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Papa J’s – November 2025

My first visit (ensure time for parking as a busy area in the evening)
The decor is modern with colourful bright lighting although the tables are rather close if really busy.
The menu has an extensive Tapas or Meze section these dishes were excellent including crispy prawns lamb and chicken 65 with various sauces highly reccomend for a great lite lunch.
The main menu was again really good quality food as feedback from our group of 8.
Unfortunately the service did not match this standard,erratic at times with lack of cutlery, late orders for side dishes and one late main course.
This was a shame the food is really very good indeed and the drink orders were actually very prompt.
The Tapas/ Meze was my favourite and I would definitely return for lite lunch/evening and I am sure the service would have improved to a normal high standard.
Gary
Also, check out the scores and the common curry.
Common Curry – On the expensive side, order carefully.
Certificate – No certificate awarded. Food great, let down by Service.
Web site – http://www.papajs.co.uk
| Positive | Negative |
|---|---|
| Good decor. Very quiet for a Friday | Service was polite and efficient but at the same time a bit confused and chaotic. No dress code |
| Plain pops were a good size and nice enough | Two tables in corner were too close and cramped in |
| Chicken 65, Crispy Lamb, Crispy Prawn, Chilli Lamb and Onion Bhajee (not balls) were all very good | Bright lights but a poor atmosphere |
| The lamb in all the tapas was tender | No clear assistance with dish size |
| Punjabi and Kadai Ghosht – excellent | One main and one rice were missed from the order |
| Lamb Chettinad very good | Small dips with the pops |
| Murgh Kalimirchi – delicious | Having any cutlery was hit and miss |
| Tasty Butter Chicken and Meethi Chicken | Di Piaza Bhindi – small pieces of okra mixed with a large amount of onions, odd taste |
| Larger than normal rice was all good | |
| Naans were ok but only average | |
| Dhall Makhani – highly recommended | |

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