Saffron Lounge - Table reservation

Well, I simply don 't know where to start here. The best place to start would be the sign above the door Saffron. Saffron is derived from the flower of crocus and is known to be a very elegant and expensive spice. (Currently around £3,700 per kg). Sadly, the front door is where the elegance ended. Myself and eleven friends visited to have a long awaited catch up, and also we were celebrating not one, but two special birthdays. Welcome Seating This was mostly pleasant. Their eyes lit up when they saw the 12 of us, the Cobra pump was immediately fired up. The Cobra was £4.95 per 568ml. I was perplexed by this. Why not just charge £5.00? All those extra 5ps change the Royal Mint have had to produce. Needlessly, I might add. Order Taking As per usual, the waiter comes over and takes the order for the starters. A lot of us obliged and ordered a range of different appetisers. At this time, none of us had any intention of ordering poppadoms. When all the starter orders were taken, myself and my friend sat immediately to my left were looked at like aliens for not ordering one. It then got worse. The restaurant had clearly assumed (never assume it makes an ASS out of U and ME) that we would be ordering poppadoms. The waiter basically begged us to order some. Being the polite gentleman we are, we duly obliged. Approximately 0.03 seconds later 13 poppadoms (you always get one extra) were on the table. What a coincidence....... It was whilst we were eating the cold poppadoms, that things started turning a little sour. Several of the waiters were gesticulating for us to be quiet. I won 't use the word perplexed again, but I was flabbergasted at this accusation. A group of us were actually having a discussion about air fryers. Surprisingly, all of us were using different makes/models but each of us doing our bit for the environment. Main Meal We all sat in excitement, waiting for the curried meals to be delivered to the table. Again, a couple of murmours of noise were raised again, completely unwarranted. The meals arrived on the little trolleys, and the excitement coming from our table was now boiling over. Again, noise rumours ruined it a little. But with the food arriving, everything looked to be back on track. I was wrong. I had asked for a Chicken (sorry vegans) Balti Vindaloo hot. The waiter had clearly not heard me say 'Vindaloo Hot ' easily missed I guess..... My curry ended up being something my kids could have eaten. Not what I visited for. I didn 't hear too many complaints from the other lads about the food, but it 's the finer details that will separate you from other Indian Cuisines, and this time you failed. WCs I would estimate the capacity of this restaurant to be around 50 60. Both male and female (no non binary offering) toilets were single locked entry. What is that all about? Even just us 12 found ourselves having to queue and wait for another friend to dispense urine. Unacceptable. Bill By this time, we were ready for the bill coming. Obviously, there was no anticipation in sight, so we had to ask for it. This is where the financial carnage began. This was no fault of the restaurant by the way. 12 grown men struggling to divide £230 by 12 minus the deposit was quite frankly embarrassing. WE will learn from this. I just hope the restaurant can learn from the points raised above. Summary 1. If you are a group of more than two, don 't bother. You will be too noisy for these guys. 2. Don 't have a drink unless you want to wait 15 minutes for the toilet. 3. Waiters Please smile. 4. If you like it hot, don 't bother

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We’ve been using this company for probably 20 years. My good lady really fancied a takeaway after the new year, so we ordered in. New website is slick and quick to use, contact and communication great, as always. We have also eaten in the new location, very smart and contemporary and the manager, Hussain, is a delight to deal with. Staff and service always to a high standard. Food tastes are subjective and many will prefer other similar restaurants in Worksop. We’ve tried them too, but we always come back here. Anyway, our takeaway arrived on time, smashing polite delivery man and the food, as ever, was mouth watering good. Thanks to Hussain and all the staff, keep up the good work.

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Amazing food as always. This time we had the lamb jalfrezi, chicken tikka chana pallak, veg rice, bhindi baji garlic naan. Also recommend the fish pakora monkfish armchur from a previous visit. Pistachio kulfi coffee is always a winner to finish a perfect meal. Great hospitality as always. Well recommended.

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Come here every other week with the curry guys. Never had a bad meal, excellent customer service and atmosphere. Couldn’t recommend enough. Will be back in 14 days.

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Excellent service and great value for money really enjoyed are meal will definitely go again

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