Desii Indian Cuisine in Halton

Visited here again for the fabulous Sunday Buffet! Poppadoms with onions, tomato, cucumber, mango chutney, mint raita & a delicious spicy sauce. Choose however many starters you like from a selection of onion bhaji, chicken pakora, sheek kebab, chicken tikka. Help yourself to your main course from a selection of delicious curries, today's choice comprised of lamb rogan josh, chicken jalfrezi, chicken tikka masala & a vegetable curry plus Pilau Rice & chips. Freshly prepared naan or garlic naan bread is prepared and served directly to your table. This indian buffet serves delicious food in a friendly and comfortable restaurant with bar service availiable, good value for money and you certainly won't leave hungry!

Really good food. Really good choice of food. And good service. Place looks like nothing from the front but really lovely food.

Food was poorly presented and restaurant decor has gone to the wall. Carpet removed from floor and no lighting to the toilet. Toilets covered in poo and when we told the staff they said they are too busy to sort. Young children running round in the dark around toilets unoccupied - very strange

Waited 2 hours for my delivery time it came it was stone cold had much better curry's won't be back 0/10 😒

Don't know what any of the food service or atmosphere is like but had a table booked for 5 o'clock today and sat outside for 20 minutes they still haven't opened and are not answering

Went to desii last night had a lovely meal staff are great , they do a Mon to Thursday 5 course set meal 16.99 and a Sunday buffet 20 pounds well worth a visit

Loverly food and nice friendly staff, definitely go back again

Ordered online for a delivery. 1st time ordering from here. Really nice food... great service

Visited Friday 24th of May. I’ve not been for an Indian meal for a long time. Staff were so polite and helpful, food was absolutely superb. I had a special dish, it was made from scratch, so fresh and so tasty! The garlic and cheese naan were also divine! 5 stars from us 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

We love dining at Desi's, the staff are very polite and friendly. Food is always amazing, compliments to the chefs.

Not been here for a good few years went last night and wow the food was amazing and service was excellent too was very quiet for a Saturday night but that’s a good thing!

Went as a couple to celebrate my Birthday The food was great - very good advise from the waiter as my wife has a problem with spice and certain foods so when it arrived it tasted wonderful Great service throughout

Big place, cold room, food very good, no desserts service good.

Some of the best Indian cuisine I've ever had

Thrown at back no atmosphere waste of time never go again

Unfortunately didn't get chance to try the food. I reserved the table for two on the 21/12/23. The table was booked for 17.30 on 31/12/23, a full 10 days before. When we arrived there wasn't a great deal of people in there. One of the staff was scrutinising the bookings ledger, another was asking when we had booked, had we paid a deposit. There was no booking in the ledger and there was no interest in the email I was attempting to show them. We were then reluctantly offered to stay but informed that it was a set menu on a new year eve. There was no mention of this when I booked the table. We felt like they didn't want us there and I didn't want to spend anything up from £70 there. Will not go back. Very sad about the experience, the place looks very nice and the man who first greated us was friendly but that is we're it ended.

We booked to eat here on Christmas day 2023. The positives are a follows. The atmosphere was good, the staff were very friendly and the food was really good. On a normal visit I would imagine its a great place to eat but unfortunately they just couldn't cope with a full restaurant at Christmas. We booked the 3pm sitting and waited 45mins for a drink, a further 45 mins for our starter. Then another 1.5hrs for the main course. We gave up waiting for dessert as did other tables, they took them home but we didn't bother after 4 hours we just wanted to go home. 1 large family group walked out after the starter as they couldn't stay any longer. I wouldn't go again at Christmas but I would give it a go at another time.

Visited for a very busy Christmas day meal. The restaurant was full and the staff were run off their feet. Waited a while for our meals, but staff were pleasant and kept the drinks flowing, so we were happy enough! Food was gorgeous and worth the wait. We'll be back!

We’ve been several times now and always have fabulous food and excellent service. Highly recommended, especially the puri starters.

Food was exquisite and the service was top notch. They really went above and beyond to deliver a memorable dining experience.

Me and my girlfriend decided to book a table last minute food was amazing bit of an issue but they where so apologetic and quick to resolve it lovely staff amazing food will definitely be going back see you soon guys

Ordered to pick up got home and really enjoyed it every thing was hot and very tasty

Looks great, food tasty and friendly staff 👌

I went with friends. Lovely restaurant. Great staff. Spotlessly clean. Shame it was so quiet on a Friday night. Definitely worth a visit.

