Bay Leaf in Amber Valley

Excellent service and great food. I’d highly recommend everyone to come here. Very family orientated. See you next week guys

I’ve never had such an amazing chicken tikka masala! Best curry house I’ve been to in a long time. Suva was great, really made me feel at home!

Lovely food and great customer service. Staff were very kind and helpful. Loved the mix grill and keema cheese nan. Its a must try!

Love the food and customer service is amazing, chicken curry was spot on my friends love the the mixed girl which had a bit of everything and the flavours were vibrant! Loved it

Ordered food at 6.30pm on Sunday 18th August. Email stated 1 hour until delivery once the order had been accepted. Phoned the restaurant at 7.50pm to ask where the order was and was told it was in front of him waiting for a driver. Phoned again at 8.15 and 8.20 to which no one then answered the phone. Started to cook our own dinner as was pretty certain no one was coming and then the driver knocked on the door at 8.45pm with our food to which we rejected it as it would clearly have been cold and took far to long for them to deliver. This is the second time we have ordered from them and this has happened. Avoid this restaurant!

We go here time and time again and the food is always amazing, at an affordable price. Staff are super friendly. Would highly reccommend!

Been going to Bayleaf for years now, never fails to impress, food, service and price. It’s ideal for families, couples and mates, everyone is made to feel very welcome. The food has never ever disappointed, great place to eat.

This place produces great food, it also provides a wonderful service. I would certainly recommend this restaurant and I eat here regularly.

Went here last night for a family meal , the service was second to none. The food was amazing. And a brilliant price , best food we've had in an Indian restaurant, will deffo be going back

Absolutely amazing meal and service from the wonderful team at Bay leaf! Beautiful starters and mains and impeccable service.

We have just got back from a fantastic meal at the Bay Leaf. Faz and all the staff treat everyone like long lost friends. One of our party has special dietary requirements and the catered for them with care. Great food, great service and exceptional value for money. Thank you all we will definitely be back soon.

Amazing restaurant it’s definitely my go too for a friendly excellent meal where nothing is too much trouble. Very friendly service and they always remember you.

Have to say had one of the best dining experience in a long time at the Bay Leaf Luxury Indian Restaurant!..the attention to detail and service was wonderful..a big thank you to Fass and his staff for making our Valentines evening extra special with amazing mouth watering food and wonderful presentation!..we for sure will be back again!..definitely will be bringing our friends to share our little found gem!..just when I thought it couldn't get any better, on leaving the ladys were presented with a lovely red rose and a red heart helium balloon!...Well done! X

We had chicken sagwalla and lamb rogan josh with pilau rice and aloo gobi. It was all excellent. The meat was so tender it just fell apart! The sagwalla was chock full of spinach, exactly the way it's supposed to be and the lamb rogan was full of tomato as it's supposed to be too. The aloo gobi had really nice soft potato in it and the cauliflower was beautifully cooked too. Everything was appetising to look at, presentation was great. We will definitely be going again

Had an absolutely amazing time at The Bayleaf 26/01/24, 14 of us went for my birthday and everything was just perfect, the best food, the best staff, the best atmosphere, absolutely faultless!!! If you’ve never been there then you’re missing out massively!!! Big, big thank you to Faz and his fantastic staff for making it so special for us and especially from me for my birthday cake 🎂, see you again soon!!

Went for Christmas dinner with family — excellent food — staff brilliant We all thoroughly enjoyed it

The food and service here is absolutely outstanding. Been coming for years, always a fabulous meal, nothing is too much trouble. Love to try different dishes upon recommendation and always loved everything we’ve had. Had a few takeaways too always fantastic. Prefer the atmosphere of dining in. Already booked for a few meals over the Christmas period

Lovely restaurant, great food and staff, no waiting for courses , food is nice and hot when served , lovely and clean, would definitely recommend bayleaf .

Always get very nice food, great price, nice and friendly staff, always make us feel welcome, thanks

I had a fantastic dining experience at Bay leaf. The food was exceptional, and the service was top-notch. I can't wait to return for another meal!

