Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Rice Boat

Address37 Newnham Road, Cambridge, CB3 9EY   [google maps]
Telephone:  01223 302 800
Websitehttp://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.