From Dream to Reality: The Story of Lilu Restaurant |Absolute Reality
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- Alex Polizzi and Oliver Peyton head to Leicester, a city famed for its wealth of Indian restaurants. But with almost 200 to choose from, why would you eat at Lilu, described as a fine dining Indian restaurant? Lilu is run by foodie first-timer Pratik who always dreamt of opening a restaurant with his mum. Having sadly missed the opportunity to fulfill the dream before she died, Pratik was determined to go ahead and open his first restaurant to honour her memory.
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Closed during covid. He has a different place now: "The Chaat Bar at Lilu"
Gosh this was sad at first. Condolences to Prati and his family. I’m so glad Alex is empathetic. As I’m sure, she has had to deal with a gamut of emotions from owners and customers and communities. It’s intense, the formula it takes for success and staying on top of it. Aweeee he loves his mom. The SOS is brilliant. Thank you.
He's such a sweet man.
I've watched this episode many times and it always gets me when they're looking through the family photos.
Now this guy is very likable. Everyone will want him to succeed. I would be his customer and friend. Well done.
Do your research. This placed close years ago.
I got tears in my eyes when he started crying 😢... over his mum passing. 6:15 min.
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Why?
@@monkeytennis8861i know right pathetic
What a lovely man and staff! Some people you just want to do well. I really hope that the business continues to be a success 😊 lovely tribute to his beautiful mum. ❤
This is an old proramme. Sorry to tell you the restaurant closed over a year ago.
God bless this place and these people ❤️
I don't usually cry so early in the show. the photos and the son's reaction got me!
Bless him. His Mom is proud!
Looks lovely! Great to see a family business come together! Great work! xx
Alex, Oliver - I absolutely LOVE your videos. Really helps me as a budding hotelier: I make notes and put your precious advice into practice. Thank you and Bless you, Anouche.
That chef looks like he's feeling very underappreciated.
Someone of his caliber deserves more recognition
Thanks for the upoad - it was delighteful and I hope the business went on to be successful
Beautiful story. Well done 👍
my heart goes out to him, losing your mom. I am so sorry.
Everyone's mum eventually passes away.
@@themishmish101 why do you state the obvious? Have some compassion, you know it comes freely out of your heart.
Very heart wrenching, I was tearing up as well. There is always hope for him.
@@justanotherperson584 Tearing up? FFS. If you consider this heart wrenching I suggest you never ever look at the real world.
Oh this one is Sad 😢 Felt really sorry him and his family. So glad Alex was there to help 🎉
Food looks delicious ! One of my favorite episodes.....
Good episode from a good show
Keep uploading 🤟
I’m so glad he grabbed hold and did well
Great receptive faily. Lovely people. Wish them every success ❤️👌🙏🏻🤗
Nice family. Sorry for your loss 💔
Great show wish he and his wife the best of all. Luck. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💙💚🥰🤗
I think you really are an amazing restaurant owner xx you and your wife xx
it says on google their temp closed anyone know why
Business development advisor here. Many people seem to believe that any amateur can turn their hand to running a restaurant or pub. But hospitality is a skilled profession in a demanding, competitive world. Don't dive in with your eyes closed - learn the trade before you invest your life savings!
Here I would love to eat. I hope he made it.
King touches glasses wit his fingers on the lip rims.
Bloody can’t even get the basics right 😮
Best one yet. How wonderful to see how well things work when one listens to professionals.
Aaaand another one bites the dust.. surprise .. thank you Alex! 🤣🤣💣🤡
Your asking goreh how restaurants work lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bro could have open restaurant/pub in Mumbai , Bangalore might have been in great profit rather than getting losses in UK
you think a guy with that accent wants to live in india? lol
i think food is about exchanging cultures
some like it food some dont
I wish I was eating that!
I live in Leicester You sold them Down the road Belgrade road is just a walk away with so many Indians Eating for so much cheaper than £29 per person who needs an ala carte menu of Indian food what gives you bits instead of a real Indian mixed and beautiful meal where you have to order a doggie basket because theirs so much wonderful food around £20 each and with a such better atmosphere Ala carta is very much not the Indian way
Why's his watch so tight?
Unfortunately the resteraunt is now closed. 😕
I'll bet it was during COVID-19 as so many other businesses faltered as well. Tough times.
I'm not surprised there was only one season of this show 😢 Oliver is a Tool . Alex should ha e did it on her own
cooking for your family is one thing but cooking for the public is another it has to be very good and the cooks must know well what they are doing you have to know to improvise every day something new and tasty
or you just stick to a menu and hope it goes well
They are closed
we didn't know how many people were coming - Yeah mate, it's called a restaurant
good looking chef
say it again!
Chill please
It sounds to me that he got mixed up between GPR and MUR. That is basic knowledge but it comes with experience.
Indian food is best cuisine in the world if its done correctly.
Complete matter of opinion
@@PointNemo9 Exactly. Nobody has tasted all the cuisines in the World, and nearly all people will say that their country’s cuisine is the best, even if they have never tasted anything else…
The guy with the beard in the background in minute 19:37 looks as if he is about to explode 🙂
Alex Polizzi looks a lot like Joan Crawford, hope you don't mind Alex. Good episode from a good show.
Yes a mix of Joan Crawford and Anne Bancroft
@@WilldoAldone More appealing than either actress!
My guess is that they couldn't factor in the cost of hiring staff to replace his wife - who was working 2 jobs, as well as other staff to accommodate the increase in customers - too narrow a profit margin. Plus, the hours worked are killing....! Sorry, to hear they closed - they could at least, have sold the business if successful.
