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Sunday evening & needed a place to eat. Jollys was recommended by a friend around a year ago but hadnt been in this hood for a while. There was a tabl…
Susan L. Greig
Jolly’s Indian Bistro
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SOOOooo Good! So much flavour. And unique servings. Very fresh! Can't wait to go back! lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala…
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Jolly’s Indian Bistro
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This place is great. The atmosphere is nice and cozy, and while the servers can sometimes seem overwhelmed, the service is generally good.We usually o…
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Jolly’s Indian Bistro
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10 Reviews on “Jolly’s Indian Bistro”
The 1st time we tried this place with Groupon deal. Surprisingly, unlike many other groupon featured restaurant, Jolly’s is serving good food. I guess it is the location that made them need to go through the discount service to find more customer.The samosa dish is great as it comes with hot/ mango sauce plus chickpea. Ginger lemonade is not on the dinner menu but you can still order it . They used fresh ginger in it which I loved! If you dunno what to order, try the thali ; it gives you serval dishes on one plate.
So, before I start this review I will say Jolly’s has good food, likely the best Indian in this part of kitsilano, however, what really brings it down a notch is the terrible service. As well, I will preface the complaint with the fact that my wife is a chef in the city and I know to not come in right at closing because that it a low class, uncaring move. So, for the second week in a row I have had a butter chicken craving and jolly’s is only a block away from my house, I have gone in at 9 -9:20 to grab an order of a staple, butter chicken, naan and rice. Both times I’ve been ignored by terrible servers for 5 minutes and then been told that they were closed will not serve me, even though they had clients in the dining room with fresh food being brought out of the kitchen. Every single website with your hours, not to mention asking the servers personally, says you close at 10. I am not coming in 5, 10 or even half an hour before closing. Get it together, the service is abysmal and the staff are rude.The only saving grace would be the food, which I have absolutely not received.Frustrating to say the least.
Jolly’s is one of my favourite Indian restaurants in town. It has a nice atmosphere, and the food is excellent. I recommend their thali plates – great value!
We went there before going to boat show. It took couple of minutes to get to a nice seat close to the window. Very friendly and nice staff. They were fully packed. We ordered one appetizer, butter chicken, beef roghangoosh the food was amazing but it came after 46′!!!! Damn too late. We could not enjoy the food at all cuz it was too late that we had to leave as fast as possible. If they could separate the service for take out, it could probably help a lot to improve their service. The food is highly recommended but the service needs to improve. By the way it’s too hot there, wear something light:)
This place can be hit and miss sometimes but tonight’s dishes were amazing. We started with pakoras, then Lamb saag and Ali gobi. Good flavor, great service and just a chill vibe all around. I’d go back!
Really nice room with cushions and candles. Lovely service and some interesting touches like, spinach salad with the mains. The starter pakora was very different than any pakora I have had and it was delicious. Big chunky thing with loads of fresh spinach surrounded by a pool of chick peas in a sauce which seemed to have mango puree in it. Really good. Mains were very fresh and flavourful, but (and this is the big but!) really over salted. The lamb rogan josh, in particular, was so salty it was, on reflection, almost inedible. I say almost, because I did eat it because I was hungry and it was good, but kept feeling that it was amazing how much salt it had. I’m no salt nazi. I like salt, so this was pretty extreme and it was the only reason I would hesitate to go back, which is a shame.To end on a positive, naan breads were excellent. Fluffy, fresh and crunchy.
Wow the Samosa was amazing. We didn’t expect for it to come with mango chutney. Presentation is great and food is delicious. Atmosphere of the restaurant is cozy and festive. They have comfy cushions and great customer service. It’s $20 for a sampler, and you literally can try their most delicious foods. I would come back again.