Vama

nip_and_nosh

Slightly above-average Indian 26th October 2008

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Vama uses quality ingredients and offers some unique menu items that go beyond the typical curry houses. It is a higher-end establishment with main courses averaging around 10-12 pounds. Dishes are for sharing, and there are plenty of choices for mains, starters, and sides.. very good vegetarian selection as well.

The service is fairly slow and the ambience did not leave an impression. The food was above average, but I did feel that it was a little expensive when compared to other Indian restaurants with similar offerings. This is likely due to its location in Chelsea.

If I was in Chelsea and craving Indian - this would be a safe bet and I wouldn't be disappointed with the food. But since I don't live in Chelsea, I would not make a specific pilgrimage to go back to Vama - for the money, there are better places.

neiln9

Disappointing 23rd September 2008

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When we arrived we couldn’t see the restaurant were open or closed. Everything was dark outside. The restaurant was practically empty
but we decided to eat there. A very cold welcome from the staff. I never have seen during a meal the staff is not smiling once.

Everything was so slow. First we had to wait a long time for our starters as well for our main course.
Nobody made a back check while eating. Nobody was looking after us. Hardly to see any staff during service hours anyway. Where were they? I have no idea.

When our main course finally arrived we ask if we can get some lemon slices. We had to ask twice to remind them. They not even realized that our wine glasses wine were empty so we had to wait again to order another one each.

Either the staff wasn’t there at all or were talking with each other and surfing thru the internet searching for some tools.
This gave me a really bad impression.

After we finished our main course we were sitting another 15 min before we needed to ask the staff if we could order some desserts.
We had to say that the food were to salty. But nothing came over from the staff. No apologizing, nothing. They not ask us for any coffee or tea.

So we finished our desserts and had to search for staff to ask for our bill. We could leave without paying and they would not have recognized that.
Finally everything sorted and we left. I looked back and what did we see. The lady from the reception were eating of the sweats they put
earlier on the table.

I got one question. Is the staff in any way trained to give an excellent service?? A really bad service from a very incompetent staff.

The service was not even the basic. The most overpriced meal I have had since moving back to London and the most disappointing.
Scandalously expensive for an otherwise unmemorable meal.

gastro1

Worth the detour 26th February 2008

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Vamma can be great 4 or even 5 star but suffers from inconsistency .

The chicken tikka is usually outstanding as are most of the meat and vegetarian curries.

On some days the food can be poor and I can only think that a neophyte is on the stoves.

Vammagi the delivery service is ok but not a patch on the restaurant so if you want takeaway collect from the Kings road restaurant and do not order from the delivery service who have kitchens elsewhere.

sootle

Authentic Indian Food in a nice atmosphere 4th April 2007

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Very relaxed atmosphere but still authentic Indian Food.