Excellent friendly service Fabulous food Highly recommend a visit

Always a lovely meal and friendly service. Nipped in for my birthday 🎂 and we had a selection of food and all was served hot and freshly made. Definitely recommended 👌

We did choose a mid week night to attend so not reallyan atmosphere as it was quiet, but staff very attentive food was delicious will be visiting again im sure, especially as they do a loyalty scheme now

Lovely place, clean, friendly staff and delicious food

Very nice food and excellent service.

Booked a table for eight to celebrate Father's Day. Arrived at the restaurant on time at 17:30 and waited anxiously until 20:15 to be served. We sampled various tandoori dishes and around five types of curry, which were decent in quality and served piping hot. However, the most disappointing aspect was that the bill was overcharged by approximately 20%. After carefully reviewing and calculating the bill with the restaurant staff, they rectified the incorrect amount. To add to our frustration, they initially claimed that their card machine was out of order, but we insisted on paying by card and, lo and behold, they miraculously had a perfectly functioning one. It left us feeling rather dishonestly treated. I would only recommend this restaurant if you have no urgency to satisfy your hunger and don't mind paying extra for the privilege of aimlessly sitting and waiting.

Tandoori mixed grill was really good. Great flavour

I've been eating Indian food since the late 1970,s at various Widnes restaurants and others all over the country and the Desi is definitely up there with the best I have ever eaten. Can't recommend the place enough.

Try the Chicken Sagwala it was fit.

Good food and attentive service. Quiet dinner on a midweek evening . Restaurant is spacious , but comfortable.

Food took 90 minutes from ordering to come but it was tasty.

OMG!! Absolutely amazing. FRESH WELL PRESENTED, ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. Never went to.a Indian restaurant that was that nice. Really recommend. Thank you. Desii Indian

Service was bad Food was awful Historically was always good must be under new management. Definitely won't be returning.

Food as always was amazing...fresh and delicious

I would never eat here again! Firstly we ordered and had an expected collection time of 6.30pm. At 7pm we were still waiting. No apology or explanation. I gave my name in three times and they went to check for my order. Each time coming back and saying it is being bagged up. As for the food, tasteless. The lamb was very tough and not the quality I would expect. I also found a hair in with my shami kebab. Disgusting place for food and we will never be going again.

Great restaurant, with lovely staff and a beautiful calm atmosphere.I couldn’t recommend any other Indian than this, you just have to try it.

The food here is excellent and the staff are great. In the current climate prices are more than reasonable too. Recommend a visit!

Excellent Indian food with friendly staff.

Slow service even though empty . tasteless cold food. Much better availible

We ordered on a Saturday evening and it arrived within an hour. The food was absolutely delicious! Would definitely recommend.

Food very nice. Service quick. The only thing wrong was 2 girls waitresses were constantly mythering us. We just wanted to enjoy our meal.

Great food and service. Staff are friendly and accommodating! I have been to Dessi lots of times over the years and as always 10/10.

Not been here for a while, and it didnt disappoint. Food was beautiful, staff lovely. Think it's going to be our regular date night venue

Waiting 20 mins in between meals and there is only another two tables here, it’s a big joke I think they just want you to buy lots of alcohol in between meals. Which didn’t work for them with us as we don’t drink alcohol. I won’t be back again food was mediocre too

This is a little hidden golden Gem in Widnes centre. The staff in here are lovely and very attemptive. The food is delicious and reasonably priced. Always a nice atmosphere in here and you are made to feel very welcome. Would recommend anyone to go here if you want a delicious Indian meal ❤️

Thanks desii for the amazing hospitality and beautiful meals we had this evening. Everything was so tasty good quality hot food in a lovely clean modern resteraunt with very welcoming and helpful service.

This is mine and my partner's favourite restaurant, we find any excuse to visit here. The staff are so friendly and the food is delicious. The ambience is so lovely, and the restaurant is spacious and always clean.

Service was a bit slow but food was lovely

A little disappointed, the curry I ordered tasted blandand tasted the same as my friends, wich was supposed to be a different curry, both tasted like a base gravy with very little spices added to differentiate each curry

So when we had desii we called it and picked it up as we were eating our chips because we eat the chips first I mean they were fine VERY VERY soggy and the onion bhajis were very very crumbly and just tasteless but the staff were very nice and gave us our food very quickly but the food man… let down so don’t recommend if you don’t like soggy food and in need for a good and filling grub.I am a local to Widnes but from St Helens so thought was gonna be nice but it wasn’t and costed about 42 quid so 42 quid in the drain!

