Basmati Restaurant in Newcastle-under-Lyme

The best Indian in Newcastle under Lyme, and has been a firm family favourite for years. The food has always been excellent. The staff are all so friendly and it has a fantastic atmosphere. Would highly recommend!

Always loved it here. Everyone I've recommended it to has enjoyed it.

I love this place. Banquet meal is great value and by far the best pathia I've ever had

I had the biryani and the waiter didn't ask how I liked it? Apparently it's the customer to specify their request and even pointing this out to the waiter he pointed to the menu that I should have asked and I did say it would be polite to ask the customer he replied "I'll ask management"

Unfortunately the meal I had was extremely salty. I sent it back and it was replaced, but it wasn't much different to the first portion. The other meals in the group were better, but not great. The service was fast and efficient on a busy evening

Foods great and so are the staff, feels a bit cramped at times but the staff more than make up for it

Gone downhill ..had a r7bbish meal but thought I'd try again ..last place I'd go

Good curry, will come back again. Thanks

Went there with friends, great service staff were very knowledgeable and friendly.

Basmati Restaurant truly stands out as a gem in the culinary scene with its exceptional food and top-notch service. Each visit to this establishment has been a delightful experience, thanks to the delectable dishes and the attentive staff who go above and beyond to ensure a memorable dining experience. The menu at Basmati Restaurant offers a tantalizing array of flavors and dishes that cater to various palates. From fragrant biryanis to flavorful curries and succulent kebabs, each dish is expertly prepared using high-quality ingredients that result in a burst of flavors in every bite. Whether you are a fan of spicy delicacies or prefer milder options, the menu has something for everyone. What truly sets Basmati Restaurant apart is the exceptional service provided by the staff. From the moment you step in, you are greeted warmly and made to feel right at home. The staff is attentive, knowledgeable, and always ready to cater to any requests or dietary requirements, ensuring that your dining experience is seamless and enjoyable. Overall, Basmati Restaurant is a must-visit for anyone looking to indulge in delicious Indian cuisine in a welcoming and elegant setting. I wholeheartedly recommend this restaurant to all food enthusiasts and guarantee that you will leave satisfied and eager to return for more culinary delights.

Fantastic curry! Definitely the best in Newcastle and will order from here again. Big portions with large chunks of meat and tasty nann breads. 5*

I chose to dine at this Indian restaurant due to its proximity to where I was staying. The mixed grill platter was delightful, featuring juicy and tender selections. For the main course, I enjoyed the chicken tikka biryani, which was served with a vegetable curry on the side — both were exceptional, earning a perfect score of 10 out of 10. The condiments were pleasantly sweet. They accept both card and cash payments. Overall, the food was fantastic. I highly recommend this restaurant.

Great dlfood and service. Not expensive either.

Visiting a friend who insisted we have dinner here. Lovely choice it was. From the street it's rather unimposing. Once inside the decor inside is a pleasant surprise. Quite upscale. The service was on point one would expect from a higher level of dining. Our starters was a paneer tikka and along with Afghan chana nasala with Puri. Quite tasty. The heat was on the mild side . It may be tailored to local tastes. As even the mains were not particularly spicy. Don't get me wrong... It was very flavourful. For the mains we had Goan chicken curry and Kohari lamb with a side of fish biryani. I was a bit surprised a place this swanky did not serve the rice in it's traditional clay pot. The chicken was moist which I can't fully say about the lamb. good thing the flavours saved the day. I really enjoyed the fish in the biryani. My friends really were impressed with the food. And we all walked out very satisfied.

Best Indian in stoke on trent area hands down

Top quality food at an affordable price will definitely re visit soon

Amazing food & service is brilliant.

Worst experience ever. Ordered drinks and poppadoms, 10 mins in I got an emergency call and had to leave. Asked the manager for the bill for what we had and he was persistent on embarrassing me infront of other diners saying I've wasted his time because I didn't order a meal! It was so unprofessional. I would expect the restaurant to understand I had to leave. There are far too many nice restaurants to go to so your standards of staff need to be alot higher for you to be successful. Very poor service, would never recommend, stay well clear of this place!

