Mela in East Hampshire

Really wanted this restaurant to be good as it is local to where I live. Chicken Tikka and paratha was nice, the main curries were bland and tasteless, one very watery and oily.

Every takeaway we’ve had has been excellent

Tasty tikka masala, great friendly and quick service despite going in a large group, reasonable prices- a great curry restaurant!

One of my go to favorite good meal every time and resanable price

Nice food, lovely staff, especially Maisie and Chloe the YoUnG girls , ask for them when u go in best hosts out their.frrr

Excellent food again at Mela. Now our go to place for an indian meal. Nice surroundings and easy to park.

This has to be one of the worse take-aways we have had. We have never eaten here before, and wanted to treat ourselves to a takeaway as we had recently moved to the area. We collected it and drove home which is a few minutes away, and the breads, chips, onion bhaji's had to be heated up as they were luke warm. The Chicken Tikka Massala had so much coconut in it, really didn't think it was a Massala, with very little meat too in all the dishes. Certainly won't be trying this one again.

Friendly welcoming atmosphere.. Attentive staff and the food is always wonderful. Great value and excellent quality

I booked a birthday celebration with my friends on 6th January. The quality of food was very bad with icy cold mix tandoori platter and after my complain it was taken off the bill. We asked the main course with a mix of different curry dishes and one we asked for was beef. We were given only chicken and there were tiny 4 dry pieces in a watery sauce in each bowl. Each curry dish was extremely sweet like a dessert. No way I will visit this place again and definitely not recommend to anyone. This restaurant used to be much better.

First timers. Food and service very good. Had a great night and would recommend to other and somewhere to return to.

Great curry with wonderful staff. First time at this restaurant so I order my default curry as a test which is a Lamb Madras, plain rice and a keema naan. Very tasty and well cooked. The rest of my group ordered many different dishes and everyone was happy with their food. Will visit again.

Very enjoyable evening, lovely food and attentive staff

The BEST indian i have ever had! Amazing. Good portions as well.

Staying in area so read reviews and decided to give this a try. Greeted by owner and ordered chicken jalfrezi and chili tika masala, rice and Peshwari naan with poppadoms and chutney. Good service, good location,tasty main meals with enough chicken. We asked for spice and got it! Overall, excellent meal.

Really lovely Indian restaurant with nice staff and tasty food but you can expect to wait whilst your food is prepared.

Very good service try the chefs specials

Outstanding - delicious, especially Bengal Biryani. Just love Mela. An asset to the village

Great service. Always friendly. Food is amazing thank you for always making amazing food

Food was good but service haphazard. Wine was a rediculous price for the quality ( very poor and lukewarm) . To be charged £5.70 for a small glass of this mediocre wine was an absolute insult). Unfortunately I ordered 2 before I knew the price. I will happily order food as a takeaway but will never dine in again !

Nice food, great service, worth a try if you're in the area.

Booked a table here and whilst the place wasn’t busy we were kept waiting 10 minutes and once seated it was another 20 minutes before we were asked if we wanted drinks and papadums. Then the drinks did come. People who say later were served before us. An hour after sitting down we got our food - but they got the order wrong. We raised it with them and they said they would bring the right meal. We said it was fine as we didn’t want the extra food. 5 minutes later they brought the right meal and took the meal away that was being eaten whilst we were eating it ! Mood ruined the food they brought wasn’t touched and was boxed up and taken home. They took a couple of cheap items off the bill but needless to say we won’t be going back. Shame as the restaurant is in walking distance of our home and we like to support local businesses but in future we will drive to Denmead.

We went with a group of friends to taste Indian food. Their karai chicken was amazingly delicious. I am impressed with their service too. I recommend everyone to try...

Great food. Reasonably priced. Inside is a bit dim and lacklustre but it’s what your eating that counts most I guess

As always gorgeous food and fantastic hosts! The restaurant is lovely with a great ambiance and staff couldn't do enough for you.

Great quality food always at decent prices served by friendly and helpful staff Back again for the umpteenth time nothing has changed , perfect evening out !

Surprised my husband for a proper Indian food date night, and he was not disappointed. The food was amazingly delicious and the service was great too. We will definitely come back with the whole gang 😊

This is one of our favourite indian restaurants. A really lovely ambiance, very nice staff and great food. We were regulars and often bought take away food during Covid.

Came here for date night and had a lovely time. Malik the owner came out to talk to us, the food and service was brilliant. Would definitely recommend and come back.

The food here is amazing, staff were great as well. Really nice atmosphere, will definitely be returning!

Nice atmosphere, but really let down by quality of food.Shashlick had the most flavour, but only four small cubed pieces of chicken for the main dish. A similar quantity of meat for both the madras and Pathia. Both the madras and Pathia was seriously lacking in flavour and sauce. The Pathia’s flavour was only that of the copious amount of onion it consisted of. The special fried rice was ok but the mushroom fried rice was lukewarm and greasy. The price was a bit on the high side for a village restaurant but overall this meal is one to be talked about for all the wrong reasons. It’s the first ever Indian meal we’ve eaten that had no flavours, save for the onion. Not to be repeated.

