Haveli Great Lumley in County Durham

Visited here tonight for the first time. Lovely atmosphere, nice and quiet. Very nice decor - most Indian resteraunts are a little dated but not this one. The food was probably the best I've ever had. Prawns were cooked to perfection with plenty of flavour. The portion sizes were huge, value for money definitely. Good selection of drinks as well, we will return.

Good food and very reasonably priced. Excellent service, will be going back.

Great Indian restaurant and take away. Food very good and a quick service

Very nice local Indian restaurant with elegant decor, fresh flowers and friendly, attentive wait staff. Tasty, fresh dishes with tender meat. Mild heat in comparison to most Indian restaurants. Good value for a special night out.

We have visited once and were delighted. Trying to visit again but the online booking system ( fill in form and await email) simply does not work. Two days later and we have no idea if we have a booking or not... And it's for our wedding anniversary! Yes... I have checked spam! Don't know whether to turn up or book elsewhere... And they don't open until 5.30

Beautiful venue and food but what really made it was the friendly staff and great service. Can’t wait to go back!

Thoroughly enjoyed the meal, all courses were delicious. Excellent service. Highly recommend.

Had lovely meal here last night,food was spot on also was the service and staff would highly recommend.will certainly be going back.

Absolutely superb tasty food and friendly service. Couldn't fault the taste and quality. Reasonable prices too. Will definitely return soon.

Came across the restaurant by chance, had a look at reviews and thought we’d check it out at some point. We visited last night and were not disappointed. Lovely, clean restaurant. Friendly, efficient and professional staff. Great food. We’ll be back.

Super out of the way Indian restaurant, but brilliant dishes served with love and proper attention xxe

Cannot fault this restaurant. My first time visting tonight. The staff were fanstatsic with my children and very attentive to our table. The restaurant was clean, it had a nice atmosphere and well decorated. Most importantly the food was excellent and fairly priced. We used to dine at Le Raaj in Chester Le Street for Indian food, but the prices became astronomical! So we decided to look elsewhere. Tried here on recommendation and so pleased we did, it was easily the best curry (better than Le Raaj) I have had in a long time. We will be returning very soon, of that I have no doubt. My daughters said "it was the best restaurant I have been too", word for word, they loved it. We now have another restaurant to dine as a family. I would highly recommend!!

What a treat really enjoyed food was extremely tasty and piping hot. Great service and staff. Will be back

Just been for a birthday celebration with family. Fantastic, friendly staff and amazing food. Highly recommended

Thoroughly enjoyed our evening out at Haveli. The food was absolutely amazing. Would highly recommend not just the restaurant but also the takeaway as we have done so in the past. Only concern we had was that we couldn't receive a reception on our phone's to book a taxi as apparently it's a common problem in the area. Luckily for us, the owners son was a taxi driver too and gave us a lift to our next destination. Very much appreciated to you (Apologies as I didn't get a name), but thanks. Definitely coming back to Haveli 😁.

Food outstanding. Service outstanding. Will be definitely going back.

Superb food, exemplary service. Will definitely return.

Would have been 5 stars for food but wife's duck dish was supposed to be madras hot but was very mild. Sea bass starter was delicious. Will definitely go back.

Visited for the first time with my friends on Friday evening. A beautiful modern restaurant with staff who were so friendly. The food was amazing, really generous portions, so tasty and well presented. Will definitely be back soon 😍

We visited haveli as a group of 8 t celebrate our son's birthday ,staff were very friendly ,food arrived soon after ordering it ,very well presented and delicious 😋,will certainly be back x

1st time I've used this takeaway, Starters onion bhaji, chicken tikka Mains chicken dupiaza, chicken korma Garlic and keema naan Absolutely beautiful would recommend them over all others we have tried, excellent Service from the girl on the phone, food and delivery girl, fast efficient service 10/10

Had vegetable dopiaza. It was the most bland and tasteless curry we've ever had. To its credit it had a good range of vegetables in it, it was just tasteless. The veg pilau rice had almost no veg in it (one piece of broccoli) and they missed the alloo Gobi off our order and put a garlic naan in instead (we already ordered a peshwari naan, so we ended up with two breads). The onion Baji was good, as was the naan. Very disappointed after hearing so many good things. (Takeaway order)

Very good food friendly staff free parking outside

Good restaurant . Try it yourself well worth a visit ....

