Swatlands - Dunton Bassett

Lovely food and good service Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30

Me and my wife visited tonight and it was a so shocking we were actually laughing. First of all we were seated in what seemed to be a cupboard with hot air being blown in. We were moved out into the restaurant after complaining and got prime position to see the shambles unfold. Staff seemed stressed beyond stressed, people were leaving because of waiting times for food, staff were bickering and did not seem interested in even being there. No friendly service, blunt service at best. Then the food Mixed sharing starter and the chicken was raw on the inside, we showed one of the servers and they took it away and told us we could have a fresh one, we declined and were told they were so busy that they are rushing food out. We said we would stay for the main to see what that was like as it was a rare occasion that we got a chance to go out so we thought we would see. Mains came out and the naan was delicious, that’s all that was good though. Lamb was dry, tough and had no flavour. Prawns were boiled too much and were like rubber. The dishes were oily and pretty tasteless. We were told good things about this place but it was truly the worst food and service we have ever experienced. I don’t know if this is out of the ordinary for the place but it certainly will not be getting a second chance from us. They tried to charge us for the returned starter as a final kick in the teeth, this was knocked off after complaining though.

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £20–30

Food was a little pricey but the waiting staff were excellent and made us feel super welcome. Would definitely be back again! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: £10–20

Parking is situated behind the restaurant and difficult to find. Only a few spaces available and as it's small there's little room to manoeuvre also I have sometimes got to the restaurant unable to park as someone collecting a take away has parked across the entrance of the carpark. Also once parked you have to walk past the kitchen door to get to the main entrance. It looks grubby and messy plus the chef is often cleaning his car! There are a couple of spaces outside the front of the entrance but from my experience they're always taken. Service is polite and swift. Tables clean. I've not visited to toilets. The food is OK. I find that whatever bread I choose be it naan or chapatti is never anygood. Plenty of veggie choices though. The dished themselves can be a little over seasoned and very salty. Price wise it's a little expensive considering all I have just said.