Akbar Tandoori in Huntingdonshire

First time l visited this restaurant l can't vault it.

I have been using this restaurant for MANY MANY MANY years. Recently for takeaways but have also eaten in as a couple and small group. The atmosphere is always welcoming and pleasant. The owner and his son are now friends as well as restaurateurs. We now live in Cambridge but always call ahead and order our food. It is always ready and hot. We always Look forward to our next visit…. Great food, Friendly staff and great atmosphere

Went to meet up with some friends, 6 of us had a great time.

I wish I could give 5 stars as the food was amazing and the waiter's recommendation was perfect. So much that we left a generous tip. The only thing that ruined our experience was the note left on our car stating that we shouldn't have parked in the empty car park, where we weren't obstructing anything... Shame.

Really disappointing service. Although our food was quite nice the food was nearly thrown at us, no asking how our meal was, given the bill within an hour of sitting down without asking if we would like anything else, drinks or dessert. Very unwelcoming, we are just a quiet middle aged couple going for a meal to try somewhere that had intrigued us. Almost amused how rude the service was, will stick to the town centre curry restaurants next time!

The food is so unbelievably good. Service was fabulous. Best Indian food I've ever had

Great food, helpful, friendly staff, prompt service.

Popped her a few weeks ago for my birthday. We had booked a table for 5, but upon arrival they had forgotten to to book us in. Luckily they found us a table. We were repeatedly asked if we were ready to order, which became quite annoying. Food wise. I had a lamb bhuna and rice. The lamb bhuna was very plan with little texture, mostly just sauce, with a few bits of lamb. This used to be a great restaurant, but has seen better days. It seriously needs a face lift.

Great evening out here, delicious food, fantastic friendly service added to a great night out for a Christmas dinner with friends. The staff humoured us and joined in our laughs. Thoroughly recommend for both food and service. Thank you

Fabulous meal best indian we have had in ages. Just wished they deliver to lincoln lol.

A group of us visit this restaurant quite regularly; the food is always good and the owners are lovely friendly people, we like to make a night of it! Normally this is no problem however on our last visit we felt rushed from the moment we set foot through the door by a less than friendly waiter. Wanted our drink order before we'd taken our coats off! We repeatedly had to tell him we were not ready to order when we were enjoying our pompedoms. When we finished our meal we had the bill before we asked for it and someone started hovering before we left 9.45. Hopefully this was a one off as we love the Akbar for its lovely food and relaxed and friendly atmosphere, hope things go back to normal.

Brilliant quality Indian. Friendly and attentive service. Really really good food.

Genuine authentic Indian, the best in St.Neots.

Had takeaway before but this was first time in restaurant. Food, service, portions, price all excellent. Will definitely be going again.

Really enjoyed my chicken labu. Best garlic naan here.

Worst experience I have ever had… even though it is my local Indian restaurant. Arrived on time for table, as soon as we arrived. We were ‘pointed’ to our table without a word or hello. Order was taken and poppadoms & drinks arrived swiftly. However, after a long 50 minutes our main course arrived. I am a frequent eater of Indian cuisine, however two of us ended up with the hottest dansak’s known to man. Also the chicken tikka masala was almost radioactive looking. After speaking to the waiter on the hotness, the chicken dansak was taken away and within 2 minutes brought back as a watery sweet horrid sauce. When it was on the way to the table, a member of our group spotted the waiter drop the spoon out of the bowl onto the floor and appear to pick it up and put it back in the bowl. It was addressed with the waiter who became defensive and argued it did not happen. We were extremely put off by this and put our knives and forks down and requested the bill to leave. Only 10£ was taken off the final bill and there was no apology from anyone on the service or quality of food. Regardless to say I won’t be going back (even though my local Indian restaurant) and am extremely disappointed I had to pay anything towards this experience.

Great food in a interesting old building

We visited this restaurant on a Monday evening and had an excellent five dish vegetarian dinner. All the dishes were very good and varied. Service was both friendly and efficient, and the pricing was also good. If in the area again would definitely return.

Food was excellent and well cooked although my partners squid starter was over cooked. Place wasn't busy and they had a multitude of empty tables yet stuck us next to the walkway which was cold and people and waiters walking past every 30 seconds. Waiters were also overly attentive, disturbing us every few minutes to ask if all was OK to the point it was annoying. Price wise the food wasn't expensive and good value.

