Dalchini Takeaway in Reading - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Could of been a bit better, food bined

THE BEST INDIAN OUT THERE. Never ever ever had a bad experience ordering will order here forever.

I have a new favourite Indian restaurant, outstanding food..... :-)

I accidentally gave him more money and he took it 🤷🏽‍♀️I think he thought I was giving him a tip but I only realised once he had gone

I am so happy I found an excellent Indian curry house that is par excellance👌!!!! If you are looking for fantastic fresh flavours and speedy delivery, look no further.

Curries were 50% oil and 30% onion. Lamb pieces were very fatty. Arrived late and cold. Meat samosas were burnt. Rotis were thick, doughy and chewy. Extremely disappointed.

We found the food to be very bland sadly & the korma chicken sauce had water separation once it was on our plate, not nice at all, also the peshwari naan didn’t have much flavour inside which left it tasting more like a plain naan. Not impressed this was the first time we have ordered food from them and cannot recommend them. However, one good thing it was very kind of them to give 2 free poppadoms with mint sauce the poppadoms was the best bit about the food nice thick & crunchy. Shame about the main meal. :(

Waited an hour and a half for food

I think Dalchini will be my go to fave takeaway. Thanks!

Less than average taste. Won’t bother again.

Worst experience ever. Ordered food when it was 15 mins to shop closing. They had everything in the menu available. I chose Chicken Madras, few breads and lamb biryani. The delivery was quite late as well, I can understand as it was shop closing time. Dalchini is a very famous chain of restaurants back in India and was having high hopes for it. But to my surprise it became the worst experience. The chicken Madras was not spicy and all watery. It felt like the chicken was just a boiled dropped inside the water gravy to serve as it was shop closing time. There was no flavour or taste in it. I can definitely tell there was no marination done for those chicken pieces as it was too bland. The breads were all too thick on the end almost 2 inches all around not fully cooked. Had to throw most of it away. Lamb biryani was the only thing that was good to eat. Not sure if it was due to a late order and they ran out of time and dishes that I ordered but if so they could have called to ask what else could I have or give something similar and let know of us with an apology. That could have worked better but having ordered late in the night and hungry I had to throw away most of it and eat some bread I bought from Sainsbury's. Please don't repeat this to others.

Great food. Definitely our go to Indian restaurant.

the rice was not cooked properly and nan was cold

After having issues with last order was worried about ordering again. However thoroughly enjoyed our order the chefs special was delicious although I do recall potatoes in it last time?...order was delivered early and driver very polite. Good meal all round. Thankyou

excellent quality and the food crooked to perfection. Always been ordering food from last few weeks and will continue to do as the food and service is excellent 😀

Special fried rice was nice but the chicken korma was quite watery.

good food. could improve on the portion sizes. but was quick and delivered every item correctly

Food was very late and cold. Rang restaurant and was met with a very aggressive and unhelpful attitude to my enquiry ie ‘where’s my order?’ Will never use this restaurant again.

No saben cómo seguir los mapas de google. Se niegan a reenviar el pedido Ellos no vinieron a mi dirección y me culparon

Ordered vegetarian food, it's good in taste and quantity.

ordered two chickens. got one chicken and one something else. didn’t even want to risk eating it. also, it was worst butter chicken I ever had in my life. it was very sweet. overall got an impression that they add sweetener to all dishes. will never order from this restaurant again.

Food is very good, hot and in sufficient quantity. Thanks for good food.

Excellent, one of the best Indians we've had in reading

Not bad it was hot I would not run to order again

Very tasty with really good size portions

Amazing food, full of flavour, delivered on time. Definitely will order again.

the carrots in the vegetable korma and the salad were brown and tasted weird - we had to pick them out

We usually order from you and our order is perfect and so is the food. However today we ordered and we did receive our drinks I called the restaurant to complain as had just paid the drive and all the man could say was oh well. Totally unprofessional. Will rethink before ordering from you again with this behaviour.

disappointed this time. A stick of tikka chicken taken off the stick and placed in dhansak sauce......the paratha was not freshly made. I know I am Indian. Shame my previous order was superb

Excellent food, excellent service. Would recommend

Great food! I will order from here again.

