Maliks Indian in Newcastle-under-Lyme

waited 1.5 hours for it to be delivered then when it came the biryani had no sauce and other things were missing too! so had to ring up for them to deliver that too which meant we waited nearly 2.5 hours to be able to eat. poppadoms were very greasy and came with hardly any dips. chicken balti came with way too many veg in. wont be using again i’m afraid.

Diabolical quality, and from other reviews on Foodhub, racist too! Never again!

You know wot I couldn’t give a zero cus it won’t let me, ordered food last night big order too, n nowt came the same ??? I took it up wiv food hub n they were so good, however spoke to the shop tonight n they said ‘sorry by the time u ordered ingredients had ran out’ sorry wtf if u can’t supply the order be honest ! Oh iv spoke to the shop tonight for a refund n still waiting, takin the piss, won’t last long in chess these guys trust !

We ordered a curry from these people. They accepted the order, took payment and collection time. Then when we checked they had cancelled the order. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️…it was half an hour or so from closing , but f that is the reason they should change their opening times. Plenty of others to choose from we won’t be bothering again.

Today we got our food from the curry leaf takeaway . It was wonderful food . Briyani , tandoori, veg curry & chutney everything so delicious 😋 The owner of the shop was very friendly. I highly recommended 😊

First time we've ordered and food was really good! Food was delivered on no time and food piping hot and really generous portions!

Great takeaway it’s excellent The food is amazing out of this world this is a really authentic Indian Takeaway everything we had was proper Indian We stayed in The hotel near by the delivery driver was very well dressed and professional he gave us a call soon as he arrived from the moment we called the Takeaway they were very polite and helpful

I was very happy with the service. My meal was delicious and good value for money. Jayne.

Delicious Indian foods and curries. Highly recommend you all to visit this place.

Amazing place for curries...friendly staffs as well..will definitely visit again..

fresh food, tasted lovely. But not sure of I'd have the nan bread again..very thin and considering we paid for extra cheese, there was hardly any on to begin with. However would use again, when they have offers/discounts. I wouldn't pay full price as the portion sizes are smaller than previous. (Maliks as was)

Extremely impressed with the quality of food very well presented definitely recommend

I recently ordered and I was thoroughly impressed. The food arrived hot and fresh, with generous portions that were full of flavor. The delivery was quick, and everything was packaged securely, ensuring nothing spilled or got soggy. The customer service was excellent, making the whole experience smooth and enjoyable. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a delicious food with great service and communication

chicken tikka masala was best. It was really good.. Naan bread also was good

Ordered from here tonight food is well overpriced for quantity of meat you get in all 3 Curry's I had ordered they had more sauce than meat in them considering it was 10 pound a curry had a mixed starter not worth the 7 quid either for 2 pieces of chicken lamb, on the plus side it tasted better than I thought it was going to.

First time trying this takeway and i was not dissapointed. The food was amazing, would 100% recommend!! The service was also very quick and staff were very friendly.

Excellent Food very good service The food is fresh specially the chicken vindaloo

I got a takeaway from here and the food was excellent the service was amazing overall this was probably one of the best curries ive ever had

Excellent meal i Well, definitely come back again. Congratulations to the new owners.

Hello I've been to this take away twice now and both times food has been very very good . The curry's are great fresh and light and you don't feel like you have swallowed a man hole cover . The starters are fresh even the salad not a plastic bag of warm mush the onion bhargi are superb . Everything we have had has been spot on . One little gripe :- the nan breads are only small but really nice . They are the old traditional nan bread that you used to have years ago ! One more gripe is the price but if you want good good you got to pay good money . Give this a try you wont be disappointed

New ownership so I decided to give it another try, did not regret at all! Everything was perfect, lovely food and staff.

