Dilli Restaurant in Waverley

We were delighted by our dinner. All the dishes we had, with amazing flavors. The service was super helpful and friendly. I recommend it fully!!

I couldn't fault this restaurant even if I tried. As a Chef I can be picky with how my food is presented/cooked and the standard blew me away. I had the mixed tandoori meats and I can honestly say I ate one of the best cooked prawns I have had in years. To have a Nepalese restaurant perfectly cook seafood/Lamb was a welcome change to my expectation of some other curry houses. We were looked after all night from start to finish and made to feel welcome and relaxed. The cocktails made by Pravin were exceptional and worth a visit for that alone. A great location for special occasions or just a fantastic meal out. I felt the price of the whole experience was very fair also. What a place. Shall be returning. A special thank you to the hard working team making this possible. Cheers. Alex M

Not a fine dinning experience with mediocre food & staff. After hearing positive reviews about this place 6 of us went to try it out & our experience was dreadful & wouldn’t recommend it as a fine dinning experience. You’re paying for plates that’s are designed, portion size (small) & not for flavours. Let’s start off with the drinks, 3 standard small cobra bottles & Esprit de Tablas Rouge which you can buy for £50 but they charge £99.00 so a massive mark up. No tasting of the wine to check if we were happy, glass nearly filled to the top & no explanation about the wine & how it will complement the food. Papadom & chutney, papadom stale not warm like other places & the chutney was a joke small little pots with mango, green chutney & black sauce (tasted of tamarind) no onions no pickles. Starter lamb seek kebab looked good on plate but was tasteless. Three momo chicken dumplings eaten in 20 seconds sauce in the momo was piping hot but the momo itself was lukewarm. No staff came over to check if our staters were ok. Just staff rushing around being busy fools when it wasn’t busy. Main course we had a mixture of chicken garlic chilli/ lamb rogan & the chicken biryani. Chicken garlic over powering in garlic no other flavour. Lamb Rogan tasteless lamb a little tough. The biryani chicken was so bland & dry we decided not to have it. The rice & breads were find no complaints there. We did mention to a staff member about our concern & was said a manger will be over. Nope no one did so we didn’t bother moving forward. Not once did any member of staff come over to explain any of the dishes, staff leaning over you to clear the tables, topping up the wine with still half glass inside. Asking us to pick up our glasses so they can remove the table cloth. We didn’t even make that much mess. Never seen this in a restaurant before. The staff looked busy doing nothing. Will we ever visit this place again I don’t think so, the price of the food doesn’t bother us we wanted good quality food & got mediocre at its best. We would have got better food & tasty curries if we went a local curry house.

We had an amazing birthday dinner and are very grateful to the whole team, especially Sagar, who made the whole planning experience and night tremendous. Thanks so much to the whole team. Memorable food and fantastic ambience. Would highly recommend.

I couldn’t recommend trying Dilli’s more if I tried, I visited for my birthday dinner and loved every mouthful I had! Great food, service and environment. Seriously good Indian food…

Amazing food and impeccable service.

I was pleasantly surprised about the quality of the food here. I stopped here after a hike and was not expecting the food to be soo tasty and flavoursome. The food was Delicious and fresh. The decor is beautiful and staff are attentive.

Dilli is a modern Indian restaurant, which makes a refreshing change for this part of the world. You’re greeted by slick decor and smiley waiting staff, it was also pleasingly busy on a Friday night. The presentation of the food follows suit so the overall impression is of effort being put in, which you can’t fault. The food quality was high, obviously tailored for the audience here but again, an effort has been made. I like to judge an Indian restaurant on the quality of their lamb chops and I would have liked more meat on ours (which at £22 a portion was unfortunate) - I’ll put it down to bad luck. Almost perfect and we’ll be back. An asset to Haslemere.

Banging food. Just like India. So fresh. Gunpowder Vindaloo was delicious.

I was lucky enough to be treated to a meal at this amazing restaurant for my birthday and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. The service was impeccable, the food was perfection and the experience as a whole was such a positive and wonderful one. Thank you, Dilli restaurant and all the lovely staff, the amazing chef and all involved in making my birthday so very special. Cannot wait to go back 😊

Beautiful restaurant, amazing service and exceptional food. Thank you for a wonderful dinner, we thoroughly enjoyed it.

Love the food here, real quality ingredients and great taste. My only improvement I want to see is to not be so stingey on chutneys for popadoms. You’re charging £4 - why not provide more than a couple of teaspoons. Looking forward to coming back next year 👍🏼

We had an amazing dinner here. Upscale atmosphere and the service was top notch. Loved the flavors of the food.