A really good experience. Had Naga lamb which was great and the naan was one of the best I've had so far.

After using akbar over the past 20 years Just had a takeaway from here & was absolutely disgusting, the portions were bismal, the plain chicken tikka so over spiced couldn't eat it & was size of a starter 6 cubes of chicken for £7.50 same as tandoori mushrooms just bright red & thickly covered with spice, poppadoms broken in a million pieces just a bag of crumbs & the onion bhajis not much bigger than a golf ball,the mint sauce was like water & the bag of salad consisted of lettuce half a piece of cucumber & 2 pieces of raw carrot, the cheese naan had no cheese & was stale as old boots, what has happened to this place? We sure as hell will most definitely NOT be ordering from here again !!!!

A St.Neots institution. Incredible quality at reasonable prices. Been a customer for over 10 years and never experienced so much as a blip. Reassuringly consistent.

Excellent restraunt....... Their chicken is melt in the mouth..... Highly recommend

First time dining here and certainly won't be the last. The staff are really friendly and help out with the menu if you are unsure what to have. The food itself was fantastic. Well worth a visit

Just as good as it always was, excellent and good value, great service.

" Best I've ever Had" is what my cousin said of the Chicken Jalfrezi and he's been to a lot of curry houses! My Tikka Bhuna was also superb, great service and price, 10/10 will be going again!

One of the best Indians I've ever had. Food was great. Beer was cheap and service very good. Would definitely recommend.

Best place in town for an Indian, great quality consistent food.

A superb taste of the subcontinent - simply sublime. I had a lamb jalfrezi last night complimented by a cheese naan, which was fluffy, flavoursome and fragrant. The jalfrezi had just the right amount of bite with tender lamb chunks melting in my mouth, and a gentle heat that permeated its way through my digestive system. I also was lucky enough to have some bhajis to start. Again, these were delectable, with a nice crunch and a burst of flavour with every mouthful. As a curry aficionado I can safely say this curry house is up there with the best I’ve ever had. Congratulations to Akbar’s, we will definitely be ordering again when we find ourselves in the area!

The food here is nice and the staff are attentive, we went last week on my birthday with friends. I'm new to the area so this is only the third time I've eaten here but its the second time they've been telling us to leave (at 10pm) as it's closing time! They were literally clearing the table and switching the lights off!! Really disappointing why they let in a table of 4 at 8.45pm if we had to be out on the dot of 10pm which ruined the evening a bit! (and no, its not because we're rowdy). Even worse was the fact that they told us that if we had come in earlier, "when the chef was here", he would have cooked me something special for my birthday!! Begs the question about who did cook the food! Maybe that's why the portion sizes were so small, I was still hungry when I got home! And did we really need to be told that - felt a bit cheated! Not sure I'm going to be rushing back after that!!

The food is delicious - as always. Nice and professional service. We love visiting this place with our family.

Nice restaurant and very attentive staff. The food was really good, but nothing above and beyond what you would get in other decent Indian restaurants. Edit: had a lovely meal here tonight. The pathia was excellent.

Had lots of takeaways from here. Really delicious food, fast delivery, and they have an app which is really good as well. Not been into the restaurant yet but will in the future.

Excellent variety of food. The dishes I had were full of flavour and can't wait to try some others next time I'm in town. Amazing venue too in what looks like a very old establishment

Really tasty food. Had great, speedy service in the middle of Christmas nights out. Thoroughly recommend.

Excellent. I was happy to find an indian in this area.. great place.

Absolutely beautiful food, I had the Akbar Lamb Special - highly recommend! 😍 wonderful service, the staff were so lovely, easy parking at the back, cracking find!

Had a thoroughly enjoyable meal, with friendly efficient staff and great food. Definitely won’t be leaving so long before our next return. Many thanks and Merry Christmas x

Service a little wooden but polite. Actual menu needs a clean up, was falling apart. Decor could do with an upgrade. We started with popadoms, then had main curries with rice and naans and a veg side. Food wise, we couldnt knock it, some great flavours and served in nice dishes and felt like just the right amount of portion sizes

Been tonight anniversary dinner top marks for food & service & value 👍😋

Went out for my partners birthday excellent service. Made so welcome food so delicious

Just had a great meal here and very reasonable price too.