Very good Helpful friendly staff. All ways have time for you. They come and talk to all the times. Veg vegetarian. Friendly

A little gem in Clanfield! Food is exceptional. Restaurant is spotless! Service was superb. We will be back

It was so nice food banging owner lovley the derives was exquisite 10/10 definitely come back here with the fam

This restaurant was so incredible the food was delicious! The service was exceptional and the owner was lovley. 5/5!!

If I could I would give no start option. Usually I don't do the review, but they need to sort themselves out. It was the worst experience we had, dining in a restaurant! We just moved to the area and wanted to try out our local restaurant and had a big huge disappointed. We went in and looking for some sort of welcoming atmosphere but didn't, was an awkward encounter. Then our drinks come out and my coke was terrible flat, directly to a glass, not open in front of us. Just to see afterwards that they are pouring from a bottle. Obviously charge at a price of a restaurant. The buffet items very low in choices (aproximativ 20 as they advertise, but 6 of them are just toppings for papadoms) they are just 2 kind of chicken, one lamb, 2 naan bread, 2 types of rice, samosa and onion baaj as a side options and that is it. We have tried out other bufet before and this one was the lowest options. Then the top quality service came when the waiter come over to take our plates. He came straight to our table, hand on plates "have you finished?", then he took the plate before even answer. I actually had to ask my son if he finished after the man took already his plate. We felt like we've been kicked out in the middle of our dinner. I went in there because of the reviews, but obviously something went wrong on the way as the reviews are to good for their services

Absolutely gorgeous, love this place, staff super friendly, food is excellent and comes out piping hot . Highly recommended

had our group evening meal. always been great in the past but of recent, not so! Staff, less aware and less attentive. had to keep chasing them. they were not busy. no hot towels as previously always supplied, genuine lack of interest in us , whereas before there always seemed a great rapport. korma was very watery - perhaps due to new chef maybe, but it lacked the depth and creaminess. hope they can turn things around - very competitive out there !

Recently discovered this pleasant little curry house. Excellent tasty food and good value for money. Staff very personable and attentive. Would definitely recommend.

Nice food, customer service good, We asked for korma to be made dairy free and they did so thumbs up from us

Loved it great buffet on Sunday s highly recommended

I highly recommend this restaurant. We have used it. Regularly for takeaway across some years, but this was our first dine in experience and we cannot wait to go back! The food was amazing. We had a special authentic house dish made using a citrus fruit - I was sceptical but it turned out to be the best curry I have had from this far South through Southall to Birmingham! I also highly recommend the chicken pakora- it was the most succulent chicken I have eaten out in many years and very tasty. The staff were very helpful, welcoming, and professional yet warm. I look forward to going back

Superb food, lovely staff, friendly and attentive service, both eating in or taking away have had good experiences with. Will be back within the next week or so!

Excellent friendly unrushed service, good food.

Amazing food, service and great atmosphere. Definitely recommend

Lovely restaurant serving delicious good value tasty Indian dishes. The staff are friendly and helpful . Lovely relaxed atmosphere and the free parking right outside is a bonus .

My first Indian for 5 years didn’t disappoint Very very nice yes I will definitely be back for more very friendly staff thank you all

My wife and I (couple of old fogies!) visited Mela last night. Had an excellent meal (ordered too much really!), the staff were very friendly and the owner found time to chat to the customers. We had a great evening and on the basis of our experience would highly recommend this restaurant. We shall certainly patronise again, especially as it is only a walk away from our home.

My go-to restaurant! Great food and excellent service from the friendly staff

I had the butter chicken and asked for it to be a little spicy. It was absolutely incredible. I've never had butter chicken before and I was over the moon with it. Will definitely be having that again!

Decided to try the restaurant for the first time for a takeaway. The warm and pleasant reception was the only good thing I can think of. The food was cold after picking up exactly when told to collect. The curry was bland and half of the mixed grill was missing after I specifically asked for plenty of the salad to go with it. There wasn't even enough salad for appetizer let alone any meals. Not going back.

Fautless as always - great menu, so clean and tidy, courteous staff and great value. THE BEST INDIAN for miles! Perfect.

Just awful! Watery curry, no taste....beware they are not what they used to be. We had 6 friends and family over for dinner and got a take away, spent alot of money and all of us where so disappointed with this bland and terrible excuse for a curry. I called up and spoke to the manager who had little in the way of customer after care, refused and form of money back and only offered one discounted dish if I wanted to order a meal again. I certainly would never want to eat this poor excuse for indian food again.

Went for there buffet this evening with my son the staff are very polite and the meal was lovely it was a help yourself lovely a hot and very tasty

Had the buffet.. it was very good .. constantly being refreshed with different things. Well worth a visit.

Great food and service, even though busy. not noisy like many places. smashing atmosphere, greeted by owner as if he genuinely welcomed you but shows he cares.

Best indian food. Just can't fault it

I had a all you could eat buffet unfortunately there wasn't much choice however the food was tasty and the staff were very friendly

Just visited this restaurant with my family, we were early into the restaurant and could not fault the service or the food. Everything was exceptional and great value for money - Highly recommend, front of house staff very attentive and personable

Food was excellent, great atmosphere. Service was a little slow but we were very hungry 😊

The Sunday Buffet - Nice selection of dishes to suit all tastes, and always friendly and polite staff.

