidan restaurants even some Chinese and Thai

Smileless2012 Wed 01-Jan-25 20:08:50

We experienced that on a regular basis in an Indian we used to go to on a regular basis, the food was excellent but we got so fed up we stopped going, and this was over 8 years ago.

Washerwoman Wed 01-Jan-25 19:46:24

Yes we've had exactly the same experience lately in a couple of our favourite Indian restaurants. Apparently with more people eating at home and using delivery couriers it's a growing problem. It's not cheap to eat out nowadays and frustrating to feel your custom isn't valued isn't it ?

Lovetotravel Wed 01-Jan-25 19:19:00

New Years Eve.

Lovetotravel Wed 01-Jan-25 19:17:55

Went to a local Indian restaurant last night for a meal with friends. I know it was New Years eve but I expect the same happens on a Friday/Saturday night. Our dining experience wasn’t very enjoyable due to the constant people/delivery drivers entering the restaurant to collect orders. They had a lot of staff on but they were more interested in serving the takeaways than being attentive towards us. It also got cold due to the door being opened so many times. Has anyone else found the same when eating in an Indian restaurant? We used to dine there several years ago before takeaways were so popular and it was a pleasant experience.