Chilis Indian Restaurant in West Berkshire

Fantastic vegetarian meal (palak dal and aubergine curry with roti) and enough to take home for dinner tomorrow! The aubergine curry was incredible - you could really taste the fresh ginger.

The chana masala is incredible one of the best i have had also the vegetable pakoras are to die for highly recommend they also are able to make certain dishes vegan if you have any dietary needs will be back for sure!!

Disappointing. Generally the food was good but the vegetarian side dishes are presented, and priced, as separate vegetarian meals. They are not; they are side dishes like any other Indian restaurant. The service was a let down. One of our party had a hair in her dish; the young waitress was unable to deal with this. A nervous giggle was all she could manage. Not her fault; clearly the waiting staff are not trained. But if you put a 12.5% service charge on the bill you need to be better than this.

Disappointed with last night’s meal, very bland, uninspiring, and over priced for what we received (popadoms, mixed starter, 2 mains, one rice and 2 large kingfisher beers = £78). *Popadoms - only came with two very average out of a jar (and poor quality) mango chutney and a long-life off the shelf mint raita, no onion salad and/or lime pickle. Worrying start. *Mixed Starters for two - was just a bit weird, it was the most Anglo-Indian plate I’ve seen, one stodgy samosa cut in half, 2 soggy battered bits of fish, two mushrooms, a pile of fried chicken and peppers and two more artificial tasting dips straight out of a bottle - all extremely disappointing and frankly unappetising. *Mains - we chose one Special Chili’s Chicken dish and one Lamb Rogan Josh and one Pilau rice. The redeeming factor is that the meat in both dishes were good and succulent, but the Rogan Josh was tasteless, utterly bland, and the chicken dish was slightly better with a stronger garlic taste. We asked for them to be hot and, at best, they were medium spiced. The rice was tasty but an unappetising brown in colour, and when served on a brown plate, quite literally all the items together seemed to just camouflage into the background. There was no sign of any vegetables - peppers, chillies, okra, mushrooms, or anything in either dish, just meat and gravy - considering they were north of £14 each it was, I’ll use that word again, very uninspiring. The restaurant itself was okay as was the service, but based on the food alone I will not be heading back due to the overall very disappointing experience - have they lost their chef?

Food was great but pretty expensive

Been here twice already food is really tasty and authentic. Service is excellent too. I will be back soon and recommend to my friends too.

Shame I didn’t take any pictures :( food was just amazing you can tell it’s well made. The lady who served us was so lovely and attentive! Definitely coming back

Watery bland tasteless food. The delivery came with two smashed up popadoms that I had paid for. Onion bhajis were cold. The rest of the £60 meal for two was watered down slop. Will never order from here again

Only been once before, but have to say everything was good. No issues or complaints about food or service.

Superb food and service. A wonderful fusion of flavours and regions. Highly recommended and worth every penny.

Fantastic curry house near Newbury train station. Great menu selection, where you can customise the heat of every menu item depending on your preference. Food was first class. Good service and pleasant decor. Highly recommended

Absolutely superb restaurant! Food was delicious - one of the best curries I’ve had in a while! The staff are excellent and lovely. Don’t miss out on the dosa!

Scrumptious food. Excellence service, although a bit pricier than other Indian restaurants, it’s 100% worth paying a few more. Definitely going back for more .

Very slow service, single course meal taking 2.5hrs. Great food.

Went for a family get together of 11 and we all had a fantastic meal, great service, ambience, nothing was too much trouble and the staff were very friendly - would highly recommend a visit - very reasonably priced for the quality of food too.

Best Indian food we've eaten since living here

This was our first visit to Chilis in many years - it always used to be good but didn't know if anything had changed. The gentleman who took our phone reservation was extremely polite, and the welcome when we arrived warm and smiling. The menu is pleasantly different from the normal standard sauces, with a page of main specialities and another of vegetarian options. Within reason, depending on the dish, they can be supplied mild, medium, hot etc. It was a nice change not to be automatically offered papadams (although they are available) - too often they spoil your appetite. All of our starters were delicious, as were our mains. The chicken was tender and high quality, the sizzling prawns generous, and the dal makhani, made with black lentils, just delicious. The bill includes a 12.5% service charge which another reviewer commented on - maybe a little steep but on the other hand the service was immaculate and again friendly and informative, so we didn't begrudge it. Overall, the total bill was very reasonable given that we went away full and completely happy. We look forward to returning, sooner rather than later.

