Delhi Divan in Lichfield

It was really busy tonight both with takeaway orders and people dining in the restaurant. The service was slower because of this and some people were not happy. We could see that the staff were working hard and were in no hurry so didn't mind. When the food arrived it was excellent, sometimes the quality can suffer at busy times but it didn't tonight. Well done to all concerned on a very challenging evening.

When you walk into the restaurant it's like your eyes have been flashed, it's so bright you don't notice the seating area. The service was a bit slow but there was 5 Tables and plenty of takeaway people wanting. The poppadoms was over cooked and not tasty at all. The spiced onion need some spice, mango chutney wasn't sweet but the onion salad was fresh and not red like everything else was.. Our curries were fine, not fantastic, the lamb was a bit tough and the coconut rice was tasteless...The nan bread, a garlic and Peshwary were under cooked but not to much.. Sorry can't recommend the restaurant in Alrewas but, we were warned...

I'll start with the positives. It was mid week and the place wasn't full, so at least we could hear one another. The decor is improved since my last visit and is pleasant enough. I ordered an Apna Special and Chicken Tikka Garlic. The chicken in the Apna Special was Tikka (so the chicken was cooked independently of the curry) and was very hard and dry. The sauce was very hot (temperature-wise, not spice) and the chicken was luke warm. Inconsistent heating (or more specifically, reheating) really disappointed. The chicken tikka was barely okay. I'd recommend having the chef visit local competing businesses (unless all local competition is rubbish, in which case go visit a very successful place) to see what they do differently with their food. Taking shortcuts and using Tikka in all chicken dishes isn't a good move as it gets cooked twice... I'm not a chef but know this. Service was okay. "Thank youuuuuuu!".

Normally food from here is amazing, however the vegetable balti today was probably 80% oil and tasted of nothing but. Absolutely disgusting and a total waste of money.

On holiday and ordered a takeaway, not sure if the lemon rice was deliberately spiked with a hot chilli or if it was an accident, but after one mouthful I was unable to at anything else 2 glasses of milk later and a fair few spoonful of yoghurt and I recovered with a very sore mouth. The food received had lots of chicken but the sauces were all greasy and tasted the same. The stuffed baked pepper was excellent.

Absolutely amazing food... Has got to be one of the best meals we have had. We went to the Tuesday Banquet nite. Unbelievable price... Great food cooked fresh and plenty of it. We have visited twice and also had a takeaway. Thank you for a fabulous experience ✨️ We will be back !

Have been coming here for a while and the food is always bang on, really tasty and good portions!

Excellent food and friendly service The best onion bhajis I’ve ever had Great menu to choose from and I loved the jalfrezi best

Went into this restaurant to get takeout. First time just to get feel off for next time. The food was absolutely disgusting just no taste to the dish itself so for us we won’t be going in for food. How can anyone give 5* they obviously have no taste buds to what they are eating, a dish should be done well not onions and fresh tomatoes in their i definitely won’t recommend this place

Excellent meal, good atmosphere at a good price

On holiday from London staying at Wychnoor Country Club we chose from the room Folder the Deli Divan to order food to be delivered . The food was AWFUL THE WORST CURRY WE HAVE EVER BEEN SERVED. It was like left overs... sautéed in onions n capsicum with tomato ketchup, the so called chefs special. Further when we tried ordering online -- the response was we do not deliver. However when we called we were told that they do deliver. OUR ORDER TOTALLED £32.10 but were charged £38.ignoring the difference in price we paid as we were tired from an all day holiday outing. How disappointing. We were told by Deli Divan when we complained the usual Bull...Will let manager n chef know etc.

