Gulshan Tandoori in Hambleton

Website says offers takeaway: no menu can be found online (so we ordered what we assumed they'd have) and they don't offer delivery. What was reslly disappointing is you could only pay with cash- they did not inform us of this on the phone when ordering, so we had to go to the nearest cash point (3 miles away). The food was fine, but a bit more information online would have led to a much better experience.

The first and last time I will ever go. Utterly disappointed with the food, the lack of respect and the atmosphere here was atrocious. Number one, the food was cold, I ordered a butter chicken and it was very watery. Number two, when going to get the bill, I was greeted with anger and rudeness which I received from who I assume is the owner. I wouldn’t go there again and personally you could find a better curry in your local iceland freezer.

Friendly and helpful staff. Excellent pickle tray and poppadoms. Both had lamb tikka starter, very tender and delicious. Tasty main dishes with special rice and fluffy keema naan.

Just had a fantastic meal at the Gulshan fabulous food and excellent service will certainly be back

Not only the worst Indian meal we’ve ever had but the worst food!! The pickle tray wasn’t very appetising at all. We asked if the chicken was cooked fresh meaning not pre cooked as it can sometimes be dry. We were told yes it was but it certainly wasn’t as it was very dry and obviously pre cooked. The “chef” appeared at our table halfway through the meal to ask if it was “cooked fresh enough” for us but his sarcasm and attitude wasn’t lost on us and he had a bad attitude as he never asked any other table if the food was ok so a snide retort. The rice was awful too, we’ve never had cauliflower in vegetable pilau rice. The masala sauce was like watered down ketchup and the lamb rogan josh was as tough as leather and the sauce was just awful. Awful food and so unappealing

Such lovely food. Nice atmosphere and ambience. Would come regularly if we didn't live so far away. Well done on an excellent family run business. If we r ever near here again we will definitely b back!

My wife and I had an amazing meal at this restaurant whilst staying in a holiday cottage nearby. The quality of the service and the food were both excellent. We went on a Monday night and were the only people there, which is normally a bad sign for a restaurant but we should not have been worried as we had a great meal. Also we found that the drink prices were very reasonable. We would highly recommend this place and would not hesitate to go again if we were in the area.

Just finished our meal and we were both saying how much we enjoyed it. So I thought I would post a review! Couldn’t decide which dish we liked the most - but the daal and cauliflower bhaji need a mention.

Nice restraunt aunt very well mannered staff that was called sal welcomed us in perfectly made us feel at home dining in but disappointed with the chef who cooked our meal which was delicious but awful see drinking beer whilst serving customers food I think that is dis respecting.

A friendly, family run restaurant that always makes us feel at home. The specials are always truly special. Cross your fingers for lamb shanks! We’ve only had takeaways from here due to Covid, but it was a real treat to eat in. I’d thoroughly recommend

Ordered a takeaway to be delivered. My husband, son and I had different currys - they were exactly to our taste, delivered in a more than acceptable time. Fantastic food, service and price as always. Thanks to all the staff.

I walked in with family of 7 and was politely welco.ed by the waiter Call sal brilliant service, well mannered and professionally gave us the service required the owner does not smoke so as I was reading the re I've seen one of the comments about smoking which is un true good chef and food was delicious.. 10/10 will definatley come back for another meal on next holiday..

Shame I couldn’t give it 0 stars! …or minus10 Absolute joke of a place. Went on a Sunday night, when we arrived the ‘owner’, who was sat at the bar with a pint and pack of fags looked at us as if we had already caused her an inconvenience… we should have left at this point…sadly we didn’t. Ordered drink a pint of kingfisher and a Diet Coke, they had neither. Ordered food - which arrived fairly quick, Butter chicken looked and tasted like Tomato soup with some added coconut cream, rice looked as if it had been cooked at least twice. Frankly the food is terrible and bears no resemblance to Indian food. The others had similarly terrible dishes. The waiter then seemed to disappear altogether, we asked the owner for the bill, she didn’t get up from her pint, at which point the “chef” appeared …. Omg the scruffiest, dirty looking man I have seen for a long time… he gave us the bill, we offered a card to pay, we were then informed it was cash only. Now bear in mind this place is in a village with the closest cash machine in the next town 7 miles away, you would have though this would have been communicated earlier. We had no cash.. the “chef” said he would take a bank transfer and then disappear upstairs and came back with his personal bank card and give it to us to use his details to make the transfer…. A truly bizarre experience. If you are looking for total unprofessionalism, possible the worst food in Yorkshire, zero service and a day on loo after this is your place!