Still great food, great staff, decent prices

Really good quality food very tasty and reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend. Definitely coming back

Love the place order from here all the time Chicken tikka masala Plain pilau rice Chips Cheesy nan 😋 £20 including delivery can't complain

The food was absolutely beautiful. Hot and arrived very quickly after placing our order. We were in a large group and honestly the staff couldn't have been more attentive. I would definitely recommend coming here!

Great restaurant, staff are very attentive. Food is absolutely amazing. Excellent Menu. It's not a big restaurant but it's very inviting. Would recommend the Onion bhaji and the Lamb Sabsi Bahar, tasty.

Had a takeaway meal the nana bread was lovely meal ok not a lot of spice and flavour in the Rogan josh

The food is amazing best ever Indian food 5 stars If you haven’t tried it do yourself a favour and try it. Never ever been disappointed with the food.

We love it at haveli. Takeaway or restaurant. Lovely food and amazing staff 🥰

I just want to say how amazing this Indian restaurant is. It is hands down the best I have ever been to. The food was outstanding and the staff could not have done enough for our party of 7. So attentive and nothing was ever a problem. Shuheb Miah you and your team should be so proud of such an amazing establishment. You are such a gentleman and I really want to thank you for letting us enjoy your amazing food and restaurant. Again thank you so much on behalf of me and my family, it was lovely to see after 12 years. We will be back very soon ☺️

Excellent, the food was amazing as it always has been from the take away. The new restaurant looks amazing, and the service was brilliant, we'll be back loads. We've kept coming back and never been disappointed

My daughter took myself and my wife here for a treat. Simply put the best Indian meal I've ever had.

Been here twice to dine in and had takeaway twice ..food is amazing!! Staff cannot do enough for you …we will be back!!

First time visiting Haveli this evening in their restaurant and all I can say is fantastic! The food was outstanding and the service brilliant. The staff are very friendly and attentive and they even gave us free shots after our meal! We'll definitely be back!

Fantastic atmosphere and first class food

A relaxing place to enjoy the most delicious food. Everyone receives a warm welcome and the amazing food ensures you can't wait to return.

We ordered our food at 17:30 it arrived at 18:15, excellent service considering we live in Washington. The food was fantastic, excellent quality of ingredients creating an authentic Indian meal you would expect from a top class establishment. We had a thoroughly enjoyable "night out in"... Thank you to all the staff. Mac and Michele

Excellent meal and service go9d. Will definitely go again.

Just had sit down dinner for six. Very accomodating.Assisted my mum who was walking with sticks. Beautiful environment and super service. Most important of all food was superb. First visit and defenitely not the last.

Great quality cuisine and superb service

Great food, great service. Will eat again.

Beautiful place will definitely be back

Me and my family visited Haveli for a sit in meal on 07/09/23. We live in Lumley so have ate in house and ordered takeaways from here countless times over the years. The closing time is stated at 11pm, so didn’t think anything of coming in for a table at 8:45pm. When we entered, we were asked “what time do you call this?’ As though we’d walked in 30 minutes before closing. Granted, the restaurant only had one other table in, but if your closing time is listed as 11pm, I’d expect you to close at 11pm. Our server was consistently rude and rushed us throughout our entire time inside the restaurant. Comments were made throughout the ordering process such as “no starters and just mains then?” and “are you sure you’ve been here before?”. The food as always was great, but the service was horrific and left us wishing we’d never bothered coming in. Towards the end of our visit, we’d finished our food but a couple of us still had drinks. Our server hovered over us and was waiting for us to finish and said ‘no need to neck your drinks but I want to get home’. A highly embarrassing and unprofessional comment which made us all look at each other in disbelief. To top it off, I never had to ask for the bill, as our waiter said “I’m going to be cheeky now and go and grab your bill”. Our total came to £93, I asked our waiter if contactless would work - he replied with “it depends if you’ve spent enough”. Once again, highly unprofessional and a disgraceful attitude to have towards customers. I’ll make sure my £100 goes to a better establishment in the future. I think we’ll stick to Le Raaj from now on, where they know how to properly treat customers, and don’t rush them out of their restaurant and make them feel like a hinderance by putting money in their till. *Response to owners* The fact you’re refusing to accept any sort of accountability is bizarre, I really expected a more professional response from a usually great restaurant. There was indeed multiple members of staff on shift, but the waiter serving us was consistent throughout our stay. I don’t know why you’d have multiple staff members serving the only table in the restaurant. The rest of the staff at the front of house were around the bar area, yourself included where you were sat down at the top table. I have no doubt that you’ve let people stay after closing time in the past, but on this particular occasion we were rushed out of the restaurant as everybody was after an early finish, which is more than fair considering you were quiet and we were the last table, but don’t bother seating customers in the first place if you can’t uphold and maintain your standards and professionalism even when it’s quiet.

