Cinnamon Indian Restaurant in Highland

Nice food tasty. Cheaper by £11 compared to other Indians in Inverness 👍🏻

We had reserved a table for 16:15 on a Tuesday. On arrival we weren’t exactly made welcome even after explaining we had booked a table. Reluctantly were lead to a table and informed it was needed at 6 for a party. We barely had time settle in our seats and the waiter returned wanting our drinks order. He then rudely stood over me when looking at the wine list. I was told they might not have my choice of bottle so would give us something else. Within seconds returned saying they did have the wine requested, and did we still want it? We both felt the were not welcomed, under pressure order quickly and get out, there was a lack of atmosphere. We left without eating and went elsewhere. When returning to our hotel we passed the restaurant which was empty. I wonder what happened to the other bookings.

Excellent food great menu. Staff are friendly and extremely helpful 🙂

This was the worst Indian food I've ever eaten anywhere in the world. It was so unbelievably bad. We were tired from our drive from Edinburgh and decided to order from Uber Eats. Cinnamon had a quick delivery time so we chose it. What a mistake. We ordered 2 different curries and they were prepared exactly the same way. Chunks of meat 3 inches deep in a pool of jarred tomato sauce. The naan tasted like it was made of pizza dough. The Raita was bland and the mint sauce was yellow. I had to eat a bunch of chocolate after to get the taste out of my mouth. If we were not so hungry we would have thrown it away. I recommend going elsewhere.

Very good option for Indian food. The food is very delicious. Good prices. Recommended the lamb and chicken. Very good Indian beer.

As always, the cinnamon is a lovely, cosy place for Indian food. We went on a Sunday for the buffet, lots of choices. The food was lovely, good experience.

The wife and I had a lovely meal here. The staff were welcoming and the food was really nice. Neither off us could finish it. Nice pint of Cobra 👍🏻🍻

I cant say that i was expecting this level of food in a restaurant like this. All the curries tasted the same and the bread was half done. We had to send it back. The service was poor and we had to wait a long time to get the order even though the place was empty. We were a party of 5 including two kids and the food was not worth the $$ Please dont spend money at this place if you ever crave indian food.

Worst food I have ever eaten in my life. Service was poor. Waiters didn't know the menu or meat in some dishes. Why put down you are an Indian restaurant, when the chef is from Bangladesh. Sorry but was not a good experience.

Had a lovely meal for my parents 64th wedding anniversary. The staff were very friendly and great service. The food was really good. Would highly recommend and will definitely be back.

Food was very poor quality with no flavour or heat, both our dishes were really disappointing and the chicken in both of them was tough and rubbery??

Not authentic curry. Tikka Masala should not be so sweet it tastes like a dessert! Average curry. Garlic naan had no garlic on it. Angry yelling in another language coming from the kitchen while waiting for our dinner. Sorry guys. 2 stars.

Really enjoyed this place. the staff were really kind and Polite throughout.

Dissapointed with the food, the taste was ok but the amount of lamb was miniscule. I actually thought it was more vegetable than meat. Sauce was very thin and lacked depth. Not the best. Very expensive for what we received.

Simply THE best food, coffee and service in Inverness, The Cinnamon restaurant has never let us down in all the years that we have enjoyed their hospitality. Thank you!

Another year another visit to Cinnamon. Gluten Free options all marked on the menu.

Ok well so it says Indian restaurant, but it’s run by a bangladeshi, and they apparently hate India , and is quite vocal about it. Wonder why not name it a bangladeshi restaurant?? Food was stale , potatoes were smelly. Egg friend rice was blanc.. horrible experience..

So yummy! Roadman chef can cook and ginger server was sound

Food was so banging, chef went out of his way to make me the best spicy curry and the red head boy was such a helpful waiter would defo go again

Complete false pretense calling themselves an Indian Restaurant. It's a Bangladeshi that too a very bad one. Pls don't waste your bucks here

We had grate food from here and fabulous service from Ras. Definitely recommend

Food was the only half decent thing about this restaurant. Even then, i paid £4.95 for a naan bread which wasn't the best. The curries were nice. I have visited a few years ago and it has only gone downhill from there. Used to be really good. I don’t often write bad reviews unless i feel the need to. Restaurant itself was dirty, table and chairs were old and ripped and the service was pushy. They also started to hoover when we sat down which was loud and very off putting. I was sitting with my partner, had just finished my plate, and the waiter came over and said, “thats you finished”, when i wasn’t finished and was about to get another plate, and handed my bill down straight away. Overall i don't recommend you go here. It’s ok if you are on your own and want a feast. The rajah in the town centre has a great selection of curries and is definitely the place to visit, if you want indian.

