Rita's Curry House - Ealing

Great and authentic chaat. Lots of varieties to choose from. One of the only places in London that do REAL sarsoon ka saag (spinach). Spent an hour getting here from North London for the saag and was not disappointed. Well worth a visit.

I have been a customer at Ritas for over 40 years, but my recent visit was disappointing. The prices have gone up, but the food quality has gone down. The pakora was greasy and the batter too thick. I even found a piece of wire in the aloo tiki, which is unacceptable. The naan was greasy and poorly cooked, and the mint chutney tasted artificial. Overall, the ingredients seemed poor and the food lacked care in preparation. Unfortunately, this will be my last visit to Ritas as there are better quality restaurants with cheaper prices in Southall.

During a day trip to the area, this restaurant was recommend to us for takeaway food. We ordered Pakora, meat and veg samosas, we had to wait as the samosas had to be cooked from the freezer (not a good start I thought, and not sure if the Pakora was frozen or not) I was thinking that these would be freshly made, like other Indian takeaways I have visited in the past. The food came all bagged up for us to eat later in the day. For what we ordered, I thought it was a bit pricey. We ate the food later on our way home, the Pakoras all 1kg were over cooked, the samosas were cooked ok (ish) but had no real flavour taste and were very disappointing. Having lived in the area many many years ago and used to go here when it was the Rita Samosa Centre it was truly excellent but the (I assume) new owners have not done the Rita name or brand and favours.

I mentioned to the owner that I live very close and have been a regular for last 20 years and how much I enjoyed the service from the original owners and also the previous owners. The guy looked at me like so wtf ?? The previous owners were friendly and from the same village back home. The owners are from MARS!!! Anyway that was all needed to make up my mind and never visit the place and again. And of course I agree totally with all the negative experiences that food is sub standard. I really hope they sale the business on to people who really give a sh*t about the people and are not totally focused on grabbing people's hard earned and honest living.

My regular go-to spot for a quick snack in Southall turned out to be a disappointment. I called ahead to place my order, but when I arrived, it wasn't ready. The staff rushed to prepare my kebab roll, but it was not cooked properly and was cold when I received it. As a result, I suffered from vomiting and diarrhea the next day.