We were group of 10 people. And seated inside. The ambiance and service was good. But food was just ok. We ordered different BBQ and Gravies. Their Anaar daana chatni was good even though it was more of mint chatni.They have complimentary photography but its completely useless. Later on they gave us complimentary golf cart ride of greater iqbal park. Which was fun and I’m giving 3 starts only because of that.

Great restaurant - Amazing location, great views. Service impeccable. Food was great, try the pan from the pan stall, the diya kebabs and the shahi kheer. Presentation was superb. Great facilities, complimentary buggy ride to Badshahi Mosque and Minar E Pakistan, restaurant directly in front of fountain show, tropical birds and photography on behalf of restaurant.

A good addition in food industry of Lahore. Ambience is lovely (85/100). Staff is well trained and well behaved/courteous. There is one hall (which was full on a working day. What to say of weekend). There is one veranada/gallery and open air sitting. Spacious car parking. Food taste is very good, but a little more spicy. Hygienic. Rates are affordable for upper middle class and upper class thats why most of the visitors are bureaucrats, rich businessmen and people of upper middle and upper class.

The significance of this restaurant is the ambiance. Greater Iqbal Park, fountain show and the lush green garden in the surroundings make it special. If good Food is your priority, you may find it somewhere else. Expensive compared to the food on offer. Staff is moderately trained, so you may face glitches in service. Always opt for seating on ground floor. Winter is trouble for the upstairs, quite uncomfortable. Food variety is not unusual. Drinks are almost the same. Recommended once Only.

One of the best places to sit and eat, having indoor and outdoor option. (Rooftop was temporarily closed)But reaching there is difficult due to overcrowded roads.Food is good, staff is nice and cooperative.Menu and presentation is unique.(27.11.2020)

Loved the ambience, food quality, complementary ride and everything there. Highly recommended..

Doesnt live up to the hype. Extremely poor serving manners and food decor. It felt that I ordered a dinner in a 3 star hotel with cheap pots and plates. BBQ was OK but laced with fat and oil. Makhni karahi was the only saving grace. Wont be going again.

The setting of this restaurant is excellent and I like the court guards at the entrance like you’re going in to see the king. The decor is beautiful and the tables are well presented and set up. There’s a water feature outside and there’s also some real parrots available if you’re so inclined to to take a picture with them. The food was excellent and I especially liked the grilled food. The environment and atmosphere is good and you feel welcome although the waiters need to be more attentive hence 4 stars instead of 5. The prices are reasonable and there’s a large choice on the menu to cater for most tastes. There are large golf type buggy’s available for free if you want a ride around Minar-e-Pakistan and the park after your meal. Well recommended.

Ambience is super, no doubt but service is slow. Taste is average, not bad. They are overrated. Price is high & meal portion is small. If you want to enjoy ambience then it is a good place but if you wanna enjoy food then you should visit some other place. I wish that food quality & portion size, range of menu, speed of service will be improved so that people can enjoy every aspect of the restaurant.

Worse Food i ever had. Tastless food, very poor services, un trained staff. Not recommend

Boycott this pathetic restaurant. They torturing the innocent Bird to get some cheap attention. Shame on you.Free the bird

Service was poor.senior person/table manager behaviour was not proper.Junior waitor/bearor took away the fire place n we complaint and demanded to bring back fire place but Incharge behaved n asked the junior not to bother which we observed.Senior came n said sorry n told that I just came n not aware of this repaeated request which was lie.Very poor behaviour n service.

Beautiful ambience complimented with traditional food served in artistic way.... Lights and fountain show adds colors to the experience...

The Poet is recommended for those having traditional taste for food. Moreover, staff is courteous and ambiance is 9/10. Food is good in quantity and taste. Economical too.

It was a wonderful experience, we ordered several chicken, mutton gravies plus some BBQ with all thpes of Roti/Naan and everything was in perfect taste, only two issues food was not as hot as it should be and there was big delay in service.

A very beautiful place with beautiful scenes to eat. Ambiance is awesome. You will see dancing fountain there. Food is average. I am a foodie person and i almost tried every famous restaurant in lahore. When I compare food with other restaurants then i feel many other restaurants have a good taste. Why i written above story because the prices are very high at poet. If we compare price with food taste i will say waste of money. But overall its a good place to visit.

Awesome This place was amazing! They accommodated a family of 15 people without any problems. The food was good and so was the service. They also had Birds and parrots for show! Towards the end they brought put Kheer with a cool smoke show made with nitrogen gas.

They have wild and endangered birds tied up in ropes as props in poorest conditions. They birds struggle to move around becuase they are completely immobile. Nothing to like about the restaurant. I Highly discourage anyone who will still visit and those who dont do anything to free up the poor birds

Beautiful decorated and good outdoor sitting, well mannered and well behaved staff, food is really nice and tasty. A nice place to dine out .

