Tel: 0844 477 1111
www.deliverance.co.uk
Rating: 2 stars (out of 5)
After spending most of the day making my way back from Barcelona and then dropping by Cha Cha Moon for lunch (we had shopping to do on Carnaby Street and I wanted to do a review but forgot to take any photos) before going home, the last thing I wanted to do was cook dinner. So, perhaps as we do once every two weeks, we reached for the take away folder. Mainly a vetted selection of local services 90% being curry, 5% pizza and the remainder... one of whom is Deliverance.
Online ordering is an convenient and easy as can be. The website is well designed although there are some features missing or hidden. We placed our order at 19:22 for 20:15 (ASAP) delivery and it did in fact arrive at exactly the right time. My girlfriend's Deliverance Special pizza was of reasonable size (as advertised) and as far as pizza topping goes was well thought out and balanced, with Parma Ham, Piquillo peppers, Italian Salami, olives, wood smoked ham, and sun dried tomatoes. But it wasn't hot.
My Chicken Tikka Masala was a slightly different affair. Whilst the chicken chunks are substantial, they are not "Tikka" marinated Tandoor oven cooked but just large chunks of chicken breast meat. It is supposed to the "real food" version of the dish and whilst the ingredients are fresh, and whilst there are 0ver 49 recorded variations of Chicken Tikka Masala, it was not what I was expecting. The same went for the Pilau Rice which was flavourless and ultimately both were very disappointing.
The ice cream not made by Deliverance but by Jude's - Dark chocolate with Chocolate Chunks.
Let's not be mislead. Deliverance is purely for ease and convenience. The food is so terribly inconsistent that any item of the menu could be inedible to plesantly surpringly and sometimes hints of inspiration. Not this time I'm afraid and paying £28.50 for this stamps "mug" all over my face.