Very impressed with service , our waiter was Arif he was very friendly and took notice of all the details of our order. We will definitely come back when we are in the area. 👍🏻

Fantastic Indian restaurant and takeaway. Wouldn't go elsewhere

Rang up for a take away told them last one was not very hot got a replace curry on the house and a drink woman on phone so very kind and helpful and man that delivered it works at the place what a lovely person didnot think there was many kind people still about they made me feel happy once again thankyou so much to all of you

Just moved back into the area and delighted to discover such an outstanding restaurant near us. Wonderful food and friendly helpful team. Cannot recommend too highly

Edit 16/8/23: Not really sure what's changed here, don't get me wrong here, I still think this place is brilliant. Recently however there have been times we have received our food and it's been, well let's say subpar. Orders we've previously had many times have arrived tasting not quite right, and we've ended up binning a lot of it. On occasion the meal pots are swimming in what looks like excess water, and it's just a little off-putting. Still a great place to visit for a meal, but due to these inconsistencies I've slightly lowered my review rating. Original review: Been a regular here now since they reopened/relocated. I don't have a bad thing to say about the staff or the food. Can't recommend highly enough. 5* all day everyday.

I've been searching for a good Indian for probably months now and tonight I found it! One of the best Indians I've had in a long time! The chef special was perfect and the peshwari naan was possibly the best one I've had. I only got a takeaway, nevertheless customer service was very good. Top marks.

Had a takeaway from here tonight and have to say the best I’ve had in over 50 years.

We ordered 3 Thali’s something I haven’t had since I was in India and what a treat, fantastic!

Lovely place for food and drinks in a very relaxing atmosphere. Staff very welcoming. Highly recommended

We found this little gem yesterday when visiting the area. W e had a wonderful welcome and service from owner and all staff and the food was delicious. We will visit again when in area and highly recommend it

Great laid back, but extremely efficient service. A marvellous variety of food, served to an impeccable standard.

Never sat in to eat yet but had a few takeaways from here and it’s one of the best Indian takeaways we’ve had.

Had a very pleasant meal here with friends. Staff showed just the right amount of attention, not too pushy, not too shy. The meal was perfectly cooked and tasted fantastic. I'd throughly recommend Haveli to anyone wanting to try their cuisine

Ordered the first time tonight. Certainly won’t be the last time. Absolutely delicious

Best Indian food in Co Durham, simple as that 🤷

Best and most consistant Indian in the North East, if not the UK

Absolutely delicious! our first time ordering takeaway from Haveli today and we'll definitely be back. Customer service was fantastic and delivery was very fast.

Amazing food and a lovely restaurant

Been here loads for take away and to eat in. Never been disappointed. The food is always superb and the staff are always friendly and helpful. I'll definitely keep coming back. I had the Thali Tandoori last time and it was excellent. This time it was the Hariali which was beautiful we keep coming back.

Without doubt one of the best meals ever The service and staff were absolutely brilliant Will certainly be back

First time really good will come back again excellent 👌

First time here took my wife for our anniversary the staff so friendly and welcoming and the food was amazing a real hidden gem and to top it off they gave us a bottle of wine for our anniversary will definitely be back thank you

Food was unbelievable and the staff are amazing

Always love coming here staff very friendly and welcoming

Amazing food best curry around.friendly staff you wont be disappointed here.well.done.haveli see you.soon your the absolute best !

