Cafe Mela in Worcester

A second time we’ve ordered. Outstanding quality again!

Peice Chicken in a vegetarian dish, not acceptable and last time I order from just eat or cafemela

Lovely food, tender lamb, fresh chapatis - will definitely use again

Always very good and flavoursome. Thanks

Food was really nice, although I ordered a medium spice pasanda which tasted standard mild which was a little disappointing. But at least I know for next time to request hot instead to get the level of heat I like.

Found this restaurant by accident and we were fortunate that it was open on a bank holiday Monday. The food was excellent and it was the best indian meal we had had in some while. The menu was quite extensive but it was evident that the dishes were individually prepared. Really good value.

Food is always good from cafe Mela

Food very good as it always is and the delivery was on time and trouble free after a few problems lately.

First time buying from Cafe mela and i have to say, it was beautiful. You have a regular customer now!!

Outstanding Indian takeaway. Food was hot (unlike Ashleys) food tasted great. Will definitely use again.

The 3 nan breads we ordered were missing. This is the second time this has happened. I tried to ring the restaurant multiple times but kept being put through to the answerphone. When eventually I did get through I explained the problem, the person I spoke to went to find out what had happened and then after a minute of waiting the call was ended. The food generally was good but was a little cold on arrival and we had to microwave everything.

Have been using Cafe Mela for a long time and have never had a problem before. However, yesterday our paneer order also contained chicken which was very disappointing as a vegetarian and will certainly make me think twice before ordering again.

I ordered chicken fried rice but I received plain rice

Food arrived on time. The best Indian food I’ve had for a while. Lots and flavours 10/10

Great night service recieved and food was worth the visit we will be recommending this place to our family and friends.

Not very warm and late they say sorry but they are late all the time

Great service, fantastic food! Will use Cafe Mela again!!

The food, as always, was lovely…when it eventually arrived! However, it took 2.5 hours to be delivered…original estimated delivery time was 45-60 minutes. Repeatedly tried to call the restaurant but no answer, sent a ‘late’ notification through JustEat which estimated a further 15-minute delay. Finally arrived 30 minutes after the ‘late’ notification.

Food is ok but the delivery service has been terrible for weeks now. Delivery’s are getting so bad now that we won’t be using the just eat anymore

Great food, hot and delivered on time 😊

A little late, but was Saturday evening, lovely food once again tho

Good portions food tasted okay but was little cold and the korma was to watery

Delicious hot and quick delivery

One dish was wrong, but food was hot, delivery time as expected and we really enjoyed! Thank you!

Up to one hour wait according to the Just eat app but upon ordering this increased to 1.5 hours and ended up being two. I called the restaurant several times with no answer. When answered I was told they would try and locate the driver and call me back. After 20 mins I tried several times to call back again with no answer. Eventually the phone was answered and I was greeted by a rude man who ended up putting the phone down on me. We would not recommend using this restaurant at all. I understand they may have been busy but they were very aggressive in their tone and did not try in a way to apologise for the delay. I was told to cancel the order and take it up with Just Eat.

Nearly 2 hours after ordering and was cold. Thankfully they gave us some money off the order

Food delivered earlier than expected, was lovely and hot and was once again was absolutely delicious

If you want vegetarian food this is the place to go.

Fab meal - good portions, nice and hot and super tasty!

Delivered late with no apology and for the second time missing rice dish which we had paid for which was disappointing.

I’d happily give 5 stars based on the biryani alone but everything was amazing

I will now only order Indian takeaway from here. The food is delicious - the garlic naan in particular, and it always arrives quicker than they estimate. They have great customer service, would recommend to anyone.

Delicious food , extra popodom, tasty and hot! Definitely order again!!

Absolutely fantastic food full of flavour!

Food was fantastic but unfortunately some of it was luke warm and a few items stone cold. Took 45 minutes after "on its way" notification which is usually a 10 minute drive at the most. A shame as the food really was tasty.

Delivery 6.55pm, arrived 7.53pm

First time order and im sorry to say I'm really disappointed in the food, it arrived stone cold and part of the order was missing. The mint sauce is literally nuclear green and so so watery...yet flavourless. The rice tastes burnt, the food is greasy and there are onions in the garlic mushrooms (any other takeaway sends just mushrooms fried). Very over priced for what I got. This is the first complaint I have ever made on here and I normally don't take the time to do stuff like this but I am so disappointed and feel like I wasted so much money on poor quality food that I had to throw away 😕 I wish there was an option to upload pictures because that mint sauce is unbelievably awful! I'm sorry to complain but I'm so gutted.

