Hawasana Afghan Cuisine in Stoke-on-Trent

Everything was cooked to perfection but not a big fan of the flavour of the food here. Almost everything in the mixed grill platter lacked flavour that's a critical part of Afghan cuisine. The Kabuli pulao lacked that signature lamb stock taste, the lamb shank and chicken curry both were quite bland. BarBQ items were really good though.

Food was OK. Service was good. It's an option if visiting Stoke like us

Halal food ... Cash only........ One of the best restouranta in Stoke-on-trent for Afgani food. The kabuli pilaw is one of the most popular dish and its one of the most mouthwatering item here. It has a whole lamb leg and the rice is cooked with delicacy uts surved with 2 side dish to eat with nan bread. Without the nan bread not its peice is 10 pounds. One is more than enough for one person. The price has gone up for every dish after eid ul fitr 2023 Another very good dish is kabab with nan bread. The mixed one is the best it has all the kinds of kabab. In small amount . And it is also more than enough for one person. The interior is very good. And the seating space is also good. Veey good place for family. And time out with friends. All the food is halal here. You will like the place very much . Its a bit hard to find it . The entrance to the main building gate is also the entrance for the restourant . No other entrance there.

Best kabuli pilou and lamb Karahi in uk 10/10

I’m so glad that I have found this place, the food was so delicious, and the portions on each dish surprised me with their generosity, I was wow 😮. Still craving the food as I am writing this review, gotta come back for sure 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

The lamb was expensive yet still tasted horrible. There’s no flavour at all, all you can taste and see is the tomatoes more than the lamb. Even the colour of the food was too dark. Would not recommend to anyone at all. Never ordering from here again.

Ordered food today, the food was very expensive and despite the price it was still absolutely shocking, the lamb was more fat and the workers are never nice everytime we go and don’t show basic customer service, also tried calling a lot of times for the pulao and they just straight up refused me, never again

Hidden gems. I loved Afghan cuisine and Hawasana made it right! Authentic and delicious

We went to eat based on reviews and we’re not disappointed. Beautiful fresh food cooked and served by friendly staff and the taste was exceptional. Loved it. Large party of about 6 of us and good portion sizes and choices. Get there soon. We are going again tomorrow night..

Amazing food for a great price. Cooked beautifully and very quickly. Massive portions, could feed a bear. Competent staff and a nice atmosphere. 100% would recommend.

Absolute shocker here ! Missing items , meat dry as if it was grilled last night , £4.50 chips = handful asda basic !

I have ordered lamb karahi for takeaway When I get back home I got lamb meat on the bone not looking like karahi and I’ve asked my Karachi not spicy obviously because of too much spicy on my food I didn’t eat the food not fair paying £36 for the food and not eating

Irresponsible service from this restaurent.we ordered chicken qabuli pilau but we received lamb. We don't eat lamb. We lost our money.we called them regarding this but they said they forgot to change chicken qabuli pilau item from their menu.Very irresponsible reply from their side,We lost our money.Worst service in my life.I didn't get the refund from their side.

We went to this restaurant and ordered food, including a chicken karahi. After placing the order, we were informed that it would take 45 minutes to be ready—fair enough. So, we decided to get rice for the kids first, which arrived in just 10 minutes—perfect timing. However, what surprised us was that the chicken karahi was served immediately after that. At that moment, I had a feeling that it might not be freshly prepared. As soon as we got home, I experienced severe stomach issues and spent the entire night dealing with food poisoning. I would never recommend this restaurant to any family or individual because you pay the full price, but they simply take frozen food, reheat it, and serve it. This is a truly shameless act that they should never do. When we got home, we even threw away the leftover food to prevent anyone else from getting sick.

Food was good, authentic afghan cuisine. Service and ambience can be better. Only takes cash.

food was lovely and sahil was really nice and friendly. service and food couldn't have been better. will definitely be coming back.

They use too much oil in their food specially in kabuli Pulow. Also don't accept Card, only cash.

