Bombay Joes in Gwynedd

The first occasion we used Bombay Joes, takeaway. Bahjis and pakora were so hard and overcooked. One methi dish was ok the other was tasteless. Anyway we thought we would give it another go, Tuesday September 24. Called them. They’re closed. So contrary to their menu, they’re not open 7 days a week, and they’re not closed Mondays as stated but Tuesdays. They also take cash or bank transfer only. Really totally disappointed.

We were visiting Nefyn with friends to include an overnight stay and booked Bombay Joes for an 8pm evening meal. We arrived on time and we’re told that the restaurant was fully booked and they had no record of our booking. Due to the time on a Bank Holiday Sunday, we found nowhere to eat AT ALL in Nefyn and had to travel to Pwhelli for food. Extremely disgusted at the attitude and service shown. We witnessed others also being told similar stories. I believe they accepted all bookings knowing they could not deliver but covering themselves for potential no-shows in a holiday environment. Do not book if you have no back-up plan.

Food was very nice indeed. We all had different things. Didn’t have starters other than popadoms Service was very good and helpful with menu options . Lovely evening

Food was delicious. I had the chicken tikka kurma. Service was excellent. Will come again if we are in this area on holiday again. This is a cash only venue too

Perfectly decent curry house. Nothing special but good food. Cash only so be conscious of that. But all in all a nice place for a curry on a Friday night

Had a delicious Lamb Jalfreezi.Tender lamb which was nicely spiced and with the right amount of heat. My wife had a Chicken Balti which she thoroughly enjoyed. The staff where courteous and the manager also came over for a chat.

Only ordered a few things for takeaway. Peshwari naan no filling and stale. Chutney tray watered down, Lamb dish awful. Disappointing food

Takeaway curry. Good selection, ordered online and was ready on time. Reasonable value , good portion sizes, tender meat. Odd mango chutney which was watery, lime pickle also odd. Everything else fine.

At the very start, fly buzzing around and waitress continually coughing. Ordered chicken balti and tandoori chicken. The balti came in a cereal bowl and was tepid by the time the naan bread arrived. The tandoori chicken was OK but very skinny so hardly any meat. We are regular visitors to Nefyn but will not be returning to this place based on this underwhelming experience.

How can the best Indian restaurant I’ve ever been to be in a small village in Gwynedd Fantastic quality food that cannot be faulted

Great night with Bombay Joe!! Second time we’ve been, always been looked after and the food is terrific. We’re a golf society and this place is absolutely perfect for groups like this. Would highly recommend

Called in on a whim, and we were made to feel at home straightaway. There's a good menu, and what we chose was delicious. Good value too. Nice vibe in the place, happy to recommend.

We ordered a take away and it was terrible. All the dishes tasted almost the same, with loads of what tasted like dried hot chilli powder making any individual flavour. All the breads we ordered were also almost the same, hard and flat. I think they could well have been ready made from a supermarket and just heated up. Sometimes you go to a restaurant in a small, fairly remote town and it is excellent. This was not the case here.

Excellent food. Main meals came to the table piping hot and absolutely full of flavour, plenty of meat in each curry (butter chicken and chicken tikka special) Staff very attentive and friendly, the chef also came to our table to check on us, very happy with service/food and for a very reasonable price. Venue is small but not a problem, the decor is lovely. We will be back again

We got take away, hardly any meat in meals £42 as well - lamb Madras was very good but TINY portion, rest of Meals very average (tikka masala & korma

Was given the incorrect takeaway order, even after double checking travelled backonly to be given dry tastless hard food. Absolutely disgusting, will never go again.

This is our local Indian Restaurant and I have fully enjoyed eating in or taking away on every occasion.

We were staying at Rhug Villa just round the corner, had a take- away twice from here last week, perfect good selection of meals, we ordered for 7.15 both were on time, served by a very nice man. Food was delicious well cooked and a good flavour for what we ordered, price was good as well compared to what we pay at home. The inside seemed clean and tidy but we only stood at the bar area to order.

Having read the various reviews we decided to order a takeaway from Bombay Joes. All five of us had different meals but each meal was runny, tasteless and generally very poor and certainly not up to the standard of other Indian restaurants we have used.

6 of us...Brilliant food. All ordered off the 'specials' main rather than the normal stuff. Really, really good. Try and upgrade to lamb on any dish....well worth it. Buildings a bit old and could do with a bit spending on it but don't let that...

Friendly welcome, comfortable restaurant. Lots of tasty choices. Food delicious, served efficiently, would certainly visit again whilst on holiday. Noticed a good trade in takeaways too. Seemed very popular locally.