Excellent service Excellent quality Excellent price Excellent staff

Great food and service as always

Food excellent, staff and owner very friendly, even gave us a lift into town at the end of the night!. Very good recommend

We had a very delicious dinner and excellent service. We left around closing time and our taxi took a long time to turn up and we were waiting outside. One of the staff came outside to check we were ok and offered us a lift home. You simply do not get such great service or caring as that in many places nowadays. We were incredibly thankful for their kindness and what a restoration in people that was also.

Lovely really enjoyed it, might of been one of the best madras I've ever had, shame I don't live in the area I'd be in there all the time, not bad price either, highly recommend, next time I'm down that way I'll be definitely popping in for a curry

Great Indian continental food, very friendly staff and homely architecture. Halal food. Would definitely come again.

I come here with friends at least once a month and the staff are just lovely. The food always looks and tastes amazing and the olde world surroundings of the restaurant are charming. I can't recommend the food and service highly enough and always look forward to my next visit.

We love this Indian Restaurant. The staff are always really pleasant and helpful and the food is yummy. Particularly rate their Tarka Daal high as it has good substance and not like the 'watery soup' I've encountered elsewhere. 🙂

Credit where credit is due, this has to be the best Tandoori experience money can buy! Amazing food, from poppadoms to main course the whole meal was cooked to perfection. I asked for a recommendation and the meal served was exactly what I was looking for and delicious. Lovely people and service, I can't recommend this place enough!

Bland tasteless rude management will never go here again

We have eaten here a few times before and has been really good but tonight was very disappointing starters was ok people that had come in after us had there meals before us my partners vindallo tasted like pond water Bombay potatoes were under cooked hard and tasteless my Pasadena was average but as soon as we mentioned our complaints all dishes were grabbed from the table no apology was given by staff or management will never recommend or visit here again very very disappointed and upset

Great food and excellent service...will be coming back on my next visit to Oldham

Friendly staff, very helpful and the curry plus all the sides were very tasty. I can’t fault the service and the evening spent there.

Eight of us and a baby had an early evening meal at the Akbar on Saturday 14th May. The food and service was excellent. It was our first time at this restaurant and we will certainly be back, highly recommended.

Guys, thank you for a superb meal tonight, both of you provided really friendly service and thank your uncle for the fantastic food. On a first visit I always judge a restaurant on the prawn purée followed by Lamb Jalfrezi, both were excellent. Thanks again for a great evening.

2 portions of Nag Puri as takeaway. So tiny not worth the effort eating them. This is not the first time. That's a regular customer who will not be back...disgusted

Best Indian tandoor restaurant in Eaton Socon, food was very tasty and the customer service is warm welcoming too, I was working there and happen to drive past it, so I decided to give a go. Tight sitting, but very cosy. Prices are very reasonable too.

In St Neots for the weekend and stumbled upon this lovely quaint little Indian restaurant. Friendly staff and excellent food.

Wonderful place to eat ,the service is outstanding, we really enjoyed our food ,tandoor dishes where outstanding 😋, fast service, will see you again,

We just moved into the area, and visited this Indian as closest to our new home. It’s was amazing, so much so, we are going back tonight. Give this place a try, we are sure you will be pleasantly surprised With its tasty food.

4 years I’ve been in St Neots and driven past the Akbar many times and tonight - we went in. Absolutely beautiful food and outstanding customer service and good value for money. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from me, highly recommend 🤤👍

Really lovely staff. Nice location. I don't know if I chose the wrong dishes but both my starter and main were incredibly bland.

A lovely evening, with amazing food (always tricky to find a great curry) and very good service. The restaurant is set in a very old building and has been lovingly restored. Highly recommended for anyone wanting a great curry in a great setting!

Visited Akbar with my sister and it was really lovely .Great friendly atmosphere and good service and very nice food .Really beautiful setting .Will definitely visit again when down that way .

Delivery was early, food was magnificent...as always. It made a wonderful birthday meal. Perfect, thank you!

