Indus

The Indus review

A bright, hygienic-looking, slightly garish decor with portraits of the owner's late wife on the wall. Unusually, the kitchen is out front and culinary operations can be scrutinised by the clientele. The menu is more limited than your normal run of Indian restaurants with a good selection of vegetarian dishes. If you take the view that the more extensive the menu the less the competence developed through repetition, then there may be some truth in this at the Indus. Certainly the dishes we chose were well cooked, although one did sense that the basal sauce was very much from the same pot.

We all opted for chicken, and it was clear that the difference choices merely reflected the degree of spiciness with which the base sauce was enhanced. Side dishes were good, particularly the Tarka dall and Bindi (ladies finger or okra). However, whilst the vegetarian dishes were of reasonable proportions, they were somewhat higher priced than usual. Meat dishes were in line with those generally charged elsewhere. The beer, however, was relatively cheap -- Kingfisher at £3.50 per pint is very reasonable. Overall, service was fair, unusually we were served by a woman -- presumably, this reflects the owners Hindu origins rather than the more usual Bangladeshi tradition.

We scored a restaurant out of 10  as follows:

Service 5.6

Quality 6.4

Price 7

Ambiance 6.5

26 January 2012

The Indus closed for business not long after this review. It is now a much needed Coffee Shop.....