We visited whilst on a golfing trip. They fitted 16 of us in with two hours notice. The food was fantastic really tasty and the service first class

We stopped visiting yrs ago as we had mixed but generally poor experiences on both eat in and take away. Recent goodish reviews tempted us back. We had a take away which was pretty expensive and despite choosing different dishes they were all as average...

Visited on a Saturday evening and were the only people inside. A few visited for take away. They only take cash. "Machine is broken" apparently, but been "broken" for a while. Always makes me suspicious.... Food was ok. Nothing particularly special. Fairly standard. 3 poppadoms...

Very average and overpriced but waitress was very pleasant. Clean and very good decor but unfortunately the overpriced average food let it down.

Poor curry, poor service, bland food some of which inedible, little choice, expensive, overall a bad experience, more Bombay no than Bombay Joe

The guy taking the order constantly called me babe and gorgeous and made me feel really uncomfortable. I told him that he was inappropriate and he said, ‘do you want a drink babe?’. By the time we got home they’d given us either the wrong...

Absolutely class, unreal food, man on the phone was a top bloke: friendly, funny and punctual. Gave us all extra curry-what a guy! Highly recommend.

My daughter and my wife do not like spicy food, so they opted for a mild meal as normal. Due to the peppercorn in the rice, they could not eat the food. I had to eat all three over two days and found them all...

A wide selection of food and good service. The food was very tasty and good value for money. Four of us ate out for £46. It’s worth knowing that you have a 10% discount when paying by cash. It’s also worth ordering by phone, as...

Lovely staff. Great food. Fab prices. Bill came to £58 for three of us with drinks!!! Everyone enjoyed their food. I ordered the king prawn balti and it was delicious. Great little find. The Peshawar naan was a delight, perfectly cooked and not at all...

Had a takeaway from Bombay joes tonight very very nice would highly recommend this restaurant tasty food with a very good selection,service and price.would definitely eat here again

Very obliging, happy to alter menu e. g. change from hot to mild, excellent tasting curries. We've been 3 times so far and will definitely go again.

Had a lovely Birthday take away tonight. Delicious food and lovely fresh ingredients. Will definately come again. Quality much improved. Thank You.

Ordered by phone and collected half an hour later. Food was ready and piping hot and staff polite and attentive. The food was good and plentiful . What more can you ask ?

First Indian takeaway from here for some time due to lockdown and it being closed over winter. It really was so very tasty. The spicing was as described on the menu. A lot better than i remember my last visit. Thank you👍

Very good dhansak, decent side dishes and generous portions. We're only in Nefyn for a few days but would definitely call by again.

Ate here on Saturday evening as a group of 6. We were really well looked after and the food was brilliant. i would definitely recommend and will return in the future.

Just returned from a lovely week in Nefyn.Upon arriving we went for a wander and found this restaurant, we booked a table for that evening at 6.30pm. We were waited on by two friendly ladies, masked up and very helpful. We had a lovely tasty meal there and said we would probably return as we both love Indian food.We returned again on Wednesday evening and were not disappointed. Both nights it was fairly quiet which was good for us as regards seating, but they seem to be doing quite well with takeaways, I heard the manager say to someone on the phone “we will make whatever you like and just tell me the strength for you.We would recommend this restaurant and hope your business improves for you.Jane and Maureen.

Everyone please read!I recently went to this restaurant with my partner and my mum & dad and our experience lasted no longer than 20 mins! We ordered our drinks and some poppadoms to start while deciding what we would like to order. After deciding we all wanted a starter each and 2 main meals to share between us 4, we was rudely told it had to be a minimum of 3 mains meals. We’ve been this restaurant over 30 times and this is the first time we’ve heard this! When we asked why this was the person who claimed to be in charge said it’s the law. Which we know is a lie after been there a number of times and this has never happened before. This is their loss because it was a Tuesday night and their wasn’t a sole in there so he’s lost out on over £100! There was no apology or remorse so we decided to pay for the drinks we’d had and leave and never to return again!!

Great food and excellent service. Really lives up to its name. Fresh and tasty curries and we will definitely return.