Came up to North Staffordshire for the wedding of good friends. We had a Friday evening stroll around the town looking what was on offer. We ended up choosing Basmati. Firstly how wonderful to see a curry restaurant offering a lot that was different to the normal menus one finds. My wife and I both tried things we'd never heard of. Both meals were awesome. If back in N-u-L overnight again we'll try something else off the menu.

Brilliant restaurant with brilliant food. Amazing guys who run it too. Love how each different actually tastes uniquely nice too! Credit to the team. Lovely place

Went late evening, so it was quiet. The food and service were amazing .Definitely recommend going here. I will go again

Always been a good restaurant great food and great service 👍and staff friendly😊

Good value food, never had a bad meal.

The food was superb. The waiting staff did a fantastic job getting the food to our table as there was at least 18 of us. We had the 3 course banquet and there was plenty to choose from. I ended up leaving some as I was full up. They packed it away for me to take away. It accepts cash or card payments but I was told that I had to spend over £7 for a card payment. Then my friend was told £10 minimum on card and then another from our table was told minimum for card payment was £12 ????. I understand that bank charges are being made but can you please state the correct minimum amount to avoid confusion. Apart from that, the service, the food and atmosphere were top notch. I will certainly come again. Thank you for a fabulous evening.

Absolutely beautiful brilliant atmosphere brilliant service and good prices.

Very nice theme and amazing food. Great prices, will be going again.

Superb restaurant serving wonderful food. Been coming here since it first opened and never had a poor meal. Staff are always on point and the food never disappoints. Superb!!

This is my favourite place to go for a curry. The whole experience from when you walk in through the door until you leave is amazing. The staff are very attentive, food is so tasty! Will hopefully be back very soon 😋

Great place food is fantastic and choice is great we went for the banquet option great value, this is my second visit and hasn't disappointed, we will definitely be returning, the only thing I will say to them is you need to respond to online bookings so there is no confusion over the booking

Nice food and reasonably priced.

It was our first time, and we really enjoyed it! From when I rang to book a table, Saheed was very polite and professional. And when we arrived, he served us so well - making sure everything was okay. Other staff members were helpful and kind as well. Food was delicious, it was saagwala but didn't like the lamb! Also one suggestion is, it would have been nice to be greeted by staff at the reception when we arrived, as we didn't know where to go and what to do! It felt like we were being ignored, so after standing for a few minutes without any acknowledgement, we had to go to them and say we booked a table over the phone.

A lovely meal and I was part of a party of 15 and all our meals were served at the same time.

Fantastic food and a lovely restaurant. Only complaint was the service was slow and we had to go to the bar to ask for the bill.

One of the best curry places I have been so far, the place, the food itself, the staff, everything it was just spotless and faultless for us tonight. The place itself its very new, clean, with a good atmosphere on, nice decor overall. Staff very friendly and not annoying like in other places and very engaging. The food, wow, they have this offer on for £18 for poppadom, one starter and a curry, which is absolutely a lot of food at this decent price, but the taste itself also very very flavourful, naan bread very fluffy too. Good sizes in all the portions. Definitely it’s one of our favourite now and will come back with a pleasure. Good variety of drinks too.

Excellent selection, we were looked after brilliant staff

Fabulous food Just gets a little loud and struggle to hear

Met an old pal last night at Basmati - had the banquet. Really pleasant atmosphere, lovely food and good service. Looking forward to coming back soon.

Banging curry. Been for 3 Christmas Staff parties. Always welcoming, always good food, great curry house

Went on New Year's eve the food was absolutely brilliant. Service a little slow we waited quite a while to order food but this was expected due to it being New Year. We will be going back soon.

Love this restaurant and the people are amazing. I'll come again and again!

A party of 20 of us had a brilliant night out here, the staff were brilliant and so was the food.

Enjoyed a meal for our work Christmas get-together. The food was really tasty, and great value for money.

Beautiful restaurant and highly motivated staff. Food delicious and great value for money. We chose off the set menu so had x 3 courses for £18.99 including naan bread and rice, plus starters and desert. Would highly recommend and I will certainly be returning here. Busy restaurant so best to book in advance. Definately 5 stars from me!