Great new take away. Best food I’ve had in a long time . Will definitely be ordering from this place again

Good food lovely indian its Good to see this place open congratulations to the new owners

First time ordering from here and food was great. Great service, great food. Will order again

There was no garlic on my garlic mushrooms, no garlic on my garlic naan, the pilau rice tasted of absolutely nothing only 4 peices of chicken in my curry, I no your offering 50% off but still expect full portions was only half full for thr curry, the poppadoms was the best part of the meal won't be using again sorry Just to add to this after ringing up, as was promised the same meal again for free after speaking to a male who claimed he was the manager, to find now the manager is a woman, they made a promise that they will not fulfill hopefully there food standards and customer service improves because my first and last order off them was nothing short of diabolical

Food is excellent service with a smile 😊 definitely ordering again it was very busy when I Came to collect my order but the staff explained to my that my order is going to be 10 Minutes I don’t mind waiting for good food see you next weekend

Travelled 10 miles to collect as 50% off offer. Ordered a variety of curry’s but all were below par. Masala tasted like tomato soup with added spices and the butter chicken tasted like cheesy brocolli. That one went straight in the bin. Nan bread didn’t taste fresh. Rice was okay and chicken not too bad and all was very hot. Wouldn’t return - prefer a shop brought ready meal!

Had to wait a while after ordering, which was understandable with the half price promotion, they were very very busy The Murchi Tikka Masala was excellent as was the pilau rice and nan. Congratulations to the new owners. I will definitely use again once it's all calmed down 🙂

Lovely Curry chicken Tikka Jalfrezi with garlic bread was delicious specially with 50% Off

We ordered twice this week can not make my mind up 1st night open curry sauce was bit thinner, but I liked it , chicken ok But the garlic bread can’t make my mind up it was ok but felt where the garlic 2nd order Sauce had changed was thicker was ok but for some reason preferred the thinner but that was just preference Chicken felt tough and dry tonight didn’t eat it ,not really enjoyed it. Garlic bread ok but more garlic flavour this time , but still to look at it was like a plain naan bread Chips and rice all good So overall I’m not sure it was ok but coming back to pay full prices there better near us. But get these little things right and I come back so I watch the reviews to see if it gets better Oh guys I could be wrong but stop with the fake reviews you can spot it a mile of it’s very bad to do it. If I’m wrong I’m wrong but hmm don’t think so.

The Curry Leaf is Maliks under new management but I thought I would give it a try. I ordered the Amritsari Fish curry. It was a disappointment. This signature dish, described as a curry, was little more than an Indian version of a chinese sweet & sour dish. Perhaps this dish is true to its region but for a type 2 diabetic it was sugar hell - there was no mention of sweetness in the description. The garlic pilau rice was also disappointing - pilau rice with chunks of garlic thrown in and by the taste of it, had not been cooked together. I also ordered a mixed starter. It was 'ok' but nothing special. In summary, it falls far short of the promise of "mouthwatering food" and "culinary magic" An opening offer of 50% off online orders turned out to be less than 50% in reality - no idea why.

Ordered for the first time and won't be ordering again, how can Naan bread be chewy? Although paid for cheese garlic Naan it was plain, the sheekh kebabs were chewy and the lamb Tikka garlic chilli the meat would have cooked me if I'd have managed to bite into it! The curry sauce was nice though! The mint yogurt looked like radio active, Feel robbed even though we got 50% off, oh the popadoms were actually nicest thing we had, I'd prefer save my money next time!!!

First time here tonight and it was lovely. Felt sorry for the staff how busy it was, they were polite though, and the food was worth the wait. Need to pre order next time.

Good food & Great to see this place open again definitely will be back

Lovely Indian Food it’s good will definitely recommend it

i took my dinner from them must recommend their curry speacially chicken tikka masala ,chana panir masala and vegan items .service was excellent and smooth.love this takeway

The food was ready before the end time and the food tasted really good. All the spices were fine. Not much not less. Highly recommended ❤️

Ordered for a collection as it was 50% off opening offer. Portion sizes seemed to reflect the price as they were very small. Think they'd been really busy too and ran out of garlic because the garlic naan was plain and the garlic mushrooms were just mushrooms. Curry was pretty tasteless and rice was standard. As I say, it was half price so can't complain too much. Won't be going again though

Dreadful,cancelled our order twice and we were left with no food.Even when we did get food it was always wrong.Used to br great but not anymore.Avoid.