Great take out from the Gulshan tonight, recommendations from the team didn’t disappoint! Knew exactly what we were looking for.

Have eaten a lot of curries in my time, but a madras so watery I had to eat it with a spoon, can only assume friends and family leave positive reviews

My husband and I went here for a meal for the 1st time tonight. The restaurant heating had broken and we were not informed on booking, it was quite cold. We stayed as already there and hoped for more bodies to arrive to warm the place up. Thankfully that happened. We found the food was very nice, sadly the customer service friendliness was seriously lacking. After eating, I told the waitress I wanted to take home my left over food (which was half the original portion) plus the 3/4 of naan that was left over. She brought me a bag with just the naan. I asked where the rest of my food was, she just apologised... Basically they'd thrown it!! We waited half an hour for the bill to then be told cash only... No signs anywhere and we weren't informed on booking!!! My husband had to leave me sat alone at our table for a further 25 minutes while he drove 8 miles (there and back) to the nearest cash machine/shop to get cash. I had intended to leave a good review based on the food but after our overall experience and no reduction on the bill, after throwing half my food... We'll never go again and will advise others of our poor experience there!

We visited this restaurant one evening on a spur of the moment thing. Unfortunately they do not have any dark fruits cider and when looking at the menu and asking about some of the items on the menu we were told they had no prawns. We ordered the food and the service was good. The food was good, Nan bread did not have as much flavour as we had expected. Only issue was it is CASH ONLY but we were not told and only happened to find out by overhearing another table trying to pay by card - Think they should clearly advertise this to customers as we had no cash and had to drive to Easingwold to get cash to pay for the meal.

As my wife & daughter we’re away my son in law invited me out for a meal, excellent! Food was superb, the restaurant was beautifully clean, service excellent, staff very pleasant. What a pity there wasn’t more customers in, although they were quite busy with people coming and going for takeaways. I forgot to mention a nice chilled pint of Cobra beer. A good experience will definitely go again. Would recommend. .

I have tried many Indian restaurants throughout the UK over the last 25 years, some of them classed as the best in the UK but I can safely say this has been the best tasting Indian food I’ve had. Seems to be locally sourced ingredients (and it shows). The staff are very friendly (and accommodating to individual requirements and tastes) and the food arrived quickly. Having recently moved to the area we feel very lucky to be so close to this restaurant.

I have lived in this area for 12 years and had lots of Indian meals around the county but surprisingly never tried the one closest to me. We had been put off Indian food recently back in Feb when I had an awful meal from a takeaway in Easingwold where I had paid money for a curry which consisted of a tray of poorly spiced chopped onions with a couple of pieces of dubious meat.....put me off Indian food for 5 months. When I suggested to my wife that we should try Indian food again she was reluctant. I set off to Stillington to the Gulshan Tandori. On arrival I found the parking easy in a slot right outside the restaurant which faces onto the main road which goes through the village. When I went into the Gulshan I found it still had the feeling of your local Brit pub, very friendly and welcoming. The man took my order and poured me a beer whilst I waited for the food to be cooked. Business was brisk with several eating in the restaurant and people came past me to pick up their take aways. Everybody who entered the restaurant seemed to know the man behind the bar (I presumed to be the owner) which is always a good sign as repeat business is always a good advert for good food. My food arrived in good time. I told the man I only had a debit card, he said due to the torrential rain his wi if was playing up but not to worry because if he could not confirm payment I could drop the money of the following day. I couldn't believe my ears as I had never seen this guy before. After a little perseverance I managed to make payment. The food was excellent, meat samosa, lamb curry, chicken tikka and pilau. My faith is resumed in Indian cuisine. The price was very competitive also. Something that caught my eye on the menu was an early bird deal of starter, main course and coffee for £8.95. We will most probably be back this week to try that early bird! At that price it’s hardly worth cooking at home! Highly recommended.

Consistently excellent food. Rana, Monika and the team take great care of their guests. The best Indian in the area.

The phone was answered by a welcoming voice! I asked for 2 separate orders and 2 prices nothing was too much trouble! All the food was delicious extremely tasty. Not like other curry’s I’ve eaten where it’s been so hot you can’t taste the flavour! I would highly recommend this restaurant /takeaway for a curry!! You won’t be disappointed!