We decided to have Indian food at Inverness and were looking for some place with good food and ample parking. Food was very good but the best part was service by Ras. Would recommend this place

They cheating....wrong billing...extra rates....in bill less in menu...they are cheating...and charging service charges also without telling. Worst experience. Not to visit

Awesome food and great hospitality ..Value for money ❤️

Naans were really good, food was just fine

Brilliant service and beautiful food. Raz was a fantastic host and highly recommend

We were a group of 5. The food was good all round. King Prawn Jalfrezi and Chicken Shshlik were our two best picks. We had a lamb dish that was good quality but the lamb was slightly overcooked. Our starter was good but lacked dipping sauces for the pakora. Overall a good place to have a tasty Indian meal.

I have 200% compliment for the food & services. Trust me, this Indian & Bangladesh restaurant will blow your minds away.... honest feedback from 🇸🇬 tourists 👍

Bland! Very bland! Won't say it as Indian food

Worst food ever it tasted like eating cardboard 😡

Lovely food and very friendly service. We enjoyed the chicken vindaloo which had the perfect amount of spice and a non-spicy veggie korma. Naan bread was hot and fresh. Will absolutely be back

Great good and great service. Authentic Indian dishes, and very friendly staff. Good was hot, not too spicy, and the tikka, biryani and mango lassi were fantastic. Great experience, and highly recommended.

Hi , we stopped in Inverness for a night. On the off chance we looked for an all you can eat buffet. The Cinnamon restaurant popped up. Lovely food and lovely staff. The chicken tikka massala was the best I've had, the pilau rice was light and the garlic naan was very nice. My wife tried all sorts and can recommend it all. Desserts included, we had chocolate fudge cake, strawberry gateaux with fresh cream and some fresh watermelon. We parked in morrisons car park and it's only a short walk from there.

Great portion size. Amazing food. Nice people. Highly recommend.

Food delicious would come here every night!:)

Fantastic I loved it. Amazing, quick service, great food and overall fantastic restaurant.

Amazing food I want to come here every day 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🥳🥳🥳🥳 i love the the food ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵💙💙💙💙💙💙

Just had a meal here with 3 friend , food all fantastic, good portions sizes and very friendly staff !!

Tried here again, not having been for a few years. It was much better than the last time. Staff polite and friendly. Will return

A very good attempt at Indian(North West) preparations. Service is pretty fast. They should definitely invest more on getting it closer to authentic Indian dish levels. Some spices are louder than expected in dishes. We tried only vegetarian.

Had a delivery/take-out service,absolutely amazing meals can't fault it in any way!! Delivery loons kept us well informed and to top it off a free bottle of ginger!! 😃

Used to be better. Not much of a vegetarian option. Won't rush back.

Bloody racist staff. Treating asians as second class citizens and westerners as god. Behaving as if doing a huge favour by serving food. Food quality and quantity very average. And prices very high.

Quick service but the food was not cooked properly leading to 2 very upset stomachs service was almost instant so the food was clearly not cooked to order will never be back

4 weeks ago we got a small take out from here it was the best we had in a long time . So we tried the same again a week later and again they absolutely smashed it... Last week we got the same and the food was disgusting chips were raw and the greasy and the same again tonight disappointed

The most amazing food this evening if I could give you 10 stars I would. Great selection of dishes and value for money. Also the staff are consistently so welcoming, friendly & helpful. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough.

A very pleasant atmosphere and divine food, I hope to return again soon

Sunday Evening Buffet Nothing short of INCREDIBLE , From start to finish it was perfection I genuinely could not say one bad thing.

Heard good things about this place but was dissapointed after eating here food was not great got the combo platter to start, bhajis nearly broke a tooth they were that hard, 4 different curries not one was good chicken was overcooked, lamb was difficult to find as it was cut so small and not very much of it. Staff were friendly on arrival but pretty absent the entire meal, Had to ask 4 times for jug of water for the table and just felt customer service could have been better would not return here so many good Indian restaraunts in Inverness this is not one of them.

To all my friends and families, please beware. Yesterday, my wife, our 14-month-old baby, and I visited Cinnamon Restaurant in Inverness for Christmas dinner, expecting a festive and welcoming atmosphere. However, we were met with an inflexible and disappointing policy. While we understood there was a £37 Christmas package, my wife was the only one wishing to eat as I wasn't hungry. Despite our situation, the staff insisted that we must order for two people if we wanted to dine in. This lack of understanding and accommodation dampened our holiday spirit and made our experience far from merry. It's disheartening when a family outing turns into a frustrating ordeal due to rigid rules that don't consider the customer's needs.

