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Review Empress Of India - Melbourne

Stephen Scott
So first experiences are as you know everything, and this dark, musky, old looking room, looks untouched since the late 70's or 80's. Not helped by the ancient pictures of the owner with Elton John, Billy Connelly, Rolf Harris, and notes from Shirley Bassey. Kinda freaked out by the very old, sad feel of this place, and being the only ones there at 6pm, the owner looking much wearier than the photo showed us our table. The samosa's were the best I have ever had, and the chutney which he told us just own the main prize at the Melbourne fair did taste pretty damn good. The meal we had was hot and nice but just wasn't what we were expecting and just tasted different to most other curries. Maybe its more authentic than I have ever had, and we are just not used to the real authentic taste, but I have had better and was not a fan. Expensive for what we had, but in this day and age, celebrity fame don't cut it, customers have reviews, the web, and a ton of choice. (For an awesome meal head to La Porchetta 5 mins North for AMAZING food and service at a third of the price). This was once probably good, but like the Overlook hotel it all came to a sad, sad end, and I think its fair to say this was once great many years ago, and now time to pack up shop or get new owners.
Sushant Parikh
service was very pleasant.
Jules Miller
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