Cowes Tandoori in Isle of Wight

First visit, service, and quality of food was superb. I travel a lot and this really is amongst the best I have had. Mixed groups of people from couples to families and a group of friends. Everyone served quickly with no pressure or rush.

Me and my family had a really nice meal in the restaurant, then we thought to order as it says we deliver to newport so we ordered. We waited an hour and half then i called them back. They said we took food to you but you did'nt awnser the door well thats because you did'nt deliver It to us because on you're menu it say's you deliver to newport but you don't. Shame really as it was a nice birthday dinner

Great portion size good service very reasonable priced really enjoyed the food quality it’s in the middle of cowes with we liked

group of us ate here on saturday evening in the first floor dining area - staff friendly and attentive and food good - will be happy to visit again , free corkage on bring your own beer and wine - thankyou

Lovely food, the bill came to £197.00 for 7 people, they all put in £30.00 making a total of £210.00, 4 different people in the party counted the money. Waiter took the money and then came back and said that it was £20.00 short, only £190.00 there.My husband paid another £20.00, all in all they’ve had £230.00 from a party of 7. Definitely won’t be going back, customer service was terrible, and they still had a good tip. Please count any money out to the staff and don’t let it out of your sight until they have confirmed that they have got the correct amount.

Staff were welcoming and great with the younger members of the family service and food was Excellent would recommend to anyone

We hesitated going from a couple of bad reviews but thankfully we didn’t listen too much as to our delight the food was absolutely lovely. With prompt and friendly service from the moment we arrived. We couldn’t ask for much more for what we wanted. Thank you! I definitely recommend this curry house in cowes!

Minimalist in decor and always spotlessly clean. Proper tablecloths and napkins. Food always fresh and tasty.

Distinctly average in terms of food and the interior looks like a bus station waiting room. Not somewhere I would visit again or recommend. But to be honest it’s my own fault I should have walked straight back out again, but the other Indian didn’t look much better and was closed.

The food was good but the service was terrible. We had to wait one and a half hours for our meal. I was told that I was lucky, some customers have had to wait for two and a half hours. It was our own fault for booking on a busy day !!! I would not recommend this resturant because of its poor customer service. I will not visit this resturant again, even if I was starving!!!

The attitude of the staff meant we actually felt we didn't want to stay. They were rude and made us feel very unwelcome. Cutlery was thrown on the table, it was like we were an inconvenience. Won't be going back again. Shame as it used to be amazing.

Great food, good value, take your own drinks, special nights on a Tuesday. Really enjoyed the restaurant.

Enjoyed my food at the Cowes Tandoori, starts and main course excellent, food came quickly and was very tasty. Friendly and efficient service combined with excellent food was a lovely meal out.

Excellent. A group of 5 of us ate in. Food was excellent, service was attentive, well priced. As a bonus you can bring a bottle, they provide the glasses. Absolutely great.

This is genuinely the best curry I have ever eaten, great portion size and brilliant veggie options which we weren’t expecting! Great customer service, I couldn’t recommended more, if you are in Cowes this is the place to go!

The worst Indian I have ever eaten! The chicken tikka was round rings of processed dross I didn't even think it was meat ! I have never in all my years of eating Indian have I had such an abomination of food ! That purports to be Indian ! Do Not Go!

Visited this restaurant for the first time on Monday (31st May 2021). Waiters were extremely polite and the food was excellent. All the dishes that we had were extremely flavoursome and better than most of the Indian restaurants where we live. Food was so good we had a takeaway from them 2 days later! Definitely one to try!!

We always order our Indian takeaway from here. We are very particular about our Indian food and we always really live our food from cowes tandori. Great service in the restaurant and friendly staff and amazing takeaways as well! Would go anywhere else, love love love ❤️Highly recommend, we have been ordering from here for over a year now :)

Luckily we booked a table as the restaurant was very busy. Food was delicious, one of the best curries we’ve ever had, service great and friendly staff. Would definitely recommend Social distancing was fine and they made sure they were ready to close at 10pm

