Cinnamon Island Dover | Indian Takeaway in Dover

The most authentic Indian cuisine I've had in over 5 years in this country. From the moment the poppadoms and chutneys came out I knew we were in for a treat. Pakora was excellently fried, crispy on the outside and soft and flavorful inside. Three mains were ordered with sides of rice, all flavors being great and balanced. The atmosphere and ambience was great. Very professional, tidy, and polite staff. If I lived in dover I would probably visit at least once a month. I cannot fathom how people are leaving reviews saying it is not authentic or flavourless. All in all it is an upscale, authentic Indian.

Absolutely lovely, great food, great staff, great service. Try it for yourself, our first visit. Definitely not our last

Food was outstanding very well spiced and the flavour top notch lamb fell of the bone and chicken dish was excellent too when back in dover will use again.

I went for a quiet Sunday lunch at this restaurant. The food & service were great & I totally recommend it. Atmosphere is what you make it & I'm sure this place would be great of an evening. I tried the spicy staff curry, but it was unlike any curry I've had before & would definitely order again.

My favourite local Indian restaurant had a great meal their last night! the food was tasty and fresh and the service was above and beyond! we will be back !!

Great place to eat excellent food Great service 😋

There were 6 of us there for dinner on 31st August 2024, food was fantastic lovely selection of starters and the main courses were really tasty. The staff were so lovely very attentive. Will definitely go back, such a lovely atmosphere

The food here was pathetic, it was really bad not even 1% nice and the staff is rude.

Terrible Experience - Not Authentic Indian Cuisine I recently visited this restaurant expecting authentic Indian cuisine, but I was deeply disappointed. The food served here is far from Indian, despite what the menu and signage suggest. It appears to be run by Bangladeshi staff and the dishes bear no resemblance to true Indian flavors. The food was among the worst I’ve tasted, and when I tried to share my feedback, the owner was not only dismissive but outright rude. Rather than addressing my concerns, he asked us to leave and showed us the door. The lack of courtesy and professionalism from both the owner and the staff was shocking. Food Quality: 0/5 Service: 0/5 Staff Behavior: 0/5 Owner’s Attitude: -1/5 This place is a complete misrepresentation of Indian cuisine. I strongly advise avoiding this restaurant if you're looking for an authentic and respectful dining experience.

Absolutely disappointed with this so-called Indian restaurant. The food is nowhere near authentic Indian cuisine; it lacks flavor, spice, and quality. On top of that, the delivery was late, making the whole experience even worse. When we tried to give feedback, the chef and the owner were dismissive and rude, acting like they knew better. Clearly, they don't care about serving good food or providing decent customer service. Wouldn't recommend this place to anyone looking for a real Indian food experience

The food is way below average. They are fooling people by saying it’s an authentic Indian food. The owner and whole staff is from Bangladesh and they don’t know the Indian food recipes, what they are making is absolute no sense. The biryani they are selling is completely made up dish with lots of green peas!! Who puts peas in biryani?? Also they used same chicken for starters gravy and the biryani. We had no words. But as our dinner was ruined we tried to give feedback to owner and he was very rude to us. He said you can put any review you want as his restaurant was full with lots of customers. He is fooling all of them. Service was worst too. We had to wait almost an hour for our order!! Avoid this place at all Costs!!!! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. THIS IS NOT INDIAN FOOD!!

The food was straight-up garbage—not even remotely close to Indian cuisine. They're flat-out lying by calling it "authentic." It's overpriced trash, and the service is a joke. The chef, staff, and owner are all Bangladeshi, so don't even bother with this place. Save your money and avoid it at all costs.

Probably the worst indian food iv had in the UK. The same chicken is served in starters, then added to a gravy for main course and chopped up and added to vegetable rice and served as biryani. Such monotonous flavourless food! Also, I can easily tell the chicken was atleast a day old. Not at all authentic indian, would never advice anybody to dine here if they actually want fresh or flavourful food. Extremely disappointed with the service also, we waited atleast 45 mins before we got anything to eat. Ps. When we gave the review to the owner, he asked us to leave the restaurant extremely rudely so that nobody hears us complaining.

