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To be honest, I had a feeling I was going to be leaving Victoria Indian Cuisine disappointed from the moment I walked in.

The small restaurant has been crammed with as many tables and chairs as could possibly fit and the décor is so tired, it’s practically asleep. The toilet, upstairs next door to the kitchen, was disgusting; the lino on the stairs obviously worn away from years of waiters running up and down with rank food.

The poppadoms we ordered to start were bordering on stale, my beer warm and my chicken curry swimming in oil – barely edible. The one redeeming factor was the naan bread, but it was too little too late.

My meal at Victoria Indian Cuisine was poor. And just to add insult to injury, our bill (for two) came to over £30.

2/10

We always seem to get a bit stuck when looking for a curry house in the West End, so when after a couple of beers round Goodge Street my friend suggested ‘a ruby’, I recalled seeing ‘Palms of Goa’ on Charlotte Street and suggested we give it a go.

After the poppadoms - which were good and crispy - we decided to by-pass the starters and go ’straight in for the kill’. I had a chicken korma which, although included tiny bits of pistachios, was a bit tasteless. My friend ordered his and the nation’s favourite chicken tikka masala, which he seemed to enjoy. The rice was a little on the starchy side.

The best bit of the meal was the naan bread; we had peshwari which was freshly cooked and still nice and warm.

The waiters were reasonably friendly and efficient. With a couple of beers, the bill came to £32 which I think is a little expensive for what we had, but then I guess we were in the West End!

5/10