Address: 37 Newnham Road, Cambridge, CB3 9EY [google maps]
Telephone: 01223 302 800
Website: http://www.riceboat.com
Opening hours: 12:30-14:30, 18:00-22:30; Monday-Sunday.
Type: South Indian cuisine, kerala.
Posh or common: Common.
Take-it-away: Yes.
Lavoratoire Garniers: N/a.
Number of tables: Special tables for invisible people.
Clientele: University.
Could I take my parents?: No.
Would I return?: I doubt it.
Service: The worst I have experienced in Cambridge. The waitress Big Fat encountered was nothing short of a Silly Billy.
Price for a main course: 6.50-10.50 GBP.
Portion size: Good.
Menu choice: 14 starters (5 vegetarian), 35 mains (11 vegetarian); [menu]
Good: I've eaten here a few times. The food is excellent and I think this place has the best Indian food in Cambridge. Choose the fish, if you are allowed to eat here.
Bad: Something is very wrong. The service is appalling. I've been googling reviews and people agree with me. Last night we were a party of five and they wanted to put us on two different tables. They would not put the two tables together or put an extra chair on a table of four. I was outside taking a picture of the restaurant whilst this was being explained. I think this is terrible, because to me it looked like they couldn't be bothered. We didn't eat here in the end, though, when I've eaten here before the wait was a long hour from ordering to eating. Very, very, very badly run.
Big Fat went mental because she was hypoglycemic and she whirled around like a dervish and she bent a lamp post over.