Best Indian restaurant in Worcester 5⭐️

Great food as always but delivered so late it was stone cold

Nann was stone cold. Everything else good as normal

Nice hot food order was wrong as ordered same dish one medium hot one mild but both came the same mild

Attended on Friday night with friends. The restaurant was really really cold. We were sat in a draught so asked to move ( plenty of empty tables) - they said “no!!” I pointed out empty tables but they said they were booked (no one sat in them all night!) I continued to request a move and eventually they ”allowed” us to move. We then waited 15mins and had to ask them to take a drinks order… then after a further 15 mins we again had to ASK them to take our food order. When the food came it was ok but when one of our party said one of his items wasn’t as he’d ordered the waiter argued with him! Overall the place was freezing and the staff were surly and unhelpful . We won’t be returning.

To start. I ordered and then was given a time or arrival. That time went by. 1hr 52 minutes later and 6 calls to the restaurant my food arrived. Stone cold. DO NOT. I repeat. Do not order the daal. Very very garlicky also had a terrible burnt taste. Wasn’t good at all. Ordered a medium spiced curry. Was plain and no spice at all. Just like a korma. Also got a cheese and garlic naan. I’m afraid it wasn’t it was plain. Very disappointing. Don’t recommend. Honestly save your money

The food took 2 hours, it was cold, ridiculously spicy and the chicken tikka was so chewy we couldn’t eat it. The driver could not speak English so it was impossible to help him find my house. An all round disaster and I expect to receive a full refund as there was nothing about this that was worth paying for.

Cold sheek kebab starter and chicken Jalfrezi instead of lamb and very bland bombay veg

We have had takeaways from cafe Mela for many years and been very happy with the quality. However recently the quality has dropped off a cliff. Despite telling the manager about the problem there was no improvement . Over cooked fish and chicken. Perhaps the chef has changed? Such a pity we will be going elsewhere in future

Items weren’t clearly listed on the menu , food was cold when arrived and ended up with a meal I didn’t want

Whilst we found the food very tasty. It was cold and there was only one popadom between two of us. Having looked forward to our meal all afternoon, it was a little disappointing 😕

Food was delicious as usual loved everything

The sauce was half full, the nan breads were burnt and the chicken was chewy.

Flavour of Curry was nice but, chicken was hard/tough to chew, naan was not the best and the poppadoms were stale and soft. Would not order from again unfortunately.

Great night at Cafe Mela? to celebrate my anniversary I took my wife to celebrate our 26th anniversary from when we arrived the waiters were very friendly and the food was amazing thanks guys most enjoyable.

The staff was very friendly and made sure that we were comfortable and the food was amazing. Could not find a fault that night. This is a great place to celebrate a birthday or just going out with the family

Visited with friends and am still shocked at how this restaurant has any customers! First issue was the drinks order got very messy, how I bottle of rose and 4 glasses gets interpreted as 3 glasses (already poured and no sign of bottle) and what about the other person in our group? 🧐 Poppadoms and pickle tray… mmm now that in all my 53 years on this planet has never been an issue, after all how can that go wrong? Poppadims were actually stale and ‘chewy’ sauces in the pickle tray very runny- so much so was like putting water on it- same consistency. Young lady serving us apologetic and brought fresh- only brought 4 when 8 were ordered too.. At this point other groups were leaving clearly disgruntled with statements saying they’ve just ‘had enough’ was clearly a bad night and there were issues. But then the main event happened and this I’m still in shock about. A man I assume was the manager in his 40s very arrogant came over and asked if ready to order. I pointed out to him that clearly tonight there were ‘a few issues’ and his reply was ‘I have no f#€$in issues’. To drop the F bomb on customers you know the restaurant has lost control. We decided we weren’t staying as there was absolutely no pleasure in this experience and just asked for the bill and said we would only be paying for the bottle of wine. Bill comes and ‘£23’- bottle of wine was £16. Again corrected the bill but jeez Louise how can everything go wrong like this? On the way out politely reminded the manager guy ‘not to swear at anymore customers’. There is actually a restaurant in Manchester just opened where the intention is to abuse the customers. This guy should get a job there he would have a job for life.

Food finally arrived after 2 hours, tried to phone restaurant 104 times, but engaged/phone off hook. Driver was flustered when we asked how long food had been in his car. Food was cold. Tried again to phone restaurant, but no reply. Two items were wrong. Difficult to get refund from JustEat, as they want photos, but breads and curries all look similar when they are cooked badly! Do not use this place. I stupidly read the reviews after I ordered. Never again!

