Dhaba Barrow in Barrow-in-Furness

Every meal and takeaway we’ve had from Dhaba has been beautiful! Highly recommend.

The DHABA Contemporary Indian Restaurant 252-254 Dalton Road, Barrow in Furness LA14 1PN Tel: 01229 343 480 Date of Visit: 23rd September 2024 It’s been a while since I last stepped foot in this establishment. August 2016 in fact, when I said it was a reasonable place and gave it 8 points even though at the time it was unlicenced. However, nothing much has changed in that time except it now has a licence and boasts a well-stocked bar with Cobra on tap! On this occasion this Comfortable 60 or so seater on two floors was quiet, though it was early on a Monday evening, I ordered from their comprehensive Menu my usual benchmark stuff such as Poppadom’s with a standard pickle tray, nothing much to get excited about there. Sheek Kebab, which to be fair was extremely tasty though the portion size has shrunk somewhat, where you once got two sausages of Sheek you now only get one which they cut in two to make it look better! Next a chicken Naga which was very tasty and well spiced. A mushroom rice which again was very tasty and well cooked. This was accompanied by a Peshwari Naan which again, was fresh and tasty. But we had a problem, when the waitress arrived with the main, she came with a plate of Chicken Nuggets Chips and Mushroom rice, when I told her that that was not what I ordered the look I got was as if it was me who made the mistake, a bit of a tut and off she went back to the kitchen to reappear a couple of minutes later with the proper order! But the atmosphere was frosty to say the least, I was not able to get any names or anything as getting into conversation was difficult, whether this was, as I suspect, a language problem I’m not too sure but apart from two female members of staff who knew how to smile and make you feel welcome, quite frankly they should have taken on the role of senior front of house staff, the atmosphere was subdued to say the least! So, what was mainly a nice well cooked and well spiced meal was spoilt some what with the lack of Ambience! No music, nor much attention paid to customers! Parking was no problem, though Barrow is well known for its Kami Kazie style of aggressive parking attendants! Points: 6/10. Cost, £32.00 including a pint of Cobra, in line with most Indian restaurants. It does accept Card payment or Cash. It might be a while before I return!

We dine here often and the food is always fresh and delicious when we do. The curries are always fragrant and full of flavour, and the service is pretty fast and you're not waiting too long. Cannot fault the food or the staff here, we always have a great experience when we visit. The prices are pretty good, too.

A absolutely beautiful meal. It was made to perfection 👌 we throughly enjoyed it. Purchased through an app and delivered. Thank you to all involved.

Impressed with our visit. Excellent variety and good quality food. Prompt and attentive service.

Takeaway - Best Indian meal we’ve had in a long time, Amazing flavours, hot (temp) & on time. Husband loved his mixed Razela, said the lamb melted in his mouth. Will definitely be back Thank you!!

We absolutely loved it here the food is absolutely amazing and the staff are so lovely we had meal here the 4 nights we stayed in barrow in furness we highly recommend. It's a very clean and inviting restaurant, I would give more than 5 stars 🌟 gonna miss this place 💙💙

The food was horrific. We ordered from here. The lamb chops had so much red coloring, it wouldn’t leave my fingers for 3 days after delivery and my poo was colored bright red. Imagine being doused on so much color that even after going through the entire digestive system, it doesn’t get diluted!! Insane! Never had such type of food before, Im going to have to apologize to my body for putting it through this for several days afterwards.

Lovely food. Prompt service. I always head here when I’m in the area. Can’t understand the bad reviews. Although I’ve never had a take away.

