Leeja Palace in Oadby and Wigston

We tried this restaurant the first time and it was a big disappointment. Hygiene is 1/5, we had to clean our plates. The ceiling and the lights had spider webs, yuck!. All the food tasted the SAME!!, and the portions were not even filling for kids. The waiter was very very rude. I would not recommend anyone this restaurant.

AVOID! Food hygiene has dropped to 1/5 and so has their customer service. Ordered online on their website and it took nearly 2 hours to arrive. I contacted them to cancel this order and refund me. The order was cancelled their end and I was told a manager will call me to sort out the refund. Nobody called me back and upon speaking to them today the manager said he will not be refunding the money and when I asked for his name he said it was 'boss'. Just shows what a joke of an establishment this actually is. Again please avoid and save your money. I'm lucky I've paid on credit card and can claim this back through my bank!

Ordered takeaway as we had one a couple of months ago and it was okay. Poppadoms and pickles were fine, starter’s okay but bland. Unfortunately the mains were disgusting - none of the ingredients that were supposed to be added, nasty tough chicken in all dishes, we threw most of it away but we all had a bad night with indigestion and sickness. Shame,but we won’t b returning.

Takeaway meal - starters very good, main course terrible, chicken tikka was tough and chewy, sauces not as described on the menu. Threw it all away. Shame because our last meal from here was brilliant. Perhaps the chef had an off day but all of the family had sickness during the night.

Great food. Definitely recommend.

I last came here when my friend was over and he had loved it so much he wanted to come back! he is gluten wheat and dairy intolerant but there was still so much choice as to what he could have. the food was delicious....kept eating it although I was full it was so nice. Very friendly and attentive staff. i am sure to be back when my friend returns. Truly a great treat out.

Nice tasty food, good service despit is arriving early they looked after us. All nice and fresh food, naan breads particularly nice.

We had fond memories of Leeja Palace and it was always the go to restaurant for a special occasion. Fast forward many years and it feels similar..but different. The welcome and poppadoms were great. Sharing mixed platter at 13 quid was really lacking enough meat for two people. The mains were ok but easily finished all the meat. We all had Lamb and to be fair it was pretty good all round. £96 bill for a family of 4 seems expensive, especially when it's bring your own alcohol. Also was shocked to hear that the latest hygiene rating was 1 out of 5 🙃 It was OK but Tipu Sultan over the road is cheaper and much better quality food.

Early doors with friends. Not bothered about NO alcohol for sale as we were all driving. Lovely ,tasty food.

Very quiet on recent visits, however the food is always of a high standard, the prices are reasonable and the staff are always friendly.

Hadn’t been to Leeja Palace for a number of years—so pleased we returned! Lovely room perched above Oadby town centre. Yummy vegetarian delights enjoyed with fantastic friendly service, and surprisingly, BYOB. Will definitely be returning again soon!

Incredible food with perfect service! The "Bring Your Own" alcohol system is also a great way to save a huge amount of money, plus the staff provides glasses and ice!

Ordered a takeaway turned up on time and food was really nice. 100% recommend

Firstly, the place is clean and the staff are friendly. The order was exactly what we ordered and the food was ready on time. Sadly the food was devoid of flavour. As someone else pointed out quite rightly there wasn't even enough salt on some dishes (but the tarka daal and tandoori chicken were over salty). My wife's tandoori chicken had no trace of ginger or corriander on it and my Methi chicken had zero fenugreek. Bland beyond belief.

We’ve ordered take away twice before and the food was acceptable, but not great. I’d never dream of eating in as it’s void of any character let alone charm. We only returned as our favourite curry house didn’t appear to be open and we wanted curry. The gentleman serving us appears to be lovely but his English is lacking and this makes a task of ordering but it was the food this time round, bland, it wasn’t even seasoned with enough salt let alone spices. My wife’s lamb was mostly fat. We won’t be returning and giving them out money. If your looking a unauthentic curry with no depth of flavour in an equally unauthentic setting with no character or redeeming qualities, this will be right up your street!

