Empire Tandoori in Brighton and Hove

Food cooked by Indian family good curries. Typical pre-prepared chicken breast thrown in a sauce so mine was a bit chewy. Service not great. TBD on Lewes Road lots of idiots wandering in so they prob get tired.

Ordered food over phone took over two hours to come when I called the place he just kept saying driver on way food Cold always use to use here but won’t ever again

First time ordered from here, definitely not the last. Big portions, good food, reasonable price!

Perfect as always ! I really enjoy the food from here. The wait can sometimes be a little long but the food is always hot and I don't just mean spicy !

Food was nice and tasty. Really good value for money however didn’t receive 2 garlic naans that were on order. Phoned x2 and never got a reply despite him saying he would call me back, no refund given. Poor service

Food was nice and tasty. Really good value for money however didn’t receive 2 garlic naans that were on order. Phoned x2 and never got a reply despite him saying he would call me back, no refund given. Poor service

Top notch food, always hot and tasty, however depending on who serves you in there depends what you pay and if they hound you to buy extras

Top notch food, always hot and tasty, however depending on who serves you in there depends what you pay and if they hound you to buy extras

I paid £4 delivery and it was late. the food was not hot. so it means that there were multiple deliveries done by the same driver. I should not have to put my food in the microwave to heat up before I eat it. I love the food from this outlet, but they let themselves down this time.

Very tasty plenty of meat. Have been regular for a while since finding this place!

1 x item missing (Garlic naan) food was quite bland

Delicious food every time. King prawn dhansak is soooo good.

The food was amazing and so delicious will definitely order from here again, also very lovely delivery driver!! :)

good tasty food and the service was good

My whole meal was stone cold.. The naan bread was just flat greasy doughy disgusting 🤢 the Bombay potato tasted like it was left over from the night before. The whole meal went straight back in the bag so I basically payed £22 for nothing!!!!!!I will never use this place again.

The food is so good. The king prawn dhansak is delicious.

fantastic food and service. the owner was kind enough to deliver my food and introduce himself with a warm handshake. very impressed

Amazing yummy as always 5/5 great value too

Missing chips and 1 garlic and cheese naan, when rang the restaurant all they offered was to replace the items on the next delivery and not to deliver the missing items, felt like I got brushed asside and not interested in giving me the missing items that I had paid for

The food was delivered stone cold but once we warmed it up it was excellent quality and tasted delicious

Excellent food piping hot and delivered on time. Thank you again

Lovely meal, chicken was tender, very tasty, arrived on time, best curry around by far, keep up the good work 👏

Pompodons where crushed so looked like a bag of crisps

Once again a spot on vegetable feast of different dishes each tasting different and authentic. Delivered to the door quickly and they didn’t whinge about ordering by phone direct. Recommended

Omg. I just ordered a prawn puri, lamb saag, and a chapati. Best curry I've had in a long time. It was absolutely fantastic. Will order from here again!

Just what was needed, food prepared well and delivered well before delivery expected time. Delicious curries. Cannot fault

Delicious! will definitely order again from here

Food took well over an hour to be delivered, when it arrived no apology from delivery driver. Our order was missing 2 items, and we received 2 extra dishes of rice which we did not order. When we called to question this the staff member was adamant we were wrong and after a lot of background noise we were simply told that our next order would be free. Our food was also all cold. Overall would not order from here again.

Elite in every sense 5*. Sagg = amazing lots of chicken and lovely taste Vindaloo= spicy flavoursome and beautiful chicken with a rice popadom and onion all included with it this is truly a lovely takeaway for BN2 and the surrounds. Fast cooked arrived all hot and well cooked with lovely side dishes the chilli paneer was sooooo nice as are there other sides. Try this and see how nice you find it compared to pretentious other curry houses.

They made the Best Madras curry I’ve ever tried and I’ve had a few. Highly recommend 5 star

Delicious and great portion size ( lasts me 2 days!)

Really nice food, sorry I forgot to tip the driver will do so next time!

Very disappointed, their 'Fried Chicken': "Served with french fries, peas, tomatoes & mushroom" came as just chips and dry fried chicken. When I immediately called them to bring it up they said they would give me something extra free on my next order. This is presuming I'm going to give them another order having not given me what I paid for on this order, and also, not actually promising me anything extra, as I paid for it this order! Perhaps this is because I didn't order through just-eat as I know just-eat take a cut, however having signed up for their website I now regret it, and am having second thoughts about ordering from them again. Had I ordered through just-eat I would also have left them a disappointed review there.