Worst Indian restaurant in entire UK. This restaurant even doesn't deserve 1 Star. Worst food experience. I ordered food for my kids and us and specifically mentioned not to make spicy but they made super spicy. Another shocking thing, we ordered veg biryani and they delivered with egg omelette. We don't eat egg and in entire UK I haven't got egg in veg biryani. And when my husband called them then one man named CHAUDHARY was on call and super rude, saying harshly food will be like that if you don't want to eat you can throw. I have never experienced this much bad behaviour and worse food in any of the restaurant. PIC attached. Veg Biryani with egg Omelette and very spicy curry which was for kids. They have ruined our evening..we had to throw all food. If anyone craving for India food in Barrow of Furness please go to TAJ MAHAL Indian restaurant. They are very nice and very tasty food. We wanted to try different restaurant today and done biggest mistake. Would never recommend to anyone and will never visit this worst place again.

Decision turned into regret after ordering food from here. 1. Checked over phone before ordering , 2 times over phone followed up, mentioned in note : to say that Paneer Dhanask is for kids so please do not add spices and result : this came more spicier than other dish ordered for us( Adult) 2. Ordered Vegetable Biriyani as we are pure veg family. The biriyani came with omelette inside. When asked from owner he lagged any respect to what he has done and he kept repeating that that irrespective of other restaurants this is how his restaurant delivers food. He lagged any customer service attitude . Not surprised why restaurant has very many negative comments. Surprised how this restaurant is surviving..probably because no competition and the place has tourist importance who have busy schedules and probably don’t mind.

Be patient, if take away orders come in your meal will be delayed. In passing time, you will then have the chance to listen and watch the owner (confirmed by staff x 3 and once by I think partner) verbally abuse his staff and takeaway delivery people in equal measure. Food was late but excellent but as long as this is here, I wouldn't eat here again.

Extremely bad experience. They are confusing people about the website manu and dine in manu price.huge diffenece.and they didnt mentioned in the website properly.bogus restaurant. Managment has attitude problem.one lady sitting on the couch near bar looks like owner has attitude peoblem and look at the people in specious way which is wired. I will never ever go to this restaurant again.

Ordered on line I've used Dhaba many times previously BUT This evening was a disgraceful excuse of a takeaway Cold Chicken old tough No sauce No flavour Very very poor

Maybe the worst tasting madras I've ever had. Oily, watery and tasteless. Don't waste your money

The food was not good at all. If you are Indian, please don't go to this place. The 4-star rating is completely fraudulent. The waitresses hover over you all the time, and there is no proper communication between the staff. The rotis and tandoor items are not roasted well at all.In chicken garlic started it was full of red colour and excess oil.Don’t waste on your money to have this worst taste food.

Bad service chicken is plain and waiters giving us looks. So rudw

Staying overnight at a Barrow hotel that didn't offer evening meals, we ordered an online takeaway from this restaurant. The ordering was straightforward, the delivery prompt and the food delicious. Highly recommended.

Love this restaurant . I only ever get a takeaway but the food is lovely Married to a man from India , I know good Indian food when I taste it , and this is one of the best for authentic Indian food in this area Plus the staff are lovely too . Always a warm welcome

Awful customer service and mediocre curries , didn’t eat ours as not very nice and not even asked if it was ok , staff member pointed at plates we had left and said ‘ pass that to me ‘ never actually known anything like it service wise , I would avoid

Fantastic Indian, Best I’ve been to, 100% would recommend ! Food and the staff are both exceptional

Just picked up our takeaway. Food very bland, oily and very salty. Not at usual high standard.

Excellent food, we've been eating here for years and we have NEVER had a bad meal. We have eaten in the restaurant but mainly take away... The staff are always welcoming and friendly.

Wow! One of the best Indians I've ever had. Amazing! Had the lamb biryani and chick tikka masala.

The best Indian meal I've had in such a long time, staff were very friendly, portion size was massive and it tasted so good thankyou

Thoroughly enjoyed an excellent takeaway from this restaurant, whilst staying over in a nearby hotel. Delicious food, fast service.

Amazing food thanks to use of fresh herbs and spices - would travel to get to this place! Book ahead at weekends though.

Visited mid-week on a rainy evening with business colleagues and ordered a prawn saag balti and plain naan. The restaurant was virtually empty. Poor choice of non-alcoholic drinks.