Delivered quickly and piping hot. Very tasty

😊 really very good will def use again

The best Indian I've had in a decade, and will now be with these guys for the long run! Gave us some extra portions, arrived perfectly on time and the food was perfect. Strongly strongly recommend

Good value for money and lovely food

Amazing as ever. Will never order anywhere else.

Really good food, One of the best Indian takeaways we’ve had. But very long delivery wait

Best Indian Takeaway, we order on regular basis, food is amazing good and always nice and hot, they are always on time, sometimes they deliver even quicker, Highly recommend to others.

food wasn’t tasty at all didn’t like it

Superfast delivery!! Tasty food!!

Service was fantastic, food was okay

Everyone who had the lamb has been very unwell throughout the night.

I ordered a Chicken Jalfrezi and a Chicken vindaloo, the spice was perfect, I also asked for minimal oil to be used when cooking the dishes and I wasn't disappointed, No visible oil even left on the plate, superb. Descent size portions at reasonable prices, definitely order again, Thank you

very nice food and very good service

I sincerely say this, food was really bad. i have no idea how this is called indian food. Very disappointed. Asked the restaurant to make it spicy and all they did was throw in bunch of chilli powder and thats it.

Really nice flavours. Pilau rice was a little bland, probably as it was wet. Other than this would order again.

Great tasting food. Mixed kebab starter is excellent. Chicken Madras really good. Only Indian I really like in Reading.

Came from devon visiting friends and family in reading and ordered from here the meal was excellent the chicken was succulent and the heat was just right, it was so nice that I was going to order another one the night after will be ordering again when back in reading

Great portion sizes of tasty, hot food. Delivery was bang on the estimated time. Delivery guy was friendly. Great service and food, highly recommend.

Excellent food. Will definitely be ordering again from here in future.

Really impressed, top notch proper curry house. Good selection, proper flavours.

Fantastic food and nice and early two. would order again and again

Great portion sizes and not stingy on chicken at all. Huge bits in our curry!

I ordered twice in one week it was that good

The food is really good here.hot and fresh. Really authentic taste

Lovely food delivered exactly when said they would.

Tasty food and will be ordering again

Literally the best curry out there. Absolutely delicious would and will order over and over again.

very good service and food quality is always excellent. But, found stones in chicken dish ordered recently which led to very bad taste in mouth. hopefully, they will be very careful next time

Set meal for one is great value for money

Incredible food yet again, you cannot find better in Reading. The lamb was perfectly cooked, the rice was light but filling.. the chicken had so many flavours! The potatoes in Sag Aloo were actually firm, which is rare to find these days, with fresh, tangy, tasty spinach. The onion bhadgies were yet again light, mint sauce refreshing- you seriously cannot go wrong with Dalchini. Genuine, lovingly cooked food.

Best tikka masala I’ve had in a long time! Food arrived quickly and still hot. Loved the onion bhajis. Really happy with the 20% off. Will 100% order again. Thank you.

Honestly the best curry I’ve had in such a long time.

amazing food and arrived very hot, will definitely order again!

Excellent as always - my son particularly enjoyed his butterfly prawn. Pleased with the 20% offer too will definitely order from here in the near future.

Overpriced food. Biryani was stir fried rice with dry mutton pieces (not lamb) served with a veg curry?!. Shami kebab was actually a chapli kebab served with an unseasoned egg omelette.

Fair prices, food was very good, when we collected, we were greeted with a smile. Think we found our new local!.

Ordered stuffed paratha and butter chicken. Not satisfied. Butter chicken was very sweet and couldn’t take. Stuffed paratha also not good. Disappointed

Food was best Indian I've had in Reading! Madras was a perfect level of spicy, chicken chaat was lovely. Delivery driver was very friendly & happy to wait while I ran to bank as delivery was early.

