Ashiana Indian & Bangladeshi Restaurant in Newark and Sherwood

So stayed here about 9 weeks over the last 12 weeks.the rooms.are large, towels. Small, overall usually 190 quid for 4 nights on booking.com 1st time.cisiting the restaurant and wow, had a.lamb kebab starter West.very good Then chicken tikka madras an pilau rice and chilli naan.,again wow really tasty all was really nice( bear in mind I'm a fussy bugger) beers are bottled 600ml so that bumps up the bill at 6quid a beer.. also papadoms and.sauce.dish will be .tenner. .the food.was.good the price was high but justifiable.

First visit last night definitely won't be our last. Absolutely beautiful food, very attentive knowledgeable staff that will meet any dietary needs or will heat up or cool down the spices to your liking. Large carpark with disabled parking next to the door. Great location straight off the A1. Very clean and with great atmosphere. Thanks for a cracking meal. Pete and Debs

Best food I've had in a while and the service was excellent.

We had a fantastic family meal last night. Everyone's food was top quality. I had ajwain king prawns for the first time and the flavours were incredible. Definitely one of the nicest meals I have experienced. We were looked after really well and can't fault a thing. This is a beautiful place, serving top quality food. I would recommend visiting on one of the traditionally quieter nights for the best experience as Fridays and Saturdays get extremely busy

Fabulous Indian restaurant and worth the journey. The staff were amazing and very knowledgeable they were able to explain the dishes on the menu to us

Had a fantastic meal with friends. We had a warm welcome. The staff were friendly and helpful. We will be back.

Fantastic dinner as always, fantastic service, very friendly staff, very welcoming and helpful. I couldn't recommend them enough for an evening meal for any and all.

Visit on many occasions. Reason - Always excellent. One problem - 22 miles trip , easy on A1 ,worth it . All of the staff are superb and the food quality and presentation never fails to impress . The restaurant is spotlessly clean and very pleasant . IJM

We had a fantastic dinner at the North Muskham Ashiana - delicious mixed meat tikka, chicken korma, a duck dish and sides amongst the four of us. The staff members who served us were attentive and engaging - and plain nice young gents. If you're staying in or near North Muskham or just passing by, stop and have a tasty meal at Ashiana.

A great experience in a very relaxing environment

Stopped here last night for a meal as not a fan of maccys or burger king after driving for 2 hours Never been before and would highly recommend the food was outstanding and great service and very clean even have a mini hoover to clean up after people leave

Excellent meal with great service. You won't find better food...anywhere!

Such a lovely meal at Ashiana! We stopped here on our way from Scotland to London, and were blown away. The people could not have been nicer, and the food was absolutely delicious. Everything from the samosas to the dal to the Saag Paneer (a personal favorite) was delicious. The atmosphere is really nice. The whole experience was just great. We’ll be back!

Amazing restaurant with top quality food and service. My third visit and not a single issue so far. By far the best restaurant in the area and definitely worth a diversion for. Special thanks to Ayman (our waiter) who ensured we had authentic desi cuisine and for his hospitality!

Excellent food and staff. 1st. visit. Will definitely return.

The staff or not very friendly and or not nice at all I would never stay here again

The best Indian restaurant, the food it’s amazing and all the staff are extremely friendly, service is amazing too.

We were at the restaurant and enjoyed dinner, it is one of the best Indian food restaurants I have ever tried, and great service

Great service and food! Well done “Team Ashiana”

Asked for a curry between us and a rice, also a garlic nan bread. There was no garlic in the bread, they sent us another nan. Still no garlic in the nan, personally I won't order another bread f4om here.

Went last night for my birthday, which was our first visit. Firstly the atmosphere and decor is really nice. The service was great and the food was so nice. There was 4 adults and my 10 year old daughter. We all had something different and all thoroughly enjoyed our meal. My fussy daughter absolutely loved her chicken nuggets and chips, thank you Ashiana, an Indian where we can take our daughter with us. My husband and daughter had taken birthday cake which the staff put the candles on and brought out singing Happy Birthday!! 😊 The night was topped off when the manager (I presume) bought me over a little gift! Thank you. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Best Indian food experience I’ve had in the UK, food is amazing and staff is experienced and friendly!

Food was good, disappointed perhaps because of all the other reviews. If I was passing i would come back but won't go out of my way to come here.

Amazing food all so fresh. Exellent service

The food is always amazing. Can’t fault it but we were asked to leave because our table was needed. We felt rushed throughout. It was a birthday meal and this spoilt the evening. Very disappointing.

Came here for my Wife’s birthday for the first time even though we only live 10 minutes away and was very impressed. The staff were very friendly and attentive. The food was amazing with plenty to choose from. I would definitely recommend to others and will be returning hopefully very soon.

Had the Prawn Pepper Fry - great flavours!

Brilliant food great service from si and his team always a pleasure

Food excellent, big choice, first class service, surroundings nice

Been meaning to write a review for a long time. Just ordered a take away and remembered I must leave one! Me and my partner Milo absolutely love visiting the restaurant and ordering take out. I cannot shout louder about this place. Incredible food and the service is outstanding. Sai is the loveliest guy and we look forward to seeing him. If you haven’t been already then this is your push to go! You will not be disappointed.

Food was outstanding The staff are always so friendly and helpful.

Absolutely brilliant service beautiful food will definitely be going again

Lovely food and great service. The takeaway was ready really quickly whilst we sat in comfort in the outside area listening to music.

Fantastic night, very big party of 21 and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you for your fantastic hospitality. I will certainly return

Don’t pass this place by. Stop and eat! An absolute gem of a restaurant. The food was awesome made even better by the welcoming hospitality of the lovely staff. A wonderful menu with lots of authentic choices, in nice surroundings. If you live near this place or are just passing through then definitely take the time to stop and eat here. You will not regret it!