First time visiting, recommended by a friend. We were staying at a local hotel in Speen called the Hare and Hounds. We ate there most nights but wanted a change of pace. The food was excellent. The service was also acceptable. We would recommend this place to others.

Good food and pleasant service. My second visit. The draught beer was off so bottles were offered. I was a little taken aback by the bill - a 12.5% non-optional service charge applied to the whole bill, making the beer bottles £7.43 each. This is Newbury not London. It was too embarrassing to raise this at the time as I was with somebody, so paid as asked. But it left a sour taste. The bottles should have been charged at the draft beer price (which I assume and hope was less than £7.45) and the service should have been optional. The bill even invites a top up. This is Newbury not the US.

I ordered a vegetarian Cauliflower based starter in Chilli's via Uber. I got a Chicken piece in it. It is against my belief system of not eating meat. An Indian restaurant should know this more than anyone else. Thoroughly disappointed. Wont be ordering from here again.

We really enjoy the fresh food and wide range of curry dishes here just by Newbury station. Have spoken to chefs before about the fruit sizzlers and finally decided to give it a try. Absolutely delicious and very different from other choices - top dish! On table we also had fish and prawn curry plus the weekend special byrianni. Simple starters included pecora and cauliflower Gobi

23/09/23. Hidden little gem, service, staff and food quality is outstanding. The price is very reasonable, and on our visit averaged £30 per head including drinks, may vary depending on what dish/s you have. Definitely worth a visit.

1hr until poppadoms - 1hr 45 mins deep and still no mains - barely anyone in the restaurant, doesn’t make sense

Has got the ♥️. Without doubt the best curry and service I've had in a very long time in Berkshire.

Lovely food here, service good, recommend a visit.

Good place near railway station

Excellent food, I have tried almost all veg dishes which are absolutely super. They prepare the dish as per your request and flavour. Tandoori mushroom is a must try. Overall I have been there 4 times in last 2 months and every time their taste was consistent. I would recommend this Indian restaurant.

Bryani was good and the staff was friendly.

The staff were very welcoming, warm and friendly.

The tables are a little packed in. But that's because they can fill them. Good specials. Big portions. The "hot" curries are just bearable. I found you tasted the ingredients more if you had the medium. The Chicken biryani medium was a bit too uniform taste throughout. The Prawn Malai curry medium was too liquidy. mushroom rice excellent and well presented. gongura chicken very nice indeed. Good vegetable rice. Big portions.

Excellent taste, ambiance and great service. I strongly recommend this restaurant in UK. This will not be my last visit for sure!

Always a delight to return- whether I eat in with friends or takeaway as I did on this occasion. Will be back soon!

Had another fantastic meal at Chilis. This is the best Indian restaurant by far in Newbury. The staff are very helpful and attentive. Would recommend.

There aren't enough stars to rate Chili's highly enough! Places are about people and Chili's has the nicest staff - really good people. Food once again was incredible, madras fish and then the biryani which quite simply was WOW. Thank you Chili's for being so great.

Yummy food with excellent presentation. Superb atmosphere.. Thank you Chilis

Good service. Nice place for Indian cuisine in Newbury

I've had MANY thousands of curries on my time on earth. This was without a doubt one of the best I've ever had. Highly recommend the Aubergine curry and the Vegetable curry. I would eat here everyday if I could.. Thank you for a delicious meal. Hope to visit Newbury and come back again one day.

Excellent hospitality, lovely attentive staff, very comfortable seating. The food was terrific, really flavoursome, great portion sizes, very good heat. A really wonderful evening all in all, will definitely be back and highly recommend to friends and family

Food is absolutely superb, tastes home cooked.

Fantastic food. I’ve been to India more than ten times and this is the most authentic Indian food I’ve had in the UK. Absolutely delicious. Some negative comments on here about the naan breads being thin - these are authentic Indian breads, not the rubbish we are told is Indian that are all puffy and thick. The staff are very friendly and helpful, and the service was great. Absolutely fantastic - we will definitely go back again!

Got this for takeaway and it's by far the best Indian I've had in Newbury. All dishes were superb and we're clearly cooked fresh to order! Very friendly service on collection.

