AVATAR DINING in Harborough

Love the menu! Wish we could order everything! Such tasty food and great sharing plates! We would highly recommend The dips at the start are delicious, the curries are fabulous, and they have a large range of veggie and meat dishes!

A good selection on the menu at reasonable prices. Nice ambience and attentive staff. The dishes we had were presented nicely, of good portion sizes and most importantly, tasty.

We normally go once a month if we can at least 8 or 9 people. Last night only 4. Service felt very rushed and table service too. Food felt not up to normal standard for some unknown reason? We all had the banquet meal which includes starter, mains and desert which is ice cream or coffee. We were never even offered the 3rd course. I didn’t want to make a fuss as I was unsure if things have changed. I’ve pulled up the menu on the website and it’s all still there. They insisted on plying us more with drinks rather than the food we were there for. Always thought of this place as an Indian restaurant with the extra special touch but unfortunately not anymore. Shame!!!!

Had a great meal tonight, They opened up the side lounge for a private function. Great service

Our choice for Nepalese food, always quality food and great service.

All the staff here are lovely, so welcoming and polite. That's what I call service. The food is out of this world and there's a lot. We went on Wednesday, which is banquet night and definitely value for money. The inside of the place is nicely decorated and clean. Our favourite Indian yet, thankyou Avatar

Very dissapointed tonight!!! Had a large booking for 10 people and on arrival told to wait in another area. Put in the "lounge" back area in a cold room waited 20 mins not offered drinks or poppadoms. Multiple other groups also waiting in this area clearly all tables double booked and no tables available. Told we would be waiting a short time and could have a free drink. This is not the 1st time this has happened and has happened previously with just me and my partner. Also no staff member present when I went looking for a drink. They should have extra staff in this lounge area and offer poppadoms on arrival to help with the wait. After 30 minutes of no service we decided to leave as starving! This is a pity as on past experience food is great! Service is normally slow and long wait for drinks when we do get a table.

Food is great and atmosphere is good. Owner over books and is greedy for customers. We had a reservation booked and we had to wait 20 minutes to get our table. Poor service, bad ownership.

Booked over a week ago for 7pm. Arrived slightly early so happy to wait with a drink. 7.30pm… still no table. Other tables of same size arrived with booking later than ours were seated. 7.36 left the restaurant.. still waiting for table. Did not pay for drinks as I consider this an unreasonable amount of time to wait for a table… award winning does not constitute this level of poor service. I await your response?

Have just tried Avatar after driving by many times and seeing how full it was. What can I say? The food is absolutely amazing. The staff are attentive and plenty of them. There is so much choice on the menu it is hard to make up your mind. There are also set menu's with prices for 1,2 or 3 courses. Will definitely return and recommend to our friends.

Outstanding, I have eaten in hundreds of asian style restaurant over many decades, and this is safely the absolute best !! Wonderfull staff, an excellent chef, spotlessly clean and a super ambiance and style. If you have not been yet, you must go. The guys will really look after you !! And serve you the the very best food !!

The food is great, tasty, and well priced. The staff are always friendly and helpful. There is a lovely relaxed atmosphere. Highly recommend this restaurant.

Chicken Korma insipid and first time I have ever had frozen peas and sweet corn in a vegetable balti! Second time I have been and never going back.

Whenever I stay over in Market Harborough I try to eat at Avatar. The food is always served hot by friendly and attentive staff. I decided to push the boat out and have a banquet meal. My starter was superb - honey chilli potato. I have enjoyed every main I have ever had on the specials menu at the Avatar. Tonight was no exception - Lababdar was very tasty with lots of chicken and a very tasty sauce.

Great Indian food and very friendly staff in this relaxed and busy restaurant. Visited on a Saturday evening, when there were lots of early eaters in - seemed to peak about 7pm. Understand it gets quite noisy towards the back of the restaurant, due to acoustics, so best to ask for a table near the front window if you want a quiet chat over dinner. Definitely a good idea to book in advance. This is also the first restaurant I've been to where the waiter advised me that I may not like the dish I was ordering! Very considerate of him, but I ordered it anyway - and loved it.