Very good food, everything we ordered was spot on, 100% we will go again. 2nd visit in Feb 23, food not as good as 1st visit

Lovely restaurant with great contemporary decor, friendly and helpful staff, excellent food. Will definitely return. Thanks

Great food great service very friendly highly recommend

The restaurant came recommended by a friend. Disappointing is an understatement ... Rancid oil left the poppadoms inedible, nice pickles ...which I needed to eat to remove the stale oil taste from my pallete. These were returned, but we refused replacements and was told that these would be taken off our order. Nextl was a lukewarm sheek kebab ...nice flavour but too cold to appreciate. Just when we thought that it couldn't get any worse .. The special Byriani..described as Chicken Tikka, Lamb Tikka and Tiger Prawn...perhaps they should have mentioned that the tiger prawn was lesser spotted!! It was topped with a boiled egg ....boiled until the yoke had a deep green tinge around the outside..yuk! The accompanying sauce was just onions in a bland tomato mix. My husband opted for lamb tikka balti...which needed lots of salt adding to combat the over sweetness. The peshwari nan was delish..and the pilau rice ok. It might have been a bad day in the kitchen ... But I don't believe it was ..as it was a bad day front of house too.... Drinks and rancid poppadoms were given priority over giving us the menu, poppadoms were still on the bill and had to be removed before payment, no one asked if we enjoyed our meal ..even though over half was left ..and we were clearly dissatisfied. Customer service 'nil points'! Overall a massive disapointment. ..which is clearly not an isolated incident as they have a 'special offer' on a Tuesday night if pre-booked which looks like excellent value at £13.95 per person ... but despite this, there were only 4 tables in tonight! I think that speaks for itself. I recommend you give this place a wide swerve.

Had to ask 3 times to order food. Eventually after 45 minutes they took our order, 3 mains, side dishes & 1 starter all to come together. The mains did not arrive and we had to ask 3 more times when our food would arrive. We ordered an onion bhaji to come with the mains but because of the delay we asked them to bring it as a starter instead. After another 20 minute delay the onion bhaji arrived. There was then another delay of 45 minutes before our main course arrived, just as we were about to give up, pay for drinks & starter and leave. Several other tables were waiting for food. As we paid we complained about the delay & poor service and I was told WE were disrespectful and it was out fault that we didn't order for 45 minutes (Despite pointing out to them that we had to ask 3 times to order before someone took our order). We were told that a 2 hour wait for a meal was ok and that it was part of the eating out experience We had an hours drive home & our friend a 2 hour drive back to his hotel as he was visiting from the USA. It wasn't an ' experience out' infact spoilt our evening, we just wanted a decent meal not huge delay. If they had said there would be a delay it might have helped but to say our food was " just coming" several times and it didn't, was unacceptable. They said they had hurried up our order after our 4th complaint only for the next table to complain when our food arrived before theirs, they had been waiting an hour for food too. One table had to change their order to a takeaway as they had to leave after waiting 2 hours for food. I've never been told I'm disrespectful at a restaurant before but there again I don't usually have to ask 4 times where our food was. Won't go back as staff were rude, didn't give an explanation as to the delay, didn't bother to apologise, said the delay was my fault for not ordering and called me disrespectful. Food was good. We used to live in the next village and used Little India. That's where we will go next time. We weren't the only ones to complain.

Having been to the restaurant on several occasions our group of four were looking forward to the occasion. Having had a booking for 7pm we arrived and were duly seated. Our drinks order was taken and arrived promptly, however it was another one and a half hours before our food order was taken and which eventually arrived some two and a half hours after our arrival. In our section of the restaurant there were seven/eight tables all of whom had approximately the same wait for their food, one couple had to take theirs as a “take away” as they couldn’t wait any longer. The food when it did arrive was of an excellent standard, a fabulous meal. Upon payment the short comings were pointed out to a staff member who refused to accept any blame on behalf of the establishment for the delay. It is such a pity that the management have taken the standpoint they have because they certainly have lost the custom of two couples and I’m sure from what other were saying on the night it won’t only be us.

Having eaten here a few times and had a takeaway each Saturday for the past 5 weeks we met here with friends from Lancashire this evening. We had a table booked for 7pm and arrived and were seated by 7pm. It took nearly 2 hours for us to place our order. The food arrived 2 hours 15 minutes after our arrival. We asked why there was such a delay along with all the other customers but no proper explanation was provided. We got our bill and again complained about the terrible service and this was just shrugged off. Delhi Divan, if you have a staffing problem be honest, don’t try to blag it. You have now lost us permanently as customers which is a shame as your food has always been excellent.

