Balaka - St Andrews, Fife
Description
An award winning Indian restaurant in the heart of St Andrews. This restaurant is a celeb favourite during golfing events, drawing such faces as Sean Connery, Arnold Palmer and even the King and Queen of Malaysia. The atmosphere can get quite boisterous later in the evening.Style of food on offer: Indian / Pakistani
Price Guide: £15.01 - £30.00
Accessibility for disabled: not accessible
Parking: Street Parking, Pay Parking, Public Transport Accessible
Bar Facilities: Full bar
Smoking policy: Smoking permitted
Review Summary
Balaka has received 2 reviews, giving the following average ratings (out of 10 - higher is better):| Overall: | 1.5 |
| Food: | 3.5 |
| Service: | 2 |
| Ambiance: | 4.5 |
The reviews can be seen in full below these details.
Recommended dishes: The tap water
Address and Contact Details
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3 Alexandra Place St Andrews Fife Scotland |
Telephone: 01334 474825 |
Other Information
Accepted payment methods:American Express
Visa
MasterCard/Eurocard
Dress code: Casual
Customer Reviews for Balaka - St Andrews
Extremely Over Priced - review added on Mon 30th Jul 2007
A meal for 4, including 2 business and 4 soft drinks, 2 naans and 2 beers cost me 72 GBP the other day. Unbelievable!! The food was just about average and in no way worth the demanded fee. On closer inspection, boiled rice cost 3.85 GBP and a cola about 2. This used to be one of my favourite places to eat, but now I will never go near it again. There are so many better places in St Andrews, avoid this one!
Recommended Dishes: the tap water
Not very good, about average - review added on Mon 30th Jul 2007
They have certainly lost the local vote and seem only to attract the poor tourists and the not so well informed. Any time a celebrity walks through the door they get photographed, other places have more dignity and respect for their customers. The restaurant is quite simply far too over priced and unexceptional in its food. All the other Indian restaurants in St Andrews are actually much much better in what they have to offer for the price. A meal for 4, including 2 business meals cost me 72 GBP recently. It was shocking day light robbery! On closer inspection a portion of boiled rice (boiled mind you!) cost 3.85 GBP. There weren't very many people in the restaurant on a Tuesday lunchtime when the streets were positively teaming with people, so I assume that word has already got round about the extortion... particularly the locals, of which I'm one. I love Indian food but they're using their premises to over charge poor gullible people walking through the door. It's a disgrace.
Recommended Dishes: the bottled water (unopened)
A meal for 4, including 2 business and 4 soft drinks, 2 naans and 2 beers cost me 72 GBP the other day. Unbelievable!! The food was just about average and in no way worth the demanded fee. On closer inspection, boiled rice cost 3.85 GBP and a cola about 2. This used to be one of my favourite places to eat, but now I will never go near it again. There are so many better places in St Andrews, avoid this one!
| Overall: | 2 |
| Food: | 4 |
| Service: | 2 |
| Ambiance: | 6 |
Recommended Dishes: the tap water
Not very good, about average - review added on Mon 30th Jul 2007
They have certainly lost the local vote and seem only to attract the poor tourists and the not so well informed. Any time a celebrity walks through the door they get photographed, other places have more dignity and respect for their customers. The restaurant is quite simply far too over priced and unexceptional in its food. All the other Indian restaurants in St Andrews are actually much much better in what they have to offer for the price. A meal for 4, including 2 business meals cost me 72 GBP recently. It was shocking day light robbery! On closer inspection a portion of boiled rice (boiled mind you!) cost 3.85 GBP. There weren't very many people in the restaurant on a Tuesday lunchtime when the streets were positively teaming with people, so I assume that word has already got round about the extortion... particularly the locals, of which I'm one. I love Indian food but they're using their premises to over charge poor gullible people walking through the door. It's a disgrace.
| Overall: | 1 |
| Food: | 3 |
| Service: | 2 |
| Ambiance: | 3 |
Recommended Dishes: the bottled water (unopened)
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