There was a mistake with the food order flow for our table , the staff sorted it out and couldn't do enough to sort it out. They even reduced our bill . Great food venue.

We've come down down for my wife's cousins birthday,Had a takeaway b4 which was lovely, But to sit and a have a meal was a great experience,Lovely young lady takin our order,n the food was to die for,The lamb was so tender as was the chicken, Great food, Great service, Thanks guys you nailed it.

I enjoyed a family dinner with delicious meals, very friendly staff that even changed one of the dishes that was to hot for one of the children. Delicious desserts!!! Exceptional!! Highly recommend!!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Absolutely top-tier experience at Avatar Dining in Market Harborough! I accidentally sent my takeaway order to their sister restaurant in Lutterworth, but the team here were incredibly understanding. Without any fuss, they redid my entire order and didn't charge me a penny extra. The staff were exceptionally friendly, happy, and always smiling. Their approachable nature made the whole experience even better. It's rare to find such excellent customer service these days. The food was delicious, and the service was impeccable. Highly recommended!

Simply excellent Indian cuisine. Prawn tandoori was the best I've had for many years

Very impressive. Quality, good service & helpful staff! Highly recommended 👌

We are new to the area and the Avatar has been highly recommended to us. We have now been several times in the last few weeks and find the food excellent, the staff very friendly and helpful and the service is at the right level of attentiveness. We are working through the menu and all our choices have been excellent. Good quality ingredients, well cooked with clearly distinctive Nepalese influences. We will be back, regularly.

The food was delicious and piping hot. The lamb melted in your mouth. Service was good except we were asked 5 times if we wanted more drinks, before our main meal arrived! We were happy with a large Cobra and a coke.

Excellent, as usual. Thank you.

Excellent food and great service from the team at Avatar. Highly recommended.

A great place to eat the staff were all very helpful and friendly the food tasted and looked great like fine dining we did not ask for any of the extras they bought water without us asking the premises is great a very excellent experience will be going back

Not the experience I have had in the past. Seems like things have changed for the worse. Not somewhere I will be visiting again anytime soon. Poor staff, Food was ok but nothing special. Then after a poor experience placed a “best restaurant” competition QR code in my face and almost demanded I give them a good review. When I declined I was quickly overwhelmed with staff and management offering me a discount free drinks and all sorts. Funny how such a little thing caused them so much grief. I’ll avoid this place in the future.

What a gem. Great food. Staff cannot do enough to make you visit special. Prob some of the best curry dishes I have had Try it you will not be disappointed

A very nice experience with professional staff who look after you

Very tasty Indian food in a lovely environment. The Sunday buffet was lovely and well worth it. Staff very friendly and helpful.

Absolutely amazing food the staff were fantastic if I could score them higher than a five I would. Great value for money

Great meal, great choice if just a touch pricey. But the quality more than made up for things. This is the go-to place for a curry in Mkt Harb!! Looking forward to the next visit too.

Take away is the issue. They very rarely meet the time you want the food for (even if you give them 2hrs notice). It's so poor. Great food, poor service.

A birthday meal to remember! Wonderful service and great food. Not the cheapest, but definitely one of the best locally. I am sure we will be back many times.

An awesome experience. Excellent food and excellent staff. I was reluctant to go first time for my birthday but we were all so glad we decided to give it a chance. I was truly amazed by the standard, quality and the portion sizes. I will definitely be recommending to all my friends and family.

Excellent food , nice , clean restaurant, great service , very friendly and accommodating of our group that was celebrating a birthday. Attentive staff . Great menus with great value meal offers befire 7.30 sun to Thursday.

Amazing food and the friendliest service going. Received a lovely birthday treat on the house. Highly recommend.

Really busy on a Saturday night but great food.

One of the best Indian restaurants that I've ever been to!