Ordered Qabli Pilau with lamb shank. Portions generous and came with a side curry dish and a naan. I have eaten many qabli pilau's around the UK. However, the side curry was caked in oil. Very unhealthy. But after draining the oil, the curry did taste nice. The qabli pilau rice tasted hard, and the lamb shank hadn't marinated. Therefore, tasted ordinary. Not happy with the quality. The price for the dish was reasonable. No parking.

Good food , afghan rice was very nice and a generous portion enough for 2 to 3 people. Would have preferred a slight bigger portion of curry. But overall was an enjoyable experience and would visit again.

Food is great, service is great. The lamb karahi was of good size and excellent taste, so was the qabuli pulao. Owner is very nice. Will be coming again 👍🏻

I had experienced authentic afghan food in ages. Just like home made style. Thank you for the wonderful food chefs.

Good food but prices have gone up too much

Authentic, fresh, and incredibly tasty food. Generous portions. A highly recommended gem!!!

They got the best Afghan food ,very authentic ,just the restaurant could be improved a little ,it looks rusty and not nice ..but the food is so so delicious ,my favorite

Called and ordered my food in advance as I was 30miles away. Staff advised will be ready in time. Arrived at this restaurant, got seated the lady bought my lamb karai over with a naan and salad. Two other blokes came in ten minutes after. Who also ordered via phone the owner was yelling and telling the staff member off for giving their lamb karai to me (not my fault). He then marched over to my table as if I was being told off like a school kid and asked did you order this meal? I told him yes. He asked how, I advised via phone. He then went on to ask show me. I shown him on my call records. The level of disrespect from the chef/owner was actually disrespectful I’d never go there again and if you want to try a real afghani lamb karai go to Birmingham, Khyber on alum rock road. The owner should go there to and learn from them and maybe some manners. I hope this helps for anyone reading

Delicious lamb Karahi , chicken wings were 🔥 good portion sizing, reasonable price

Pure traditional Afghan restaurant

Excellent quality fresh foods love the kabli pilau and mamto very friendly staff offer the best service

Excellent food, freshly cooked to order. Piping hot with a generous sized naan bread made freshly from the clay oven. Good value for money.

My favorite afghani kabuli pulab

Amazing lamb krahi Authentic Qabli pulao And proper Qehwa Authentic one. Roti and naan was good. Fully enjoyed the lunch.

Lovely good-deffo in top 5 of curries that I've had

The food is very nice. Good service generous portion size. Nice atmosphere would recommend.

The Qabuli Pulao was excellent—delicious and generous in portion. I also tried their Chicken Biryani, but it didn't quite meet my expectations. However, they do maintain consistency in terms of taste.

I tried qabuli rice it was good but very bad costumer service the lady so rude

Authentic afghan restaurant, They are serving Delicious and halal food, it's better than a lot of afghan restaurants in Manchester, I would recommend it to everyone ,must try Manto and bolani,

First time trying Afghani cuisine- really enjoyed the experience. The food was excellent and reasonably priced, the staff helpful and friendly and the restaurant had a good family friendly atmosphere. Will return if we visit Stoke again.

Service was awful waiter forgot glasses for water after asking many times, wrote wrong order. After correcting wrong order we still received the wrong order. No apology and was asked to pay full price for their mistake. No communication between waiter and owner and nearly charged us extra due to the original wrong order. No acknowledgement of mistake and nearly robbing us also. Not formalities at all from staff and food quality declining. Owner rude along with waiter. Please eat here at your own risk and check many times before and after ordering.

Best place for Afghan Cuisine in the Midlands!Kabuli Pulao & Lamb Karahi are amazing

best food in stoke on trent their dishes are so yummy the bolani spot on the fresh bread is brillante the garlic and lemon chicken was amazing cooked to perfection the chicken byriani is amazing 0 faults keep the good work on 🌹🌹🌹 sorry no photos all food was eaten

The food was delicious and flavourful! 😋🤤 I highly recommend it!

This is a gem of a restaurant. It has a ‘cash only’ policy. Do carry cash if you’d like to try out the restaurant. Also, no allocated parking available. Amazing food in terms of Afgan cuisine and reasonable portions. The restaurant offers family and usual sitting. A shared bathroom is located inside the restaurant which is old but kept cleaned.