Fabulous food and Fabulous service..Faz is very attentive and welcoming ..the food is always tasty and that's why we keep returning

We visited bayleaf last night and the service and food was fantastic. After having a booking with a new Turkish restaurant in town which resulted in our party walking out, bayleaf managed to get us all in, the service was quick and efficient and nothing was too much trouble for them. Would definitely recommend visiting this restaurant.

Consistently great food - we order every week and the food is always excellent, friendly service, fair prices and always accommodating to requests

Visited for an early evening dinner with the family, the first time in well over a year.Food was really delicious, couldn't fault any of it and it did arrive mostly in good time.Recommended dishes, mushroom Biryiani, veg Pakoras and Afghan Chana. Top marks all round.What let the experience down for us though was the service.Not made to feel particularly welcome to start with, despite booking. And throughout the meal the service was not unfriendly as such but borderline so. And regarding the social distancing still in place - even though the restaurant was empty when we arrived, further diners were seated on the very next table, and the same for the following arrivals. No masks on anyone waiting on the tables.And at the end of the meal, no bill was forthcoming, felt ignored, had to be told to bring it!To sum up, super food but service needs to match please!

Ordered on line for delivery at 17.45hrs. Rang them at 18.20 as order had not arrived and was told it would be half hour. 19.30 it still had not arrived. Attempted for half an hour to get through on the phone to them. Finally spoke to them and they said a delivery driver has not turned up so can I collect it instead. By this time I was fuming. Demanded a full refund. We have given them a few chances in the past after messing up but this was the last time. I will never order from here again. It has gone downhill and they don't care about customer service

I ordered the Greasy Rice with the Saucy Spiced Grease Puddle and Two Chunks of Chewy Dry Chicken and a Clarty Nan with bad attitude. It was exactly right! I would recommend this restaurant to anybody that wants to feel used and disrespected on a grand scale. Looking forward to going back although, a heart attack and early burial would be preferable.

Went here on a Sunday night for the Sunday Special.Used to be excellent about 1/2 years ago. Obviously not been because of Covid until last week.New management from then.A. One person serving (wearing sunglasses on top of head)!!!!!B. Loud clubbing music blasting out (no Indian music)C. Front door wide open.(cold).D. No linen tablecloths on table now,nor linen napkins.E. Television on wall playing football.And this is supposedly an Indian restaurant on an evening for dinner.Will not be visiting again now. Used to be brilliant.Food was ok but not great.Too casual now like going to a pub for dinner...

Visited the Bayleaf for the first time this week on recommendation by locals who had used them for takeaways. The food was freshly cooked and delicious. The host was extremely friendly and helpful explaining offers that he was putting on for eating in. The £10 special will definitely see us become regular clients. Also the ability to bring your own alcohol makes it an absolute winner with us. I would say put the location aside and give the Bayleaf a try. You’ll definitely be glad you did!!

I called to place an order for 4 people on Sunday 10th Jan.We have never eaten here before but we decided to try somewhere new. Man on the phone was very rude. Explained we had someone who couldn’t eat dairy or egg and was he was very unhelpful and did not want to assist in finding out if certain foods contained dairy or egg( something he should know or at least find out). There is no information on the website regarding allergens either. The man made snide and sarcastic comments on the phone.Defiantly will never attempt to place an order with this Indian again.I have never had any issues ordering from any other local Indian takeaway and others have had a much better standard of customer service.

We ordered a curry through ‘just eat’, it finally came 1h50 later!! We had tried calling the phone number multiple times, but no answer. We also had this trouble when we ordered from them last time, only the man actually answered the phone with bad attitude at me for calling after waiting 2 hours! We won’t be ordering from them again, although the actual curry was nice and surprisingly warm, it is not worth the wait or the stress wondering whether it will actually turn up

We have eaten in bayleaf before and its been fine. Ordered last night via justeat but very disappointed. Items forgotten from menu and unable to get through on the phone to inform them. Chicken tandoori special very dry and mixed kebab starter very poor in comparison to others. Tikka masala had a very fruity and rather odd taste, edible but wouldn't want it again.They may have gained from our missed items but will have lost our future trade. Shame-we'll stick with Codnor tandoori.

