Camel One - Manchester

Camel One sounds like an awesome name for a space shuttleInstead it's a takeaway.

Camel One will undoubtedly be open when you want it to be, it bags its customers ambling along the 'Curry Mile' this wayOpening late.

What a name 5 stars right there, or notCan't be arsed for a sit down meal on the mile, then head here.

Food was awful in quality and taste, and portion sizes were really small. Person in charge has a very arrogant and condescending attitude, and also rude to staff in front of customers. Curry advertised for £11 on digital signage on window (still there and been on for a long time . We pointed to the sign and ordered, after finishing he charged us more on the bill. When questioned about the bill, he very condescendingly said the sign is old and prices have changed (didn’t tell us this when ordering and when we pointed to signage when ordering . We informed him that’s false advertising, he didn’t care! Absolute thief! Didn’t offer refund, and didn’t care when we mentioned why he hasn’t turned the sign off or changed it. Never want to go back and wouldn’t recommend. Would give lower than one star if I could. (I want to mention this used to be an okay restaurant a few years ago but has gone really downhill since the last time we visited a very long time.

Camel One is one of those places that has been a Wilmslow Rd staple for a long time. We have eaten many times here and usually you get a good quality curry. More recently, last couple of times even though the food has still been good the service has declined. In particular the attitude of the staff is extremely sexist. Last time I visited, there were 2 wait staff that were doing something and didn't acknowledge me, I was first in line when 2 men walked in. Both male waiters asked each of the men for their order whilst totally ignoring me even though I was there first. A third waiter realised what they had done and sheepishly asked for my order. On this visit, I went in with my husband and even though I was closest to the guy on the till and was about to order, they totally ignored me once again and asked my husband what he wanted to order. We decided to go for a chicken curry with roti and the samosas on display looked delicious so we decided to opt for a meat and a veg samosa too all to take home. When we got home the curry was absolutely delicious couldn't fault it at all and it was extremely tasty. The samosas however were not great. They didn't look anywhere as nice as the shop either. It was clear that they had picked out some that didn't look anywhere as near as appetising as the shop. The summary is that the food is good but they need to get better at seeing their female customers and not just the men. For how they made me feel as a customer I can only give them 2 stars. Had it been based on the food (curry only) it would have been a 4.