Akbar's in Rotherham

Gone right down hill. Won't be going back. Terrible hygiene and horrible customer service 😒

I have been to Akbar's on several occasions, and the food is always amazing. The staff are always friendly and welcoming. Me and my partner if we go to other Indian restaurants, we always compare the other indian restraunts to Akbars. My partners response is always "we should have gone to Akbar's."

We went on a Saturday night was really busy but only waited 5 minutes for a table. Staff really friendly. Food is really nice. Drinks average price. Will definitely be going again

Decent food, but not the best I have had in Rotherham. The higher prices would demand food of a higher quality for me. The service was OK, and the staff decent. There are better curry houses out there...

Food and service were both very disappointing.

Dropped food on my clothes stained it, brought my starter out separate when asked with main, refused and discount after the mess up, shit service 👍🏻

Food is just amazing! We go at least once a month. They have different strengths of spiciness if you're not used to eating hot spicy food.

Great restaurant, both the staff and the food are top notch.

Big restaurant with very friendly staff and relatively fast service, considering the size of the establishment. The food was decent quality but the pickle tray and bhajis were quite poor. The best part was the garlic naan, massive portion and amazing quality.

I’m a regular visitor to Akbars in Rotherham, and it’s consistently an exceptional dining experience. The atmosphere is always warm and welcoming, with a vibrant yet relaxed ambiance. The service is top-notch—staff are attentive, friendly, and always quick to accommodate any requests. The food never disappoints! Every dish I’ve tried is packed with authentic flavors, and the portions are generous, especially the gigantic naan bread, which I look forward to every time. Whether it’s chicken, lamb, or fish dishes, the quality is always outstanding and cooked to perfection. If you’re after great Indian cuisine, Akbars in Rotherham is a fantastic choice. I highly recommend it and will definitely keep coming back!

Beautiful ambiance, great customer service, nice food.

I went with my wife, daughter & grandchildren and had an amazing evening. The greeting with a smile of Rabhi the manager, the satafv who served our food and the food itself all exemplary, as always! This is not the first time we've been there but everytime THE FOOD IS ALWAYS ON POINT! Thank you for a lovely evening!

Went after the cinema at meadowhall only 7 min in the car. Parked in free car park. You can't book unless tables of 10 or more. We arrived at 8.20am sat in bar and had a drink and sat at table for 8.30. The restaurant was busy. Ordered the cheesy sheikh kebab and potato and onion bajais(they definitely had a kick could have done with a yoghurt dip, but we know for next time). The waiter returned for us to order more drinks and asked when we'd like our main meals, which was great as we didn't want to be rushed. Mains, we ordered a chicken and chilli curry,this was spicy as advertised and packed with meat, which is rare these days. The king prawn special curry was more mild and full of flavour, and the prawns were well cooked soft, not chewy, and properly de shelled. We had a pilau rice and nann on side and struggled to finish it all. We were asked about desserts and coffees but we were too full but they had a good selection of things like cheesecakes etc. Bill was £63 will 2 drinks each. Restaurant was full with a mix of people including families with children. I really enjoyed it we will be back.

Akbar's Rotherham - authentic Punjabi cuisine at its finest! Delicious Sarson Ka Saag, Makki Ki Roti, and Tandoori Chicken. Friendly service, cozy vibe. Highly recommended!

Stunning food amazing service wow highly recommend thank you for a wonderful experience

The chops are not lamb chops. Ordered a karahi. They dont even serve proper meat. It was beef.

This place is great if you want good naan and average curry. Peshwari naan and samosa chat were great. Don't expect great customer service and they will up sell you dessert 3/4 times just to make sure you've spent enough. We usually go neelagerie in Rotherham but it was closed. In future we will wait till it's open. We found the lamb curry was made with mutton which was far too strong for my friend and my cauliflower curry was swimming in oil. There were plenty of patrons so it's big on parties and office dos but a big no from us. Side note if you're in a wheelchair avoid as the emergency cord was tied to the side bar and the baby change table was unable to be put up so couldn't even relieve myself

Lovely place. Too dark for photos.

This restaurant is great for families, couples, friends. The staff are amazing, will go above and beyond to meet your needs. The food is tasty and authentic with really good size portions. The family naan is tasty and we love how it is presented. Anytime we are in the area we always go here. We would highly recommend.

