Gala Tandoori Indian Restaurant in Scottish Borders

Booked at very short notice and were made to feel so welcome. Delicious food and amazing staff. Only issue is that we ordered too much, but it was absolutely no problem for them to pack it for us to take home. We've not had an Indian for a while and this amazing place really hit the mark.

Second visit here and we were not disappointed. Food is authentically delightful, very good portions too. The restaurant has a really nice ambience and the staff are great.

Beautiful service. Beautiful venue. I was made to feel welcome as soon as I walked through the door. The table settings were perfectly presented & I knew with that level of effort was put into that fine detail the food would be outstanding. Really enjoyed the ambience & the meal was top quality! I think it's obvious that the owners & staff working in the restaurant have too much pride in their business to allow any customer to have a disappointing experience. Another visit this week, I enjoyed a Bengal Green Curry with onion rice. Again, the service was perfect & the food delicious 😋

Great quality. Recommend Korai.

As always amazing food Served by friendly staff As a takeaway and eat in customer for many years I highly recommend this restaurant

One of the best nagas I’ve ever had infact id probably say it was the best naga curry I’ve ever had! Complements to the chef! Unfortunately the only thing that let it down for me was the service, it was quick but there was no attention to detail. As in when my drink was empty I had to go and ask for another one, I asked for the mango chutney and yoghurt to stay to complement my main and they took it away right under my nose. Overall the food is amazing can’t fault it but the service needs bringing up to the foods standards as a whole! Would definitely recommend and would come back again!

We choose Gala Tandoori as they have a great selection of vegetarian dishes. We were not disappointed - we enjoyed a selection of delicious dishes in comfortable surroundings. The staff were welcoming and friendly. Lovely experience.

We were on a short break at Lauder and fancied a curry. Found Gala in Google and didn't regret it, absolutely delicious and the lady behind the counter was lovely and friendly, definitely recommend

I love Indian food and have eat in most of the best Indian restaurants across the uk over the last 40 years but definitely Gala Tandoori is one of the best and proper Indian food great lager first class service and total value for money

Very nice place, very tasty food and wonderful friendly staff - highly recommended when you fancy an Indian meal in Galashiels!

Hands down my favourite Indian restaurant. I would recommend to anyone and everyone!! Friendly staff and excellent food.

Good service, great food reasonable priced.

This is the first time in here and was very very tasty. Will defo be back. Had the mango korma with chicken and pilau rice..prawn korma and mushroom rice...cheese naan...can onestly say it was amazing. Staff and quality of food outstanding.

It's a shame that this restaurant is so quiet. There was only 1 other couple in

We had four mains and three sides takeaway all of which were delicious.

Was a quiet time of the evening. Food was delicious. Meat of good quality. Staff friendly and attentive without being in our face

Meet with a charming welcome the service was first class. Drinks came quickly, plenty of time to study the extensive menu. Our choices of Chicken Pakora, Balti Chicken, Tarka Daal and Plain Naan were delicious. Finished off with a lovely conversation with the head waitress. Bravo.

Very good food whilst visiting from England

My wife and I called for a meal early in the evening and midweek before going to an event at MacArts. We are both vegetarian and had been wandering if we would find anywhere suitable. I was pleased to find Gala Tandoori answered the call perfectly. Delicious food and service, value for money and a good atmosphere. I would definitely recommend this establishment to anyone. Thanks again.

Was out with a few pals from Stow. Had the tandoori mixed grill and it was very nice indeed.

Sehr freundliches Personal und super leckeres Essen. Sehr ausreichend, sind sehr satt geworden. Gerne wieder.

Great food and staff. Aways feel welcome here as staff make you feel like family

Food was very poor and one of the dishes brought to the table was wrong. Quite expensive compared to our last visit in April with reduced quantity.

A lovely little restaurant! We were looked after by Audrey, who was courteous, helpful and very lovely. Overall, a great experience and well worth checking out if you're in the vicinity 👌

Outstanding quality of food and service and good value for money too. Highly recommended!

Nice Indian restaurant. Food was delicious.

Staff were so friendly, shown us to our table we had booked for our visit. Gave us time to order as there was a lot of us to order for. The wait time from being seated to ordering to receiving drinks/food was really short. Worth every minute it was though. Fresh food came out the kitchen very hot and was very nice indeed! They even cater for vegetarians/vegans if that’s what is needed. Price was very good considering quite a lot of us were sat at that table at the time. Worth the money you pay. Definitely be going back to this restaurant again or even ordering a take-out from it, the food is so good!! Recommend trying the balti if you can.

