Nizam - Mid Sussex

Decided to try this restaurant as we have never been. Pricelist indicated that this place is slightly on the pricier side. If it reflects in the quality, we decided we would not mind as it was our wedding anniversary. But sadly, it didn't live up to the expectations. My husband's portion contained 4-5 little pieces of chicken. I ordered the lamb shank, which hasn't been cooked for long enough for the meat to fall off the bone. I also found that there was too much oil swimming in the plates. Waiter was polite, kind and attentive. Unfortunetly, he was sneezing a lot while making non-alcoholic shakes....

Decided on a Sunday curry lunch. Still unusual, for us at least, thus a treat. Service was excellent, food was superb mixed platter followed by curries and sundries and really well priced….BYO a help here.

We used to go to the Nizam frequently but then moved out of the area. Now moved back but other good restaurants have sprung up around the patch. We recently heard that you can now take your own alcoholic drink in, always popular since it usually makes the visit somewhat more affordable. It was a Friday, the restaurant became full hence we had a fair wait for our main meal. However, the prices were definitely on the high side, the bill came to £64 which was for 5 poppadoms and pickles, two standard curries, 2 rice, 1 onion bahjis and one Nan. Not even a soft drink. It seemed that most things were around £2/£3 more than at other local curry restaurants. If you don’t mind paying that, the curry was good but not remarkable and for that bill we would normally have one or two soft drinks and a couple of Cobras or Magners for sure.

This used to be such a nice restaurant but ending up waiting ages to order as too many take away orders making you feeling left behind for food to arrive. Empty Plates swiped whilst other of party still eating. The Bring Your Own Bottle is great but since this the menu prices have shot up in price. It cost a lot more than it used to for the same stuff.

I had a takeaway of chicken korma, pilau rice, onion bhaji and poppadum and thought £22 pretty expensive unless I’m out of touch with prices. I’m sure Balti House up the road includes the rice and poppadum with the main dish and gives discount for collection so much much cheaper.