Chadni Express in Exeter

Didn't receive any tableware🥲 I didn't order lamp pilaf. It's tasty though, especially the chicken masala

first time ordering from here food was poor quality and dry

Food was really good, but today we've all ended up woth food positioning :(

Freshly cooked and yummy as always, thanks

Horrible Food and Dangerous Health Risk - Never Ordering Again!!!!! I wish I could give this place zero stars. I ordered a Lamb Dansak, and my fiancé had the Tandoori Platter. To say the food was disappointing would be an understatement. The dishes were incredibly bland, with barely any flavor—completely lifeless and lacking the rich, aromatic taste you'd expect from Indian cuisine. But the worst part? I’ve been suffering from severe food poisoning for the past four days since eating this meal. It’s been a nightmare! This isn't just a case of bad food; it's a serious health hazard. I’m appalled by the lack of quality and care that went into preparing this food. I will never order from CHANDI EXPRESS again, and I strongly advise others to avoid it at all costs. The risk just isn't worth it.

Simply a joke. My order got cancelled around half an hour into waiting. They won't leave a reason why it was cancelled, and they won't answer the phones. I'm now left £50 out of pocket at 8 pm on a Sunday and the refund will take 3-5 days to get back to me. I've been ordering from these guys on almost a weekly basis for years but sadly I think this is going to change. I used to love their food but I'm going to have a look around as Cranbrook doesn't leave many options. Just too many mistakes have led to losing a loyal customer. Edit: What's even funnier is Foodhub have even emailed me someone else's complaint! I now have all the contact details and information for a Matt Smith. Huge breach in GDPR.

Ordered multiple times, sometimes is good, but the majority of the time everything is full of coconut milk and lacks other flavours.

Small order for us tonight of a naan, chicken tikka meat and some samosas (can of Rio to make up the order) always so lovely, delivery driver was very polite and friendly. Our fave Indian in town, thank you

I ordered matar panner ,daal tarka and garlic naan from this restaurant and the taste and quality was horrible. The paneer dish they served not had a single panner piece in it and it was sweet like a custard. Tarka daal was just a boiled lenlits nothing else. Spend 15£ and couldn't even eat half of it. I ordered it from Uber eats otherwise would had returned my dinner back to the kitchen where it was cooked. Would never recommend anybody who is fond of eating indian food, it would be waste of money and your evening.

I love this place, my favourite Indian to order from.. BUT tonight they forgot both our naan breads… when I called to let them know; I was told they would be delivered asap. When they arrived.. it turned out only one was there. *sigh. Other than that, lovely.

Great tasting food quick delivery a must have Indian for me

Never had a Peshwari Naan with nuclear red food colouring inside. Looks like they take a regular Naan and put some sort of slop inside. Should have gone to Spice Magic, I'll never set foot in this place again

Over an hour time kept changing on the delivery time

Really nice, fast delivery definitely order again! Well done

Fantastic meal for four of us. Absolutely gorgeous and tasty. Chicken pieces were out of this world. To sum our meal up 100% perfect. Thank you.

First time ordering from here and it was Fantastic. Arrived on time, still hot and it was delicious

Meh. Madras sauce was way too runny. Nice flavor and heat tho.

Chicken was dry and hard.The Onion Bajis were over done but also as though they had been cooked a while before i received them.Normally Chadni food very good! But tonight was disappointing

Food was generally good, but sauces are a bit thin and runny. Korma could have used a bit more flavour. Lots of meat though which was nice! Poppadoms and naan are both very nice, very light and not stodgy!