Amazing curries. Having moved up from London where a good authentic curry is everywhere I worried about my local curry house. After trying (and failing) with 7 curry houses in the St Neots Area I came across Akbar’s The curries are rich in flavour, spiced and not either too sweet or watery. I’ve tried about 13-14 of their curries and not had a bad one yet 100% recommended Patrick Keogh

Amazing curries. Having moved up from London where a good authentic curry is everywhere I worried about my local curry house. After trying (and failing) with 7 curry houses in the St Neots Area I came across Akbar’s The curries are rich in flavour, spiced...

Yummy yummy yummy. Friendly staff, great food great price. Will be back

Very good meal. Lovely people. Will go again.

Excellent food Excellent service

Excellent food as always. We've been using Akbar for 24 years. Great food every time and great people.

We always get delicious food here!

Great meal as usual and chunu the owner is a great Host

I am so lucky to have found this little gem! Located in Eaton Socan in little St Neots absolutely blew me away! The building is so quaint and original. Run by a very friendly family who were so inviting and attentive. The food reminded me...

Takeaway when visiting mum and dad, very yummy much better than my take aways at home.

Great food, great price lovely staff

Amazing food . Staff are truly great. The meat is always so so tender . They will even make you a meal that’s not on the menu . I would recommend to any one . Well worth a visit . I’ve been using them from...

Good service good food. Ticked all the boxes.

Fantastic restaurant. I have been coming here for 15 years and never had a bad meal. The lamb is the best I have ever tasted.

Lovely friendly staff and great food. Highly recommend.

Been using for over 20years l think that speaks for itself

So glad to be able to return. Very welcoming and accommodating. Always great food. Best in the area by far.

Good meal. Poppadom sauces were a bit watery but the main was very good.

Probably the best in the town/region. Onion Bahghis certainly are !

Excellent service and delicious food 👌🏻.

Having now lived in the Area for 2 Years the Akbar Tandoori is our preferred restaurant, in these trying times when nothing seems to be going right the Akbar has managed to keep going, the quality and service is still as good if not better than pre Covid. Keep up the good work guys :-)

Excellent food, lovely staff... Stunning building!! Highley recommended

Good food, pleasant atmosphere, friendly helpful staff .

We have only just recently moved to the area, we had a takeaway on thursday night and visited to eat in for the first time tonight. Beautiful food...great staff and fab service. We will be back on a weekly basis.

We usually have take out from Akbar but we decided to visit on Saturday evening for our first time to sit in. We were shown our table promptly and giving menus and the waiter left. When he returned after some time (after forgetting our drinks...

Just had our 1st Indian takeaway since moving to st neots and I must say the food was excellent as was the service. Great value. The meat was tender and the sauces perfectly seasoned a real culinary delight. Highly recommended.

Some say that the Queen secretly orders her takeaway from here. All I know is, it's the greatest curry house.. in the world.

Where to go if you want a well prepared & cooked Indian meal.......We have been using The Akbar for many years & we have never had a bad meal. We can thoroughly recommend them.

This is by far the best Indian food we have had anywhere ever. It's always top quality. Best cuts of meat. No fat. Superb. The same people have been running this place for years and they are the nicest, most friendly people you could possibly...

Having spent time with Indian and Sri Lankan folk I cook a lot of curry’s at home. I also love to eat Indian food on my travels in both the U.K. and overseas. I am fortunate to live within walking distance of the Akbar, and...

Honestly, I feel like perhaps we came on a bad day? I understand the pressure of the current deal the government has put on to encourage us to "eat out to help out " but having arranged a family meal for an anniversary we'd have been out regardless. We found the service to be terrible (rushed, never asked if food was OK / any more drinks needed) the table was started to be cleared as people were still eating (!) the toilets were horrendous (urine on the floor, not cleaned regularly throughout the evening) and even witnessed another table complain about missing food that they'd been charged for. Having seen reviews singing the Akbars praises I really hope that our evening was a one off! Not one to complain at all but it's not somewhere I'd rush back to based on my own experience.

We have been eating this restaurant for over 25 years and it never disappoints. You get a warm welcome by the manager and his waiters, nothing is too much trouble, e.g. if it is the dish is too hot then the meal is changed for...

Good food, great service, quiet when we went but staff great