Arrived 1hour after the text to say it was on its way. Wrong delivery then given. Soggy poppadoms. Burnt nan. Cold food.

Ordered at 18:43 and food arrived at 8:30. With regards to the meal quality all of the sauces were watered down and very runny.

Nearly 1.5hr delivery. One of the dishes was not as described.

Food was delicious as usual they are my go to place for good food pleasantly delivered.

Missing items which was the mains

Poor delivery time. Rude restaurant staff on phone. Put phone down mid conversation

The curry was amazing, sundries are a little to be desired, dry keema in naan bread and chips with greasy and slimy. But the lamb rogan josh was amazing.

Really nice tasty food would buy again. Good price too...

Lovely food and slightly earlier than expected 👏

Disgusted! Late! Food was nice BUT stone cold had to re heat! Disgusting phone conversation with the staff… RUDE!

Our meal was fine when it arrived but totally spoiled by the wait of over 2 hours. We ordered at 6.00 when the app said 6.30-6.50 delivery. When accepted Cafe Mela stated 7.10-7.30. On calling at 7.15 to check as past deliveries had been late I was told it would be 15 mins. At 7.50 called again and put on hold for at least 5 minutes to be told it would be 15 minutes. It arrived at 8.05. Cafe Mela need to be more honest about delivery times and not accepting orders they can't fulfil promptly.

Outstanding curry , can’t order from anywhere else as always disappointed nothing compares to that perfectly balanced Naga Ka, you have amazing chefs

Informed via the Just Eat app that our order was on its way at 8pm. We live close to the restaurant so expected it to arrive shortly. The order arrives after 9pm and it isn't even the correct order!! Tried multiple times to get in touch with the restaurant within the hour to no avail, phone is clearly off the hook! I placed the order at 6.30pm and was given a time frame of 7. 40-8pm. If they were too busy to deliver the correct order within this time frame I'd have much rather they had rejected my order than accept it and mess up! Very disappointed as the last takeaway we had from here was great and the service was spot on. This has massively put me off ordering again, I just hope I get a refund!

Food was absolutely beautiful. By far the best in Worcester on my opinion.

Yummy food hot , friendly service/delivery, best takeaway from here that we have ever had! Brilliant 🤩 food is 10 out of 10!

Amazing curry and amazing service! We will definitely be ordering again!

Unfortunately this has now happened both times we have ordered delivery. We ordered at 6.55pm knowing there would be a wait due to being a Saturday night. 8.10pm was the time given. We were happy with that. This then didn’t arrive we asked for an update about 8.20 and was told 8.30. (We thought ok fine) 8.45 comes and no order, we call the restaurant and they didn’t know our address for delivery but when they did find it they said 10 minuets. 9pm comes and it arrives. The food was nice however it was warm and some was cold which is a real shame. I wont be ordering a delivery again unless i allow 2-3 hours

We used to have food every week off Cafe Mela a couple of years ago , never again !!!

Fantastic experience food was excellent service highly welcoming top notch thanks guys we will be back

as always food is outstanding but from time of order to delivery is 2hrs which is a bit to long for us .

Fantastic service and food, will definitely use again!

Placed an order, 20 minutes after receiving confirmation email received a call that something I ordered was out of stock. Not long after that received the text message that the order was on it's way, it's now been almost an hour since I received the text message (I'm only 10 minutes at most away) and the food still hasn't turned up. Phoned the restaurant to check where my order was and was told "It has been sent, should be with you shortly". Phoned up again 20 minutes later and was told the driver left 10 minutes ago.

Quality food and good portions madras made me sweat and all the other food you knew was freshly prepared. Thanks

Completely gone down hill, will be spreading the word about the rude, arrogant patronising staff. Avoid at all costs!

Good was delivered over 2 hours after we placed the order. Starter was tasteless mains were ok. Not impressed

Food never turned up. Trying to get money back. Well disappointed!

I was recommended this restaurant. First time i ordered I couldn’t give it enough stars. However the second time of ordering I’m disappointed. I cannot fault the food. However it took over 2 1/2 hours to arrive. When ordering it stated 1 hour. Given it’s a Saturday evening I gave a bit of leeway, but after 2 hours I made a call and was told ‘10 minutes’. Half hour after the ‘10 minutes’ it arrived. Such a shame as the food is amazing.