Super rude staff Bad service Expensive prices for less than normal quality food Disappointed

Lovely meal - best Indian restaurant so far

Food was such a nice staff are friendly

Just had the best Indian meal for a very long time. We were a party of 4 tonight and we were very impressed with the decor,the staff (especially Rai) ,and the food was absolutely delicious. We had the usual poppadoms etc and starters. My husband had biryani and as he is very fussy ,I was surprised to see he devoured the lot.He also had Keema naan which he agreed was the best he had ever had.Two of us had Rogan Josh and the meat was soooo tender ,it was unbelievably good. I strongly recommend that you try this great restaurant and can't wait to go back

The food was delicious. Service great . Service charge added and included in the bill which we did not expect

1st time, but not the last. Great service and delicious food.

They cheat customers, they shows the price different and bring extra without consent of the customer to imagine them this is normal trend by all customers. DO NOT VISIT THEM UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET CHEATED.

The worst restaurant ever, this cinnamon island cheat the customer with the price shown and the price bill as if you order masala papad which is £1.5 but they'll give you £7.00 above bill as saying the quantity offered that was the worth of it. Completely ridiculous, PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY HERE

Best Indian food in Dover as per our personal experience. Every dish was delicious, hot and well cooked. Only small issue is the dining area is quite intimate and when full you cannot have a decent conversation. But all good.

The food was wonderful, I asked for the chicken tikka a little bit hotter than normal, one of the best I've had

Fantastic food and very friendly staff. My only recommendation would be some softer lighting as it was very bright.

Fantastic food best Indian I eat

Amazing place with very friendly staff, so helpful and kind and food is delicious and ad a woman I would say the toilets are very clean and also pretty which is important to me. Very happy customer on a Wednesday evening after a awful day at work

I did eat before there was good. , last night I ordered Chicken jalfrezy and chicken korma All night I was sick . What the hell . I am not the person who writes reviews but when you stay all night in toilet being sick. I have to let know others

We dined at this establishment on March 30th. Unfortunately, the service was exceptionally slow. The person taking our order provided incorrect information about food quantities, resulting in us ordering more than necessary. Moreover, the taste of the food was far from authentic Indian cuisine—it was overly tangy. To our surprise, an additional £10 was added to our bill without any prior notice. When we inquired about the discrepancy, we were informed that it was a service charge. However, this charge was not explicitly mentioned on the bill. Had we not scrutinized the total, we would have been charged extra without any explanation.

We’ve wanted to visit this restaurant for a while now and I can say we won’t be going back. The popadoms and what they came out with was decent and the staff were friendly, however, the food just didn’t taste as nice as we thought it would do. The vegetable jalfrezi wasn’t very nice and neither was the Madras side sauce. Each to their own but we prefer the Rajmahal Tandoori Restaurant.

Genuinely Friendly and great food excellent service 👌

One if the best curries I have ever had it was beautiful. Catered very well for gulten free options. Very good size portions. Will definitely come back again.

The worst indian restaurant I've ever been to Overpriced and the food is out of a jar. They haven't even got heating. Avoid The food is disgusting and the staff are rubbish

Had Lamb Briyani and Hyderabad Briyani and garlic Naan bread. Great food and big portion size was good value for money .

Delicious meal with lovely prices. Welcoming and warm staff

The foos is halal, and nicely spiced.

Very tasty, good size portions, perfect location

Came here tonight for the first time. We hadn't booked and just showed up at 1630 when they opened, they were very accommodating even with a small child. The service here is the best I've experienced in a restaurant in the UK and all the staff were super friendly and so nice to our little girl. Food was really great as well and we were even given complimentary drinks and chocolates to send us off with. We'll definitely be back soon

Amazing service, super friendly staff and they took care of us from start to finish. 3 'course' meal for £15 includes appetiser, main dish and 1 side rather than 3 courses. Food itself was hot, fantastically flavourful and will definitely be returning for more. Really and nice and clean restaurant but more warmth in the decoration and lighting would make it excellent. Just my personal preference.