To say I am utterly disgusted at our visit to this Indian restaurant Is an absolute understatement. I have never been treated or spoken to so awfully... I was literally told I was lucky to be there.... some tables had waited 90 minutes and I would have to wait at least that... to add insult to injury they did actually serve us our main courses .... 1 hour 20 mins after 3 popodums and of course after I’d annoyed hubby by telling them I’d chased them up....do not go there if you want a relaxing dinner! Utterly chaotic and can’t even vouch for the food... mediocre

Appalling...... Birthday meal with my son -couple of beers , placed our order -1hr 10 mins later at 9pm ( bearing in mind they have to be empty and closed by 10) no food , no checking if we wanted a drink , no sorry for the delay... we were sat upstairs in the non atmospheric room with no proper set tables and dirty chairs and minimal social distancing-WE LEFT WITHOUT EATING. on our way out a waiter downstairs said thank you and goodbye, when I told him what had happened he shrugged his shoulders and smirked .

After getting off the ferry from Portsmouth we headed to our air bnb where I accidentally ordered a pizza at 9:30pm to the port post code ‍♀️We rang Cowes Tandoori at almost 10pm absolutely starving and it arrived hot and fresh by 10:30. We ordered lamb jalfrezi which my boyfriend said was soooo nice with a really good meat to sauce ratio. I ordered the veg biryani which was the best I’ve very had. I asked for it mild and normally they just whack yogurt in it. This had been specifically made mild and was delish. Also normally in other places they just throw in off cuts of veg that sometimes doesn’t go with the dish but this was sooo good with chickpeas, potato, okra and other bits. Keema naan was delish too. Will recommend to family when they come to visit here and thank our air bnb host who recommended.

Our first visit to Cowes Tandoori and it wasn’t great. The people serving were friendly but the food was bland and lacking flavour and spice. I had lamb saag and the meat seemed old and not very fresh. We ate our meal paid and left. It may be suitable to some people’s tastes but not for us.

We benefited from the £11.95 Tuesday deal, and a very good deal it turned out to be as for your money you get any starter, and any main course. (King prawn, duck and shashlic cost more). What I found unusual, and pleasantly so, is that the restaurant offers BYO, as well as being licensed to sell alcohol. That’s music to any Yorkshireman’s ears, so we turned up with our own drinks.Plenty of starters to chose from, the Tandoori mixed kebab was nice.As for main meals, daughter had a korma (which she enjoyed), my wife had the mangsho sat kora (intrigued by the subtle wild lemon flavour) and I had sughanda chicken (a contrived dish, essentially a massala but cooked with Tia Maria). All tasted good.We were also pleased that we could have any rice, or any nan included in the price.We were already aware that, generally speaking, a southern curry isn’t as hot as a northern one, so we had ours spiced up a bit, just as we’d expect at home. Staff was attentive and friendly, and certainly no sign of the grumpy waiter mentioned in earlier reviews. That said, I’ve withheld that 5th star as the restaurant lacks a bit of atmosphere, though no grumbles over the food or price.

Pleasant and quick service. Standard Indian cuisine. Would recommend but don’t sit upstairs unless you don’t mind flickering led colour changing lights.

The food was out of this world good, the staff are the nicest around, very very nice atmosphere, 100% recommend for all people 😊👍

Just back open and glad we found them....excellent dinner and some really interesting ‘specials’ you should try. Friendly team. Thanks for a top dinner!

Hot food and very tasty. Collected the order and piping hot when it got home. Sag chicken was full of flavour although not spicy, other curries were just as good. Dishes are large and very good value.

On holiday in Cowes, fancied an Indian meal and this place offered starter, main course plus a rice or naan for £11.95. Chicken Chat and a vegetarian Chat dish for starters were both tasty and nicely spicy. As main courses, I had a Vegetable Biryani which had plenty of taste and my partner's Chicken Jalfrezi contained nice chunks of chicken and just the right amount of spice.Topped off with friendly and efficient service this was a very good meal all round.The only observation I'd make is that the restaurant might benefit from a bit of a design makeover for the 20s. Food and service-wise though I can heartily recommend this place.

Only spent 1 night in Cowes on business and thought I'd try Cowes tandoori. Was out of season and quiet but can honestly say the staff friendly and food was as my title delicious.If I had to make 1 criticism I'm quite a big chap with a big appetite and the cutlery was a little small for me but doesn't take away from the good food at all. Just me being greedy. Would reccomend this place to anyone visiting Cowes.

