Asha in New Forest

Excellent service and good food

Absolutely 100% recommend this place. Everything was top notch. The food, the service, even the price was better than expected. Will definitely be going back. Well done guys, you do a real good job. Love everything about this place.

We had a great time, awesome food and service, the staff are always welcoming. Highly recommended. Well done Asha!

Went for the first time on a Thursday night. Was pretty busy but the staff were attentive and friendly and welcoming. Food was fantastic - had the 'Dan Special' which was great. Good selection of beers and plenty on the menu. Looking forward to going back again!

We have eaten at the Asha for many years. We went again last evening to celebrate my brother's birthday. The food as always was absolutely delicious, with generous portions. The service as always was excellent- all the staff are so very friendly. I highly recommend this restaurant, and will be going back again very soon.

Fantastic Indian food, we had a lamb pasanda, a chicken tikka main, sag paneer, mushroom rice peshwari naan poppadoms and dip. You can tell when an Indian is good when the tikka is moist and the lamb is tender and melts in your mouth. sometimes you get a lamb curry at an Indian takeaway and it's like tough mutton, asha's certainly wasn't!. Can tell it's made fresh, staff are efficient hardworking and friendly. Can't find a fault to report hence the 5*!

Really exceptional food, and brilliant staff.

Thankyou for a lovey evening from Iesha x Jason

Always spot on here, food, service and the atmosphere 👌

Always well looked after and the food is great.

This is the first time in many years I have used Asha Indian Restaurant, but decided to order a take away. Sadly I was extremely disappointed. The mixed starter was in fact the same meat used for the shami kebab and the seekh kebab just shaped differently and extremely salty, do you really think this would not be noticed ? and the onion bajhi was soggy ( thankfully we have an air fryer ). Two mains were ordered dupiaza which had raw onions and a karai chicken tikka, the Karai was in fact satisfactory) the order was made over the phone with a waiting time of 30 mins, but on arrival another 10 minutes, none of this would have been an issue, if in fact the food had been hot. The restaurant was full and the staff extremely polite, however if they can not cope with Take Aways as well as a busy restaurant then maybe they should rethink their strategy. Many of our friends use the restaurant and do say that they are extremely popular for a sit down venue. Our bill total was £35 so not a cheap treat for what we received. We were given complementary popadoms but I would have preferred to have enjoyed our meal. After my previous review the lovely owner phoned me and apologised for our disappointment. He then invited us to join them for another meal, Courtesy of the restaurant and something I was not expecting. This meal was fabulous with absolute perfection on all counts. I have therefore now allocated 5 stars as I think this is well deserved. The food on this occasion was definitely deserving of 5* and I thank the owner for his kindness and for taking the time to resolve our issues.

Wide selection, modest prices, friendly staff

Meal was really good, plenty of choice and comfortable place, worth travelling outside of the city for.

Excellent friendly staff and good food reasonable priced.Would recommended 👌

Excellent food and service. Highly recommend

Brilliant food.in a lovely setting.

It's rare to find a place where the food is of consistently high quality and rarer still where the service is of the standard that you'll find every time at Asha.

As heard so much great review but was not impress, food bland and tasteless nothing special. Avoid this place

Writing on behalf of my Mum and Daughter Who were there over half term. They both really enjoyed the two meals they had here. The staff were so kind and welcoming, food was excellent. Thanks!

Delicious balti, my new favourite takeaway/restaurant 🙂

Great place, would throughly recommend

Visited Asha once again and yet again we were not disappointed. We look forward to the lovely fresh and flavorsome food. The staff are always friendly and welcoming. The atmosphere here is nice and relaxed. Highly recommended!

Not as tasty as it was, not impress as sauce was watery.

Popadoms and dip don’t make up for worst processed chicken ever won’t be going again . Peed off .

Absolutely fantastic Indian/Bangladeshi Restaurant, probably the best I've ever tasted. Made to feel welcome from the start, with ample poppadoms and sundries on sitting down at the table, We were staying in a local campsite and loved it so much we visited twice in just a very short stay. If you're staying local go and try this place, You won't be dissapointed- the food is out of the World! Thank you for a lovely few evenings, we will definitely be back soon!

Beautiful food and at a great price and friendly experienced staff

The only place to get curry in the whole of hampshire in my opinion, have not gone anywhere else in years, amazing high quality food, amazingly friendly staff, just the absolute best about, amazing dining experience!