I didn't understand the change in decor...first it was green and nice, then it was red and gold, then green again????
Well spotted! When i went back and looked the 'red and gold' is a different location when they were discussing price costing.
A great episode. Already love Alex - add Oliver Peyton and what could be better? A wonderful family story and according to reviews the restaurant is doing very well. I'm glad Pratik took the advice regarding costings/profit - my slight disappointment is (according to Tripadvisor) the avg.pp is about 75$ (about 60 GBP) > However, if people are willing and can afford to pay, then all the power to them!
I read an article where they're giving back in the community ... *_"Pratik has decided to give a percentage of his restaurant takings to the Feed The Hungry charity in Hinckley"_* ... (Dec. 2019, Leicester Live)
Luna 333 I see that your comment was posted 8 days ago. Today is 21 March 2023, and prices are going up almost worldwide right now. I thought that economic reality might take some of the sting out of your slight disappointment regarding Pratik's menu prices. Good dining to you.
@@susanelainesanner I absolutely agree as a business they have to charge according to market (worldwide) conditions. I just thought _with consideration_ to the economic times, they might have developed a bit lower cost prix fixe menu. Having said that, there still are people that have the funds to dine out at that price. I appreciate your comment. Good dining to you as well 😊
Yeah Indians use masala and not curry... to all those looking for authentic.
How is the profit margin on this dishes so high but then they say no money in restaurants
That's gross profit (profit after food costs only). Still need to add on staff costs (wages, ni, pension), utilities (electric, gas), business rates, rent, admin etc...
FYI Alex lost her dad when she was 9, car accident.
800% not 80% profit!
Indian's are colourful they dislike only one colour BLACK has always been associated with Negative Energy. Pratik have a colourful inviting shop front.
... which is mostly black with a little bright green. Go figure!
Never worked in a restaurant. Buys a restaurant 🧐
Who buy butter chicken for £12 pounds??? Thats absurdly expensive
Don't ever come to Ireland a butter chicken here is 14.95 and that's not including any sides i.e rice, chips etc that is extra
This restaurant is closed..............for good.
so far this is painful to watch!
Correction: FAMILY
the mans a con artist and a good actor
Seem to be going strong until 2020 now permanently closed
COVID closed a massive number of businesses through no fault of their own.
Not sure why the head chef would buy a house when the restaurant he’s working in a struggling.
Cos he had to buy a house for his family...
Alex Polizzi looks a lot like Joan Crawford, hope you don't mind Alex.
With other words very beautiful...
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Too expensive
Clearly you didn't bother to watch the episode in full
Why did they get rid of the Indian from the sign? If I was looking for an Indian restaurant I wouldn't look twice at this seems more like a Spanish bar looking at the signage. Also way too expensive for small portions. No wonder they closed. The free poppadoms etc was a brilliant idea, bad advice to stop them. Shame, they seemed a nice lot and deserved much better advice...
Like AP, LOATHE Peyton - a failed restauranteur who ran crappy cafes in museums and visitor centres! He knows nothing about running a kitchen! His own business went into administration, i wouldn’t trust a word that comes out of his mouth! Eeek
WOW you sound jealous!
couldnt agree more - I really dont think he adds anything to this show.
So what if he has an opportunity to teach other aspiring restauranteur's about some of the costly mistakes that he might have made. What better way to learn than from a wounded healer. Perhaps you could ask Alex if you may join her. I am sure she wont mind.
Agree totally. Did you hear him say to the chef . I'm not putting my whites on 😂😂 a useless Spanner that fella
Never trust a so called food expert who is so thin . Food critic by skeletor
People are different. My father was 1.92 and never weighed more than 75 kilos, and he loved food and ate large portions. Drank a lot of beer too.
I love Indian food, I dislike Indian food adapted to the western taste. The last Indian restaurant I visited was in a town near Heidelberg, Germany. It looks Indian, it has an Indian menu, has 4 Indian owners, the menu has hundreds of many obsolete items sounding Indian and tasting like schnitzel with knödel and sauerkraut with some very, very, very light, absolutely industrially prepared fake curry. I asked for extra, extra, extra, extra hot and got a green sauce that also vaguely reminded me of a dusty no taste curry by those chemical industrial food 'specialists' Knorr. Luckily I can drive to The Netherlands in less than an hour to the city of Groningen where some Indian restaurants did not adapt to the west and serve Indian food the way it is meant being made. Hot curry please!
The worst Indian food I've ever eaten was in India!
@@liuzhou And the worst Chinese food I’ve ever had was in China…
You cant just say 'the west' like we're all the same!!
Wouldn't it depend on the clientele of the restaurant? If lots of people who prefer the authentic style frequent the restaurant then that is who they will cater to.
Can Alex friend tide up a little? A shave doesn't take lot of restaurant's barely minimum standards experience, doesn't it? 😉
Don't use halal meat then because it does not taste very good.
"High and dry" does NOT mean "fine". Sorry to be a pedant!
Nepotism at its finest - that bloke Oliver adds nothing to the charm of Alex, why do they think its a good thing to include him?
Because he knows his stuff!!!
I love their working together! He is a very well known food critic as well!
So what if he has an opportunity to teach other aspiring restauranteur's about some of the costly mistakes that he might have made. What better way to learn than from a wounded healer. Perhaps you could ask Alex if you may join her. I am sure she wont mind.
He's a show pony . He a food critic . Does not know anything about running a restaurant...or add anything to this show ..
@@alcoyne3333333333333 He can seem a bit condescending at times but I have always found a 'main' of Alex herself sufficient without any 'sides' or co-stars.
Pratik's father hasn't even bothered to properly learn English.
Offensive.