Imli in Tunbridge Wells - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Excellent service, taste, atmosphere

I can't say enough on how amazing the food is! It took me back to my childhood. An Indian family lived below us and our families shared meals with each other. I was so happy to have that experience again when I took a bite into memory lane. I highly recommend your taste buds to enjoy themselves to a wonderful evening of flavor. 😋😋 Don't forget to ask for Anna; as her sweet personality and great recommendations of tasty dishes add to the experience. Buen provecho Bon appetit

Great food/drinks, great happy hour prices, and wonderful service! It was busy enough to know that people love it, but not so busy that we couldn’t get a table on a Friday night. We’ll definitely be returning!

Had a lovely experience with our server Anna! Food was great and such a cute atmosphere!

The best Indian food I have ever had. We have gone to several highly rated places but this one beats all of them. After having a rough day at work I was like let’s eat something that makes us happy and truly this did the job. It 100% made me happy and I can’t wait to even eat the left over it was so good. I will definitely be coming back and telling my friends. The service was also so wonderful everyone was so polite and nice. Amazing amazing amazing. Top notch.

the food is awesome, I’ve left full every time. the staff is very kind. i recommend the malai kofta 100%.

Afreen was the best server!! She was so kind and diligent. Highly recommend!

Great happy hour deals at the bar, both the lemon drop martini and the passion fruit margarita are insane! All the food was very tasty. Great service from Ahmed and Afreen, had a lovely evening here and will definitely be back!

Food was excellent and service was great. Highly recommend their delicious food!

We had dinner here. Had the paneer pakodas which were very good. Then bagara baingan and vegetable biryani. Neither of these dishes were great. Lacking in flavor. We ordered medium for spice level. Not many choices for vegetarians just the usual Indian fare not very exciting

I came for dinner with my family and we were greeted with our smiling server Anna here at Imli. We ordered chicken tandoori and lamb seekh kebab for appetizers, both of which were grilled to perfection. For the main course were ordered Lamb Rogan Josh and Dal Tadka (main dishes are served with complimentary rice). The lamb dish had only boneless pieces, but cooked pretty well and was delicious. We ordered butter and garlic naan along with Lachcha paratha to go with the main dishes. The highlight of the dinner were the 2 desserts; crème brûlée with Gulab jam and gulab jam. Gulab jam was delightful, so was the crème brûlée. Would definitely try to have more dishes here when we visit next.

I recently had the pleasure of dining at Imli Restaurant in NYC, and it was an outstanding experience. The Kerala Beef and Bagara Baingan were both really good (I’d recommend to choose the “spicy” spice level). Their garlic naan was also amazing Waitstaff super friendly and the restaurant has a nice intimate ambiance. 10/10 would recommend

Wonderful Indian food! Butter chicken was the best. We were served by Afreen! ♥️

Excellent Indian food with different dishes not found in other Indian Restaurants, service was efficient and polite. Highly recommend.

Great service and great food. The tamarind whiskey and butter chicken were the highlights of my meal. Will come again soon!

Amazing food service & vibes!! 11/10

My favorite Indian food in the city. Enas was a great server! Will most definitely be back :)

Our food was yummy, and I appreciated that they had many good, clearly marked vegetarian options. Try the Achari Mushroom!

Afrim and the quality of this food is amazing!

Imli is such a gem!! Food was absolutely amazing!!! Service and ambiance was fabulous as well. Highly recommend the yogurt rice - plan on taking some home 😉 Definitely stop by Imli and enjoy all it has to offer!!

Go to Imli. Sit in the greenhouse on a hot summer evening. Set the table light to the amber setting. Get the Kollam Beef Curry. It’s a family recipe. Get it at 6/10 spiciness, not 5/10, not 7/10. Get it with the garlic naan for the light aromatic crisp. Don’t forget the Rasmalai for dessert. Ask for Anna — she’ll take great care of you. Life’s too short to skip out on Indian restaurants with open-concept kitchens that offer fresh and light dishes. It’s about Imli. Life’s about going to Imli.

Enjoyed everything about my meal here!

Very delicious food with top-notch hospitality! Vincent, Aafreen, and other staff were so warm and gave amazing service to our guests!

Sooooo yummy!! The waitress- Anne was very kind and attentive. If you are in NYC I highly recommend stopping and eating this indian cuisine!

Everything was fantastic and tasted home made in the best way!!!

Was extremely accommodating even when we walked in 30 minutes to closing! Food was amazing and they even helped us out by providing excellent recommendations. Would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for an exquisite meal!

Great food for a great price! The lunch special for 17.99 included an appetizer, entree, naan/rice, daal, and dessert!

The lunch and dinner specials are excellent value and delicious. Service is great. Highly recommend. Good music too

Food was good, service was lacking. Our servicer was very inattentive. Even when we called her she ignored us. Eventually, another server came and helped us. The food was great (chicken tokka masala, curry goat, garlic naan and combo grilled meats) except for the squid appetizer which was bland and overcooked/chewy. I definitely recommend trying it!,

Flavorful food and great service. We will return!

Simply amazing food and friendly service!!