We have been regular diners at Delhi Divan over several months. We never fail to be impressed with the food. Served quickly, by friendly helpful staff. Good choice of food. Wonderful flavours+generous portions. Definitely worth a visit ! 🙂

I had trouble booking here but all was good in the end. The staff were polite and helpful and the food was good. I couldn't give 5 stars as drinks orders were forgotten and service was slow. We were in a group so i can only think that that was why the food was slow.

We’ve visited Delhi Divan many times over the years, sometimes by car and sometimes by boat as we travel through Alrewas. The food is excellent quality with an extensive menu and friendly, attentive staff and we have never been disappointed with anything we’ve ordered. Tuesday night is banquet night, where you pay a set price (it was £13.95 but may have increased since we last had it) for a starter, main course, a vegetable side dish with rice or naan bread from their a la carte menu. I would definitely recommend this curry house (they also do takeaway).

A bit pricey but i keep going back for more and so with me enjoying the food it is good value.

Food arrived cold service was very poor will not be going back

Lovely vegetable balti. Best curry I have had. Friendly staff . See

The best Indian meal that I have ever tasted.. More than generous portions and the food was delicious.. Price was also generous.. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

The service and food is faultless. The setting is somewhat sterile as the building is an old pub however I am sure, with time, this will improve. You must try this restaurant and when we next return to this area we will have a meal here once again.

Can't say enough bout this place. Brilliant

Boaters through Alrewas did not know this was here what a wonderful find .Will be returning.

Absolutely lovely Indian. We came here after a 15 mile hike so we were absolutely ready for some good food and this place totally delivered. The drinks were good, the food was excellent and the service was pretty good too. The decor was stylish and inviting, the music and atmosphere were friendly and welcoming, every waiter that served us was professional and helpful, and the poppadoms, starters and mains were all fantastic. I particularly enjoyed the tandoori duck starter. I've only taken off a star because it was just a touch pricey. We're pretty familiar with Indian restaurants and go to them quite often, and this one just came out a little on the expensive side I thought. That, and I had to ask more than once for some water.

The best Indian meal in a very long time. Arrived by boat and if someone hadn't pointed it out we would have missed it.

Efficient friendly lovely takeaway food

Fabulous meal. Service was wonderful. Food was amazing. We will definitely be back.

This is a restaurant I frequent very often and I am never disappointed. The food is delectable and no matter what I choose on the menu it is always delicious ( I highly recommend the chicken pathia). The staff are all very friendly and the prices are very reasonable. It’s always an amazing date for me and my boyfriend. I would highly recommend this restaurant to everyone. The menu is very varied and I think there would be something for everyone here, no matter their age, fussyness or spice tolerance. This restaurant is amazing.

First thing you should know if getting a takeaway for collection- if you phone your order through you get a 10% discount. If you order online you do not get the discount. We had already ordered online then realised the discount hadn’t been applied. On their printed menu it just states 10% off for collection so we were confused. We queried this by phoning up as it wasn’t clear. The response was the online prices were already adjusted by -10%. This wasn’t the case- the online prices were the same as the leaflet. When we collected the order we asked again. The gentleman told us that it was 10% off for collection but not off an online booking. He said he had never had anyone query this before but to be fair we have never come across this before either. Had it been clear we would have phoned our order through rather than do it online but it wasn’t clear at all. In the end they did agree to give us the 10% off and we were grateful for this but could have done without the ‘well if it means that much to you, you can have it’ response. Not the best attitude! OK now onto the food. It was nice and hot and the portions were ok perhaps a but less meat than elsewhere but maybe average. The vindaloo and naga dishes were spicy but lacked in flavour. The vindaloo was quite like gravy granules and a bit glutinous. I needed to add a fair bit of seasoning to get much flavour. The chicken tikka masala was very good as was the peshwari naan. 3/5 is a fair score - we have a few takeaways a month from all over the place as we live on a boat and move around alot. We even keep a spreadsheet of takeaways we have- this was one of the most expensive even with the gratefully received but reluctantly given 10% off.

Food was okay but customer service was poor, not welcoming atmosphere

Went for the first time on a Tuesday night which is when they have a very good deal. Really lovely food, excellent presentation and very friendly staff. Will definitely be back.