I really like to experience Indian restaurants that are not a carbon copy of all the others. It has very nice decor, beautiful food. And great service. Yes it's a bit more expensive, but worth it.

Wow - this is an amazing restaurant - fine dining Indian which rivals the top tier London restaurants like Dishoom albeit with a smaller menu. Their restoration of the old historic building is also absolutely top notch. It’s not cheap but well worth it for special occasions.

The good at dilli's is outstanding. Beautiful flavours, fresh ingredients, attention to detail. It's amazing Indian style food! A little more expensive than your average curry house and it's money well spent. I'd rather have one meal at dillis than 5 at any other Indian restaurant. Highly recommend if you like amazing tasting food

We have been to Dilli 4 times now and it really is an outstanding experience every time. The food is as good as it gets. A fabulous restaurant that I cannot recommend highly enough. Sagar and all the team at Dilli provide fantastic service. Our favourite place to eat!

Starters, mains, wine list and service all very deserving of praise but dessert was something else! The 'Yuzu Sense' has at least a dozen tiny individual elements that look beautiful and taste even better.

The best indian restaurant outside of london Food is fantastic and service superb We were looked after by Sagar and he is brilliant my new favorite place to eat

We visit Dilli Restaurant quite frequently, love dal makhani there and the staff is always smiling and welcoming especially Sagar who goes above and beyond to make the experience even better. Well done Dilli team:) Tanu

Great food at reasonable prices , good portion sizes and excellent service

Went in with my family got seated efficiently and felt very welcomed many thanks to Sagar for his service top guy. Food was some of the best I have ever had

We had a truly exceptional meal at this classy, modern and delicious restaurant. The service was impeccable, the beer was cold, the wine was excellent but most of all, the food was some of the best Indian cuisine we’ve ever eaten. This restaurant is what Haslemere has been crying out for! No detail has gone unmissed here. Excellent.

Fabulous food and service a cut above your average Indian restaurant.

The food is so fragrant and tasty. Would highly recommend

Lovely food, really nice inside and staff were great too.

Lovely authentic tasting food .

Well, it took me a while to try this place - the prices were putting me off. However I am pleased I did! The food was great definitely an uplift in quality from the other Haslemere Curry houses. The Service matched the quality of the food. Will definitely be returning. The costs for 2 people, 2 beers, 2 starters, 2 mains, 2 sides you are looking in the region of £70-80.

Was there Saturday for my daughters birthday, can only say that it was a great experience, food excellent, sevice excellent all in all it was really brilliant. Will definitely be going back. 5 stars from me.

FRAUDULENT!! Take care. So shocked by management. I took my partner and son in on Tuesday for my partner’s birthday and we spent £145 and left a generous tip. I had previously also booked a table for the Saturday. However, in person I cancelled the Saturday table whilst dining there on Tuesday. On Saturday evening I got a call from Dili asking us if we were showing up! I explained that we dinned with them on Tuesday and i had cancelled our Saturday reservation in person. To my shock this morning I can see they have made a £60 charge to my account for a no show. I have obviously reported this to my bank as fraud.

We absolutely loved Dilli. On a few occasions we have been there. A few occasions just me and my wife and in other occasions we have taken our 3 Yong children. The staff have always been very hospitable. The food is delicious especially the tandoori prawn and prawn curry. The butter chicken is also very tastey. Thank you so much fr always being so friendly.Sagar and his colleagues are very professional. Thank you

Amazing!!! Nishal and Sagur really attentive, amazing service. Been 8 times now since it opened and one of my favourite restaurants

Second visit, just as amazing as the first. Incredible food, attentive service from Sagar, would recommend. Will be going back again.

A wonderful discovery! We went there for a family celebration. We couldn't have chosen better! We shared several dishes to try different options. Each dish was a pleasure for the senses! The scent, the flavour, the fresh products, the lovely presentation... The staff were lovely and very attentive. We were all delighted. We particularly appreciate the special attention to my partner 's parents celebrating their wedding anniversary and birthday. Thank you. We'll come back again!

I went there with some friends for my birthday. Panyan and the other staff could not have been more attentive to our needs. The food was outstanding and plated with such love. I cannot recommend the Dilli enough.

We enjoyed the food but the whole meal was rather slow and we had to put up with a large party table next to us which ruined the atmosphere. The service slowness may have been connected to the large table, either way I would advise that people make sure that their table is not next door to the long table.

The most delicious food, beautifully presented and the best service! Really enjoyed our meal and our special birthday was made thoroughly enjoyable! Can't wait to visit again!

