House of Flavours in Reading

We have eaten at the House of Flavours restaurant on several occasions and the food has been reasonably good. But this was our first time ordering home delivery and it was a poor experience. 1) They missed some of the items ordered which was upsetting especially for the children b) the “spicy” curries were bland (and we are familiar with these curries as we usually order them at the restaurant) and c) naans all soggy!

Great food and service. Good vibes all night. Has been consistently good for many years.

Personally I would not recommend the buffet experience as it really isn’t much of an experience. If you think you’re going there for a strong variety of all you can eat curry, you’re wrong. Aside from the buffet, your typically from the menu orders are normally great. Decent amount of meat in your curry’s, served hot whether dining in or ordered for delivery and the curry almost always tastes great. Definitely my number one choice for curry in reading so far.

We were in Reading for some work and decided to try out some Indian places for dinner. House of Flavours popped up in our search as a top rated Indian cuisine place and I can say they didn’t disappoint at all! We tried the Aloo Tikki, Chicken Malai Tikka, Bhuna Gosht curry and Gulab Jamun and they all tasted as authentic as it can get. Very well organised and great food!

Too long wait especially if you are with children

Had a bad experience with quality of food. Visited the place based on high ratings but the quality and taste were below expectaions . The Lamb Biryani was dry , not fresh and not tender. The Chicken Tika Masala tasted like a Ketchup ! The tomato sauce/paste was alot. 1st and last time visiting this place

Hello, Team. We (two adults and two children) visited HOF on November 8th and were unhappy with the service and food quality this time. It was my fourth or fifth visit, and I thought that the quality was declining for the following reasons: 1. In terms of service, we waited more than an hour for the main course to arrive at our table after ordering it alongside the starters. 2. Salt and spicy levels are very low with the Chicken biryani and did not expect that taste in HOF.

Weekend buffet was awesome... All starters (veg and non veg are worth trying) Butter chicken 4 out of 5

House of Flavour is a must-visit for Indian cuisine lovers. Their buffet lunch offers a wide selection of authentic dishes, from creamy butter chicken, fluffy naan, catering to various spice preferences. With a warm atmosphere, friendly staff, and generous portions, it’s perfect for a flavorful and satisfying midday meal.

Best Indian buffets in town, and I was thoroughly impressed. The variety of dishes offered was incredible, with each one packed with authentic flavors that truly showcased Indian cuisine. From savory curries to fresh naan, everything was delicious. What stood out to me was the quality of the food, especially considering the affordable price. The atmosphere was welcoming, making it a perfect spot for both casual dining and special occasions.

I will give 4 star only, because of on buffet they will put limited options. Food taste is ok and near by reading it is one of the option to choose for Indian food

Great food, an array of choice.

Wonderful experience at House of flavors!!! HOF is our go to place, we have an emotional connect to the food, ambience, staff who is just like our family! You will get Indian food at many places in England, but for authentic, North Indian food with loads of personalised experience, quality and love from India!!! Don't miss the LIIT from Tony!!

Customer service was very good , manager and staff member Jyoti are really polite and greeted well.

Good food good service but the food was too late

Fast friendly service, food was full of flavour/spices. I really liked the mango coconut naan. (Don't come here if you want sweet/overly rich/brightly colored curries.)

Great food, nice atmosphere and such kind and helpful service from Sarsaparilla. We’ll be back!

Food as always is good when the wrong dish came the manager was very nice to replace it and get the right order dish

My last review said if I was ever in Reading I would come here again. My husband and I visited my son and his girlfriend and we decided to eat here again. This was such a good decision as our food was absolutely delicious. As a vegetarian there was so much choice but I decided on the Karahi Paneer and it was very tasty. We all enjoyed our meals and again if I was in Reading I would come here.