Lovely restaurant. Good food. Friendly helpful staff.

Amazing food, visited a couple of days ago and hadn’t booked. The staff were accommodating and the food was incredible, we thoroughly enjoyed it. Would strongly recommend if you are visiting the area or a local. The Jalfrezi was superb.

Superb food, lovely people, will definitely go back 😋

One of the worst curries I have had tonight very disappointed my partner ordered king prawn sagh and prawns were like rubber and the curry literally tasted like Heinz vegetable soup I had lamb pathea with extra portion of lamb tikka both portions of lamb was chewy and the normal lamb looked like process lamb and the pathea was horrible I would never eat from there again stay away would of preferred more an Aldi microwave curry

Great food at reasonable prices

Very good takeaway. Recommended

A disappointing night at what was a favourite Indian restaurant. A wrong dish served up and the waiter argued with us about it. 8 pints of Cobra charged at £4.95 instead of £4.25 shown on the drinks list. A ginger and white hair found on a naan was taken away and nothing more said. We increased our visits when rumours of them closing were posted on social media, we won't be going back in a hurry, good luck to them.

A disappointing night in what was one of our favourite Indian restaurants. A tandoori shajani turned into a chicken manchurian, which are on different pages of the menu and it was pointed at when the waiter took our order. 8 pints of Cobra were charged at £4.95 instead of the £4.25 shown on the drinks list and a ginger and white hair found on a naan was taken away and nothing more said. We stepped in several months ago when a post went out indicating the possibility of them closing down because of lack of trade, we won't be going back again any time soon so good luck to them.

I think they forgot about us! First of all we were brought some starters, which we didn't order. Eventually, the meal of various mains and sides arrived. It all tasted pretty much the same; of not a lot, really! And a guy on the next table kept farting.

We visited early in the evening before the rush as we had four young children in our party. We asked for the childrens meals to be served as soon as they were ready with the adult starters. After our starters we waited over an hour for the main meals and when we asked why it was explained to us that they were prioritising take away food because we were already seated. The food was okay, not great but okay and the prices were as you would expect in a village with no competition.

I gave Delhi Divan 5 stars pre-pandemic, not sure what's happened but unfortunately it's not what it used to be. Beware if ordering a vegetable main dish as for some it seems ordinary frozen mixed veg are used which isn't very pleasant. I also had a meal that was incredibly salty so not really edible. May be there's been a change in kitchen staff but something drastic needs to happen to get those 5 stars back.

Very nice little restaurant offering a wide variety of Indian food, we have been twice now and both times the food has been excellent. We went on a Tuesday when it is £10:95 for 3 courses which is really good value 👍

Currys are good. It’s just their customer service that lets them down and in Business customer service is key. We go every couple of weeks and always have the same problem, for example today we rang at 5:30pm to order a collection and we told to come at 6:10 and when we arrived was told the curry would be 5-10 mins. Eventually after lots of waiting it came out at 6:30pm! We have even been known to wait and hour after arriving to get the curry!

The food is standard. Good and nothing special What really lets them down is their service On multiple times we have ordered takeaway. Every time we arrive, at the right time, only to have to wait. Sometimes for an hour! We will never darken their door again.

Fantastic food excellent service. This place is a must if your in the area

Really good meal very pleased with the fish not always on the menu at an Indian restaurant. Fully licensed with good range of wine's and beers. Staff very friendly and helpful will be back next time we are in the area.

Lovely relaxing restaurant great fish dishes. Friendly and helpful staff fully licensed and a hidden gem. Will be back next time we are in the area.

Great food, staff and restaurant. Definitely recommend and will be back

Omg loved this. Super tasty with fresh ingredients, juicy chicken and it wasnt full of grease

Massive hair in the curry, bad hygiene

The inside of this restaurant is a lot nicer than the outside. We ordered two starters, prawn puree and a duck starter, followed by a lamb rezela and chicken shaslak bhuna, 1 rice and nan bread. The food was very good and will be going back again when we are in the area.

We had takeaway tonight very friendly staff food was still very hot when I got back to the boat wife and me thoroughly enjoyed the food Will definitely go back

Every time we have stopped on the boat! We have had a curry from Delhi Divan and have never been disappointed.