Tonight we went to Dilli restaurant and the food was it lovely we been serviced by Sagar was it very friendly and we had very nice meal Thank you to all the staff very friendly

Just want to say a massive thank you to Sagar in Dilli restaurant for his excellent service. He always welcome us with a smile and provides us exceptional service. Keep it up Sagar and we would definitely recommend more customers. Best wishes Shashi

We were really looking forward to going to Dilli, but the service was slow, and they also knocked drinks over a couple of us, and the food, although looking great, was really disappointing ! we are all quite into nice food and restaurants, but all eight of us felt it was average at best.. I thought that because it is more expensive than most ,it would stand out ,but definitely not. Real shame , I will give it another go ,with just my partner, so we can really focus on the food, etc . fingers crossed it was just a bad night !

Really really good restaurant. Highly recommend and best Indian in Haslemere. Banyan is also good but more expensive.

Exquisite food and lovely service!

Amazing food, perfect service and lovely staff. Nischal remembered us from last time and was so lovely, he made us feel very special.

My wife, myself and our two children had an excellent meal at Dilli. The kids loved the Mo Mo Cha dumplings, Murgh Makhni, Peshawari Naan & colourful mocktails. My wife and I devoured the Samosa, That Gosht, Meen Moilee, Dal Makhani & Madhu Yuzi Sense. The service from Nischal, Sagar and Pravin was super friendly & informative which made the whole experience even more enjoyable.

Excellent service from sagar today. He was very friendly and as it was reasonably quiet, he took time out to chat to my friend and myself. I would definitely recommend this restaurant for both the food and service menu

What a lovely restaurant, excellent food quality and service.

Best Indian food in a long time.

Nice change from the usual. Very impressed. Service was top notch. Empty plates means a good meal

We’ve been a few times now, but last nights meal was the best so far. Fantastic food and good service.

Based on reviews I was expecting something special. I was extremely disappointed. The scallops in my starter were overcooked and tough. The lamb in my main dish was poor quality and the sauce which was meant to be medium to hot was just above mild. The prices are astronomical for what you get - £5.50 for a naan bread! The restaurant itself is very pleasant with a decent atmosphere and the service is outstanding. The food is very well presented but it's a case of style over substance.

Friendly, welcoming, attentive service, lovely surroundings and delicious food. The menu is relatively short compared with many new restaurants but that is a good thing as it’s a sign food is prepared freshly. The menu has interesting choices from different parts of India so it’s refreshingly different. It’s all beautifully presented and very tasty. We will definitely eat here again.

WOW, We been at VALENTINES day. So beautiful decorated food. I recommend. Just book table before.

The best even Indian Cuisines I’ve tried in England. A big shout out to “Nischal” and his team especially to Nischal, very professional, highly skilled and knowledgeable on wines and spirits. Overall what I like about this place is SERVICE was so efficient and the staff knows what they’re doing and that’s what u like about it. I highly recommend to everyone to go and try this restaurant if you’re in England …!! The cocktails “Dilli Delight” super delicious and the food was tru amazing .. Will be back soon…

Wonderful food, lovely ambience and excellent service. The impressive desserts are a delight for the senses!

Food and atmosphere was excellent, just slightly marred by one of our main courses being forgotten about however will definately visit again

Fantastic evening, service felt a little slow but it was very busy. The starters were beautifully presented, very tasty and creatively individual. Main courses were outstanding, amazing balance of flavours without being ridiculously hot. Sadly couldn’t manage pudding but the choice looked good, next time. Really cool building, great ambiance. I would recommend this restaurant.

Beautiful 😍 Food was delicious

Great evening out with the family. Food was amazing with great presentation. Waiters very attentive, no glass was left empty. And a birthday treat on the house :) Would definitely reccomend. And I’ll be back

Service was amazing lovely staff. Food was great.

Absolutely stunning restaurant, perfect mix of formal dining and friendly atmosphere. The staff were lovely and attentive. The food is outstanding, every dish we had was good. Decor is beautiful and even on a Wednesday night in January business was going well. Lovely experience and even did a suprise birthday desert for my dad, cheerful and welcoming. Flawless ☆☆☆☆☆

Our first time visiting here and we shall definitely be back. Fantastic service, and almost all the food we tried was excellent (some slightly overcooked scallops aside). Deep fried spinach leaves and the biryani were the particular highlights for us

Excellent Indian food and correctly priced considering the quality. A cut above the others in town by a long long way. You get what you pay for. Great service too.