Lovely modern decor, contemporary music , tasty food, good service, an unexpected delightful evening

As an Anglo-Indian (mixed race) I was brought up on Indian food. So I know good quality Asian cooking when I taste it. My partner and I had the fish cake starter. It was terrible. There was no fish in the cake and it tasted plasticky. I told the waitress and she apologized and replaced it with a Sheek Kebab. It was okay.My main course was chicken tikka masala and my partner had chicken Balti. Both dishes were mainly onion and tomatoes. The dishes were terrible. My partner said she would eat my chicken tikka masala because I hated it. She ate half and left the other half Street realising it was rubbish. I had the 5 small pieces of chicken out of her meal she gave me and left the rest.I ordered 5 chapattis. 4 for me and 1 for my partner, at £2.20 each. They were the size of a small saucer. Totally overpriced rubbish. £11 for that garbage.I informed the manager of my view and offered to pay for the meal, less £10 for what I described as poor quality food. Instead of apologising for my poor experience she started arguing with me in front of other customers. I said take what I'm offering or I will not pay for the meal at all. At this point I was threatened with the police being called. I refused to pay any more and my offer was accepted.I'm more than happy to pay for good food. I'm very experienced at eating out at expensive restaurants and there have only ever been two occasions when I've disputed a bill in my life and this was the second one.I would not recommend this establishment to anyone. I wouldn't give the food to a dog if I had one. By the way this meal was to celebrate my partner's birthday. What a terrible experience for her and me :(

Visited tonight lamb tasted more like beef brisket expensive and charged extra 10% due to not paying cash so not covid savvy expecting cash over contactless phoned earlier in evening to eat in and take advantage of government eat out scheme but told fully booked until after 20.30 so went for the takeaway place was empty unless still claiming government eat out for less and charging full price plus 10% for card payment on takeaway food.The food itself bland no taste but no competition in the area so can probably afford to send out 2nd rate food at 1st class prices tasted better from ASDA Steve from Yorkshire

Restaurant was not open due to Covid so we had two takeaways during our stay in Nefyn. Different dishes each time which were of a good quality. The spice level was a bit hot the first time round but I'm sure they would adjust the spice level for you. Really tasty food, reasonable price and friendly service.

My wife and I had a take-away from Bombay Joes and it was the perfect meal after a long day out in the mountains. We ordered Butter Chicken Tikka, Chicken Shashlick, Keema Nan, Mushroom Bhaji and Pilau Rice and all of it was fantastic, and good value at £26. The meal was ready to collect exactly on time and staff very friendly. Thanks Bombay Joes!!!

Ordered a takeaway for 4 on Saturday night - the food was amazing! Beef Madras was to die for, very tender meat & Garlic Massala Fish also very good. Will defianatly use again. Thanks

Lovely meal with attentive service. My 8 year old was made to feel welcome and she said her chicken tikka masala was the best meal she had ever had!!

We haven't used the restaurant for a few years due to a bad experience but last night we decided to give the takeaway another go,made us realise why we haven't been. If you are going to charge expensive prices you need to make sure the food is worth it, I get that there is no competition but that really isn't an excuse for very average if not poor food. Next time I'll be going to asda in town to get a meal deal in a box which is far better value and tasting.

This restaurant was just round the corner from where we were staying and I thought 'Great!', so we bought a takeaway. I opened it with great anticipation, started eating and my first reaction wasn't favourable. Unfortunately, I have been spoiled as we have a fantastic restaurant at home which we use a lot. Anyway, I ended up doing something I never thought I would do...............I threw it away!!!! Maybe someone else would have enjoyed it but as I mentioned before I have been spoiled which was unfortunate for Bombay Joes.

We are visiting from the midlands and have been to many places , Chester and oxford to name but a few and have found the curry’s sadly lacking ! Being from Birmingham the UK’s curry capital we I suppose are hard to please . I was reassured when chatting to Ali at Bombay Joes to discover he is from Coventry And was looking forward to a good experience. Couldn’t have been better in my opinion. The food was absolutely delicious , the Restaurant is welcoming and friendly and I would definitely recommend it . Having had some of the very best curry’s in England this definitely is up there on my top 5 list ! Well done Ali and family , keep up the good work !

We were staying nearby and couldn’t believe we could get Indian food so close by, ordered takeout and found it to be excellent all the family really enjoyed it

Had to laugh as menu in restaurant has emblazoned on it the Trip Advisor logo and the legend - No1 restaurant in Wales! In truth its an average restaurant serving average food. Edible but nothing special. Service was pleasant and atmosphere okay, although music was a little loud for my tastes (and hearing). I had medium spiced dish that was quite hot. Long way from being No1 but acceptable if you are in need of a meal.

This was a first visit we found the restaurant by chance but we will certainly visit again when we are back in Nefyn.The restaurant was bright and modern and the staff helpful with information and advice,lovely attitude.The best thing was the food.It was so full of flavours without being too strong.the best Indian food we have eaten for a long time.A great place

Visited with family as holidaying in the area and saw as we drove to the beach. Nice service from the waiter. We enjoyed our food, I would of liked a bit more spice in my curry, it was quiet flat considering it was deemed spicy hot. Non the less, it tastes nice and we enjoyed our night.

