Kismet Tandoori Restaurant

my wife and I have been to the Kismet every week for the last ten years. Always get a warm welcome and have taken friends and family there and they too have become regulars. A few years ago we even attended the owners son s wedding and had a great day at County Hall.this must be the best value meal in Wales and with drink at BOGOF lager is 1 75 per pint.
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Dave and Trish
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

A great restaurant - starter and main course (Curry, rice, naan) for a fiver. The food is nice, and the atmosphere is fun. Recommended
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Morgs - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Everyone knows that Kismet's £2.50 - now a steepling £2.95 all you can eat buffet (noon till 7pm) is one of the worst kept secrets of City Road's student-ville populace.

For less than a posh sandwich you can fill up good and proper. I have given up on the chicken dishes. Clearly, cutting corners means cutting out prime breast. I dont care, the veggie options are plentiful and plenty tasty enough for me. I can stuff myself silly on the likes of daal, sagg, chickpea, nanbread and - best of all, the onion bhajis. You need to time your run though as it can get a bit like a maul - or is that a ruck? Referree? So Friday at 6:30 is not such a great idea but other times of the afternoon are. Some of my friends turn their noses up at this place but there's nothing to fear - I've eaten in posher places and regretted it afterwards... if you know what I mean - but never at the Kismet.
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Mike
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Food 6 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 10
Friday, February 19, 2010

Ordered food from this restaurant and found their service to be absolutly appalling. The food arrived and was stone cold! after phoning them back to tell them about this was argued with on the phone and past from pillar to post! was told that we would have to wait another hour for our delivery. I think that it is absolutely disgusting and will never be using it again.
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Elaine Welford
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, December 13, 2009

been several times to this restaurant. Very cheap, which is why i think they put fillers in the food - we always feel full despite portions being small- compared to other places. We love our indian food and have tried many places.
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karen - View all reviews by this user
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Food 4 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Saturday, May 23, 2009

TBW and associates regularly dine at the Kismet and consider it to be one of the finest establishments City Road has to offer. I have dined at Gordon Ramsays restaurants and I consider this to rank alongside them.

At the end of the day its a fiver for 4 courses so if you want to complain about it you should have a good look at yourself and then consider winding your neck in. True dat.
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Terry Johnson
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Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 10
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Although we are infrequent visitors to Cardiff, when in town we (wife & family) always make for the Kismet on at least one of our nights there. Try comparing it to Wetherspoons just up the road for service value and quality and you'll find Kismet comes out on top. Keep it up lads
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Charlie
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Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Sunday, January 18, 2009

The Band of Brothers, Cardiff have been using the Kismet in City Road, Cardiff for 3 -4 months for social meetings. The kitchen is clean, the service is excellent, and the food is fantastic. Our last meeting saw 37 of us eating and enjoying our food. We would be more than willing to recommend The Kismet to everyone and anyone. You can't find a better meal for £5.00 anywhere else.
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Pete
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, September 29, 2008

I discovered Kismet 5 years ago and eat there on a regular basis.

Always had good food, never ever suffered from Dehli Belly at the Kismet, that's a big plus as far as I'm concerned.

Service is always good, and for value £5-00 for a 4 course meal is hard to beat, unless you count their BOGOF wine, or their eat as much as you like daytime buffet for £2-50!

We take the bus more often than not, as after a bottle of wine each, driving is not recommended!
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John Tythe
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Food 8 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Visited here with a group of colleagues 2 weeks ago. Usually love curries. This was by a long way the worse Indian restaurant I have visited. Service was rude, and food "glowed" with all the colourings.
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Friday, April 25, 2008