Lovely food delivered 15mins late

Food was pre ordered for 7:30, arrived at 8:10 with no rice. Called up and was told can either wait 20minutes(which would have made the food cold) or have a £2.75 refund. Shocking customer service if I’m honest. Wouldn’t order from here again

This is the second time we have used Chadni on Just Eat. Food is delicious, really tasty and better than many other takeaways! Just Eat drivers have always found our place and are really friendly. Will definitely be using both services going forward. Thanks for such great service xx 😁

Absolutely amazing food, highly recommend and delivered very quickly!

delivery driver was great food was ok avg have had better but also had worse the onion bargi was flat as pancakes i prefer the balls but was ok

Lovely food and not late as always brilliant

Tasty food delivered on time, consistently good

Arrived within time estimation, food was hot and very tasty. Brownie was a bit expensive for what it was but overall would definitely order again.

The curry tasted ok but was watery, not creamy like a korma should be. The muttar paneer was missing the paneer so was just a tub of onions and peas which was disappointing.

Absolutely unbelievable, we waited 1 hour 40 mins for our order to arrive, from ordering to being delivered. What a shamble. When our stone cold food arrived we then had no rice, so we ate a curry with our bread.. what an absolute let down from this restaurant, to then ignore phone calls and no supplying us with a refund. We used to order from here regularly but not again.! A complete joke of a Indian takeaway

Really yummy! Everything fresh and hot - didn’t receive my drink though…

Went here for a takeaway recently. Meat and sauce was good, even if could have been a bit more generous with the meat, but the rice was very poor quality. Have never had rice like this in an Indian takeaway before, not sure what they are doing so wrong with it but it’s not how you would expect. Had the lemon naan which was a nice option and something different to the norm.

Don"t normally write reviews but but the food i had was very tasty and will be going again , ( Fantastic )

Kebab was dry, onion bhaji was soggy and chicken pakoras are meant to be crispy so decided to let the dog have them but he walked away too

They were brilliant,gad accidently put collect instead of takeaway,they dealt with it very kindly

Excellent service, the guy in the shop is always welcoming and friendly when picking up the order. Very reasonable for what you get, which is a classic Indian Takeaway. A quick and easy, no thrills Indian Takeaway.

The delivery was significantly earlier than expected and I nearly missed it, but the food was great.

Cheaper than other Indian takeaways but this was really tasty and fast delivery. Will order from here again. 5 stars!!

Good quality food w/ fast delivery!

Absolutely fantastic food, service is amazing the food is cooked so well and very generous portions 😀 thank you so much.

Not very pleased chicken was rubbery and greasy. Won’t be ordering from here again

Always enjoy food from Chandi express. Had item missing but they delivered this within 20 minutes. Always recommend this place!

Delicious food but ordered 7 poppadoms and only received 2.

Awful meal! Too much cheap food colour added to the tandoori platter! Uneven distribution of salt! No spices at all! Won't give another try or recommend it to anyone else! Absolute waste of money!

Ideal. Great delivery service.

Really lovely curry! Would order again

We come from Chudleigh to collect it, still worth it and was on time!

Best curry I’ve had amazing every time but let down by the worst chips I’ve Eva had clearly cooked and left to go cold and re dunked in hot oil and then sent out a real let down

Always enjoy my food from Chandi Express. Ordered a few times now and delivery has been prompt and food is always hot!

Another really tasty meal from Chandi (as always) Thank you for your great services and well cooked tasty meals

Hot and early you can’t argue with that😊

Loved the meal ordered for 3 was delivered in quick time . Really enjoyed the meal will never go anywhere else Can't wait for next meal

Fantastic food. Always piping hot and on time. A forever repeat customer. Love this place.

Never turned up. So rude on the phone to me. Accused me of lying. Disgusting service. Have always ordered from them, never again! £25 wasted.

Amazing, tasty food! Arrived 20 minutes early and piping hot!

Lovely curries rice and keema nan.. sadly starters not so good… will buy currys and different starters next time

The only complaint is no forks and I asked for an receipt but they didn't provide one

Delicious! All dishes had its own unique flavour. Meat tender. Very good. Quick delivery and still hot. It was not greasy at all. Only critism that garlic naan bread was slightly undercooked.

