Dera Niazi in Croydon - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Really delicious food - ordered some juicy lamb biryani and the portions were huge for a great price. Would recommend it if you want some authentic Pakistani cuisine in Croydon!

I was impressed. Start from packing. Curry was packed well. Good quantity. Tasted fresh. Even the salad i loved. I believe this is my first order they gave me a sweet free. Well done.

I placed my second order and I must say, I was not disappointed once again. This time, I decided to try the lamb pulao, and it did not disappoint. The lamb and rice combination was perfectly balanced, creating a brilliant consistency. It is a must-try! Additionally, I ordered the Lamb haleem to play it safe, and it maintained the same high standard as my previous order. The meal also came with sauces and salad, which added a nice touch to the overall experience. I am now tempted to explore other dishes on the menu and provide my honest feedback. In the meantime, please continue the great work!

Went there for the first time the owner and person name Deep gave me the best customer service. Offered me a tea wgile waiting. I ordered nihari from them. Must say after pakistani nihari have eaten the best pakistani taste nihari here for the first time. Ordered other currys as well. Superb will order again sorry but must say Dawat, Royal mahal and spice village nihari is nothing compared to his nihari 10 out of 10.

Ordered for very first time from this place,Haleem was fresh and tasty, biryani was also fresh and chicken was tasty. Salad and sauces were provided which shows how much effort was put while packing the order. Keep up the good work, will surely order again and try other dishes.

Dera used to be one of my fav places to order. The chef and/or other staff members were different. The samosas weren't fresh, and I found lemons in the biryani chicken. The whole meal was sour, and there was a bitter part of the food. Not to mention the missing parts of the order. This time, it was very disappointing. Please make sure that the food is fresh and well prepared like before. Thanks.

After more than a year, I went to the restaurant and ordered their special Lamb and Chicken kadai with garlic Naan. The owner is very polite and friendly. Even though I am visiting second time after a gap, he made me very welcomed. Food was perfectly flavourful, tasty and you can see the passion in the preparation. My family enjoyed the food. I will certainly visit again and will like to try other food options.

good and tasty food friendly environment

Went there for biryani after reading the reviews. But the taste was exactly opposite of whats being said in reviews. Biryani was not biryani but pulao and that too cooked once and sold throughout the day. Not worth it.

I recently visited this restaurant for takeaway, and I was extremely disappointed with the service. Despite being the first customer in line, I was completely ignored by the staff while they engaged in a lengthy conversation with another customer who entered after me the woman who received special attention seemed to be a close friend of one of the staff member. I waited for 5 minutes without being acknowledged or offered a menu. When I finally asked for one, I was met with a dismissive response indicating that the staff assumed I was with the other customer lol even if you thought I was isn’t it your duty to ask if we were together or inquire if I needed assistance This level of neglect and disregard for customers is unacceptable. I hope the management takes steps to improve their customer service.

i LOVE this place for delivery.lots of other places food has been horrible.i never write reviews but this place really deserves it.recently ive ordered rather a lot frm here for one person and assumed thats why i kept getting a free dessert but tday i ordered less and i still got a free dessert.plus ive always got a free mini salad and mint sauce! its lovely t get these unexpected little surprises it makes all the difference.makes a customer feel special.food always good too and reasonable price

The good was really good and they even gave me a free dish for Ramadan

Food average/poor, I have had a lot better. Jalfrazi was greasy and watery and no sauce, rice was sugary. papadums came with no onion salad or chutney. Samosas were ok but greasy. wont order again. Shame when a takout is a treat.

This was the best Indian meal I ever had. Tasty, fresh, and great quality. Thank you.

Perfectly made and delicious- thank you :)

There is a secret being kept here - they open for breakfast, and it is DELICIOUS!!!!! Truly tasty Pakistani breakfast? Go to Dera and ask Raza for his specials. It will make your day!

Send me plain Rice with BONE shame these people just opened the box and shop not picking up the phone such a poor service got pictures

thank you, for Excellent service.