Had not been for over a year as had some disappointing meals probably wont go again as only OK Chicken tikka should come on a sizzling plate not just on an ordinary dish in some weird half sauce which was bright red. Paratha looked and tasted like it was brought in not made there you can tell .Other meal was acceptable but nothing special. When it first opened had some amazing meals obviously different chef Does the owner actually read the reviews as if my restaurant would be trying to improve.

The restaurant has no parking so we parked a couple of streets away in a huge car park (not public) in front of a warehouse type place.

This is the only Indian restaurant in the area. We went midweek and the place was full. The food was fine, not exceptional but fine, considering the area and price. If the experience was purely on the food we would definitely go back.

Excellent food and service - also that was open on a Sunday night. Will definitely come again and butter chicken was especially good 👍

On arrival to the restaurant myself and my family had the warmest most friendly welcome. The food was extremely outstanding and I would love to come visit again. I highly recommend this venue to those who enjoy top notch Indian food. Safe to say Bombay Joes' is the best Indian restaurant in Nefyn and there is no doubt about it! Big thank you to Ali for always checking up to see if we are content with what we been given, which we definitely were. Ali made the night most even more better as he knew how to look after his customers and keep a smile on our faces. I seriously can not wait to eat here again.

Great staff, fantastic food (freshly made bhajis and naan too!!) would highly recommend - if we lived locally we would definitely eat there VERY often!!!! Can't wait to return! 👌

The place was empty when we walked in , we even wondered if it was open? It was and we had a decent curry. Nothing too special but the owner seemed pleased to see us. Peshwari Nan was good.

I put on great review in 2017 but since then have had a few disappointing meals ie onion bhaji in tomato sauce not good but still charged for it . So have not been for well over a year but recently my daughter has been twice and said it was the best so down in about a week so watch this space.

Been here a couple of times now, once in Winter. On both occasions the food has been absolutely delicious! The service is great and the staff are so friendly. The interior of the restaurant is very pretty and also cosy in winter. Quite romantic for couples with nice lighting. My husband had the Bombay special and I had the chill garlic chicken masala. The special pilau rice is the best we have tasted. We would recommend this restaurant to everyone on the Llyn Peninsula and whoever is passing through. Compliments to the chef.

As ever our takeaway was beautiful. Great,friendly staff,lovely restaurant, great food. What mpre do you need. Thanks x

One of the best curries we’ve had in ages. Would definitely recommend theLamb tikka pasanda, prawn balti ad Spicey biriani

Upon arriving into Nefyn late on a Saturday evening I called for a take out to pick up on way to Morfa Nefyn.

Hi great takeaway food, went for the special chicken tikka which didnt disappoint. Also stayed hot whilst we travelled back to the caravan park.

When they first opened they were extremely good and we went regularly. That changed about three years ago and the speed of service, quality and consistency varied to the point of not being reliable. We would love to visit again but the reviews don’t suggest any improvement sadly.

Staff very well mannerd and would recomend to someone and rhe food looks and tastes delicious. Very good 👍🏼👍🏼

I would very suggest this place, the staff is Amazing. And the quality is very good. Ypu should all go there.

We ate here this weekend, we were charged just shy of £17 for 12 popadoms!! 20% discount wasnt honoured as others have said. Food was fine in fairness, cash only, how is this still even legal nowadays?! Thankfully we had the cash. We left feeling as though we had been cheated. £120 for a table of 6, no starters (just the popadoms) and 3 were children!

Ordered king prawn curry and the prawns not only were not king prawns but they tasted like they were frozen, and the chilli masala sauce didn’t taste of anything - too much sauce not enough prawns.

Food was let down. Meat portion also. Food would need to be better, change the chef? If anywhere else would try there.

Started off the trip waiting a good 10 minutes for a waiter to appear. Once seated we were given a menu each apart from my dad. Looking further into the menu there was numerous spelling mistakes (“chieken” and “vagetable” to name a few). We waited 2 hours for our mandatory main dishes which were poor to say the least. The rice was clumpy and obviously reheated, when we questioned how fresh the rice was the waiter replied “it’s freshly made, can you not taste the freshness?”. Not worth what you’re paying for so I’d save yourself the trip, even if it’s only round the corner.

Although this place does not look too great from the outside, they have done the inside nicely and the waiter was very friendly.There were 3 of us all ordering different food and each of us said how tasty the food was. If you are visiting the area I'd recommend you give it a go but be mindful that it is cash only (but reasonably priced).

