Tikka Flame
Snapshot
- Area
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Harbourside
Bristol City Centre - Cuisine
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Indian
- Price
- £15 - £25
- Tags
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indian
Ratings
- Overall
- 4 stars
- Food
- 3.5 stars
- Service
- 3.5 stars
- Ambience
- 3 stars
Opening hours
- Monday
- Midday - 3.00pm /… 6.00pm - 10.30pm
- Tuesday
- Midday - 3.00pm /… 6.00pm - 10.30pm
- Wednesday
- Midday - 3.00pm /… 6.00pm - 10.30pm
- Thursday
- Midday - 3.00pm /… 6.00pm - 10.30pm
- Friday
- 10.00am - 11.30pm
- Saturday
- 10.00am - 11.30pm
- Sunday
- 10.00am - 11.30pm
- Alfresco dining
- Child friendly
- Cover charge
- Disable WC
- Disabled access
- Group bookings
- Open bank holidays
- Parking
- Private dining
- Quality wine cellar
- Reservation required
- Smoking area
- Special dietry
- Veggie friendly
- WiFi
Tikka Flame is about as far removed from your traditional curry house as it's possible to get. Set in the busy redeveloped dockside complex, it's all glass exterior, cool colours and contemporary design. Bollywood music and large screens playing Bollywood music videos set the atmosphere, while aromas of eastern promise emanate from the huge open-plan kitchen: tandoori is a speciality. The service is impeccable and the whole dining sensation reflects the high standards of the experienced owners. This is modern India with a vengeance and it just goes to show how cool a Flame can be.
Restaurant Reviews
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Poor service
Rating - Overall: 1 Food: 2 Service: 1 Ambience: 1
9 Dec 2011
Went in with a few friends for dinner. It was fairly busy, so we had to wait 30mins for a table, which we didnt mind. We sat down, it took 15mins before someone offered us drinks. When we placed an order, the waiter said the food will be 25mins, we were prepared to wait. It took 45mins for us to get starters, then another 40mins to get the main course. When the food came, it was below par. 1 hour and 20mins of waiting time is not acceptable. Understaffed bigtime, and the reason they gave me was 'we usually dont take walk ins on busy nights' The waitress offered 2 free desserts, when there was 4 of us. Not recomendable!
Visited: December 8, 2011
What I ate: chicken jalfrezi, chicken madras, naan, pilau riceThis review has no responses yet
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Was really good!
Rating - Overall: 5 Food: 5 Service: 4 Ambience: 5
15 Feb 2010
I went there with my partner for Valentines and I'm definatelly going back again.
The food was amazing! The workers were okay. One got confused because he didnt know what a Cosmopolition was! But apart from that, it was excellent.
We were in and out within an hour and a half and that was with drinks, starter and a main.
I definatelly recommend this!
Visited: February 14, 2010
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NOT RECOMMENDED BAD SERVICE
Rating - Overall: 1 Food: 1 Service: 1 Ambience: 1
31 Oct 2009
WENT IN WITH A FEW OF MY MATES, HAD TO WAIT AGES BEOFRE BEING ASKED FOR A DRINK, ONCE WE HAD ORDERED TOOK ABOUT HALF AN HOUR (POSSIBLY MORE) FOR FOOD TO ARRIVE, EVEN SO IT WASNT WHAT WE HAD ORDERED, THE WAITERS WERE IN DREAMLAND PAYING NO ATTENTION TO OUR REQUIREMENTS ALTHOUGH WE PAID FULL CASH OF £200 FOR A BILL WHICH WE ASKED TO BE SEPARATED WASNT SO WE HAD TO SPEND 15-20MINS SEPARATIN IT OURSELVES AS THE MANAGER WAS USELESS AND SHOULD BETTER OFF BEING A WAITER HERSELF, WOULD RATHER ARGUE THEN HELP HER PAYING CUSTOMERS THROUGH THE PROBLEM WHICH WS THEIR FAULT.
Visited: October 31, 2009
What I ate: CHICKEN MADRAS, KEEMA NAN, STEAK & CHIPSThis review has no responses yet
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WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
Rating - Overall: 2 Food: 2 Service: 1 Ambience: 1
31 Oct 2009
Tika Flame- Is...The most overpriced, low quality food and very bad service Indian restaurant in Bristol despite the good location of it.....DO NOT GO OUT FOR A MEAL THERE UNLESS YOU WANT TO DESTROY YOUR EVENING!!!!
Visited: October 31, 2009
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Never again
Rating - Overall: 2 Food: 3 Service: 1 Ambience: 1
27 Jul 2009
I have to say I was astounded by the service in this place. Never have I been treated so poorly by restaurant staff. They all looked as though they would rather be anywhere else in the world (or that the diners were anyway!).
We were seated reasonably quickly (without a word of welcome) and left for a good 20 minutes before having to call someone over to order a drink. Upon ordering food, I was bluntly told that my choice of dish was "not available" (which I would not hold against them, but no apology was made) and we were sniffed at for deciding against the pickle tray on offer. I can't really complain about the food too much, as it seemed to be cooked fairly well but the meat was slightly over-done and had started to dry. This is likely to be a result of it being kept warm after cooking while waiting for the waiters to finish picking their noses!
Visited: July 26, 2009
What I ate: "Crab" Cutlet (a non-descript fish cake), Chicken Lahori, PalaqThis review has no responses yet
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The Best Indian!!
Rating - Overall: 5 Food: 5 Service: 4 Ambience: 5
24 Jan 2009
Please please do not pay attention to the last review, it is wrong wrong wrong!
Indian cuisine is without doubt me and my partners favourite cuisine, i have eaten in over 100 indians all over the country, and Tikka Flame is without doubt one of the finest i have ever had the pleasure of eating in! i have been back again and again!
No this is not a 'traditional' british curry house, but that is a good thing, it is so much better! The ambience and surroundings are sublime, the screens playing bollywood films are a great touch, all the colours and authentic music set the mood perfectly.
Then there is the good stuff...the food! For starter you must must have the mixed platter, it is the greatest starter you will ever eat....i promise! The choice of mains are great, some traditional dishes mixed with some beautiful unique specialities, i have eaten too many dishes to reccommend one, but everone that i have had has been beautiful, also the rice is the finest i have ever eaten, the peshwari rice is an absolute must!!
The only slight dissapointment was the limited choices of desserts, however i reccommend ordering the jug of mando lassi, it is gorgeous and provides a great finish to the meal!
Tikka flame stands head and shoulders above the other bristol indians that i have eaten in such as Old India, Oh Calcutta, Raj poot etc.
If you have not been to this go, go now! No review could do this Restaurant justice, you have to eat there to understand just how good it is!!
Visited: November 2, 2008
What I ate: poppadoms, mixed platter, all mains and rice are great!!This review has no responses yet
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OK Indian but had better
Rating - Overall: 3 Food: 3 Service: 3 Ambience: 1
2 Jan 2009
Had a decent enough meal here and didn't end up being as expensive as I thought it would be (despite it being city centre in the Harbourside complex). Had a telly playing Bollywood which drove me mad as it entices your eye away from your fellow diners - ban all tellies in restaurants!! (Same goes for Bibas) All in all was fine but have so much choice in Bristol doubt I'll return, nothing special.
Visited: August 9, 2008
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