Really nice food. Halal aswell. Staff were really nice

Я дуже задоволенна, їжа смачна, атмосфера чудова.

Possibly the nicest Indian meal I have ever had.

Fresh, tasty food…with friendly, extremely helpful and accommodating staff to serve. Great dining experience

Wonderful place to come and eat an awesome curry. Great service and the food was out of this world.

Just Eat order gone horribly wrong. The staff are ignorant on arrival, barely strike conversion and simply hand you your order and look at the door. That was the enjoyable part too. Got home and my wife's lamb Tikka was not only chewy but possibly the worst bits of lamb we've seen yet. To top it off there was a wirey mid brown hair in it. Now let's get to my Jalfrezzi. I don't claim to be able to consume ghost chillies etc but I can certainly handle my heat. It nearly blew the top of my head off. I dug out 11 half chillies from a 1 person portion and gave up at that point. Gala Tandoori has been our "go to" for years as it was the best local Indian but with an experience like this it's close to the worst. The restaurant also decided to delete our comment from our review on just eat. Won't be back. Too busy dealing with the regret of last nights disaster. Not angry, just disappointed.

Excellent Indian food! My wife and I had a fabulous dinner.

Quite good indian food, spice level notes are a guide for non indians and those not used to spicy food. Food takes a long time to be brought out after order taken, approx 30-40 mins. I would come back.

Friendly staff, curry ok, but nothing to knock the socks off.

1st indian takeaway i've had in months and definately the nicest. Jalfrezzi and korma were awesome and the garlic and corriander nans were lush(not greasy at all) highly recommend if ur looking for a good meal. Delivery driver was polite and friendly so remember to tip😆 Just awesome

Good food, like this place, would recommend

The staff were lovely and efficient. The food was great.

Best Indian restaurant in the Borders

Lovely food, excellent staff, lovely decor and ambiance

Never once had an issue with my order however one time they forgot my naan bread and they had one sent to me within ten minutes of me phoning. Thank you!

Best Indian food in Scottish Borders, friendly staffs and great service 👍🏽👍🏽

Gala Tandoori consistently provides excellent dishes and great service. 'Best Indian meal I've ever had' my wife said. The flavours are stunning. Dine in for the best experience.

Cancels order after 30 minutes of waiting. Awful service. Will never use again.

Excellent indien, peu d'attente, et personnel très charmant ! Je recommande sans hésiter !

The only thing better than the excellent friendly service, was the fabulous food!! Curry lovers must try this restaurant.

Proper value, very good flavours!

Food always good but tonight over 30 minutes late which means we won’t be eating until 845. The just eat App said they had left at 745! Also not good. I phoned at 815 and was told the driver had left 4-5 minutes before.

Amazing birthday dinner for my brother's 30th, great staff, delicious meal, excellent all around!

The food was sublime. The choice on the menu was almost information overload, so much too choose from. The waitress (I hate using that word Tbh) was great and answered my questions with lots of detail. PS Peshwari Naan was amazing. It was light and crisp unlike others I've had at other restaurants. All in all, a great eating experience with helpful, friendly staff 👌

Food was delicious good wine selection and staff were lovely

Waited for 2 hours and 15 minutes-for home delivery that they said would be 1 hour. When it arrived it was Luke warm as driver had been informed to go to St Boswells not Newtown St Boswells.(even though we had had delivery before). The Tandoori de luxe was not up to expectations as only had one king prawn in and had a chicken leg on the bone, definitely not worth the money. Sad to say we will not be rushing back.

Visited here when visiting my sister - food and service excellent. Will visit next time I'm in Galashiels.

Best Indian restaurant in Gala by a long shot service unreal and food was on another level fantastic 👌

Takeaway meal. Starters were tasteless. Fish pakora tasted like the fish was pretty old. Not good. Main course ok but nothing special. Good naan bread. There are better curry houses in Gala so would recommend them over this one. Staff were friendly and polite but the food just wasn’t up to standard. Pity.

Good food and good service and friendly

We liked it warm welcome not bad food. Ramgee

Fantastic food, superb service.

Great meal tonight lovely wee girl serving nice bottle of wine.Will be back for sure

If you are in town enjoy a fine curry here.

Really enjoyed the food here and the service was friendly and helpful. Would recommend.

