1953 Bar And Restaurant in Scottish Borders

Very tasty food and beautifully presented. Well worth a visit if you enjoy a curry, will definitely be returning. Staff very attentive

First time of dining at 1953. The staff were very attentive and friendly. The food was delicious, well done the chef's. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to other people and I will definitely be back in the future.

The food tasted ok but for the price it's not worth it with Gala Tandoori being better value. The waiting staff lack any charisma and mumble their words. When we were leaving we specifically said we wanted the left overs packed separately (they asked), and they still just put it all in one box. We had to wait 15 mins past this to then ask for the bill. Wake up.

Started off strong but as soon as a table of 17 came in it seemed like we were forgotten about. Waited 40 minutes for desserts to be orders and then a further 20 waiting on them arriving. Staff manning the bar served waiter remains of strawberry daiquiri, with a shot of vodka, which waiter drank in view of customers. Also something was also said by the bar man whilst we were leaving. Didn't catch it but it did make the waiter look over at us as were still in earshot

Me and my friends had a fantastic dining experience, we were all sat quickly and we were impressed with the variety of options on the menu. There were also vegetarian options so people with different dietary requirements had many options to choose from. The service was so good, our waiter was incredibly friendly and I recommend the chicken momos!

Best restaurant in gala amazing food and service even better was the atmosphere highly recommended 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

Have visited twice now and had enjoyable meals. Food is tasty, fresh and hot. Great range with some different choices available. Service on my first visit was outstanding, made to feel welcome, very attentive especially as it was a busy weekend evening. The service on this visit really enhanced the experience. Service on my second visit - quiet, mid week wasn’t anywhere near as good. Took over 5 minutes to be acknowledged at the door despite waiters walking past several times and only 3 tables had customers at that point. Eventually got seated but we asked to change as the seat offered was probably the worst available which if busy and no other choice is fine but the restaurant was very quiet. It took a while for someone to take drinks orders then eventually our food order. I don’t really know why given the quiet restaurant and there appeared to be plenty of staff available. The food was again great but a more consistent approach to service and welcome would make a difference.

Absolutely blown away by the quality of food. We all had different things and each one tasted completely unique and fresh, not like some places that use a generic sauce. Friendly staff and useful tourist film on TV for distracting toddlers. Don't expect totally quick service - be prepared to wait if you want the food freshly cooked.

Such a lovely evening in 1953 tonight for supper. The staff were absolutely amazing and a real credit to the restaurant. The presentation of the food was stunning, I don't ever take pictures of my food but tonight I felt I really had to and it definitely tasted just as good as it looked too. Good atmosphere, comfortable seating and of course excellent food. Well done everyone. We have to come back ...SOON.... xx

We been here a few time before and it was the best. The food is amazing along with the friendly service. But however, we can on Sunday and the service was not so great. First of all there was a women working that we never seen but was abit rude when coming to table and made us feel rushed. The worse thing was I couldn't understand what she was saying. Not a good experience but will give it another try as food was amazing as always. Where is the other waiter who is always smiling and speaks good English? Think you need him back.

A really decent experience, with the delivery happening a lot quicker than our order last year. Working until 7pm that day, I left my order in the kind hands of my wife, as the family ordered to celebrate my Father-In-Law’s Birthday. So what did I have? I started with a couple of Poppadoms and helped myself to a few of the Pickles (Lime Pickle is always my go to and this one had a lovely kick to it)! For my main, I had a Chicken Madras (the heat was eye watering but somehow bearable), accompanied by a Garlic Naan Bread and Pilau Rice (the Bread in particular was soft and packed with Garlic). Per person, I think the cost worked out around the £22 mark. As local Indian’s go, that’s not overly expensive in the grand scheme of things. In comparison to other local Indians, I think the real winner with 1953 is the selection and standard of the Veggie options - having three in my extended family highlights the importance of this! They’re always very positive in their reviews.

Enjoyed our second trip to 1953… …really liked the potato cakes for starters and curries very good too… Quality garlic naan. And decent value And great to see the place really busy on a Saturday night.

Disappointed after all the reviews about the food. I had the Biriani and it was way to hot and all the rice was stuck together in lumps. The staff were helpful but rushed our meal by bringing the mains before we finished out starter!

10 of us went to the 1953 bar and restaurant as part of a birthday meal and I have to say it's one of if not the best meal iv had in long time. The staff were excellent and very attentive. Despite there being alot of us we didn't have to wait long for food arriving. I'd alos like to point out that it's the not restaurant to serve Gulab Jamun in its dessert menu which is gorgeous. 10/10 if you haven't been already I suggest you do.

We have had a takeaway from here before and it was good. 1st visit to the restaurant tonight and we were not disappointed. Service, food and wine all excellent. We have already book to go back early December.

Wanted to try this resturant since it opened and was not disappointed. GREAT food, GREAT atmosphere and FANTASTIC staff. Probably the best meal out we have had in a long time. We will definitely be back.

1953 restaurant is very good we went with family and the staff couldn't have been nicer great service the food was out standing very well presented and excellent flavours we will all definitely be back one of the best Indians we have had

I booked via an online booking site, and got confirmed, and also reminded. I was quite surprised when they clearly had no idea of the booking and no table ready. They separated a table for us from an empty row, creating a narrow walkway next to us, which was then used as a corridor by all the staff to get to tables further down the room. It’s a big undivided room, so quite noisy, but no atmosphere. Tables aren’t covered so it’s quite cafeteria style. It was busy, but we found it quite chaotic. There didn’t seem to be any specific waiter for the tables, just whoever was passing. The menu is very disappointing for a napalese/Indian. The only vegetarian curries are side dishes that you can have as a main course, makes you feel very special! Vegans need not bother either as there is a symbol on the menu for ‘dish can be made vegan’ and then there are no dishes with that symbol. We both decided on king prawn dishes, and both were disappointing. The sauces were ok, though nothing special but the vegetables in them, onions and peppers were uncooked. I have had Nepalese before a few times and this wasn’t of the same standard.

