Diya Royal in Bedford

First time here as I'm not from around these parts. Was recommended. Makes such a difference to try something different. Absolutely loved it, hence my score. Very clean, service was attentive, and the food was fab...don't snack before you go as portion size was unreal. We had to take a doggy bag home, to good to leave. Would recommend this restaurant. They also have a pub attached so you can have a pre drink or night cap

I’ve visited here on numerous occasions since they opened but tonight it was Dads Curry Club first visit. We’ve visited over 34 different Indian/nepalese/South Indian/gurkha restaurants in and around Bedford since 2021. Anyway onto the food. The starters were all lovely. My chilli paneer was really good. The mains were all very flavoursome. The Bhuteko Masu wasn’t as hot as I was expecting given the the 3 chilli warning, however it was good. Naan was nice and fresh. We didn’t order any side dishes as they seemed to be main courses, although the portion sizes were decent. Service was good and they rectified the overcharge which I noticed on the bill. I’d certainly recommend a visit and I’ll be back soon. Thank you.

Recommend by our son and daughter in law, this was our visit to this, the first Nepalese restaurant in Bedford. From the, unique Nepalese flavours of the whitebait we knew we were in for a treat. We were not disappointed. We will return, I’m sure…

Lovely food and very polite staff

We have lived in Wootton for over 5 years now and travel to kempston weekly . This Gurkha restaurant is the best Asian food around by far , we have brought many family and friends here and they all say the same thing it’s the best they’ve ever had , really nowhere else compares to the food quality and flavours of the food here .this restaurant is a must fabulous food , fabulous staff and service well done diya royal !!!!!

This has become our new ‘go-to’ for a Nepalese. The menu is very similar to an Indian, but there’s heaps of additional Nepalese dishes which I can’t recommend highly enough, and even the Indian stuff is WAY better and tastier than any other Indian I’ve had. We travel from Milton Keynes to eat here, the staff are always so lovely and inviting, and very good at recommending dishes based on your taste and preferences. I’ve not had a bad meal from here and that’s a real achievement given the number of visits we’ve had. Highly recommended!

After visiting this restaurant, I will say it the establishment is very clean and inviting. The eating area is well set out and cosy. The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming. The table layout is well spaced out. Menu is fantastic with an array of dishes and layed out well. After ordering our food, the time it took to the table was quick. Food tasted amazing and well presented. I highly recommend anyone to try this restaurant if your local or tourists. Well done to the staff for making our night memorable. Thank you for the free complimentary drinks and the cobra pint glass.

We had a wonderful dinner here on a Sunday evening. The food was incredible, we are already looking forward to returning!

Great experience highly recommended food was lovely best buna ive had full of flavour all the food was piping hot great service will definitely come again.

Worst food worst taste, worst Indian taste too sweet order 3 butter and 1 chilli garlic naan can’t find any and according they did gave can’t spot any chilli garlic .. not sure they are aware about gobi Manchurian worst taste.. ordered paneer amritsari it’s just been quoted and fried no taste whatsoever .. called them explained but this is there way of making that’s the answer

Fantastic atmosphere and very friendly staff. Food was out of this world tasty and delicious. Great value for the money will definitely be going back

My wife and myself - together with my brother - are currently paying a family visit to Kempston and last night we paid a visit to their favourite local Restaurant Diya Royal on Bedford Road. We had originally booked a table for 1900 hours but brought this forward to 1830 hours and the only disappointment on arrival was - despite there being a suitable table available - we were unable to sit in the front area. This was a shame as the light is not great (I was unable to read the menu) and it was overly warm. In addition, I was the only one of the 5 of us who doesn’t particularly take to spicy food so none of the Garlic Chicken and Meat Balls starters were to my liking. I did, however, very much enjoy my main course the Royal Butter Chicken together with the Basmati Rice and Garlic & Cheese Naan. All in all, a most enjoyable evening but it would have been even better to have been sitting in the much brighter, frontal area!

Just amazing - came a bit late 9.15 treated really well food came fresh The Keena is the very best anywhere Tandoori Roti are fresh from the tandoori

Local brilliance, great food with fantastic service. Loyal gurkha and Nepalese give go attitude. Always pleased to see you and finally great for wheel chair and scooter access.

We attended the Diya Royal for a wedding anniversary meal, we have never been here before, the staff were really friendly and efficient and the food was very good as we had dishes that we had never had before, the restaurant was well attended so it is obviously well liked, and after our meal I would definitely recommend a visit if you like Nepalese cuisine or Indian cuisine.

Fantastic food , friendly and courteous service , will be going again.