Have had dinner here a few times now and have never been disappointed! Food is delicious and the price is very reasonable. Definitely recommend eating in the restaurant or getting a takeaway from here. Will be coming back time and time again

Lovely Indian restaurant , regular visitor

Superb menu, and if you fancy something you don't see, ask! Very friendly staff, and the owner always has a chat. Attentive, but no overly fawning staff. On top of this, it's very reasonably priced.

Great India restaurant, staff are very attentive and the food was excellent.

Great food as always and a great service as always. Best curry place in the area. Friendly staff and food always on point.

Staff always friendly and the service always on point. Best curry in the area.

Absolutely gorgeous food and lovely lovely staff! We usually get a takeaway but decided to treat ourselves to a meal out! Excellent beer, excellent staff, excellent food and excellent value for money!!

Excellent food as always and always willing to cater for individual dietary needs, excellent friendly service.

been eating here for years and never had a bad meal , staff are great down to earth and friendly nothing is to much , the odd time we have eaten else were , we wish we hadnt , as nothing seems to get close...

I have been using the Mela since it first opened, and in all that time I don't remember having a bad meal. Always excellent friendly service and food.tastes freshly cooked. I would highly recommend eating there.

First time I’ve ordered from Mela. Phoned through my order for collection after reading on your google page that they were only providing deliveries or collection. On arrival, it is obvious you were serving customers in the restaurant, it is important to keep your google page up to date so new customers know. This was disappointing. The lady who served me was friendly and helpful. We ordered samosas, Garlic Chilli Chicken, passanda, coconut rice & popadoms for £29, The food was nice but ok.

Just had a take away very disappointed ,I had a chicken biryani it had absolutely no flavour, my husband had a chicken madras again not impressed ,won’t be coming back waste of £25

Lovely friendly staff , great service , excellent food , all round lovely experience

Really tasty food hot and even provided something not on the take away menu Very happy with the food will always go back to them even though its a fair drive from.my house its worth it

This place used to be so good, at the start of lockdown had a takeaway, dished it up and then realised had the wrong meals, had to take it all back, hopefully they didn’t reuse the food, was quite clear I had dished it up....

Had some wonderful food for take away during lockdown

Always lovely and hot food. Great service and a great price. Would always recommend and the best Indian in the area!

Very rude service, starters horrible main was better. Man who took the order very rude would not visit again

Splendid food. Great service def visit again.

Amazing food and amazing service

The Mela is hands down my favourite Indian restaurant, everything about this place is brilliant! All of the servers are so kind and friendly especially Beth & Milad and make our experience perfect. The flavours in the food are always delicious and keep us coming...

I went there with my husband and the staff was very friendly. I ordered a veg side and it was more than enough. (Recommend the spinach and potato ) . Decently priced and would def return! Thanks for the wonderful meal :)

Delicious! We always have a lovely time at Mela, the staff are friendly and welcoming and the food is outstanding!

Excellent meal, really good quality food and service. Got a bit busy inside but can understand why its popular!

Thank you Mela. You never disappoint. You have always delivered great food and service. We’ve continued to eat with you for a few years now and no other Indian has given us quality food that we get from you. Another tasty Sunday takeaway. Many thanks.

Best Indian, wait a bit for the food but well worth the wait. The chicken is so succulent and juicy. 👍👍

tasty curry without just relying on extra chilies

Enjoyed a lovely evening at Mela last night, very good friendly service and really good food. Can definitely recommend visiting.

Lived in Clanfield for several years, had heard the Mela did a lovely takeaway but had never tried before . Arranged to go out with our friends locally so decided to try the Mela for a change . We were very impressed, lovely welcoming atmosphere,...

Top notch service was excellent the staff couldn't do enough for you Malik ash will defo be visiting again

Very average Indian, the staff are lovely but the food is quite bland. I'd use the Indian cottage in horndean instead

Fantastic friendly service and very tasty food 😁. Will definitely return

Would highly recommend! Amazing place to eat and great atmosphere

Lovely atmosphere. Lovely staff and very nice food. Although nice food was bland needed a bit more seasoning. Poppadoms were excellent. Couldn’t fault the staff for being friendly, helpful and welcoming. I would come here again.

You will always get a warm welcome here, the staff are very friendly and the menu is very extensive and interesting, with lots of different dishes alongside the staple Indian dishes. Weekdays probably don't need booking but Friday and Saturday night do, and on Sunday...

Mela is absolutely wonderful, the food is delicious, the staff are absolutely great,polite, and funny the atmosphere is lovely and perfect just for the loving couple would highly recommend

Buffet is restricted but good tasty food

Given we went on a Saturday night when they were also inundated with takeaway orders the service was good and so was the food at Mela - although we ordered too much - must have less poppadoms

Pretty poor. Got there and had to wait 20min for table even though it was free. Waited ages to order and then it took forever to come - had small children so was way too late. Order was wrong and food was really nothing special...

Best curry in the area. If you like it hot try the lamb Naga.