We order an onion bhaji for starter, when it came I took one bite and it blew my head off. I don’t like a lot of spice can tolerate it a little bit but this was ridiculous. When I went and asked the manager he said ‘well this is our onion bhaji’ when I tried to talk to him about what it reads on the menu he walked past me with a group following him seating then down shouted over out waiter and said ‘take that off the bill and take the plate off her’. F***ING RUDE. I then ordered a chicken tikka masala which again I know that it is fine spice wise for me, I don’t have any issues from any Indian place I go to when I order this, and the chicken was tough, the sauce was sloppy and runny like water, we get plain boiled rice and it was soggy, all wet when it came out. Service was awful, waiting 15 minutes for another drink half way through our meal. Our server was more interested in talking to his mate. Also he clearly didn’t know where the glasses were because he served us water in wine glasses???? We asked for extra cutlery and didn’t receive it? Atmosphere is not like it used to be. We went at around 8:30 and there was loads of kids running around playing iPads really loud. Got quieter at 9, but I can’t believe the managers let this happen. Will not be visiting again and have already told a lot of people who we know who visit frequently how rude they were, who will definitely not visit again. And will be spreading the word all around

Lamb chops are great, the nihari is amazing too, but expensive

Absolute con. Ordered for collection and to be told that they accept cash only for collection while they have a card machine there. I hope you get investigated by HMRC soon

Been going there since it first opened many year ago, always enjoy the atmosphere, the staff can’t ever do enough, the managers are very welcoming and always make me feel valued. Food is very tasty especially the Lamb chop starter, will always be my go to for a good curry.

Akbar's is a favourite of ours and we regularly have a takeaway from there, Sabba is like superwoman behind that counter and so lovely! Food is always on point.

Usually ok, not amazing, had super greasy lamb dish tonight, not good, average service, very loud and busy

Dined in for the first time as a pre birthday celebration and I must say the service was exemplary. Zaf looked after us and of course the food was the usual amazing Akbar’s standards. The service was just par excellence we were looked after so well and thanks to Zaf I felt like we were celebrating my birthday a day earlier. We do tend to usually get a take out as we are addicted to food from Akbar’s but my Husband and I were so glad we chose to dine in. Thanks again

Although the meal & service was good, the Bar floor was soaking wet, empty beer bottles lying on the arms of sofas and the constant novelty "Happy Birthday " song blasted every 5 mins has lowered my opinion of the place since the last time I visited.

Arrived for a unplanned takeaway on what I thought would be a quiet night. When I arrived I struggled to park. Inside the place at 6pm, was busy, lively and vibrant. Served promptly and with a beer I sat at the bar, after 15 mins the food arrived, packed well, with additional poppadoms, salad and dips at no extra charge. The food I received was beautiful, with a lovely freshly spiced meal. Relatively hot as described and well portioned. Rice good and a large chapati. Not cheap but it was enough for two, as I saved half for another time. Excellent from start to finish, even it was a takeout. Look forward to visiting again when in area.

We come here regularly from bradford and the food is always amazing, has a great atmosphere and the service is always on point. The staff always treat you like family and look after you so well.

The price has gone up again and the portions have gone smaller. not the Akbars that used to be anymore 😕

We come here as a family often and have never been disappointed. The food, service and atmosphere has always been perfect. I couldn’t recommend it enough! The staff are extremely friendly and welcoming and really make the experience 10/10 on a whole. Can’t wait to be there again soon !

Staff were really friendly from the start and the waiting time wasn’t long at all despite it being very busy. When it comes to food i consider myself very tough to please however the food here was honestly out this world first time i come and I loved my experience will 100 percent come again recommend to everybody. I was with my 3 kids and they food caters for all likings.

Went on the 21st July. Ordered several starters. Which were very nice. And a lamb korma. Which was not. The sauce was runny like a tap. And tasted sour. After several attempts by the chef it was obvious he didn't know how to make a good korma. Leaving the restaurant we were asked if we enjoyed the meal. By which we gave our honest opinion. I personally think that the korma should have been taken off the bill or let us just pay half price. I always enjoy my meals at Akbars. This is the first time I did not.

Food was so delicious also they served brilliant. Very friendly staff that’s name is Husnain.

Totally recommended for families and friends.The prices are very high but no doubt food is very delicious. And the services are very good especially your waiter hussnain is very well-behaved and the atmosphere is very nice .

Akbars are always my favourite place, i have tried butter chicken with garlic nan it was amazing, and a guy husnain is very polite and provide good services…

Delicious food with great services and the environment is very good and quite and especially your young boy hussnain is a very nice guy. And the last your lamb curry is very tasty.

