Papa J's - Milton Keynes

Service was extremely slow, waited 30 mins to be asked for drinks, starters took and hour to come out and all at random times, the last starter came out and then the mains straight after that so we still had all plates from starter on the table with no space. Then the mains were below mediocre if I'm honest, I asked for a jalfrezi and it was about as spicy as a korma, and had next to no taste, the rice was just dry and most of the chicken was dry and chewy, pretty disappointed if I'm honest. I know there was a large group there at the time, but this doesn't excuse the bad quality of food, especially for what you are paying, all other Indian restaurants I have been to are miles better and I really don't see the point in wasting your time coming here.

Well as a group we all go out every month to different places and we heard papa j came highly recommended, well I recommend don’t bother, we got there we’re sat down straight away, we all had a vibe that this place was not what we heard, actually we all nearly walked out, reason it took half an hour to get the drinks, then eventually poppadoms 1 each, with the smallest Chutney dips Ever seen, Actually, we had to ask for another set of dips because they were so small that the three they bought out was just not gonna be enough for the six of us, Anyway, we eventually got to order our food. We all quite specific on what we wanted an hour later the start turns up I mean okay the starters were okay not too bad basically I had chips. I didn’t really know what to expect. They were spicy chips, (1) got this papa dish which was basically just to poppadoms with salad on and they all and all the poppadoms were soggy anyway from the salad, And the simplest starter came out last, which was just odd two poppadoms salad and even before that was eaten they started bringing out the main dishes, Well, what we ordered was definitely not what they bought out. I asked for my dish to be madras hot. I asked for chilli rice well those absolutely no spice to it whatsoever and they bought out those chilli And to bring out some more chilli rice well that wasn’t chilli rice either it was hot but not chilli hot. It was just hot hot. All the rest of the food what we ordered it all looked the same and it had no taste and no Spice absolutely awful, Service was atrocious as well. We all agreed that we weren’t gonna pay full price for this meal because it just wasn’t worth it so we asked for a discount and to be fair they gave us discount with kind of made up for the lack Luster attempts of what was sit down. So my overall rating of this pappa J Terrible Food terrible Service and I don’t recommend this. Before I left, I did tell the fellow beyond the bar, but this is by far the worst restaurant with we’ve ever ate in.

Excellent food and ambience. Very good service. Good experience.

This is my genuine review on Papa J restaurant. I visited this place almost near to their closing hours, I was bit concerned about the late arrival; but all the staffs around there just surprised me with their highly appreciatable hospitality and service. The food Was incredibily awesome and authentic, well served and presented. I would highly recommend Papa J for those who strive for some worth the money food and service. THANKYOU PAPA J Team Good job !!

Loved the place and food was fantastic. Best Indian in MK.