Ali Tandoori in Norwich

We went to Ali Tandoori for dinner and were warmly welcomed by Rippon, who looked after us throughout the entire evening. He made us feel truly special and completely at ease. As for the food — the flavours were absolutely magnificent. We’ll definitely be coming back!

Ali Tandoori was an excellent experience from start to finish. The staff are extremely welcoming and friendly. We were given a large table rather than squeezed onto a table for two and the place itself looked modern and clean. The chutneys and dips were very generous portions and arrived with drinks and popadoms very quickly (the popadoms were warm and fresh tasting too). Our meals were excellent with generous portions that we couldn’t finish, so took the rest home. Something the restaurant excels at is the large number of staff, which means the service is extremely good; at no point did we feel rushed or unappreciated and this really makes a difference. We had no cause to complain or ask for anything to be changed but I feel sure if we had it would have been handled professionally and courteously. Ali Tandoori is highly recommend.

I recommend and return here regularly with friends and family because you can depend that the food is going to be spot on delicious, well done chefs there is no Indian restaurant in Norwich that can do better. A mention too for the front of house staff, always smart, tidy professional and accommodating. The Ali Tandoori team clearly take pride in everything they do, keep it up as you’re well out in front of your competition !

Have been going to this restaurant for at least 40 yes 40years! Never once been disappointed with food service or atmosphere in restaurant. We mostly now go for special occasions and also have takeaways now which again are brilliant.

Had my 30th birthday meal here with family, food was outstanding and the best indian meal we have ever had out in a restaurant, service was excellent with all the waiting staff very attentive and friendly!! Atmosphere was great. Restaurant and decor was modern and clean. Couldn’t of asked for a better place to have my birthday celebrations. We will absolutely be returning!! Thank you Ali Tandori for a lovely evening!!

Excellent all round, service is simply the best and wow what great curry! 18 of us and couldn’t have been better, everything came out together for a party that big was brilliant service! My favourite starter the Prawn puri was excellent, Chicken Madras lovely. Great night thanks Ali Tandoori 😍

Amazing food and wonderful friendly staff

Very busy, but that's a good thing. Excellent food

My goto Indian. For twenty years! Super friendly service.

Where do I start! What a brilliant place! Food was exceptional and service was brilliant......I really can't fault this place.....We will come back next time we are in Norwich!

The best curry house in Norwich! Absolutely delicious! Cosy, relaxed atmosphere, and very well priced! Will certainly be back!

Not had a curry in ages so this was a welcome taste. Food was very good and came quickly. Super staff

An all round excellent restaurant.

One of the best dining experiences we’ve had in ages. Service was charming and attentive, but also relaxed and easy-going. Food was 6-star. Venue had a nice warm atmosphere. These guys get it. Will be back very soon.

Food was excellent, especially the lamb. Service was first class as always as was the atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Decent curry that was well priced and good quality, fresh and well sized. Very busy so only a short delay compared to booked time.

BEST INDIAN EVER!! have ordered several times and without fail food is excellent quality fresh flavours and piping hot, thankyou so much will defo order again :)

Homemade starters and excellent main courses delivered really promptly but a great bunch of waiters who were really fun and engaging. Highly recommend and we will be back.

It’s decent, but I only get good spicy food from them when I order takeaway. If you go order anything spicy in there and you’re white, they’ll just give it to you plain as a korma. I’ve ordered here numerous times for home and it’s always perfect. In the restaurant, it’s always as mild as raita, no matter what you order :/

Usually go in here when dropping my step daughter at uni (we're not local). It's and excellent restaurant that serves fantastic flavoursome food. Polite staff and it's always busy..

We love this place food is really good every time we eat! Stuff are supper nice and friendly Place is clean and good price Highly recommended ♥️

Came in for a takeaway great service, just terrible garlic nan service! Got home to this monstrosity! Thought I had a bad night out from the looks of this rubbish Naan but hey-ho

I believe, one of the best Indian restaurant there is. Good service and great Quality of food! I Loved it. Best of luck. 😍😍

The food is wonderful. A Norwich institution, and for good reason their food and service is second to none.

