India gate Mablethorp Limited in East Lindsey

Ordered online took payment and food didn’t arrive totally disgusting

Ordered online. Turned up to collect food and it was closed. Luckily opted for cash on collection having seen the previous reviews.

I ordered tonight and paid online as it said the restaurant was open but there was no confirmation and the restaurant weren't answering any calls to confirm whether my order had gone through or not. Then checked the reviews to see this happened 4 days ago also.

We put an order in via their online ordering service yesterday 24th august. It shows as paid on our bank. The delivery never came. Tried to call the number provided and the phone just rang out. Beware! Do not use the online ordering!

Loved it, best Indian I have had in 30 years 😁

We came here for my Mums 80th 🥳 Apart from our love of Indian food they also allowed my mums little dog which was important Not only was the food Amazing one of the best freshest curries we have had but the staff were happy helpfully and very accommodating We will definetly be back 😊👌

Amazing food couldn't ask for better staff

Very tasty, would recommend if on the area.

Amazing food especially the paneers and lovely stag aloo

Went for holidays to Lincolnshire and found this restaurant. Amazing food reasonable price definitely recommended.

Best Indian meal I’ve had by far and I’ve had a few, service impeccable, food, so tasty, very resonably priced, I highly recommend this restaurant

Absolutely quality food I’d definitely recommend this Indian restaurant 5* 💯

If you are ever in Mablethorpe you must give this place a try. Under new ownership,Good service and Brilliant food.

Really lovely meal here, service was great and the food was super tasty. Really enjoyed it thank you

Food would be no stars if I could.

Wow..!!!! Not tasted anything like this since u was in India back in the early 90's Food was Amazing delivered in less time than the gentleman estimated and it was first class 👌and very very affordable

Food tasted awefull, service wasnt even there. They didnt even care about it.

We had one of the deals naan, rice ,curry takeaway couldn’t fault it , tasted spot on would use again .

Absolutely fantastic food!! Brilliant service, friendly staff, very attentive and food was just out of this world. 9 of us visited tonight and had a fantastic range of curries, so much food on the Meal for 1 deal. Thank you very much

The Pelo rice is spicey and for some reason full of many large chunks of onions and not completely sure why. I normally love getting food from Indian gate but this change is awful and uneatable

What I ordered didn't arrive fully and rice is dry definitely need a sauce with it staff on phone are bit rude Give us chance to get the door before knocking twice

Apart from scammers creating a drama for a free meal - tramps! - the saag dish was perfect - kabab starter lovely- staff are lovely too.

Nice place workers are very nice and polite and have a sense of humour the food was so yum yum

Fantastic food brilliant service

Just don't bother with this place. Expensive and dreadful food. Could've bought better from Aldi. Worst £40 I've ever spent.

This place is a perfect example of don't judge a book, drove into Mablethorpe looking for a meal and stumbled upon this place not very good reviews and didn't look busy, but the food was amazing. Service was great and would imagine if wasn't for bonfire night would of been a even better atmosphere inside.. Will be visiting again next time in the area without a doubt...

I was a bit dubious about coming in for dinner because of the reviews. But my experience, and that of my family and friends we were with, was amazing. Friendly staff. Amazing food and a good atmosphere. Even the chef came out to make sure we were happy with everything. Price excellent and portion sizes perfect for us. From the poppadoms to the very spicy dishes we ordered, everything was brilliant. Would highly recommend.

Great service. We came in late and the staff were superb. Excellent food and great flavours.

We ordered a curry to take out, currently on holiday and it was for my mom and step dad. Asked for a mild balti and sadly wasn’t made mild so my mom was unable to eat it. My father in law however he did enjoy his so mixed feelings. Restaurant was empty for a Friday night looks like the restaurant needs a little upgrade.

Ordered a meal at 7.10pm, said it would be delivered between 7:45pm-8pm. We had a email update at 8:30pm to say it was 'out for delivery' still wasn't delivered at 9pm so we rung up. Driver apprently couldn't find the house (literally one row of houses behind the restaurant). Food was delivered at 9:15pm. Driver was rude and claimed he had been looking for the house but door numbers on the street dont make sense -even though they go up in twos and pretty simple). Food is stone cold. Tried calling up 5 times to resolve issue but no one answered the phone. Had a call 20 minutes later asking me if I had received my food yet as they couldn't get in contact with their own Driver? I tried to answer and say yes I had just got my food but it was completely cold. But the man hung up before I even had a chance to speak about it. Won't be using these again. £30 of food gone in the bin. So dissappointed as been wanting to order from here for a while and was really looking forward to it.

