Saffron

Nice mural, but just misses out on approval, this time...

Review: Saffron 

Status: Not Approved :(

Average score: 6.87

On Friday 17th March, OCC Saigon members returned for their much anticipated monthly curry meet and review of Saffron Indian Restaurant- "a sophisticated dining and entertainment destination like no other, offering exceptional North Indian dining in Saigon's first ever multi-story Indian restaurant and live music lounge" as their Facebook page explains. 

OCC Saigon members were delighted to be joined by trialist Tim, a new arrival to the city with a similar love for curry. As is the tradition for all trialists, Tim took the responsibility for ordering and made a fine choice selecting a range of starters and curries for members to review. 

The panellists' scores point to a high level of quality (tandoori starters were particularly enjoyable) and service with attentive staff. Despite these high scores, unfortunately value rating was heavily impacted by a low meat level in curries compared to other reviewed establishments, although may have also been skewed by the overzealous ordering of the trialist and/or the number of refreshments ordered during the evening 🤭.

As you can see from the photos the decor is not to be missed and highly recommend if in search of something akin to a 90s UK curry house or similar. 

Whilst Saffron House is unfortunately not approved on this occasion having just missed the required benchmark of an average 7 rating, we would like to highlight the high level of quality and service and welcome a return visit next year to re-assess progress.

-- Full scorecard:

Quality: 7.17

Service: 8.17

Customer Care: 8.00

Value: 4.67

Atmosphere: 6.33

Overall: 6.87