We always went to maliks years ago, so thought we would try it again and was looking forward to it. It was very disappointing, the portion sizes have halved in size. The tub was only half filled with curry with hardly any sauce. The curry actually tasted salty, The naan has changed it’s small and burnt. The chips are now fries soggy in a bag and only half full. I will not ordering again. A waste of nearly 40 pounds.

I am Pakistani and I know about curry. Waited 1hour 10 minutes, rang 3 times to ask where the food was!! Got the food the Nan was rock hard , rice no flavour and the chips were full of fat, curry was awful. The staff have no idea what they are doing, the bloke asked me 5 times what we wanted. Would not recommend Maliks !!

So far up to 1 hour 30 minutes waiting for food. Very disappointed a birthday treat ruined. Called more than once they even said it's on its way but still waiting will not be using this place in the future!

Very disappointed 1 hour and 30 minutes no food has arrived even called they said on way, 20 minutes later still no food!

This is the worst takeaway I have ever had portion sizes small no taste naan breads under cooked cost £40 disgusting

Late, cold, chicken rock hard didn’t even get the order correct. Can’t contact has the contact number isn’t even recongised

Ordered 2 bags of chips not even 1 portion between the 2 bags and they were greasy and cold on arrival - rest of food Mediocre at best (won’t be using these again)

Terrible experience. Food late, cold and spilled everywhere. Promised refund but continually lied to and messed about. £70 down the drain. Avoid this place.

It was horrendous, food late, extremely late, cold, unidentifiable items in the chicken curry. Service and standards have dropped and prices increased. Food isn't worth half of the cost let alone they charge. Promised a call from tge manager and still waiting.....

Where do I start this is the worst food from here I have ever received it went straight in the bin. Tried to phone phone doesn’t work could not eat onion bahjee burnt that much chips were as if they had been soaked in water and dried off they were that soggy and the mint sauce was definitely not right. I usually swear by maliks but oh my never ever again it’s got to be the worst food delivery I have ever had

Food took 2 hours to be delivered, when it arrived it was stone cold. Curry and keema rice was completely tasteless, popadom was that soggy it was not edible. Horrendous will never order from there again. Shame as it used to be so nice. Completely gone down hill.

Ordered a takeaway from here, waited 90 mins and requested updates through uber several times with no update. I rang the store to find the number not recognised so had to request a cancellation and refund through uber. The order got cancelled but I still got charged, avoid this restaurant so you don't lose your money

Charged £35 still after cancelling my order after waiting over 90 mins and ringing the store to get an unrecognised number message.

No idea what's going on with Maliks it used to be lovely - we waited over 2 hours for food - Nobody would answer the phone - food was so cold we had to heat it up.

SCAMMERS WEBSITE TOOK MY MONEY AND WHEN I TURNED UP TO COLLECT THE ORDER THE RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED DOWN

I order meal for two only had half the order sent two curry's two rice 3 onion bargie no Nan potoes popadoms or the meat thing pay 34 quick for two curry's not happy rabbit

Not had from here in a while, always been my favourite but will.not be returning. Prices have gone up and portions halved. Ordered a lamb balti and the lamb was rock hard well the bits that weren't fat anyway, the garlic cheese naan had no cheese and was half the size they used to be and it was burnt. The lamb korai was cold and chewy .absolutely shocking for £34.waste of money had nicer microwave meals

Ordered from Maliks close to 10 years. Tonight has been awful. Placed an order at 5pm. Over two hours late before it arrived. Chips were cold and soggy. Naan bread cold. No poppadoms in the order as ordered 3. I even drove down to Chesterton as it’s 5 minutes away and the place isn’t even open. Called the number numerous times and no answer at all. Sadly it’ll be the last time I order