Nice place for proper food and good for family sitting. Hidden jewel in Stoke on trent for Afghani Rice, even far better than anywhere I had

Kabuli Pulao is very very nice. Massive portion for £20 you get naan bread and a curry with the pulao

The pache pilaf you prepare is not pache pilaf at all. You separate the rice and separate the pache soup. This is not the way to prepare pache pilaf. You have to cook the pache first and then cook the cooked pache together with the rice. Many of our friends are not interested in your restaurant a second time after placing an order in your restaurant

Lovely and delicious food, staff are also friendly and attentive

Bad experience about food and service

Order hawasana special but food was not great . Afgani plaoo full of oil, grill meat not cooked properly 😑

Very delicious nicely presented Afghani dishes.

We were visiting from Newcastle and were looking for nice halal food. We were not disappointed. The food was amazing, the qabli pilau and qurma dishes were very good. They even have options for kids, my youngest had chicken nuggets. It was so good we went 2 nights in a row.

The food was very nice the qabuli plau had whole jeera in it would have been better if grinded

The thought of something different paid off! Really nice and enjoyable meal. The kebab was amazing.

Beautiful food and great service. Highly recommended and you won't be disappointed.

Unfortunately, the restaurant does not have a delivery service. I have a shock about this thing

Service was a huge disappointment.

Nice food they serve lovely smile

Good food. Trendy dishes take time

I went with exceeded expectations but it was just a good food. But great service

Great food, very generous! Will return whenever in the area.

I loved my food. The qabuli pulao was wonderfully delicious, and the bread was heavenly. Thank you for serving great food!

So delicious and a fair price and they offer a lot..

When we went first time food tasted nice but then we went again couple of more times n food tasted bland , absolutely tasteless

The customer service is not good waiting without knowing what is going on owner does not speak to customers to make sure everything is ok ..cash only no receipt! ..expensive for the low quality food ..one lady staff doing many things serving taking money etc adding to more wait ..very dissapointed only liked the bread not recommended at all

Enjoyed a mix kebab and chops. It was good, however, I would have preferred it to be spicier. Decent price.

Drastic improvement from last visit 6 months ago. The place is super clean and food looks and tastes cleaner. Unbelievably good, I don’t know how they achieve such a taste with local ingredients. These people have upped their game, but also upped their prices. Can no longer be considered to be cheap especially for the area. We’ll worth the money however. Qurma is out of this world good. The saag and dal with the Qabili is outstanding and the unfriendly owner seems to be keeping away from facing the public which is a plus

Definitely recommend this place! Food was lovely 😍👌👍

Amin Bahi you done it again, every time I come here and eat but left with a huge smile on my face and belly full, authentic, freshly cooked, reasonably priced above all very nice food as always. Alhumdulillah may Allah SWT put Barakah in your business. Aameen Razi

Absolutely beautiful food and full of flavours and tastes. Hidden little gem we stumbled across while in Stoke on Trent. Will come again when I'm in the area.

Very tasty food, super friendly staff and the ginger tea is delicious. Highly recommended!

Excellent . Cash only. Very reasonBle prices.

My sister and her fiancé suggested this place because of the kebabs. So they took me there. I wasn't disappointed. In fact I would say that this is the best place I've ever been to for spit roasted tandoor kebabs, naan, rice and meat. That's not just Stoke, it's definitely the best food in Stoke. Hands down, best kebab and naan I've ever had.

Feel like a homemade food. Naan and curry was fabulous, biriyani worth for money but could be better. Asked for raitha but surprisingly said run out. But still worth for the money paid and I am sure we will return.

Fantastic tasty food, the kabiluli rice with meat is a must, good portion sizes, free parking around area after 6pm

We ordered a lamb biryani. It is just a turmeric rice with 4 pieces of lamb. Worst place to have a biryani… Must avoid if you are looking to eat biryani.