I read lot of reviews about this restaurant and went yesterday for a lunch. Mistake we did was to be in first at 1pm as complete restaurant was free. The first order took 25 mins approximately to serve us, the second order also took similar time. I ordered for biryani and it tasted like hell. It was just a grave mixed meat without any traces of Biryani. Home made biryani are much better than spending 15 pounds on that small portion. My wife who had vegetarian started having stomach pain and I had multiple acide reflux and couldn't sleep the whole night. I never had this issues as I maintain good health, prefer home cooked food all the time. They were particular in asking for Tip while billing, nicely avoided asking questions about food. Probably we are unlucky to have such experience.

Got Deliveroo and it was exceptional

Amazing food, lovely staff and a great service that is I expected from an Indian restaurant.

Amazing food and brilliant service from the staff.

I think this is the closest you can get to authentic Indian cuisine in Reading. The ala-cart menu is quite pricey. I would suggest going there on a Sunday when they do Buffets, so that you can get an idea of the food they serve. The buffet with an added drink came to around £15.

This is my second visit here. They have a speciality dish call Tac-a-tac which is exceptional

Dinner for 2. Excellent, flavourful authentic Indian food. We travelled from Oxford for our evening and House of flavours didn't disappoint. Lamb chops, King prawns and Chicken lollipop for starters were all amazing. House special Chicken malai gravy for main was delicious. Warm, friendly and accomodative service especially by Jagveer and also other staff. Highly recommend and we'll be back soon (despite a bit of travel!).

Excellent authentic well prepared, delicious Indian food and very friendly staff. We loved it. Had a dinner with 3 of us on a Thursday. Walk-in (Reading town centre) but probs advised to book at weekends. Not dog friendly, sadly so Mikey had to stay at the Airbnb.

Customer service and quality of food was amazing

Superb service thanks to Jagvir bro Lovely food

Was served by Sukhman and other staffs as well. Had the best food of my life. So many flavours, great ambience and excellent customer service. Highly recommended ;)

Starter good, chicken tikka cooked over charcoal, was not, extremely dry, was prepared not fresh. When I have cooked over charcoal it's moist. Lamb biryani dry no sauce whatsoever, it was not a biryani as described. Did not complain as everyone else seemed to accept the food. Don't be fooled it's nothing special.

I have to rate this restaurant 0/5 for their slow service. I had to wait for 1 hour before getting my food and even after that they did not bring all the items. The staff needed to be reminded several times to bring the food. Worst service

Fantastic food, fantastic service!

Great food and amazing Ambience. Blyton was amazing with his service.

Mr.Blyton was very kind and helpful.

Did not arrive but kept moving the arrival time back. Ordered at 20:09 and was due to arrive within an hour but every time we check the delivery time it is 20 minutes in the future. Still not here at 23:54 and restaurant is now closed

First time we here and Blyton recommended the dishes for us and they are so delicious. Will come again!

I personally like to thank Blyton and dhruv they went above and beyond with excellent service.very knowledgeable, gud recommendations, starter was g8 chilli ginger fish and chilli paneer, chicken biryani and veg biryani was not upto the mark, luks like not freshly made .little bit disappointed with the mains.chef need to focus on biryani.

Amazing and authentic Indian food. Excellent service by Blyton and other staff. Would highly recommend best Indian restaurant in Reading.

One of the best Indian restaurants in Reading. The service is really great especially Blyton is amazing and really knows how to take care of each customer needs.

Very nice food. Blyton and the waitress were very kind and offered great service. Thanks!

Blyton was a wonderful server, very nice and delivers excellent customer service. The food is also amazing. Thanks so much.

Really bad. Ordered a Butter Chicken, pilau rice and a keema naan via Deliveroo. Delivery was one thing, but the food itself was terrible. Butter chicken wasn't creamy, but stodgy and overally spicy for a mild/low heat curry. The rice was mostly mush except for the odd grain which the colour gave away it's undercooked state. Both over done and under done at once! The Keema was fine but considering it accompanied the rest of the meal, it's was entirely a write off. I don't not recommend.

The best cheese and chilli naans plus great fish curry's

We were not told when we booked that it is a buffet on Saturdays.Disappointing! Also my grandson had chicken that was uncooked inside.Not good!! No prawn or beef dishes!!!