A clean and brightly decorated restaurant with a varied and interesting menu with new flavours to tempt. Delicious chutneys and sauces to accompany dishes.

Amazing place food to die for... Staff so freindly nice clean restaurant

Looking for a fantastic curry resturant then look no further - great setting & amazing dining!

First class service and quality of the food

Great food and excellent waiting staff. Very keen prices. Recommend highly.

Great food as always. Friendly atmosphere makes it a pleasure to go.

We have been to lots of Indian restaurants and we have always used as a benchmark one we’d been to in York a couple of years ago. Well we were advised by a couple in our B&B to use the Delhi Divan, Alrewas. To say we now have a new top runner is an understatement. From the minute we walked in the experience started, the restaurant is so nice, the staff were amazing, the presentation and flavours of our food were exceptional. Totally blown away with this restaurant, many thanks guys, made our stay

I eat here a lot, the food is great, wonderfully spicy but not too hot. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff and they are happy to amend the menu to suit the individuals. Our grandchildren devoured the fish curry.

The Madras was sensational. Real full flavour. Top notch. The other dishes were great too. Had our meal as a takeaway, it was still steaming hot and fresh when we got home.

My wife and I were holidaying on a canal boat, moored overnight in Alrewas. Looking at the local eateries, we found this delightful Indian restaurant a stones throw from where our boat was tied up.The outside of the restaurant looked as if it had probably been a pub in the past, but that’s where the similarity ended, as the appearance changed completely once entering. Interior was fresh, clean and nicely laid out (toilets excellent).We ordered poppadums, drinks and our main food, waiting an average time for the main meal to arrive.My wife chose Tandoori Jhinga Garlic (King prawns marinated with freshly chopped garlic, garnished with fresh coriander). When they arrived they looked amazing as even another table nearby too ours, commented on how delicious they looked. My wife was very pleased as It was all perfectly cooked with the king prawns being abundant and meaty together with the onions etc being tasty. To go with her main dish, my wife had chosen Pilau rice which was perfectly cooked.As for me, I chose a bulk standard Lamb Madras, which is my go to dish in any new Indian restaurant as I feel this is the benchmark of their ability. I was not let down whatsoever, as the meat was tender and melt in the mouth with the sauce probably one the best I’ve ever tasted, being spicy hot. To accompany this I ordered a well done naan which once again was absolutely spot-on.As a side dish, we requested Aloo Chana and although not on the menu, it was not a problem for the restaurant as it came up as good as any I’ve ever tasted.Altogether, we found food to be of the highest qualityI believe that the Restaurant is under new ownership and clearly they are very good at their craft. The best compliment I can pay the Delhi Divan Is that if I lived local to this excellent restaurant, I would find it hard to keep away.

It was a few years ago but found it quite good value and the food was excellent. Just a note. There are never many cars parked in their car park, wether using the restaurant or the takeaway so why the hostility towards anyone using it? Many signs have been addled to it's surrounding border to discourage using their carpark, 'Diners Only' not very community spirited I must say. I was approached by someone quizzing me as to why I was walking over the carpark the other day.I was dropping something off to someone who had parked there for about 5 minutes. The restaurant was closed at the time and it was the only car in the whole carpark! Fortunately the car then went off as i was quizzed. Putting that aside, I wpuld like a few cars parked outside my restaurant as it would look more inviting. An empty car park, even when your open does not encourage business! Just saying.

Very friendly staff and very welcoming Excellent services Food is exquisite Inside decor is beautiful

Visited Delhi Divan recently whilst passing through Alrewas on our narrowboat. Literally a minutes walk from the visitor moorings at the bottom of the lock it is ideally located if you are moored in Alrewas. The restaurant is comfortable and staff friendly and efficient. The menu is varied and prices very good and Cobra on draught. We all really enjoyed our evening and the food was cooked perfectly. Would definitely recommend!

Five men in a boat (a canal boat) moored up just round the corner (on the Trent Mersey Canal) and had a really fine Indian dinner at Delhi Divan ... spacious, comfortable, stylish restaurant ... attentive and efficient service ... well priced ... but above all really well prepared authentic Indian food. Very well done!