I was asked to accompany a visiting international musician who enjoyed Indian cuisine and we had an excellent evening starting with a warm welcome. Our seating was comfortable and the service discrete, attentive and timely; the food was delicious. A thoroughly enjoyable experience.

We came to this restaurant on a Saturday evening without a prior booking, during a quieter time of he year. The restaurant was quite busy, but had a free table for us. We got our menu's and drinks almost instantly, followed by poppadoms. We all ordered a different main and some sides which were all delicious and full of flavour. Can't fault the food it was really good. As for the restaurant the staff were okay - neither rude nor very friendly. The atmosphere was cosy, because downstairs isn't a very large room, but they could do with a small scale refurb to make the surroundings as good as the food is. The bar area looked particularly sad... With an improved look and hospitality this would be a 5/5 place. Overall, we cleared our plates - I'd come back again!

Awful... what a rude rude RUDE waiter! We didn’t even have a main course!! Left after poppa doms... wow! Never go... would have voted 0 stars but it won’t let me!! This restaurant in s***t

This restaurant needs its name changed to Fast Food Tandoori Cafe!Having booked a table for 7.30 pm, the table not prepared.Room like a greenhouse, no air! On a very hot day first thing I would have done was switch on air con!Drinks order taken quickly plus number of poppadoms required. Poppadoms and drinks arrived within a couple of minutes. Three times interrupted for order. We were told by Manager that the table would be needed by 8 pm. When quizzed that the table was booked for 7.30 pm. The restaurant was not busy and his whole tone very poor. In a flippant remark we were told to eat our poppadoms and leave !!!!Avoid. This us not the place to go to for a leisurely evening meal!This would have been a very lucrative order and benefitted the restaurant financially, especially as the evening went on! The Manager was rude and obnoxious. We took him at his word and left!!My advice there are lots of lovely restaurants in Cowes, use them!

We went to Cowes Tandoori on the day of the Round The Island Race. Very hot in restaurant and had to ask for the air conditioning to be put on as very uncomfortable. Were enjoying our popodums that they suggested we had as soon as we sat down but had not had the chance to check the menu for our main course. Manager interrupted us to say that our table was booked for 8pm and we had to order our main course now. We had booked for 7.30pm was not expecting to have to eat our meal within just half an hour! Said we would choose our main meal after we had had our starter and the manager virtually asked us to leave and accused us of only drinking water. Did not enjoy our starter because of the Managers harassment of us. He was extremely rude - I have never experienced customer service like this before. He was obviously trying to max out his profits. He didn't realise that we were all local and could have recommended the restaurant if we had had a good time. Instead he virtually chased us out of the door. I feel very sorry for the staff who work under this manager as he has no people skills whatsoever. Do not go to this restaurant until he has been replaced. Such service is just appalling and we were left feeling confused and embarrassed by the whole episode.

Life review. just eating our starter and asked to leave to make room for next booking.. totally unacceptable service direct from the manager

Chose this restaurant because it was the busiest - always a good sign! We asked for a king prawn pakora between us as a starter, which was produced without fuss and was absolutely delicious. Our mains were also nice, but the king prawn pakora was definitely the star of the show! We often visit near Bradford so have high standards for northern Indian sub continent cuisine, and were happy with the curry. The atmosphere was pleasant and service efficient. We will be back!

Quite simply delicious food! Service was good, really decent portion sizes compared to our local curry houses. Thoroughly enjoyable meal!

Visit Tuesday night and have a lovely meal for £11.95

We both decided on a vegetarian option. Both disappointed. Very little curry taste the popadoms were the best bit and the jug of tap waywr

We didn’t even make it to a table - such an unfriendly “welcome”! Waiter told us to “clear the door” when we were looking at the menu - kind of amazed a restaurant would tell you to go away before you’ve even made it through the door (and we really are quite well behaved!)

This was by far the worst customer experience I've ever had in a restaurant. It began badly when the large table we booked weeks ago wasn't ready and we were ushered to a freezing cold room upstairs.