Amazing meal really high quality and not the run of the mill selection either

We were in Harborough and decided to get a takeaway. When phoning to order I was advised it would be 30 to 40 minutes. As we were sitting in the car I asked if it could be any sooner, they said they would do their best. It was ready in 20 minutes!! Still piping hot after a 15 minutes journey home. We always have garlic spiced spinach but they excelled themselves tonight, it was so delicious.

Many time visitor to Avatar. It was a really busy night, but we waited ages for our food. Service was friendly as always, but it felt like they just had hit capacity all over, certainly in the kitchen. Food was not as good as usual - chicken was cooked too much so it was hard. I'm sure because they didn't have time to give it the normal attention. We'll be back for sure, but will try to chose a quieter evening.

What a fantastic meal, Absolutely delicious 100% recommended a must try restaurant first class..👌

Amazing food and lovely atmosphere

Wonderful meal, lovely restaurant, excellent customer service, fabulous atmosphere on a busy Saturday night. Will definitely recommend and return.

Superb food, excellent service. Regularly eat out here and can honestly say receive the same high standard of food and service. Normally go midweek so perhaps Friday / Saturday are when people have felt rushed as we've never experienced that. What a wonderful team at Avatar. Thank you.

Really good Indian/Nepalese food. Service very good.

Amazing Place for fine dining, excellent food and service

Top third of my best Indian/ Nepalese dining experiences ever, hindsight photos paint a thousand words.

Great food. Go, eat. You will enjoy.

Great Himalayan cuisine in a cool little town. The spice levels were spot on, the service was perfect... attentive without hovering. The relish tray was amazing. The duck Tikka was a unique treat. Awesome overall experience.

The food was fabulous and when my partner asked for a mild curry and it was too hot the staff were so accommodating, very impressive! Delightful food and excellent service.

Just been to Avatar for a birthday dinner with my sister and partners. I didn't realise that she had said in booking it was a birthday dinner there were balloons and a banner at our table I was wished happy birthday on arrival. I had staff sing happy birthday and offer a birthday drink. It was amazing the service was wonderful the food was spectacular THANK YOU FOR A GREAT EVENING

The Staff here are so attentive and go the extra mile to make you feel welcome. Ballon's and a Birthday banner were put up for my Birthday meal and the food was just delish.

They have always looked after us , the food is great.

Never a bad meal here..! Definitely my favourite restaurant in harborough 👍

Always friendly service and tastey food

Booked 21 Jan for valentine day and confirmed the booking via returned email. Got a call 3 weeks later to pay a £10 deposit and confirm the booking again plus was told this night is now a fixed menu. This place which serves lovely food and was the the place of my first date with my partner which we planned to have the same starter, that option was taken away plus the fixed menu is forcing me to pay for the bread and rice which I would not have ordered due to ill health. It is a poor show from Avatar to wait until there is no time to book left to book somewhere else to change the conditions and menu to ram as many people in as possible for one of the most popular nights of the year. Poor show Avatar! I cancelled my booking!

No wonder this Indian restaurant is so highly rated across leicestershire As long as you try it once You will definitely understand and fall in love with it! Note that the taste of different curries is really different And it says it’s spicy, so you must believe it! In addition to the normal menu, it provides set meals every day Excellent value for money The portions are plenty and there are so many choices! So many that it will annoy you... The food looks and tastes great! Meet friends and family for a meal You will definitely come back with a full load!

very overpriced for average food drinks extortionate prices please read menu before ordering will not be returning

went for sunday buffet on 28th jan 2024 with 2 friends only to find the price as gone up yet again and now £17.95 which we thought steep the considering it started off at £11.50 weve been many times we got charged £24 for 2 large cobra beer in bottles and 1 glass of wine food was good but the price of drinks is outrageous its £7.50 for a large bottle of cobra and £4 for a coke thats 300% markup we will not go back as profits before customers is totally wrong and should be addressed before it effects business

As usual everything was perfect at this lovely amazing place. Food and delicious and well presented service was awesome as always We had a lovely time. They always make it feel like a personal experience Can’t recommend it enough

