Lal Quila in York

A traditional family business in Bishopthorpe road, an excellent setting with carpark nearby. Delicious indian food is served by capable staff in light and clean surroundings.

Delicious food, excellent customer service and will definitely be visiting again 😊

Ordered delivery from here for my fiance's birthday, they added extras in for us, food was amazing, arrived when it was meant to, top service and food

Excellent service, friendly staff, fabulous food and great atmosphere. We'll definitely come again (this was our first visit). Thank you!

Our first visit last night, WOW the food was the best we’ve had in a long while, the staff were really friendly and the restaurant immaculate

Very good. My go to Indian in York

Called in with a friend on a Wednesday night without a booking. Friendly, welcoming staff. Nice place to sit. The set menu for two was excellent.

Visited from the nearby caravan site. Warm, friendly welcome. Nice ambient atmosphere and comfortable seating. Attentive service throughout. Excellent recommendations from our waiter including a vegetarian option. Food was excellent. Tasty with good size portions. I recommend sharing a rice and a nan bread. We will return. Recommended.

Lovely evening spent … good food good service very friendly

I have ordered veg biryani’s yesterday and it was tasteless and I paid 11.95£ for that. I heard a lot of good things about this restaurant but when i tried i am disappointed.

A fantastic mid week meal at Lal Quila this evening whilst spending a few days in York. A clean, modern environment with a very friendly atmosphere, the staff found time for a chat. The food was plentiful and tasty all at a reasonable price.

We really enjoyed our meal here . Very tasty indeed . Food was plentiful, fresh & hot. Delivered in a timely manner & lovely friendly staff especially Ali. Felt very welcomed & enjoyed every bite! Went on a Sunday night & 15% off offer was on. We were staying at the nearby caravan site & came with our 9 year old son who said it was the best curry he had ever had !

Staying nearby on the caravan site and called in for a curry. Very welcoming.Ali served us and gave me advice for a mild chicken curry.My husband and I both enjoyed our meals. We didn't have to wait long for our meals to arrive and we both really enjoyed our different curries... would definitely visit again if we're in the area. Very reasonably priced with excellent service.

So...got garlic chilli chicken and tandoori butter chicken, The garlic chilli chicken was little above average, 7.5 not as hyped up as they made out, had a lot better from viceroy, The tandoori butter chicken...what an absolute let down! Basically korma with red food colouring, no taste whatsoever, 4.5 for that,

A lovely meal here tonight, with perfect Indian food and friendly attentive service. I came here on the night my son was born, and he is 27 now - so the restaurant has been going a long time. It is a beacon of bishopthorpe Road and a long standing and outstanding Indian restaurant in York. Always busy.

The food was sooo tasteless that everything tasted same we read the reviews, so ordered only the starters to see if we like them and the people were right they had no taste we ate the naan with salad coz raita was sweet as well 🙄

Kafi was extremely friendly and welcoming, we arrived late in the evening but he served us kindly and was very helpful.

Our favorite local for collecting! Lovely food and great service.

Would not recomend. Lamp chops were chewy, Tandoori king prawns had a hair in them and were also chewy and flavourless. For the mains we had a Lamb Karahi and a Chicken dish. The mains (bear in mind I am Asian and I love spice) sent me to the toilet for a full clear out mid meal, due to the amount of chilli's in the food. I would also like to add we asked for the mains to be medium spice (due to my partner). The naans were basic and extortionate at £3.25 a Naan. A very and expensive and disappointing meal.

Went on a busy Saturday night when the races were on. 2 of our dishes tasted exactly the same. They asked if we wanted Pappadums.. next thing dips come out with it ????They forgot about the 3rd dish when it came was so surprised when they assured me it was butter chicken.. bright yellow.. none of the usual tomato flavour or colour. Very average Indian food… rice seeing was so small Have travelled India extensively and never had yellow butter chicken.. more like honey mustard. Also chicken breast was so dry in the dishes. Must say waiters did a good job on a very busy night. My suggestion is to try elsewhere for Indian

Ordered food for take out. When arrived home 2 portions of pilau rice missing. Ordered chicken tikka, which had as much onion in it as chicken and the chicken tasted dry. Was not an enjoyable meal sadly won't be revisiting

Food is delicious. Staff can't be more friendly and efficient. But the restaurant is relaxed. Didn't rush me and my husband in any of the courses. We only had the poppadoms and dips before our mains but they didn't rush us or bring our mains out till we were ready. We've travelled up from Hertfordshire for a York city break. If and when we come up to York again, we will definitely return to this Indian. Recommend to anyone

We called on the recommendation of the local pub, called bay horse ( which was lovely as a traditional pub, great choice of beers🍻). We were not disappointed, 6 guys enjoyed starters and main courses. Plenty of variety of meals, incl. specialties.

