Balti International in Derby

We all from work organised a party about 20 of us went from bestway derby today. I would say the worst restaurant it was. They put a little vit of starters in a plate and it wasn't enough for everyone and waited about 40 mins for the curry and nan to arrive and curry wasn't tasty either, they only put 1 jug of coke on each table which wasn't even enough asked for another 1 but never got another, then ordered desserts and some of them were out of stock and most people never got any even when ordered, waste of time it was going here

yummy especially the Nan bread.

Not as good as normal. Chips weren’t cooked and chicken wasn’t cooked as well as normal.

Food was late, cold and had no flavour!

This is about the 5th time I've used Just Eat from the Balti International. Each time the food has been delicious and the delivery prompt.

The curries were good portion and generous amount of meat unlike some places flooded with too much sauce and little chicken or meat. Also the spices were infused well making the curry taste great.

Ordered through uber eats, waited for the restaurant to deliver directly, 1.5 hours as expected as it’s NYE. On arrival I had cold food, cold nan bread, hard cold chips. The Rogan Josh was disgusting. Covered in oil. Boiled rice watery, nan bread undercooked. Probably the most disgusting curry I have ever eaten, It’s now 2am and I’m lay in bed with an upset stomach just hoping It doesn’t get any worse! Order at your own risk!

Had a takeaway from here. After waiting for delivery of 1.5 hours as it was NYE. The food was cold, nan bread undercooked, chips hard and cold, The Rogan Josh was a disgusting slop of grease and oil, bland and no taste to it! Worst food I’ve tasted in Derby! Felt obligated to write this review as it’s now 2am and I’m lay in bed with stomach cramps and feeling sick! Didn’t feel like this before, Beware it may have a 5 star hygiene but that doesn’t mean that it was cooked correctly! I can see from other reviews similar experience, Be aware of where you are eating and spending your hard earned money on!

Two different curries tasted exactly the same!! (And not good) lamb chops looked like they’d been cooked on a radiator!! Popadoms were okay

Dissatisfied with flavour, watery sauce and not very Asian in flavour. Sorry

We really enjoy our curries from Balti complements to the chef

Excellent service but this restaurant falls short when it comes to portion size. Considering the price, you would expect more. The portion size is ideal for one person, and that’s if you’re not feeling too hungry. It’s a shame because the food tasted nice. I know many restaurants like these, pricey but small portions, and unfortunately I don’t return to them.

Nice curries nice and hot and good quality will be using again

Terrible meal. Two of the group ended up with poorly stomachs

Awful curry. So so runny I had to spoon out the chicken so my plate wouldn't be swimming. It was watery. It was just fowl.

Food took two hours to arrive. Wrong food delivered, replacement food took another hour and was lukewarm.

lovely curry! I am so happy there's is finally a restaurant that still does lime pickle!!! lovely service on delivery, tasty meal!

Absolutely love this restaurant food is perfect every time and great value too

Best and fastest takeaway curry in derby. Thank you 5 Star

Take your own booze, friendly staff with good quality food. Would be good to see a broader choice of food as the menu is quite small. I have been eating here for over a decade it's my favourite curry house. I highly recommend the balti tandoori mix, the lamb shashlick but actually everything is really really good.

Absolutely top notch. Lovely surroundings, team and meal.

I ordered before this order it was cancelled i paid the money but i still I didn’t get refunds. It was showing me delivery time after 12 hours.

really enjoyed the food Indian is my favourite and international balti smash it everytime only thing I would say is more cheese In the nan bread highly recommend them love this place x

Best curry in Derby. Perfect every time.

Super quick delivery. Food was lovely. Thank you. definitely order again.

Beautiful just beautiful been looking for a good place in Derby for a very long time this tested authentic wasnt over prices the smell was wonderful an yhat was before i took my food out the bag whatever you guys are doing keep it up

Been going here for years and i love it more every time. The staff are all so friendly, and nothing is too much trouble. The food WOW. I had the best dish iv ever had there on Saturday. Tandoori fish shashlik, absolutely incredible! Not leaving it so long this time.

Great food and service. Many thanks

Food is always consistently excellent and the driver was polite and called to avoid any issues. 10/10

The absolute loveliest staff, polite, kind and thoughtful. Always great food, speedy and tasty.

Excellent food bit gutted you didn’t read the notes about mint sauce but great food none the less

I have food from International Balti all the time when I want a curry. Food is a very high standard. Their delivery time is spot-on and I have never had any problems with the food or the delivery. excellent food excellent service will always use International Balti for my nights

Absolutely amazing food Highly recommended Brilliant service Loved it And you can take your own alcohol so the total bill is a really great price

Been a loyal customer since the 1990s. Best curry in Derby always.

great time - marys birthday - food and service brilliant - lovely atmosphere - recommended.