Me and my family left the restaurant with happy belly and smiles. Friendly staff, great customer service, delicious food and Hindi music in the background complimented the environment which made it even better.

Our family visit to this restaurant left us dissatisfied. The prolonged wait for starters, with very small portions, was frustrating. The high prices for each dish felt unjustified, and the overall service was not satisfactory . Despite claiming to be an Indian restaurant, the taste of the food did not align with authentic Indian flavors. Overall , I do not recommend this place.

The food is beautiful. Would highly recommend it.

Its a amazing service for us , i love their food ,there service and environment. i recommend everyone plz come here and try there food.

I love Indian food This was excellent Interesting dishes, full of flavour and expertly cooked Very good

Great food and great service at a reasonable price.

Just a bunch of amateur chefs who are fooling customers in the name of Indian restaurant without knowing what Indian food is. Tandoori murgh tikka was more like boiled chicken not even cooked in Tandoor. Paneer tikka masala is red colored raw paneer pieces floating in tasteless gravy. They can't even make egg fried rice.Uses way too much food colour at harmful levels to make everything look red but all the dishes lack soul and taste. Visit at your own risk.

The food was okay. Not very spicy and okay flavor. But it was well prepared. The staff was friendly. This place is definitely overpriced. The table tops themselves were the biggest disappointment. They are worn down to the particleboard. For the price, they should have a simple table, not a gross one with holes in it. Spraying bleach on particleboard does not make it clean.

Slightly more expensive than other Dover Indians but good selection and good food. Worth a visit.

Gave them 2 hours ahead of delivery, then they cancelled my order 30 mins before delivery!!

I would rather eat herpes than the excuse for keema naan. The lamb tikka tasted like what I imagine infected rhino testicles taste on a hot sunny day before it died from the infection. Keema rice was adequate. Eat here if you want to contract a hideous disease.

Excellent restaurant ! Viande très tendre et les saveurs juste sublime. Je reviendrai. De l'entrée au plat nous nous sommes régalés

The food was absolutely incredible and the staff made sure we were happy, absolutely would come again if I were I dover long enough

Absolutely stunning meal, can honestly say this surpasses any I have eaten anywhere else.

Chicken was dry and the rest wasn't great. They upsell very sneakily so beware. We asked for 2 poppadoms and they brought out 4 poppadoms and charged us quite a lot for them (more than I've ever paid elsewhere). The waiter kept insisting we buy more drinks even though we said several times we didn't want them. Then there was a hidden service charge despite the service being quite poor. I wouldn't eat downstairs, the whole place smells mouldy. Such a shame because it's a lovely location for a meal and in a prime location for Dover.

Happened upon this little gem during a work trip to Dover - without doubt the best Indian food I have ever had. Really looked after by staff as a solo diner - so glad I found it!

The food was absolutely delicious and the service was exceptional I would absolutely eat there again!

This cinnamon island is very expensive for just the main course for a family X3 Adults and X1 child , with soft drinks it could it cost considerably a lot money around £150 without any alcohol drinks or this was on a Saturday the price was checked to see if it was wrong but apparently it's right I believe there is a service charge inclusive of the the price that you pay please avoid going now on on Saturday to be voided.

by far and away the worst service I've ever received. ordered a delivery, all food except the actual curry arrived, called them and was told I'm wrong, my curry did arrive, told to check again it took 2 calls and me saying i will bring food back and get a refund before they agreed to send the korma,I would never order from here again . as a pathetic way to make things worse a smashed to pieces popodom was delivered in a tiny bag with the curry. made to feel I was trying to get a free korma

Nous avons très bien mangé en famille , merci beaucoup, c’était top . Dommage j’ai oublié de faire des photo de vos plats .

- Friendly and warm service with a smile. - Excellent food. Went off-piste from the usual madras type dishes and was sceptical about this, but glad I did as it was fantastic. - Ended up going 2 nights on the trot which I’ve never done with an Indian.