Absolute joke of a restaurant, not only did they get my order wrong by missing two items off it completely. They decided to ignore the phone for the entire night. I called up roughly 15 times and not once did they pick up. How this place is still running is actually hilarious. Food was terrible, tasteless naan bread, cold Bombay potatoes, fat and gristly lamb, no chips or poppadom's as ordered, and when I opened the bag it all just fell out onto my side, making an unnecessary mess. Worst takeaway I've ever had, hands down. And maybe you could tell your delivery driver to cheer up a little bit, miserable fart. I will be getting a refund for this awful experience and you will be reported.

Used to be fantastic and the best Indian around then took a huge nose dive in quality. Risked using it again and the meal actually came from a different restaurant,was late and disgusting. Tried a few months later and again food came from a different restaurant, tasted slightly better but over an hour late, Given a discount on next order so fried again, order again extremely late, cold, no cheese in cheese and garlic nann but more importantly round something unidentifiable in the butter chicken (but difinayely NOT chicken!) and never in my life have I had a vegetable korma consisting of 2 small pieces of potato, 1 peice of swede and 9 bussel sprouts.......never again and a quick call to the council in the new year. Such a shame for what was the best Indian around.

Ordered food well over a hour late then delivered somewhere else absolutely shocking organisation complete joke got offered a beer for my troubles😂won’t be going there again. Stay clear. Joke

What has happens to this place use to be so good ever since it has been taken over it’s gone so down hill food not what use to be delivery time is just outrageous i ordered food at 19:40 and not it’s 21:00 still no food they really have lost it the name maliks it’s just not the same now so feel for this take away they use to have such a good reputation but now that have just lost it after I get my food I will not order again from them. So sad use to love this place. RIP maliks

Very disappointed take away this has gone very down hill Food took ages to arrive Had to warm it up as it was cold Onion bhaji was baked to a crisp Chips tasted old waste of money!

We always loved the food from here. 2 hours to be delivered and was cold. Was told it was on its way when I chased it up the first time. After that the phone was constantly engaged. The nan breads described as stuffed with cheese had barely seen any cheese. We had a similar issue 2 months ago but thought we would give it another go. Very disappointed. This was December 2023.

What an absolute shambles!!! Ordered takeaway at 5pm, delivered 6.20pm!!!!.....I rang 3 times to see where food was, I was put on hold but heard him ring another takeaway to see where my food was!!!!!....I asked if I had heard correctly, he said yes as he was the only staff member in & no kitchen. My vegetarian tikka massala with "deluxe" veg consisted of green beans, potato, peas & 1 piece of yellow pepper!! NOT RECOMMENDING THIS TAKEAWAY,!!!

Went to go collect our food, saw that it got delivered there, rice chips and curry were cold. Curry was swimming in oil, I ordered a chicken tikka balti but it was lamb. Sauces for poppadoms were missing aswell as 2 lime pickles. £30 for that, what a waste! Want the money back!!! DO NOT GO HERE!

The food we ordered was cold and the wrong food was sent. The food was burnt smelled funky and was completely inedible such a disappointing meal and unfortunately it was for my mum's birthday

Food arrived half hour late Food was cold and had to be reheated Only rice and dips were correct from the order Wrong curry/naan bread and poppadoms

Gorgeous Paneer curry. Please don't ever get rid of it from the menu as not every place offers a paneer curry.

Walked in the empty shop waited 10 mins for someone to come out to serve us. We left without ordering

After getting new owners we thought we'd try it again. But it wasn't good. The onion bhaji were black burnt and smelt of cooking fat..no salad. The mint sauce had huge white lumps in it. Chicken tikka massala was tasty but so salty. Delivery was prompt. But no other positives really.