Booked a table online, we were in quite early at 5:15 as this was the only time available as we didn’t want to wait till the next available time of 9:45. The restaurant did start filling up fairly quickly too, which speaks for itself. Staff were friendly and attentive, the restaurant warm and cosy on a stormy night. Popadom starters arrived quickly, so light and crisp they were lovely! I tried a vegetable tikka masala for the first time and it was delicious - the sauce had a hint of coconut, lovely and creamy, definitely having that next time! Chicken shashlik was great and we shared a special fried rice and keema nann. Struggled to finish it all which was a shame as we loved everything we chose. Will definitely be back next time we’re in Norwich!

I went for a meal with some friends, The food was good and the service was good. Just be prepared for a mountain climb to the toilets lol

These guys were great. We came in just on closing time and were looked after brilliantly, food was excellent. Nothing was too much trouble, despite it being home time for the team. Much appreciated, we'll be back (just a bit earlier in the night next time!)

Really amazing food but not just that, customer service is top notch. They care about customers and food hygiene is incredible.

Managed to book thuis last minute so was a little apprehensive but the food was lovely and fresh, service very attentive, staff very friendly.

Never usually disappointed when I come here but this wasn't the best dinning experience I've personally had at Ali Tandoori and I've had many brilliant nights here over the years. Last time I left a 5 star review but on this occasion I'm struggling to justify giving 4. All 6 of us had a great time but it was more down to the good laugh/company we had than it was from usual 'AT' high standards and as a business if your going to charge full pelt and not do any checks, honest feedback is what should be expected. First of all They seem to have upgraded the look of their features which gives the restaurant a more stylish appearance. Upon arrival the waiter assumed and was almost quite persistent that we all wanted cobra beer. Given the fact that we had just come out of a pub that served us top quality German pilsner, I'm pretty confident in saying this wasn't the first thought on our minds but we just went with it. Popadoms were paper thin and I mean literally soo thin that you could break one up in to little pieces and comfortably fit it in your mouth. The chicken in my curry was dry/overcooked. I noticed this when I bit in to a piece and I could feel and hear that squeaky/rubbery noice you get as I was breaking it down with my teeth. This suggested to me that it was reheated which was a great shame and very surprising. Their was no table check (this is basic stuff) I also asked for a coke in between my meal and I was given a cobra beer then at the end they tried to charge us for it after I sent it back. Overall food wasn't quite up to the typical standards and staff could have been a bit more patient and attentive. These little glitches were all pretty 'un-Ali-Tandoori' like and I hope they won't reappear when we return next month.

Staff we're very friendly and polite and the food was really good. If I'm in Norwich again and fancy Indian food I will definitely go here again 😋

Yeah it's good, just a bit pricey for what it is. £5 a coke for instance, mental.

Early Sunday evening meal. Glad I stopped here. Food exceptional, nice ambience and friendly waiting staff. Will be back next time I'm in Norwich. Try the Chicken Sagwala.

Prebooked. So if you want to try it's definitely worth it. We've just recently had dinner here. Honestly, as an authentic curry lover and having tried the Asian curry all over Asia I'd definitely say this is the closest to one of my favourite Indian food in Vietnam. But I think, this is more of authentic Bangladeshi food. It's tasty and not too sweet. Definitely recommend the place. The staffs are very accommodating and friendly. This place is kids friendly, too.

always great food, great portions and arrives hot and tasty. never any complaints and ordered quite. a few times.

Food is mediocre and some of the staff lack courtesy, quite rude, unpleasant venue. Would not recommend visiting, there’s better Indian establishments in Norwich

Food is mediocre and some of the staff lack courtesy, unpleasant venue.

Bloody delightful scran - Chicken Jaal Maal and the green curry is always on point. Committed to the cause. The cause being good curry. Best in Norwich. Their curries are moving Braizy. Poggers.

Top quality every time not the cheapest but definitely the best

Food was late by 45 mins despite giving them an hour and ten for delivery window. Food arrived was cold and lacked flavour. Disappointing experience!

Great service great food I really recommend starters lamb samosa and onion baji, I always order lamb biryani with saag aloo and scrumptious tarka dhaal yummy.

worst experience ever- food never arrived customer service is so shocking they didn't even help at all. don't ever want to order from just eat again. useless

I recently visited Ali Tandoori Restaurant, and I had a fantastic experience. The staff were incredibly friendly and made us feel welcome from the moment we walked in. The food was absolutely delicious – everything was cooked to perfection and full of flavor. Highly recommend this place for anyone looking for excellent food and service!