Absolutely shocking service no manners. Food was awful we had the set meal for two we only got one side dish instead of two and the main course was dreadful chicken tasted sour and we have both been violently sick.

Where do I start, we booked in advance for my dad's 80th for 11 people including 3 children, from the moment we walked in they could not do enough for us, the restaurant was full, lovely atmosphere, the service was fantastic, the food was excellent and all meals came out together piping hot, my dad got his main and desert complimentary for his birthday, which was a lovely gesture. I would highly recommend to everyone, thank you La Quila you made dad's birthday extra special xx

First visit but certainly not the last! Lovely restaurant, food and lively staff. Really Naseby ti feel welcome and very reasonably priced.

We had a delivery to Rowntree CAMC site, the order online was easy and the delivery driver called when arrived at site, the food was hot and very tasty - would recommend also given a discount which we didn’t expect at all,

always beautiful food, never been disappointed by you. 10/10

The best curry 🫶 Excellent service, friendly staff. Recommended with thanks 😊

After a very traumatic weekend, we decided to order a takeaway. We have used this restaurant several times before, and it has always been reliable. However, yesterday was very different. An hour and a half after placing our order, my wife rang to ask where the food was? we were assured that it was on its way. 30 minutes later, still no food. My wife rang again. Again, she was assured it would be with us imminently. Shortly after that, still no delivery. My wife rang again. This time she was put through to someone in the kitchen, who told her that the food was there and had been on the side for Over an hour. I heard my wife make the call and it was completely specific that we were ordering for delivery. In fact, she was told that it would take longer than if we were to collect it as a result. The person to whom she spoke in the kitchen was incredibly rude and basically told her that they were very busy and she should come and collect. What would undoubtedly have beencold food herself. This place has always been quite reliable but appears to become complacent. Appalling service and the rudeness and lack of apology was particularly outrageous. There are plenty of other places in York to order Indian takeaways. Avoid this one.

Only had takeaway as we were living locally whilst on holiday. It did what it said on the tin, nice enough food, sadly overpowered by the taste of ghee but otherwise a pleasant curry from a local restaurant without any bells and whistles. Would most certainly call on again whilst in the area.

Ordered food from Lal Quila. Once received, we noticed that the prawn curry only had two prawns total. However, we weren't too bothered by this, until we found a dead dried up spider in the middle of the naan bread. We had to leave the rest of the food after this. I emailed to ask for a refund or discount, and they have completely ignored my email. Would not recommend - definitely not too clean

Really tasty, one of the most delicious take aways we've had in York. Bang on time, still hot. Will definitely order again.

Very disappointed with the delivery drivers attitude. I was told I should have ordered 20 minutes earlier as he has to drive back home which is miles from York. The knock on my door was loud and aggressive. If they don’t want to take delivery orders at that time then turn off delivery. I work with just eat too so it’s an easy fix if they want to stop taking orders!!!!

Fantastic food as always and delivered on time.

Excellent food friendly and helpful staff highly recommend 👌 👍

Food is not Pakistani but Indian or Bengali where you have that sweet taste in curry. Staff is the one selling the place. Nice, polite and proffessional Bengali boys Food is 2/10 but service is 7/10 Naan is £2.75 that is SHOCKING.

Unfortunately you forgot the rice and have us a naan instead

This chef's food tastes so good it makes you feel like you've stolen it from royalty.

Excellent food best in York and friendly staff a++++

Great food and delivery on time.

I was picking up this order and they text me 10 minutes before the time they told me to pick it up, so naturally the food was cold! I don’t like this restaurant as I’ve had bad dealings before but I had made my own curry and just wanted some chips, nann, rice and sundries all which tasted disgusting! Couldn’t even get the simplest things right or maybe that was because I didn’t have a big o see? Will stick to saffron spice whos food always comes piping hot and amazing! Sort yourselves out!

Excellent food best in York and the delivery driver is a nice guy a++++++

This was the first time we've tried Lal Quila and it was excellent. Delivered on time and really good food. Both tasty and good quality. Will definitely order from them again. Far superior to other Indian takeaways we've had from this side of the city.