It was great to find somewhere with dairy free/vegan curry options whilst on holiday. We had tofu balti, tofu masala, and tofu bhurji. Each dish was uniquely flavourful and different. We asked if any of the vegetarian dishes were suitable for our diet and the staff on the phone were knowledgeable about the ingredients in the menu items. The curries were rich and well spiced, I had never tried bhurji before and really enjoyed it. The flavours in all 3 curries were great and from ordering to delivery only took around 30 minutes and the food arrived hot. The friendly delivery driver was happy to meet at the entrance of the chalet park we were staying in. The portion sizes were good value. We will definitely order again next time we're in mablethorpe.

Absolutely appalling! We were on holiday at a caravan site nearby and were happy to pay the extra for delivery as they said it would be half an hour. Our big mistake was paying up front by card. After waiting over an hour and after many attempts to ring and having the phone put down on us, we got through and were told it would now be two hours. When we asked for a refund the manager put the phone down on us again and after that our calls weren't answered. Needless to say the food never arrived. Our friend who paid has had to resort to reporting it to his bank to try and get a refund. Judging by the other reviews the food would probably have been rubbish anyway. My advice would be to steer clear, or at least pay COD. Wish I'd read the reviews first!

It was takeaway delivered so the Atmosphere is not really true but what a meal all three of us really enjoyed it and even better to have it delivered, great food nice and hot with a friendly delivery driver, will be ordering again thanks 🙏🏼

lovely food! happy with the hospitality as well! love the korma, mushroom rice & popadom

Lovely food , great staff , child friendly

Being an Indian, I can confidently say that this place has one of the best curries I’ve had in a long time. The taste and spices were spot on with fresh naan breads and popaddams to top it off. Will order again!

Portion sizes very small , onion barjis were really small . Quality overall was poor .

Absolutely delicious curries we have tried the chicken madras and l the roghan josh both tasty and well cooked

Well where should I start.........I have had some bad curries in my time, but just when I thought that there couldn't be any more establishments worse than the very very bad ones I've been to, up pops India Gate in Mablethorpe to take the award for the worst Indian food experience I've ever had, from the moment I had ordered my takeaway I realised that this place looked a bit suspect, but the draw of the "Homemade chips" drew me in I ordered Chiken jalfezi, mushroom rice, garlic naan, chicken Biryani and of course a portion of the delicious sounding "homemade chips" first off they had no money to give me any change! On the drive home I did have my reservations of what the food would be like, there was not the normal aroma you would expect from a bag full of Indian curry dishes..... On getting home and dishing up the meals the first thing was that instead of mushroom rice I had been given boiled rice, I thought ok, I can live with that as the curry will infuse and turn what I find a plain boring type of rice into something a bit more tasty........how very wrong! I have never in my life been sold a curry so so so very bland it might as well have been called boiled chicken in boiled water with a few bits of over boiled onion and red pepper, the curry separated and flooded the rice with thin watery tasteless liquid, there is more flavour in a glass of tap water! Biryani was the same tastless and watery sauce. Garlic naan was of similar type as those dance long life ones you can get in supermarkets but with no garlic taste! I know what your thinking..........but the homemade chips surly saved the day............well if frozen French fries of the type you get in a kebab shop but that haven't eleven been cooked through is what they class as being homemade than it goes to show the chefs are deluded as much as their delusion that they can even remotely cook a curry to a very basic standard. Congratulations India Gate for being the very worst Indian meal I have ever had and you can hold your heads up high safe in the knowledge that your accolade will stand forever as there is no way on earth that anyone could do a worse job of cooking a meal as your establishment. So to anyone who is thinking of going to this place, save yourself a lot of hard earned cash and just buy some bottled water for the same taste experience......don't say I didn't warn you! If I could have given zero stars it would have been a more accurate score!

Had a few takeaways now from India gate and I must say we have not been disappointed. Will definitely be back!

Smells amazing from next door.. Took 1hr 45 to arrive after 3 phone calls. Onion bhaji was dry, and a bit powdery, like it was under cooked. Salad was almost non-existent.. a slice of carrot!?!? And a midgets finger full of some green stuff, with a piece of what may have been lettuce yesterday! No pot of sauce to drizzle like every other Indian ever. Chicken Kharhi reads as slow cooked onions, peppers and marinated meat... There was some meat (not marinated) There was a piece of pepper.. just one. And there were a couple of onion pieces. Rather bland and tasteless... Chicken balti was a sea of oil, and again, bland. The rice was OK. Naan bread average.. Chips, someone forgot to put the rest of the portion in.. But it's OK.. we had about 8 chips each (3 of us). It's a seaside Curry.. so I don't expect amazing.. but, being in the pub next door, the smells are amazing.. I just don't know what they were cooking.. as it wasn't anything we had. I'm just glad we didn't sit in and pay even more for the same disappointment. Spoke to a friend earlier who ordered and threw theirs away.. gave it then benefit of the doubt... Shouldn't have!! If you want to discuss more, please feel free to reply.