Great family friendly environment. Been coming to this place regularly since lockdown and I have not been disappointed since as the quality of food and customer service is always outstanding. Would definitely recommend for celebrations or just for a danikt

Really enjoyed our food. Staff very welcoming will definitely be back

Been a few times now and the food and service have never failed to impress. Recommended place to eat and our waiter Hasan was friendly and very attentive.

We can home regularly, my dad is a big time fan and always the food is brilliant, the atmosphere palpable and the service is always amazing. Second to none with staff treating you like family and looking after you so well. Highly recommend!

Just had a fantastic meal as always, food was delicious and our waiter Husnain was very friendly and helpful.

Never fails to impress,always the best food and the service is always great!

Amazing food , one of the I've been too. Thank you zaffa for your kindness..

Very very dark ambiance giving a suffocating feeling. The space really needs opening up and some lights in there.

most of food is OK and over priced, the starter food lamb chops were half cooked, and the pillow rice were half cooked. so noisy inside wouldn't recommend family with kids.

It's extremely shameful,they are Muslim but serves alcohol. No concerns about halal and haram. May Allah guide them. I feel sorry for them.unfortunatly just found out the CEO is suffering with cancer. I do hope and pray for his speedy recovery. It's wake up call for him. I do and hope and pray,he stop selling alcohol and ask for forgiveness.

Food is bland, I have tasted much better, service seems shambles, you have to call them to get their attention which is hard to get hold off, the starters have no taste which probably the food is precooked so I wouldn’t recommend this place so avoid

Small bottle of cobra £5. There were no prices on the menu we were given so at 2 bottles each the extra £20 on the bill was a bitter pill to take. No draught available. Suggest you cancel the drinks licence and let diners bring their own.

I'm disappointed with the food.. Couldn't recommend it. 1 of our starters, Chicken Pakoras, tasted of burnt oil. Chicken tikka garlic karai was that salty we had to leave it..rest of the food was OK but just OK. Visited on a busy Saturday evening, and the whole experience was rushed. The place is very dimly lit, which i guess is partially hiding the fact that the place is looking dated. Torn and peeling seating dirty walls, etc. The place was quite busy and must be popular. However, I was glad to get out of there as quick as possible.

Been here many times before to dine in but tonight we decided to order a takeout & as usual it didn’t disappoint! We live 25/30mins away from Akbars,by the time I got home I was expecting to have to reheat the food however it was all packed so well that it was still piping hot! When we placed the order we were told it’d be ready to collect after 25-30mins however we had arrived a little sooner so we were happy to sit & wait,while we were waiting the lady who served us offered us complimentary tea & coffee which was very kind. The takeout was bought out to us by the lady and double checked & we were even given complimentary poppadoms! The food was absolutely amazing as usual and the customer service is always spot on,as much as we enjoy dining in An Akbars takeout is the most perfect night in for us! Thankyou for always going above & beyond we can’t wait to visit our favourite restaurant again!

We ordered takeaway last evening for 4 of us because I couldn’t get to restraunt for personal reasons. We ordered pickle tray + 6 popadoms. 4Starters. 4Main meals with naan bread and onion bhajis. All the food was piping hot and boxed so well and in brilliant carry boxes not carrier bags! The food was delicious and plenty. I know it’s not the cheapest but it isn’t the most expensive either. But it is the best!!!!! Value for money. You get what you pay for

Place was really cool, food was amazing

Very busy! On a Tuesday tea time as well? What's with that 🤔 Food is delicious so no wonder it was busy! Not been in here for years and I was under the impression that it had been renovated and made brighter, roomier, airier? (If you catch my drift / this is a word) - Didn't appear it had been 🤔 Although it was dark inside, so hard to tell? When you serve great food, you want people to be able to see it and also see the kind waiting staff...This is why I've graded the atmosphere a 3...Needs opening up 👍

Always keeping the line on hold after answering. Will say hold on a minute and then can hear the chatter in the background for very long time until I cut off.

Customer service horrible I would not give it a 1. I have phoned up twice to the Akbars brach in Rotherham, a young lady left me on hold for several minutes. I could hear her talking to some other employees I will never be going hear again Let's not mention that for pick up its cash only. Let's pocket that and save tax. Food is terrible.

Top service, staff treated us so well and the food was amazing. Really cosy atmosphere as well!

Love the food here, the starter chicken tikka is so delicious, love the curries too, kids loved the desert too. Definitely will go again

Great Great Great well worth it

Service is fine however I found the food a bit bland & overly salty, the naan bread was also really dry. Also disappointed to find that there are no drinks on draft, it's all bottled. At £5 for a 330ml beer that makes it £8.61 for a pint of lager which is quite frankly obscene, I don't pay these prices in central London even.