We have been to the Leeja a number of times over the years and it has generally been unremarkable. However, following the latest reopening, the quality of the food is so much better. The decor is nice and the staff provide a pleasant and efficient service. Of course, the most important aspect for a restaurant is its food and the improvement is marked. The quality is now excellent. It’s worthwhile pointing out in advance that the restaurant no longer serves alcoholic drinks - it is a ‘bring your own’ establishment. Soft drinks can be purchased. Overall, great value.

Wonderful tasty food. Lovely staff Had takeout delivery the other day, driver was lovely, bought it upto my apartment, food was hot and very good. Well done Leeja. Sallyann

Ordered a takeaway collection for New Year’s Eve. Meal was really nice, tasty and good portion size, one of the best takeaways we’ve had. Food was ready for collection on time and service friendly and helpful.

It's great to see the Leeja Palace open again. We had a home delivery takeaway. All the food was excellent, very high quality and plentiful - we had Vegetable Balti and Vegetable Karahi - both delicious - as was the Prawn on Puri. Very nice Onion Bhaji, Peshwari Nan bread and pickles.

Just had a delivery and we cannot fault the food, the Salmon Curry was perfect the Honey Chicken great. It was fast delivery and all arrived hot.

i took my girlfriend for a xmas birthday treat.the food was not great and devoid of any xmas atmosphere.the service was the worse ever i have encountered .we were met by a waiter that didn`t even know what we were saying also found the communication was very slack and i found the service arrogant and cold also.if u want a celebration drink DONT BOTHER!!!! its a step up to a takeaway.i do not recommend this place for night out,it s just not worth it

Food wasn't too bad but the staff were friendly enough and a good night was had by all. If I had one complaint it would be about the table next to us, in particular a man called DAN SEAL. wouldn't stop moaning all night.

Re-opened, thank goodness. Since having a devastating fire it opened again doing take away only. Now fully open restaurant,service,food excellent, nothing altered other than the decor. We use it on a weekly basis. At the moment it’s a BYO alcohol as it’s not licensed, not a problem as glasses are supplied. Try it,hope you enjoy as much as we do.

We haven’t been since pre covid. The food has got even better. The service is friendly as it has always been. The decor has changed and now you have to bring your own booze. Which is perfect if you are a fussy drinker like myself! Great evening meal. We will be back

Very Nice food - need to dim the lights a little and have some music in background and an Alcohol license. Service was good and all food were well presented.

We’ve been to Leeja for a number of years and can’t fault it. Had a takeaway tonight chicken murgh lababda, lamb murgh lababda, aloo gobi and garlic & coriander naan. It was sooo good, meat was very tender the sauce was very tasty there was lots of it and the aloo gobi was very very tasty and as always the naan was just right - wouldn’t go anywhere else and now they’re back doing dine in! It’s been way too long and we are so glad they’re back!

We’ve used Leeja Palace for a number of years and we were sooo disappointed that they had to close. however now they are back! We had a takeaway. Poppadums were lovely and fresh plus two of the pots from the pickle tray - yum! One chicken tikka shashlick and one babursee shashlick for starters the meat was plentiful and so tender and the sauce was delicious on both - one lamb dupiaza and one lamb dakeshwari for mains and again plenty of meat so tender and the sauce was amazing plus garlic and coriander naans - welcome back we’ve missed you!

Just had a takeaway via Yo Yo. Excellent service and food first class and hot. Very prompt on times

great food tho prices have just gone up ... good staff and we love our weekly takeaway.

We order from Leeja Palace quite a lot as the food is nice but this time they missed an item off our order we called them and then hung up on us. Called back again and they refused to send the item they said we needed to get a refund from Just eat. What happened to looking after your loyal customers

Been here several times. The food is always full of flavour with generous portions. The service is always spot on. Overall a fantastic restaurant with great staff. This place needs as much local support as possible during these hard times. They comply with all covid measures and we felt very comfortable. Please support your local restaurants and we hope to return in the near future. Thanks again for a lovely meal.