Perfect food with excellent service. Chicken biriyani is too nice. Loved it

Delicious food don’t miss this in Croydon chai paratha name the other variety of food they have food mouth watering prices beatable

The food was fantastic, Customer service was excellent... they have sent me sweet as a treat with a message written on the box... Overall experience was Awesome... Highly recommended

The food was fantastic, Customer service was excellent... they have sent me sweet as a treat with a message written on the box... Overall experience was Awesome... Highly recommended

Had a lovely omelette and paratha with a tea for breakfast. Very accommodating genuine experience. Many thanks

Price ⭐ | Quantity ⭐ | Quality ⭐ Absolutely brilliant! I paid £10 for an all you can eat buffet, nan, salad and a drink. I tried the following: white rice, chicken biryani, pilau rice with lamb, lamb curry on the biney, lamb curry off the bone, grilled chicken, chaana aloo, mixed vegetable curry, and other stuff I can't even remember. All I remember was - no complaints about anything. It all tastes AWESOME! If you're complaining at the quality, quantity or price, there's no pleasing you! This place is REALLY good and I eat out maybe 10+ times a week. Sure there's fancier places, but for the price, this place is GREAT!

Got picture now sharing with this idiot people

Ordered veg biryani. Very delicious and got some dessert as free gift. Fast delivery Thank you

Thank you for being generous in sending us a side dish extra halva. That's appreciated.

Very nice food and service from Shop amazing thanks

Excellent food, worth every penny

The biryani was so delicious and fragrant. The bhajis were so good! Almost tasted home made. 10/10 will definitely be ordering from here frequently

Very reasonably priced tasty halwa puri breakfast and masala chai. Restaurant was lovely and warm too! Will come back to try the buffet!

Never had such a greasy puri in my life. Bhaaji was as expected sweet instead of having spicy and tangy flavour. Dabeli was okay.

No good service stuff abuseing on phone food is cold and delivery is 4.99 they charged on phone saying different then when delivery come they charge you more this you bill so bad !!

Best place in west Croydan amazing food

The food wasn't nice, the veg Samosas were off, and tasteless.

Delicious food and lovely service will be back 😋

Food was very delicious and affordable and very good service

Friendly staff always treat us very special and desk tea is just like waiting

Absolutely vile, food inedible, looked like it had been sat around and was a quarter oil. £30 thrown straight in the bin. Do not get food from this restaurant!!

No spice in fried fish masala.very bland not tasty at all. I didnot order fish and chips.ordered a masala fish

Very disappointing looking karahi. All that wait for such a major let down.

Very bad service and old and cold food just waste of money! Not recommended

Their buffet if actually amazing and given the price its probably the best buffet in london. Defo worth the money.

FYI. I ordered 2 MANGO LASSI'S, I got one Mango Lassi the other were 2 bottles of Milk??? A few months ago the same thing happened, I ordered 2, I got only one??? so you owe me 2 Bottles of Mango Lassi!! other than that your food is always EXCELLENT!

Rank bad Giobhi, which was not even cooked. Paneer tasted like rubber with so much oil, and mixed Daal tasted grossly with no taste.

Food came cold and not to tasty

The food tastes absolutely amazing... I have tried their achar chiken, chiken curry, nihari, chiken tikka karahi and I loved all of them. Such an authentic Pakistani cuisine is a hidden gem in Croydon.

Absolutely delicious, the lamb Rogan josh was so good.

Amazing value for money. Can’t recommend enough.

Just awful not what I expected completely different to the curry I normally have

Very good food for veg and non-veg

I ordered 2 Mango Lassi but I got only one??? This is the first time this has happened???

Been there for experiencing their buffet. Good quality food. Excellent service and home delivery.

I've ordered 3 different chicken dishes. After arriving one was lamb. Wrong rice , absolutely disgusting and fulllllll of oilllll , I mean fulfill of oillllll . this is decease!!!! 42£ , pleaseeee

Poor quality food. The Kebabs crumble, the curries are oily and bland. The chicken biryani is basic rice with a chicken piece on the bone. All in all a waste of money.