Lovely food service family meal

If you are someone looking for south Asian food please don’t be fooled by naming. The table we found was filthy underneath, it’s crammed place so no privacy. The salmon we ordered was extremely stale, rice serving size was smaller than usual, daal tarka was served without tarka and on the top of everything it was overpriced with delayed serving. Only thing that was better was garlic naan and hence I would give 1 star

Perfect as always. Delivery is always on time, the food is fresh and tasty, the best Indian takeaway around.

Perfect little meal out with the mrs, food fantasic, service the same. Really really nice night

Food was great - nice and spicy. Staff great. Prices reasonable. And it was halal.

If I could put less than 1 star I would. To begin the food arrived late, the chips were stale, the naan soggy, the tika was flavourless and the Rogan Josh was below average. This was not a cheap meal.. disappointed

The food was delicious, service was outstanding. Only issue I experienced was that there was no non alcoholic beer. Other than that everything was perfect.

Ordered a takeaway at 18:20 it was meant to be delivered at approx. 19:30 ended up attempting to deliver at 21:20 despite me cancelling the order several times. Extremely rude over the phone when I wanted to cancel the order. Lied about delivery time more than once and a few days on has still not refunded my order.

An absolutely beautiful takeaway. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you 😊

Quality and tasty food as always

Food and staff are great, would've got 5 stars but slow service, whilst takeout collection was going out regularly.

Very friendly welcome to this nice and clean establishment. Food was fantastic.

We always get a set meal for 2 online that consists of starters 2 mains 1 mushroom rice 1 nann bread and sides but were surprised to see it had gone up over 40% from £24 to £35 leaving us bemused.Starters really good mains good mushroom rice excellent but disappointed with the chilli keema nann that had no meat in it

Ordered a take away - price was much more than advertised take away price and no 10% discount also as advertised for orders over £21 - tried to charge £2.50 delivery as well as inflated price - we cancelled and ordered elsewhere - very poor service

The food was amazing. The staff are friendly and very helpful. Will definitely go back.

We ordered a take away saw they run late requested it for 8.15 ( 2 hours in advance). We said we would be leaving at 8.30, they showed up as we were leaving. Two out of three meals were fine, not much flavour. My sibling had there butter chicken and was very unwell the following day. We wouldn't order again.

What a fantastic Asian meal we had here. A party of six and no complaints as everyone thoroughly enjoyed their meal Cannot speak any higher for the service and food first class.

Very poor service, they don’t even know how to speak with customer, wouldn’t recommend

One of the best Indian restaurants I've dined in. The food was cooked to perfection and the service was amazing. My husband and I ordered the chops and prawn puri as starters. The chops were full of flavour and the prawns were delicious. For mains, we ordered the prawn biryani and naga lamb bhuna and we were taken away with how good it tasted! The hospitality was amazing, the manager was extremely friendly and made sure we were looked after. Definitely the best Indian restaurant I've had in a while. Don't miss out

Visited with friends, started with pickles had the Lamb Balti very nice but perhaps a little on the hot side. Two of our party who eat Indian food regularly were of the opinion that their dishes were overspiced. My wife and I were happy with our food. Service was best described as average and the place could do something to add to the atmosphere. Price wise it was quite expensive

Amazing food definitely would recommend and friendly.

Ordered delivery the English menu needs work the Indian my partner Ordered was apparently brilliant

Did order on Barrow Eats. Never ordered Indian in Barrow before. They delivered 30 mins later than estimated time. Delivery driver never apologised and food was cold, Tandoori chicken stater was inedible and had fine bones in chicken Ended up putting in bin. Would never order again.

Found this little gem just further up from Wetherspoons. All the food served was excellent and the staff very friendly. Suggest booking as we did as became very busy as the night went on.