Been coming to Desii since it opened its door in Widnes, I couldn’t go to another Indian restaurant as would feel I was missing out on their food. Never had a bad meal in here always 10/10. Staff are very friendly

Lovely meal again, big thank you to Abid for the welcoming service!

Such lovely staff and great environment

We ordered online - restaurant prices rather than takeaway. Arrived 45 minutes late. Onion bhajis were soggy and tasteless. Vegetable Biryani was effectively a pilau rice with a few peas thrown in - waste of money. Samosa pastry was thick and stodgy with tasteless filling. Lamb pepper fry was quite good. We won't be trying there again any time soon.

Average taste, long wait, dirty floor carpet you would notice while walking upstairs for toilet( my shoes kept sticking😀 and made funny noise)

Used to be a great Indian but they've clearly given up or got a poor quality chef in. Past 3 times our food has been below average and we would have had a better experience just spending £2 for an Iceland curry. The curry was basically soup it's so liquidy the textures all wrong and as for spice either they forgot to add any or its just been watered completely out of it. We got stale poppadoms and the mint yoghurt smelt and tasted off This is the last time we will ever go here and we will tell everybody else how poor it was too

BAD FOOD MUST AVIOD AT ALL COST THE WAITER ARE SO RUDE THEY PUT RAT LEGS ON MY FOOD AND THE WAITER LOOKED LIKE A FISH AND HIS NAME WAS TAHMID

Love a Desii's!! Food's always gorgeous and staff are great. What more can you ask for?

Really enjoyed our meals this evening thanks! We had Chicken Jalfrazi with Pilau Rice and Vegetable Balti with Garlic Rice and a portion of chips. Always a perfect curry from Desii, don't go anywhere else since we found this lovely restaurant and takeaway. A fabulous holiday treat. Thanks again!

I had heard rave reviews about this restaurant and as we didnt intend to cook we decided to order a takeaway from here. I started to try and order at 4 and at 6.30 had to ring my bank for intervention to get the order through, such a faff. Placed my order for about an hour later. Wasnt the cheapest of takeaways but it was a special Saturday night. The order came 15 mins late,considering it asked in 5 minute increments wasnt really good. Now to the meal, we had a Chutney tray and spicy poppadums, nothing wrong with that, in fact best part. We always share so got our usual onion bhajis and king prawn puri, neither was the best. We then had lamb tikka makhani, prawn anarkali ( in a way I've never seen before) not like we're used to and balti rice. Ok but not memorable. We, in Widnes need a really good chinese restaurant and indian restaurant, we have 1 of each on the outskirts of town but from personal experience getting a taxi home is a nightmare. Shan't b visiting again

Good taste. It is not the real Indian taste but still as per the location and people taste, It is the best. Service was very good. I think that is the best part every customer looks for. Overall Excellent service.

If you want to wait almost 2 hours for a takeaway then order from here this is on a Wednesday night so glad it wasn't on a Friday or Saturday night,ordered at 19.37 and arrived at 21.23 plus the fact the delivery guy tried to deliver to a neighbor down the road after another 20 mins re-heating the food it was actually enjoyable, got the usual it's on the way when tried ringing up

Great food, really nice staff, very polite and welcoming staff. Highly recommended

The food is truly spectacular, ordered all the small plates with an extra side of slaw and gunpowder potatoes. The Sev Puri and the Paneer and Pineapple Tikka were particular favourites. A tastefully decorated restaurant staffed by friendly and personable staff. All in all it was spectacular and I can’t recommend highly enough!

On Vacation from Abu Dhabi my family took me to Desii as it's one of their favorite Indian restaurants. I'm a huge fan of Indian cuisine so I was really excited to try it out, it was rather busy with a good atmosphere. For starter I had the tarkha dal, for me it was more of a soup consistency with no bite and not much flavor so this was a little disappointing as I've had many dals. The main course I had the chicken Naga, absolutely unreal, such an amazing taste with a nice kick, the staff were lovely and friendly and other than the starter not being quite what I expected overall it was a lovely meal :)

Excellent service and great food

Very poor chicken dish completely overcooked

Food was good, and priced well. Friendly staff.

Food excellent but the customer service is second to non .taz in particular and his cocktails! We were recommended meals and they were gorgeous, haven't been in a few years before this visit bit will definitely be returning

Lovely trip to the desii again. Very expensive though and took 3 hours to be served mains! Food wasn't as good as normal but Dee is a brilliant guy. Thanks!

