Indian Summer

In a word: BLAND.

If you would like another word: OVERPRICED.

Seems as if all the thinking has gone into the decor - touches like the 'funky' menu (leather purse style), etc...

The will seems there, with a couple of amuse-bouches thrown in (although insipid tomato soup with a hint of curry powder is no laughing matter), but I'm afraid this restaurant doesn't know the way.

Service brisk, but machine-like.
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Paul
Friday, January 19, 2007

We thoroughly enjoyed our meal last night. I recommend the cauliflower starter - delicious! Highly recommended. The service is good and the room airy and spacious.

In my opinion it is the best Indain restaurant by infinite number of light years. (Most of other Indian restaurants I've tried in Brighton are just terrible!)
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Mark
Friday, July 14, 2006

As someone who normally has a problem with Indian restaurants due to the spices used in curries, Indian Summer was a gift from heaven. The food was of wonderful quality, beautifully cooked and delicately spiced. Presentation and service were top knotch. A thoroughly enjoyable evening worth every penny and not a curry in sight!
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Pam Pollington
Monday, July 03, 2006

I was so disappointed by Indian Summer. I'd heard and read really great things and was hoping for a reminder of the amazing food I'd had while I was in India. The menu looks amazing too and I was getting ready to be blown away. But no. My partner's starter was an odd puffed rice affair that was so sweet it was like eating breakfast cereal, my mushroom with paneer was better but was so intense I couldn't eat more than a few mouthfuls - a shame there was nothing to cut through the richness. I then had the Malai Murgh - dry dry chicken so hard I could hardly cut it, served with a pyramid of over-cooked lumpy cous cous and insipid sauce. My partner had the fennel prawns and it was just dull. The couple on the next table didn't fare much better and I overheard at one point 'I can't eat anymore it's making me feel sick' and the look of disapointment on her face when her main course of a pile of brown potatoes was put in front of her just said it all. The mango brulee was gorgeous but it wasn't enough to make up for shelling out £60 for really mediocre food. Don't get me started on the nouvelle cuisine presentation either. What's the matter with people in Brighton? I can't ever trust any reviews I read because people have such low standards! Authentic Indian food? I don't think so.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

I went for a meal at Indian Summer after reading the positive reviews on this web-site, and was really impressed with both the food and the service. The menu isn't extensive, but the choices that they offer are interesting, and it was difficult to decide which dishes to try. To be honest I can't remember what I had, but I enjoyed both courses!

There was a bit of a delay between our starters and main courses which didn't bother us, but the waiter was very apologetic and gave us a drink on the house, so 10/10 for service! Decor is great, with lots of space between the tables (I hate it when restaurants try to cram in as many covers as possible). A really good night out, and highly recommended.
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Emma Carlyle
Sunday, March 12, 2006

GREAT !!!!....the indian Summer is the best indian restaurant I ever been outside India, I went to the restaurant with a friend that he is very piki tgalking about food, and he still sending me tnks because that night ....the service was exellent as well the restaurant ambient...

Try the Salmon and the prawns...
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Glenda Cortez
Friday, January 06, 2006

I took my husband, a self-confessed curry-holic, here to celebrate his 30th birthday. Although the menu is quite limited we still struggled to make a choice. The waiter was incredibly helpful and the chef spiced up my husbands dish with some extra chillies - it was apprently 'the best curry he's ever had'

The puddings were great too!
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Kirsty Dobson
Thursday, January 05, 2006