Excellent meal. Good social distancing measures in place.

Service was good, food was average compared to other restaurants around Leicester. Drinks were quite expensive, was charged nearly £30 for two beers, wine and a single gin. All in all not bad.

Do love it here Often with friends The food is great Nice friendly staff And the chefs do an amazing job in cooking Would be nice if there was air inside though and enough windows were open

Loved it. Food was delicious and the service was efficient and friendly. The pricing is in the right place for the quality of food.

Just received an order from Leeja Palace. The timing was perfect and food was delicious what a treat

Absolutely fantastic home delivery excellent quality and service. First time used, but won't be the last👍😉

Very good. They are a traditional Indian restaurant, serving qualty food.

Always a pleasant experience at Leeja Palace. My only concern is the prices of the drinks, for example,£4.50 for a glass of pineapple juice (from a carton) - a little steep in my opinion! On the whole though, the atmosphere, food, service, all a great experience.

Been leejays many times no care which day you go the food and service always lovely so cant really say no more.

Went for dinner last night on my birthday. The restaurant was hot so we asked for the AC to be switched on, but when the restaurant, he had it swtched off without talking to us. We found this very rude and inappropriate. Even the steak that one of us ordered was hard. The owner doesnt seem to care about his clients.

Great place, good service,fantastic food. Especially on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday when its bog of. Really enjoyed it.

Last visited here approx. 20 years ago. Went again recently with friends and wasn't at all disappointed. Food and service first class.

Called in on the off -chance on Valentines day evening and not surprisingly found them very busy but they found a table for us and everything from starters to mains was superb. Its a while since we'd been but everything was as good as last time. Very busy waiters but charming and cheerful. A really good house rose helped too. yes, we'll be back soon.

This is a friendly place to eat with some good 2 for 1 deals

Lovely place and beautiful curries. Sundays and few other days.2 for 1 on the mains including takeaways. Definitely a must

Great food and service at a good price

Good food and service. Just be careful toilet very slippy.

GGGreat food !!! and atmosphere, one of the best Indian food places ill recommend. well prices aswell. family friendly and waiters are really professional and recommended some superb dishes. have been a few times and is very consistent !! :))

We’ve been here a couple of times now on the recommendation of my cousin Menu is good, staff are polite and attentive Food really is great Def my new favourite Indian

I order food from here all the time. The food is top quality and very tasty! Great service. Literally my favourite Indian takeaway!

The food is always amazing even if I do stick to the same thing all the time! The waiters are attentive too and always polite... Tuesday and Thursday is but one get one free on mains too...!!! Winner winner!

Great food, mediocre service, diluted drinks- lukewarm. They keep ripping us off!! They give us something ‘on the house’ and then charge us for it, what the hell? This happened first with drinks and then another occasion with ‘free’ poppadoms!!!!! OUTRAGEOUS!!! Ergo the 2 stars.

I always rate restaurants with Trip Advisor and am the first to criticise poor service and poor food but at the same time give praise where it is due. This Indian Restaurant is by far one of the best, if not THE best that I have eaten in, for many, many years. The place is spotless, very tastefully decorated, the staff are very friendly and helpful with advice. The food was superb and quite reasonably priced too. I went there with two good friends who both thought exactly the same. Although it is about 16 or 17 miles from where I live, I will certainly visit there again as it is well worth the journey. Well Done Leeja Palace, your meals are certainly fit for Kings ! Can't wait to return...

We eat at Leeja palace every once in a while, their food is really great. I took my partner for a birthday meal. staff are really lovely as well. Only problem is the waiting time, when they are busy, other than that all is good,

Went on a Tuesday where they have a 2 for 1 offer. Decor was ok. Quite busy perhaps due to the offer. Staff friendly and attentive. The chicken exotica wasn't anything different to other curries even though it was supposed to have some mango in it. The chicken pieces had just been added to the sauce and were full of red colouring. Portions quite big. Biryani was quite nice. Just a typical Indian restaurant with same menu.