Pleasant experience. First visit and was satisfying. .Aafri and other hostesses were very cordial. We definitely will go back. It’s our future neighborhood restaurant . Mild food is my forte.

The food was delicious. We got the chicken tikka masala and the vegetable korma with garlic naan and kulcha, and we finished it all in 20 minutes. The hospitality was incredible, thanks Afreen! We’ll be back!

This has to be one of the best Indian restaurants in manhattan! Great food, people, and experience. I would highly recommend the chicken on the Ave and the beef vindaloo if you love spicy food.

The best Indian food I tried in NYC. I loved the taste, the quality, the attention, everything was amazing

We had chicken tikka and traditional shrimp curry lunch thali and both were delicious! Service and ambience were at par! Highly recommend it!

I order for pick up butter chicken but thats not real butter chicken Its good for who really don’t know about dish It’s tomato curry not butter chicken

I was looking for a good indian restaurant around the neighborhood and had plenty of choices here in the upper east side. We decided to come here and now it is our go to for indian food! Very tasty and clean restaurant with an amazing atmosphere. If you have not tried indian food and would like to be introduced to it, this is the place. Service was good but can be better.

Indian restaurant with a very good back room for events.

Tried Dal Makhani and House Chicken curry with Laccha paratha and naan! The paratha was amazing, good food, service and amazing ambience. Ahmed and Anu were very attentive and gave good service. The imli sparkler mocktail was delicious, definitely recommend.

Nice restaurant, very good food

Very tasty, great portion sizes. Definitely coming back

The food and service were superb. Ahmed was very helpful and kind. 10/10 recommend!!!

Food was amazing and we was able to take our little dog with us.love the place outside area in the back. Birthday Boy was feeling so special because we was the only was outside like pvt event party of 11 . Bebo was amazing.

Great food! Does not disappoint. Spicy levels can be adjusted. My favorite is the chicken tikka masala. Highly reccomend hamed for your server.

TLDR; overall good food in a nice casual atmosphere We came in for a very late dinner on a weekday and got a table straight away. I was worried that the kitchen would be closed by the time we got there but it stays open till 10.45pm. Food: we ordered ragda pattice, paneer makhani, tandoori roti, rasmalai Drinks: mango lassi The food was overall pretty good. They do have a spice level choice for their entrees and I would highly recommend sticking with medium. Spicy is honestly too spicy to the point where your tongue is on fire. The rasmalai was much better than what I was expecting and would recommend it (it was a necessary order after the spicy paneer). Service was great, the waiter and attentive and there’s a call button on each table to get their attention if they haven’t already come to you.

Highly disappointed and not sure why the restaurant has 4.7 rating! Decided not to eat here just after having the appetizer- paneer tikka. It clearly lacked flavor and proper marination, resulting in a bland and under-seasoned dish. For $20 for appetizer, I expected much more in terms of taste and quality.

Had Tikka masala and Tandoori chicken in dinner with garlic naan, tastes awesome and enjoyed a lot.

Great experience. Loved the coconut shrimp.

I really loved the food here. I ordered the butter chicken at the recommendation of my waitress, and I’m so glad I listened. The dish has such depth of flavor, was just spicy enough, thick enough, and the chicken was perfectly juicy. I paired it with both rice and garlic naan, and oh my goodness they were matches made in heaven. And the garlic naan was, well, very garlicky which I love. It was also very soft but the bottom had a great crunch to it. Special mention to my waitress who heard any concerns I had for my food and made sure to communicate them to the chef to make sure the food was prepared exactly how I’d enjoy it. My experience at this establishment far exceeded my expectations.

Delicious food and lovely seasoning on everything however, my very white boyfriend who actually can handle a lot of spice in his food ordered the bindi do pyaza to be made spicy and it was sooo mild that even I could handle it lol. We were provided with hot sauce on the side after commenting on this but it tasted like generic red hot sauce which was unfortunate. It was obvious that the flavor profile would've been so much stronger and truly perfect if the spice level hadn't been (seemingly) adjusted from what was requested. Kerala beef and kollam beef curry were also amazing- just missing the heat we were expecting from Indian dishes.

Great service and fantastic food at reasonable prices.

Excellent chicken tikka masala. Also the garlic naan is a must!

The food was great. Ordered the Samosas, Aloo Gobi, and Kerala Beef. Good service and great food

The food was so yummy! And the service excellent

The food is really good. It is an underrated restaurant amidst the hustle New York city. The service from Bebo is excellent and the Chef Bilal's Culinary skills and the quality, taste and presentations are quite relishing. Kudos to the team to have such people in the restaurant.

Food is amazing. Atmosphere is amazing. Service is amazing. I would 10/10 come here again with a bigger group

Great meal! The saag paneer and shrimp tandoori were our favorites

very kind service, clean restaurant and i like how they decorate and design the space. it is beautiful and good ambiance. great aroma. the butter chicken, achari mushrooms, and mango lassi were all excellent!

Incredible service. Delicious dishes. Must get the baby eggplant dish (Bagara Baingan); perfection.

Cute interior with delicious food.

Bebo was the best waitress. Everything was delicious

The food is delicious! Great service - our serve Bebo was really nice and helpful. A must try!