Pathetic place free birds frok there.. totally insane act. stop using bird as a PROP. shame on you.

Everything gets 5 stars except the food.Food doesnt come up to the mark.

Over Priced, lower taste. Only environment is good.

Its my 1st Experience and I have Enjoyed the food. Everything is fine and professionally managed. I recommend this place to the foodies of Lahore. Best place for families. Proper heating Available at outdoor in winter season. After dinner Complimentary ride in the park is also Available.

Ambiance is fantastic so is food service and presentation. Food taste is relative, but fish tikka tastes absolute.

Best food and ambiance in Pakistan. Prices a bit higher than average but believe me this place is great. Also there are great park and historical icons around there.

Bundu khan Royal is far better yhan this in both taste and service

The food and ambience is very nice. Their presentation is also very good. If one could catch the fountain show of Greater Iqbal Park, it just makes your day.

Best ambience with good food. They should however improve taste to become the best in town.

A great experience for dinner and ambienceSpecially live tabla music and fluteGr8 job team peot

The Poet————-Ambiance wise, it is a great place to go specially in the next two months when the weather would be pleasant and it will be a joy to have dinner on their roof top. They also have a beautiful indoor seating.Coming to the Food, Although i have seen a-lot of great reviews but I personally didn’t like the food overall and specially at the cost they charge. Had their Roof Top Dinner Buffet. The quantity and verity was there but they lacked the Quality.Overall 5/10.VOM 3/10

Very soothing atmosphere..delicious food..and enjoyed free ride of new Iqbal Park,thats very well decorated and managed

The ambiance ia really good but the food is not upto the mark of price charged

Great Ambience......Good Food.......Perfect Environment........20% Off On HBL Platinum Credit Card.....Awesome Service.......Highly Recommended

Amazing place worth visiting with family. Love the free iqbal park ride by the management. Amazing ambience too

Some different to others...dancing fountains,free pics Whatsapp,free pics with fancy birds,free golf cart rides,free food for maid and driver,live music(with banseri,tabla and daff),unique dinning hall and outdoor sitting but little bit expensive..

Wonderful place to dine in. Great ambience with literally lots of complementary services including photography and tour.

Food is exquisite. Mutton dishes are really amazing. Shahi tukras are must. Kashmiri chai is good. Ambiance is super nice outside and staff is very professional.All in all; very good experience, highly recommended.

Great tasting food and ambiance. Do visit minar-e-Pakistan after you eat in the restaurants complimentary cart service. You have to tip the driver though!

Great food. Lahore is blessed to have taste in food. For parking of cars follow Gate#3 and after taking U-Turn stay extreme left so you can get in easily. For disabled and elderly or injured persons (fractured) you can get wheelchair but to sit in air conditioned 3 steps r there.

Friendly Environment ! Staff is really Good !They have tonnes of activities for you along with Tasty Food . They also give you a ride tour of Minar-e-Pakistan Park

Wonderful ambiance. Food was excellent however deserts were a whole other story. They should really improve the quality of deserts or not serve them all together.

Prices are shockingly low , food taste is good. One star deducted for not too much variety of food avaliable. Else overall experience is good. Highly recommended.

Its an amazing experience to visit The Poet in evening you get to enjoy fountain show and walk in the Greater Iqbal Park. Food here is of good quality, and ambiance is really great. A great place to visit with friends and family. You can easily access several sites and monuments from this location.

Very beautiful place to eat n celebrate with your family and friends food is also tasty

Awesome Traditional Food with Royal (Mughal) atmosphere

Food is diverse and good, but a lot of dishes have similar taste and are mostly wrongly named (so dont forget to read the dish description)... For better experience reserve before going.

A wonderful place for dinning. Excellent ambiance. Food quality is awesome

The decor was very nice. The place had extra garlands, perfume spraying and car to ride across the garden. The food was not as tasty as it should have been. The serving was different, taste needed improvement in all dishes.Once it Should be tried, may be for development of taste buds.

Worth visiting this place with beautiful ambiance, dancing fountains and yummy food with mughlai culture

This place was amazing! They accommodated a family of 15 people without any problems. The food was good and so was the service. They also had Birds and parrots for show! Towards the end they brought put Kheer with a cool smoke show made with nitrogen gas.

One of the famous and traditional food with super views and services. This is the place for everyone not for only families.

Dining experience starts with discipline and responsibility. We reserved a table for dinner and when arrived the restaurant made us wait for 35 minutes. After such disorganisation and no sense of remorse by restaurant staff I am very generous to rate it 2 star. I am not coming back to such organisation!