Visited on the 25/5 as a table of 5. We were seated in the conservatory area due to having my elderly Granddad being with us and preferring a quieter area. The food was absolutely exquisite, takeaway boxes were required!! Our waitress Rohina was incredible. Extremely polite,attentive and the icing on the cake to what was already a very enjoyable evening out. Her smile is extremely infectious and she is a credit to your restaurant. Thank you again,we shall be returning once more.

We go to this resturant quite alot and get takeaways and the food is always amazing. But we went last night for dinner at 8pm it was so hot in the resturant it made it unbearable to sit and eat dinner. We asked for a window to be opened and the waiter opened it then closed it again. We asked again for it to be opened. So we ended up putting half our food in takeaway boxes and paid the bill and left. Abit of air conditioning would be recommended for the summer time. We will have to use this resturant in the winter only. Felt like we had a wasted night out.

Met up with some old friends here. Lovely food and reasonably priced. The staff were really nice, polite and friendly. We're already planning a return visit!

Friendly atmosphere. Nice food.

Had a fantastic curry night with friends who love curry but struggle to find good quality near them in north Cumbria They confirmed they have nothing like Dyia We started with a massive spread - mixed grill, mogo, and chilli paneer - so delicious we barely had room for the mains! We shared noodles fish and vegi & keema Punjabi with rice and tandoori roti, but ended up taking about a third home because there was just so much food. Great service and a warm welcome too, thanks!

Superb food, a good choice of traditional dishes and some interesting specials. Well worth the travel from the town centre. Have been a few times now and never disappointed. Highly recommended

Banging as usual... Salt and pepper prawns are to die for 😝

Decided to eat out instead getting a takeaway. Lovely food and in an out quickly

Lovely food, very attentive staff. Not your average restaurant, well worth a visit.

This is the worse gulag jamun I have ever ordered or eaten from anywhere, first of all it smelt like a curry, almost like they re used the pot they put it in, and there completely dry, what a mess because the food was lovely and the dessert ruined it all

It is OK. Took me several days to get the cooking smell out of my clothes though. They need to improve the kitchen ventilation.

Food was late and cold, never again.

Excellent, atmosphere, pleasant staff. Excellent food.

Service as a compliment to your enjoyable experience. Beautifully clean and a beautiful outdoor area with quality and comfort. My first experience and definitely will visit again. Could not fault it. Nearly forgot the food is amazing

You know when you try out a restaurant for the first time and you're SO impressed that you have to go back to check if it really was that good? Well tonight was my second visit and, yes, I was right… it really is that good. A lovely warm atmosphere, exemplary service, friendly staff and, above all, some of the best Asian food I have ever tasted. I can certainly feel a third visit coming on before too long.

The best restaurant of its kind outside of Kathmandu. Wonderful people great food. Good atmosphere. Recommend without hesitation. Thank you.

The food was good and we had a lovely time. Service was excellent. However beer prices are expensive, so we've cut down on drinks in pubs & restaurants.

Organised a karaoke evening at Diya Royal on the 31 Dec New Year's Eve. The food was delicious and very good service. Friendly staff. The owner of the restaurant very accommodating and good natured. Would definitely recommend this place. Thank you Mr Neeran.

Rushed us to order, wasn't particularly busy either

Stunning. Absolutely amazing food and great staff! Will 100% be back. Thank you!

Absolutely incredible dinner , this restaurant is run by the most amazing staff I have come across , we had the best meal we have had in all the years Iv eaten out , please do yourself a favour and try it you won’t be disappointed, first class in every way thank you .

What a meal service was good 👍 thanks will be back

Lovely staff, great food. Absolutely perfect.

Great food and a amazing service 👌

Once again Diya Royal was excellent. Delicious food, pleasant interior and great staff. Now our firm favourite place to eat out locally!

My favourite restaurant in the area. We brought my fiancé's grandma for her birthday, the staff were so friendly and accommodating that we couldn't ask for more. Bedford's best spot!

As the name Diya Royal so their food Royal as well. Just delicious and so athletic taste of Asia. Each and every dish have unique taste not like other restaurants. Reasonable prices and not a bad location in Kempston Service was friendly and professional. You can enjoy drinks with food too because it’s a pub as well. Beautiful and relaxing atmosphere in dine area. We all friends had an amazing time and thinking to make it permanent every month. Highly recommended. They’ll never disappoint you.

Very friendly pub restaurant excellent food good atmosphere

Had a work meal here first time here! Was lovely food and great service would 100% visit again! Right nextdoor to the pub aswell so all in all great visit!

Service was really bad and food take ages to arrive. In addition there was a fly at the bottom of a wine glass which is unacceptable. I informed staff twice about speaking to the manager and she did not have the audacity to come over the table and speak to us and apologise.