Lovely tasty food and great service. Disappointed that one of the men working there used the ladies toilet, as the seat had been left up both times I went and we were the only diners in there.

On arrival we stood around at reception waiting for staff to come for a while and we was the only dinning customers there. The leather sofas need to be thrown away and the restaurant needs a good clean. We was finally seating and it taken a while for staff to serve us. We was only brought one drink, had to ask for the other we ordered and wait another 15 minutes before they said they don't have it. The communication of the staff is appalling however the food was enjoyable.

I've been going to BayLeaf for years and it has always ben brilliant. I went in the other noght to collect my order and it looks like it has changed hands as I didnt rcognise anyone.....and the meal was so dissapointing. Nothing like as good as I have come to expect. :-(

Been going to Bayleaf for many years, best Indian restaurant and take away in the area. Fantastic food, great atmosphere. Ordered more takeaways since COVID19 but went into the restaurant tonight and the food was even better than before. 10/10 would recommend

we had takeaway last night not very impressed at all i had lamb corma the rice and coconut was nice but the lamb was as tough as old boots as the saying goes the rest of the order was ok not great not what you would expect from a curry house

Ordered takeaway via Just Eat. Arrived 1 hour 45 minutes late by which time (after trying to call the restaurant and getting constant engaged) we’d given up, cooked something and eaten. We refused delivery and agreed with the very apologetic delivery guy that they would refund us. No refund received so called restaurant to be told to phone Just Eat. We call Just Eat who call the restaurant to be told they were to busy to talk to them. Just Eat now saying we have to call the restaurant and get then restaurant to call them! Crazy and awful service! Restaurant is clearly over trading at the detriment of good customer service. My advice would be to avoid the takeaway service and go elsewhere.

Could get out so had a take away and it was excellent, as good as it is eating in, same great flavour and prompt service. It came hot and on time would recommend to anyone.

Fancied a change so ordered from here, Big mistake. Food took 1,55 hours to arrive, Nann and rice missing from order but charged for. Food was cold and portion size very small. Dont bother if I were you.

A birthday visit with the family.We all love this restaurant, even the kids.It was empty when we arrived which was not a complete surprise as it was still early.However they do have a really good special offer available Tuesday's and Sundays (£11.95 for 4 courses) and as it was Sunday we were surprised it didn't fill up. It's also a Bring your Own alcohol establishment so more money can be saved as well.No complaints at all regarding the food, it was absolutely delicious. Good choices for vegetarians and main courses were devoured by all. I could eat the Paneer Tikka every day!I'm afraid the service let the side down this time though. Started off well but then we were left really and had to chase up the dessert menu (after a good 10 mins, then one of the desserts was completely wrong) and the bill. For most of our meal we were the only diners there so the lack of service surprised us - felt like we'd been forgotten which is obviously not the best feeling.Another small party did arrive as we were finishing up and the waiter did sound a bit terse with them so perhaps it wasn't a good day for him.The restaurant is nicely decorated but the toilet does need refurbishing to bring it up to the same standard.So to sum up - fabulous food but service needs work.

Place was empty but good for us as we got exclusive service. Waiter was a star bringing us sauces to try. Excellent food will defo be back again and also trying takeaways

Been going for takeaways here for literally years and was always more than happy with the service , price and most importantly the taste of the dishes, as we are four in the family we all normally have the same dishes when ordering , I have noticed of late that the serving sizes are getting smaller and the chicken is tough and difficult to chew , all of us agreed tonight it will be the last time that we order from this establishment, due to the food being dull and definitely not the treat is has been in the past

Starters of panner tikka and chicken tikka. I had Northern Bengal Garlic chilli lamb. it was amazing. The wife had chicken korma boring but she says it was fabulous. Both the lamb and chicken was so tender and tasty. Staff friendly. Great. Cheap night on Sunday too.

Food was delicious and looked amazing on the plate...fast and friendly staff.will definitely visit again 😊🍽

Great place love the food staff friendly great prices never full .always quick service and you can bring in your own beer

Standards have droped a little since mo and ali returned to brum . Still good quality but not the same, will probably stick to takeaways.