Absolutely appalling!! Ordered a delivery and was told 40 to 45 minutes, nearly 2 hours later I rang up and was told another 10 minutes 20 minutes later I rang and was told another 10 minutes, if I hadn’t already paid by card on the phone I would have cancelled!! When we did finally get it, it was disgusting and 3 meals went in the bin!! If you’ve got any sense do not order from here, it needs closing down!!!!

We got a takeaway delivered. It was very good. Tasty, spicy, fresh, good portions and good price. Delivered on time and a friendly delivery driver. Impressive.

Great food, lamb sag cooked to perfection Great friendy service will definitely be back

Food was terrible! Chicken tikka starter was just plain chicken, pasanda was spicy when it’s usually mild, rice was over cooked & don’t even ask what the meat was in the keema naan. Definitely will not be returning!

Meal was ok. Not the best we’ve tasted. The young waiter had only been there for two weeks and was really lovely. The manager/owner however was a completely different story. A mistake had been made on the bill by the young waiter. He would not allow my daughter and partner to leave the restaurant saying they had not paid the bill !!!! I was waiting in the car and even though I’m disabled I went back to sort things out. He was threatening he’d taken my registration and was going to call the police. It turned out they had made a mistake with the bill. Sorted it. No apology. In front of customers which made us feel like criminals. Got home to find out the menu says a cobra beer is £3.50. They charged us £4.75 What an unpleasant and unprofessional manager. An absolute disgrace 😡😡😡😡

Friendly staff and great service. Onion bhaji was lovely, both curries we had were very good with lots of fresh ingredients and spices. One of the best nan breads we have had in a long time. We will definitely return.

Had my birthday meal here. The service was great, the food was quick and it was one of the best Indians we've had. We would highly recommend

Great place, amazing service would definitely go again.

Worst Indian food i have ever had. No flavour in chicken tikka masala very very sweet. Mushroom rice was just as sweet. Chicken balti was way way too hot n spicy to be a balti. Bloody awful meal.

Great staff great food great atmosphere thanks guys for making a good evening great 😁

We have eaten indian meals all over the UK over the years and this meal was definately with the best. We had chicken korai, very tasty sauce, tender chicken, garlic naan was wonderful. Whole meal and service was lovely excellent. We come to mablethorpe twice year so will be back

After reading the reviews of this restaurant I was initially hesitant but thought it was best to give it a go and make my own judgements. Wow. Reviews are here for a reason and unless you want to be tremendously disappointed I wouldn’t waste your time. £55 down the toilet. The lamb was as if it had been pulled from a dog meat can. The curry’s were watery. The naans were paper thin and rock solid. The portion sizes were absolutely shocking. The mix sizzler was probably the worst combination of flavourless meat (if you could call it that) I have ever tasted. Iv never known an Indian to make such bad food. It was like an artwork of animal food put together by a vegetarian. My best advice would be to order a Chinese!

Server was blatantly under the influence of a lot of alcohol. I wish my wife checked Google reviews before she went here for a takeaway 25 min drive there and back, 1 main dish was missing once she got back (fair enough,she should of checked, but that's not the point. The business should be trustworthy enough to not short change you). Couldn't find a phone number online, but what's the point calling ..we aren't driving for another 50 mins to pick a missing dish up! The 1 main we did have tasted like no curry we'd ever had (I mean that in a bad way) Very odd. I'm not sure our whole experience puts much faith in the quality of food. Waste of time and money. Feel embarrassed that we have wasted so much money.

Stopped in here last night with only half an hour before closing and asked if it was ok for a takeaway. The gent working was so accomodating and said we could eat in. The food was incredibly good and authentic. Really well made and fantastic flavour. Very rare to find a restaurant who haven't adapted flavours for speed and locality. Will definatley visit again next time we are in the area. Thank you from the Desi saag and the Mr 😁

Ate on 24/06/23 really enjoyed the food. We had a prawn tikka masala and vegetarian side dishes- excellent

Just ordered a takeaway and couldn’t eat it. Ridiculously Salty! More Salty than mablethorpe sea! Naan bread as thin as pancakes! I had Karahi and asked for more peppers and less onions. I only had 1 small piece of pepper no onions at all but half a tomato. Partner ordered dhansak but very dry! Not sure what the rice was but it wasn’t nice!