The duck tikka masala and the Nizami chicken are to die for. We get these with a garlic naan, onion bhajji and rice. The food is always awesome here better than anywhere else we've been. ❤️

We visit Cowes Tandoori probably six times each year. Food is fine, but be wary if you are a light eater. We ordered poppadoms, a starter to share, a main course, also to share, a side dish and naan, only to be told we MUST have two mains - which actually would have cost less but it wasn't what we fancied. We just wanted lots different tastes. Strange rule and delivered by a surly waiter who was 'only following orders.' He pointed to the fact that the only other occupied table of three had ordered much more food. Great if that's what you want.

Went on Saturday the 20/10/18 for the first time. Staff pleasant but nort welcoming or particularly friendly. We had a set meal, the chicken tikka massalla was nice, the lamb bhuna, a bit lacking in flavour and some lamb was not tender and the side dishes were ok but not a lt of flavour. May go back to see if choosing from menu produces better food than the set menu.

Had a most enjoyable curry at this restaurant. The food was all good and no complaints about the service. Would certainly recommend..

We went on one of their curry nights . Set menu , starter and a main with rice or ban for a set price . Great value , nasty food . Being able to take your own drink meant it made it a night of even better value for money !

We always have an excellent curry when we get a takeaway from here. The food is delicious and plenty of it

We moved to Cowes a few weeks ago and as curry is our favourite food we have been trying out all the Indian restaurants in Cowes. Our experience of the Cowes Tandoori as follows. Minimalistic in decor, spotlessly clean, with starched white table cloths and proper napkins. Serving staff were very smartly dressed and pleasant. Food was good, fresh and tasty. Toilets were also kept to a good standard which I think is always a good indicator. Sells wine and is also BYO so you can take your own favourite tipple and pay no corkage. Could become our local.

Chutneys in plastic containers, no wine cooler and an unfriendly waiter. I hate to Moan but when you pay £68 for 2 people you do expect slightly better. On the whole though the food was good.

Visited on a busy weekend to start hen weekend proceedings off. Didn’t expect too much as it was just a meal for a group of women before heading off out but what a lovely surprise it was. Food lovely, staff friendly and a great night had by all. Will be returning as a couple one evening

We decided to go here last night about 8.30pm, we hadn’t pre-booked so just turned up with our two daughters aged 4 and 8 (4 year old was in buggy as was tired). We hadn’t even got through the door and the waiter was already trying to put us off coming in by saying they don’t have high chairs for children! If I’d known how bad the service would go on to be we would’ve left then!! But I said no highchairs were needed.

Traditional service classical family owned tandoori. Very good curry and side dishes. Sometimes busy sometimes dead it's like that with groups of sailors tho. We go here regularly and have never been disappointed.

Second visit to this place. Going with friends who where visiting the island and it was disappointing. We waited an extremely long time for food. Which when came out two of us didn’t eat. Disappointing, I hadn’t enjoyed the food the first time but though possibly was a one off. The couple beside us was also complaining. Some of the other party’s however looked happy.

Sloppy food served without care, starter was quite nice but just looked a mess with £1 or so a time popadoms including the onion saled being just that in plastic bowls.

Seems very new? Bare white walls and very stark lighting. Beer supplied in bottles or poured from a can. The chutneys were neon yellow and fluorescent orange. Lamb balti was really bland and spiceless despite being advertised as "fairly hot". Wouldn't go back.

Hubby had looked on trip advisor before we left home to get a good idea of where to eat. So already knew, by reviews, that on a Tuesday night they had a special price menu. So we had a look in the window at the menu before going in, and was surprised to see a sign saying you are welcome to bring your own drinks, we thought that meant they were not licensed, so popped down the road and bought bottles of large Cobras and wine, when we got back we were shocked to find they were licensed and had a good variety of drinks. As it happened bringing our own saved quite a bit of money, and they didn't mind a bit. Just opened our bottles and provided us with glasses for nothing. On top of this we had a fabulous meal we got starters, couldn't believe my cousin got 3 huge onion bajees as a starter, and a main meal with either rice or nan, the portions were very good, the food excellent, and the staff friendly, came away feeling very contented.