Well it started with the phone call to book a table , on answering are call we got HELLO .that was it ! Not to professional, however when we turned up the place looked clean and tidy , and the manager/owner was friendly. On to the food , the food was good, although I thought my dish was a bit bland, but generally good. But the biggest disappointment was no desserts or coffee !! Wtf. May one suggest that management purchase a coffee making machine, and a few puddings , and the service was slow which is a little annoying.

It started off with the Maitre d' dismissively waving us in the direction of our table rather than showing us to it. The waitresses were polite but very young, inexperienced and inattentive. The food was poor (I had the king prawn biryani (the boiled eggs were just nasty). At the end of the meal we asked for coffee only to be told that we couldn't have any because the person who made it wasn't there. I have eaten at the Gulshan several times and it's always been OK but this was just poor. There are many other places to eat in this area.

We have used this restaurant about once a month for three or four years and to be honest we have not had a problem with the food. At the worst it's been very good but usually excellent , the place is clean and tidy and well presented , and the staff do a good job.Sadly however there is a problem around the bar area which is used by local drinkers and pick up for takeaways which is pretty normal and not usually a problem. However on three occasions there have 2or 3 drunk customers who have got excessively loud and with the bad language it has not been a pleasant experience. On Saturday it moved to a new level we had to sit through the F word and others at full volume for at least half hour.If the guy had been in a public area he would have been at risk of being arrested. Why the landlord didn't have a word to quieten him down beggars belief, guessing he was a customer they couldn't afford to upset.Our complaint was met with total indifference.Will we go back? Maybe but we certainly I'll not sit through that rubbish again. .

How can you possibly get it so wrong? We had vegetable byriany, chicken vindaloo and Bombay potato all devoid of any taste! However, the peshwari naan was very nice. I would not recommend this restaurant if you like to taste the spices and flavours.

Visited here with a big group of friends in June. Staff were excellent in getting us poppadoms quickly and given the amount of food we ordered (we were 12) they managed to get that out in decent time too.

Visited here a few times with family for birthdays etc. Food is always good and staff very friendly, wide range of dishes and a few unique ones. Not a particularly spicy place like some which makes it good for a tastes.

Came on the 1st of January to celebrate my son's 24th birthday

Have visited a few times previously and have received good food at a reasonable price. However visited Friday night to be given printed menu's with new higher prices written over the old prices in biro. Poppadoms arrived first three on top of the pile were fresh however the two on the bottom of the pile were stale and smelt odd. The chicken tikka mossalla arrived which my partner found unbearably sweet which wasn't helped by the fact that the third piece of meat turned out to be beef!!

Four of us visited this Restaraunt and had superb service and superb food. Highly recommended. We will no doubt visit again in the future.

I last visited the Gulshan two years ago and was interested to see if it had maintained its high standards. the answer was yes! Comfortable, welcoming and very popular. My Tadoori Chicken with all the usual extras was very tasty.

Una vez más el galardón para mi toma de Gulshan el mejor servicio (atención al detalle, las peticiones de esta extraña cena! ) e interminable cortesía de los propietarios y el personal. Porciones enormes para nosotros, doggy bag siempre de buen grado. Curry estilo siempre sabrosos. No, si estás en el área de autoservicio - pide una llevar, sentarse con los lugareños y disfrutar de una bebida es preparada o dos mientras. Celestial

Un grupo de amigos nos decidimos cenar en el Gulshan. Todos nos recibieron con un apretón de Alam, el propietario y nos llevaron a nuestra mesa reservada, en el que un camarero amable llevó nuestros pedidos de bebida. La mayoría de nosotros pedimos la Cobra India lager, estaba fresquito y probado excelente. Pedimos unos Poppadoms y diferentes tipos de pan naan, que nos llevaron a la mesa con platos de acompañamiento. También elegí un cordero kebab seekh entrante que era perfecta. Cada uno de nosotros tenía un plato principal y todo el mundo estaba muy contento con su elección. Yo probé el pollo buryani que era tan sabrosa y bien presentada en tal cantidad que no podía comer de todo. Muy agradable visita en un restaurante acogedor con un personal amable y servicial y la comida es fabulosa!