First visit and the last for us. 1 and a half hour wait for starter which was really poor and cold, curries had little meat and tasteless sauces. Staff and setting OK but nothing else to recommend. Disappointed.

Had a really nice meal on Monday with the family at Desii - food was really lovely and the staff were great and made the night. Had a laugh with the waiter Taz and tried his own recommended cocktail, which was lovely! Thanks Taz and all the other staff there for a great night 👍

The food is delicious here and a great selection on the menu. The best Indian I have been to. The staff are great and such a laugh, they really made our night on Monday 😁 thank you to Taz and the other staff for a great night 👍

Celebrate birthday 🎂🎉 for my little son here nice food and staff

We visited on Christmas Eve, the service was fantastic and the food was gorgeous. Very reasonably priced for food and drinks. Looking forward to our next visit.

What a lovely meal, nice and relaxing after a busy Christmas. Not our first time here and it won’t be the last. Taz was very sweet and looked after us so well. thank you :) xx

So I’ve dined at this restaurant before and have always enjoyed the food. So as a treat we thought we would get a takeaway over the festive period and the service was shocking. Firstly the order was over 2 hours late and it said up to 55 mins which I was with cause of the festive period. I tried to call the number which they had provided and it’s just rang out! When I managed to get through to ask where my food was I was told it would be 15 minutes. I could hardly hear the guy due to the loud music in the background. 30 minutes later still no food so again I tried calling and no answer. The food then came with no apology. Very disappointed in the service for takeaway and I don’t us them again.

An amazing experience and atmosphere. Delicious food and the most fabulous friendly and entertaining staff. We are going to make it a monthly get together at Desii's. Taz cocktail .......gorgeous

Absolutely gorgeous food and lovely atmosphere!! Highly recommend the taz special cocktail as well!!!!!! VERY GOOD!!!

Every dish was delicious and the staff are really friendly. We would all highly recommend Desii for a special occasion, a family gathering or just a date night

Table booked for five of our family to celebrate my younger brothers birthday. Immediately made to feel welcome, safe and were seated in a booth. Popadoms and chutneys plus our drinks order allowed us to settle in and relax. We ordered a variety of starters...

Very nice staff. Lovely food. Very clean

Very great service, I came on my birthday and they gave me a birthday cake and a free shot of tequila very polite staff, and food was fantastic easily one of the best restaurants in Widnes

Service and setting is decent but never had worse food, the meat was like rubber, after spending 40 pounds I left the restaurant still hungry as I could not finish the food. It maybe that I went on a bad day for meat but based on this experience never going to try again.

Always a very good standard of service and quality of food is very high.

We attended last Saturday as the good lady fancied an Indian meal. I never actually knew that this restaurant existed beforehand but after reading a few reviews on here, we thought we would give it a try. Thankfully, the whole experience was very pleasurable. Taz,...

Love it here. Great food, great staff and a great atmosphere. Have enjoyed every visit and looking forward to my next 😋

Pleasant friendly staff. Great food and great pint of cobra

We have visited here on a few occasions recently and can't fault the place at all. The food is always fantastic and is reasonably priced and the staff are always attentive and make a fuss of our young son, which makes it a really positive...

Went here for my birthday with my husband after being recommended by my dad. We absolutely loved it! The food was incredible, all very fresh! My husband got a lamb curry and usually he is worried about getting lamb as it can be fatty but it wasn’t fatty at all, it had big chunks of lamb and was cooked beautifully, so soft. And the staff were very friendly and made us feel very welcome. We will definitely be going back!

Wow! What a find! Just looking for somewhere to eat in Widnes and this is fantastic. Very attentive staff too. Will def be back!

This isn't my first visit visit Desii and have not been disappointed yet. This evening me and my friend went for a catch up, the waitors were very accommodating, the waiter Taj recommend a dish to my friend which she was very pleased with. Taj...

Great night spent here with my dad fir his birthday. Our waiter TAZ was so good - very friendly and chatty making us laugh throughout our stay. Food was excellent as it always is. Cannot recommend this place enough. Thanks TAZ and staff at Desii...

Ordered a takeaway advised it would be 45 mins, was actually quite a good deal later and starters cold with mains lukewarm. It was a birthday treat and not cheap, so very disappointed. Wont be using again.

Ordered take away at 5.10 pm rang twice and eventually Got it 7.20pm.asked restaurant is this exceptable Told no.delivery driver said restaurant said sorry.not good enough. Food then waz slightly warm had to put in oven.this is not cheap take away not impressed wont be...

Really good Indian restaurant, definitely worth a visit.