Just done a collection and I just have to comment and say how amazing the food was it was delicious I’m so happy with the amount of food I got and the portion size and the customer service is 10/10 definitely will be back

Honestly one of the best Indian restaurant there is. Good service and great Quality of food! Loved it and hope to be back soon

We hadn't been to Norwich for many years so didn't know the restaurant scene at all. We cancelled our first choice of Indian after finding out that it was vegetarian only (their web site had simply said they were vegetarian-friendly). And we didn't book our second choice after finding out that it didn't serve alcohol (we weren't in the mood to bring our own as our experience is that we either end up bringing too much or too little). So we weren't sure what to expect from this our third choice. In fact it was a very enjoyable and very tasty meal with excellent service, even if the menu seemed fairly standard.

Love this place! Broad diverse menu with many dishes not commonly seen. Calm and relaxing interior too, very nice design. Wonderful friendly service too. This place would be a smash hit in London or New York, and I was delighted to find in little Norwich.

The food was good and so was the service.

This place fell down as on the bill at the end of the night, there was a 10% service charge. Was not mentioned they just slide it on the bill, then expect a tip for the service. As soon as I was not going to tip the attitude turned sour, so we left with no thank you for your custom. Cannot recommend this place with this attitude. Cannot believe in this country you can just add a service charge.

Were on our way to another establishment when we came across this one. Well there's not enough superlatives to say how great this place was. From the minute we walked in the door the staff were amazing. The New Zealand sauvignon blanc was great. So onto the food from starters to mains sides and all this was top-drawer, if ever in Norwich again this would be my first stop, would highly recommend.

great evening last saturday.... service and food first class.

Best curry I’ve had for a long time

Enjoyed would highly recommend Ali tandoori!

My bengalis Always seeve the best food Just revamped the place Always 5 stars this place Halal too

Amazing food and service, also a very nice new redecorated interior 😊

I have pre-ordered the food, and it did not arrived at the time it should have. I have called the restaurant and they were very helpful, the food was ready but no driver available for collection. The food arrived 45 mins late( at least)!!!

It is not that the meal was not good, I just did not know what I was eating, and that had an impact on my perception of the food. All I can say is, if you know what you are eating or like to explore with your palette, then this place is for you, a good ambiance with A+ service

We loved this place and the food is perfect.... however it's too expensive to eat here now. The service charge is automatically added on which I do not agree with. I decide if I tip not the seller.... sorry won't be back. Shame. We felt very rushed on Saturday night as well .not the normal chilled evening. 1 hr and £65 lighter ..for 2 people?? Hmmmm.

Excellent food, Excellent service. Lovely refurb! Wouldn't get my curry anywhere else!

Delicious as always and such generous portions, the onion bahjis were huge and very yummy x

The food was fantastic- the best Indian food I’ve had in years.

Ali Tandoori. Visited a few times when we go to visit my step-daughter at Uni. A lovely clean restaurant and excellent food with great flavours and cooked perfectly. Staff are great and give good service. Best to book as it can be busy.

Food was excellent as always but for some reason the chicken tikka masala had been put in the bag upside down so all the sauce had leaked out of the pot by the time it got to us. We had to scrape the sauce out of the bottom of the bag to eat it and all the other pots were covered in tikka masala. Not ideal.

Items missing and some items luke warm.

Lovely place, lovely food, lovely staff.

Exceptional authentic Indian food, even in takeaway form. Thank you

Girls night out had a lovely time food was good and we weren't rushed and had doggy bags to take home. The food not the girls x

The staff were very welcoming and friendly. Food was delicious. Highly recommended.

Wasn’t delivered to us so obviously delivered to somewhere else.looked like it got delivered to church st somewhere as that’s last time we see the driver

It was our son's 1st time at a curry house, and it didn't disappoint! B (9) would like to recommend the chicken Korma and pilau rice. The sag aloo was also a huge hit! Thank you - we will definitely return the next time his younger sister is away from home again!!

One of the best Indians in Norwich. Great atmosphere, fantastic service and amazing food 👌🏽

wonderful food was very tasty. the bike diver was very cheerful. charming infact . would definitely lol lol.