After the new owners took over , we decided to try again,( terrible food from the previous Maliks) We ordered just over a week ago and everything was so good. Ordered again tonight and it was appalling! The smallest portion of veg samosa ever! Onion bhajis, in contrast, were huge! Unfortunately , they were inedible, burnt on 1 side, raw on the other. The chana paneer masala had no sauce, was swimming in old oil and worryingly, was a nuclear bright red The mushroom rice was tasteless, swimming in old oil again, obviously tinned mushrooms, we could literally 'wring' the water out of them. My absolute favourite and 'go to dish', chicken madras, was dire. So hot, was more like a vindaloo! Swimming in ghee/old oil. 2 slices of bread pre eating did not absorb this. Chips were oily SO disappointed after our fabulous meal last week AVOID

Ordered a few times now... First order was in the first week, so took advantage of the discount and ordered loads... Couple of minor issues (Large chips weren't very large and the Madras was more of a Phaal spice, not consistent with the two chillies). Made the staff aware when ordering the second time, who very happy to hear feedback both good and bad... Order arrived shortly after and was perfect! I have since ordered again unbeknownst to the staff and both times it has been consistent with the second order, in some places even improved! The portion sizes are excellent and the quality of the food is too. And I appreciate the fact they'll listen and act when they've got it wrong, not many places care enough nowadays. Especially with how expensive takeaways have become!

Order set menu for two 12/8/23 it was delicious well done to the new owners of maliks excellent value could not fault it thank you

Food was fantastic with great portion sizes. The new owners have done a wonderful job of the shop and new menu, can't wait to try more!

Both curries we order seems to have a load of coriander in, along with it being in the rice too. It ruined the taste of all food unfortunately. We ordered Bombay potatoes but received less than a whole potato but chopped into about 2inch chunks, totalling 4.5 chunks in a runny tomato marinade sauce. Not what Bombay potatoes is in my head or on Google. The garlic bread was also average. Wouldn't go back honestly

The food was very, very good. Chicken was tender, flavour and portion size was brilliant. Great customer service, when I had an issue they went above and beyond to rectify. Obviously care about their business and throughly enjoyed the food.

Would definitely recommend!! fantastic take away food friendly staff. Order came yummy and delicious

Was a decent takeaway , now it's just less than average food , tiny portions at restraunt prices , why bother . Just go out for a meal in Newcastle . Oh and if the mayor thinks this is worthy of a grand opening I've just installed a new toilet seat !

The food was absolutely delicious and the presentation was great. Very nice staff. Definitely will order again

Excellent food and customer service. Ordered food and they were just closing, but kindly stayed open and did our Order Food was lovely. 10/10

Highly recommend, I had the chef’s special lamb tikka with the lamb samosas and tandoori chicken starter, portions were well sized and delivery was on time definitely be ordering again.

Best Indian takeaway iv been to really friendly people amazing nans and curry's can't complain about a single thing and now they are reopening this Tuesday with a fresh look and a new menu to go with it under the new management it as improved miles and hope it carrys on in to the future with the same attitude to improvement

One of the best Indian takeaways around amazing food polite staff and a clean shop fast delivery aswell !! would recommend

I’m not 100% what the 1 star reviews are referring to, I can’t say I agree with them, the restaurant has recently been taken over so they may have been from beforehand, really good price for portion sizes you get, amazing vegetarian / vegan selection (my mum is vegetarian and usually can’t get a full meal when we order in), delivered fast. Would recommend the lamb samosas and the tandoori chicken.

After taking almost 2hrs for delivery despite the website says by 45 minutes, we will not order again! It’s more frustrating that they tell you the driver is on the way. We live 7 mins away and does not take 45 mins to get to us. The food was nice even though the drink I paid for never arrived. WILL NOT ORDER AGAIN FROM HERE.