Was looking forward to a nice take away this evening (tuesday) as the restaurant is closed on Mondays. So I rang up and the reply was we are closed and the phone was slammed down on me. All I can say is that you need to work on your customer service skills or you will be out of business very soon

Came here last week whilst on holiday. The food was great and would totally recommend. The mixed special Biryani was the nicest I've eaten and the nann bread was freshly made. Very friendly staff and perfect food. Couldn't have asked for more. Thank you.

Lovely, authentic food, prepared with fresh ingredients. Staff very friendly and attentive. A fusion of Thai and Indian flavours made for a flavoursome meal in addition to some classics. Alcoholic drinks were a bit expensive. Would recommend.

Service was understandably slow as both the other diners had to be served too. However, when the biryani arrived it proved one of the best presentations of small frozen carrots I've come across. Apart from a slight issue of having rather bland spices and being lukewarm. Odd menu planning .. having just ordered a stuffed paratha as the last item I was asked if we'd like any Nan bread or anything. Sadly I won't rush back.

We were quite surprised to find in Indian here, we stayed down the road in a cottage for Christmas, were fed up with cold meats and pickles so though we’d try Bombay Joes,

Had recently gone up to wales to visit family, loved the food and decor highly recommend going, the Biriyani was bang on and the chef specials were spot on. I enjoyed the Indian and Thai cusine it gave a large variety of options.

Visited Bombay Joes with friends. Despite it saying Indian/Thai only Indian available Food was nice but we were disappointed not to able to mix the two cuisines It doesn’t do what it says on the can!!

Had a great meal here with the kids. The guy serving us was brilliant, very helpful. Highly recommended.

We had a take away on a Saturday night. The wait time was 40 mins and the food was ready for collection. I would normally order a garlic chilli chicken but had the Bombay special mix. It was very tasty if a bit milder than I'm used to but tasted fresh. There were 4 of us and everyone was happy

The food was well prepared and the service was excellent. But the king prawn tandoori only came with three prawns which seemed a little steep for £11.95, we would have expected at least 4 if not 5.

Hugely disappointing experience. The food quality and service was diabolical. The food was not fresh, rice was stodgy, no keema in the keema nan, no draught drinks and they ran out of bottled cobra at 7pm.

Service okay and pleasant decor. All 3 of us found food disappointing especially veg curry side that used tinned veg.

Staying at a nearby holiday house we were looking for something comfortable but nice with decent food for our first night and this hit the spot.

Food is always fab!! Never had a bad korma anyho,always lovely! After a night out me and my friend were starving wanting food the kabab would not serve us as the were shutting!, but bombay was shut when we ran up their they were hoovering when we walked in and the still managed to whip us up food witch was just amazing :)

This is unfortunately one of the worst takeaways we have ever had. Had to wait 45 mins, when we got home some of the order was missing and we had an additional dish we hadn’t ordered. The Indian dish was ok but the Thai was terrible. The Pad Thai and the red and green Thai curry were tastless and all had frozen veg in them. Never had a Pad Thai with frozen veg!! The mixed starter also had no taste and looked anemic!

Very disappointed with all 4 meals. Chicken dansak had no lentils or pineapple just runny sauce. Tandoori mixed grill came ready served piled up on a cafe plate. Everything looked like it had just come out of the microwave. The 20% early discount wasnt honoured . Very expensive for a rubbish meal. Will not be going back.

Stayed in cottage nearby. Ordered takeaways for party of 6. The order took her 45 minutes to complete there's was some confusion about the cost the flyer said they offered 15 per cent discount on cash payments but that was not honoured. My girlfriend mother had diarrhoea after her takeaway.

Went for a meal but overheard two other tables complaining about over an hour's wait for food. I questioned the staff who were disinterested so we went elsewhere for our meal.

Bombay Joes is a lovely Indian and Thai restaurant in Nefyn. I thought at first that the menu was confusing having two major food styles but if you read the Info about the owners you see that they are a Thai and Indian couple. Having said that we had Indian food which was lovely. Very well prepared with very different flavours in each dish. The only slight drawback is that they were cash only that evening. Would recommend this restaurant as a very good food option if you’re staying in Nefyn.

How can this restaurant be one of the top restaurants in Wales. We ordered a takeaway at 7pm and are still waiting at 8.40pm. Complimentary beers offered but still a poor experience. We were advised of a 50-60 min wait.

Excellent place to visit good food and service is brilliant. ..nothing seems to be to much trouble for the staff who serve with a smile.. will visit again. .

Our takeaway was over an hour late, with other takeaway customers also complaining. Food was average after that. Won’t be returning.

We ordered several dishes to take out to our holiday home. It was all cooked within 20 minutes.

Had a takeaway from here tonight and as i mention "indifferent"!