We enjoyed our meal. The service was good and I would recommend this restaurant to anyone. Alot of choice!

They do a meal deal on a Tuesday, starters and main meal for £10.95 and are also happy for you to take your own booze without corkage charge.

Overnight stay in Cowes for a family funeral so looked on Trip Advisor for a curry house and there were two close by.

After 1 hour we gave up - they tried to charge 9 quid for 10 papadoms and that all that...

El servicio de atención al cliente aquí es espantoso. La oferta era entrante, principal y 1 de arroz o pan, por £10. 95, pregunté por recomendaciones para arranque, y me dijeron que no, que usted elija, la comida era mediocre, pero el servicio era terrible!

Dieron la oferta especial martes - además puede traer sus propias bebidas sin servir licor (M&S; de fútbol a la vuelta de la esquina es un lugar ideal para una bebida). La comida es buena y el servicio es también de buena calidad. Recomendado. .

Está limpio, pero la comida era realmente chocante, el primer plato contenía toda la pena de sal del Mar Muerto, y quizás alguien debería presentarle en pimienta. Enorme platos principales, distinguen entre otros (cincuenta tonos de coloración roja). Comida Y las luces, luces querido dios, el espectáculo de luz no era suficiente para distraer de una comida horrible.

We use Cowes Tandoori on a regular basis, and always find the staff polite, efficient and accommodating. The food is always excellent, and the staff are happy to "tailor" any of the meals to meet specific requirements

3 of us went to this restaurant after a colleague recommended it but very disappointed, food was ok but didn't feel welcome despite it being empty. Being a meal on expenses we each required an itemised bill and VAT receipt which we didn't get and only reluctantly got the VAT number, never had a problem like this despite eating out in Cowes twice a week for the past year. Afraid my colleagues and myself won't be revisiting.

Whilst staying in nearby Gurnard we fancied a curry supper so ventured into Cowes. Not disappointed with the food but the chap who served us was a bit surly. Best onion bhajis I 've ever had with a great chicken tikka marsalla to follow. Also we were allowed to take our own wine which was nice even though they had a wine list. To be recommended.

Late Friday evening, so perhaps not too surprising that other customers offered some entertainment. One had to be escorted out of the door before finishing her meal, by her friends as clearly unable to walk by herself. Single diner on next table fell asleep with his half finished poppadoms. We however had a great meal, and my mild chicken coconut curry was full of flavour. We were not sober either, but I think we behaved

The food was ok but the the service was lacking in warmth. A passable experience but not a particularly memorable one, the two chicken curries we had were fine but the cold manner of the waiter put a little bit of a dampener on the experience.

Went into Saffron and observed many people complaining because they had waited 30 minutes. We decided to leave and went down the road to Cowes Tandoori. Fantastic food. Very fresh. Portions so large we had to take them away. Highly recommend.

Excellent selection of curry and well describe with how hot they are for the inexperienced. Inside decor bit basic but the food and service makes up for that.

14 out for a meal - we pre-ordered in advance and actually the food wasn't too bad apart from the wait which was lengthy resulting in rice's and sides being cold by the time the main arrived...! These were grudgingly replaced (microwaved) and returned. With 14 people and pre-ordered in advance each of us knew exactly what we would pay for our meals however one of our group wished to pay by card rather than cash. The waiter was angered (not an exaggeration) by this and said you must pay cash with your friends. It was explained that the customer had a card but no cash and knew exactly what his bill came to and what he would pay (his meal as we had all agreed).To cut a long story short, after all the aggressive finger waving by the waiter and manager, raised voices in front of the group and other customers as well as at one point the customer being surrounded by 3 other waiters which was very intimidating to say the least card payment ewas accepted but even then following totalling up of all the o0thers, they attempted to overcharge by some £30.00.The service was poor, food was OK but the attitude and sheer aggressiveness of the staff means that I will not (and would highly recommend that you do not) go to this hateful place - fortunately there are far better places to eat in Cowes - avoid this one at all costs...!

We turned up late during Cowes week and didn't have time tocheck this place out on TA which was just as well as, had I read some if these reviews we wouldn't have risked it! Really glad we did as our meal was one of the best curries we've had in a while! The staff were also friendly and welcoming and the bill was correct and seemed reasonable for what we had. All in all a very enjoyable experience!