Best peshwari naan I've ever had! The food is so good

Buffet lunch £8.99 best chicken/lamb curry in Croydon great vegetarian options

Quality and tasty Pakistani food.

Veg biriyani was tasty and good portion. Box was wrapped in plastic wrap, which is how I prefer my food should be packed for delivery. Not impressed by Paneer Tikka though. It was not marinated in yogurt. Seemed like paneer fry with capsicum and onions and had plenty oil for small portion. Box was not wrapped in plastic wrap. Next time please deliver all food wrapped in plastic wrap and make tikka with marinated paneer. Food was delivered on time. Thank you.

All food was very salty and peppery but was lacking a taste. Sorry. I could have ordered just a wrong dish

Cooking oil used was bad. It gave me burning sensation. I would not recommend any curry but rice was good.

The service of serving food was so poor . They kept you waiting and buffet did not have a variety of dishes.. did not enjoy at all.

This has become my go to place in Croydon. I absolutely love it. I have tried the prawn and chicken biryani from here both are absolutely mouthwatering. I've heard good things about the buffet from my friends as well which I'd like to try soon too. The tea here is absolutely something else. I also love how polite and accomodating the staff are, always having a smile on their face asking if everything's okay and if I need something else. I'm a regular customer now. My only regret is that I wish I didn't live far away but this place is definitely worth coming to Croydon for. Keep up the great work.

Hi I ordered 3 lamb samosas and only 2 came?

It’s our most favourite restaurant in Croydon. My husband always go with buffet and I prefer lamb biryani. Top notch taste.

Great price. Nice food. A bit messy. There was 4-5 vegetarian dishes, 2 delicious chicken dishes and 2 lamb dishes. Rice and biryani rice and nan bread. I asked for a cup of tea but got milk tea instead, and when I asked for it without the milk, the guy told me they don't have any🤔. Not 5 star as we had a local drunk coming and going out and lack of drinks available. Great place for lunch!

Eat as you can buffet menu till 6pm in a reasonably priced is a second to none

Taste is terrible. Will never order it again.

Amazing and very tasty food. Really loved the razela and chicken biriyani....Owners were very courteous...

Overall good food and very good price for buffet. In buffet they were serving freshly cooked butter naan. Buffet includes 2 chicken 2 lamb 2 rice and 5 vegetarian dishes.

Best authentic Pakistani food. Amazing taste.

Chicken biryani was nice thank you

Great customer service and very attentive. Definitely recommend 👌

Usually I give 5 stars but today I am disappointed as the lamb shank in the pilau was over cooked quite hard and chewy. I order this regularly and usually it's 5 star quality just like how I would cook it myself but it's a let down today as I gave it to a sibling first time to try.

I ordered chicken Samosas but ended up getting beef mince ones. The lamb curry was not as spicy as I hoped it to be and lacked a little in flavor. Portion sizes were very good though and gave extra popadoms.

Quite average Pakistani restaurant/take away place. Offers good value buffet. Food is average. Pricing also ok for the location. Clean and reasonably spacious. Usual menu items on offer.

Excellent Food & Customer Service Hosted a event and exceptional service provided by Raza. Everyone loved the food and InshAllah will be doing more events here.

One of the best places in West Croydon. If you are looking for Pakistani/ Indian classic food I would suggest you try here. Currently they are offering a buffet for £6.99. (It's for a short period of time.) Options are limited though. Rice, egg fried rice, Naan bread with 2 types of chicken dish and two types of meat, and few other items as well.But other than that they have a main full menu of food. The nicest thing is they do Desi / Masala Tea which is included in the buffet. Very friendly service.

Very kind host and delicious food

friendly staff and the food is good

Went their recently. The buffet service was good. The food was really good, especially the 4 variety of curries they did. The dine in service was also good with all friendly and respectful staff members. Also celebrated a family member's birthday their where we cut our own cake inside. They voluntarily helped accomodate the celebration. It was like we were their guests and they were just checking on us to see if we were okay. Will strongly reccomend this restaurant, especially the buffet system they do for a low price, yet the food is still on point.