Great food and service! Recommend this place 10/10

The food was absolutely wonderful and the service was very nice as well!

Great music & food. Also clean bathroom!!

Solid pick clean bathrooms and jammming music. Tasty really liked crème burlé dessert with gulab 😋

Awesome place for a coffee and a nice place to work and study too.

Amazing food and great vibe. Our waitress was super attentive. Order most of the appetizers for our group and everything was good.

Delicious food!! We liked every single dish. Yum!

Tried Imli for dinner and it was amazing! Although we came later in the evening, our server Ahmad was so kind, welcoming and attentive. The food came out super quick and everything was delicious (we had the chicken tika and lamb vindaloo). Perfect portion sizes :for 2 people we finished an entree each with rice. Ambience was so cozy and the whole place had a great vibe. Wonderful service and food. 10/10 must try !

New to the neighborhood and gave this place a shot. Great food and service!

One of the best Indian restaurants in the city! A must-go in Turtle bay. Give the goat curry and the chili mushroom naan a whirl - you won't be disappointed.

This place was delicious!! Best Indian food on the ues. Very reasonable size and good portions

The interior is particular beautiful. Our server was very attentive and polite. The food was great and the menu included a large variety of both vegetarian and meat inclusive options. Would recommend the Gulab Jamun Creme Brulee

Very nice interior, server is very nice, she’s very sweet and friendly, great experience

Fabulous food in an intimate setting.

Great food. Great service. Try the biryani and the Kerala beef. Super tasty. The saag paneer and aloo gobi were also excellent.

The food and service here were pretty spectacular! The Achari mushrooms and Cauliflower Manchurian were my favorite appetizers! (I'm a meat lover so I'm amazed at how they made Cauliflower taste like Sesame Chicken!!) For entrees, I would highly recommend the Lamb Rogan Josh, so tender and juicy and bursting with flavor! Also, the Tandoori Salmon is a must have because it was seasoned, smoked and cooked to perfection!! Beba was our server and she was so patient and kind with a group who couldn't make up their minds! And lastly, please check out the bartender (I think his name was Sean, but I could be way off :/...I blame the a-a-alcohol..) He makes a mean cocktail and he is not at all stingy with the good stuff 😉.

Bebo was the server. She was so attentive and she has a lovely manner. We felt very welcome, our first time at the restaurant. The food was very good, spicy as we requested. Delicious whole wheat roti.

We had excellent food, and the service was amazing. It is quick , tasty and delicious.

Bebo was great! Delicious, fast food

Bebo was a fabulous server and the food was great!

Wonderful lunch special; just the right portions. The lentils and gulab jamun (Indian cheesecake) was especially delicious.

Food and service are wonderful. Highly recommend to anyone interested in authentic Indian food.

Excellent service by Ms Bebo. She was amazing & ensured we had a lovely evening. She helped out wit the menu selection. Butter chicken was lovely (as suggested by Ms Bebo). The garlic Naan was scrumptious and left us Licking our fingers. The garlic tikka was lip smacking. The ambience and music selection took me back to India. All in all 5/5 stars. Will definitely be back again!!

Vevo was so wonderful to us on our first time here! All of the food was top notch and the drinks are lovely as well. Can’t wait to come back!

Anwesha very nice and polite. We where well taken care of.

Delicious Indian food and great ambience in the restaurant! The service was excellent and very friendly. We came on a Monday night around 7pm and there were a good amount of tables occupied so I would definitely recommend making a reservation if you are planning to visit in advance. They also offer a good deal for happy hours drinks. Highly recommend!

The food here was absolutely amazing and our server Bebo was so friendly and helpful and gave wonderful service!!

Excellent food and service!! Highly recommend!

amazing food and vibes; great service from all the staff :)

We came here the day they opened for lunch, it was all delicious and the service was friendly. Years later we’re back in NYC, we came back for dinner, Ahmed and the staff treated us so well and the food was fantastic again! Highly recommend for a casual meal any time.

Stopped by for a quick dinner late Sunday night and it was absolutely perfect. Everything was delicious, service was above and beyond, and the cozy atmosphere was just what we needed! Try this spot out

First time craving Indian food in 6 years. This place hit. The. Spot. We ordered the Idli, Indian sloppy Joe, and a chickpea masala. We cleared everything. Flavor was spot on and the server was really nice and attentive. Only regret was not asking for extra spice. Oh well, next time!

Second visit to Imli - food, service and ambience all excellent. Very authentic Indian food. The medium spice was exactly what I thought it should be. If you’re looking for authentic Indian food in NY, you’d be impressed with Imli. Simply the best authentic India restaurant in NY

As an Indian in New York, I have really struggled to find truly authentic restaurants. Imli is a rare diamond in a sea of mediocrity and I couldn’t recommend it higher. The food was delicious, the service was excellent and I left planning my next trip there. My only regret is not taking pictures of the food before digging in!

Great, clean, friendly....very good value. Top notch...

Food good. Atmosphere chill. Vibes amazing. Service fast, cordial. Mango Lassi 10/10. Medium spice is perfect.

Food comes out pretty quick and tastes great. Service is attentive and friendly. Definitely will return!