Our second sat down meal here. The food and staff are spot on. We can highly recommend the onion bhajis and the king prawn shashlick and lamb dishes. No after effects either. The only thing is it gets very busy so can be noisy with big tables near you.

Went to haveli for the 1st time last night absolutely spot on great service nice restaurant. My chicken vindaloo perfect my wife said her lamb bhuna was the best she has had lamb was so lean and tender and cheese nan was perfect would highly recommend you won't be disappointed. We will be back 100%

First time experience at this restaurant/takeaway tonight after many weeks of seeing recommendations. To make it short and sweet, one of the best takeaways I have had with absolutely outstanding service. From the wonderful lady who first answered my call, to the lovely delivery driver who brought the food, to the absolutely delicious meal I got to enjoy tonight. First time experience and it certainly will not be the last. Very excited to try the dine in experience

Outstanding…had takeaways previously, but thoroughly enjoyed our meal in the restaurant. Food was delicious and the staff very welcoming and friendly. We eat out every Wednesday and will definitely be back..

The food was nice and the restaurant is smart...no complaints I would go again

The food and service was excellent however on this night there was a large party of 24 celebrating so it was a bit too loud but this wouldn't stop me going back I would just check there were no large parties in when I book. One of the best Indian restaurants in the area and well worth a visit

Brilliant, excellent Service, staff excellent.

Excellent Indian restaurant super food and friendly service.

Excellent service, staff polite and friendly. The food was perfect. Definitely recommend.

Brilliant food best I’ve ever had

Food and service amazing . Just wish we could afford to go more

Absolutely fantastic food. Faultless.

After reading good reviews online three of us visited the restaurant this evening. We were not disappointed and the food was lovely. The lamb and chicken was cooked perfect and the staff were very friendly. We will definitely visit again for both take away and dinning in.

Well I don't really want to tell you how nice this place is I might not be able to get a seat next time I want to go food, service, cleanliness absolutely beautiful wish it was on my doorstep will definitely be going again

Lovely food, and friendly helpful staff Our 1st vist but we will return

Excellent service and lovely food

Yet again first class service and food fantastic

Fantastic food and excellent service we will be back

Nice surroundings, excellent service and lovely food. Think it maybe an anglicised version of Indian food, but it is very nice.

1st class food everything whether it is takeaway or eating in the nice restaurant.Best Indian in County durham.Highly recommend a visit.

Haveli is the best Indian take away I’ve known and it’s on my doorstep!!! The food is great whether you eat in the restaurant or use the takeout service. Staff are great so it’s an excellent addition to our village.

We went following amazing reviews online, and we were not disappointed! The staff, decor, and food was INCREDIBLE! We’re still talking about it. It was my mother’s birthday. I called and asked for something special, not only did they present a beautiful cake with candles, they also presented a birthday card with another special gift. We travelled 30 minutes to get there, and we will make the journey again very soon. Thank you to all the staff, you are amazing xxx

30Jul22 First time visitors and thoroughly enjoyed all the food here! Went with recommendation from staff member, plus Chef Special. Food was some of the best we've had in the North East and will definitely be visiting again. The serving team were all really helpful and great to chat to.

it's got it all here ambience/ friendly staff/ great food.called here tonight for the first time . absolutely amazing .it's a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐from us .can't wait to return again soon thanks again haveli

Excellent food, looking forward to visiting the restaurant.

This is by far the best Indian in the area. Staff are great, the decoration is luxury without feeling stuffy, with beautiful crockery and cutlery. I would have to recommend the lamb in any variety, we have the Madras and the Bhuna and you can tell that the meat is slow cooked before being mixed with spices, simply delicious.

Food is lovely the restaurant and takeaway were very good at catering for my gluten free requirements. Feel confident to recommend the restaurants for both my friends and also my gluten free friends..

First experience with Indian food. Food was very tasty. Friendly service. Recommended.

Great atmosphere great staff and great food, recommended.