Parked opposite road Ordered great food Starter Tandoori chicken Main Lamb biryani tarka daal Plain Paratha (fantastic lacchi) Garlic naan Served very nice Staff great, attentive and helpful friendly Place very nice ambience

Absolutely delicious food accompanied by a Cobra Zero.

Excellent food, Excellent staff, Excellent place to eat.

A proper indian restaurant in dover. Staffs and environment is too good. A peaceful place to enjoy indian/Bangladeshi cuisine. The drinks seems a bit overpriced as 100ml of juice or drink is over £2.50 where other indian restaurants sells it for 1/1.50. Otherwise everything is good.

No complaints whatsoever. Surprise birthday meal out for my wife as she loves Indian food. Plenty of food, lovely and hot & full of flavour. Ok maybe a little pricey, but isn't everything these days! Would definitely recommend and would go again. One handy hint, if going on a Friday or Saturday night, earlier is better as it gets very busy.

Das indische Restaurant mit dem Halal Essen war insgesamt gut. Die Räumlichkeiten sind eher einfach gehaltenen. Das Personal war jederzeit nett und zuvorkommend.

Annette & Jeff 1st time eating here and have honestly never tasted food like it - off the scale. In house poppadom sauce is fantastic. Magic Mushrooms starter is a "must have". The taste !! Multiple mains I have never tasted the likes of before. Even the Onion Bhaji's and Sag Aloo are not your usual dried offering - "must have" Service by Ray & team is top class. WILL RETURN AND YOU NEED TO GO HERE!

Perfect night out, always a good takeaway.

Cinnamon Island was extremely pleasant and had excellent service. Waiting time between food and drinks was minimal. Food was fresh and tasty. Their naan bread was superb. I felt that the soft drinks were overpriced at nearly £3 for a 330ml can sized bottle. Whilst our experience was good overall, the bill for just a simple meal for 2 and 3 drinks was high at £35/head. It is lovely going out to a decent authentic restaurant, and would go again.

22 pounds for what’s shown is a bit much and the naan bread was too sweet for me

Just a quick heads up for those who think that it’s Indian restaurant No its not its a Bangladeshi Restaurant managed by Bangladeshi people and even the food is not at all like Indian food. I would just like to pass on the message to everyone that if you want to have authentic Indian food then please avoid this restaurant. Nothing like the food is not good but its just not indian food, its Bangladeshi food sold in the name of indian food. — just a point of view from an indian customer

Food is very good. However second experience of delivery and after 1 and a half hours still nothing. Phoned first time. Told it had left with loads of excuses. Phoned 20mind later_ we are 10 mins away to be told it had left but there were two other deliveries before ours. And loads of different excuses. Great way on and collection. Do not use delivery.

All food they do it’s all Microwave nothing fresh always putting food in microwave heating it up

We have received very good service. Staff very help full and food is very good.

This place is lovely, the staff are very nice and polite. I wanted to try something different and the staff gave good recommendations. Food was very nice not too spicy but wasn’t bland. Large potions and presentation was also very good. The staff put all left overs in takeaway boxes for us to take home. Overall had a lovely evening at the Cinnamon island and will be returning.

Got to Dover early evening and really fancied a curry. Cinnamon Island didn't disappoint. Nice staff and lovely food. Easy walking distance from the town and Premier Inn.

Great food from this place every time. Best jalfrazi Around 👌

Food is really delicious and people at restaurant are really polite and friendly.

Excellent tasty food and brilliant service. There were six of us and we all ate different dishes. Highly recommended.

This is the worst Indian restaurant, I have ever been. Starters were so bad that we have decided to leave restaurant after eating it which we didn’t even finish. Lamb was undercooked and chicken was dry and worst I have ever had. Beer was flat and it seems like frozen food was warmed up and served to us. This is an insult to Indian food and this restaurant is being run by people who are not only Indian but who have no idea about how Indian food should be cooked. Please save your time and money and NEVER EAT HERE.