It’s the second time that we have been and again, the food and portions were fantastic. You can tell that the veg in the curries is fresh as it’s firm and has a little crunch. The rices is also fantastic, really fresh you can tell it’s not a microwave job.

This place is so good, its a local to me and my family. The food never has let us down and the staff are great

Tasteless food waste of money , look elsewhere 👎🏽 Chicken bhuna & chicken tikka masala was looking forward to a nice curry very disappointed!!

I ordered a takeaway meal including a Shami Kebab - when I got it home I found it was a Sheikh Kebab shaped like a Shami.

A large group of us went for a birthday celebration and the food, service, quality and quantity were all super. Its a large clean and welcoming restaurant and the staff were engaging and very pleasant. We'll be back. Oh, and the prices were reasonable too!

Good Indian food, they always deliver their takeaways on time and staff are friendly. I particularly recommend the Shashlik dishes - really tasty!

I love the Leeja. It’s our local curry house and everything you’d expect from your local restaurant.

Long (and probably boring) story - my husband’s family lived near here and used to go a lot, but we’ve moved away and blah blah... anyway, we found ourselves needing a curry on Saturday night and, my goodness, this place did not disappoint!

We went as a group of friends. The service was good and the atmosphere was friendly. Good came out together was nice and hot and well seasoned. Good value for money. Will come again

Wow,I came here with my hubby the night.No one even acknowledged me ,just said good evening to my other half and shook his hand.

Decent place. Nice atmosphere but moreso for elderly couples. I don’t think it’s for the young and middle aged. Nice authentic food though. Would recommend a visit.

I have written a review before bit it was many years ago. It was ok then too but I feel it's so much more better now!! My husband and I come on a Tuesday or Thursday and it is BOGOF and at first I thought will the quality of food be ok..but its more than what we expected. The food is so tasty and authentic and we love it here. The staff are always friendly and helpful and service is always good even if they get busy.

After recommendation we visited Leejas to see what the fuss was about. On arrival we were greeted and seated promptly the restaurant felt clean which is always a good site. It was not very busy for a Friday night I must admit.

Both our starters and main courses were excellent, good balance of flavours and spices. Good atmosphere a real buzz about Tye restaurant. It’s just a shame our experience was tainted by slow service, taking a hour to get our food . But I would still recommend the restaurant.

Have visited here on a number of occasions and never had a problem.

We purchased 2 pints of Coca Cola with ice which were poured out of a large bottle so they were flat. When we got the bill we found that we were charged £3.50 EACH for these. So we paid £7.00 for Coke out of one big bottle that would have cost just over £1 in the supermarket. When we are paying so much for a Coke we don't understand why they can't use cans or small bottles which would be a better drink. The Cokes were for our grandson while we had a bottle of wine so it wasn't as though we were trying to penny pinch and just have water with our meal. Restaurants should avoid using the large bottles of Coke because the problem is the drink is usually flat as often they are left from one day to the next having been opened.

Well where to start! You walk in and the staff can't even say hi. The manager is a rude arrogant man (who should wear his hair up due to serving food...very unhygenic!) even after waiting an hour for starters, of which one didn't turn up they couldn't even offer an apology. The popadoms were stale and at 70p each plus paying for chutney is ridiculous. The value for money is awful with 2 samosas which looked and tasted like they were frozen from Iceland, costs over £4.

After waiting nearly an hour for a tasteless starter and asking for drinks twice

I visited with a group of 12 family, some of whom have been going here for years as their local Indian Restaurant. It was a Friday night and quite busy, but we were seated quickly and served very efficiently, with three waiters working to bring all the meals out to everyone as quickly as possible. The menu was extensive, with many interesting dishes a bit out of the ordinary along with all the old favourites you find everywhere. My meal I cannot fault, it was a very tasty dish and the portions were ample. Everyone who went agreed at was a top notch indian meal and i will certainly go back next time we visit the area. For what we had, I thought it was very competitively priced too.