Gorgeous food, never disappointed. Highly recommended!

We have just finished our takeaway meal, and to say it was Outstanding, would be a great understatement. The food was hot, in temperature, and Exceedingly Tasty. We could not fault any of it, whatsoever. Delivery was exactly when they said it would be also. Perfect in every way. Compliments to the Chef. And Staff. 10/10

Had a takeaway from here last week and it was poor. Amongst other things we had a chicken tika masala and it was inedible. The sauce was a deep red/purple colour and sweet,nothing like any tika masala we have ever had before.

Delicious foods and excellent service...👌👌

Absolutely delicious meal! The service was fantastic and food fabulous. We requested a dish that wasn’t on the menu, it was easily accommodated and tasted superb. Thank you Delhi Divan.

Ordered on line delivery tonight. It was so easy to do and to be able to pay for it on line too!Had a confirmation text and email stating 50 mins. Arrived spot on time and the food was fabulous. Recommend the mixed platter (for2) and king prawn Balti . Thank you really enjoyed it .

Pretty disappointed.Booked delivery for 6:30pm - then got a text at 4:40pm saying order will be delivered in 50mins!Then no delivery by 7pm, called restaurant to check driver knew where they were going and said they’d call me back...no call backFood arrived 7:10pm luke warm & dishes were very oily.The Jingha dish was also far too spicy (had many times before) and menu doesn’t even say ‘medium’ let alone ‘hot’.

They need to update website during covid. Check prices, as no discount if you collect, but different on website. Good food, poor communication ... Check website!!!

Hit and miss is probably the fairest review I can give. Had a takeaway this weekend that was definitely a miss.

A1 first class meal highly recommend

Very friendly and welcoming. Food was Superb.

Really liked everything about this place.As you enter everything is bright and very clean with Indian music playing (surprising and disappointing how often this isn’t the case).Very friendly and helpful staff and a varied menu.In the end it is the food that counts and the food was excellent. For myself, as a vegetarian, there was plenty of choice - the dips with popadoms were exceptional and my vegetable korma with a paneer side dish just as good.EXCELLENT.....

Good food and service to match.

Called in after booking as we were on a boating holiday.staff were fantastic and food was A1 bang on

Wonderful variety of tasty dished on the menu. Great service by friendly staff.

Great food and lovely people. Highly recommendec!

Great service, amazing food and very organized

Very nice location.. food good and excellent value for money

The fooand staff were superb. Everything they served was of an excellent quality and at a very very reasonable price. Would recommend it and will definitely be coming again

Good prompt service. Ordered online for delivery. Food excellent

Tasty but not hot, very long wait even though booked a slot for pickup..

Please be aware, as I have just been caught out. Delhi Devan do a take away service. Their website clearly says 15% discount if you collect. Having returned home, I thought the bill was a bit steep. I rang them and was told that the 15% discount doesn’t apply at the moment. I explained that had I known that, when I had ordered, I would have opted for the free delivery, instead of driving to collect. Not a happy bunny, as two of the meals I ordered said they were served with pilau rice. I queried this on the phone and was told that neither meal was. I therefore ordered two portions of rice only to find that I had double the amount, as both meals were in fact served with pilau rice. I shall not be returning.

Tasty food, and lots of it! Will be a regular for sure.

We always have a take away from this restaurant and it’s fantastic quality and fresh , really great food.

What beautiful food is cooked freshly here, top quality and taste , always enjoy it. Best in the area !

Have to echo Stephens comments, we were in there for over three hours. Too many bookings and far too much priority on take always. Staff were embarrassed, but couldn’t do much as the manager had taken too much on.

What is usually a pleasant experience turned in to a nightmare as the restaurant was unable ro deliver an acceptable level of service to a packed house. Staff were willing but too many customers, too many take aways (which were eventually stopped to ease the problem in delivering food) and too many large bookings. Walked out after 1.5 hour wait and still no sign of food. Some customers were waiting over two hours for their mains. You expect slow service at this time of year, up to a point, but this was an unacceptable experience !!