Great restaurant and friendly staff.

Stopped off here for a takeaway meal en route and the staff were helpful professional. The meal was superb!! Large portions and absolutely delicious

We go here everytime we are in the New Forest and never have a bad meal. The food is delicious and the service is fantastic. Would highly recommend.

Top draw Indian takeaway! Restaurant looked popular too but we've only done takeaway. Will definitely do it again!

Very nice meal, staff very attentive and service first class

Great service from the team here - very friendly and regulars are treated like family !!. Lots of choice on the menu - some of the dishes can taste similar. I found it expensive for what it is.

We like to consider ourselves regular customers of Asha. If you’re looking for a friendly, well run establishment who consistently serve great food, this is the place to come. Yes, you should book. Some get upset when they walk in to be told there's no tables, but that's no reason to leave a fictitious review. Superb.

Really great food amazing service. Can’t recommend enough

My favourite restaurant in the New Forest hands down. The staff are always amazing, friendly and have such a good service. The food is always top notch and we have never had a better meal elsewhere

I have to say that my main meal was poor. I've given 2 stars rather than one, as the quality of the chicken was very good, but the madras sauce was like weak gravy. Very disappointed for the price of the meal.

Absolute best Indian food in the new forest.

Amazing, I loved it. Not particularly authentic but very tasty and flavoursome. Generous portions. Ordered five papadums, we got too many to count!

We really enjoyed our visit to Asha, the food was excellent one of the best Indian meals I've eaten I really look forward to going again.

First time using this takeaway after Shapla closed. Was looking forward to it, got it home and it was so cold. I picked up the exact time I ordered for too. Phoned the restaurant and they said if I go back they will cook another order. Went back and collected the second order which was warmer curry wise but naan bread was cold. I was wanting to love this takeaway but I will not be using this takeaway again. Shame as the restaurant seemed nice and packed out. Maybe they don't put the effort into takeaway meals. Shame.

What has happened to this restaurant? It’s utter chaos they seem to be concentrating on the takeaway side of things ! Found the standards had dropped considerably shame it was a good place to eat food was not as good !

Had a takeaway from here the other night and all the staff are proper sound, super nice, very helpful. The atmosphere in the restaurant was really chill too, while I waited for my food. The food itself was OK, bit lacking in flavour which is what you'd hope would be the best from an Indian restaurant , but would go again and try something else.

Not really the best, had the food as takeaway and I found something weird in it that looks like it was from the ceiling. The food was cold and overpriced for what we got really.

Lovely food, great atmosphere 👌

Went with friends, we all had a different meal. The food was excellent and super tasty.. thank you 😊

First visit for many years and was not disappointed. Great service, good food. Was busy but staff were like a well oiled machine, nothing too much trouble. Definitely would recommend and will definitely go back soon

Probably the best King Prawn Puri I have ever eaten. Everyone in our party of four were very happy with the food and the service was excellent.

Lovely local Indian restaurant to Ashurst. Eaten here a couple times now and never disappoints and very reasonable prices

Beautiful food highly recommended will definitely return

Excellent food and very attentive service, have been here before many times and will return many more times!

First visit, and a busy venue which is always a good sign. Nice food, reasonable prices and good atmosphere and decor. Staff pleasant and attentive. Recommended

Top draw Indian restaurant, visited on a very busy Saturday night, the food and the staff were excellent, one of the best tandoori mixed grills around.

Unfortunately not catering for solo dinners despite a empty restaurant

Fantastic food with first class service.

This is the second time I visited with my family Good restaurant With nice staff especially Jillur and Shawon Clean , convenient place

Great Indian, with great owner and staff

Always a pleasure to dine at Asha.Food and service first class.Manager very friendly and has great sense of humour.All in all the best Bangladeshi restaurant in the area by far.Looking forward to our next visit.

One of my favourite restaurants! Great consistent authentic Indian flavours across the menu! Highly recommend!

Always a very warm welcome at ASHA. Always accommodating when a table is required. Food is the best and reasonable on prices..... We recommend

Always excellent food and service.

Asha managed to fit us in, last minute, on a busy night after we left the previous restaurant we had a booking out as they had run out of most of their menu items! Service was efficient and the food delicious, would highly recommend.

