1953 Bar and Resturant in Scottish Borders

Amazing food. I'm going back to explore more of the menu.

First time and certainly not disappointed. Friendly service, great tasting and good portion size. Now my favourite takeaway in the Borders . Now my third time and I feel the chicken wasn’t as nice as if they have started using reformed chicken or a cheaper supplier . Hence loosing 2 stars . Not sure if we will be back now. Really shame as our previous meals from there have been great ( same meal ordered every time btw)

Absolutely amazing visit last night - the food is delicious and the service was really good. We celebrated a birthday and the attention to detail with a helium balloon waiting and free dessert was a really nice touch. 100% will be back again soon!

First time visit and it won't be the last. Excellent food, service and value. Highly recommend.

Visited on a quiet midweek lunchtime. Immediately welcomed and guided to our chosen table. The selection of dishes is superb. Service was excellent, answering tricky questions about ingredients (allergy) and confirming with the kitchen, very careful. Our chosen dishes were very well presented, the aroma was beautiful, the taste was even better. We both think that this is among the best restaurants for this cuisine that we have ever experienced. If you are in Galashiels and would like a Nepalese/Indian type meal do visit the 1953.

We enjoyed another excellent Nepali/Indian meal at 1953. This restaurant has become our go-to place for Indian food in the Borders.

simple to order and pay , food was excellent 👍

chicken had some discoloration. sause sweetm overall nicely cooked.

Always good we prefer to sit in but this time we couldn’t just had other things on

1953 Bar and Restaurant offers an unforgettable dining experience with its exceptional Nepalese cuisine and creative cocktails. 5 star service with amazing atmosphere. Highly recommend if you are in the area.

First visit, really enjoyed flavours, great selection on menu, interior of restaurant modern and unique, staff super friendly and efficient. Definitely returning.

Best food in Galashiels must try forget about the other restaurants 😍😍😂😂

Excellent service. Excellent food. Will be back sooner rather than later. 5 stars don’t do it justice

We were very disappointed. The lamb was very tough and inedible. It didn't appear as the dishes were cooked individually, some of the dishes were covered with the same sauce and they taste the same. And also seafood wasn't good. Overall nothing exciting. We be hard pressed to go back.

Great food but had to wait 15 mins for collection

Amazing as always. Lovely delivery driver too.

Always great food and timely delivery. Awesome curries.

I was treated to a night at 1953 last night for my 35th birthday and what a night it was, incredible food and service was top notch. Even though we were a group of 7 and there were a few other larger tables in to we could not fault it from the minute we walked in until we were ready to leave, my family (hellers) brought me a cake and the 2 gentleman working and the whole restaurant sang happy birthday to me as they brought my cake (I so wanted to slide under the table 🤦🏼‍♀️😂) but it just lovely all round. The food is top tier absolutely delicious and we can't wait to return, the 2 lads serving us and all involved with the rest thank you so much for a great night ✨️🍾♥️

Awesome food, with friendly staff

Fantastic service, great atmosphere and outstanding authentic food. Thank you

We ordered takeaway. Arrived quickly, food hot. Driver very friendly and polite. The food was delicious. Very pleased, would highly recommend and will definitely use again

absolutely delicious food, generous portions, and great options for vegetarians. attentive and kind staff, absolutely lovely atmosphere!

Service excellent but the masala and korma were far too creamy for our liking.

Good choice on the menu and excellent service.

Booked a table for my granddaughter's 21st birthday,couldn't wish for a better place to celebrate.staff were amazing,food was amazing would definitely recommend that people visit here we will be back 😀

Loved the place. Delicious food, charming waiters, great vibe. Not cheap but where is these days?

All good will definitely come here again. The base camp chicken was delicious

really really good food, beautiful building

Ordered a takeaway on Just Eat, ready on time for collection. Food delicious as usual, best Indian food in Galashiels

Delicious, very quick and friendly driver. Will use again. Many thanks!

Amazing place. Best Indian / Nepalese food we've found in The Borders.

Ordered a few times now from 1953 and it has been excellent every time, now my regular

Venue is OK, a bit more Wetherspoon-ish than I was expecting but clean/tidy and in good shape. Wait staff were polite. Starters were OK but curries lacked flavour - just heat and madras was a strange orange hue and very creamy*, bhuna didn't have flavour - we were quite disappointed. *Menu did mention cream but it's unusual for a madras and was far creamier and thicker than even menu suggested. A real shame as we had high hopes. The sizzler platters looked and smelled good but we didn't order those - perhaps that's their signature dish?

Quality tasty food will use this place again

Was here with my freinnd for a lovely meal food wad excellnt and the drinks are amazing

Well presented and tasty food. Good pricing. Service was a bit slow due to staff being monopolised by a large table (possibly a work outing). Well worth a visit.

Still not delivered! Ordered at 18:55 and now 22:13!

very nice one meal did me and my wife nice and hot

10/10 food was outstanding as usual. delivery driver polite and friendly.

Delicious food; Mixed Tikka grill and Salmon Tikka, Rogan Josh sauce!! Raju who looked after us was lovely. The only thing for me is that it's a bit overpriced for the size of portions.

We had lunch with my partner for his birthday, the food was amazingly delicious & freshly made. The service by Raju was outstanding and he even brought my partner a courtesy dessert when he learnt it was his birthday. Regardless of that, such a nice person to talk to, calm and polite. Super recommended restaurant that we are already looking forward to visiting again. All the best to the restaurant and to Raju, wishing you the best in Scotland soon with your family. Thank you!

Absolutely first class meal as usual 5*

It was good time, I got chance to try different continental food with delicious taste. Specially about the service and atmosphere complete my satisfaction, thank you everyone. and high recommend the people try new taste there ..See you next time 🥰🤪

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!