The food were nice but the madras wasn't very spicy hot but the curry that shouldn't be as spicy were hotter than the madras but it were a good night all staff were brilliant

Chefs challenge got alot smaller i basically bought 3 curries 1 rice 1 naan bread nearly 36 pound absolutely ridiculous I know things have gone up bit not this much in my opinion its just greed

Amazing curry's, food is so good, staff are so friendly and the atmosphere is really nice!

Food is tasty and comes in good portions. Quick service too. Environment a bit too dark though and plates on which rice is served is very small, not enough space on table too if you are a big group.

Enjoyable meal with friends. I’ve wanted to go here a long time and it didn’t disappoint.

One of the best place to have authentic Pakistani food . Place was busy but going really good service.

Looking for a horrible day out? Come to Akbars Rotherham.. Manager is snappy and rude.. Rushed us to make an order, and told us we have to have starters and mains together.. Came to us at the beginning of our meal and was adamant that he needed to borrow the high chair we were using for our 1 year old just for 5 minutes.. He took it and gave it to another family and left my wife holding the baby for the next 45 mins during which he kept promising us another high chair.. Food wise I should have just took the family to Greggs.. Thanks for ruining our Eid

If you like curry you'll love this place. Delicious food, with great service, and the biggest naan breads you've ever seen!

Grew up eating here despite people telling me terrible experiences of food poisoning and bad customer service, including a smell coming from the kitchen. Ordered a curry as a takeaway and half way into eating, I found a SNAIL IN MY FOOD !!! I don’t recommend eating here and I wish I listened to all the warnings !!! When I went to notify them (I didn’t even complain as I mentioned I grew up eating here so I had respect for the establishment) however they didn’t reciprocate the same respect as they accused me of lying especially the girl at the front desk who deals with the phone orders, claiming I was lying as if I had put in the snail myself! She continued to call me a liar, got defensive and said she didn’t believe me and I couldn’t find the pictures at the time as they were on my other phone (like I said I didn’t come to complain just notify them). She called the manager over who told me the same that it never happens (which I have heard the opposite from a lot of people when I shared my experience with them). They said that they have a “process” to wash the spinach (clearly not well enough). I could also hear her laughing at me during this and telling other employees, which made me feel unwelcome and angry, as I came very calmly. Was treated very horrible, they don’t know how to deal with complaints and did not handle the situation well at all. Lost a loyal customer and DEFINITELY WON’T be going back again.

A lovely curry, service was good...and a great busy vibe about the place....

Very average food. Naan’s out of a packet. Curry was just spice, no flavour. Pilau rice very bland and a horrible beige colour. I travel across the UK with my job. This place is definitely off the returns list. They charge premium prices for very average food. Too dark in there too. Guess they’re not keen on you seeing the actual state of the place.

Brilliant food. Service was lovely. Staff were attentive but not overly so.

Quite a large restaurant very nice, all the staff we encountered were very, helpful, friendly and professional. Nice food and loved the giant (family) nan. Will definitely be back

Awesome food. Best curry I've had. Waiters knowledgeable and very pleasant. Only downside no alcohol on draught. Will definitely return.

Way too noisy,Not relaxing environment at all,Food was just average,Nan bread was cold and chicken karahi was below average not taste like chicken karahi at all,Very disappointed

Really rubbish food, did takeaway and I clearly mentioned what I need and gave me completely opposite what I asked, really bad quality of food, would not recommend again, feel like robbed

ITS VERY RUBBISH PLACE , NOT A GOOD FOOD AND ATMOSPHERE, STAFF IS VERY FRIENDLY BUT MANAGEMENT IS VERRRRY POOR AND UNPROFESSIONAL, MANAGEMENT DON'T TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES IN A GOOD WAY, THEY TREAT THEM LIKE A LN ANIMALS AND WORSE THEN THIS, MOST OF EMPLOYEES AND WAITERS ARE STUDENTS, MANAGEMENT DON'T TREAT THEM IN A GOOD WAY EVER, I WILL NEVER GO TO THIS RUBBISH PLACE TO EAT WHERE NO RESPECT FOR EDUCATION AND EDUCATED PEOPLE OR VULNERABLE LIKE THEIR FRONT WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES, THEY TREAT THEM IN AN INSULTING, UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNFAIR MANNER, VERY PATHETIC AND DESPERATE MANAGERS, THEY NEED MORE N MORE TRAINING

Loved it great food 10/10 ! service great too nice young lad chatting whilst clearing tables

Collected takeaway , very expensive nearly £90 , had to wait because wasn't ready got home about three minutes away dished up food and had to microwave most of the items as some were cold . Tasty but not worth the money if you have to warm it up aswell .