Food was very good delivery was late

Mixed feelings about the food, I eat the same selection of food at any Indian restaurant, Tikka masala was really not good, I’ve had better in my teens from a jar so at nearly £12 was a let down, my wife’s king prawn byriany was good, onion bargi’s not good, keema naans were amazing and the strangest experience was being able to buy apple crumble from an Indian takeaway, and it was amazing, over all probably would not eat there again to though,

Lovely tasting food and nice and hot.

Fantastic food delivered hot and on time, the ceiling curry was lovely thank you

Nice tasting curry only complaint is I had half an unchopped onion in it

Still the best Indian in Exeter. So good in fact we drive in from Chudleigh to get a take away

We ordered the food at 6 and it didn’t come until 8 and after waiting so long when food got here it was freezing cold

despite being a busy new year the delivery was earlier than expected and everything lovely! thank you x

Food arrived COLD and missing the popadoms and chips. Very disappointing.

Waited nearly 3 hours for food then turned up Stone cold. Complained to restaurant told to contact just eat unbelievable 🤬

Turned up 3 hrs late stone cold!! Complained to restaurant then told to contact just eat 🤬 horrendous service.

Good food, delivered promptly! Thanks

Great food again. Definitely recommended

This was our first order from this particular Indian. We choose it as we heard good things (the people saying good things must have lost their minds) and because of the fact you can pre order which not all Indians within the area offer. We asked for it to be delivered at 8pm. At 7pm the doorbell rings and to our surprise it’s the delivery guy. We stated he was an hour early and we weren’t ready yet (my partner wasn’t even home from work and I was in the process of putting my child to bed) he said ‘’early is better than late’’, left the order on the doorstep and drove off. I instantly rang Chadni to advise them of the poor service I had received. An even rudier man answered. I explained my issue and he again stated that earlier is better than late. I asked him what the point In giving the option to have specific times for the food to order was but all he could focus on was that the order wasn’t late so this must be fine (which it obviously wasn’t). I went on to explain my partner wasn’t home yet and his response was ‘’it’ll stay warm for an hour’’. After a lot of back and fourth I got no where, he wouldn’t pick up the food and also wouldn’t deliver a new one at the time I had originally asked. I gave up. We ate the semi warm food an hour later which was average at best. 24 hours later, both me and my partner have severe stomach issues vomiting etc. I would not touch this place even if it was free. Rude staff and shocking food. Stay away! It’s cheap but it’s 100% cheap for a reason. Absolutely useless!

Really good food. Restaurant was kind enough to send an additional item to replace one they didn't have

Best curry in Exeter. Food was hot and delicious. Portion sizes and prices very reasonable. Delivery quick.

20 minutes late no apologies and stone cold won't be coming back.

Super yummy. I was very happy :)

Two hours late dreadful service , Food was thrown out ,,,,, TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY!!!.... Chandi in Heavitree i have always had great service.....Will never order from the Pinhoe shop again... and they thought giving me £3 off was acceptable ..... If they had issues with the order they could have text me..... Now just eat think £5 off is some form off compensation ....,.Terrible

We’ve ordered from this restaurant countless times before and they were our favourite take-away, until having to wait TWO HOURS after the expected delivery and calling FOUR times to chase them, only to receive a cold and poorly made curry. The food is usually amazing, but the fact that it wasn’t even up to its usual standard after waiting three hours for it, really rubbed salt into the wound. When we called the 4th time, we were finally told it would be another half an hour to wait. It was nearly another hour after that and all we got as an apology was an extra pot of mint sauce. Ruined our Saturday night and our opinion of this restaurant. We will avoid ordering from them again.

Poor, ordered at 6:10pm, told on just eat it would arrive by 7:15 - 7:35pm for delivery. Thought that’s cool and good …. After chasing twice … food arrived 8:10pm!! And mildly warm! Shocking delivery service, poor food quality…. Never again. Ruined my Saturday night with friends.