Very nice friendly staff food was very good Only visited once on our trip around the area But was very satisfied with our experience and would recommend to anyone

Decent food, quick service, reasonable prices

I had the worst experience at this restaurant. I went with my family, and we were all very disappointed. The food was awful, the manager was rude, and when we complained about the food, they became aggressive, and everyone from the kitchen ran out to fight. We had a nightmare experience. The chicken was dry and overcooked, the chicken qurma was greasy and undercooked, and the rice was cold. When we complained about the food, the manager became aggressive and started yelling at us. He told us we were "ungrateful customers" and should "go somewhere else if we didn't like the food." He then called for the kitchen staff, and everyone came out to yell at us. It was a very chaotic and scary experience. We ended up leaving the restaurant without eating anything. We were all very shaken up by the experience, and we will never go back to that restaurant again. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. The food is awful, the service is rude, and the atmosphere is hostile. I would avoid this restaurant at all costs. Please check the other reviews, and you will find others having similar experiences. We will report this to the authorities.

We had tea here last night, everything was amazing. The staff were so attentive, we didn't wait long at all for our food and they ensured we bad refills on our drinks promptly when needed. My partner ordered the chicken chat starter and I had the onion bhaji, they were yummy. Our mains were mixed special masala and vegetable korma with pilau rice, chips and garlic keema naan. Everything was great, they only thing we would fault would be the chips, they were a little overcooked and hard, however we ordered so much we left stuffed anyway 😂

Significant improvement required on taste, especially when the customers are Indian. Please don't play loud music inside a closed restaurant it ruins the environment

Just had a curry delivered absolutely top class for flavours this is my new go to for Indian cuisine. 👌😊

Absolutely atrocious. The food is of such low quality. Tasteless and so plain.

Nice food, lovely friendly staff and fast service

Horrible food. Highly NOT recommended !! Pathetic taste and not good at all.. Will advise people to never try this restaurant at all..

One of the worst restaurant from where I have ordered food. The manager doesn’t understand the difference between Chicken Tikka and Chicken Masala. The food was pathetic and tasteless. Suggest everyone not to try from this restaurant.

Not so promising from outside but I've never had a bad meal here and most are reminiscent of somewhere going much harder on looks and much higher on price.

Took over 2 hours for delivery then order wrong phoned back and the guy that answered screamed down the phone at me won't be ordering again not happy at all disgusting!!!

Friendly staff lovely food and good value for money. The lamb jalfrezi was amazing. As was the garlic and chilli naan. Will definitely go back if . We arrived on a Friday night without reservation but they accommodate us no problem.

Great food. It's really tasty. Service was a little slow, but nothing major. They did seem to get dishes mixed up, listening to other tables. The atmosphere was great.. Thursday night was a good night to go, if you're single!!

Delicious chicken tikka masala, very friendly staff.

Best Indian restaurant in barrow. Top notch food everytime whether I’ve ordered takeout or ate in. Tasty food full of flavour. Would 100% recommend.

Just had another excellent meal at Dhaba. Superb food and even better service. We will be back.

Very impressive service! All the staff were friendly and professional. Food was really good value for money with good portion sizes and an authentic taste. We really enjoyed our meal, thanks.

We visited this place whilst we were visiting from London. The food was good and the staff were extremely courteous and hospitable. We would definitely recommend this place.

Very poor food quality. The paneer korma was full of coconut and we couldn't even taste the curry. It's actually a coconut curry rather than paneer korma. The butter chicken is supposed to taste sweet and spice at simultaneously, but it didn't taste neither of those two. The chicken was dry and there were merely 8 pieces while we are sharing among 4 people. It's totally overpriced. Paneer makhani us supposed to look orange-ish as to how the sauce base is prepared. However, the colour of the curry is as white as paint and it was bland. Couldn't even taste the makhani and we didnt know what we were eating. Overall, the food quality is very bad and overpriced. Very disappointed and we left the restaurant even more hungry.

We had a wonderful meal on Saturday 31st December 2022. The staff were very friendly

New year at Dhaba Barrow in Furness. First class food and great service. Really enjoyed the evening. Thank you.