I work all around the UK and have had many a curry while on my travels. This restaurant is by far the best I have visited. I had a paneer chilli, this was a sweet and sour cheese dish with mixed peppers. Panner cheese was perfectly cooked and absolutly lovely. For the main I had bhuteko masu which is a lamb dish cooked Napealese village style, the sauce was thick and very flavoursome and the generous portions of meat were so soft that I only used my fork for the whole meal. Some may think that the meat pieces were small, on the contrary they needed splitting with my fork. Garlic fried rice and a peshawari naan were also cooked to perfection. The staff at the restaurant deserve a mention, they are professional, helpful and very friendly and prompt. Unfortunately I did not get to meet the kitchen staff but they deserve as much, if not more praise for their excellent culinary skills. 10 out of 10 gents, I will be back

Another fabulous lunch, this time with our relatives from The States. Great food, and very attentive staff. Plus, being attached to The Griffin, a great choice of beers, including Guinness and Cobra

Shocking, poor to diabolical service 😢

Small parking but loads of parking on Street. Good food always order from the house specials

Well worth a try if you have not been before. Service is exceptional and food is fantastic. We are going back again and again as the food is seriously addictive and make sure you try the naan bread its the best I have ever had. The Gracey Family

First visit, and I would definitely recommend it. Friendly staff, lovely food and lots of choice 😊

Great service and food, paneer dishes were very tasty

Food was a mix of Northen Indian and Nepalese

Have been eating here since it opened but recently it has gone downhill on more than one occasion. The service is bad, orders wrong, mains coming out before starters. Portions and quality is not as good recently. Owners are lovely but will not take criticism or offer apologies on the night. Really disappointed as has been our favourite restaurant locally.

Birthday treat. Orderd so many different things veggie. Chicken lamb . Perfect. Was delivered and Perfectly hot. Was like eating at restaurant. Beautiful thank you

This place has gone down hill really bad customer service advertise drinks at one price but charge you more when you approach the owner she dont care at all it’s soo money in her eyes it’s very sad I have to put negative but I’m being ignored and nothing happens this is 3rd time now being here and had a complain such a shame as normally so nice

Great service. Professional and exquisite. Great Manners and Great food! Lovely place to dine in too, if you fancied night off of washingup dishes day 😜

Very lovely pub restaurant great customer service and vibrant atmosphere highly recommend

This is the second time eating here and everything was as before the staff were friendly but professional the food was great if you go I recommend the Momos, the onion bhaji and definitely the noodle dishes.

Last night we revisited Diya Royal after our first meal maybe 6 weeks ago. Again the service was exemplary as was the food. You can tell a good restaurant when it was extremely busy on a Wednesday evening! There is a wide choice on the menu and all the food as fresh as could be Thanks, we will return

The pub is awesome, very friendly and good beer and drinks. Quaint pub with character and outstanding service. We had a ball!

The food was very tasty and presented well. Thoroughly enjoyable. Highly recommend.

It's finest Indian cuisine suits tests for India origin as well born British,well they have bar attached n serve outside during sunny days

My favorite place to go. Staff are always polite, helpful and respectful. If you've never been try it and ask for recommendations from the waiters. The place is always spotlessly clean. Easy parking. Would highly recommend to anyone

We partook of a takeaway for our first order from Dina Royal last Friday. The food was excellent and all our dishes were of top quality. We will be back for more, and maybe in the restaurant next time !

We have tried many different Indian restaurants across Bedfordshire but Diya Royale for us 'wins hands down'. My husband had the Korma which was full of succulent Chicken with a silky smoothe and perfectly flavoured sauce. Furthermore the Special Fried Rice was 'special ' indeed....

First time for me here and was very busy. I had poppadoms, onion bhaji, chicken bhuna with mushroom rice and keema Naan My god it was all delicious! I highly recommend coming here. It was sooooo tasty and yum yum yum. The staff were all very well presented, polite and helpful. Top notch. Well done!

Absolutely delicious food and very friendly staff

Had a cheeky meal here and it is absolutely stunning. Forgot to take photos but will do the next time I'm there! The starter I had was the momos. A colleague and I had the two different offerings of momos. One was steamed dumplings and the other was fried dumplings. They were amazing. I followed that with the super king prawn curry and basmati rice. This was creamy, not too spicy and very tasty. The menu covered, Thai, Gurkha and Indian cuisine. The staff are amazing and catered for our large group exceptionally well.

Excellent food and service,what more can you say. There was 9 of us and all the food we had was great from poppadoms,starters and mains.