This is the 2nd time being here and the food was out of this world. Dessert was amazing. Service was on the ball. Hats off to the chef and waiters and waitresses.

Always wanted to try Nepalese so when we saw this newly opened bar/restaurant we decided to try it. We were not disappointed in the slightest. Every aspect of this experience was excellent the customer service, speed of delivery, presentation, ambience, quality of food, taste was outstanding, presentation, surroundings and the cocktails were fantastic. The staff were beyond helpful and all in uniform the owner was a delight. He takes great pride in his establishment as well he should. We would recommend this venue 100% and definitely will be back.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! 100% recommend. it was amazing from start to finish. the cocktails we ordered were DELICIOUS🤌🏼i had a strawberry daiquiri and my friend had a blue lagoon and they were both amazing! prices were really good for the size of them as well. we then had a chicken pakora starter which was also a 10/10. for mains we ordered chicken makhani with pilau rice and a garlic nan to share😍the visit had no faults to it. from the food to the impeccable service from the waiting staff, particularly the lovely ladies who dealt with us. i would recommend visiting this restaurant to anyone!

My husband and I visited this restaurant for the first time and were not disappointed. From the service to the food to the ambiance it was flawless.

This was a 5 star experience. The service was of the highest quality with staff working like clock work knowing their individual roles and working to treat each customer with speed and efficiency. The food was quite simply delicious. Rich flavours and served with a...

Had read good reviews (and also of their sister venue in Penicuik). However disappointed. Mediocre food. far too sweet and obviously not genuinely spiced. The naan was nice. I felt it was a curry house for people that maybe didn't really like a proper curry...

I was made to wait five mins whilst the waiter finished his phone call, with not even so much as a nod of the head. I almost walked out, there was only him and I there. I’m glad I didn’t… Okeh, the lamb cops were...

Booked a table as had heard good things and was not disappointed. Busy Friday evening, with a good buzz about the place. We had a range of dishes, with Popadums to start - dips were very nice. Starters were lovely - we shared a few....

They managed to squeeze four of us in on a very busy night and I’m very pleased they did. My Chicken Shashlik was the best I’ve ever had. My husband thought his Chicken Basecamp was OK but wasn’t as impressed. Our friends thoroughly enjoyed their...

Warm welcome and taken straight to out table. Chicken momo was excellent and so was the keema. Very pleased that the portion sizes were not too large especially the rice and nan bread so nothing got wasted and we had room for starters and mains....

As good an Indian / Nepalese restaurant as you’re going to get in the Scottish Borders, genuinely! It was a massive order, everyone delving in to their own particular preferences, but I eventually decided on the Chicken Lekhali. It definitely packed a punch (two chilli...

Thoroughly enjoyed our evening ,busy. busy !!! Arrived at 7pm and shown to table Food vg each tried something different,sharing platter Momo's

Outstanding food and service was spot on. Couldn’t fault a single thing Highly recommend Will be back very soon

A truly wonderful dining experience. The food was absolutely delicious! Presented well, fast service and polite, attentive staff. We will most definitely visit again.

We had booked a table but when we arrived there was no one to greet us so we stood around and eventually managed to get a waiter to seat us. There were four of us and they took us to a table with three seats...

Very lovely restaurant and food was absolutely delicious 🤤, service 10 / 10 and lovey place to go to and very nice atmosphere will recommend

Good food. Service could be better. Placing the order took a while and there was a long wait for it to be served. We all really enjoyed what we had - various salmon, lamb and chicken curries with naan and rice. As well as being...

Four of us went on Saturday. We had pappadams, shared a starter and mains. The dips for the pappadams were delicious and fresh, as were the pappadams themselves. Shared starter was good - freshly cooked and good variety. I had the Base Camp chicken for...

Lovely fresh food and really nice staff. I got the veg pakora but there was no dips! Then I got the chicken Pathia which was a bit too hot, was not like the traditional sweet & sour as too spicy. However, my friends dish was...

very disappointed after hearing some good reviews , food was OK but service was extremely slow,far to many tables for amount of staff , waited half an hour for our table to be cleared and offered a sweet choice , staff were slow and dour,...

We ate here on a busy Friday evening. Despite arriving well before 7pm, the place was already quite busy, and it filled up even more while we were there. The restaurant is spotless and has a lovely atmosphere. Staff are attentive without being too in...

Wow ! what an excellent restaurant in Galashiels ! Wonderful choice of menu and excellent helpful staff - what more could you want ?? we will be back - and certainly spread the word - you MUST go !

We stumbled on 1953 whilst in Galashiels for a gig at MacArts. The service was great and the food was absolutely brilliant. Highly recommend this restaurant and we will definitely stop in again.

Visited with my wife for Dinner. The menu has a good selection. The food was very nice! The service was quick, attentative and polite. I would highly recommend. 1953 is a good addition to galashiels and great alternarive option to the usual spots for eating.

The restuarant was quite quiet, it was a week night and just newly opened. The food was tasty. Staff pleasant and attentative. Prices a bit more expensive than other similar restuarants in Gala. Worth a visit and we will be back.

We had dinner here tonight and the food was fantastic. We had the excellent chicken momo for starter followed by the makhani and pasanda for mains - superb! The food was just as amazing as the service, staff were lovely and attentive. Will definitely be...

Made an order for collection, quick pick up time. Very friendly and great service, got the saag paneer which was lush. The peshwari and garlic naans are class and they chucked in a few poppadoms with sauces and a Nepalese beer on the house. Such...