My husband and I were staying at a Spa hotel in Haslemere for his birthday and we decided to come to Dill instead of eating at the hotel- the best decision. We absolutely loved the high quality food and beautiful and considerate service. They even surprised us with a desert with our very own fireworks as a birthday treat! Highly recommended and if you go do speak to Nishal who is a drinks connoisseur and will whip up most drinks for you, even if not on the menu! We will definitely be visiting again soon even though we live 30 miles away!

Wonderful, flavoursome and interesting food, presented beautifully. Our host Nathalie was attentive and professional and made our dining experience perfect tonight. This is our 3rd visit and each time it is better and better, well done Dilli Team.

Good stuff all round. Gorgeous and delicious food with spot on service. The samosa was so pretty it was a shame to eat it, I think 2 more momos would've been nice for a portion, but everything else was perfect. Felt like it could be our new place to go for a celebration or date night and I can still hit up Shahanaz with the lads.

Very pleasant and different Indian cuisine well presented. Reasonable value for the quality of food. Well worth a visit or two.

First visit. Lovely mix of menu options. Great staff. Classy restaurant. Recommended. Cheers RBS

Brilliant addition to the town. Good and service was top class. Highly recommend thr Prawn Goad Curry - was out of this world!

Vow what a restaurant … this food the taste is proper Indian… I am vegetarian… I asked do you cook meat and vegetables in the same pan … they said no we do Not. we respect all customers wishes! They said come to our Kithen we can show you! I suggest for vegetarians saag paneer , dal Makni chana this is the taste of India.. it’s not cheap but man it’s an experience to be had. What is more shocking the chef came out to see me and I asked him whereabouts you from? He replied, I am from Delhi and I used to work in GULATI. Vow … I was in in india at gulati in Delhi and I had the best food of my life and I had it again in Haslemere. Away from Delhi at The Dilli.

Friendly staff, delicious food. We will be back

We attended the restaurant on 3 November and had a wonderful time and meal. I just wanted to celebrate the exceptional staff , in particular Panyan, Natalie and Sagar (sp), who were very responsive and attentive to us on that busy Friday evening.

Delicious food and full of flavour - would absolutely recommend Dilli's. Very attentive staff too and we were asked for feedback about our meal from management who clearly care about their customer's experience. Would highly recommend and we will be back, thank you!

Lovely atmosphere, beautiful setting, fabulous food. Highly recommended.

Indian restaurant which is trying hard to elevate itself above traditional styled cuisine of that type. Firstly the food was good, not outstanding but good. My tandoori chicken was perfect and elegantly presented. My scallops were over cooked but the flavours were great. Service was a little poor and started to get annoying by the end. I’ve eaten better Indian than this for much less £, but obviously not in Haslemere. Limited menu will not be to everyone’s liking but I found it covered all the bases. Nice to see another restaurant opening to some success.

The three star is for the lamb bryani I ordered. Came v small portions and literally 3 small chunks of lamb in it. Very disappointed. The samosa came very presentable and with burst of spice but with little pastry around it. I can only tasted mashed potatoes. Other food ordered were good, well presented.

Visited yesterday evening with friends. Food and service absolutely superb. This is next level Indian dining and we will definitely return to try more dishes!

Finest Curry I've ever had in Surrey 👍

Super culinary curry experience.

Tried this out with another couple when it newly opened. The four of us thought the food was delicious. As a vegetarian, I had two sides and honestly thought the flavours compared to my Mum’s authentic home cooked Indian! Looking forward to trying all the desserts at some point as were not available today. Decor and ambiance great too. Have recommended to friends, neighbours and family! Today, 7th September, I am updating this review as my husband and I went there tonight for our anniversary. Having been a few times now, the food has been consistently delicious. The desserts are amazing and of true fine dining presentation with only downside of small portions which means I prefer not to share! The desserts are made in their kitchen too. A few more desserts to try from the list, and so far I have left craving for more! The waiters are gaining more experience and there is a noticeable improvement as the service was spot on today.

I cannot understand why an Indian restaurant has so little by way of vegetarian food. India is primarily a vegetarian country but you wouldn't think so from the menu at this restaurant. It's behind the times.

