Cardamom Lounge in Blaby

Many years since my last visit, but working locally I'd heard nothing but good things & I wasn't disappointed! Beautifully decorated. White table linen & tasty, well presented food at a great price. There were a few little things that niggled me, just attention to detail - place settings were not all complete, a glass given to a lady near us for her soft drink was less than sparkling, so much so that I was willing her not to use it, she did! My coffee cup handle had a huge chip and was cracked right across. The coffee was as good as ever though. If it's been a while since your last visit I would highly recommend giving it a try.

Decent biryani for veg dish , paneer one and got the tarka dhal and rice nan was ok ish but I think would have tasted better fresh .

first time used, was a last minute order for collection as was in the area..very impressed with the quality and preparation, also had Cobra on tap so had one while waited. Nice decor inside, will visit again.

I've used these guys for yrs. We've had quite a few incorrect orders & slightly late deliveries but tonight took the rise. Over 2hrs late & the food is only just warm. Not happy, they could of rang an hour ago to give us a refund or a heads up. I really wanted tell the delivery driver to take it back BUT he's a young man we get on with, not one of the usual drivers & was very apologetic hence 2* & not 1*. Camera has been on for an hr.

Amazing evening out with friends. Delicious food and great service. Very cosy.

Was recommended this place by a friend and wow great food and service would definitely recommend 👌

We have been here three times with friends and family. Everyone has enjoyed the evening and have said how good their meal has been. The staff are lovely and friendly and will go out their way to help with the menu and help choosing the right meal for you. The place is clean and nicely decorated and plenty of parking. So we will definitely be back soon.

Always enjoy the atmosphere and the food at The Cardamom Lounge

Food is always fantastic. The staff incredibly friendly. It is easy to miss as you drive, but once I found it, it has become my regular. You can't go wrong with a biriyani!

Been here many times as a group with friends. However last night I did notice how dirty the ladies toilets were. Only had 2. 1 of which was out of order and the other had no toilet paper hand drier didn’t work. The food tasted nice and looked nice but I took out 2 pieces of chicken which where not cooked properly the I asked to take it home and it looked disgusting so I wasted my money. I chose prawn cocktail for my starter and both of us had sickness after. Shall not be returning. The food was awful but the staff were very nice and friendly. Also forgot to mention I found a hair short and grey.

Absolutely loved this place ! Had a family meal here and it was faultless ! The food is incredible and the set meal is such good value! Service is warm and nothing is any trouble. My parents dine here a lot and my partner and I will now be regular visitors. Thanks all for a great evening

Visited this restaurant with my partner the other week after friends had recommended it. To start with I thought the venue was a tad scruffy outside, also noticed a lot of young dodgy looking men lingering outside their adjoining hotel. Went for a chicken dish which was mainly sauce. Around 2 hours after eating It I developed stomach pains and vomited.

Decided to give the Cardamon Lounge a try for take out after hearing good reviews despite the 4 star hygiene rating. The food was nice but there was a metal staple in my dhansak. Definitely won’t be ordering again.

Great meal with friends excellent service reasonable prices had fixed menu

Love it here. Best Indian restaurant in Leicestershire. Food is so tasty and the staff are what make the restaurant so brilliant.

This is a great place to eat. Lovely food and people. Great service. Thoroughly recommend it.

Best Indian restaurant in Leicestershire- and I’ve dined in most of them over the past 50 years.

Went tonight with 3 friends and thoroughly enjoyed it, food was delicious, staff are amazing and so friendly and attentive, absolutely recommend it and cannot wait to return, thank you for a really lovely enjoyable relaxed evening 😊

Very tasty food and very friendly staff, always go the extra mile, highly recommended

Great food, good value with a pleasant busy atmosphere.

Staff are so friendly and food is delicious.

Imran was really friendly and made the whole experience a lot better. Nothing was too much trouble. The food here is fantastic. First time visit for us and the taste is incredible, quality is what you would expect from a fine dining restaurant. It’s the good chicken that falls apart when it touches your mouth not the cheap bulk frozen chicken you usually have to grind through. We will definitely be back again. Thanks guys 🙏

Our go to curry house. Great tasting food, great service. Highly recommended

Great place been going for years and nether disappointed..👍

Regularly dine at the Cardamom Lounge. Food and service has always been excellent.