Absolutely horrendous customer service did not exist food not served as described I ordered tandoori chicken sizzler served with salad and mint sauce received the funniest looking tandoori chicken ever no salad or mint sauce. Husband ordered chicken tikka masala and said it was the blandest he’s ever had it is the first time I’ve ever reviewed a restaurant but felt l had to as I wouldn’t like anyone else to waste their time and money like we did

Authentic cuisine, friendly staff. I stopped here after 5 days of cycling and enjoyed a piping hot curry with naan. I’m vegan and there was lots of food to choose from. Grateful I ate here. Thanks!

Great indian Curry's full of flavor. nans cooked the authentic way. Excellent choice for vegetarians.

Excellent food and service. Highly recommend

5 of us ate here last night all were very happy - friendly staff, food excellent , nice warm atmosphere Prices very good Will definitely eat here again Would be nice if they sold john smiths beer

Great food. Particularly like the garlic and coriander naan. Lovely people. Will definitely return as soon as we can.

The curry itself was good, so thanks very much for that. However there is a lot wanting in terms of simple hospitality. The place is a bit dirty and the toilets of the kind you don't really want to touch anything. However, the thing that really surprised me was the fact that we were charged £2.90 for 2 tap waters. Guys, you don't charge people for that. First of all, if you're an alcohol serving restaurant, then you're legally obliged to provide free tap water to customers under the licensing act. Secondly, it just feels ungenerous and inhospitable trying to get as much cash out of the customer as possible. We did raise this when I saw it in the bill, and our waiter muttered something about the cost of washing up the glasses... Come on guys! We didn't have the energy to argue further but it's enough to leave a review when not in the habit of leaving reviews. I hope this is something you'll reconsider and change for future customers.

Had one of the best Indian Meals we’ve had in a long long time. This was our first visit and we ate in the restaurant. Service was excellent and quality of food was exceptional. Had a really enjoyable and tasty meal

Had an excellent curry delivered last night. Great flavours, great service.

The New Management is a success! Congratulations to Raj and his companions on exceptional food and service! I love Curries hot! I chose the Chicken Dhansak. Without doubt the best I have ever tasted! Hot, carefully blended herbs and spices giving a variety of well balanced flavours. Tender meat, well cooked rice and naan bread served by friendly and helpful staff. New Management! This is not to Be missed. Well done and thank you Dad for sharing your Whisky! Patrick and Kathleen

What a wonderful warm welcome this evening, food was lovely and will certainly be back xx

Bad so so bad un ediable oily hard naans stale nasty chilli in everything even the butter chicken so hot it was like a vindaloo miss half your order waiting 2 hours for your delivery rude on phone 3 time with these guys new management thinking it would get better each time nope I was gravely wrong never ever again

Shockingly bad food. Took hours for delivery to arrive and then items missing. Food was cold, greasy and extremely bland. Total waste of £53

What a great takeaway. Good Indian food , lots of flavours and very tasty! Well done.

Welcoming friendly service, food was perfect, definitely be back again.

Really nice and friendly, food was great.

Add chicken pakora's today n mango chucney was nice

Uncooked chicken awful the worse place i have been for food avoid it like plage

Went with family, and it is by far the best Indian meal we have ever had. The staff are so very friendly, kind and very attentive. We will deffo go back. Thank you so very much xx

Went in for my daughters 18th birthday tonight. Absolutely perfect! Fantastic food, awesome , atmosphere, can't wait to go back again! Thank you for a great evening, highly recommended!

Absolutely beautiful takeaway! Very tasty and will definitely be ordering from here again. Keep up the good work! 😀

This is the best Indian restaurant In the city it's under new management and wow what a turn around. The food is amazing the service is fantastic. I had no complaints will definitely be going back highly recommend this place.

Now under new management and you can tell the difference. Have eaten here two nights running and both have been fantastic. First night we ate in the restaurant and the food was excellent and service. Maybe needs some background music just to give an atmosphere. Second night was takeaway, came really fast and was hot and again tasted excellent. Only took one photo of my curry which was the Naga Phall. Hottest and most tastiest curry I’ve had.

Great food and great atmosphere.very friendly and great service . New owners give it a go !”

Dined here with Hubby and In Law's on Saturday. It has just been taken over, the new owner was so polite and helpful in advising us on what to order. I had Lamb Buna, hubby had Chicken Karahi, father in-law had Lamb Jalfrezi and my mother in-law had the Buttered Chicken, we had the usual extras ie; rice, poppadoms, chapati. It was delicious could not fault the food, big pieces of Chicken and big pieces of Lamb that were so tender. Will definitely be going back. Wish I had taken photos of the food now. I wish the new owner all the best for them.