We had a very lovely evening, after being recommended to vist , Food service and atmosphere was spot on food absolutely delicious planning a return visit soon

Appalling. I booked a table at Avatar because my husband wanted to eat there in celebration of his birthday. I had vowed to never return to Avatar because they ruined my News Years Eve 2021 celebrations by not delivering my take away order because they had overstretched themselves. Anyhow, against my best judgement I booked a table. From start to finish (1 hour 10 mins) we were hurried along. For example we were asked to order our food immediately and I had to tell the waiter to leave my plate because I was still eating. As soon as we had finished eating and paid, we were told to leave our table and finish our drinks at the bar. Our table was then immediately cleared and reset for others to sit at. We were stood at a cramped bar next to the entrance with our drinks, coats, bags, scarves and hats in hand. We were in the way of staff and customers and it was cold. I told bar staff that I was not happy and was offered a complementary drink. I explained that I did not want another drink because I had not finished the one that I already had. Upon hearing this another member of staff approached us and offered us complementary Prosecco. I explained again that I did not want another drink and that I wanted was to be able to sit down with my husband and enjoy our evening out. They then tried to find us seats so that we could sit at the bar. By this point the experience had been ruined and we just wanted to leave, so we did. I will never return to Avatar. Profits before customers every time.

Very busy night so promised a table an hour later. We left and came back but still no table. Fair enough, 4 beers for £27 for four beers whilst we wait (very expensive). Another 45 mins later we gave up. Just tell us next time you are too busy!!!

This was our 3rd visit as we have had a few stop overs in Mkt Harborough since last year. It was very very busy and quite noisy as some large groups were dining. However we got used to the noise and were seated at the front..the staff were attentive, didn't rush us, our food was in good time and absolutely delicious as always. I am glad we booked a time as people were coming in and having quite a wait! Looking fwd to a return visit

Amazing food, quick service and great customer service, the staff are lovely

The very best jalfrazi I've ever had asked for it really hot. It was amazing.

Another Christmas dinner at avatar and once again fantastic food and fantastic service. Over all great experience, thanks everyone.

The food was nice, we did ask for our children's dinners to be more mild, the waiter said he would sort it. But didn't. All felt very rushed and not very relaxed. Been before and been ok.

I must confess that I have been eating here for years, but this is because it's fabulous. I've eaten at many similar restaurants around the UK and even abroad, I have never had a better package of food taste, ambiance, great staff and decent prices which compliment each other. Long may they rule! Thank you to the Avatar Guys and see you soon, I hope. David

Delicious food and five star service

The food is always good at Avatar, but we did not enjoy our family meal yesterday evening. We were pushed by the staff again and again to rush our meal. I would prefer they told us either we were not welcome or they needed the table back by a certain time, that would have been more tolerable than prompting us again and again for an order, drinks, the bill etc! Honestly, you are not impolite but you need to consider how you look after your guests when you are busy. It really spoiled our evening.

Lovely food and the staff wonderful

Very luxurious inside and we're looked after well, although initial request for a jug of water wasn't forthcoming. Food lovely though 😉

This was our first visit and must say there was an excellent choice on the menu. Delicious food and the service was good. My only slight negative, it was a bit noisy due to being a bit open plan. Having said that, it was a very busy Friday night and with some small Christmas parties, so to be expected. All in all, an excellent meal out and we will definitely be going back again.

Most excellent food, all home made and taste great. Service is a bit chaotic but they were very busy. Highly recommended.

This is honestly one of the best restaurants we have been to. Big portions of really amazing food and outstanding service. So impressed and will definitely be coming again

Had another great meal there last night. Absolutely fantastic as usual.

Presentation of food is excellent, friendly staff, fab atmosphere, highly recommend

My first visit to this restaurant, the food and service was exceptional. The overall ambience is perfect. Highly recommended

I went as part of a large party (22 people) from work. The service, food and the staff waiting the table were impeccable. I’d highly recommend this place to anyone. The photo is of the lamb biryani I’d ordered.