10 of us ate here on a works night out,and the food and service was very good. I had the chicken Kathmandu which was flavoursome and not over spiced. I had some lamb balti too which was just right spice. All in all very good

Absolutely loved our night out at this lovely little hidden gem. Top notch intimate setting, fantastic food and professional service at bargain prices. Try the saag paneer, it's heaven!

Visited 10/11/22 excellent service excellent food very good choice I had bhuna Mrs had korma & garlic & onion naan bread well worth a visit

Not bad not great, but really enjoyable. I dont want to do the place down because it was really nice but I've had better.

I visited as part of a party of 4 and chose the set menu for 4 which was great. Plenty of choice and sharing was good fun

We were served raw lamb chops! When we said that the lamb chops were raw, we were told we should have told them that we wanted ours well done. Bad service, am not going back there in a hurry....

I arrived alone around 6.30 on a Friday evening, and got the feeling they didn't want to seat me. Shame really, because the food was very good, and reasonably priced.

Service was haphazard, pint of coke was 3.50, no ice no slice and as warm as the curry they serve. Railway was 2.05 over the road, not sure what supply chain issue is causing such a gouge. Food is nice though

2 hours late. Shocking customer service. Won't order again.

Really nice meal, we had set meal for two with a few extras as we had a child as well. Good service but we sat downstairs and a lot of delivery drivers back and forth. Minor thing but would advice siting upstairs if you can.

Was in here earlier for a meal with a work colleague waited a little while for food but it was well worth the wait, food was outstanding I ordered chicken pakora & a chicken tikka masala forgot to take some pics of my meal for the review but it was outstanding!

I strongly advise against ordering any food here if you are vegan, vegetarian, or have any allergies. We ordered a takeaway from this restaurant and two of the orders were for vegans. Before ordering we phoned the restaurant to find out what was vegan, and were assured certain dishes were vegan. We ordered these meals, and when they arrived we found pieces of chicken in the meals. We phoned the restaurant to complain and whilst trying to excuse this cross-contamination the employee we spoke to then said the meals are vegetarian and contain milk (obviously there still shouldn't be chicken in a 'vegetarian' meal). One of the people we ordered for has a cows milk protein allergy. No dishes in the complete order were chicken dishes. This is a pretty serious cross-contamination issue, you shouldn't find bits of chicken in a vegetarian dish, and the cross-contamination can't have happened within the order. This is also a huge risk to anyone with allergies. When we phoned up to complain and to clarify exactly what was in the 'vegan' meals, staff appeared unsure of what was in the dishes, were rude, raised their voices repeatedly, and refused any refund.

Great staff, food and atmosphere

Server (Harthik) is very friendly, Wonderful customer service .food was fantastic

Food was excellent Staff extremity friendly n polite

We had a lovely family meal, loved all the different dishes ordered, they were all uniquely flavoured, plus the rotis were fresh and crisp just like the dhabas back home 👍

Very very surprised. Ordered online for collection. Come and food was ready but it fair because I come 10 min after order and I don't mine to wait for another 15 min and get fresh, just made and delicious food. Portions was really big. Food was amazing. And they even gave some refreshments untill we waited. Best service possible. Highly recommended to everyone and visit for sure. Thank you guys for nice food and amazing experience

Had a Lamb Kathmandu and peswari nan. Realy nice tasty meal! Thanks very much

Excellent service …friendly staff.delicious food….group of 4

Rain or shine, it’s time to dine

Very nice food and service, though it was a little cramp seating arrangement. The pricing wasn't too bad, with plenty of choice I recommend Dhaba restaurant.

On visit from Scotland dropped in for Meal Food and Staff were first class would Certainly visit again on my Travels ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A tourist in need of a great curry should try here. My wife and I agreed it was the best we have had for many years.

Fantastic food and service and also very good value for money

Excellant food reasonable prices

What a great place enjoyed our meal from start to finish food was impeccable, staff great and friendly we will be definitely be going back . Shame it's a little to far for us as our regular haunt been from Keyingham NR Hull