Merlins Tandoori. in Northampton

We had a lovely time dining with our family! The staff were absolutely amazing so energetic, attentive, and genuinely welcoming. Despite the restaurant being busy, they kept us updated about their waiting time, which we really appreciated. The atmosphere was lively, and the service was impeccable. This has been one of our best dining experiences in recent times, and we can’t wait to come back again. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for great food and a fantastic vibe!

Under new management and newly refurbished, had a really lovely meal. Menu choice is smaller than before, but the food was excellent. It was really well presented and a good price. Staff were very attentive.. even met the chef 😊

"Merlin's Tandoori is nothing short of a culinary wizardry! 🌟 From authentic Kerala flavors to classic English dishes and North Indian delights, this place has it all. The Syrian Beef Curry is a bold explosion of spices, and their unique Mango Naan is an absolute must-try—it’s a tropical twist that will blow your mind! The customer service? Simply stellar! The staff were incredibly friendly, attentive, and made the experience feel so special. The ambience was spotlessly clean and inviting, making it the perfect spot to relax and enjoy a fantastic meal. If you’re looking for a place that combines flavor, variety, and top-notch service, Merlin’s Tandoori is the ultimate destination. Highly recommend—this place is pure magic!"

Great hospitality from their front of house customer service, along with the chef's great culinary skills. Well presented, the food is divine with the explosion of South Indian flavours created by their South Indian Chef. I enjoyed their deliciously cooked Syrian Beef Curry with Rice and also had one of their prawn dishes. Absolutely fabulous flavours. I would recommend anyone and everyone who has not tried the food here, to try this delightful restaurant out. I shall definitely be looking forward to coming back here again with family and friends.

Just fabulous, a little different to the usual Indian but just great, food was fab service was lovely and the price was reasonable, will definitely be going again, defo worth a try

Under new ownership. Delicious food, different to your usual curry house fare. Everything was fresh and delicious, not greasy at all. Fresh veg. Really impressed with with baked, layered Biriyani. Too full for dessert but the menu looked great. Not a plastic ice-cream penguin in sight!

The whole service was amazing and the food was delicious.

Lovely staff and quick service. The food was lovely, we had butter chicken and the lamb shank curry. The butter chicken was very sweet but lovely and the lamb was a good spice level and had a lovely sauce. The meat was cooked really well also.

Under new management,its truly impressive! The food is flavorful and beautifully presented, and the customer service is top-notch. The staff is friendly and attentive.

Best curry house in Northampton. Fabulous food and exceptional service.

Enjoyed a delicious dinner at the newly refurbished Merlin’s Tandoori this evening. The new owners and team were very welcoming and the service was great. We had the poppadom basket to start, then enjoyed a Goan fish curry, Chef Mothers Chicken, mushroom rice, mango coconut naan and onion bhaji. The food was very flavoursome and the spice was true to the spice guide! Thoroughly recommend the Goan fish curry which was stunning. Thank you team.

Went to Merlin’s for a birthday get together, the food was delicious, with a big group of us the service was fairly quick too! Restaurant is quite small, so wouldn’t recommend a big group of people. Everything else was great!

We ordered online for collection. Money was taken out of my account. When we went to collect the whole place was in darkness. Another local take away owner told us they had shut down for good. If this is the case they shouldn’t still be accepting orders and certainly shouldn’t be taking money from anyone. It may be an oversight or a mistake but it just feels dishonest. I know these are really nice people who run Merlin’s so I like to think it’s a mistake. Either way I’m still out some money!!

Appalling. Used Merlin's own app. It took the order and took payment. An hour and a half later, no food. 10 calls to Merlins and just got answering phone. Even drove there - and it was closed. Presumably it knew it was closed when the app took the order and took payment. Dishonest behaviour. Disgraceful. Do not trust this place at all.

Just as a heads up, this place seems to be closed due to a change of ownership, it's unclear if it will still continue to trade as Merlin's or if the new owners will trade as something else..

My wife tried to order a takeaway on saturday night. The website said they were open and she placed an order. It did not complete and we did not receive anything. We ordered from somewhere else. When we checked our bank transactions the money had been taken and on our transactions the order was on there but obviously never received but paid for. Im not sure whats happening with merlins but they do not answer the phone (I hear they were having a refurbish) although I have eaten there and had takeaways for years. I have passed on to my bank to recover the money as they do not have the courtesy to answer the phone and I have left messages. I will be avoiding them in the future and will pass on to family and friends. Out of order!

We placed a order on Saturday 8th of June to celebrate watching the rugby earlier that day, the order was placed online, money was taken from our accounts, confirmation email sent through, and restaurant was said to be open online. We waited 1 hour 30 min we tried calling with no success, expected them to be busy, we finally drove to the restaurant to find all doors shut windows dark and the place completely shut. Thoroughly disappointed, bad way to finish such a good day.