The rice was not fresh, I don’t know what they’re selling by saying Biryani. They don’t even know how biryani needs to be cook. The just microwave the rice and give it to me. The overcharge me. The biryani cost £5 with drink and they didn’t give me drink. Environment 5/10 Food 4/10 Customer service 5/10 Recommended ? Yea if you’ve spare money.

I went there due to the positive reviews that the shop had. I had my doubts as to why the shop is having such good reviews. But now I know why. They provide excellent service and give really good food (both in taste and size) and have a really good atmosphere. The staff and the owner are very friendly. I ordered a naan and chicken curry but he suggested that I should try the buffet for a lower price. The price was only 6.99 and that's a deal. I enjoyed my time there. Really recommendable.

Very nice Pakistani restaurant opposite West Croydon Train Station. Service was very polite and friendly. We tried, Chicken Dum Biryani and it tasted very good.

I had lunch with my family at this restaurant. They had a buffet with excellent choice of dishes. The food was fresh and absolutely amazing – everything we tasted was cooked perfectly. Highly recommend it. I will definitely go again.

Do yourself a favor and visit this lovely restaurant Dera. The service is unmatched. The staff truly cares about your experience. The food is absolutely amazing. Especially Fresh Karahi..

The chicken wings where burnt and to be honest I believe this was done on purpose as an attempt to hide the fact that the meat was clearly old and gone bad. The meat in the keema naan was under cooked and still pink and the curry’s was almost all oil with no flavour at all. I’m English and I’ve done better Indian food then this it’s was terrible. As for the quality of the meat food hygiene standards have been notified

Well to be honest, before visiting to the restaurant I was worried about the vegetarian menu....but after looking at their Vegetarian menu and the way that they prepare the food in separate utensils....I was very happy and will recommend other Vegetarian and Non vegetarian people to visit the restaurant once and try the food. Also the staff are really experienced and friendly. So I will give 5 stars, as I Was happy with the service....😊

The chicken Karahi is out of this world. We ordered 1Kg and was enough for 6 people. Mr. Raza Niazi is an amazing host and makes his customers feel welcome all the time. A must try restaurant even if you have to travel from another borough in London!

Amazing hidden gem. Visited this place a couple of times. Haleem, chicken biryani, masala chips (French fries) Nihari and peshwari naan along with chai is great. You can dine in or takeaway. Mr. Niazi is a great host and cook. Staff is courteous and have smile on their face. Willing to provide top notch customer service.

It was amazing suprise and experience thefood is divine it got the right balance flavor spices and best service

All dishes are very good.Hygienic place, very reasonable prices.Must visit if you go to Croydon

Very friendly staff, customised the food as per our choice. Food was very good and value for money. Good capacity seating arrangement, accessible location. Open till late.

If i could give 10 stars I would. Service here is beyong amazing, you really are looked after, staff are excellent. The owner is like you’ve known him since you’ve been in nappies together! Food is just as good, the portions are more than very generous. Tasty quality food with a homemade taste which is the main factor and a very good bonus. With starters, drinks, mains and sides, your bill will be approximately £25 - £35 pounds for two.

food was soo good and fresh amazing service highly recommended

Amazing taste, warm and friendly service. Casual dining. Highly recommended!

Highly recommended, Go to place whenever you are missing authentic Indian/Pakistani cuisine..lamb curry and yellow daal,zarda(sweet rice) are highly recommend..Extra stars for wonderful host who go out of the way to accommodate your choice and customised food as per your need..

EXCELLENT customer care. Clean shop. Smilling staff. Good portion and well served. l recommend their food all is excellent. Welldone Dera and staff.

Lovely , delicious flavour. I would love slightly larger portions to reflect the price. Thank you for a brilliant , efficient , polite delivery.

We were shopping on the Croydon High Street and found this place for lunch. Very good host. Quality and taste are very good.