Papa J’s – Oxley Park

Rating: 3 out of 5.

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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

PositiveNegative
Good decor. Very quiet for a FridayService 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 enoughTwo 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 goodBright lights but a poor atmosphere
The lamb in all the tapas was tenderNo clear assistance with dish size
Punjabi and Kadai Ghosht – excellentOne main and one rice were missed from the order
Lamb Chettinad very goodSmall dips with the pops
Murgh Kalimirchi – deliciousHaving any cutlery was hit and miss
Tasty Butter Chicken and Meethi ChickenDi 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