Best Indian cuisine restaurant Beautiful immaculate decor even outside dining is very cool and funky with wall art Service always polite Food is the star great dishes Our fave Thank you x

To paraphrase Stars Wars episode IV (the first one 🤔)........ "This is not the review you're looking for!" I'm reviewing the restaurant, not the rooms! Venue 5☆. Very nice room. Airy, well appointed and attractive. Food 6☆. Another 'we're lucky in Newark' post. So many good Asian / Indian restaurants in Newark and Ashiana is right at the top with the others. Tikka massalla, shaslik, special mix massalla and bahari murgh. All excellent and decent portion sizes. Side orders all just as good. Service 4.5☆. Not problem with the actual service it just took a bit longer than expected. Part may be due to it being busy and that the food seemed to seem very fresh and 'clean'! Value 4.5☆. No problems with quality or portion sizes. But, it's not cheap! Will stop us going again. Overall, highly recommended 👌 👍.

Superb food as usual. Always excellent service.

Still the best Indian/Bangladesh restaurant in the area, also won best Restaurant/Take Away in the UK for 2023 I believe this is the 3rd time they have won.

An unimposing exterior set off an A1 roundabout... but glorious menu and stunning food quality. Mix in friendly and patient staff, and that's about it. It is not cheap but definitely not super expensive either .... you pay for truly exceptional quality. What a find!!!!!

A nice meal, in a lovely place. With brilliant staff and would recommend to friends. Will return to use the he garden table.

Fantastic food and polite gentleman Emad felt very at home and comfortable will 100% stay again Darren Howitt

I love the Ashiana i really do but a recent meal for 2 cost over £90!! No excessive ordering just 1 starter, 2 mains, 2 rice and a couple of naans and poppadoms! 2 beers and a coke. I was staggered.. im not saying the food wasn’t good because it was but £10 for a starter!! Eye watering! the chutneys and yogurt were very runny like they had been watered down too which is a gripe but Im not hating im just giving my opinion. Service was a little slow as it was the last time we visited.. the bill then for similar was about £72 .. 🤷🏼‍♀️

What a lovely restaurant. Lovely staff very friendly and the food was next level in taste and presentation. We live in wolverhampton and have pretty muched tried nearly every Indian restaurant around but thus place is really something special. Highly Recomend .Thankyou

Amazing meal and service. Menu choice is brilliant with lots of seafood options. Would really recommend visiting.

We were desperate to visit a good curry house in the area and settled on Ashiana. Sadly, we were so disappointed with our food. The starter and poppadoms were good but the curries were both awful. One tasted of absolutely nothing, no discernable spice or flavour, yet the other tasted only of salt. We politely raised this to a staff member who was lovely and quite understanding, but did suggest that people interpret tastes differently. This felt quite patronising, I've been to countless Indian restaurants all over the country and always loved the food and flavours. We tend to leave positive reviews of these on TripAdvisor and the only one we had cause to complain about was based on both service and that we were both very ill the next day. I think a better approach would be to listen to the multiple customers advising of bland dishes, rather than suggesting that the issue is with tastebuds (which work fine elsewhere) or ordering wrong (we ordered what we usually order). Perhaps Ashiana's curries are great but they simply got it wrong on this occasion. I accept that restaurants don't get it right 100% of the time, so it would be good to see a bit more humility and less defensiveness from the restaurant in that regard.

We chose excellent dishes from the tempting array on the menu. The staff were very polite & the service was excellent. A well deserved 5 star review.

Excellent curries & sides. Our server recommended a delicious vegan curry for me which I really enjoyed. Definitely will visit again if we are nearby again! Very easy to access off main road.

Overrated-curry not worth the awards . Honestly the only reason I gave it one star is because the service was good (and you cannot rate it any lower). The food was obviously prepared by someone who thought they knew Indian cooking but did not. The curries had no flavour and were just spice,the naan was too thick and sweet without any flavour and was overall very dry and chewy. We asked for dry fried chicken (not sweet) and got honey flavoured chicken. The biryani and onion bhaji was tasty, but something was wrong with the samosas-it had carrot and cabbage filling in it and did not taste like a samosa.

Amazing service and fantastic food. Definately worth the money.

Came here on Tuesday, very nice and tasty, freshly cooked food, attentive staff and upmarket venue for the curry lover!

Lovely meal ,Good size portions, and friendly staff.

Great food, great atmosphere, great service, can't recommend highly enough.

Our 1st visit to this restaurant the food was very tasty and staff very attentive would recommend and not too expensive

Was really excited to try out this place. Unfortunately, our expectations were not met. The staff were really kind and they even helped my baby settle by offering her a drink while we were waiting. We had a takeaway. Ordered 2 house specialty dishes and aloo gobi, along with naan and paratha. The breads were exceptional. However, the curries - I don't mean to be rude- were tasteless and bland. The sauces looked yummy but as we tucked in, we were disappointed. The pre cooked chicken cubes added to the curry sauce was tasteless and chewy. The lamb was not tender and both curries lacked flavour. Aloo gobi potato variety used were starchy and tasteless and the masala was bland overall. We were quite sad to be honest, because we hoped we found a new place to try out in our area to go and dine in next time but unfortunately won't be returning as the dishes are expensive but not yummy. We don't mind paying that amount if the food is on point. Sadly, for now, this place is not for us. Thanks for the yummy naan and hospitality.

Favorite indian in the area always hot and flavoursome

Very good food,good service,well trained staff,drinks a bit pricey.