Duke Street Food in Calderdale

This Christmas my son said, 'let's go out for Christmas dinner.' So we booked into the Cinnamon Lounge. The price seemed reasonable - as you would expect to pay a little more for this special day. I was skeptical about going out for Xmas Dinner as it was the first time that we had taken this decision to not have dinner at home. What a lovely meal it was. I started with Tandori Lamb chops then lamb Akbari curry and then desert was profitoroles. The lamb chops were covered in a delicious spice and were so succulent and tasty. The meat was beautifully tender and I got 3 chops and they were a nice size. The curry was so tasty and again the meat was tender and it was topped with fresh thinely sliced veg. It was really flavoursome and as a not so bad cook myself of most cuisines (my dad bless him was a Yorkshireman and my mum is a Dayak Malaysian from Borneo and we lived in the Far East while I was at school,which is where I got my love for cooking) I rated the curry for taste at a 10/10, which I do not give these scores out lightly. I don't always finish my curries and do like to take the rest home but on this occassion I savoured my curry and mopped up every bit of curry with the yummy Nans. It was an amazing meal and all the family and they enjoyed their currys and the ones who still wanted their turkey dinner they said they enjoyed their meal too (even though the grandkids still missed the way I made my stuffing and they always made me make my homemade giant Yorkshires) My hubbie cannot no longer take spiced food due to his medical condition so this is why we chose this restaraunt as he could have the traditional Xmas meal. He said his turkey was not dry and really tasty and they were generous with the roast spuds. He did have for his starter the salmon, which he said was lovely and not over spiced for his tummy. All in all it was a lovely relaxed meal. I was not up late on Xmas Eve prepping veg for the big day. I did not have to get up at dawn to get the turkey in the oven and when we got home the kichen was as clean as we went out. We had 3 hours of calm and then the whole family, all eleven of them, were all back at ours for drinks and nibbles. A great Christmas without the stress which was lovely but unfortunately the house and kitchen looked like a bomb site when they all left. But normally I would have been totally wiped out and exhausted when doing the whole day but instead I actually felt more chilled and relaxed and enjoyed the day playing games with the family. I would definately recommend Xmas Dinner at the Cinnamon Lounge. Get booked in early for next year. But before you do try visiting them for a curry prior. The staff were so attentive and polite and we did not feel rushed. We did go for one of the 1st sittings at 1pm, so I am hoping the meals for them later in the day were as good as ours. Definately be coming here again. Thank you all for our lovely Christmas Dinner experience.

Nice restaurant, great food and reasonable prices. The only negative was the service. Although the restaurant was only half full it took 15 minutes for us to get drinks. At the end of the meal no one came to collect our money, we had to take it to the bar. The manager needs to give the staff a shake up as otherwise everything was great.

Really lovely experience overall. Service was friendly and attentive. The food was delicious. The server took care to ensure we understood the menu and chose a dish which suited our spice preference.

Fantastic service from the minute we walked through the door, food was amazing. Very efficient between courses. Great price for top quality food. Staff was amazing. Will definitely be back again.

Food was delicious! It was very busy so we had quite a long wait but it was worth it.