Having had this restaurant recommended to us by friends, we thought we would give them a try instead of our usual nearby choice. I think it’s important to state firstly that the food was quite tasty. Regretfully that’s where the positive review ends. We placed our order on a Saturday night @ 17:40 & were advised 1 hour, which at a weekend seemed reasonable. When it reached 18:55 we rang back for an update & were told our order was ready & it would be there soon, they were just waiting on a delivery driver returning. When it reached 19:00 we called again to be told the driver had left & when questioned could you check what time he left, we were met with excessive avoidance, but eventually the said would you like us to ring the delivery driver, naturally we said yes & 5 mins later they rang back to say he was 3 mins away. Eventually the driver arrived @ 19:40 (2 hours after order when we were told 1 hour). We asked the driver when he picked the order up & was told 10 mins ago. The Cardamon Lounge just don’t care about your service once they have your cash (we paid by card over the phone), and none of the timings given throughout matched or reflected the distance we were from the restaurant.

Fantastic food and an excellent price!

Really good food. Fantastic service. First time but would definitely return.

This evening, took a somewhat cold 45 minute walk up there to find it closed due to refurbishment!!! Wouldn’t have taken much effort to upgrade Google page. Not impressed, their loss, Spice 45 gain.

Been going to Cardamom lounge for 3 or 4 years now and never had a bad meal. Yeah the stuff in the press wasn't good for them but it didn't put me off and it's still my restaurant of choice 👌

Been ordering from these guys for years! Sometimes 2 times a week! I can safely say I’ve never had an issue and always very impressed with the level of service and quality of the food we receive. Always a 10/10 for me! 👌🏼

Lovely New Year's Eve meal with family and friends.

Place could do with a clean, redecorating and updating. But food is excellent and staff attentive. Door often left open when guests come to pick up take away food. So can be drafty and cold if sat by the door.

The most amazing Christmas Day lunch ! We cannot thank you guys enough! The food was awesome! Really generous portions and the service we received was absolutely top notch!! We had such a great time and already have said we will be back next year ! Huge thanks again for making our Christmas Day an awesome one !! Xx

Christmas Dinner a great success. Thanks so much to the Management and Staff we had a great Christmas Day Lunch here yesterday.. Catered for us as pescatarians and nothing was too much trouble.. Great starter, main and delicious ice cream for dessert. Merry Christmas to all.

Went last night for our works Xmas party Staff were amazing. They couldn’t do enough for us. Food was superb. Every dish was hot, tasty and delicious. Everyone enjoyed. Well done to all the staff, we couldn’t have asked for more.

Visited for my daughters birthday. Very efficient service from extremely friendly staff

Lovely meal again on Wednesday good service and good atmosphere

For this place, there's no too small orders. I want to say a massive "THANK YOU" to stuff who allowed me and my son to stay there just for a cup of coffee while we're waiting another person, but to wait outside was too cold. Friendly and polite service. Lovely music and unbelievable smells from the kitchen🤤

Fabulous food would recommend 😋

Have eaten here many times it's never disappointed.

Great Restaurant. The service was great, the prices are great and the food is fantastic! Definitely will come back

Fantastic food, very reasonably priced and served in good time. Will definitely be returning.

Go there a lot, service is great, food is lovely

Welcoming staff, spotless table and good choice of dishes. Food served hot, not luke warm as you find in many places. Can’t find fault and good value for money. Would definitely recommend without hesitation.

Have ate here many times but on two occasions the service has been poor and food not as good as usual. On the last visit I waited 2 hours for food and had no apologies from staff. This has really put me off visiting this restaurant again as I don't expect to wait that long for food.

Love this place food is hot sevice is good restaurant is lovely & clean

Unique and dliceous spyce with family dinner good serviceable amazing decoration of cardamom lounge

The best restaurants by far, excellent staff always welcoming. Food is the best in Leicestershire.

Great for take away or dine-in. Friendly staff, tasty food, reasonable prices!

Excellent food at a reasonable price £16.95 for 3 courses Sunday to Thursday. Service was quite slow compared to our previous visit with quite a long wait between the starter and main course probably about 45 minutes, I would recommend making a reservation as even in midweek it was very busy. As it's attached to a hotel there is plenty of parking which is a bonus.

Great Indian restaurant, the cuisine 🍽 is top quality and lots of great choices on the menu. The staff really do make your stay enjoyable and I've been about 4 times now, I've never had any issues and it will remain to be my favourite Indian! 😁🙌😋❤️

Had a fabulous meal here, food was very tasty and service was great, highly recommend

Had very noisy neighbours on full volume but the food and service was lovely

Nice friendly Indian restaurant.

Second time been there for a meal. The waiters were lovely and polite. Food was absolutely gorgeous. Would definitely go back.