Absolutely great meal. Staff very pleasant. Will definitely pay another visit.

I'm always very happy with the food from here its always fresh and great value. However we ordered from just eat tonight as I normally just phone in an order. We ordered before 6 to be told it would be delivered at 7.20 , a bit of a wait but I understand they are busy at the moment during lockdown. However when it still hadn't arrived at 7.50 I phoned to check where it was only to be told it hadn't even left the kitchen yet ! Having already payed through just eat I can't ask for my money back , I will never use this service again. Such a shame as I do rate this eating establishment

One of the best Chicken Tikka Masala's I have EVER had, we frequently go back to them just for this one dish alone! The staff are always smiling and inviting, excellent restaurant for some amazing food!

Fabulous meal as usual, cannot fault place or staff

Fantastic fresh tasting dishes and as a vegetarian loads of choice . I love their food

Had takeaway. Really tasty food. The portions are large. The service was fast. Will eat from here again.

Second to none! This place is 5 star with perfect service every time without question of a doubt! By far my favourite Indian restaurant.

Order came quicker than expected. Well impressed with our meal it was lovely

Great food and friendly service, best in gala

Called early expecting to wait a while for delivery but was astonished and delighted when order arrived within 30 minutes. The food was very tasty, plentiful and delicious. Will definitely order again.

Excellent meal and top class service once again

We had another fantastic meal. All the staff were lovely. Attentive and cheerful. . We will be back soon.

Last meal I ordered through the just eat app went in the bin. Both meals were very disappointing to say the least. It was the very last time I order anything from Gala Tandoori, I should have just stuck the £35 in the bin and ate beans on toast. It would have been more satisfying.

What a great restaurant..... I have never been here as I'm not a local person but if I ever considered living in Galashiels, the Gala Tandoori would swing it for me! Amazing food, friendly staff and spotlessly clean. A lovely experience, thanks.

Just back from our first visit to Gala Tandoori... we went on a friend's recommendation, and couldn't have been better looked after...fantastic food, friendly staff ( thanks Audrey )...and good wine. Great price too. Looking forward to becoming regulars.. highly recommended. Thanks again. Rik and Pam.

A very good meal. Plesent staff

As ever, food and service was amazing, we return time after time because it is so good.

Really good food. Well recommended

Tasty food Good amount Awesome rates Pleasant staff What else are you looking when ordering the best for yourself

Great food! One of my best Indian food experience's in many years

What a wee hidden gem of a place! Inside is classy, relaxed and you feel completely spoilt! Food is delicious!!!! But the staff complete this restaurant! They really couldn't have been more helpful, polite and respectful!. Will be back again and again! Thursdays night deal is incredible and such good value! My only gripe would be no tip jar for the staff... Its nice at the end of a meal to tip the staff who have made your night special. I hope that may be brought in!!! Thankyou Gala Tandoori!!!

Outstanding service and outstanding food

Great food, excellent service - always a smile for us customers!

Beautiful meal, surroundings etc. Staff lovely and friendly. Will definitely be back😁

The food was absolutely wonderful, from preparation to presentation, very pleasing. We especially enjoyed the homely environment and some freshly prepared tandoori (Clay oven) dishes.

Lovely meal was so nice. Definitely will be back

Excellent customer service and food was great.. I would love to return to try more of the menu as I found it difficult to chose what I wanted to try in the first place.. definitely be back. Chicken Bengal has a nice kick to it but you can ask for it mild.. wont disappoint 😊👌👍

Amazing food. Great atmosphere and friendly staff. Best curries in the borders

Het was ontzettend lekker en ontzettend vriendelijk personeel. Echt een aanrader.

Nice Indian curry. Excellent choices. Brilliant customer services. Will definitely recommend 👍👍👍👍

Good food, always ready on time for collection, friendly staff, only issue is you're able to pay for your food by card via Just Eat, yet unable to if you're collecting in store...which I don't really understand and nearest bank machine is at far end of the high street

Excellent food. Good service. Fantastic value x

Came here for dinner, food was lovely, the staff are very friendly, the music playing isn't too loud. Could not fault it here at all and would recommend this place to anyone who wants a great meal.

Great food & service will go back

Great food. Really friendly staff.

Very nice food good service and not to expensive .in my opinion best in Galashiels

Lovely curries excellent service

Wonderful, just wonderful. Excellent service, and excellent food. The third Indian that we've tried in Galashiels. Happily we won't need to experiment further.... 😊