An average curry and really nothing special. the prawns in one of the main dishes were simply inedible as they were cooked for far too long and so paid a lot of money for a carton of curry sauce.. this was the 2nd curry from these guys and although it’s not awful, there’s no food lover reason to go back. A trained chef wouldn’t of let the food go out in the state..

Lovely passanda! Overall good takeaway.

better then expected will use again 👍

Good food at good prices. Particularly enjoyed the mixed kebab starter. A good chicken Madras. Would have preferred the pilau rice to be more fluffy but still good.

Food was absolute delicious. Was told they were busy and would take an hour but took an hour and a half in the end.

Good local option for us and staff always very pleasant.

Food arrived exactly on the estimated time! Lovely peshwari naan 👌🏼 Overall the food quality and quantity was good. I would recommend this place again 👍🏼

the food was very tasty and hot.

food came pretty cold. whilst it’s very cold outside would have expected warmer on arrival

food arrived cold, late. unimpressed

Driver couldn't locate the postcode and asked for another postcode..does anyone in this country have alternate postcodes for their addresses?!?! Anyways, it was late..hence the food was cold and soggy. It didn't taste nice either. Waste of time, effort and money :(

Food great but disappointed with very poor delivery process. Had to call restaurant to chase my order.

Lovely food and delivered early.

Whilst the food arrived on time and hot the taste was very bland and the prawns in the prawn roshini were over cooked and rubbery.

Fantastic food and arrived HOT. Not as spiced as other restaurants for comparable doses but tasty all the same

Amazing food at a very reasonable price.

2nd time I've ordered from here and was amazing again, my favourite indian in reading! Will be ordering again and recommending :)

We ordered Karai chicken and when it arrived it said Doipyaza on box and tasted like doipyaza too. When calling to tell them, they insisted it's karai chicken and that the chef wrote it by accident even though it tasted nothing like karai. They tried to charge is 2.60 for one piece small piece of naan bread. Sorry but where do we live for you to have such high prices on naan bread when your competitors are charging more than half that price and much better naan. Food was good overall would have been better with more spices and the correct order Thanks

This was my first order. It was the best take out I have ever had. All my family loved it.

Excellent. Food was hot and fresh, quality ingredients. Arrived early.

The best currys me and my girlfriend have had. They delivery may run late on a busy night, but the quality of the food is superb. Worth the wait!!

I have been using this restaurant for a while and I really like the food, but yesterday the guy who delivered the food told me that for health and safety reasons they are not allowed to come into my flat to deliver the food to my door , like I said I have always ordered from here and it has never been a problem, it will just mean that I will no longer be order g from you guys, which is a shame

It is not exceptable when you ask for a time and nearly an hour later I am still waiting so I will not be using your restaurant again

Awesome fast delivery no doubt about it. Also the food was delicious and up to the mark.

Not a wow for me. It looks like Indian food but it's really not strong in flavours, quite weak. And the sauce with the papadom is the worst I ever had. A kind of yogurt sooooooo ooooo sweeeeeeeeeet with some food colouring. It tasted eurgh.... So sorry but I'll order somewhere else.

I would highly recommend this restaurant, the food and service was great. Thanks

First time ordering, was pleasantly surprised. Food really nice, not greasy like most other takeaways. Delivered bang on time. Will definitely order again.

First time ordered from them. Food was alright. Delivery was on time. However left a special note requesting to call me on arrival and not to ring the doorbell which was not followed by the driver. His excuse was he did not read the message. The note is there for a reason which should be followed!! Still gave him a tip!!

Really tasty food. Chicken pakora is spot on and a really tasty curry. Good portion sizes too. Only Indian I use now.

I'm not local - which is a shame because this is probably one of the best Currys we have ever had. Delivery was also great no hassle co-ordinating delivery to the car park of a hotel

Thank you so much I'm a new customer food was ok.