Been a regular here for years, chicken dansak and sagaloo is 2nd to none.. The chicken is always very tender, some other curry houses I find the chicken is over cooked and very tight on the amount chicken they put in. only thing is naan breads aren’t amazing and I think the dips should come free with the popadoms if your order is over £25

The four of us were celebrating my recent birthday; we had a wonderful meal and experience with you all. Service was very quick and the food was seriously delicious. We will be back - and definitely NOT 3 years later (first time we ate with you guys was just before the pandemic / lockdowns started) but with a much quicker return date than that. You all are a serious credit to Northampton as a town and we look forward to visiting you soon. Whilst not being any fault of your own as a business, parking nearby is quite the challenge but I will stress that this is no fault of yours as a restaurant.

Lovely evening with friends, delicious food and excellent service. Surprised us with a little extra as we were celebrating a couple of birthdays in the group.

Good choice of food, great quality and pleasant service, unfortunately ordered coffee which came out in a Tiny cup, Please please serve coffees in a reassize cup not these tiny vessels.

Our meal was bad the prawn purée had shrimps the korma and other dishes only had 5 pieces of chicken prawns only shrimps the coke and beer were both flat then waited twenty minutes for the bill no atmosphere never use them again and it cost us £76

Lovely vibe, great starter and delicious curry. Very reasonable price, would recommend

First time I'd been back in a number of years, as I no longer live in Northampton. The food was absolutely perfect, as it always was as was the service. Diverted here on a journey back from Buckingham to Lincolnshire, definitely a good decision. Not much has changed, which is good, other than the nan breads are round, rather than pear shaped and they no longer give your female members a red rose.

Waited at least 40 minutes for the food to arrive, some items were missed out and my bill was incorrectly calculated. Please don’t waste your time or money.

Great food and really good value. I ordered the Thalia and wow it was delicious and would highly recommend

Had another fantastic takeaway from here Today King Prawn Massala and Special Rice. This has to be the best Indian Takeaway in the town. Always good food

Absolutely outstanding best Indian I’ve had for a long time! Was super tasty!!! Thank you

Made both of us ill. Stomach cramps all day next day. Would not recommend.

I had aloo Gobi and vegetable curry, vegetable curry was really spicy but what was worse was both had potatoes and they were rotten. Once I had eaten about half, I realised and sniffed one, it smelt SO bad! They I checked the others and one was soft on one side and yellow, and tough and leathery on the other side. Really gross. I've been pretty I'll for 24+ hours. Worst "Indian" ever. DON'T EAT HERE, unless like, your mother-in-law is due over and you're hoping to kill her.

Easily the absolute best Indian restaurant in northamoton. No other Indian restaurant compairs to it . Fact

Good service and very tasty food. Wide ranging menu of authentic Indian dishes. Biggest bowl of Balti lamb I have ever seen with plenty of tender meat.

Food in our opinion was far to long to getting to us.Food was also dry and cold had to re-heat in oven for 15/20 minutes not good all round.

Great friendly service. The chef is excellent. A must eat here restaurant. Best Dansak in the country.

Managed to fit 17 of us in food came out quickly. Service was smooth. Parking could be an issue as there's no dedicated car park but there's usually a space on the street. Food was good. Service was good. Its difficult to fit a table of 17 so there wasn't a great deal of space but it worked

Went in last night with friends, had meat samosas, they were the small parcel ones in which I get two, and they were packed with filling {minced lamb} tasted just devine, lovely crisp pastry, perfectly complimented the freshly cooked meat. Then a chicken tikka balti, which I asked to add more ginger in the cooking, and the chef got it perfect. Once you've tried a dish , you can always tailor it the next time you go there , if you know how to determine your pallet. Had a pint of Dortmond , a German lager, for me it's better than Cobra as is paler , and lighter , a very nice beer, didn't have dessert, although was massively considering the ferrero ice cream

Bland, flavourless food. Really disappointed as the food was historically really good. Needless to say I Won’t be back.

Dine here once a month never had a bad meal very accommodating never rush you to leave.

Can't fault the delivery time. There was nothing wrong with the order though it came a little luke warm. I've ordered before and would likely use again as it's cheaper than most restaurants of this kind of food.

Terrible food, heavily relies on being on Wellingborough road for business. I have never been served rotten chicken in my life till now and you can tell they do not clean their pint glasses. Best part of the visit was leaving the establishment.

The food was nice and good value. The atmosphere in the restaurant was good and the staff friendly. Nothing blew me away but I don't think that's what they're aiming to do. Overall pretty average. If you're out with a group of friends for a curry and a few drinks like I was, then I would definitely recommend it. If you're after something more special then there are other places for this.