Everything is perfect. Nice chicken on borne, Lamb + chicken biryani was amazing

Was recommended to try so we did, we had the buffet evening dinner on Sunday we were disappointed with the variety of choices there was only 8 curries to choose from and there was no lamb on offer but they did have one curry with beef instead and the curry that had the chicken tikka the chicken was dry didn't even taste like tikka more like cardboard, the only thing that was really good was the chicken pakora that was lovely I'd go back just for the chicken pakora, the desserts were ok not much choices but they were ok

Friday night takeaway, food hot and full of flavour, absolutely delicious. We had chicken korma, chicken chasni and lamb Kathmandu. The only negative is, where are the lovely chocolates (Elisabeth Shaw)?!

Not enough options for dessert very poor

Food was amazing. Service was diabolical, by one man and one man only. Our waiter was very abrupt, took our food order and walked away before we had the chance to order drinks. He slammed the dishes down on our table as if we were an inconvenience. He eventually asked us if our meal was okay, I asked if I could order another bottle of kingfisher, he nodded, walked away and immediately started taking orders from other tables. 20 mins later I still hadn't received my bottle of beer, we flagged down a waitress who fetched me the beer immediately. Food was amazing, every other member of staff was very friendly, just unfortunately our waiter wasn't so friendly, he's clearly in the wrong job as his customer service is appalling. Unfortunately I won't be back anytime soon, which is a shame, because the food is brilliant but one arrogant waiter has let the place down.

Definitely not my food. Thank you for this experience. Restaurant situated in front of big market Morrison. It is a not small place. In place all time play indian music. A little bit loud. Some of sound pieces were very nice. I ordered main meal paneer in something not spicy (all food in this place spicy or medium spicy) served with naan bread, pilau saffron rice, fried rice with eggs and green peas, lemon green tea. The main thing is that I came here to try pilau saffron rice. I was wondering how it tastes when prepared by experts. And i must say, nothing special. Will try made it is in home, hope it is will be more tasty. Next i try fried rice with eggs and green peas. It is were a little bit spicy but tasty. I would really like to learn how to cook fried rice and egg together, like they do in places like here. Main meal completely wasn't tasty for me. Paneer was ok, but in sauce or what it is was, were too much fat ( oil or butter, i do not know). So in this place taste for me were just cup of green lemon tea.

Cinnamon is my favourite Indian restaurant in Inverness. I've eaten here many, many times for nearly twenty years and have never been disappointed.

Food was never replaced felt had to ask for things

Worst Indian food in UK. Customer service is so pathetic. Nobody is here to eat free so teach your guys some sense at least.

Very nice experience! Excellent service and dishes!

Prices have gone sky high. Food wasn't hot, waited at least half and hour and only 1 other person in the restaurant. Have been before but never again

I came here with my family for the Sunday lunch buffet. The food was alright but there's no big variety for the value and the desserts were not appetising at all.(the cheesecake smelled like fish and was so hard)

Sunday buffet was excellent. Really tasty family friendly place.

The food is pathetic. They have put fake reviews so please don't trust on it.

Guests are treated as if they came to eat without any option. Takes more time than committed. Food will be ready and served at their convenience. No any order in putting in table. Side dishes served first, then main dishes. We should serve ourselves on our plates. No one will again visit this place. Over priced... Poor taste...Worst service . If you ask them for Manager, everyone will say they are the Manager.

Chicken jalfrazie was excellent 👌 best I have had in a long time. Brilliant service and lovely atmosphere. A must for anyone in Inverness wanting a decent Indian. Highly recommended and worthy of 5 stars plus all day long.

Stopped ordering a takeaway for a while as we didn't think the quality was as good. Decided to give it another try as this has been our favourite Indian Takeaway/Restaurant for a long time. Food was absolutely delicious this evening. Actually went to an award winning Indian Restaurant in Glasgow recently, not nearly as good as the Cinnamon. Only criticism, our paratha was missing tonight but on notifying the restaurant, it was delivered to our door with a courtesy bottle of wine. Thank you.

Quick buffet. Food was good and they provided many options. Servers were subpar and didn't want to be there. The restaurant was blistering hot. For a last meal option on a Sunday night in a sleepy town it was good.