Very uncooperative staff. Did not let me enter for using toilet as i said i ll pay for it. The gaurd rather said me that its not a public toilet we paid 60 lac rent to pay for this. You cant enter.Lack of professionalism

It is an experience to go there! Me and my family love it and it is our favorite fine dining desi place with tons of complimentary stuff.Free Gajras for ladieaFree golf cart rideFree paanFree professional dslr group photosFree fountain light showOverall cost per head for chicken based menu is approx Rs. 1200 per head.Highly recommended especially for foreign delegations, formal get togethers, post wedding receptions etc.

Food was Good..Service and behaviour of the staff was fantastic and polite...i like the Place..but the problem i faced was that i dont have reservation so they didnt arrange indoor seats for us..And Corridor was not up to mark..Violin player was so Nice and Good..

Great place to Dine In. Lovely Ambient. The food was absolutely wonderful, from preparation to presentation, very pleasing. We especially enjoyed the Gunna Ghost and Kabab.Wonderful view of Miner e Pakistan. Lovely place to enjoy food with the family. Highly recommended

Worst experience..... Too expensive with insulting qunatity of food

Here is another great addition in Lahore food eateries, the awesome thing about it is the location inside greater Iqbal Park, if you are coming with family you can avail few free things there like Cart ride to visit park and much more. The place is little bit on higher side in terms of price but it justified with the view, location and over ambience they have. Make your next visit with Locally Lahore for all fun filled historical tours and to enjoy foods of Lahore

Good Pakistani restaurant, good ambiance and food taste. Like giving free food to drivers and maids and the complementary ride in the historic minto park

Amazing place to see all historical places of lahore i.e. badshahi mosque, minar e pakistan. It serves best traditional food i.e. garlic naan, palak paneer, kheer, kababs, tikka.... beautiful experperience.

Good place to eatBut quality and quantity of food should be increased to justify the prices.

So yummy and tasty food..Lovely environment...Romantic view

All you can enjoy is the ambiance and take free photos with Macaws and Falcon, free ride to Greater Iqbal Park and dancing fountain. Isnt that enough? Their food is just fine, infact pricey if you care about quantity. Last but not least, they offer free Briyani to Drivers and Maids which is an excellent gesture and hard to find anywhere else.

Overall atmosphere and service is fine. Food quality average specially in comparison to high prices.

One of the best restaurant in lahore with great ambiance and royal feeling but the best part is the delicious served in beautiful pans.Descriptive menu

A pleasant experience. Food was really good. Service was also good. Well mannered staff. Environment was beautiful and calm. Music was soothing. Washrooms were surprisingly very clean. A good time was spent there with family.

The food is good BUT the ambiance is great , LOVE the surroundings.Wonderful view of BaadShahi Masjid , Minar-e-Pakistan & Fort.

Such a romantic place in the heart of Lahore. Food was very tasty.Prices are lill highLots of activities Live Music, Free photography, Free Golf car ride around Iqbal Park .Free photos with Birds.Good place for Family and meetings.

Full marks for ambiance. Zero for food. My home cook can make better food than the chefs at this place. Not recommended for food .

They have improved their food quality.. And environment is indeed good mahool.

Good food and ambiance... Professional staff and live music especially the traditional flute was amazing.

It was a great experience. The place, the food and the service were excellent. I think its a 5 star place, with great view and excellent food and presentation. Service is ok as well, not great as they tended to forget the order and it was slow as well.My only gripe about this place is that everything is hunky dorey if you are sitting in front of Bab-e-Balochistan as the whole scenery is there. But if you get a seat on Bab-e-Gilgat then you have nothing to see except two guards. Also the outdoor needs fans as it can get really hot with the live Bar B Q etc. Recommended choices are Chilam Biryani, Desi Choocha and Bar B Q. Gulab Jaman are really good when it comes to dessert

Over rated.Average tasted food but nice ambiance

The place is good, food was good but amount they serve is hardly for two people whereas the price for one dish is from 1200 to 1800 which is too much for such a small serving

An awesome and excellent food place. Any one interested in taking traditional Lahori food must visit Poet. It has a classical presentation of food with quality service. Along with excellent food you can take the beautiful view of PAKISTAN and historic heritage of Mughals. Thumbs up for the food and service.

It is nice place to visit for food and to spend great time with family and friends. Decoration and view from this place is fantastic. You have direct view of Minar-e-Pakistan and garden adjacent to it. They have dancing fountain and buggy service for short tour to park.It is crowded even in weekdays and it is better to make reservations. They have smaller food portin but taste is great.

One of its kind fine dining experience. Amazing site seeing ride + more than good food a perfect restaurant in the heart of lahore one should must go and experience the royalty.Ps: go for a la carte menu only my personal advice.

Good place. Good environment. But serving amount is maximum for 2 person only.