I was very dissappointed to find there was a service charge on my bill, it did not say on the menu service charge and does not seprate this on the bill, 10% wont be back I dont pay service charge for average service and you need to serve anyway, so why charge me 10%, food was okay. They obvously do this becasue they have lots of cruise ships coming inot the area and the Ameicans are used to it.

Good location, just 5 minutes walk from Dover beach , Mediocre food at best though. Hygiene seems to be an issue as found flies hovering inside and the place had a smell to it.

Nous avons commandé en emporté, le repas devait être prêt en 15 minutes, il a à fallu 30... Ce n'était pas des morceaux de poulet mais une cuisse et les nans ont été oubliés. Dommage.

It didn’t taste very Indian to me though it is termed as Indian. Food is quite spicy and oily as I found it.. Breads were thick and big, looked to me more like either Bangladeshi or Pakistani cuisine. However, it wasn’t that bad if people prefer a little spicy/oily once in a while. You may find it a good taste. I found the chef very friendly but not the general staff. 10 mins walk to dover station.

During our two-week holiday we spent two pleasurable evenings at Cinnamon Island, enjoying the beautiful decorations, the wide range of tasty dishes and the friendly service. As Cinnamon Island is definitely one of our holiday highlights, we can clearly recommend a visit to all of those who are fond of Indian cooking.

Fantastic food and staff. Good selection and cold beer ... Traditional tasting foods

The food was lovely but the service was bad 5 times asking if I was ok with the meal and on paying the guy said the payment was cancelled and asked to pay again but I'm to smart I knew they was trying to scam £25 out of me as I proved payment was taken by showing my banking app showing it's pending so if you get this saying payment was cancelled when it wasn't don't fall for this scam of theirs I wont be using them again or ordering from them again I want a refund from this visit cos they are In the wrong I be also reporting it to police cos of their Scam and fraud attempt plus they take tips without our consent So why scam for £9.99 madras £3.99 Pilur rice £3.00 Play naan bread £2.95 j20 £2.95 j20 Sub total £22.88 Billed £25.16 You stolen £2.28 without my consent So I would avoid this place at all costs they are a scam and fraudulent at gaining tips

Very cordial staffs. Menu well variety and delicious.

Warm welcome as always, service and food excellent. Always ready to inform and suggest suitable dishes based on your interests and willing to adapt if necessary. Always impressed, never disappointed and we will continue to visit whenever we pass through Dover. Our go to Indian restaurant, much appreciated.

Ordered take out thrice Good dishes: Tarka Daal, coriander and chilli naan, saag paneer Bad dishes: vegetable biryani- was actually veg fried rice. Had chickpeas and cabbage which are never added to biryani. Okra dish was massively undercooked

Sunday was the fourth or fifth time I've been and I thought it was about time I leave a review. The food has been consistently excellent enjoyed by the whole family. I saw some reviews complaining about the wait but even though we did wait about 45 mins it was definitely worth it for freshly cooked dishes.

Fabulous food, really lovely staff, highly recommended

Substandard food and poor delivery and communication

I love it here. GF menu #glutenfree

Food was late arriving, and when it did it was cold. The potatoes had obviously been in the fridge for some time as had a funny taste to them. The supposed lamb dish was tough, and the sauce was watery. Salad was a bag of warm limp lettuce. Didn't eat the meal, and won't be ordering from thus establishment again.

Lovely fresh hot Indian to night with my mum .excellent value for money with out a doubt .this is one off the best Indian meals I've had ..

Great food staff were great highly recommend

Lovely restaurant with excellent customer service.

The food was superb and the staff were really friendly. It was easy to forget that it was a cold, bleak January night in England. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for delicious food and a warm, welcoming atmosphere.

Fantastic service. Very friendly and smiley staff. Food is delicious. Just a nice Indian or Bangladeshi restaurant in Dover. Already been twice! Highly recommend.

Absolutely exquisite. The food was freshly prepared, plentiful and delicious! The waiting staff were very friendly and courteous. Best restaurant in Dover!