Had our first takeaway from here tonight. Both curries (madras and vindaloo) were beautifully spiced. The chicken was plentiful and tender. The garlic naan’s were a lovely and garlicky and not greasy at all. The muttar paneer was also very nice. Will definitely be ordering again. Thank you.

Went for the first time tonight. The curry was one of if not the best I have ever had. Would deffo recommend to anyone who wants a nice curry at a good price. Staff was polite and welcoming will deffo be calling again.

We really enjoyed our meal here. The food was delicious and the waiter was friendly and helpful. We’ll definitely eat here again

New owners and it was good food and good service will go again

My wife and I use this as a sit down restaurant also for takeaway. We have had most of the food on the menu and always had excellent food and brilliant service. The one for my wife is chicken tikka masala normal but I always go for the naga phall extra spicy. I can't believe how anyone could make a mad hot curry but still bursts out with flavours. Also recommend samosas. Thanks again boys and girls keep up the great work. Cheers. Malc.

Worst Indian I've ever had the vindaloo was mild, the madras was mild and way to much oil very small portions very disappointed and a waste of money.

What a ripoff changed £19 for what can only be described as a ready meal worst Indian takeaway I've ever tried

Spent £33.00 on take away 2 curry's rice naan bread and 2 starters IF I had know it wasn't nice I would have cancelled my order !! Disgusting

AVOID. Kept delaying delivery, took nearly 2 hours. Worst food I’ve ever had, rock hard chicken, cold, too poor for words. Like a 5 year old had made it. Please avoid honestly it was horrendous

Booked for 7.30 Saturday night, walked in on time, no one around so found our own table, still no one around so found our own menus. Eventually managed to catch someone's eye to take our order. They brought the drinks poppadoms and yogurt mint dip which looked as if it had originated in Sellafield (it was neon green and bland). 40 mins later a guy came out of the kitchen and asked for our order. I presume this was the one we had given 40 mins ago! At this point we paid for the drinks poppadoms and dip. We left, went home and ordered a chinese. Worst restaurant experience ever!!

Ordered meal to be delivered, came over an hour late, twenty pounds worth of food was missing, wrong food came, was not hot, bad experience, called to tell them and they just said let them know next time so they can add more food, we were away from home so that would not be possible, I asked for our money back on what we didn't receive and they just didn't answer me, so I asked them to write down what we did not have and to call me back when they total it up so they can refund me .... no call back? Do not recommend at all

Pretty awful,, had the chicken madras and it was the worst madras I have ever had,,, bland,,, I will not be going to this place again

Was going to order but terrible reviews

Disgusting waited nearly 2 hours would not bother again very negative reviews and understand why We cancelled

Thought i would give it a go since it changed management having not visited since the lock down. I wish i hadn't bothered. Following issues- Had to wait 40 mins for the takeaway to be prepared. Once home realised the Bhajis i ordered and paid for were not in the bag. The chicken madras was the blandest curry i have ever tasted, and, the sauce, well it wasn't a sauce, i cannot describe what it resembled, and the chicken was stale and chewy. The pilau rice didn't fair much better and after 2 mouthfuls was thrown in the bin. The garlic naan was more like a chapati, and very stale. My wife had a paneer dish, which once again after 2 mouthfuls was thrown away. On the plus side the restaurant was spotlessly clean and serving staff very polite. The worst £26 i have spend in a while, and will defiantly not be returning.

Excellent service, excellent food . The only reason that I didn't give it five stars was that the draught cobra was flat.

Turned up tonight for a booking at 7:30 for a table of 9 of us. Was immediately met with a woman repeatedly saying ‘I can’t cope with this’ quite rudely, whilst the 6 people dining in the restaurant watched us. They warned us before hand that they were understaffed but we had prepared for a bit of a wait and were completely fine with it. We are not unreasonable and as a waitress myself I understand being overwhelmed with a pub of over 20 tables to look after alone. But rather than cancelling the booking beforehand we were practically pushed out the door. Luckily, we had a lovely dinner at The Louth pub across the road! Would highly recommend.

We love our curries, especially my husband being a Bradford lad and last night we had an excellent meal. I had the butter chicken, asked for it Asian style and they knew what I meant and it was spot on. Dave had the chicken madras and asked for it nice and hot, which he really enjoyed. We have tried this restaurant in the past under previous management and were disappointed, but not this time. Will definitely go again. Quick friendly service, but the lighting is a bit bright. Overall a really good experience and would recommend locals to give it another go.