Really nice meal, though it would be great if they were to do some vegan options

Food was cold and was half portions such a small amount of meat was just pots of sauce with 5 small chunks of chicken also items missing and no answer from restaurant

Food was very tasteless was not nice at all

Unbelievable! DO NOT USE THEM! When I was placing the order it said the delivery time would be 35 minutes. When I placed the order it went up to 1 hour 30 minutes. When it still hadn't arrived by then I phoned them and was told it would be 5 minutes, no apology for the delay. When it hadn't arrived after another 15 minutes I phoned again and was told it was about to arrive. When I said that I was told 15 minutes that it would arrive in 5 minutes she lied and said she'd told me 15 minutes, and wouldn't accept this wasn't what she said. She then rudely slammed the phone down on me. The order finally arrived 10 minutes later, almost 2 HOURS after I'd placed the order. This is unaccepted. The food was fine, but we couldn't enjoy it after the experience we'd had. Rude, no apology for the delay, shocking service.

Food quality and flavour was great but 30 minutes late and cold

Lamb is always tender and lean. We love having a meal from Chadni. Lemon Nan is awesome and coconut rice too. NEVER been disappointed in well over 10 years of using Chadni.

Might of been late but it is Saturday so it’s expected to busy. The food made up for it ! Being late is fine if the quality is there .

Still waiting for it to arrive - have rung restaurant, and they said it would be here in 5 mins. It’s now another 30 mins later

Food was nice when it finally arrived. It took 2 hours from order to delivery (site was saying 45mins). If it was a more accurate reflection of delivery time I would have saved on the cost of delivery and gone and collected it myself.

Our food was nearly an hour late and when it came some of the order was missing. I phoned and explained and was told the missing items would be send out immediately. The missing items never came. No refund, no attempt to apologise. Unacceptable.

Food was excellent but 30 minutes later than the latest estimated time.

Food was really good but it was over an hour late and the app said the order had been delivered.

Twas nice, if not a little late

Absolutely horrendous! We’ve ordered from them a number of times before and have never had this problem. They kept us waiting two and a half hours and then tried to make out that there were “six other orders” going to our row of four houses. 😒 really?! Will not being going here again.

Yummy food, unfortunately missed 1x drink but this was refunded by JustEat

Been coming here for years now and the food has only got better. Price is very reasonable and delivery is prompt. There are not many other restaurants that can compete with this quality of food in our opinion. However tonight for reasons I don't know it seemed that there was almost no sauce, well there was sauce but it was only half way up the container. I'm not looking for a refund but just to note as I don't believe in creating bad business you or anybody. Otherwise the food was still delicious, hot and on time. You will always be our number 1 Indian takeaway. :) Even if we are still hungry tonight hehe.

Great food spicy and flavorful thank you recommend this place

I love the food from here. Consistently good every time.

Amazing food as always, delivered around 20 minutes late so wasn’t overly hot by the time it got here. Never the less, the quality of the food is always outstanding and delicious.

Garlic chilli chips £4.50 or whatever they were.. few french fries in a box with no flavour at all.mushroom Rice was shocking.the chicken korai was ok but had better.arrived 15 mins early

Chadni Exeter chicken tikka phall it’s one of hottest and best curry’s I’ve had outside Glasgow snot sweat and tears before during and after eating it but it’s worth every mouth watering taste bud on fire sensations you could ever put near your mouth but it’s not for everyone caution this is extreme one of hottest curry’s in world I’m sure right here on the door in Exeter my compliments too the chef as always great dish great meal many thanks keep up the spice work

2 hours late. Before I placed the order it estimated 35min delivery time. Had they of been honest with there realistic delivery time I would of gone and collected and still used them. 2 hours late and driver just grunted. No apology. Just eat can only give £5 back from a £31 order. We had to warm food back up which took more time. Not the first time it’s happened. Won’t be using or just eat again.