We had the very good value Tuesday special - almost any starter, main, rice or bread plus coffee for just £10.95. Coupled with BYO drinks with no corkage it makes for unbeatable value for money. Everything was fine but we both found the food bland, plenty of food colouring but not much in the way of spice. And we are not people who are looking for fiery food, just some more flavour. No problems with the place, the service or the billing - in fact the cheapest dinner out we have had in a very long time.

Great food, really nice meal - but then got the bill which I calculated to be £50 and they pumped up to £75. The guy agreed immediately (too quick) that it was wrong and then attempted to re-submit a new price. I refused to pay as it was a Tuesday special and they were quoting the weekend menu. They accepted £50 in the end which was what the meal was worth. I am giving a one as in the process of this they locked me and my 12 year old daughter and 14 year old son in their restaurant and threatened to call the police! This is completely unacceptable behaviour. I am absolutely incensed!

Walked in off the street and were offered a table for two. The waiter was very unfriendly (bit worrying). Ordered a bottle of wine mainly based on the price as we were on a bit of a budget. Had an average meal nothing horrible but certainly nothing special! Asked for the bill which came to more than we thought. Added it up on iPhone and realised it was 5 pounds over. Spoke to the waiter and he told us our wine we ordered was 19.95 and not 14.95 which we had read. Asked the table next to us to tell us how much they thought our wine was according to the menus and 6 out of 6 said the menu said 14.95 not 19.95. Tried to tell the waiter that we would not have ordered that particular wine if it was nearly 20 pound and he would not listen. Eventually paid what we thought our bill should have been and left with the rude waiter shouting after us "u will never be served in this restaurant again". This is not a problem as we don't live on the island as we are here on a break but just want to say to everyone "check your bill and also the prices (handwritten and very mis leading before u order). Shame our night was spoilt by rudeness and a very mis leading menu.

The kids' Korma was great. My vindaloo was pants. When will Indian restaurants realise that potato is NOT an ingredient of vindaloo. Originally it was pork, vinegar and garlic from the Portuguese settlers. Lookup vinegar and garlic in Portuguese and you'll get Vindaloo. Not a bit of Aloo near it. Maybe they do it because they think it's Anglicised. Anyway, no flavour, little heat and tough chicken, rubbish. Service was good. When I was un-British and didn't say "lovely thanks" to the "how's the food question" they did offer to change. It. I didn't, but appreciated the offer. A star for that. There are two other Indian restaurants within 200m, how I wish I'd chosen one of them

I was stunned to be sat in a bland restaurant that served bland food with no spice involved and arrogant staff with the charisma of a sea sponge.I was further disappointed when some fellow guests arrived with a crate of cider and proceeded to open the crate in order to consume the stuff at the table beside us with no complaints from the staff.This was further confounded by a table full of what seemed like some ten rugby fans shouting and swearing very loudly as if they had just won the World Cup.If you like this sort of thing, this is the restaurant for you!

celebrating our 5th anniversary, we decided on a Sunday evening curry in our new home town. the food was ok but nothing special, my main lacked much meat or had far too much sauce!! generous portion of rice and a really well cooked Nan made the visit enjoyable enough but will try the other two Indians before we go back.

We ordered the vegetarian meal for 2 and the normal meal for 2 and had enough food to feed seven of us. Every dish was very well cooked and tasted really nice. We will try the restaurant soon but if their take away food is an indicator then they are a very nice place to go and eat.

Looking for a reasonable priced restaurant in town we came across this venue. Curry night on Tuesday, starter main and coffee for £10.95! Take your own wine and no corkage charge. The menu was extensive. Five star hygiene classification. The table was nicely laid with linen tablecloth. The Curry was excellent and portions were ample and hot with good service. All in all a great find on our visit to the Isle of Wight and will certainly visit again. Thoroughly recommended. Would advise advance booking.

This has to be the worst curry i've ever eaten! Totally tasteless, very disappointing, I definitely wont be returning!!

Thanks CT again a great meal and service. We had taken a friend for the first time and she loved every mouthful. Great food and great value.