Good food especially the chicken was well cooked & spiced (forgot the dish name) ,dal was nice with a slight tanginess ,paneer karahi was decent and the nans were soft and plentiful ( big in size, remember while ordering) Staff was polite ,attentive & had good mannerisms

Really appreciated the kindness of the staff at Cinnamon. I collected a takeaway on Saturday, and when I got home I noticed that the Garlic Naan was missing. We phoned up, and someone from Cinnamon drove right across to our house in Culduthel with a Naan and a complimentary bottle of wine. Mistakes happen - and this customer care was inspiring. Thank you very much folks. John Dempster

Been a few times before but not too impressed this time round. Curry was very watery, bit live a gravy and not the usual consistency of my locals. Maybe this is how they prepare them. I did ask if they had changed ownership. Probably give this a miss next time we’re In the Highlands but not many sit in Indian restaurants y get I could find. You may like it but not for me.

Friendly Staff but food could of been a lot warmer. Pricey too.

Servicio rápido y todos muy atentos. La comida esta súper rica, sobre todo el chilli garlic y el Lamb naaga

We were rather impressed, main courses were very good. Bhaji were a bit limp but tasty, pakora ok. Good garlic nan.

Friendly staff and good service but overpriced for average food. Sauces rather runny with not a great deal of taste

Simple review from an Indian Foodie: Okay food quality. The taste and flavors are not Indian but something local. But Quality and portions of food are good. Prices may be mid-range. Problem being, service as always. Indian food needs service, which does not feel good with Indian's used to good service.

Fantastic Indian meal. Faultless service excellent food. Recommend Mango Lassi. Can recommend as a place to go. Beside the Eastgate centre.

Masala sauce was like pure water

Brilliant service, fast & friendly. Great food and decent prices. Definitely worth a visit :-)

Ordered a takeaway, normally the food is amazing but not tonight. Korma watery and tastless and the chicken in every main was tough. Very disappointing as normally beautiful.

Could not fault this place at all food was 1 of best Indian meals I have staff we so welcoming and friendly 100% recommended definitely be back

Food was excellent staff were friendly worth every penny

Last Saturday evening my husband and i arrived looking forward to a nice meal at Cinnamon. We had been many times previously but what on earth has happened to this place? My choice was a chicken tikka masala which appeared after a long wait (restaurant not busy at 6pm) to look very un appetising. It resembled a tin of watery tomato soup with 7 pieces of overcooked chicken. Where was the lovely thick creamy sauce. The chicken was so dry and tough. I should have returned the meal as it was poor in quality and looks. Sure anyone serving that would have know it looked awful. My husband had a Buna which he enjoyed but the quantity was not the same as usual. We wont be returning nor recommending this restaurant to anyone else.

Too costly compared to the quantity. There are other better options available. If all other options are discarded then go here but be ready to pay at least 25% more

This is hands-down the best Indian restaurant in Inverness. I’ve been coming here since I first moved to Inverness over five years ago. I’ve tried most of the menu but tonight I had the Mirchi Korma, mushroom rice, garlic nann, some popadoms and a few bottles of cobra. The service is excellent, they’re respectful, friendly and attentive. The food is on par with the (now shut) Spice Garden in Glasgow, if not better. It’s got a great atmosphere, even on a quiet night. I received a hot lemon towel when I was finished, the table next to me was cleaned immediately after the customers had left the premises, the staff say thankyou after every interaction and yer beer comes with an ice cauld glass. The food was phenomenal but, as a chef myself, its all the other things that allow the food to really speak. All round amazing experience, you will not regret spending your money here. If you’re not from the area this place is an absolute must.

What's happened to our favourite restaurant? Friday treat with friends... plates were cold, rice and side dishes along with main dishes were cold, although they arrived in 'cast iron' dishes they too were lukewarm....finished off with a nice coffee... not what we're used to... lukewarm too.. We were tired and hungry... so when asked if we enjoyed our meal, the silence said it all.. not looking for refund or freebie, just hoping the next time diners will enjoy a better experience. Staff looked tired and lacked a little of the usual busy happy atmosphere.. It maybe a while before we return as there are more choices now we may need to explore. I will say I didn't recognise the usual management team, maybe this has changed? However, so have the standards.

Tried this restaurant as I was passing. Started with pickles and popadoms nice pickle tray. I was taking time to select what I wanted and The waiter was quite pushy and a bit too cock sure of himself for my liking. He kept trying to get me to have something he recommended. I settled on onion Bali and butter chicken. This Bhakti was ok. PBut I was not impressed with the waiter who was rushing me I was still eating my popadoms when he brought the starter. Half way through the starter he told me my main course was ready to serve. I told him he would have to wait. When the main course arrived it seemed very greasy and did not much taste like butter chicken. There was little chicken in it. Then I asked for the bill when it arrived it was for someone else’s drink and food. I was the only one in the restaurant. So how on earth could a mistake like that happen? Makes me wonder if he was hoping I wouldn’t notice and was trying to pull a fast one. But that is my pure suspicion. No I don’t think I will return.