I’m a Butter chicken enthusiast I can honestly say this was the best one I’ve tasted in uk The whole meal experience was above Par

Excellent service by blyton and jyoti he pampered us nicely and we will back soon to enjoy their service. food was delicious but too much oily and greasy.

I am giving them 4.5 stars, for the good food and ambience. Their service has certainly improved a lot from my last visit.

Blighton has been amazing. Great service and tasty food.

One of the best restaurants in Reading, excellent service by Blyton

Nice place. Always busy. Service is good but not great. Food is excellent. It's not very expensive. Spicy Indian and far eastern dishes, not strictly a curry house. Highly recommended.

Went for a family lunch but there was no indication it was a buffet lunch when I booked, or maybe I missed it... Buffet was nice and every dish was really tasty but... they were not keeping up with demand. Several dishes were empty and it took a long time to refill. Same happened when I went for dessert so I ended up just having ice cream. So the food was good, the service slow which led to a feeling of half organised chaos. Next time I will revert to the evening al a carter menu....

Fine indian Food. Very nicht location. We will join IT again!

Fantastic Indian restaurant in the centre of reading....best onion bhajis ever and chicken tikka to rival dishoom

Absolutely shambolic service, failed to prepare a deliveroo order over an hour later on a Monday evening, the one who answered the phone had poor attitude too. DO NOT WASTE TIME AND MONEY HERE! Unless you want the most frustrating hangry experience.

Overpriced buffet, all gravy dishesb tasted same. Desserts are tooo sweet and no will help you to scoop ice cream which hard like stone. Won't go again.

Absolutely faultless!!’ The food is absolutely delicious, the service is outstanding and I love the atmosphere 🙏🏼 We love the Butter Chicken … it’s an all time favourite and my husband loves the Lamb Shank both with Garlic Naan. The live music is sooo good and I am looking forward to the afternoon buffet one weekend ❤️

Really tasty meal and great company

had a lovely experience here tonight!! food was fantastic and service was great, thank you to Pramod and Tony for making our evening a good one!! :)

Love house of flavours, been there lots and I have taken other people who now go there regularly. It's just better than so many other poor indian restaurants / food at HoF.

Amazing food amazing staff and amazing place not sure what else to say. We have been here every week for the last 6 weeks whilst staying in reading and the food and staff are fantastic. If you want an amazing curry with a great atmosphere come to HoF Team are great very attentive and can’t fault their friendliness We will be back

Great place as ever 😀 always enjoyed This place. Hats off to Tony and Bliyton and other team 👍

Very friendly and helpful staff, food is good,can get a little loud when busy but other than that we'll worth the visit.

Our server Blyton was very friendly and helpful. The service was good and food was awesome! Keep it up 👍 House of flavours!

excellent service received from sukhman and manjula

Had a delicious dinner. Very patient and lovely service. Blyton took an extra step by customizing the dishes to be friendly for my toddler.

Weekend Lunch Buffet is simply amazing, and I wish I could eat all variety. Very nice section for Veg and Non Veg items in starters, mains and deserts

Blyton is an amazing host and loved the LIT made by him, will definitely visit again .

Food is no doubt authentic with Indian real taste and flavours. At first instance door is too tight , no one came to help a person trying to open the door and pushing pram/stroller too. There was shortage of staff so after entering the restaurant, I was searching someone to come up with table reservations. No one turned up after 5 minutes and then I reached one of the staff who was serving someone and interrupted her which was too weird to do for me. But it seems so awkward that I have done the booking 10 days ago for 30 people. On the day of event they provided us table near the kitchen and that too opposite places. They charged us extra 50£ for service tax on top of food bill which will be good enough to accept if they would have served us nicely. One of the staff said we are only two people serving today and shortage of staff so we couldn't help you. Inside the AC was not working and in an event it became so suffocated and hot. That was not expected. I liked the food and thought of organising event but it seems staff and team doesn't understand the fact that we paid for service tax on top of food for understaff. And it's true that cutlery take ages too come as I have read in the reviews. Being host of party I need to chase staff members again and again for water, cutlery ,orders Nd other stuff. That too they ignores sometimes. So bit of disappointed

Very well taken care by Blyton. Good food

Great food, great service. Go to place for Indian food in Reading. Was served by Jaiveer, great hospitality.