Tasteless, boring. Could not workout which dish was which.. Feel sorry for the people who were stillsitting there. Never again.....

We love Cowes Tandoori they are a friendly bunch. the food is always good, you can bring your own drinks, Tuesdays is Banquest Night for £10.95. Prefer Cowes tandoori to the other Indians in Cowes.

Excellent service and food was amazing best chiken tikka and shish kebab I've had . Food good all round if you like Indian food it's worth a try

OK. I've taken a food hygiene course. I wouldn't eat anywhere that doesn't proudly display it's local authority food hygiene stars (5 stars are not all that hard to achieve ) - why would you? There are three Indian restaurants in Cowes and only Cowes Tandoori displays their stars (yep, a full five). Bahar Tandoori has a picture or Richard Branson in the window. Saffron has some guff about an Elvis impersonator. No food hygiene stars though - and that makes me wonder why. Actually I have already written and published a full review of Saffron - it's in my book on UK curry houses, Tandoori Nights (on Kindle but be careful as there is some porn with the same title and that's always hard to explain to the wife).So, and in my opinion quite understandably, for the time being I will only choose Cowes Tandoori when in Cowes.It's a no frills curry house and that's exactly what the doctor's ordered some times. No leather bound menu, stretching to twenty pages, with a mission statement from the owners and a few words from the executive chef. Just a folded, pretty garish laminated job and that's fine by me. No draught lager, just the 660ml bottles of Cobra which is less fine.I chose a Garlic King Prawn starter and a Chicken Tikka Vindaloo, Bhagan Bhaji and Garlic Naan for my main course. I went a little off piste with my Chicken Tikka Vindaloo as it wasn't on the menu but they were more than happy to oblige. No poppadoms - watching the weight.Starter came relatively quickly - it was a Friday night at about 1930hrs but it was quite and empty (it had filled up, just like me, by the time I left though). Six or so large and moist king prawns - and I'm not sad enough to count for your reading pleasure, in a rich, very garlicky sauce served with the ubiquitous shredded lettuce and quartered tomato. Nice starter.The Chicken Tikka Vindaloo was a fiery brick red in colour and delivered quite a heat punch. Just large and numerous good quality chunks of tikka chicken, potato and sauce. No fresh chillies (thankfully and I never thought I'd say that) though. One of the hottest and best Vindaloos that I have had for a while - I ordered a Phall in Cheshire recently that wouldn't have been strong enough to sensibly defend itself against Cowes Tandoori's Chicken Tikka Vindaloo.The Garlic Naan was excellent to - just that right balance of thin and crispy against puffy and moist. Ate it all and that's unusual.The aubergine dish was good too. Aubergine chunks in a tomato and garlic sauce - too much garlic gave me terrible wind later much to the wife's annoyance (apparently I even farted in my sleep which is quite a skill albeit a rash and potentially dangerous one after such a robust Vindaloo).I completely cleared my plate which is testament to the quality and tastiness of the food and not my atavistic gluttony.So, it's Cowes Tandoori every time for me until I see those shiny council stars in the windows of other establishments (and from what I have heard there's little likelihood of that).Even my local sailing club, that is staffed completely by untrained volunteers, has five stars - why would you eat anywhere that doesn't?

We have now been to this restaurant several time an have been disappointed. The food is always of a high standard and the service is second to none. Give the place a try. For those of you who do not like very spicy food the extensive menu has a good selection of fine but mild dishes. Well done Cowes Tandoori

Arrived wet as we got caught in a shower on the walk down, but we were welcomed and our wet coats and umbrella taken away to dry. We thought this was a small restaurant as it is small when you walk in, but there are also tables upstairs.Staff were knowledgeable about the menu and food arrived quickly and well presented.Food was lovely and not overly spicy which is always hard to know when it is not your local Indian.Overall an enjoyable meal.

On a Tuesday's it's a set menu for around a tenner. This includes a starter, main and coffee. If your going with friends you can create a good meal to share. It's a bring your own bottle and they don't charge corkage, and do take your own the house white wine isn't great. Skip the coffee though, it's just bad. The portions are just enough that your not hungry. I regularly go on a Tuesday with friends and would recommend it. But I wouldn't go any other time when the set meal isn't on. I went last night a ordered less than I do with the set meal. I forgot to BYO wine, so bought there's. The total meal was three times the cost, and honestly not any better.

