Bandook - Indian Restaurant, Bath

What a great place, the food was amazing, some really interesting dishes. Washed down with a great choice of wine. I had the grandma chicken which was ace. Service was great too. The popadoms were completely unique. I’ll add a picture. Lovely place.

We came early to our sitting on a Friday night as they had a "2 for 1 cocktail" offer from 5-7pm, written on the board outside. We asked two waiters on entry about this offer, one said it was good, the other said "if it says it, it says it". When we go back to pay our bill, they've charged us for both cocktails. When questioned the waiter said the manager it must be the EXACT SAME COCKTAIL. Neither the board or the waitstaff gave us any indication of this. Why advertise it if there is a massive caveat or not inform us? Poor, poor form. We found a middle ground not to pay the service charge but just poor form from management not to even honour their advertised offer. We shouldn't have to find a middle ground. They pushed back both times and we had to compromise with the waiter. Food was good, waiter was nice but service slow, drinks took ages to arrive and continuous failure to clear empty plates on an already small table. Had to grab a server each time to clear it for us. This was the case on every table around us, elderly couple next to us had their dirty done plates in front of them for most of our meal, and staff just walked past it! Just a bad service experience all around.

Recommended by friends to come here and would thoroughly recommend to everyone else. Easy to book online, a comfortable interior and welcoming attentive staff. Really felt looked after whilst being there. We had a main curry with rice and three of the smaller plates between two of us which was just right, all being really enjoyable and with good flavours. Would also recommend the english garden punch teapot cocktail. The servers overheard it was my partner's birthday and upon bringing out dessert had the chef write 'happy birthday' on the plate too which was a total surprise and very thoughtful. We will definitely return, I can imagine a drink and food on the outdoor seating in the sunshine to be fab.

Fabulous food at surprisingly reasonable prices. The different chaat dishes are very good. So was everything else that six of us shared. Highly recommended.

Food was lovely and the service was really good too. There is a range of different options to choose from - some quite unique and unheard of in other Indian restaurants. The portion sizes are fairly on the smaller size when you take price into consideration.