Bunny’s Tandoori

A decent, slightly upmarket Indian restaurant in an area with many Indian people. I am sure we could have got better food had we known the area, but this was certainly passable. As usual too much food!
Kingfisher on draught helped.
The weird chutney that went with he pappadum dragged the rating down somewhat
Nothing that really stands out and nothing egregious either. I’ll probably go back — if only because I know how to find it from the Hounslow office!

Bunny’s promotes itself as being one of the best Indian restaurants in Hounslow. They have a number of newspaper clipping displayed around the dining room that talk about how it ahs won several awards for it’s food. All I can say is the chef must have been off sick the day we went in because I have never eaten such overpriced, unappetising food in my life. My husband and I went to Bunny’s for Diwali — we lived almost opposite the restaurant and having read the clippings in the window we were suitably impressed. So when we had to decide where to have a special meal on Diwali, the occasion and the bad weather prompted us to pop across the road to Hounslow’s best Indian restaurant.
The interiors of Bunny’s are dimly lit — almost like a bar. However, it doesn’t have too much Indian kitsch in it’s décor which is always a plus point for me. The first jarring note was the somewhat unfriendly reception we received — the host refused to let us sit where we wanted (there was no reservation notice and the table remained unoccupied the whole time we were there) and instead led us to an inconspicuous corner.
When we were ready to order, the waiter was nowhere to be seen, though three of them popped out of the woodwork the moment a party of Caucasian’s entered. We eventually managed to place our order and after a long delay we got our drinks and food as well. I had ordered a korma, which is normaly my favourite curry. Kormas are generally not spicy and the cashewnuts give it a creamy, subtley sweet flavour. Subtlety is obviously not part of Bunny’s repertoire because my korma had lashings of sugar in it to the point that it was almost a dessert! My husband’s spicy curry was mildly better, though not particularly spicy.
We were so disappointed, we decided to skip dessert and cut the evening short. Unfortunately for us, 2 – 3 more groups of Caucasians had come in in the meantime and the service staff were busy hovering around them. The attitude of teh staff was quickly explqined when a person who appeared to be the owner or manager emerged and began circulating among the guests, making small talk and asking whether the food was alright. I could hear him talking about how authentic his food was and how many awards it had won. Little surprise that he visited every table except ours — we were the only Indians there.
All in all, Bunny’s might be a decent place to visit if you’re a) Caucasian and b) interested in an Indian cuisine that no self-​respecting Indian would serve you in their homes. It tasted like what Indian food tasted like in 70s Britain — the prawn cocktail of Indian food! If you’d like authentic Indian food though — avoid like the plague!