Fue en un breve descanso en la zona - durante el día fuimos en pasado para una comida en un sábado por la noche, no habíamos reservado pero mucho roomt. Camarero servicial y amable. Entrantes, pan Naan y Curry excelente. . Por desgracia, el arroz no estaba muy bien, parecía que no estaba recién preparado puede haber llegado de un paquete. Decoración muy antiguo, le vendría bien una reforma. Pero dicho esto si en la zona sin cenar allí

Tenía una llevar desde aquí más de 3 años, era tan bueno, nunca me olvidé del lugar. Fuimos la semana pasada y comimos en el restaurante, yo estaba tan contenta que mi curry era exactamente el mismo que recordaba y ahora no puedo esperar a volver de nuevo.

Como una familia de tres alojados en Stillington, decidimos comer aquí el sábado 11 de febrero. La comida era promedio estándar fórmula curry. Como no habíamos reservado en cualquier lugar de San Valentín noche, decidimos reservar con ellos, ya que no parecía muy ocupado en...

Hemos estado yendo a este restaurante por más de 10 años. La comida es excelente y el personal es muy atento. Si no ves la comida que quieras en el menú que le harán un ambiente encantador dentro de lo que solía ser un pub...

We visited this restaurant whilst on holiday in the area. The food was very nicely presented and hot. Not like the usual Indians as soon as the starter is finished the main course arrives. The starters were very fresh( poppodoms) not be sat around ages and the dips were different to other restaurants. The main courses were good portions.

Last visited here about 10 years ago for a takeaway, which was avaearge. Anyway, we went for an early evening meal and were very pleased we did. The starters of onion bhajia and murgh chaat were excellent. Mains of veg curry, beef madras with mushroom pillau and paratha were very nice. If there was to be a critism it would be that the portions are huge and we couldn't eat everything ! Good service, nice pint of Cobra in a quaint old pub in a nice little village - a novel experience.

Visited here as a group of 4 for my Mum's birthday - table was booked however was completely empty inside when we turned up at 7pm. Not to worry though, the food was all good - everything was fresh and full of flavour, some different takes on dishes we were used to which made a nice change, and we all enjoyed every bit. Some complain about the slow service here but I think it is usually worth a 10 minute wait for something cooked there and then, it's the taste that counts! - and it did fill up later so maybe we just eat early!

Second time we have used this restaurant and it's better every time we do good food and good value best in the area would strongly recommend!! good service well done!!

The Gulshan is the best Indian I've ever had. It is always cooked freshly and they are very accomdating when I request slight changes to my dish. I cannot fault them, it's the most divine food with fantastic service.

Just been tonight for first time in about 4 years because other place in easingwold delivers in fact I'm going to name it Banyan tree !! I ordered over phone had a quick pint of Cobra whilst waiting very prompt service and very welcoming , got my meal home and it was the best curry I've had in years ! Will never ever be bothering with the other place again top chef Allan is and rest of staff are great too ! It's a 10 from Len from me !!

Bin as far as oban and as near as the jaipur and no 1 comes close as the gulshan! Service and food! The best! Good crack at the bar!

We both enjoyed the good food here, the naan was particularly worth mentioning, lovely and fresh. The chicken tandoori saag balti was nice, milder than expected, and the drinks are more reasonable than most Indian restaurants of my experience. We are likely to return. We were amused by the hideous, dated, 1970s style decor - it felt like a timewarp, and to crown it all ABBA's greatest hits were playing quite loudly!

What a delightful surprise to find an authentic "Indian" restaurant in a North Yorkshire village. Great food, fabuluously presented and good value for money. Nothing is too much trouble.

This was my first visit to the Gulshan - and it certainly won't be my last! The first impression was of a comfortable dining area ans a cheerful welcome. We chose the dish of the day - medium strength chicken chunks, pilac rice, cucumber raita and spiced poppadoms. But firstly we took our drinks to the tabled area outside the restaurant. The Wine List is small but well selected. There is on-street parking and a take-away service.

Just popped in here relatively late as we were hungry but what a pleasant surprise to be greeted by some of the nicest indian food I've had in quite some time, in basically the middle of nowhere! Food all well cooked but more importantly with a very well balanced mix of spice versus heat, so you could taste everything. It's not especially expensive either so if you're in the area, give it a go.

Granted I walked in to this restaurant/take away and didn't preorder. It was my first visit and I only didn't preorder because there is no website menu otherwise I would have called an order through.So I did expect to wait. But not for an hour and 10minutes. I can't even give the reason that the restaurant was full- it was 1/3 full. I asked where my food was several times which was met with a bit of vague flapping and 'where's her takeaway' comments. Oh and be prepared for all the locals enjoying the entertainment. Food was OK, no indication of which dish was which on the containers. One of them tasted slightly burnt, the other was good. Too much of my sat night wasted tho, won't be going again.