Ad usual excellent food and service and excellent service from the driver thank you again guys and merry Christmas too you all

Excellent food highly recommended and polite driver too a++++

Great food great service will definitely be back there were 9 of us and there was no problem. The manager remembers me from many years ago. ( for good reasons)

They was 2 hours early but the food was excellent thanks guys 😍

Food was STRIKEY!! Lamb jalfrezi… more like lamb Jalcrazy! Couple of Cobras to wash it down and I was in my mind palace 🐍 Staff were top geezers. Couple next to us were a bit miserable but in the words of Frank Sinatra “That’s Life” . Probs jelouse of the class night we were having. HA! Top place, would recommend for a Bhuna with the boys (or gals)

We did a ‘walk-in’ at 6pm on a Saturday evening & the restaurant was already 1/2 full. A lovely ambience with nice decoration & helpful staff. I had the Afghani curry, never having seen it in any curry house before, and it was fantastic! A beautiful chicken dish with an outstanding creamy and minty sauce. My wife had a Keralan chicken dish which was also very tasty, but on tasting mine she had to agree that mine was so tasty. Staff were very friendly & efficient. By the time we left the restaurant was full - always a good sign of a restaurant!

This was our first visit to the restaurant , went on a Wednesday evening at 5:00 so it was quiet, hadn’t booked but were seated straight away. Once ordered it was quite a short time before our starters arrived and they were excellent as was the main courses. All the dishes were well presented and tasted fantastic. We had two courses each and two drinks. The final bill was less than I expected . If you like Indian food and are in the Bishy Road area give them a try.

We were staying for a few days around the corner from this restaurant. We decided to have a takeaway and fancied a curry. Lal quila did not disappoint. Ali took our order and suggested excellent dishes when we told him what we liked. We had a chicken and lamb jalipur which was beautiful. He said the lamb was soft and it certainly was. As a curry lover this was super! Excellent service, friendly and made us feel very welcome. Definitely recommend.

Ordered take out. Nice food, decent portions. No cutlery though, was fun trying to eat in a hotel room. Ps.. The chillies with the salad aren't pickled if you get what I mean... Hot hot

As we stay at the caravan club site a couple of hundred yards from this indian ,we always eat here at least once a trip. Every time the experience has been excellent. This time was no different. Food excellent, staff very professional and attentive. Portions are very generous even during happy hour. We boxed what was left to eat the next day. A very enjoyable evening again.

Their name is deceiving, don’t go there looking for Indian food. The food is not even close to what we know of Indian food, their food and chef is Bangladeshi. No disrespect to Bangladeshi food, however, they should not call that Indian. They did not have much vegetarian options, lentil was water down, and quantity was so little. Lal Quila is symbol of Delhi pride and history. Just by keeping the name of the restaurant Indian, you should not deceive people who go to relish true Indian food.

Decent food and attentive service without being overbearing. They did get our starters wrong however rectified this without skipping a beat. We ordered a variety of dishes; 6 different meat dishes and 1 vegetable and were all good.

Really enjoyed two lovely meals here (la Quila special, and shashlic chicken) only problem was the day after me and my partner, erm... couldn't stop pumping, and it was baaaad! Swollen tummies and non stop pumps - I'm not sure what's going into it but it actually would stop me returning! Haven't had it THIS bad before with Indian food, this was a whole different level sadly, eek 😂 might be TMI but I gotta be honest! Tasty but deadly 😉

we and my friends 16 persons in total went last night 9th September2023,the food is to die for the atmosphere is brilliant we would like to thank all the staff great work.

Excellent meal and service once again

Very good. Service excellent. Eaten curries in many different places and this could be one of the best

Could be better food and service.

Fantastic food, one of the Best Indian restaurants I've visited. Highly recommended. Special thanks to the manager who works only on the weekends, he told me...

Really didn’t like the sweet sugar balti at all. Very bland and mild. Chicken a bit chewy and onions weren’t fresh

Friendly staff. I asked for paneer to be added to my curry instead of the meat option and they done this for me. The food was nice.

Food was very tasty, affordable and bountiful. The service was also fantastic!

Tasty! We had 1 rice, 1 naan, 1 main and 1 samosa and that was enough for 2. Quick service and pleasant staff.

Must of got them on a bad night. I had a Chicken madras takeaway. Dry, powdery, Not a good dish at all. Very unpleasant and couldn't eat more that a couple of mouthfuls. Ended up in the bin which was not great. Literally inedible. Plain Naan , dry tasteless. Powdery. Not much good to report. Hope it was just an off night maybe for them but I wont be going back. I had Takeout, maybe a sit in is better.

Was absolutely delicious-as usual.

Very good Indian restaurant - extensive menu from which I chose crusty monkfish which came with lemon rice.. the sauce was lovely with the right amount of spice which wasn't too much for me, absolutely delicious 😋 the service was quick, attentive and friendly.. we arrived during the happy hour (5pm-7pm) and received a 15% discount. Highly recommended. 👍

Never been here before, visiting York staying at the CMH site (you get 10% of the bill )the restaurant is 5min walk from site . Clean comfortable and attentive staff . Bottle of wine, poppadoms and pickles, mixed platter starter shared between 2, Tandoori King prawn sizzler , chicken Kuchi speciality of the restaurant, pilau rice and garlic naan £60 with discount. Food not overloaded with sauce packed with meat and flavours really enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you.