We’ve ordered several times from Balti International. Always faultless. Reasonably priced compared to piers, superb ever prefer we’ve had. Could not recommend enough

We always enjoy the food here sadly prices have gone up and portion size has reduced this evening thee was only two staff on and one was new every one had to keep asking for things like plates I didn’t feel service was as good as it used to be

Have tried to get in touch several times with no avail.

We have eaten here for a long time and it’s usually lovely but tonight it was awful. The food had clearly burnt in the pan for both my daughters dish and husbands dish. It had a smoked burnt strong taste. The chef must of known. It not like it’s the cheapest food either, very disappointed. The chips were as hard as toe nails. Wont eat here again!

Perfect curry, even spiced up my balti for me.

By far the best curries in Derby since before year 2000.

Delicious food and a delivered much sooner than expected.

Wow. Just ordered our first takeaway from here tonight . l had chicken jalfrazi with no onions or peppers and was really tasty. My partner had chicken korma and he loved it. Nan breads were delicious. Will definitely be back. Thank you.

Thank you Balti International for a beautiful meal tonight. This has to be one of Derby's longest standing BIR curry houses, which serve truely amazing dishes and with spot on service to boot. We ordered 2 starters, the mixed kebab and hot meat puri, both were great value and tasted great. For mains we ordered the saag paneer, which is my American daughter-in-laws favourite, chicken tikka masala and chicken tikka pathia. Everyone commented on the high quality of each dish and quantity of meat and paneer. My wife comments stood out the most, which really does say it all 'this is the best pathia I have ever had'. Truely praise indeed, I know 😆 The rice and nan breads were superb and if you want great BIR, then look no further and download their app and get ordering, especially as you get an amazing 15% off on your order if you do. Excellent 10/10 for quality and service 😊👍

Would just like to say a massive thank you to all the staff for the service a looking after us for my sons 21st birthday, we had a great time, food a service was excellent! We will definitely be back! 5 star service!!

Amazing food, as always. Fast delivery and superb service.

The best curry by far!! Delicious

We always use balti International they always deliver

Went there out of the blue, with the family and enjoyed the food, the service and atmosphere... Would recommend it, but only caveat being it is a bit pricey... Still good for a treat...

nice food, wonderful ambience and great customer service

Really nice food here we order off menu and they're very accommodating.

Very well managed all the services

Lovely food again and again spot on

Ordered at 8.30pm food didn't turn up until 10pm. All the food was cold. order 2 lamb curries and there was more tomatoes in it than meat and so watery. Waste of £40.00

food was really good --just felt let down by the invoice that didnt add up ! NO we didnt have 12 popadoms.. (5 diners) Website prices needs to be updated -- illegal not to ! may give another chance in near future.

I always order from here and we are never disappointed, foods amazing always comes hot, staff are really friendly and helpful and delivery is fast... Will never go anywhere else.

Beautiful food delivered quickly 10/10

Had a delivery was very nice would highly reccomend.

For £60, the quality is poor to put it politely. The fryers desperately need cleaning, as the aftertaste on the samosas, bhajis, chips and nuggets was rancid, the rice tasted like it was put through a microwave, which really ruined the best part of my order. The curry’s were amazing!!! I’ve not ordered from you guys in a while, I’ve sang your praises like there’s no tomorrow, but tonight’s order, was a true disappointment

Ordered a take away, so couldn't comment t on atmosphere. Food was really good and service friendly and efficient

Fresh curry bursting with flavour, came hot and tasted amazing, staff are very respectful and professional. Would highly recommend, non meat option tasted great.

I used to order from balti regularly. But the food over the past year had been hit and miss. More on the miss side. I ordered the butter chicken and the chicken pieces tasted and looked very processed. Chips were bland and dry. Naans were cold. My partner had tikka malsala and it was bland. A once top notch curry house is no more. Its been a while since I last ordered because we were not massively impressed last time. Hopefully it was a one off. It seems like, as with many restaurants, they are cutting small corners on the quality of food items, resulting in a over reduction in quality and taste. Such a shame.