The nicest Indian we have had for a long time ! All the food was hot and very tasty 😊

Recently moved to Worcester and have tried a few different curry houses but I think we’ll stick with this one. Delivery was early, driver was nice, food was delicious and hot, great selection on the menu and the free papadams was a nice touch that you don’t see anymore. Thanks!

Bhaji’s we’re swimming in grease, the naan was also greasy and like cardboard and the pickle tray was missing.

Delicious food, best Indian takeaway we’ve ever had! Arrived piping hot, super quick delivery, excellent! Will recommend to all. Fantastic

The delivery was over an hour later than the already late “ASAP” time that we were given. Took over 2 hours to arrive from point of ordering. We phoned when it was 30 mins late and were told it was on its way. We are only 10 mins drive from the restaurant. It was still more than another 30 minutes before the food arrived (at home 10pm) by which time it was far from hot and we were past wanting food. This is the second time this has happened recently. Orders used to come way before the requested delivery time. Now they come over an hour AFTER the requested time. Not impressed and will be having to look elsewhere in the future.

Absolutely shocking from here normally Absolutely love it here!!! Order came was luke warm unlike previous times been lovely and hot, forgot my chips to go with my curry by the time they delivered them my curry was cold n the chips delivered was luke warm. Naan breads was well done over cooked!! £40 down the drain as I didn't enjoy it as had to reheat in microwave so I didn't waste the food as it was a treat for me n my family and they totally ruined it!! Definitely think I'm gonna have to find another place now as this has put me off!!!

This establishment is easy to miss near to Worcester foregate street train station. But the food speaks for its self. Go and give it a try. Wednesday night is ideal to give it a try as they do 4 courses for just 10.95 per person if you book a table before hand. Once visited your be back time and again for 5here food

Explicitly asked for food not to arrive early and for the door to be knocked quietly because of trying to get our daughter to bed. Bloke turned up 10 mins early and had music blaring out of his car! Food was great as always, but poor customer service unfortunately.

The food and the service was amazing Chicken tikka masala was yaammi...loved it Keema naan Peshwari all the stuffs are super Must try

I would like to say thank you to all at mela cage for a fantastic night out. A party of approx 20 off us went last night and it was fantastic. Firstly I booked a few weeks at and it was incredibly easy and they were really accommodating. The service and food last night was fantastic. Bearing in mind there were about 20 of us all the food came out together, it was really well organised and all piping hot. The food was absolutely delicious and the menu was so varied. If your a fan of peshwari naan have one. Best I’ve ever had. It was drizzled in honey. Thank you again to all at Mela Cafe

Sets the standard in Worcester. Great menu. Great food. Early delivery. Couldn't fault anything.

First time we used cafe mela. I've lived in Worcester over 50 years and this was by far the best presented, the best quality and the tastiest we've ever had. I'm a fussy eater, but their menu would suit everyone. Absolute value for money, will be ordering again soon. Would recommend to everyone!

I always wait til I’ve ordered 3 times before I review a restaurant (for consistency) and have to say well done to Cafe Mela, their base gravy is exceptional as it allows each dish to be tailored by the chef ( some places most curries taste the same) By far the best curry house in Worcester at time of writing review, generous and high quality tikka meat portions, and nice balance of flavour in rice. Keep up this level guys and you will have a customer for life, good job. Only thing to improve would be to ask your young drivers to smile (they clearly wanted to be somewhere else :’) which I can’t blame them for but a smile of free)

Delivery was within the timeframe stated. Person delivering was very pleasant. Enjoyed the food very much. Have ordered from Cafe Mela before.

Absolute quality! Probably the best in WORCESTER.

The food was lovely, as always. However the wait was approx 1.5 hours when stated max 55 mins. It was hot and would order again but would be concerned about delivery

We pre ordered a takeaway from Cafe Mela after watching the footie with the lads it arrived on time and warm very enjoyable 5 stars for the guys.

Food ordered online using cafe mela’s own website, after an hour the food had not arrived so called to see a time it may arrive, got told it would be a further wait, another 30 mins later and they said they would call the driver, and call back, 30mins later still no call or food and they now say the food had been delivered, or should have been, gave another 20 mins and called back still not food and now claiming they don’t deliver to the area (despite doing so before and the website allowing the order), that they have no idea which delivery driver has the food, and that they could offer us the 20% off next order, which you already get when ordering online. Customer service was shocking and food never arrived, said they would refund but takes a while to reach account, and no way of confirming this. Response from cafe mela was its only just over £20 don’t worry about it.