Excellent food, service and busy for a Tuesday in Harborough! A little on the pricey side though.

Best Indian in Market Harborough. Staff friendly and attentive. Mixed starter is excellent.

Over £7 for a large bottle of water...

One of the worst dinning experiences I’ve ever had, my son had come to visit with his friend so I’d taken them out for dinner, we chose Avatar because the reviews were good, but we were so rush it spoiled the whole evening. we were seated and finished within 22 minutes, the waiter tuck are plates when I was still eating my popadoms, I had to pick what was left on my plate up to stop it being taken away and are main came out as the other waiter was taking the plates away, it felt more like a cheap fast food service then restaurant service, the food was ok and no complaints with that but as for dinning experience I don’t think I’ve had worse.

The restaurant is great. From its location to the interior design to the people behind the restaurant. I can see why it has won countless awards. It also helps when food great. Highly recommend it.

I've eaten in many Indian restaurants across the country. But found the food at avatar quite bland. Very disappointed

Went here for the first time last night and will definitely be returning, food was fantastic better than any expectation I had, the restaurant is clean and the staff are very friendly and welcoming, they went the extra mile for my daughters, they put banners and balloons for their birthday and suprised them after our meal with chocolate cake, all the staff sung happy birthday and a nice glass of baileys!! You don't get that sort of service nowadays. Our whole party left happy. I'd just like to thank the team at avatar for their hard work and for making my daughters birthday special. Thankyou, see you again in the future (when we ever get some time off 😂) from us at St marys fish and chips

Brilliant restaurant! Working here for a few days and couldn’t recommend more! Fantastic decor, service, food and atmosphere. Can’t wait to come back!

Simply awesome food and service. Extremely well presented Cuisine that tasted even better. Not to forget their tremendous hospitality and smiling faces. 5 star Avataar. 👏👏👏 Will definitely recommend to try… Can’t wait to visit them next.

We have Sunday buffet lunch at Avatar every month or so and it is always a very pleasurable experience.

We visited for a special family occasion. There was 22 of us and everyone agreed that the food and service was absolutely fabulous! My meal (vegetable karai) tasted so fresh and vibrant. The staff were friendly and accommodating, despite our party being somewhat noisy! Thank you for a great evening

Nepalesische interessante Küche, fein bis scharfe Würze, angenehmas Ambiente, sehr freundliche Gastluchkeit.

Came here for my birthday. Was greeted by the staff who were very attentive. Food was really good. Will come back again

Long-term customer. Placed a collection order on Sat eve using the app and was given a standard 40min collection time. When I got there the place was over-full and it took 90mins to get my food. If the app doesn’t reflect reality it’s pointless and if people are waiting they need to be given clear expectation of when the food will be ready. Very disappointed customer

Had the best experience at Avatar!! The food was so so nice, the naan and onion bhaji were the best I've ever had. Staff were super helpful and catered to my son's allergies. Very attentive staff and quick service. They even set up birthday decorations for my husband's birthday without us asking!! So nice, will definitely be back. :)

Great food, friendly staff. Service often not the quickest but if you have time for a relaxing evening, can't beat the food.

I recently dined at Avatar restaurant, and it was a delightful experience from start to finish. The moment I walked in, I was greeted warmly by the staff, setting the tone for the evening. The restaurant had a charming ambiance that made me feel relaxed and comfortable. The highlight of the evening was undoubtedly the food. The menu offered a wide variety of dishes, and everything I tried was exceptional. The flavors were exquisite, and each dish was beautifully presented. Whether you’re a fan of classic favorites or adventurous with your palate, Avatar’s menu has something for everyone. What truly stood out, though, was the impeccable service. The staff was attentive, knowledgeable about the menu, and willing to accommodate dietary preferences. They made sure my dining experience was nothing short of perfect. Thank you to Rajan and all the staff behind the bar. Will see everyone soon.

Excellent tasty fresh every time 😁😁