We have eaten here a few times and the food is pretty good but a little greasier than we feel it needs to be. We also feel the prices are a little high. The staff are friendly.

I've not visited this restaurant for a few years. We came on Friday evening the food was fantastic and the service very good. We will definitely return.

Been here multiple times, never fails to provide great food and excellent service, worth a visit anyday!

Having eaten here a couple of times on weekdays and found the food delicious, I decided to bring a friend on a Saturday evening. The restaurant was about half full, with a large table of about 14 seated shortly after we arrived. The food was nothing like what I had tasted during my previous two visits (in the last couple of months). The chicken in my curry was pre sliced, dry and tasteless. The sauce, was bland, lacked any kind of flavour and had no taste of the promised fenugreek. The onion bhaji were also of poor quality and tasted like they had been not been freshly cooked. I did not want to make a fuss in front of my friend and so I went up to the desk to pay the bill. I politey explained my disappointment and was met with a shrug and promise to, 'mention it to the chef'. I suggested that this didn't help me this evening with my bill of £57, but I was again met with an attitude of disinterest. I will not be going back and suggest they stop carving radish to garnish their dishes and concentrate on making them taste like something worth paying for.

Don't waste your time going over the road to Tipu Sultan as you will be greatly disappointed. Eat here instead.

Having recently moved back to this area of Leicester, I was looking forward to visiting the Leeja Palace once again. I have been twice in as many months and to be fair the food was pretty good. HOWEVER! as mentioned in a previous review. The ' little bald headed guy'in there is absolutely appalling! On both occasions I have found him to be quite ignorant, rude, condescending whilst attempting to give off an air of superiority. Not a winning combination if you work in the hospitality trade. They need to get him out of there asap. I like others will not be returning or parting with my money in the Leeja Palace whilst this member of staff remains. Which is a shame, it is a good restaurant but he is an absolute discredit doing the business no favours what so ever.

A group of 8 of us came for a family meal. The restaurant was not busy at all, therefore we did not expect the staff to be as impatient as they were. One of the members of staff, a guy with a bald head, was particularly rude. He was extremely condescending and sarcastic... but not in a humorous way. The food was to a good standard, however this particular member of staff made the atmosphere tense and uncomfortable.

My husband, daughter and I went to Leeja Palace for a meal on Sunday 24th September. The restaurant was practically empty. The quality of the food was brilliant but we were very disappointed with the service. Mine and my husband's plates were cleared from the table whilst our daughter was still eating. The waiter then came back to the table on two occasions to ask if my daughter had finished. In the end we just said she was and they took her plate while she was still eating her naan bread. Although not acceptable, this behaviour could have been excusable if the restaurant had been busy. However, at 6ish on a Sunday evening it was the exact opposite of busy and the actions of the waiter were rude and rushed us to finish our food and get out.

I've lived in Oadby for many years and used the Leeja Palace (and others) plenty of times. I have to say that the Leeja seems to have really improved over the last 12 months, so much so that I now prefer this place to Swatlands.

Ordered here for a take away twice now and food has been great on both occasions. Really tasty and now my go to place for an Indian. The second time round my order was abit late however this was due to traffic from the Caribbean carnival being on so it was understandable, the delivery man was very apologetic. Would definitely recommend to others.

Rang this restaurant for takeaway last night. On menu it clearly states minimum order of £12 for free delivery. My order was over £13, but was told that I'd have to spend at least £15 for free delivery. Great way of getting you to spend more. Deceiving menu. Well they've lost my future custom. Avoid it if you don't want to be ripped off or embarrassingly refused an order.

Excellent food and service. two for one on Tuesdays , Wednesdays and Sundays. Love the balti and the honey sizzler. nan brilliant.