Ooooo hot bot after this one - nice Nans though

Nice place with a huge selection, although so far I've struggled to find dishes that weren't sweet.

Vi er et par som er veldig glad i indisk mat. Siden vi hadde leid en leilighet i nærheten ville vi gjerne prøve denne indiske restauranten som lå i fem minutters gangavstand. Vi delte en kebab til forrett og bestilte ett tandoori lammespyd og en vegetable curry. Forretten var en skuffelse fordi den var dårleg krydret og en ram smak av sau var dominerende. Curryen var sterk, men smakte ikke annet en sterkt og grønnsakene var altfor mye kokt. Lammekjøttet var så seigt at det var vanskelig å skjære over med kniv, og jeg så at kelneren la merke til at jeg hadde problemer. Da han spurte om maten var god, svarte jeg ganske enkelt nei, og han sa at kjøttet var seigt fordi det måtte varmes opp to ganger i forbindelse med krydringen. Alle vet jo at dette er tull, men han tilbød meg å velge en annen rett i stedet. Siden alle tre rettene var av absolutt dårligste kvalitet, så jeg ingen grunn til å prøve enda en, men han slo av ti prosent på det uspiselige kjøttet. Lokale venner var ikke overrasket over vår erfaring og sa at dette var et sted alle hadde hatt dårlige erfaringer med. Kort sagt: Alle tre rettene var virkelig usmakelige. Go somewhere else.

It’s a shame there was no taste to any of the curries. I just wish they would use some salt. The most important ingredient. Very disappointed

I was seated away from most other diner’s reasonably service Indian scotch egg ok Main dish lots of onions quite nice Watch out for the service charge

Food was good but I ordered lamb and got chicken

Great food, reasonably priced, delivered quickly. Will use again

The best Indian restaurant I’ve ever experienced. Food was absolutely delicious and our party of 7 all agreed. Respectful and friendly staff. Top marks + for Lal Quila

Great service and delicious food thanks!

Great food and service as usual

Food was lovely, service could have been a little better. No conversation with us.

Good food a bit on the mild side. Really busy

Brilliant food and friendly staff. Delicious bread and starters and excellent price. We loved it - thanks!

Ordered Chicken Rezala,butter chicken 2 garlic naan and pilau and mushroom rice two seperate dishes a chicken Rezala (dark red sauce with onions) and a butter chicken (creamy yellow similar to a korma) as well as well even tho I was promised the dishes can be made , brought them back to the hotel room opened up, only thing different was the rice, we were given two plain naans and two main dishes both the same what a waste of £36

Came here by chance and was served by Ali and his colleague.. We had the chicken chaat and chicken tikka which was delicious and made to our taste requirements..a highchair was available for our little man too and they have a child friendly menu too.. The food was reasonably priced, staff were hospitable and the food was authentic.. We look forward to coming again even though we came all the way from Birmingham, the home of the curry! Also parking nearby (opposite the supermarket..)

Perfect. One of the best in York.

On entering its a nice clean restaurant and you get a good friendly welcome, great service from the start with attentive waiter, good choice on the menu and short waits for drinks and starters, we slightly tweaked out choice of food as the widmfe wanted something different but not too spicy and they were happy to help, all the food we had was hot, tasty and cooked really well, can't fault anything. Just to add if you're visiting the camc site you get a 10% discount so great bonus

Delicious,tasty, delivered to campsite early

Absolutely beautiful authentic Indian food, friendly service, can’t wait to return!!!

Really nice food definitely would go again

First time ordering from here and certainly won’t be the last. Food was very tasty and good portion sizes. Reasonably priced as well.

Consistently good food from La Quila every time when you eat in and take out, such a wide variety of dishes to pick aswell!

Love this place, their Afghanistan curry is minty and spicy and absolutely a gem; veg pilau is great. Always delicious and fresh, even when we order it as takeaway! Service is friendly. What a great neighborhood place.

Will not be ordering from this restaurant again!

Omg this is the best byriani I have had in years it was stunning. My son and husband have eaten here and told me it was excellent. It was service was good as well

What a little gem. Excellent food. Extensive menu and cooked to perfection. Found it in June when we visited York so headed straight there again. Nice friendly staff. Will be back.

Great local restaurant, plenty of choice, gets busy quickly Ordered a set meal for 2, honestly could have feed 4, portions are big Well worth a visit

Great deal with a Happy Hour reduction on top drawer curry dishes.

Friendly restaurant with good food & great service.

Really not a problem that it was very slightly later than requested - traffic varies! Food was great.