Dined out at Diya Royal a few times over the years and enjoyed the food, you don't visit for the atmosphere, a mediocre dining room stuck onto the side of a down at heel pub. Ordered before 6:30 and was advised the food would take 40-45 minutes. We waited an hour before chasing and were told it was on its way. Phoned 10 minutes later to be advised I'd have a call back with an update. No update arrived so (90 minutes after making the initial order) called back again to cancel. I'm reluctant to leave a negative review unless it's deserved, this is the second time Diya Royal have let us down on a delivery, virtually the same issues with delivery and delays. They must surely realise they're unable to fulfil their orders so are either completely disorganised or consciously stringing customers along assuming people will just keep paying. The upshot was we waited an hour and a half for food that didn't arrive. Once we cancelled we had to look elsewhere, but driving to Bromham Road found our next choice closed on Bank Holiday Monday. Ended up cooking ourselves (only just finished, a couple of hours after we'd expected to eat). An evening ruined - Thanks Diya Royal, look forward to you making the refund ASAP - never again

Friendly staff and great food at a reasonable price. I will defo be back!!

Visited Diya Royal this weekend… a story of two tales. The Postives - The Venue, the staff & quality of food. The Diya mixed grill was great & so was the naans. The Negative - Portion sizes are outrageously small, to the point it’s embarrassing. I’ve never seen such a small portion of chilli chips and the Currys sizes for the special Currys is tiny! A small pot with half filled curry in it. Barely any pieces of meat. The quality and taste of the food is great but the food sizes are not on. It really upset me because we came here for Mother’s Day and the sizes of the food were so small wr had to make sure everyone had enough. This would be my new local if the portion sizes are normal & respectable. Not a tiny pot which is half filled with mainly sauce. I hope management can appreciate the sizes of food are tiny.

We try and get out every now and then and experience a different curry house. 6 of went last night and were not disappointed. Awesome food, attentive staff and a nice atmosphere The food was clearly extremely fresh, wasn’t the fastest to come out but...

We took a friend to Diya Royal today. The food and service were excellent. In addition, the food was beautifully presented. We are planning to go again.

Great place to eat. Lovely food good service.

Had a lovely lunch here. The food was very tasty and the spice was perfect . Felt very fresh and nice.

Different to the usual curries very nice

Absolutely delicious meal out early on a Sunday evening with our two young kids. Food and service was spot on. We eat a lot of different food and cuisines and this is one of the best meals out we've had in years. Even better is...

We were abit unsure when we first tried the restaurant when it first opened. But gave it another go afew months later. Food was amazing a great vegetarian menu. We absolutely love going to eat here now. Highly recommended

First time at Royal, enjoyed a pint bar side then a lovely meal restaurant side, 6 of us, service was friendly and at our pace, food was delicious, 👍🏻

Consistently excellent, delicious food and very friendly

This was a return visit, having been so impressed the last time, this time with friends instead of family. And again we enjoyed an absolutely superb meal, and outstanding service. Although it is 18 miles from home, we will be back! Being attached to (part...

Disgusting experience. Awful service and unacceptable behaviour of their manager. Absolutely clueless and misleading website with fake information of a 60minute commitment for deliveries. Will NEVER Visit them/order from them or recommend them ever. They have left my children starving after a 2.5hour wait from the time of order.

The waiters forget somethings and they forget to mention the things like it's hot or if your supposed to share the 1 big portion

Awesome service and very tasty food

Tonight I took my Son (his 16th birthday) and his best mate out for a meal here. The food was amazing and we would recommend this place. Staff are very friendly and welcoming.

Handy private car park. Lovely decor and all very clean. Vert attentive staff. Fabulous food. What's not to like!

Wonderful. It wonderful atmosphere, and wonderful food, honestly this restaurant blew my mind. The food was on point, Well done. I would 100% Recommend this restaurant.

The most incredible and fresh food. We have tried other higher rated restaurants in Bedford and nothing comes close. Service is quick and staff are so friendly.

Amazing meal. Nice to try something a bit different from a traditional curry. Quick service even though 6 of us were eating

Epic food, don't dine in, friendly staff, quick service.

Food is okay, but slightly sweet when expecting tartary. Vindaloo really hot. Don't order this if can't tolerate heat.

A little expensive, but worth giving it a try. Service was excellent.

Excellent food, excellent service. The staff can’t do enough to help and the food is beyond good. Even in the pub where you can order food

Had the Punjabi keema for a change and the mince had lumps in them with no taste at all felt like it was watered down. Would not go again

Excellent service. Highly recommend tasty food

Die Curries waren total gut, wir kommen wieder :)

Lovely attentive staff and gorgeous food