I had Veg starters, Mango Lassi, Naan and Malai Kofta curry. Onion Bhajji was over crispy and Kofta was pathetic. It’s NOT a restaurant for Indians who frequently have these dishes and know how exactly they should be.

The whole experience was very positive. The staff were very friendly and knowledgeable, the food was excellent and the ambience was lively without being intrusive.

Blyton was so lovely and a great server. The food is great, a really good choice and it is such good quality. I like coming here because it is a great experience.

Really enjoyed rhe food and service. Thank you to Dhruv and Tony for helping tidy up after my cheeky 2year old

Dhruv was great and very friendly! Perfect customer service! Food was delicious I would come back very soon!

Lovely food and great atmosphere. Blyton was amazing with his services and very friendly. I will surely return x

The food was amazing, quick service and the atmosphere is perfect! Thank you especially to Lithan for being excellent :))

Food was great. Blyton was really helpful and amiable.

great service, great food, great portions!

Blyton was amazing; a fantastic Friday lunch.

Blyton provided a fantastic customer experience. He was very attentive and caring.

Food was amazing, Blyton was really helpful

Wonderful food, service and customer service. I'm from Australia and this has been one of the best Butter Chicken I've ever tasted

The starters well presented and were really nice. Mains was a letdown. Place looks very sleek and modern. Staff pleasant, but didnt help with what was good on menu. It was like you order what you want and we'll get it. Abit on the expensive side. 6 adults and 2 kids, bill came to £240 thats with no Alcohol.

First time back there in over a year. Attentive staff, lovely food and great food suggestions from our waiter. Blyton was fabulous.

Blyton gave us great service this evening. First time here and enjoyed the atmosphere. Thanks again will be back soon.

Great service from Blyton who was our waiter today and after all the years of visiting House of Flavours, the food, atmosphere and service never disappoints!

Great food and service. Highly recommend.

Jagveer was very friendly and had good hospitality

The website indicated a 20% discount with terms and conditions in a box on the left hand side almost invisible. Apparently this offer had expired on 31st August and I ordered on 1st September in good faith based on the large promotional banner. I feel aggrieved and it rather spoilt the experience of what was a very tasty meal. The ginger chilli fish was excellent. I subsequently received a telephone call of apology from House of Flavours and an assurance that this discount would be applied on a future purchase, as the food was so good we will certainly be ordering again.

We had a great dinner in House of Flavors today ,our waiter Blyton suggested fish starter and cauliflower which was very awesome this is the second time we ordered per his suggestion .and it never fails,thanks to him

Food is good and good service especially by Blyton

It stands true to its name! Food is distinctly flavourful & the place offers a good range of authentic Indian dishes (North Indian cuisine mostly). But a strong caveat here❗All three ⭐s are ONLY for the chef and the kitchen staff. Trust the manager, serving and reception staff to ruin your experience each time 😡 This angst is not borne out of a single visit, but a culmination of several over a long period of time. I have visited the restaurant in groups at least 5-6 times during the past year. Only to be dismayed repeatedly to find: 1. The serving staff mocking the customers! 2. Most of them are completely disinterested and lack etiquette. 3. They make you feel as if they are doing a favour. 4. Request for water or cutlery takes ages. 5. And the worst, giving extra special attention to the white skin while ignoring other customers. So, the buffet and takeaways seem to be the right way to enjoy the good food while ensuring minimal interaction with the front-end staff 😶

Fantastic service, fantastic food. What more can one want?

Very good blyton given us very good service am very happy with food n services

Great food, Pooja went above and beyond, Blyton helped too.

Loved the food. I definitely recommend it.

If you are missing Indian food. This is the place you are Looking for. They have pav bbhaji, chole Bhature, indo Chinese ( I am vegetarian :)) , and the amazing Pani pure :) Go for it , I really recommend it , I am going to visit again

Very quick service, friendly and polite - food amazing - trendy and popular restaurants