Good food. A bit of a long wait for food (it was Valentines night though). Very friendly staff but the restaurant needs a bit of TLC.

After eating at the Gulshan a few years ago and not being overly impressed we thought we'd give it another go after someone recommend it to us. We were greated by a friendly staff in what was quite a busy restaurant. We made our choices as we had decided to get it to take away rather than eat in and enjoyed a drink whilst we waited. I can only say that the take away we had was one of the best I've ever had and my family agreed. Every dish was full of flavour without the usual swimming in grease that I've had so many times. I cannot wait to return and try their other dishes.

I presume the quite grumpy man who greeted us was the owner and I can only assume he had hoped for some "me time" when we arrived unnounced and expected to be fed. This was unforgivable on our part and the food we were given will ensure its a mistake we never make again. So let me set the scene. .. its a Wednesday night in October the fire is lit, the lights are on,the tables are set and the westlife cd is playing. All that is missing is a customer or two. Then lo! As if by magic two walk in having read the four and five star reviews. As luck would have it in the completely empty restaurant a table for two is found. Now you would expect the service to be out of this world seeing as staff outweigh customers at least 3:2 (I make the assumption that a chef is hidden away in the back...) wrong!! We waited to be asked what we would like to drink...and then we waited again for ages to be offered poppadoms. When a suitable gap in the Westlife cd allowed it our order was finally taken. It was clear the service was not going to improve so we hoped the food would make up for it.... how wrong we were! Poppadoms-ok Mango chutney- vinegary and very liquidy like it had been stretched by adding vinegarOnion bhajis- these tasted ok but were quite soggy Aloo gobi -bland with watery over cooked cauliflowerBombay aloo - blandVegetable biryiani - watery bland 'sauce' bland tasteless rice Naan -how can garlic naan taste as bland as this?!! My boyfriend had a chilli chicken dish that was the weirdest colour!I ate virtually nothing of my main course! When asked "how was your meal?" I pointed out the overcooked cauliflower. . And was told 'I won't charge you for that, how was the rest?' When I replied that to be totally honest my biryani was very bland. The same response came back!! In reality we were charged! This was obviously a local place for local people because whilst we were there a couple came in, were swiftly served, cooed praise over the epic meal and left happy!! Local we may not be, frequent visitors we in fact are so this appalling experience means that on our next visit we shall most definitely be finding another Indian!

I eat here once a week without fail... The food is superb. I also like the Mumbai Lounge if I was going to go to an Indian in York, they are obviously very different places but in my opinion the style of cooking at the Gulshan is more to my taste.

We called here after not visiting for a couple of years. The food is so much better than we remembered and it was fabulous then. The meat is of the highest quality and the food is so tasty and fresh. We will return very sharply the specials are different and fabulously good. Good service and excellent food and more impressively at very reasonable prices. Do not give this place a miss.

This restaurant is a must to visit even if just for a take away. The staff are very friendly and the food is fantastic. Myself and my husband have eaten there on a number of occasions and have had different dishes each time. Every dish has been fantastic and the price is very reasonable we will continue to eat there on a regular basis.

Decided to give Gulshan a try when here on holiday with family as it was near to where we were staying. With a table booked for 6:30 when we arrived the place was empty and we did wonder if we had made the right choice. We didn't need to worry though because the food was very good and every one of us left feeling rather full and satisfied and by that time the place was packed. Would definitely recommend this place.

Situated in the lovely village of Stillington, the Gulshan Tandoori is housed within the former White Dog pub. It is still used by locals as the original bar remains but the lounge has been given over to diners and the log fire. For those who travel from outlying villages there are a number of parking spaces in front as well as on street parking available.There is an extensive menu with specialities and traditional curries, which needed For starters we chose, Chicken Chatt, Bhuna Prawn on Puri and Onion Bhajis. All were judged to be delicious and we looked forward to our mains Lamb Chilli Mossalla, King Prawn Dhansak and Chicken Tikka Passanda. Great balance of depth, spice and flavour, all being cooked to each persons preference. These were served with generous Pilau rice and a fluffy Peshwari Naan.All of this was washed down with draught Cobra!If you live north of York, give the Gulshan a visit, you won't be disappointed.