We had a pre booked take away for 6. Shah was excellent at ensuring the meal for my friend with a gluten intolerance was met. The food was delicious. It was sll ready at collection time. The staff although busy, were very friendly. Great food and good value. Thank you Shah snd team

Fantastic service and food 5 ⭐️

Second time me & my wife had been there. Very impressed with the food & staff. The food was very hot .. would go their again..

Excellent food, great service, and very good value for money. It was a fantastic overall experience, and I will certainly return.

Food here is amazing ! We use this restaurant all the time as they do take away too with delivery.

Great food as always. Very busy night and a great atmosphere.

They leave you sitting at a dirty table. They don’t take your order for forty minutes. The staff are rude, looking around the room when you’re trying to ask a question. I didn’t trust them regarding allergy advice because they weren’t even listening to answer. The food was poor, clearly the kitchen is using one gravy and I suspect a microwave. A leaflet through the door brought us in; knowing my neighbours will all have received the same leaflet I have been actively warning them about the rude and slow service and below par hygiene.

We’ve visited three times & every time we had lovely food with good staff, until last night. The waiter’s were to eager to please so much so when clearing our table after our first course our waiter managed to drop a tray of condiments down my jacket & a ladies coat who was sitting behind me. No apologies only a poor attempt to clean up the jacket that now needs dry cleaning. We’ll probably go back but please be more caring towards your customers.

staff are very friendly and accommodating. Food tasted amazing as always. The only thing I wanted to pick on was that there wasn’t a lot of chicken in our curries, and felt was so much sauce for the amount of chicken in there and the ice cream tasted a bit stale, like it had been on the freezer for a very long time. But overall we enjoyed our food and will be back. Really recommend. (The onion bajjiis are out of this world!)

Really friendly staff, great food and service. Let us dine quite late after a last minute call. Thank you again.

We get takeout here almost weekly and the food is incredible and the staff are very nice.

Was recommended by a friend. Had a takeaway it was delivered on time piping hot and the was stunning. This will be definitely be my go to for Indian food

Have been to eat here on several family occasions but have just read your hygiene rating.....0 urgent improvement needed was written!! I hope this isn't true???? Because if it is you won't be seeing any of us anytime soon!! Get your act together!!

We didn't realise when booking, but this place actually has a set menu (think 2 courses for x price, or all 3 courses for xx price). If you're used to Indian restaurant menus with dozens of options, this isn't it. The food was absolutely fine. "Fine" is the best word I can think of. Imagine the most bog standard chicken tikka and microwaved rice you could ever order (served in the plastic microwave cup to boot). Clearly not fresh, and I'd laugh if they said any of it was made in-house. The service was quick and friendly. If anything, too quick. We would normally go through more than just one bottle of wine (between 3 adults!) but because the food came out almost fast-food levels of speed, we were done eating before we could even finish our wine. We would have sunk more money at the bar, but you got us out before we could even order another bottle! Clearly popular because on a weekday night it was almost full, but this doesn't surprise me because of the price. I don't think this is indicative of quality at all. Indian meals can be very expensive, especially if you order a lot of sides, and this was by far the cheapest we've ever had. But you could definitely tell! If you have very "generic" tastes eg veggie samosa for starters, and chicken tikka and rice for main, then (and no judgement here) this will do you just fine. If you are willing to put in a bit of extra cash for something freshly made - go elsewhere.

Been going to this restaurant for a long time, food always good but had a takeaway, was about to eat my starter and bit on something hard , it was a fuse from a plug. Contacted them , they were concerned , replaced the starter but nothing else .

Decided to give CL a try as apposed to our usual curry house and were very impressed. Saturday night take away lamb naga, chicken pathia and a garlic chili chicken, rice, one nan and 2 chapatis. We stayed for a beer and Bacardi as we waited, the whole bill was £33, very good values indeed. All 3 dishes were different and extremely tasty, my go to the pathia was very good indeed, a special nod to the naga, very good. I think this may have taken over as my number 1 Indian we will definitely go for a sit down. 30 mins wait, not bad.

We probably eat here once a week takeaway and dine in once a month but over last 5 years tried a few other Indian restaurants which have been ok but some nowhere near up to par with this one. If you want consistently good food this is the place, when you dine in it’s friendly and good service, generous portions for a good price and always great food. Kelly and Benn

Amazing food & service. Great value for money, delicious taste & presentation but toilets dirty/broken. This can reflect badly on the perception of hygiene. On a positive, the set menu offers great variety, service is excellent and we even received complimentary brandies. Sort out the toilet cleanliness and this is easily 5* plus.

