![]() Amaya is sister to Chutney Mary and the venerable Veerswamy (which MW Eat acquired in 1997), and also to the Masala Zone chain.Īmaya has very smart décor, with the inevitable stripped wood flooring, but also sophisticated lighting. I will be back however as I am sure the management team will look to sharpen the act together given the ever increasing competition in the London Fine dining scene.Amaya opened in 2005 it is owned by a company called MW Eat, founded by a lady called Deborah Jeffs in 1988. Obviously it is disappointing when a meal at a fine restaurant has only positives based around the drinks. I just have to question whether the kitchen is able to consistently produce the michelin food it is meant to serve for the dinner service due to the sheer volume of orders? This aside, the experience was worth it for one part only and that was the old fashioned, which was one of the best I have had in London. The restaurant was very busy, and I assume this is the case often. Possibly having a sommelier might help! One positive was the scallop salad We last came for Lunch, and that was a great experience, whereas this time we came for Wednesday Night dinner service. The wine which we ordered was distinctly average and should be replaced with a more appropriate wine. Normally for Michelin star restaurants, a waiter is topping up glasses every time they look empty however here we had to ask several times. In addition we had to keep asking for fresh naans to be brought out as these early arrivals subsequently kept getting cold. In addition the number of times the naan bread was brought out either too early was too many to fit on a single hand. For starters there were a few individual waiter mistakes, with the salad being brought out very early before we had any of our starters to accompany it, the waiter was duly told off by his manager. In addition the service levels have dropped, and for a restaurant which has managed to keep its michelin star for many years its a shame to see, it not paying the highest levels of attention to this area. On a positive note the Oyster dish and the biryani, both chicken and aubergine were very tasty and I would recommend them. This should be the most important technique in fine indian dining. Some dishes notably the crab were overpowered by single ingredients there was no balance to the spicing. The Quality of the dishes has got worse, instead of saying wow at every dish we ordered and enjoying the variety of ingredients, in fact we were more inclined to say this was bland or boring. We have to say we were rather disappointed. ![]() This was our 2nd Time to Amaya, and a visit we have been looking forward to for a while. I would highly recommend this restaurant - try a variety of dishes but beware the small plates are deceiving in size inadvertently overdo it and you may need to be carried out. Cocktail and wine list provided some varied options and the deserts were delectable, along with a congratulatory chocolate covered ras malai that had hot chocolate poured on it at the table, which caused the top of the ball to collapse inwards, releasing the flavours within and creating a bit of theatre at our table. I don't often say this but this restaurant got it absolutely right. Every single dish we had was individually prepared to perfection with balanced seasoning and no two spices that were fighting with each other - all too often it's easy to either be too simple and produce the same old tired cuisine available on every street corner of the East End or to go too complex and add flavours that do not complement each other. Service was impeccable and the menu arranged to allow you to sample a number of different items across the various types of vegetarian, meat or seafood dishes with their own twist. On arrival we were greeted by an intimate but spacious and open plan environment with all of the smells you'd expected in a higher end Indian restaurant. This hidden away Michelin starred restaurant lived up to its reputation. ![]()
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