Had a lovely meal in there tonight 02/12/23 staff were really friendly would deffo recommend

Fantastic as always, staff and food fantastic too 5*

Amazing curry's. The Vindaloo is beautiful and super spicy 🌶🔥

Absolutely loved it. Can't wait to go back.

Very good food, and the service is brilliant.

Friendly staff. Food could be more authentic.

Amazing food, honestly the best food I've had at an Indian restaurant. For context I'm not a fan of this type of food but wow, now I am. Honestly, that nan bread was amazing!

Food very nice and warm welcome

Our very favourite place to go for an Indian Great food, tasty with loads of choice. Staff very friendly nd helpful with great service 👍 Plenty of drinks to choose from. Clean nd lovely decor.

Not sure why you would be telephoning me on a Friday night, along with a few other restaurants this evening very strange ☹️.

Absolutely fantastic place lovely staff and extremely friendly the best food I have ever had strongly recommended.

Friendly and efficient service, great atmosphere and really busy for an early Sunday evening. We each had different chicken curry based dishes and shared them including lovely pilau rice and garlic naan. Cracking poppadoms and dips too. Excellent service and food, we will return.

Still an absolute favourite. Always a warm welcome, food is great, and always very busy, so lively atmosphere. Big recommend

Nice restaurant, polite staff, as well as not being too expensive, yet it's not the easiest place to park near.

Tasty food, great service, and never disappointed with every visit!

Must try. Had 4 course banquet. Such good value. Probably the nicest chicken Pathia I've ever had. Naan was beautiful and fresh. Onion Baji banging too.will be my go to place from now on

THIS PLACE WAS SO GOOD...ahem, sorry for caps. I'm not massively into Indian cuisine, never know what to order but I booked this for partners birthday who loves this and spicy food in general. The place itself was lovely, clean, busy but it didn't feel like the staff were overwhelmed with the amount of people there. I chose things I thought I would like based on the explanations on the menu and asked the waiter for clarification and recommendations. Our starters were phenomenal, so much flavour and presented very well. Curry up next, we had a curry each and the staff warned my partner that it was spicy which was appreciated but ordered it anyway and he said he's never had a curry almost bring a tear to his eye but this one did but in a way which was flavour forward and not like some curries which are just hot but bland. He said it was the best curry he's ever had. Mine was incredible too so much flavour, sweet and went very well with our naan breads. Even with the amount of people in the place, we weren't waiting long for the food, the place just runs smooth. Everything was absolutely perfect and this gets an easy 5* - both of us said we would go again, it even makes me more interested in Indian cuisine.

Absolutely amazing was mine and my girlfriends 2nd anniversary . Food was amazing , service was quick always a waiter on hand when you needed anything . Drinks and extras was brought to the table soon after we ordered them . Really nice relaxed atmosphere could not have asked for a better night out . Massive thank you to Ali he really made our evening feel special .

I now visited this restaurant twice in preference to our old favourites in Stoke, and I like it. Very comfortable restaurant with excellent air con (28° outside) so was needed. The restaurant is licensed and serves a good pint of Cobra, the food is good with some nice service. Will definitely go again and explore the menu a bit more.

Been a while since had a curry from the Basmati and usually its a 5 out 5, however ordered a takeaway and it was only when I got it home that I was missing Mango chutney and a poppadom is not the same without that and then went to dish my main and realised the pilau rice was also missing, which again ruined the whe experience. Such a shame, hopefully just a blip.

I've visited a few times here and I have never had a bad dish. The service is always quick and friendly too.

Cozy restaurant with good impressions! Extremely polite and friendly hosts, beautiful and comfortable atmosphere, great food presentation, menu with many choices for non-veg, veg and vegans too. The only downside was they took nearly an hour and a half to prepare food, but the food was worth the wait. I highly recommend to everyone!

We’ve used this curry house for forever. We moved home a few years ago so tried many others in the vicinity but they never were half as good and we always went back to Basmati. Delivery mostly and it’s always on time,hot and tasty,with friendly courier service. I honestly cannot recommend enough.

Loved it great food and service

Really happy with the food and service. Staff were friendly and food was fresh and delicious. Would definitely recommend.