This was our first visit , the food was lovely, staff very friendly but on leaving we went to the toilets, absolutely disgusting….. if we had gone to the toilets before we ate we wouldn’t of eat here .

vindaloo man here curry is very good and there are toped up the service is good the people and help full you must try you won't go no wear else and the sheaf is very good Mr geary

Went on a cold wet Wednesday and the welcome and atmosphere soon warmed us. I was sceptical due to the price but was pleasantly surprised. The food was top notch and very attentive service. Try it you won't regret it

Gorgeous food great customer service! Great staff especially Dola$! What a legend! Highly recommend this place for a nice and reasonably priced too!!!

All curries tasted the same. A basic curry sauce was used for all dishes. Not good at all. Lamb was like rubber and the curries were all in a gloopy curry sauce with bland flavours, even the Diet Coke I ordered was flat. Avoid.

Excellent food, friendly staff, good menu. Always has a good atmosphere, attentive staff and food always arrives hot.

Great food and very well presented. Fabulous service from the staff who went out of their way to ensure everything was great. Thank you for a wonderful evening.

Top notch food. We booked for a table of six on Friday evening. What a superb place to eat. A lovely atmosphere with excellent food that was freshly prepared and very tasty. The whole group had a good selection of dishes that were devoured with...

We arrived at Cardamom Lounge full of anticipation after lockdown and we weren't didappointed! The welcome was friendly (I guess they were as pleased to see us as we were them) Covid safety was strictly observed and explained as we were shown to our seat....

I took my wife and 2 boys there and we all had the set menu for £11.95 each (boys shared theirs). Food was served quickly and all really nice. Cobra beer was spot on and cheap as well. All staff friendly and welcoming. Great place....

Ordered online takeaway for 7pm no show had to drive up at 8 30pm still not ready rubbish service will not use again, can't get through on phone either dials out or line busy.

We always have paneer masala and prawn curry whenever we eat Indian takeaway, so can track the quality of those 2 dishes pretty well! I can confirm Cardamom Lounge do very well with both and are consistent. Would rate Cardamom Lounge as the best quality...

Ordered a takeaway and can only say that it was fantastic! Fresh, tasty and amazingly good value! Thankyou!

In these difficult times where there is no going out, out Saturday date night is a few drinks and a meal we haven't had to make ourselves. We have ordered on line for the last four weeks and had excellent service. The meal was delivered...

Great takeaway tonight for us all - one person in the household commented it was the best curry they had in a long time! Usually good only had one issue previously with a slow delivery a long time ago but thought I’d leave a review...

We eat regularly at this restaurant and at no time have we had a poor meal. In fact the food is always superb, and is served by a team of extremely friendly and efficient waiters. There is a wide varied menu, and if Indian food...

Went for a family meal on a Saturday evening. Food was really nice. I'm fussy with indian restaurants but this place is definitely worth a visit. Everyone in the party enjoyed their food. I would definitely visit again

What can I say, one of the best Indian restaurants I've visited in the country & I've been in a few. Always excellent food, always excellent courteous & friendly service, always a great atmosphere & always busy, which if not the sign of a good...

Arrived late and cold ., everything in the bags was spilt as spoilt .. phoned up to complain and was offered a 25% discount on next order!

We have only just found this great little Indian restaurant , the staff are extremely helpful and very friendly They do a great set menu with good prices and plenty to choose from The food quality and presentation is excellent for the price we paid

Favourite curry house - atmosphere always friendly and staff always go above and beyond. Food always spot on and the set menu is great value although drinks and extras can easily double the cost.

We came as a table of nine people, this is the second time we have been in a big group and had drinks added to our bill at the end that we didn't order .They add extra drinks to big groups as they think you will not realise. Absolutely disgusting that they rip people off. spoilt a good night. When questioned they said it was a mistake. You have lost our custom now and we will tell everyone that you rip people off. Also other people say the same in other reviews.

We went for New Years Eve and had a lovely meal but what made the evening was the staff, we had a warm welcome, friendly service, all very helpful and great fun. Would definitely go again.

This is one of our favorite Indian restaurants in the area. The food, service and value for money are all top notch. The restaurant not only offers a normal A La Carte menu but also a great value 3 course 'fixed' menu. But it's not really fixed, there is a huge selection and really is great value for money! The staff are very friendly and helpful. The only problem is finding a space in the car park - it is that popular. Highly recommended and we are regular diners.

We had lunch on Christmas Day. It was fabulous. Bubbly on arrival. Food was five star - as always. The staff are so helpful and go out of their way to make you feel relaxed and enjoy the whole experience. Would never hesitate to recommend this restaurant to anyone.

We have eaten here a few times now, not our local but we always enjoy the food. We usually get there early and can park without a problem. Service is pretty fast and they replace things quickly if they are not as specified.