Ordered food at 18 10 was delivered at 7 40 food cold and rubbish for the money never again had to heat up in microwave still Hungary not enough food for the money

Visited with family for a Christmas get together.we all ordered different meals I had Malayan prawn curry and lemon rice the food was full of flavour and good portion sizes. The food came out all together without having to wait long i would highly recommend a visit here.

After `meaning to visit` for a long time I finally get to go twice within a week!

Went bayleaf with a couple mates not long ago. First of all, when asking for poppadoms, I requested a normal poppadom and a spicy poppadom. The waiter looked at me with pure disgust like I had just slaughtered his child?? Come on mate. The service from the waiter was generally embarrassing, had such a bad attitude towards us for no apparent reason. When my curry came out, it was completely wrong. I informed the worker who took my order, he insisted I ordered a chicken tikka balti when I clearly ordered a madras. Fair enough if he brought me out a curry called a padras or somet but the two don’t even sound the same! Two minutes after he took away the chicken tikka balti, a ‘madras’ came out.. suspicious to say the least. The curry tasted like a fire from the pits of hell!! Blatantly whacked a few more chillis in before serving it to me. Like I said, usually alrate but I was left more than disappointed.

Gorgeous food as usual ! Hot and delivered quickly. Can’t fault bay leaf one bit! 😍 order once a week and never had a bad meal !

So this is the third time the Bayleaf at Heanor have failed to deliver the food, each time they've say an hour and it's 2hr + delivery - the apologize but nothing improves.

BEST INDIAN I'VE BEEN TO....My dish....Ali's special...amazing, and cannot go wrong with bring your own drink! Not the only one thinking so...it was packed by 7pm.

Takeaway ordered. Took 20 mins. Friendly staff. Food was great. Will become a regular place to visit.

love the food but don't eat in as its too cold when you go in to sit which is a shame with the food being so nice

It is with huge sadness I write this as we’ve always had lovely service and great food. However, I can honestly say you ruined our Christmas. The food was barely edible. It was cold and not what we ordered. I tried to speak to you about it but you simply shrugged it off. I am so disappointed and will never ever recommend you to anyone nor will I come to your awful restaurant again.

Visited Bay Leaf many times. Always had a fantastic meal. Staff very good, choices of food excellent

Went Thursday with Friends and had a really good meal, all of us ordered different dishes but all arrived on time and freshly cooked. Good night out and not too expensive either

Excellent, opened the doors at just gone 5pm for a 5.30pm start.Had Ali's special and hubby had Rogan josh....absolutely beautiful....would recommend to anyone. The Best Heanor's got to offer !!

Had another family meal here staff friendly and helpful. The restaurant has a good choice on the menu and very good value for money Would recommend this restaurant

It's ok. I wouldn't go out of my easy to re visit. Never busy when I attend. Service very good....

Been here numerous times for a Indian and yet again it was sublime visited with my girlfriend and the in laws, currys was on par as usual and the staff were helpful and friendly throughout our service. Would recommend a meal here any day of the week.

Ordered at 7.45 and food never arrived after 2 hours contacted bay leaf they said it would be 5 minutes. Still no food arrived so phoned again. Couldn't get through for 20 mins. Eventually spoke to manager who was rude and said I should understand they were very busy. No apology. Phoned just eat and cancelled order. 10 minutes later order arrived. 2 hours and 45 minutes after originally ordered and 10 minutes after cancelling. No apologies totally unacceptably. Will not be ordering from here again.

Yo he visitado muchos restaurantes indios y tengo mis favoritos pero donde este lugar totalmente destacaba era el gran menu. . . fuimos a la opción sana, sin ghee y más ajo y fue fuera de este mundo. Realmente especial.