Food never turned up rude people refusing a refund, AVOID

Very good we all where happy especially the Dhansak very nice. I cook and eat Indian food very often and this compares very well with some of the best well done keep it up .

It was delicious. Generous portions meant it fed me for 2 days.

Lovely fresh tasting food. Highly recommended.

Ate from here a few times now and food always arrives on time, piping hot and fresh. Our new go to curry house in Brighton!

Gorgeous fresh food. Love that rice was included! Will definitely order again. Thank you.

Pishwari Naan is a work of art and got a cheeky lil TV to watch while you wait. Been here countless times.

I have ordered food last night from Uber eats,I am waiting from two hours haven’t received food I called to restaurant he lied me that he is coming in 10 min didn’t come

Delicious full of flavour thank you

Lovely curry very tasty 😋 thank you

Very good service, food was spot on!

You only get 10 % off a collection if you pay cash

Lovely food, one of the best curry houses in Brighton!

Wife said her naan was “disappointing”, bit flat & burnt, but I liked my madras & ‘er indoors liked her dansak 👍🏻

Excellent vindaloo ,korma ,Bombay potato mushroom bhaji ,onion bahaji and Nan bread wasn’t tough thank you

Food was good. Delivery man was lovely. Takes a long time to arrive - delivered within the time frame stated but still took one and a half hours

Delivered on time and driver was very polite and friendly,food was delicious

I've been going here for years and will always strongly recommend it. Try the Chefs Special Musa, you won't regret it.

First time trying this place and had a lovely butter chicken and chicken chat, very tasty and fast to come too! Definitely will be coming back again, must try!

Been using this takeaway for years and even though management has changed, still love the food.

Ordered a vegetarian dish, when it came there was a piece of chicken in it! Called them up and they didn't believe me and claimed I'd said the same thing before (I hadn't but it shows it's happened to other people). Do not trust this kitchen! Even if the owner doesn't know about it the chef is taking shortcuts at the customer's expense

Found a piece of chicken in a vegetarian curry, called them and they didn't believe me and were very rude and hung up on me. The said I'd said the same thing before - I hadn't but it shows that someone else has and this is not an isolated incident. Even if the owner doesn't realise, the chefs are mixing and cross contaminating, generally taking shortcuts at the expense of the customer, definitely do not trust this food!

I have been ordering from this resteraunt for many years and have never had a reason to complain, in face I've always recommended it to others, that was until last night It took 2 hours and 20 minutes to arrive and then when it did it was cold. I was really disappointed especially because we had family over and wanted to treat them I know they were really busy and so emailed them, however am still waiting for a response

Perfect meal once again, love this takeaway.

Order from here most weeks! Consistently good food, flexible on making most dishes veggie if you want. So much flavour in everything highly recommend! Lovely staff too.

Really disappointed with tonight’s order because we ordered 4 curries one for the 4 curries were wrong and when queried they denied what was ordered and said that’s not what we said Evan when he repeated what was on the list..... when person was on phone ordering he was chatting to someone else whilst on the phone taking my order.... then also queried how many prawns should be in a prawn nawabi.... personally if I’m paying £10 odd for a curry I think you should have more than 3 king prawns?? And the 3rd curry was like soup... so disappointing when I’ve been using you for years and this isn’t the first time 😫

Used to love this Indian but after tonights I won't be ordering again. Was delivered cold, curry was watery, tasteless.

Love his place always consistently good

If ordering for the first time, I'd ignore the bad reviews, read the positive reviews, then order and make up your own mind 😊 We have been ordering from them for 7+ years. We have never experienced any leaking containers or broken poppadoms, even though that wouldn't be a surprise.. if you've had a popadom before.. The food is really delicious and I also like how friendly the team are on the phone and in person if you pop in for collection. It's our favourite Indian takeaway in Brighton. I love their Sag paneer, lamb pathia and their special rice is the best! Thanks Empire Tandoori!

Best Bangladeshi And Indian Takeaway 👌 in Brighton Town we always go there everytime we visit sea front. ⛱

Ordered tonight, normally ok, thought we'd try saag bhaji. It smelled and tasted rancid. Phoned to talk to them about it but the guy we spoke to wouldn't even acknowledge that there could be anything wrong with the food. Argumentative over the phone and when asked for a refund for that side order of £ 3, was told to come and get it from the shop. Awful attitude, your repeat customers are your business and you've just lost these .