Compare to excellent location and decor, food is not as tasteful as other in the city. Overall best place to enjoy luxurious sitting and view.

What should I say. Ambiance 10/10. Food 10/10 location is worth dying for as its in historic Iqbal park. Personal favourite is achari mutton handi and bbq platter. Go for those red colored BBQ chicken, I forgot the name though. But it was yummilicious. Sharing photos place and of platter as well

The food was great, but the chutneys are absolutely awesome, the ambience is enhanced by the light show at the base of the Minar e Pakistan

A very enlightening experience great ambience good food ,a little costly but worth visiting

The best restaurant of Lahore. Ambience with exceptional presentation of food. Stands number one in taste. Located near Minar e Pakistan. It also has a rooftop cafe which only serves tea/coffee & dessert. Though the restaurant is expensive but when you compare it with quality, you would not be able to find another restaurant of this quality.

Ambiance is good no doubt but food quality is normal. If someone want to sit inside then do reservation before coming

Today at The Poet in Manto Park Lahore.Our order was chilam Dar Biryani n Mutton karahi.Biryani was below average in taste. Ratings are 5/10.Mutton karahi was good in taste. Ratings 7/10.Overall ambience is great n small sitting place. Waiters were in fancy dresses.Good thing is that for domestic workers meal is free. At the end pan was served free of cost.End ma jb kheer samne ai tu dhuwa sa urna laga. Meri tu cheekhe hi nikal gae. Phr hosla hua kuch nai hota. Waise hi nervous ho jaata hun.Place have fancy names of dishes n prices are on very very high side. Quantity is small too.

Excellent food and ambience...but u got to pay the price to enjoy everything. Free photography and invitation cards.

Very nice and spacious eating area with quick tasty foodTraditional environment

High pricesFood quality is good but less in quantityPlaces is good for insta storiesThey have only 4 dishes on menu in each category and very high pricedWe order mutton kunnah, kababs and some murgh dishInstead of mutton kunnah wo only got paye with never ending gravyAs we asked for makhni handi we get chicken qurrma and some makhan on itThese three things costs us around 4500So if just want to sit at some good place and have an ordinary food with high prices you kust visit this place

One of the best restaurants in lahore... food was so perfect, ambiance is superb with luxurious interior, heartmelting instrumental music, historical background and dancing fountains view...Simply love it

Just average food quality. Was expecting quality food with views but ended up with views only.

Its a fine location for Palistani and Eastern cuisine. Set next to on one side Minar-e-Pakistan, the famous Pakistani national monument and on other side the 16th century Mughal era Fort and the famous Badshahi Mosque, as well as a Sikh Gurdwara, the environment could not be more perfect. Food is very tasty. Serving size is rather on conservative side. Some spicy options are available but mostly menu is balanced in terms of spiciness. Beware it will take a well over an hour to get from city centre. The traffic leading up to all routes to the place is down right horrendous to say the least. The place itself is nice and spacious. It allows a free family picture by a professional photographer (who will WhatsApp it to you) as well as a free ride on a golf cart sort of transport that gives the visitors a ride around the adjoining park to take in sights and sounds of nearby historic places. Also advance reservation is a MUST. For seating on inner ballroom sport of room at least week in advance reservation is a must. If you are visitng Lahore a visit to this place is highly recommended.

I must admit I was not expecting it to be this good. The place has an aura of its own, from the darbaans at the entrance to the last bite on my plate, the service was impeccable. Food was above average but still worth the effort. With the kitchen being a glance away you can see the chefs being hard at work, with a joke here and there it gave that organic feeling of not being a remote controlled environment. Would recommend it for all the families out there to come and visit this place.

Brilliant environment good outdoor sittingBBQ was average handis were greatService was also a bit slow

Good ambiance, very nice location . Services are good food is good .

Excellent ambiance but food taste is below average considering the prices being on the highest side

Great taste, variety of options to choose from. Heating system in winter. Friendly staff and free ride to Minar e Pakistan

The ambience is excellent. The food is ok. The service is just ordinary. They need to tutor the servers to be more welcoming. And they need to bring their cleanliness standard up a notch. But you cant ignore the outdoor ambience and that is why it gets 4 stars.

Awesome Ambiance tasty food and great speedy service. Very impressive food arena and spacious parking.

Amazing, i have visited this Restaurant very late although i heard a lot about it, but never got chance to visit it. so its very amazing experience, its located in old area with lots of historical landmarks, so they designed it accordingly, its entrance, inside and outside sitting everything is perfect, looks like old architectural structure . Now come to food it was also really awesome, we enjoyed every bite with their best services, you will definitely love it. Highly recommended for family and foreign guests

The environment is good enough to visit with ones family out there۔