We ordered a takeaway from the bayleaf on a Saturday evening for 5 people. Normally the food takes a while for delivery on a weekend but we were told 1hr and that is what it took. We were not disappointed either. The food was amazing. Not any oil in the sauces that is normally the case with some curry houses. The flavours were excellent and a good level of heat without being overpowering (I opted for the chicken madras) They even sent some complimentary onion bhaji and a few popadoms which was a nice touch. If you are within the Heanor radius highly recommend

Great food, used this restaurant for numerous take away food, always been on time and received hot. Booked through Hungry House.

Ordered a takeaway from bay leaf on a friday night. Id been warned by friends it sometimes takes awhile but this wasnt the case. The food seemed really fresh and was very tasty. I'll definitely but using this place as my regular indian from now on.

Took my mum here for the Tuesday night special. Great food , good service and can take your own beers too . And only 8.95 for it too

Visited here in October with brother, sister and brothers wife. I now live in the North East, where the Indian restaurants are superior to Derbyshire ones. Despite this fact, Bay leaf surprised me it was excellent, great food and service. My sister isn't a big indian food, I recommended tandoori chicken for her, she loved it. I also like that you can take your own alcohol, as the premises don't have a licence. Highly recommend this indian, reasonable prices too..

Went to the Bay Leaf for the first time with friends on a Sunday night. Staff were very pleasant, nice surroundings, and a great price for a lovely 3 course meal. Will be returning.

We had a christmas dinner here.....The family....8 Adults and 6 children were made most welcome, nothing was too much trouble to the staff.The food was excellent.A great venue for a family meet up

On visiting tonight I was totally disappointed. Been lots of times before. Booked table with high chair. Arrived and high chair was a death trap. Broken tray held together with duct tape, filthy and broken straps. Could not seat baby! Asked if there was another chair and was told there was... but it was much worse and this one wasn't so bad!! My 8 month old had to sit on my knee!! 3 hours for a starter and main course! Horrendous! Staff also unhelpful and terrible service. Disappointed!!! Won't be going back!!

I'm not really a fan of Indian food but my family had a birthday meal at the Bay Leaf and after that meal, I was speechless. I come here every week due to the quality of the food and the excellent service. The waiters are extremely friendly as they are always checking up on us and making sure we are happy. I would definitely recommend this place to everyone who has had a bad experience with Indian restaurants. They also have a new range of softwares where we can order food from; which makes it easier for me to order online. They have excellent Sunday and Tuesdays offers as well as their takeaways offers. Overall I'd definitely recommend this lovely place

Had Christmas dinner here for second year running and will be going again next Christmas Wonderful food, great service.

Always an excellent meal, whether eating in or takeaway.I love the tandoori mixed grill and chicken pathia are particular favourites of mine .

My husband and I had a reservation for New Year's Eve. I was. A little worried has we had previously tried a takeaway previously and it wasn't very good. But we decided to give it a try esp has it's located at the top of our street so in walking distance so no expensive. NYE taxi or my husband having to not have a drink and go by car. Our. Reservation was for 8pm we arrived on time and has the resturant was very busy we had a short wait for table. The tables are just laid out with plate knife and fork no napkin either cloth or paper so very basic. It's a bring your own alcohol they provide glasses and soft drinks. We ordered a couple of pappadoms and pickle tray. The choice of pickles very good. I order chicken tandoori for starter my husband had mix kebab. Again very nice but I have had better elsewhere , for. Mains my husband had chicken Bruma and I had prawn bryiani plus a couple of naan breads. Both nice but that's it nice not great. We had previously visited jeera at codnor which on any other given day easy to get to via local bus. And in every way in another league. Service was good but found the staff curt and unfriendly at bayleaf. Price wise was reasonaable would I go again , probably depending on budget but personally I would prefer to pay a bit more and go to jeera at codnor

Amazing value on Sunday and Tuesday evenings. Great service, tasty food. Super value. So lucky to live round the corner .

Very attractive from the outside, and indeed, inside!Friendly welcome, excellent choice of food and all served quickly and efficiently.3 great curries. You wouldn't really expect a lot from a restaurant in a fairly industrial market town like good old Heanor but you'd be wrong. This really was excellent fare and well worth a visit. I know we'll be going back although it's certainly not our closest "Indian" restaurant.