I’ve been going Maliks for a while now as I absolutely love lamb rogan Josh it’s my favorite! Never had a problem always been soft meat and a good curry only last night we had one it come it was full of oil all over the top swimming in it ! I come to eat it with rice and chips I thought this lamb isn’t right got a funny taste I continued having a couple pieces just to make sure and I then thought no this is going in the bin tasted of only today I’ve woke up with severe stomach cramps me and my husband with sickness and diahorhea the chills I’m shivering with a temperature I will not be returning again :( lieing down on a Saturday night with food poisoning!

Used Maliks for a number of years. However, we waited over 1.5 hours and after ringing yet again, we were told our delivery was on the way. 2 hours later our delivery arrived, the meat in the main dishes was burnt and inedible so ended up having poppadoms and rice for tea. Never again !!

Not used Maliks for a number of years . Terrible water curries . Tried tonight after friends recommended. Wasn’t disappointed. Quality ingredients ( think they have had a change of ownership) will definitely be back .

It took an hour to get here. When it did the butter chicken was bitty, red and swimming in oil. The keema naan had no meat and the lamb pathos was like soup.

We've been going to Maliks for years and was our favourite takeaway. The chicken tikka had so much coconut it was a stodgy paste, the chicken was dry and tastless and the Naan was burnt. I've tried to call to express my disappointment but no one answered the phone. I'd like to think the chef was having a bad day but I think the the standards just aren't what they used to be. Such a shame

Ordered food on their website on Sunday 26h February. 1.5 hours later with no delivery I rang the store. They told me they had not received my order and to "check to see if i've got the right place". It has now come out of my bank account with no update. I have email confirmation and proof that it comes out of my bank. Would not recommend ordering through their website. Still not received anything.

Malik's used to be one of the best takeaways, not any more, had one last week it tasted like more like vegetable soup, my advice is keep away, ours when in the bin, waste of money,

Delivery , ordered two Different curries but on delivery they we're not, bothe same heavy coconut base one with sliced cucumber on top Disgusting onion bargees were not cooked in the centre, ordered at 6 pm for 7:30 didn't arrive so called up told it had just left NEVVER ORDERING again not happy.Sugary and ineadable , something has definitely changed as we and family have used them before on many occasions.😳

How quickly its gone down bank , took 1:30 hours to come food was cold and tasteless, phoned up to complain didn't seem interested said he would call back never happened. Won't be going back.

Used to be our favourite Indian,food was always hot,delicious and fast. Our last 3 orders have all took on average 2 hours to arrive and the standards of the food are not what they used to be, such a shame.

The veg rice from here used to be delicious and was made with fresh veg. It’s now made with frozen veg. Portions used to be large in foil containers with a good meat content. What I received this time was in small plastic containers and was cold. The portion size of the Bombay potatoes was pitiful. The balti sauce was watery. No popadoms or mango chutney sent. This place has gone right downhill. I didn’t enjoy the food at all. No wonder they are offering 25% off.

Food has fallen off a cliff since the takeover.

Ordered from here after a while, was really looking forward to it as food used to be amazing! What an absolute let down it was. Food was cold. Popadoms were burnt! After an hour of ordering, I called and it was like an amateur on the phone didn’t seem like they know that they were doing keeping me hanging on the line, the food eventually turned up and the driver went as quickly as he could! Never again!

What on earth has happened to this place. Ordered after a long time. Food used to be amazing! Ordered a butter chicken and a passanda with naan breads, sheek kebab and onion bhajis. Both naan breads were burnt and not very warm at all. The butter chicken was definitely NOT a butter chicken, full of coconut and bright red, was most likely mixed up with a tikka massala and swimming in oil, literally drained it out of the tub over the sink! Passanda wasn't enjoyable either. Didn’t bother to ring up to complain after seeing the reviews on here about the rudeness of staff when there are issues. Safe to say we wont be ordering again! Such a shame as it used to be lovely.

We ordered 3 curries and 2 rice we only got 1 rice all 3 curries were cold 2 were lamb balties both tasteless phoned and complained said I'd get a call back never happened won't be ordering again