The naan bread was nice, but we did not enjoy the other items

Don't taist the same it's like the chef has changed definitely not as good as it was very disappointed

All the food was actually very disappointing this time and we order from here regularly. Adding spring onions into the egg fried rice was a no, none of us like spring onions and they never used to be in the rice so for us that wasn’t edible. The onion bhajee’s were also not edible, they tasted like they had so many chilli’s in the middle of them, they were also binned. This place has definitely gone down hill and if you have a new chef, you definitely need to get rid and get your old one back 👍🏼

I recently dined at International, and the experience exceeded my expectations. The service was impeccable, with attentive staff ensuring a comfortable atmosphere. The curries were a delightful blend of flavors, showcasing the chef's expertise. Each dish was delightful and left a lasting impression. Highly recommend for a memorable dining experience.

the driver was soo helpful he called me came to the door in car waited whilst i secured the door was clear polite thank you soobmuch

Great curry as always, fast delivery as always

Lovely food. Everything I ordered was delivered this time. All good.

Ordered about an hour and an half in advance knowing the evening might be busy. Order updated to say food was on the way in time for the delivery time. 20 minutes later called the restaurant and it was just leaving. Arrived 10 minutes later. Just be open, if it’s delayed then say so rather than say it’s on the way when it’s not!

For the second time, one item was missing from my order. All the more annoying because the delivery driver promised that he would return with the missing item but he never did. Lovely food, but my second disappointing experience in just a few weeks. I'm still waiting for the missing item.

Absolutely beautiful food. Fast delivery, highly recommended

Excellent! Food was delivered piping hot and very very good quality. Super fresh with plenty of flavour and good size portions.

Delivery time given was 55 mins nearly 2 hours after ordering still nothing. Chased with the restaurant to be told they're busy abd there was nothing they could do. When food finally arrived it was cold, over cooked and items missing. Called the restaurant again to again be told they couldn't rectify the issue

I look forward to my curry so I have no problem receiving it early 😊 Great food as always, thanks.

Food was fine but had to warm up as not hot enough which is the first time still recommend though.

We had takeaway for my birthday yesterday. The meal was great, it always is. I have chicken tikka masala it was really nice. I liked that it was spicy.

Great tasty food and quick delivery, Thanks again for a great meal.

fantastic food everytime lovely delivery service very polite gentleman

A Derby institution. Good food and can accommodate large groups. Bring your own drinks (always helpful when you're a large party, so less confusion when working out the bill!)

Onion bahji was soggy, no chips in the order and curry sauce was tangy. Not been for a while and was really looking forward to our treat. Food seems very different now

Excellent food, ordered twice now In a week

Lovely food but the order was missing one item.

The whole thing took like 3 hours to get there, then was cold. Shame as would of been a nice Indian if hot.

This is the first time ever I've had a meal I'm not very satisfied with. Balti International is normally perfect and I've never had a bad word until now. My curry was cold, my chips were cold and soggy, my nan bread was cold and tough. I am very disappointed this time :(

Food was shocking tonight, madras very watery nothing had any flavour. Won't be using these again. 30 quid wasted.

We paid £30 for Lamb Chops & Tandoori Chicken mains which already seems steep. However I thought maybe the price will be reflected in the quality of the meal but flavours were unfortunately bland and the mint sauce had a peculiar taste and had a dash of blue in it which I’ve got not idea what it was. The chicken was also very dry.

Decided to go for a takeaway curry last night from Balti International. My partner and I both opted for the butter chicken and garlic rice and cheesy garlic naan bread each. The food itself tasted okay and we didn’t think anything of it until 5am this following morning myself and my partner woke up with stomach cramps and upset stomachs. Myself throughout the day after this takeaway violently threw up several times and my partner the same. This was the only food we had eaten all day due to us being busy so we definitely know it was from this meal. I would urge anyone ordering from here to be careful as I’ve felt horrendous all day after this curry and never experienced food poisoning quite like it before. Very disappointing and ultimately dangerous!

Awesome! Best Bhuna curry by a country mile! Thanks

fantastic food again and quick delivery 👌

The food was amazing, the service was second to none, well worth a visit or two.. and they even prepared a meal that wasn't on the menu for my fussy daughter with no fuss whatsoever 😊 P.s try the cheese naan it's to die for 🤤🤤🤤

Arrived cold been having currys from here for a long time but last nights was rubbish

Great place to eat...foods amazing...very friendly and take your own beer 🍺

The curry's were supposed to have green chillies,they came with what looked like Jalapeños, spice level was not as it usually is. Love this place but this was a let down.

Really enjoyed the food and the delivery on time. Will recommend to friends and family.

Chicken pink in middle ,food luke warm ,straight in the bin

We always order our takeaways from here for a reason, they have always been amazing! Would highly recommend

My first visit with friends, we got a very warm Welcome and the service was brilliant throughout. Exceptionally tasty food , served promptly and piping hot. desserts were equally as delicious, followed by coffee. Can’t wait to visit again . Many thanks .

Food ready bang on time and delicious to eat once home! Would highly recommend!

Had food before but on this occasion not impressed.