We have had a fair few curries from here wether we eat in or takeway we had one just monday and it didnt let us down!! We often try different dishes all as good as each other! Highly recommend!!

The food from this place used to be gorgeous but recently I've found it disgusting, it's always cold upon delivery, late and they always get it wrong and forget things you've ordered. The staff are not friendly either. Horrible frozen chicken pieces and every dish tastes the same, either sweet or savoury just a different colour. Standards have dropped

Ordered for take away and meals were below standard poppadoms were soggy and was charged for more than we ordered. Chutney trays were missing mango chutney. Not satisfied for the 30 pound we paid over priced for what we had though the delivery driver was nice and trying to help with price of takeaway

Decided to give Bay Leaf a whirl due to our usual choice (Nirvana) being shut. Ordered the set meal for four and collected. On getting home we realised that they had forgotten to include a couple of items. Annoying, but easy to rectify, I phoned them to advise. I was told if I came round before they closed (it was 10.50pm) then they would give me the missing items. Having already unpacked the food and sat down to eat I didn't fancy going out to pick up some food that I had paid for that they had forgotten to include. Not even an apology. Never mind, I suggested that they drop it round (especially as we only live half a mile away). I was told that they wouldn't do this despite this being their mistake (cheers guys, who said that customer service was dead?!) at which point I hung up having learned my lesson not to bother using them again. Turns out that it's not a great loss as the food was mediocre at best, very greasy, quite bland (almost like frozen oven food) and small portions. Can genuinely say that I have eaten better supermarket ready meals. Won't bother again, not only for the food but especially for the exceptionally poor service. Possibly the biggest waste of £50 I have ever spent.

Absolutely terrible experience when ordering a take away from the Bayleaf tonight.We made the order through JustEat at 7:30pm and the estimated time of arrival was 8:20 We phoned back at 8:35 to ask where our order was and when we could expect it.No explanation was given but they asked if we were able to collect which would allow us a £8 discount. After stating we ordered a takeaway for a reason we were then promised the food would be with us shortly.at 9:10 we phoned again and was told our meal would now be free and with us shortly.At 9:40ish we finally recieved our food.We had ordered; 2mains,2nan,1rice, poppadoms & bottle of coke.Both mains were clearly microwaved at short notice, both Nans also cold and rubbery. The Korma was bland and tasteless, made worse by the luke warm sauce that rapid went cold (15seconds roughly).The Diet Cola we had ordered was already open and flat and as i already mentioned the nans cold and rubbery. Over 2hrs from ordering to recieving our food and it was by far the WORST takeaway experience i have ever had. No apology was given upon delivery and although we were not charged for the meal i didnt end up eating it as i was actually past the point of hunger by the time it finally arrived and it was barely worth eating at all.I will never order from here again!

My wife and I had a lovely meal on a Tuesday night and although it was busy they found us a table The menu was vast with a good range of food All in all a good night

Bay Leaf is a lovely restaurant with a take-out option. The choices on the menu is plentiful, the quality of the food is great and the portion size is exactly right.I ordered take-out and was not disappointed. The food was lovely with the added bonus of free popadoms & dips. Would definitely recommend this restaurant.

Awful from the start 9 of us sat waiting 30 mins but was never asked regarding drinks etc only 3 took our own . Then my 2 sons ordered the mix tandoori grill the chicken portion was raw and they have been ill all night . The scampi for my granddaughter was disgusting and the omelette meal not much better ,1 nan bread arrived after the main was nearly finished and they still charged me £100 for this ruined family meal . We have dined at the Bayleaf many times since it opened but last night was the worst meal experience EVER at ANY restaurant .

We visited here on Tuesday night and they have a deal for 4 courses around £8. There were 7 of us in total age range 3 going up to 55. Everyone enjoyed it.We all took our own drinks as they do not serve alcohol here but you can take your own and they will provide glasses and ice, I even took water for the children.We parked opposite the Red Lion pub and it was only a short walk up the hill.We will definitely return.

Brill place to eat. We went early doors and we're pleased we had as the place got very busy. Food and service were excellent. Resturant also very busy with takeaway meals. Only thing that bothered us was the phone constantly ringing with orders whilst we were having our meal.

