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| - I ate at Cinamon around 3 years ago and although the food took ages to make, my parents and I thought the taste of the food and service made up for it.
Since this place is pretty far away I never came back, despite craving for it occasionally. I finally got a chance to come back and will never go back. This is why:
I ordered the chicken tikka and a side of salad, while my brother got the muttar paneer with naan and samosas. The salad came first, which was basically just bitter tasting lettuce with no other vegetable and it was for $5! That salad was worth $0.5 in my opinion!
The samosas were normal...nothing exceptional. Half an hour later our main meal was served (the length of time was expected from previous experience). The paneer was a good serving size for one person and apparently tasted alright too, but the naan was way too tiny for one serving, compared to what I've seen from other restaurants.
Then came my chicken tikka...it was literally bite sized pieces meant for a 3 year old! I was starving and did not expect that at all. Every other Indian restaurant I've been too serves ginormous plates of chicken tikka, but all I got were these puny 4-5 bites, not to mention its price of around $14! I was way to starving and knew that if I order something else it would take another half hour. So I asked for tandoori roti to eat with my chicken, knowing that I'll be eating dry with dry but that's all I could think of ordering that wouldn't take too long. The roti arrived in 5 minutes, and since my meal was dry I asked for some chutneys to accompany it. Apparently I would have to pay for that too! It was just ridiculous to me and I felt like they were basically taking advantage of everyone with their high prices for bites of chicken, salad leaves, and a tablespoon of chutney. I feel like I've been to so many better Indian restaurants with better service, larger portions, and yet much more affordable prices.
Also, this restaurant flaunts on how the chef has cooked for the queen and president, which is really hilarious!
I travelled all this way for such a disappointment. I learned my lesson.
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