Haveli Great Lumley in County Durham

Beautiful food. Staff were excellent, very attentive and friendly.

Always had great food and service from this restaurant. They knew my order over the phone without me even telling them. 5 stars , thank you

We went for a meal last evening and the food was mouth wateringly delicious. The service was first class. We have eaten in many Indian restaurants here and abroad and this one beats the lot.

First time here. We went for a birthday treat,Atmosphere was good( for some reason no background music)TABLE booked for 7-30 and sat down early,offered poppadoms and pickles but said no.The men's were on the table ,so after ordering a pint ans a half, we ordered started,mains ,rice,and nan bread. I'm not saying anything except it was hot ,( temperature wise) but bland in taste .May we also point out that it was a FULL HOUSE. WOULD GO BACK AGAIN BUT NOT IN A HURRY We do recommend booking a table though Thanks again

Have had a few visits here and it is a lovley place for and Indian meal. Relaxed atmosphere. Staff very polite and attentive. Excellent venue and the food is great and consistent. Would recommend.

Extremely good if not excellent. Service was timely and relevant to our requirements. Food was superb, fresh, cooked to specific requests and way beyond expectations. There are very valid reasons this restaurant is booked up way in advance. It's now a firm favourite and we will be back very soon as per our bookings. Can't recommend it enough hence the 5 ⭐️s that are well deserved.

Of course we all have our “go to” Indian restaurant when at home, but we were visiting the area and wanted to have a nice meal. We were very lucky to pick Haveli, couldn’t fault the meal and lovely staff. Well deserved five stars. Thank you.

Lovely food and atmosphere. They gave a little box of cakes for free at the end since it was Valentine’s Day!

First visit to this restaurant. The food, service and atmosphere were superb. Friendly staff who made you very welcome. Highly recommended.

Me and my friend went to Haveli for the first time this evening. We thoroughly enjoyed our food, it was one of the best Indian restaurants we’ve ate at for a long time. The staff were absolutely lovely and couldn’t do enough for you! The restaurant is decorated amazingly and has a lovely atmosphere. The food was really reasonably priced for the quality. We will definitely be returning soon to try some other food on the menu. Thank you to the restaurant staff for being so lovely and friendly. We will be back soon!

Lovely food and amazing service. Best Indian takeaway we have ever had.

Absolutely gorgous food service and fantastic staff

Got a delivery last night celebrating a birthday ,phone service fantastic,delivery quick and food spectacular we were treated to free popadoms and pickles a bottle of wine and voucher for birthday ,highly recommended

Once again great tasting well prepared and served food washed down with the lovely Cobra. The staff are great

This Indian takeaway is by a country mule the best one in this area you really need to try bhajis are amazing and delivery is so quick

Food, service , surroundings and atmosphere all brilliant. We are so lucky to gave this family run restaurant in our village.

Booked tonight Friday 10th of Januaryfor my wife's birthday. Booked online and commented it was my wife's birthday. Food was superb. Staff were brilliant and at the end of our evening they came out with flowers and chocolates for my wife. Cant thank everyone for making it such a special night. Highly recommend . If I could work out how to post photos I would

I regularly collect takeaways from here. The service on the telephone and when collecting is always great (and very welcoming!) The food is too a high quality and very flavoursome. My favourite Indian Restaurant & Takeaway A great part of our village too!

Beautiful surroundings, great atmosphere, great food and friendly staff

First visit for a takeaway this evening and the service was excellent. I went in to order and was advised 10-15 mins but have my mum in the car so advised would be back in when the time was up. As I was getting out the car the very friendly front counter staff has brought the food to the car for me. The food was delicious. Will definitely be back for sure. Thank you for a great experience.

WOW......jumped on a Facebook feed and ordered my first meal for my birthday last night. Best takeaway we have ever had. Ordered over the phone lady who answered was very polite, took our order and said it would be with us in half an hour. Turned up bang on time food piping hot and really nice delivery guy. So, onion bhajis were lovely and crispy and fresh, 2 the size of a tennis ball with a fresh salad and mint dressing. Deffo need to try. We ordered half tandoori chicken, tandoori thali (take a look at this dish on the menu), excellent price and so much, mixed balti spicy, Every mouthful was delicious, so many flavours, big portions and plenty of meat, not to mention the prawns. Can't wait to have a sit down meal next year when things are quieter. PLEASE GIVE THEM A TRY UOU WONT REGRET IT.

Haveli is the best Indian restaurant and takeaway in the North East! It's my go to place for food and special occasions. The chef's recommended dishes are awesome. I recommend the Goan, Jal-jhool and definitely the Balti garlic special! If you love food you'll love Haveli. 10 out of 10.

Good food and good service at the beginning of the evening that is until we overstayed our welcome, just as we were getting ready to leave I went to the bathroom when I came out our table was cleared and another party was sitting there. The server insisted on helping me out my coat on as he said I had too much to drink (not true) as he frog marched me through the door pushing my coat on me despite being asked not to! Definitely not a pleasant experience and won’t be repeated

10/10! Recently celebrated my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary and everything was perfect. Service and staff were friendly and very accommodating especially as there was 10 or 12 of us. Food was very tasty and I couldn’t recommend this place more.

We get takeaway/eat in twice a month and oh my days!! What an experience!! The staff are amazing so friendly and happy to help with any enquiries. For being a small restaurant and takeaway they are always busy definitely recommend booking for the restaurant. Food is amazing and full of flavour! Always get recommendations for different meals. Staff are only human and can sometimes make a mistake but are first to correct it without any fuss! Can not fault the staff. We will be returning with friends in the near future.

With the loudness my order was a little mixed up they gave us our new order with extra These are by the far the best we have ever been to

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. Edit: following this review I got a call and apology. Told to ask for owner when we arrived and he would ' look after us'. This we did and were told that he was busy in the kitchen and couldn't come out to see us. We stayed for a decent meal but totally let down by the service. Felt he had just enticed us in and made patronising promises. EDIT AGAIN: Hi Shuheb. Everything after your first paragraph is a mistake. You have completely mis-interpreted my edit. We have not visited again. You did not need to get so upset or to respond as if I had secretly crept in and then reviewed you. I was merely updating my original review, to which you responded, with the fact that you had responded and what then happened. We have not been in again otherwise I would have mentioned it. Our interaction ceased at the point in Sept. when you were too busy to leave the kitchen. We have not been back. Please also note that I gave your food 5 stars.

5 Star all the way, great staff, great service, great atmosphere and on top of all that Great Food. A credit to Great Lumley.

Still great food, great staff, decent prices. Always worth a visit

Tried this place yesterday after several recommendations and the food was very nice, well impressed and the staff were great too

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.

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 ....

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.