Cannot fault the food from bay leaf always yummy even takeaways are delivered hot and are full of flavour lovely staff always happy to help. Well done bay leaf

We went here on Thursday to celebrate a family members birthday, there were only us and one more table all evening but that meant we got excellent service.The food was really nice and such a pity that it was not busier.We will definitely visit again, only one problem was the parking- there was none so I had to be dropped off outside while my husband tried to find somewhere which was quite difficult as the Fair was on the market, so he ended up parking in Tesco car park risking a fine.

My son booked a table for 4 of us to go at 7.30, When we got there it was very busy so expected to have to wait a little while to be served. Order taken and yes we did wait. When the food came it did look nice and the rest of the party enjoyed thier food. My meal was supposed toapologised be a shashlik chicken bhuna (not sure about spelling) it was mixed meat and sea food not at all what i had ordered. I told the waiter, and he did offer to change it.This would have mean't everyone finishing there meals and me just starting mine, not a good idea. Went to pay and was asked if we had enjoyed it, I told them the situation, he said sorry we will get it right next time. The least they could have done is to have adjusted the bill. Don't think i will go again.

Ordered food at 7pm for 9pm delivery. Finally arrived at 10pm lukewarm. Really disappointed as the food there is usually fantastic but probably will not eat there again as they didn't seem to care when I rang to complain. Great chefs let down by typical British service

Ordered take away should habe been delivered by twenty five past eight, at twenty to nine it had not arrived. I rang they told me it would arrive until five to nine that was to late due to work, when I questioned why was it going to be that late when I was told it was going to be twenty five past eight I got told I wasn't telling the truth, I have found out since that Bay leaf were not telling the truth and the order should have been with me at twenty five past eight. Beware and do not order take away from these people. They are rude and unhelpful.

visited with family and friends, the curries are lovely do some good offers, nice to be able to take you own alcohol, one downside is if there are a few of you there can be a bit of a delay , but we rush to much

lovely food, do some good offers and varied menu , take your own alcohol makes it a cheap night , good for any occasion

Went with a friend on a Friday eve....lots of people popping in for take away but the restaurant was quiet.The mixed starter was nice. Mains, I had a lamb dish...the sauce was tasty but the lamb was quite tough. I also didn't like that curry was just served on your plate rather than in a bowl so you couldn't share. Really good naan bread.The staff where friendly enough and you can take your own drink so makes it a cheap night.

I like the Bay Leaf. I've tried many many Indian Restaurants and I keep coming back to the Bay Leaf.I'm Scottish, in Glasgow we get served curry full of spices and flavour. Unfortunately in England the majority of curries taste to me like cardboard. Why in the relatively small distance of 290 miles can you go from flavour heaven to the equivalent of magnolia paint cuisine? (Don't get me started on how utterly bereft of flavour Chinese restaurants are in England)If you own an Indian restaurant in England, do me a favour and call one in Glasgow and ask them to explain the concept of Chicken Pakora & Vegetable Pakora and Pakora Sauce the colour of Peptobismol (pink) that tastes divine! Some places here do pakora but it's an insult to the name and akin to an act of war or treason.Anyway, I digressBay Leaf is the closest curry I can get that tastes as good as a curry should.The Chicken Tikka Bhuna is spot on.It's very very good.The restaurant is spacious and the staff are always really nice.The delivery guys are also very polite and courteous

The Bay Leaf is a little gem of a restaurant. The food is excellent, the staff friendly and the place very clean. You do have to take your own alcohol but they do serve soft drinks, and we didn't find this a problem.

A group of 8 of us eat here in the new year, as I'm no longer a DE75 resident I'd not eaten here for a few years.Please to say the food was as superb as I remember, full of flavour even if you opt for a 'hot' dish.You need to take your own alcohol but with the Red Lion just over the round it couldn't be easier.Service was good, I'd highly recommend and very reasonably priced too.

Lovely Christmas day meal at Bayleaf and staff couldn't do enough for us, will definitely be going again