Worest customer service they don’t bother customer not happy

First time going we had 1 starter onion bhaji disgusting dry and tasteless 1 curry karahi chicken same dry and tasteless a garlic naan and chips £41 absolute ripped off we've ended up going for a McDonald's avoid at all costs

Very disappointed with our takeaway tonight. We have had food before and is usually lovely. Feel like we've been robbed! Payed £53 for 3 curries, chips and naan. Could have cooked it better myself, very bland food. Last time I visit here.

Great curry and starters,normally go to Bradford,but called in on the way back from Birmingham,30 minute wait for water never brought extra naan 30 mins for deserts starters quick-ish mains quick and the bill was quick,waiter was polite but just too slow and no one takes any notice needs a bit more care come on now.

Been coming here for a long time food as always been nice. But after my last visit il never go again. The place was dirty, food was not as good as it used to be. Sick in toilets.. I witnessed staff not cleaning tables from previous guests. Simply just put new cutlery on table. Not wiped with any kind of spray. The service was terrible. I appreciate it was busy but my the place could do with a full refit. 😔

Brilliant. If you like curry this is the place. Me and my brother just popped ped in. The staff sat us down. The food was amazing. Definitely recommend highly.

Superb quality food, good value, great dining experience. Definitely be going again when in the area.

I'm writing this as it has been confirmed by nurse that it is food poisoning otherwise I would not write this. Evening of 9 March 2024. Bought a take away Chicken Karai and 3 Rotis. While eating I get tatse that the chicken was off but we had enough to give all of us food poisoning. Emailed their office and was asked if we had seen a Doctor. We emntioed that we tried but getting to see a Doctor was near impossible on a Monday. We finally got to see a nurse on Tuesday and she confirmed it was food poisoning. I got a reply back from Akbars that Covid is rife at the moment so how do we know it was food poisoning. True I can't prove other than a report from Doctors as to the diagnosis. But what else can be done. Thank you Akbars for your proffessional medical opinion.

Been to this restaurant numerous times over the years and never had a bad meal. Lamb dopiaza was excellent . Wife had Lamb shank which she stated was spot on. The only blemish really was the glasses we asked for never materialised.

Very good cuisine Poor service The waiter made comments like we were people from Dubai.

Incredible food! We came for the first time this evening after driving past lots. There was a curry place I loved in Leeds and I’ve never been able to find butter chicken curry that tastes quite like it - until this evening! Finally have found somewhere with incredible butter chicken, it was divine and it’s on our door step. Staff were lovely. We were served by Terry and he was really nice and attentive. We will definitely be back! The only thing I will say is Coca Cola is better than Pepsi - swap the licence over. 😂 Thank you for the most delicious food and thanks Terry for great customer service. See you again soon.

I’ve been visiting various Akbar’s for years. The food is truly excellent, and consistently so. The chicken tikka massala, naan’s and pickle tray are particularly good.

Decent but too much oil in curry

Out of this world food and the friendliest staff- The Elvis Years never miss a chance to visit Akbar's! 😋

Always great service and great food. Never any complaints , I love the atmosphere of the restaurant . By far my favourite

Visited for an 18th birthday, the food was fantastic! Staff were great, always quick service even on a Sunday night. Will be a regular!

Can't reserve a table for 4 people. So if you have a special occasion it may not be so special if you're not able to eat. Ridiculous policy.

Check your receipt. Been over charged and charged for something we did not want or eat. Phoned up as realised when we got home and the woman on the phone was rude and said can we go back to collect the money. Feel this is bad customer service. Wonder how many people are charged wrong daily and how much they make from this? Its also like being in the cattle auction with people shouting at you when they're bringing the food trying to rush it all out.

Been lots of times but this time food didn't taste same. Roumers of new owners. All our curry's looked the same and there was £10 sneaked on the bill the end we pulled them about. So check your bill.. don't just pay it.

Great atmosphere! Staff are amazing and food I can’t fault, can’t wait to return

Amazing food and service. I have lived I. The area for a long time and the place always looked packed so finally tried it on Friday night. It was honestly amazing every bit of food we had was delicious and got good advice on which dishes to share etc wonderful service will be making this regular