Good food 🥘 but very old and poor place 👎👎👎👎👎👎 feeling coming back to 19 century

We used to live in Norwich back in the 80s. We recently went back for a nostalgic holiday and went back to this restaurant as it was one of our favourites at the time. We hadn’t booked because we weren’t sure of the name (but knew we would recognise it). We turned up at 5:30 as they opened. Although the restaurant was empty they made a big fuss about us not having booked, but did provide a table. They served the food really fast and pressured us to leave, saying the needed the table, even though the restaurant was still almost empty. The food was fine but their treatment of us completely soured the experience. We won’t be going back next time we visit Norwich.

We enjoyed a pleasant meal delivered in a timely fashion but were all put off by the surly approach of the waiters to hurry with our order then leave the premises shortly after finishing our meal. They clearly wanted the table clear 2 hrs after we had sat down.

I had the best biriyani from Ali tandoori. The flavour was awesome I will be back for more

Food flavour and quality was fantastic.

Very delicious food and excellent service from Molvi, he is super attentive and professional

Such generous portions and the flavour was amazing, onion bahjis were huge . Worth every penny I'll be back again

We have had many takeways from Ali Tandoori - all excellent ti now. Murg Massala was a dry mess, chicken baliti had an "off butter" taste. We throw away most of it

Sweet curry’s we order pulao and they bring us sweet pulao

Always a good night at Ali Tandoori, only place that does my favourite dish, lamb Ruchita.

Wow absolutely delicious. Onion bhajis were a great size, very generous portions and the flavour was amazing. First time trying here but I will definitely be back again 10/10 . Thank you

100% the best Indian around. I even survived the special order extra hot phall 🥵🔥😂

If you care for food and not staff. Go for it. But if care care staff and food. NEVER ! It can spoil your entire day and mood. The guys are super bad and rude. No humbling, no greetings straight to "to No we don't have any seat" like we are some kind a begger. Thank God we had a booking before. And this is coming from somebody working in hospitality. The staff can get into your nerves. If you can manage go for it.

Been ordering from Ali tandoori for quite a few years now and they have never let me down. Always cooked to perfection.👌

Amazing food as always and delivered on time, thank you

Absolutely brilliant service excellent staff extremely courteous and professional we had the lamb and chicken balti with poppadoms chutney and naan bread and I have to say it was the best curry I’ve had in my life it was out of this world and the naan was so fresh and tasty

One of the best Indian restaurants in Norwich. Excellent food, service and atmosphere. Would definitely recommend.

Avg food, needs to add a bit of flavour & herbs

Amazing cannot fault ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Food could have been abit hotter but overall was nice & delivered early with us always a bonus

From order confirmation to delivery was an hour 20 minutes

Weird place. Cold calling me to try and sell me something when I’ve never visited and live over 100 miles away

Really disappointing as have previously enjoyed food. The chicken in the Dansak was not fresh but reheated. One of the two onion bhajis was burned and could barely get a knife through it making it inedible. Definitely won’t be ordering again.

My favourite Indian in Norwich it's been redecorated 3 times in the decades Tried a specialty of the resteraunt We shared our choices as I was with my wife celebrating her birthday

Ordered takeaway to collect. Husband & I are still relatively new to Norwich and have been searching for the best takeaways and this one is now on our favourites list! We placed quite a standard order (Lamb Pasanda, Tikka Massala, Pilau rice & garlic naan). My husband loved the lamb in the Lamb Pasanda, and I found the vegetable Tikka Masaala great with lots of fresh veg. The onion bhaji’s were excellent, as were the garlic naans. Was worth the price and will definitely return, next time maybe for an in-person meal! When we collected the food there wasn’t anyone other than staff, so have rated 4/5 for atmosphere. 5/5 for everything else!

Meal with my wife back in December, always come here when in Norwich. We both had the chicken bhuna, which unfortunately on this occasion was not up to their best - a rare occurance though & will be going back later in January for business. Waiting staff very attentive & friendly!

We’ve probably just experienced the best takeaway we have ever had! Justifying that they are the best curry house in Norwich. The service was so friendly and the food, Chicken Jalfrezi and Makhani, was absolutely excellent.

First time visitors to this restaurant & we were greatly impressed. Delicious food & excellent service, staff attentive & friendly without being over zealous. Group of drunks discreetly & efficiently removed without causing a fuss. Food absolutely first class. Will visit again when back in Norwich. Throughly recommend the Ali Tandoori. Incidentally I had the lamb Ruchitha, fantastic!