Wow one of the best takeaway I had in a while

We have been for a few meals here and the food is excellent. On our most recent visit Raju stood out from other members of staff by providing us with first-class service. We will be returning soon.

fantastic food and a very prompt delivery

Delicious food and very friendly and helpful staff. Too bad there was a very noisy group.

Got an opportunity to be here last night and my personal experience was simply beautiful.

Absolutely fantastic Indian Fusion restaurant. Service was great, food was amazing can't wait to go back.

The food is so good. I highly recommend it. The tandoori grills are my favourite, highly recommended.

Delicious food served in a unique way. Everything was perfect. Atmosphere and service at the highest level. I would definitely like to visit this place at the next opportunity. ☺️

First experience and curries were delicious@

5 stars - amazing! Friendly delivery driver too!

Fantastic food, highly recommended. Delivery people are lovely. Never had anything but great service and amazing food!

First time here and would definitely recommend. Service food and cocktails were excellent 👌

Amazing place for an Indian Been here twice now.

normally really great service but. was over half an hour late and was looking warm when arrived.

Absolutely first class food and service

Fantastic meal, great service, friendly staff and value for money. Lovely restaurant, will definitely be back

Amazing food, excellent service, great prices!

Had a beautiful meal, super tasty, great presentation and the staff were lovely!! Thank you! Will be back

Early evening meal. Excellent food. Got busier as we were there -;always a good sign.

Second visit and don't think I'll go back again the currys were bland no spice at all

Absolutely amazing, friendly staff, excellent service and great food at a very reasonable price.

Very nice and not expensive either

Really nice place with even better food.

The food was the usual high standard, disappointed that one of my nan breads was missing.

I was caught red handed! Absolutely beautiful meal, outstanding venue & the best service I've had in many a year. The staff were fantastic & so polite. The presentation of the food matched the quality of the flavours. Simply magnificent, what a great experience...I'd love to go back again. However... I enjoyed the food & the ambience so much I decided I needed a wee momento of my night & saved the staff from washing up my beer glass by slipping it into my jacket pocket...oops Again the staff dealt with my stupidity with panache & informed me that if I'd wanted a glass I need only ask. I'm so embarrassed but also overjoyed that the front of house manager wasn't confrontational & remained polite & professional. I'd like to apologise for my behaviour & also say thank you for your discretion! 1953 is superb! Please can I visit again! (I can being my own beer glass next time!)

Disappointing. We ordered 3 different mains and they all had identical very tomato sauces floating with onions and peppers - and they were all supposedly different meals. I do not like that they only offer chicken breast, that's the worst meat for any Indian dish as without bones is without flavour. They do not offer even half a chicken tandoori where you get any bones, its like sanitized food. The starter was poppadum's with sauces and the sauces were awful, never tasted a mango sauce like that in my life. The lollipop chicken was almost good. All the Indian restaurants in the Borders with exception of Prince of India in Peebles are pretty bad, but this was new, so we thought oh maybe. But no. The staff are great polite and friendly, the place if you went to sit down is stylish and lovely. Its all about the food though!

Fabulous food as always. My new go to place for an excellent curry.

Lovely place and frieny staff starters amazing naan bread lovely as was rice but actual curry's very little flavour or spice which was disappointing also one was,served on the plate rather than a dish which is usual at Indian places

easily the best Indian in town, biryani is amazing the lamb just melts in your mouth

Another visit to 1953 tonight the food was absolutely delicious as always . Highly recommend if you haven't tried it out get a table book

Wow amazing food, sides starters and breads. All very nice and pleasant staff.

It was a quiet Sunday Excellent meal

Food was fabulous and piping hot. Collection time was bang on.

Absolutely delicious, great service. Will definitely be back.

Had our Christmas dinner,in the restaurant and was delighted with the experience and the quality of food.

first time I have ordered,food was really good,arrived still hot delivery spot on

It was very easy to order. Food was every bit as nice as it is sitting in. Arrived nice and hot still

Delicious food delivered bang on time as always. Our son was home for Christmas and hadn’t eaten from here before and was very impressed! All in all a very enjoyable evening meal!

Great food, piping hot and delivered at the time they said it would be.

Got takeaway from here. Lovely food, very flavourful without being mega spicy. The butter chicken and peshwari naan were firm favourites!

Missing plain pilau rice from order though

Without a doubt the best restaurant in Galashiels. Food is lovely and service excellent. Third visit and the place just gets better, we will be coming back - thank you 😎😎

Food bland and tepid. Will not return for takeaway

Food and drinks 10/10. Unbelievable service and flavour. Not 1 bad word

Went here for my brother's birthday. We were a group of four and we all liked our meals. Great to have this level of quality in Galashiels.

Best Indian I've eaten in a while.

Faultless, best food in town always delivered hot and delicious

The food is beautiful 😍 🤩 maybe for me, small portions. However, very friendly staff good and quick service with good prices.

Not sure why we ordered 3 poppadoms but only got one broken one in the bag. Food has usually been great but not sure what happened here.

Main meal was not to my liking just didn’t taste good. Starter etc was fab . Also didn’t like the they automatically charge you extra for a branded bag .

Been 2xs now, lovely staff, great service and the food is so tasty

Driven couldn’t find house but kept in touch and food was great

There are some mediocre Asian restaurants all over the Borders but this place is definitely not one of them. Totally outstanding, some special work is getting done in the 1953 kitchen.

Absolutely first class food the best

The food is excellent. There is no desert menu. Staff are friendly and welcoming. Perhaps five checks from staff was a little over the top. There was a distinct lack of heating. In the colder months, this would need to be addressed.

Faultless. Literally as good at home as it is in the restaurant.