Always amazing food been going here 10 years plus best Rogan Josh in England, Absolutely charming people 😀😀😄😀😀

Used to love love love this place, but have had some really disappointing experiences recently. As an example placed an order in person, all was ok but had recieved wrong side order - which we didn't realise until late at night as we couldn't eat it all in one go! We had got sag paneer, (instead of motor paneer), which was revolting so so bland! I don't like spicy stuff but this tasted of nothing. Anyway no problem, mistakes happen so rang the following day & was told (via the manager) there was nothing they could do, sadly I didn't even get an apology. Such a shame that they don't seem to be aware of customer service, & their food seems to have to have less & less care & passion than it used to. This used to be a place where you got fantastic tasty good value food, & where I felt they stood out by tailoring things to suit your tastes or requests. Now it's a run of the mill Indian takeaway with no real care or thought for what it does, & an inability to apologize or acknowledge when things go wrong. The best I can say is if you want average food to soak up the beer after a night out, & you don't really care what you're eating then this may be the place for you! It's on the bus route back to the university too

Really tasty food, cooked and delivered fast. Could not recommend more.

Amazing staff who are always so welcoming and caring! Curry is banging and the sag paneer is out of this world. BEST INDIAN IN BTOWN

OMG! I had the nicest takeaway meal I have EVER had last night, I have just finished the leftovers which seemed even better if that's possible - why do leftovers taste sooo good?! I had cheesy peas (motor paneer) which to those that are un-initiated , including me until last night, are a revelation albeit a decadent one, chicken Korma (I know that will not seem an exciting choice but I'm not keen on spicy food), that came with pilau rice & a popadom- they very kindly let me change to egg fried rice at no extra charge. Also a cheesy nan & a couple of extra popadom's & onion salad that also cam with the Korma. All this came to £12 exactly & has more or less lasted me 3 meals as the portion sizes are generous. Whilst I was sitting waiting for my grub, I heard some laughter from their open kitchen so looked up from my phone & just thought how nice it was to see a group of people getting on so well & what a nice atmosphere it must be to work in. Hadn't noticed that one of the guys had been giving slices of nan to his colleagues, but I think when they saw me looking they very sweetly came & offered me a slice too. Not normally on their menu it was cheese garlic & minced lamb nan, crispy melt in the mouth, with a slow gentle heat that came afterwards. The chap who'd offered it to me said that despite it not being on their menu if I fancied it when I was next in just to ask. All in all - bloody amazing good value food, a lovely bunch of people that seem to go above & beyond a normal takeaway, that will make your order into more or less what you fancy even if not on the menu. Plus of course all in an open kitchen - best best Indian I have EVER been to!! Well done guys 🤗

El mejor curry de degustación que he tenido en Brighton. Tikka masala y sag aloo son increíbles. 100% de pedido desde aquí. Solo he coleccionado alguna vez, pero es increíble cada vez. Gran relación calidad-precio también.

Tenía una comida para llevar esta noche por valor de 37. Cuando finalmente llegó después de una larga espera, el conductor se negó a salir de su automóvil. Él fue muy grosero. La comida estaba bien y se perdieron un artículo de la entrega. No los volveré a usar. El conductor necesita ser despedido. Definitivamente no recomendaré este lugar.

Great meal and I enjoyed watching it being cooked through the large kitchen window

Guys this is the best Indian take away in Brighton. I finally found it!

This place has very quickly become my go-to for healthy Indian food takeout in Brighton. They don't smother your curries with oil like some places do and everything always seems fresh! Another bonus is that everyone who works there is always smiling and polite! If you're on the fence about trying this place, I'd highly recommend giving it a go!

First time I have used in a while but food is average at best. Meat containers had leaked onto vegetarian food. Popadoms were smashed to bits. Delivery took 2 hours and the order was incomplete. They do not answer the phone been engaged constantly.

Ordered a takeaway took 2 hours to arrive. Meat containers had leaked into the vegetarian food. Popadoms were smashed to the size of crisps. You can’t get through to the on the phone as it’s always engaged.

Got wrong meat then they sent a prawn meal . When I realised and tucked in I soon stopped and 10 mins sister was throwing up. Phoned them to explain and guy said he was the owner called me a c..t then told me his brother was waiting outside my address.

We ordered Dinner last night, it took 1hr30mins to get here, it was then missing a naan. One of the curry's was particularly gross. It then caused food poisoning and the person who had eaten it wa violently ill through the night. My advice is don't go there!

Love this place. Food is perfect, prices are affordable but most of all, delivery time to me is thus far... unbeatable.

Me and the family ordered from here evrything we ordered was good and the taste there’s no curry’s in Brighton and hove like this loved it

Thanks for all the Indian food this year. Affordable, tasty and great home delivery service.

staff really unhelpful and short tempered, food just really really boring. "Undoubtably The Best Curry in Town"? Nope. Go to sainsburys, get a jar of curry sauce and go DIY - you won't be waiting hours for a takeout that is undoubtably mediocre.