Lamb karahi & kofta kebab were amazing 👏 😋 ,only issue was i ordered chiken tikka with six pieces explained by the staff but they given us lamb tikka with 4 pieces & fries were presented when our kid finished his half meal overall its good 👍

Staying in Stoke for one night visiting Emma Bridgewater factory; our Airbnb was a minute walk from this fantastic restaurant. How lucky we were. Enjoyed delicious food in a full restaurant (always a good sign) and wish we lived near enough to become regulars.

portion sizes are very decent, service is really nice. it is cash only and ask for more spice if you like it that way. would highly recommend

Excellent service. Food was very tasty fresh and lots. Recommended.

Pilao with lamb shank and spinach+ lentils on the side was delicious. The grills were a bit dry. Mango lassi lacking sugar. Fresh Nan was nice n fluffy. Customer service was not so great even from the Manager/Owner when asked you dont have tap water and the reply was a simple "No". The single waitress was running around nonstop and trying her best. Cash only aswell.

Very delicious and authentic afghan food. The service, the appearance, and the presentation of the restaurant is a big letdown.

Tasty Food, Great Service & Reasonable Prices.

Really tasty food good service and price good

Outstanding food and service. Biriyani and karahii are out of this world.

Lovely halal, authentic Afghan food We came from East Mids for day out at the SuperBike factory in Macclesfield and wanted some good halal food. We were not disappointed. Haven’t had good Afghani food in a long time and wasn’t disappointed. Much appreciated. Garlic kebab were so amazing as was the lamb Qabuli pulao

Full of happy customers, lovely food and reasonable price.

As soon as you walk in you have confidence as the tables are full, there was only myself and my wife, but we were shown to a table for four. And the space was needed, the food was fresh well presented and plentiful. Both of us were full and my wife enjoyed it so much she asked if we could take the leftovers home, which they obliged. The price was very reasonable and the most important thing as my wife was pleased.

I order qabuli pelaw with some side dishes everything was so delicious good price short time waiting 5🌟 💯

We came across this restaurant quite by chance. I absolutely enjoyed the food! Lots of flavor and super authentic.

Cleaned table. Nice food. Not a long wait. Packed restaurant.

I ate some of the best food here. The biryani was light and fragrant, the lamb fell of the bone. The chicken curry was delicious and the chickpeas and spinach rounded it off. Beautiful food thank-you!

It's just okay taste wise had curry from them too much oil and take 45 min to cook

Amazing food served! Karahi is a must try.

The most important thing the food: It is sooooo good trust me(I have an Afghan friend and his mums food is just as tasty as these guys). They give such a big amount of food too for how much they charge. The wait times are decent 15-20 minutes because it is a restaurant after all. The staff is nice and they’re smiling which is such a good thing to see.

I was not expecting this but all I can say is even come from Scotland the food and service was out class Highly recommend.

Amazing only taste restaurant in stroke on trend.

The food here is delicious! I haven’t had a great Afghani cuisine in years. If you haven’t tried the Kabuli Pulao on your trip then you truly missed out. Staff is friendly. But again, as expected, these guys are cash-only and tax evaders. Horrid.

Great little place with amazing food. Will try again

Came here after alton towers. It takes about 30mins from there. I am very fussy when it comes to other culture foods, however this place did not disappoint. I would give it 10/10. All female staff in the kitchen. All food felt authentic and cooked to perfection. I would defo go back again! Prices are different from the menu though.

Me and my wife we order lunch in this restaurant we have been told to pay cash only. The bill was £31.50 (verbally told us by the lady who took order from us)I paid £40 they don't have change so we have to wait until some one will get some coins from outside shops. Later on another lady took over she hardly speaks English she asked me again how much I paid and how much is the Bill I said the Bill I have been told is £31.50 but she enter details into till and charge us £33.50 and fail to provide us receipt. Very unprofessional no respect for customer, not even said thanks to us because she assumed that I am not telling her the truth. I don't have the price list in front of me, I don't want to argue because I have been told by her staff. I would not recommend this place which will make you unhappy for the rest of the day.

Brilliant place, food spot on, food plentiful and had to take remaining home in doggy bag to eat day after, nice place