The restaurant is nicely set with good colourful layout. Service was friendly and efficient. Free popodoms to start. Nice, I've a frozen glass floor my Cobra. Ordered the scallops to start, which I guess must be life a be signature dish. Very nicely done. A sign of a good chef is his biryani. The biryani here is the style where it's cooked with a lid of flour to seal in the juicyness. Usually this is done on one large pot but nowadays trendy places do it as individual portions. So a large neutral container was presented with lid and then it's cut open by staff. Has a nice reveal factor for the cooked biryani under. I found the biryani nicely cooked. But for me the lamb was a little dry and the rice had an abscence of butter in it or fat around the meat. Lean pieces of lamb are great for quality. But the original dish would have more lamb fat or use more butter for the taste. Either way. It's was good but not how I expected. And I needed the Daal I ordered and raita to even out the dryness of the meat. Seasoning could have been upped. I didn't order dessert. As the deserts were trendy and not traditional Indian. I wouldn't believe as my opinion that those sort of desserts would be made by the kitchen. I think more likely bought in. I very much recommend the restaurant. It's not too much more priced than a traditional it's upmarket and setying was very nice and spacious. It got busy and had a good atmosphere.

Best experience of Indian cuisine ever.

This is haute cuisine that happens to be Indian. The food is not only delicious and delicate, but it is beautifully presented and generous. The environment is gorgeous and colourful, inspired by the original stained glass windows of what was once a bank. It has a lovely location too in the heart of Haslemere where parking is free in the evenings and very inexpensive during the day, and the station is a five minute walk away. The staff are attentive but not intrusive. It costs a little more than you would pay for a standard curry, but it is anything but that, and in my view worth it. It has been open for less than two months, and to be absolutely full on a Wednesday night is proof of how great this place is. Highly recommended. Simon of Haslemere.

Everything was very tasty. I recommend the shrimp curry, be sure to take rice and nan with butter. I'll come again! ❤️

Absolutely amazing food. Very tastey

Fantastic food, particularly impressed by the spectacular desserts!

Great decor, attentive service and delicious food. Definitely recommend this restaurant.

Exceptional meal and a really outstanding experience! If you have ever been to one of the Dishoom restaurants, expect similar style food but better (which is high praise!) The service was on point, waitress was friendly, knew the menu well and answered all queries well, really well trained and great throughout the whole meal. Main course and sides were all very tasty and flavoursome and quite different to your normal standard Indian restaurant. The deserts though, were really impressive! We had a large group of us and had one of each of the different deserts, which they were all amazing. The favours the attention to detail really showed how much thought and effort has been put into them (and everything on the menu for that point). The cost is more than your standard Indian restaurant, but it is completely different type of food and quality than you usually get and isn't really comparable. For what you get, the quality of the food, the really good service and very high overall experience, it is more than worth every penny! Can only hope the other Indian restaurant, gets some of the dishes and amazing touches and great service that Dilli has too

Fantastic food, great decor and good service. Great to have another fine dining restaurant on the doorstep in Haslemere. Well worth a visit.

Excellent food, beautifully presented. Service was attentive. I did find it very noisy as the acoustics in an old building aren't great. A lovely evening and will definitely go back

This was my second time dining at Dilli,s and it did not disappoint. Absolutely exquisite and just what haslemere needs.

I was very much looking forward to trying Dilli out and it exceeded my expectations. Beautiful decor, attentive service and fantastically presented food. It looks like elevated Indian cuisine and was absolutely delicious. I'll be back soon!

First class food and lovely staff. Best curry in area for sure. A great addition to Haslemere.

excellent food. highly recommend. great to have another top restaurant in the area

Couldn’t fault the food, it was excellent. May have been the table we were sat at in the corner, but it was very hot and we felt forgotten about. Drinks took a long time to arrive and they got our order wrong. Also took forever to pay the bill. If they can improve the service to match the quality of the food I would give it 5 stars.

Food great, lamb chops exceptional. Lovely team as well. Cant wait to go back.

Great decor and atmos. Best cuzzer I have had in a long time. The prawn starter was superb

Really tasty meal, great service

Really excellent food. The dal makhani was awesome, chicken tariwala so tender and flavorful. I was very impressed by the level of service - plenty of staff, all very attentive and helpful. A fantastic addition to the area and will definitely be back.

Dillilicious! My husband and I booked without hesitation when this new restaurant was recommended by Mark at studio 1 fitness. A few hitches with the booking system (not their control!) And our booking time was moved, but we had our table and a rare night out to eat. Welcome was wonderful, food was lovely, portion size was perfect, flavours were sumptuous and tasty. Everything served in a timely manner. My only critique feedback would be some wait staff were hovering at the tables and making us feel a little rushed and would strike up conversation whilst we were eating. As lovely as it is to chat with staff (they are human too and are excited to share their joy with the new business) it would have been better timed between courses however I understand many are young and new to hospitality within fine dining and the interactions came from a good heart. Absolutely would return if time allows.