Don’t hesitate and order other people reviews are not showing it’s true colours my order was beat curry I’ve had in a long time in Brighton - and trust me I know my food I own my own food establishment so I know good food when I taste it . Well done guys curry is now Back in my list of choices for takeaway thanks to your curry.

Recently taken over by new owner. Very very good food. And I have never waited more than an hour for delivery. I live around this area and have tried most of the Indian restaurants and empire is currently the best!

they used to serve great food? but not any more i had a bad curry a few weeks ago and put it down to a one off bad curry but after tonight and another bad chewy curry where the spices were not even cooked out properly i will not use again / home pride curry sauce is better than what they are serving

Ordered takeaway twice now, order messed up twice, bloke just argues. Learn some manners and stop arguing with your customers and calling them liars. No more business from me. Total w****s

A young boy around the age of 16 I belive to be working here was smoking drugs around the corner from the shop , however while spitting everywhere and extreme loud music he then went into the shop and straight to the kitchen without even washing his hands , I called to complain last night when I saw this around 5 ish and was spoke to in a very rude manner , I will never buy from this shop they are rude and ignorant

Always has been great food until tonight. Not only my food was foregoing about after placing order and speaking to them. 3hrs later and I live approx 7min walk away which I normally do ... food awful..... meat in curry so chewy and tasteless and for onion baj 😣 4 so heavy with fat dripping off and bag soaking. Gutted

ONE HOUR FORTY MINUTES!!!! Yep. That's how long we had to wait for a delivery on Saturday night. And we only live 2 minutes away! Each time I phoned to ask where our delivery was I was told the same lie, "It's with the driver now". I eventually walked to the restaurant and demanded a refund only to be screamed at by the owner and told to leave the premises. Not sure what they're like mid-week but AVOID at the weekend. Looking at the other 1 star reviews we are obviously not the only people to have experienced this. And looking at the 5 star reviews it's apparent a lot of them are fake so the average rating for this place should be far lower.

I wouldn't mind the wait if the food was good. Stone cold, rude driver. Admitted he had been driving around with it in the car for 30 mins

The chicken tikka mirchi was one of the finest things to eat in Brighton. Annoyingly it is now just another perfectly dull curry. Naan, rice, bhajis are all OK but the one hour fifty wait for them...not so much. Such a shame.

Chicken Dansak had 3 chunks of chicken, brinjal bhaji was so salty we was unable to eat it, was offered a replacement but declined, definitely will not be usimg again!!!!

Have used this place for a while, but am finding that their delivery is taking longer and longer.we waited over 2 hrs for our meal. We have had on a number of occastions had wrong food or food missing from order, only to be told on the phone well not a lot we can about it now or being told we are lieing. I dont think we will be using anymore. Shame because the food is good when it arrives.

Great food and fun and friendly staff

3rd time I have ordered from these recently, The food is delicious, arrives hot. Lovely and fresh. Great meat. I will be coming back again for sure. Tried 5 different dishes and all have been great. Be prepared to wait a while which is the only downside, but I make sure I order early so I don’t have to hang about hungry lol.

New ownership since and reopened for business since 9th Of July 2018. We wish to provide you the best experience in Indian take out food. Please follow us on Facebook: Empire Tandoori Brighton Thank you Aftab Miah

Lovely tasty food. I tried the chicken biryani and wasn't disappointed. Well worth a try.

New owner and chef from July 2018. All improved, excellent quality food. Quick service by friendly happy staff and reasonable prices. If you visited here before don't let previous reviews put you off, the new guys know the importance of an excellent curry. Get some! Nom, nom, nom! :-)

Absolutely disgusted by the service of this place! Not only did we wait nearly 3 hours for our food too arrive, we were missing 4 items from our order and still paid for them! I had to call 6 times to chase and they kept telling me the delivery guy had just left! He said he would give me a call back but didn’t! When the food arrived! It was okay but the lamb was chewy and fatty! And had no sides as they did not turn up!!!!

We have used this takeaway many time over the past 10 years but tonight we experienced the worst service ever PLUS the worst, rudest customer service from someone who claimed to be the manager. Waited 2 hours for delivery of our order and then when we called to politely complain were spoken to in the most shocking and rude way. Perhaps the management of this takeaway has changed? We will certainly NEVER use it again and would encourage customers to order elsewhere. There is so much choice in Brighton, no-one needs to be treated like this as customers!