Well let’s start on a positive, the staff were very pleasant, and half the food was delicious, however the other half wasn’t nice , the dishes were not really as described going from past experience from other restaurants, the butter chicken was not, the rice wasn’t what I ordered, the starter was not worth half what they charged £18 the popadoms were great, though the dips were from a jar, my biggest moan is they charged £3.45 each for a can of coke and £5.95 for a bottle of thatchers gold, I can understand a company doubling the price of a product but not trebling it, also there prices are far to high, £7.95 for a tiny portion of potato and spinach sagalo, I definitely would not recommend purely because of the prices, Definitely not going back

We booked to eat here whilst visiting Newbury. Very easy to reserve a table and amend the time without any fuss at all. The staff were very welcoming, warm and friendly. Nothing was too much hassle and we were helped to choose our meals when we weren’t sure what to order- so much choice! The food was delicious. A fabulous, family run restaurant. Highly recommended.

The food here was absolutely delicious. We visited yesterday evening - poppodoms to start and I ordered the Gongura Lamb (a southern Indian speciality) for main. We shared lasooni naans, rice and pakoras. Flavours were out of this world - highly recommended!

We had a lovely meal here. The service was great and the food was very authentic Indian dishes.

Visited to celebrate a birthday. Chili's offer outstanding authentic Indian food, fresh and beautifully cooked with lots of flavour. We were very happy with the Chicken Biryani. Tasted great. Prices reasonable too. Will visit again.

Best Quality and Best Service and taste

Excellent food and service. We had lamb Rogan Josh which is the best we ever had. Must try thi place if you are in this area.

Best Indian food in Berkshire area.

Great place and amazing food. Love the ambience.

The restaurant was very pleasant, it was cozy and clean. I tried both lunch and dinner, the food was excellent and incredibly varied. The hotel team has always been friendly, patient and helpful. That impressed me the most. I suggest everyone to try this restaurant. And also they provide party and birthday bookings. So if your looking for good party buffet food, I strongly recommend chili's.

Chillis is a good choice among the Indian restaurants in Newbury. The food is not so great to taste but the lack of other good Indian dining drives us here. The side dishes are oily for my eyes and veg. Rice doesn't feel like veg rice as its just plain masala rice with little beans, corn and peas served on top. It can have more vegetables. The rotis and naans are good but must be eaten hot otherwise loses its taste.

Me and my family went to this place for our special get together on Friday dinner. As we are all vegetarian ordered kadai paneer, aubergine curry, qongura paneer and dal makhani. Which were excellent. We will be back

I took my family for dinner and the food is here excellent, The best we had after a long time and the food quality was amazing, very good service with a smile and polite. I will definitely recommend this place,

Not a place for couples,seem to be catering for large tables of football supporters.shame as it's a nice place

It's a good Restaurant, items are tasty and even affordable.

"I was so impressed with my dinner .we tried Gongura paneer,Dum Biriyani,Lamb biryani ,Naans& with few starters..we enjoyed the food and it was so appetizing...we were so impressed with the quality of the food and the short amount of time it took to receive it..The restaurant was very clean&great service. One of the best places I've eaten on NEWBURY.

Had never before tasted......delicious & spicy food as per customer requirement.

Brilliant food and friendly staff. The food is cooked fresh & very tasty.

Very good food and friendly staff

Food was so fresh and delicious. The service was so friendly.

I was enjoying my food, and went to get seconds, only to see a long hair dangling between the spoon and the tupperware. Left me feeling sick.

Just had an absolutely amazing meal here tonight, the food was amazing great flavours and the freshest nam bread I have ever tasted. All with that fresh cooked homemade family run feel. Staff were polite and very friendly. Highly recommend a meal here.

Absolutely Authentic Indian and I can vouch for it😜. Amazingly fresh food with lovely spices. Staff are amazing and very kind. Please visit this restaurant if you are in Newbury but only if you want AUTHENTIC INDIAN FOOD.

Amazing food served. The chicken ordered was soft and tender with perfect mix of spices. The staff is equally awesome. Truly special place to visit

Good food . Good service. Well done for staff . Accomodating alegies also thank you

Very clean, tasty food, contemporary decorations etc, the staffs were very welcoming and quick to seat you. The menu is well designed to provide variety of choices starting from starters, mains and desserts.