The food tonight was lovely, friendly atmosphere, helpful staff and glad we booked our table for 7 as it was busy! 😊

Delicious food, very friendly staff - always a great atmosphere and clearly popular with locals too. Always a very enjoyable meal out!

Food amazing, staff great. Cant wait to go back.

Having had plenty of tasty takeaways from here in the past, we recently ate in for the first time excellent quality food and really good flavous, even if the medium dishes were very mild. A nice Indian, will definitely be back for more takeaways and dining in

Always great food here! Staff are always friendly and very accommodating too!

Good currys with great service.

Great Restaurant with Good menu and attentive staff.

Fantastic service and food. We will definitely be back when we holiday that way.

First visit. Enjoyed what we had. I'll probably go for a different dish next time.

Excellent restaurant. Good service and food

Lush food, great staff, nice ambience.

If really genuine and warm service in nice surroundings is your thing then you'll love Asha. However if you want really authentic Indian and Bangladeshi food this might not be the place to come. Food was rather bland - very much an Indian with the spices toned down. We ordered a range of dishes (eight in total) and all were very bland.

Perfect food perfect service the staff are amazing and always accommodating for us including our young son. Amazing restaurant would highly recommend

Take away only at the moment very good service excellent choice on menu food superb

Excellent food and service highly recommended

Good food, reasonable/average prices and overall good service.

Eating here a few times food has always been nice and the staff are friendly.

We visited the new forest for a little mini break and was suggested Asha. When you walk in everyone is very friendly and welcoming. They clearly made great effort to protect their customers from COVID by wearing masks, hand sanitizer station and clearly marked tables abiding by social distancing. The restaurant was lovely but the food was next level!!! We tried a couple of different dishes one in particular 'Dan's special' which was absolutely amazing. The host went round to all the tables checking in on everything and service was fantastic. We will 100% go out of our way next time to visit Asha again. Shame you don't deliver to Kent 😋 Thank you for a lovely evening.

Delicious authentic Indian food. Absolutely fresh they will cook it just how you want it. Go out of their way for any special requests. The staff couldn’t be more attentive and polite. The restaurant is clean and inviting. I love the seating it makes for a great catch up with friends and you don’t feel you are talking over the table next to you. You won’t be disappointed I’ve never had a bad meal here

Delicious food, friendly staff, service was a little slow

Delicious food, friendly ambience. A host who knows regulars by name and greets all with warmth. I must emphasise again the quality of the food (and I am not easily pleased).

What a wonderful meal in a beautiful setting and wonderful service please give this place a try you will be very satisfied

We had an amazing family meal tonight Food was fantastic, service was first class as always. Can't wait for our regular Thursday night boys night out

Amazing service, beautiful food, brilliant atmosphere couldn't ask for a better evening, always have a lovely time!!

Lovely fresh Indian food served with a smile and a delicious cold pint of Cobra

Decent curry house, gone are the days of flock wallpaper and oversized tiger prints, luckily this place is not too far, good selection of curry’s, pity they don’t stock a few fruity designer ales (just plain lager), efficient staff, comfy, my go to curry feeding station (yes I’m a bit lardy).....

I only wish i had taken a picture of my food but i can tell you it was an absolutely delicious curry staff were very friendly i would definitely recommend this place

Food is excellent, lovely staff

Everything about this restaurant, food and staff is perfect. Food is outstanding and staff are so friendly and helpful. We eat here at least once a month and never had trouble with booking a table. I strongly recommend you give it a go.

Best restaurant in the area beautiful food!

Friendly staff, efficient service and good food.

visited this restaurant for the first time, lovely place,couldnt fault it. Excellent all round, great food, nice cozy atmosphere, friendly attentive staff, great bar and lager is spot on, spotless toilet, i could go on and on but enough said. Highly recommended

Went back to asha this week for the first time in a long while. After my last meal a year ago was disappointing as were a few before that. I am glad to say say it was back to it's best. The food was excellent as it always used to be. Great work Jillur and the team. Credit where credit is due.

Good menu..nice food .. service was average..

Long wait for a take away on a Saturday

Fantastic service and food was absolutely delicious as always. Can't recommend this restaurant highly enough absolutely fabulous

Disappointed with the take away I'm no food critic or fussy eater but that's the worst korma I have ever had . It was so watery and bland. Don't listen to the good comments honestly way to watery to count as a korma

Curry sauce was good but extremely overcooked chicken, very very dry! Nothing special unfortunately.