Amazing staff and great food. Number one choice in the area

Our local Indian restaurant which we go to almost every week. I have to say the best food ever,great service and friendly staff. 1st class, thanks to Ali and his team.

Food was just ok. A little limited on the vegetarian options but very flexible when asked for changes. Nice atmosphere as a whole.

Very very nice food the staff were really hands on. definitely recommend this restaurant and we will be going back

Very busy, very noisy, not really an enjoyable evening, food mediocre

Amazing place! The wife and I have used this place for many years and most recently we had an outing here with some friends who all really enjoyed this too. We've taken the kids as well here a couple of times and we have had several takeaways since also... Everything we have had has been amazing and has been of the best quality... The staff, can I say, are the most tentative and most polite team I have ever come across in any restaurant! I really really do rate this place and I have never ever had a bad meal or ever had bad service here. Perfect experience all round and highly recommended 👍

The tables are a bit too close together for my liking especially if you get a noisy crowd next to your table. The waiters appeared to lack training, the tandoori chicken was overcooked and the curries were runny. The rest of the the meal was acceptable but all things considered it was probably overpriced.

Great food and service,a very enjoyable night with good company.

Staff did not seem to be attentive . Misunderstood requests, Had to keep asking.

Amazing food, fantastic staff and atmosphere, never disappointed, the staff are passionate about you enjoying your food and it is made to perfection

I've been trying to order food from here for the past month and I've never been able to get through. Line is constantly engaged or of the hook. Went somewhere else after trying for 45 minutes

Food great staff great customer on mobile loud for 2 hours not so great

3 of us went there on a Friday and the food was absolutely lovely. I had a lamb biryani with vegetable curry. My friends had another curry and sizzling meats with garlic rice etc. The service and staff were wonderful and the restaurant, although busy, had a great atmosphere. My friend and I went back on Sunday evening as it had been so good and although it was a lot quieter the food and experience were the same. I was visiting friends and dont live near, but I will visit the Basmati Restaurant when lI am here.

Fine dining at its best Nice vibey restaurant Friendly staff and good location with parking outside Ordered take out on my first visit and dined in on my second. Both times food was good.

Very good food and efficient service.

Enjoyed the food, service was fairly quick and didn't take long for it to arrive. Standard size portions. We sat in the quieter area near to the entrance, which was good for us. Would recommend you try it.

Went for the £50 xmas dinner. As a vegetarian I had the pick of the cheapest dishes. That's fine but it annoyed me that they charged me extra for a nan as I asked for rice as well. My meal was less than half the price of some of the meat mains. The ice cream desert was poor, ice cream was full of ice crystals like it had been thawed then re frozen. We've been for xmas dinner a few times but we won't be again.

On a very busy Xmas Eve the food and service were impeccable. Plenty of staff to keep everyone happy, will definitely return!

Excellent food, naga tandoori masala. Yum yum yum 👍🏼🤪🥵🥵

Enjoyed a fabulous curry here from the great value Banquet menu. So friendly, brilliant atmosphere good value food exceptionally served.

I have been Basmati numerous times, and I have never been disappointed. The Staff, Service, and the Food is out of this World. If I could give them 10 stars I would

Excellent food, really fast service, a good bit of banter with the waiter, was a bit slow getting the bill as if they didn't want us to leave 😀

Absolutely lovely food. The taste was gorgeous. Lovely service

Good food and nice service Traditional Bengali Restaurant Not many left sadly Keep up the good work Make us proud to be Bengalis Prices are very reasonable Thank you for a pleasant evening

Charity curry night ,great food, friendly staff, very efficient whist very busy great x

Fantastic food and service and excellent value. It's the reason we keep going back. 👍😋

Visited with a family group to celebrate my birthday. and we all chose to have the banquet offer. Great value and delicious food meant we had a very enjoyable evening. The bottle of 0% Cobra as we were leaving was a lovely touch. We will certainly go there again

Loved it, food was great and we had some good banta with the staff. A great evening, when you coming to New Zealand 😁

Great food and service we keep going Back for more fab.

Food is absolutely fantastic. Staff are really friendly and efficient.

Food was excellent..... shame I burnt myself on the serving dish

Very nice meal and wonderful service. Bob On.