Outstanding food and wonderful staff. The flavours were absolutely gorgeous and tailored to your preferred level of spice. Would 100% recommend.

First time eating here, food and service excellent, can't wait to come back.

Average. Deciding on a small get together and fancied an Indian, and this place is highly rated across google and trip adviser. It was nice, but nothing more than average, really don’t understand the hype (sorry). Service was nothing more than average too? Between the 5 of us we had a great selection too, and tried multiple dishes.

Food and service great! Thank you for fitting us in. Will be back

We regularly order from chillis. The food is excellent. When we have dined in on occasion, it’s always a pleasurable experience and the staff are friendly

Best Indian restaurant in Newbury, good price, clean, courteous staff, family business. Curries adjustable mild, medium, hot & extra hot. Well worth a visit👌

They were fully booked on the Friday we popped in but we were very grateful that they squeezed us in because the food and service was excellent. We'll definitely be back, thank you so much!

Biryani could be bit dry. Feels like rice mixed in gravy.

Simply my favourite Indian restaurant in Newbury and probably my favourite in the country

An hour before it closed we were told they were closing. I can't put a review about the food but clearly we were weren't felt welcome

The food is very good and the so as the service i really like the masala fish

Absolutely brilliant staff- very kind and welcoming!! Best curry I’ve had in the area, they offer lots of variations and will adapt the spice to your taste. Would 100% recommend!!

Favourite Indian restaurant, always has the best food

Chili’s is by far the most authentic, best tasting Indian in the Newbury/Thatcham area! The food is all freshly homemade, you can pick ur own spice level based on your palette. The owners are super friendly and helpful. Highly recommend to dine in or order takeaway to try out.

Very good and love the taste and quality

Best curry in Newbury, up with the best curry I’ve ever had! Lovely staff, very accommodating. 10/10, if you’re looking for a curry go here!

Best indian food in the area by a country mile different class 👌

Great food and great service. The Special Fish Masala was on another level. One of the nicest things I've ever eaten.

Amazing food, clean and tidy inside. Very friendly staff. Fully recommend to go! 👌🙂

Lovely flavoursome meal as usual. Very friendly service. A great curry house.

Great meal as always ! Amazing service ! Thanks very much !

Fab food saved if ever in the area again

One of the best curries i have ever had. Different names and styles but excellent. The prawns melt in your mouth. Stunning. Credit to all in the kitchen and restaurant

The menu here is a little different, there is an emphasis on freshly cooked food which allows you to choose how you would like your curry (mild/medium/hot/extra hot) and means this is not 'fast' food, but I can definitely say the food is 100% worth the wait. The menu only contains a few of the 'classics' you would expect so you may choose to pick something unusual - I am so glad I did. The chicken was lovely, with flavour all the way through and the lamb was so tender I didn't need a knife to cut it as it melted in the mouth. Flavour, heat and taste were absolutely fantastic, I only wish I lived close enough to make it my regular.

Excellent service, all food is cooked fresh so they were able to cater to multiple different dietary requirements which they understood well, and while everything was delicious, they said they were happy to change anyone's main if they weren't happy with it. Have eaten here before, will eat here again. Highly recommend.

Excellent service. The food was traditional but absolutely gorgeous. Would definitely recommend and will be returning. Top family restaurant

Great food Pakora and Dosa were amazing !!!! Please do attend great find!!!

Authentic Indian food. malai kofta was good, mixed veg could be better , should be without frozen veggies. daal tadka was excellent.

Wonderful dinner, great food, attentive service.

We have just enjoyed a delicious take away from Chilis, Newbury. My Kerala fish curry was delicate, flavoursome and mild as requested. The other meals were equally tasty and well prepared- butter chicken, tikka masala , Chilis special chicken tikka. Great meal, thank you. Will return hopefully to eat in.

New owners - superb food with distinctive flavours in all dishes and kind hospitality. Brilliant.

Friendly staff and overly atmosphere. I loved the way our waiter explained each dish! Food was excellent! All freshly made and deffo worth the wait! We will be back :-) customer service was exceptional

If you are finding an traditional Indian restaurant, this would be your best choice in Newbury. The place is cosy and food is good with fantastic seasoning. There has a 30% off discount if you go on Sunday, so it is totally worth the price. P.S the plants in the photos I posted are so cuteeee