We got a takeaway meal on Saturday night. After phoning the meal in, we were told it would be ready in 45 minutes. The meal wasn't ready until 75 minutes after the call. Although the meal was very tasty, we were disappointed we had to wait this long. We had ordered food from another location too so had tried to link the times together so that all the food was ready around the same time. This meant our other food was cold. We were disappointed we had to wait so long. I look forward to hearing from you.

Beautiful restaurant, stunning food and friendly helpful attentive staff. We went in to have their buffet on a Sunday night. Food is hot, not just spicy. Replenished often. Just really good, tasty Indian cuisine.

Service was quite frankly poor. 2 words - won’t be back. 2 hour wait for food and had to go up and order drinks as no waiter was doing there job.

Dined many times here. My favourite.

We were travelling to Elgin for a family funeral and stayed overnight in Inverness. We decided we fancied Indian for dinner and seen this restaurant. The reviews mostly looked ok so decided to give it a try. Biggest mistake ever. On arrival the place looked really busy so thought that’s a good sign, didn’t realise at this time that it was actually a private function. Ordered drinks. They came promptly, which is where the positivity ends. We went up to the buffet. Starters were tasteless spiced onions with soggy popadoms, chicken pakora or rock hard onion banjees. We had two bits of each. There did seem to be a fair selection of mains until on further inspection consistently mostly dishes of sauce with not much meat or vegetable, the worse being the “king prawn” chilli. There was no prawns at all in it. We eventually settled on some beef dopiaza, I’ve never seen beef in any Indian restaurant before, and some chicken vindaloo. Both were watery and tasteless. My husband had two forkfuls then couldn’t eat anymore as it was inedible. I had taken more but again couldn’t eat it. My husband started to feel ill, not to do with the food, just he was too warm, so I shouted a member of staff to say he’d taken a funny turn. They were completely unconcerned, didn’t even offer his a glass of water. I explained that he hadn’t ate anything from the mains as he was feeling ill but asked for a container for mines, only as I don’t want to seem rude, although I had no intention of eating it. I did get a tub but after a lot of humming and hawing, the staff were extremely unfriendly. They were only concerned in attending the group booking. When we went to the till to pay, while being stood over like a hawk by the manager, I think he thought we were going to try to do a runner. I explained again that my husband had taken ill and hadn’t actually ate anything apart from two bits of pakora, thinking that as a goodwill gesture they would offer a discount but no chance. The bill came to £47.60. I handed over £50 and while I would always leave a substantial tip waited on my change on this occasion this wasn’t happening as we had had no service and substandard food. To make matters the worse the girl I gave the money to said oh do you want your change. I said yea as my husband hadn’t ate anything. I’d never not leave a tip but no way was I tipping for this rubbish. I hate leaving bad reviews however feel that’s on this occasion it’s necessary.

Tandoori was the best out of all. Hot & spicy ! Chicken curry , saag paneer was average. Onion bhaji is good. Staff was courteous and friendly. Lovely ambience.

Lovely meal with great friendly staff. We will be back.

We went in on cold December evening, received a very warm welcome and shown to our table. The waitress left us for a few minutes before checking if we were ok and then taking our drinks and poppadoms order Drinks arrived and after a bit of friendly banter meal orders taken. ( this next bit is our only gripe) The empty poppadoms plates were whisked away with out checking we had finished and the main meals were arriving at the table, no break in between. Now the gripe over lets get to the food. The food was absolutely delicious and flavoursome, lots of it as well . The rice was cooked to perfection and the Brocoli aloo was fantastic. Would we eat there again, definitely without hesitation, just its only 300miles from where we live so may not be classed as regulars.

A fantastic meal with very friendly staff, the chicken Dhansak was tasty and plentiful as was the Chicken Laziz. My only gripe was the lets whip the poppadom plates out of the way and replace with main course within 10 seconds, a little time between would have been welcomed.

Family meal on Christmas Day. Absolutely perfect and would recommend. Good selection to choose from very relaxed atmosphere. Staff helpful but not intrusive

Really delicious foods and great service!

Friendly waiter but unfortunately that's where the positives end. Unfortunately Sunday is a buffet so you have a selection of medium/cold mild flavourless curries which are mainly gravy with a few bits of chicken if your lucky and to top it off it's extremely overpriced at £18 per person. Save your money and buy a supermarket frozen meal!