Totally enjoyed our recent visit, food to an excellent standard yet great value for money too - lovely friendly atmosphere, and great service! What more could you ask for!

First visit, excellent food, very nice venue. All the food was well prepared and very tasty. Good friendly service, will definitely visit again and would recommend. I don't know if it was good value though as I didn't see the bill as someone else paid, but there were no complaints. To be super nit picky though, i was told that the bottled cider could have been colder - no such problem with the Kingfisher - and why if you order a Balti the plain Nan can't be upgraded without having to buy a second Nan. Apart from that it would have been 5 stars.

Absolutely the best I've had! Can't wait to come again! I've eaten a lot of food in my time, and the quality and taste tonight is perfect! Also, great value!

So booked this place as i've been past a couple of time and wanted to give it a try. Ordered a tikka platter and prawn puri for starters which was fairly standard, nothing wow but not horrible either, however seemed to take quite a while to arrive. While waiting one of the waiters accidently smashed a glass but didn't have any haste at all to clear the broken shards from the floor, infact he had a smug grin accross his face and all the waiters carried on as normal, diners were having to step over the glass some of which were wearing high heels and long dresses so a major health and safety hazard. Me and my friend were only just speaking about about the way they managed that incident and the same waiter spilled drinks all over himself and the floor while on his way to serve them at a table, yet again there was no kind of haste in him to sort it out, instead stepped over the spillage to make another drink, finally the mop was in action but not a single 'warning wet floor' sign in sight! The mains arrived, lamb karahi and chicken biryani which was okay, and i'd ordered two rounds of J20 and my friend had ordered a ginger ale. We were done eating pretty quickly because the food wasn't really to our taste.We asked for the bill and were just quering about the way the drinks had been itemised, which was explained and we were told we had been given a discount which was nice but the words used were "it's normally such and such price but I gave you a discount so stop moaning or i'll charge you more" definitely not the way to speak to your customers.Won't be visiting again and will not reccommend others to visit either.

We have been using the Leeja since it opened years ago. Whether as a couple, family or group of friends we have never been let down. The menu is varied and interesting with some distinctive Leeja flavours. The staff are very friendly and they have a good wine list. My most frequent visit was a family birthday affair and we chose The Leeja because we knew we wouldn't be disappointed.

Just enjoyed my second visit here in the last few weeks. Lovely atmosphere and staff with consistent, tasty meals.

We have eaten here regularly and it never fails to disappoint. The staff are extremely friendly and welcoming and the service is always efficient yet relaxed. The menu offers a great choice of Indian food and we particularly enjoy their Chicken shashlik starter and the Lamb sylheti or the tikka masala for main. The restaurant has a pleasant location overlooking Oadby village and there is plenty of parking just behind. The restaurant also offers excellent promotions on certain evenings. We always have an excellent curry and we're looking forward to returning soon!

We have visited this restaurant numerous times. Always an excellent curry and Tuesdays and Thursdays have an excellent two mains for the price of one deal.

Used these many times before and the food is usually pretty good, we ordered a takeaway tonight and the delivery was very fast, but the killer for me was I asked the delivery driver to shut my front "gate" now he opened it to come in and left it open when he left even though I had just given him a "tip" and asked him nicely to close the gate on your way out. How ignorant and disrespectful is that! take my friendly tip and not care a jot about my request, well the menu is in the bin, my good friends who use this establishment are disgusted and we both will not use this service/restaurant again, we have eaten here endless times but never again.

We went on a Sunday evening. The service was excellent and the food delicious. I have been to many places to eat curry in Leicester, but this is now one of my favourites.

Love this restaurant- sit in or take away. Great staff that will advise on dishes and friendly service. Lots of lovely dishes so try them all with a stuffed paratha! Yum.

Due to brilliant staff with great hosting skills and menu to match, I had a great time! Deffo recommend

Came here for Matt's birthday. Fab food, fantastic service and Ali (in the background) is to die for xx