Not the place to go during Cowes Week as it feels a bit like a production line but otherwise for the remaining 51 weeks each year it is a lovely spot after a few post sailing ales. Been there for years - I have used it for about 30!

A nicely balanced place. Tidy, calm, very good waiter, the music was not too loud, but clear. The food was tasty, arrived in time - I have taken vegetarian starter and Duck Tikka Masala. My wife took cold King Prawns tandoori for starter and the same, but hot for the main course. The dessert was superb, the lemon stuffed with lemon sorbet occurs to be my favourite dessert since now :) One advice: do not order coffee. It is average. Take tea.I was there for the first time, my wife was there more than a year ago: it seems to her that the quality is stable.In short: not cheap, but very tasty and very good atmosphere.Highly recommend.

My brother orderd a takeaway here for all 4 of us.I did tell him to avoid this place, but he was willing to try it for himself. The food was not hot, and rather cold. Very bland, and not worth the money. Food came very quick which made us wonder if it was straight from the fridge and not cooked. It seems everyone in Cowes has the same opinion who we spoke to. . Didn't bother phoning to complain because the manager is never interested. The only thing he is good at is smiling as you get ripped off. And then making up his own reviews on trip advisor.From now on I think we will either use bahhar up the road, At least the food tastes good and you can take your own drinks in and the guys there do look after you.

My friend and I are not great curry eaters, preferring korma over anything else too spicy. We found Cowes Tandori welcoming , reasonably priced with good service.

Had great food here and am practically an authority on curry. As usual you get stung on the drinks but the only real criticism was the surly waiter but this wouldn't put me off going again.

I wouldn't go as far as saying this place is terrible but if you could imagine having an empty restaurant where you bring your own drinks and all that it there is a microwave and cutlery then you bring your own supermarket curries and that would be a good description how the food appears to be prepared. The waiter is very quick to clear your tables and they do not seem very sociable. They are however very polite and smile when they greet you. They are far from terrible but do require improvement on there food.

My wife and I and my son and his wife and two young children went last night to the weekly Special Tuesday Curry Night. For £10.95 per head you were able to select a starter, a main, a rice/nan and coffee. We were greeted by a very friendly waiter who took our coats and sat us down to a well presented table and took orders for drinks whilst we browsed the very extensive menu. The whole meal was excellent with well cooked and tasty dishes that were enormous. My wife commented that it was probably the best Indian meal she had ever had. As regards to previous reviews concerning credit cards I must add that my credit card was run through a portable machine in my presence and handed straight back to me. The restaurant was very busy, obviously due to the special Tuesday Night offer, but we were not rushed and the food was served very promptly. Over all - a very pleasant family night out.

I have just read the previous review. I would like to add that I have been visiting this restaurant for 10 plus years and have never had any issues with payments and bad experiences. Obviously if I'm ordering by phone then the card details would have to be noted temporarily, but I am assured that the details are dicarded of making sure that the details are not visable. Other than that the food is excellent, the staff are friendly, and you wouldn't get such good portions for your money anywhere else. I definitely would recommend this place to anyone. Please do not judge the place over a comment.

uRGENT! Please do not use your cards in this place, they seem to write your card details on the back of the order pad, and simply make out they scribble them out and throw them in the bin.We caught onto this and when we confronted them they admit try copy but throw them in the bin. We got out card details back along with other people's card details as well.We have now contacted the police. And are now investigating this case.Either avoid or pay with cash.

I visited mid week with some friends.The restaurant was ABSOLUTELY FREEZING! At first I couldn't even take my coat off.I also used the toilet on the premises which was even colder - not nice when you have to undress!Poppadoms were tasty and we enjoyed the dips that came with.I had the vegetable Korai which was perfectly spiced and there was a lot of it. It could have had a little more variety of flavour.Baajis were definetely fresh but there was not much to them in terms of ingrediants and flavour.I found one of the staff walking up and down the middle of the tables all the time to be a bit distracting. It was an OK experience. Nothing exceptional about it.Service in general was fine.