Shared several starters and 2 mains and a side. Extremely tasty and very well priced. A definite must

I like to try different Indian takeaways. First time ordering from merlins. Would not order from there again. Not much of a wow factor.

Advertising a 20-40 delivery slot but yet they still delayed an early preorder by 40 minutes. To make it worse, the attitude and customer service when we called the restaurant was so disappointing. Blunt employee simply stated no drivers and ‘can’t do nothing about it’ etc. No compensation or money off next order offered for a loyal costumer. Whilst still promising 20-40 delivery on Just Eat. If they were honest, people would probably choose to order from somewhere else!

Average at best. The stuffed pepper with lamb mince always a good tester. And had no flavour and felt like I could've made better (which is a bad sign) You know when it comes with shredded cheap lettuce and one slice of tomato that there's no love either. Lamb Balti was a bit better. But only 6 pieces of meat. Wine was best part of meal sadly.

Always had a good meal in merlins

Was in this place yesterday and being called a gimpy which I'm not was born in the UK and I'm here all my life was told I'm living in a gispy site and called a gispy

The oriental fried chicken was substandard . Food taste should be improved- disappointed

Always have great food with friendly helpful staff. Never had a bad meal highly recommend. Takeaways delivered faster quick service

Delicious hot food lots of flavour and not expensive! Good size portions plenty left for breakfast!

Been a long time having a curry from Merlin's, still as good as I remember.

We always enjoy our meal at merlins the food is always amazing great service will be back soon

Delivery was on time, naan was very tasty, food was good.

Lovely meal and well looked after. We were a large group that they did well to serve without incident!

Great restaurant with tasty food, and always quick service. Merlins is easily one of the best curry houses in Northampton.

We love Merlins! It’s one of our favourite restaurants, the food is so yummy and the staff are really lovely!!

It was pretty good This place is the best Indian restaurant dining in. Felt like the food didn’t travel too well Mixed kebab very dry , no onions or peppers A bit unexciting but ok Samosas the best around though

Went with family for dinner. They have Indian dishes in the menu. Ordered starters, Veg curry and Veg Biryani. All of them had too much of potato and that too it was smelling like the way rotten potatoes do. Taste of all the dishes was pathetic. When informed to the waiter about the rotten potatoes, the answer to my surprise was that the chef is not sure what's the smell and also said no one else has complained. The behavior of the waiter was also not at all polite. I would not recommend anyone who wants to eat Indian cuisine to visit this restaurant. They are just fooling people by serving junk food in the name of Indian dishes.

Cool and clean restaurant. Friendly staff as well.

Went here for 2nd date, tasty curry's, good portion size, spice to amaze and naan was lovely. Paper dome served with lovely dip selection good price, waiter was friendly

Today ordered the meat and veg thali got to say very very disappointed with the quality of the food not at all fresh tasted dal not will not veg curry tasted off .

always great food and service. came for a friends 50th and were very accomodating

As always nice and tasty and a good price 👍

On my sixth takeaway all been very good Very cheap as well

I have used Merlin's for many years to eat in and as a takeaway they have never disappointed me they are in my mind the best India restaurant in the northampton area very good service friendly staff food quality excellent nothing to much trouble wouldn't eat anywhere else.

The biriyani does not taste good , the rice was not cooked property . Does not even touch the taste of Indian biriyani.

Overcooked Chicken Tikka with no lemon on the side either - so tasteless, salad ok, but the main course king prawn madras was horrible! About 4 prawns in a highly diluted watery sauce, which was hot but absolutely tastless too! All the pickles and chutney were diluted too so again tasteless... the mushroom cauliflower bhaji was ok and so were the pompadoms - but the keema naan, although ok on its own - there was nothing to dip it into but tasteless yuk! Really disappointed that your takeaway is of such poor quality and such a waste of money too! £21.95 down the drain and in the bin! Disgusted, feel conned and won't be ordering again!

Don't taste likes a authentic food

The vegetable thali and prawn puri were both delicious! Naz was absolutely lovely upon collection. Will definitely be going back!

We eat at Merlin's at least once a month and have the occasional takeaway. The food is exceptional and well presented, however, the manager and staff hardly interact with their customers. We never get greeted and only speak to the staff when ordering and asking for the bill. Perhaps a little more customer interaction would improve our rating.

As always nice hot food and value for the money Also it was nice to be Greeted at the door by my Christian name nice touch 👍

Arrived pretty cold. Strangest dansak I’ve had, no whole lentils, overly sweet, almost red in colour. Oriental chicken was really basic for a special. Menu could do with better descriptions / photos to avoid disappointment.

The vegetable thali was delicious and great value!

Amazing food as always! Would recommend it to anyone

Loved the big salad with the samosas and the two pots of sauce. Mushroom rice very tasty. Madras was a bit runny and could have done with some bits of onion in with it as well as the king prawns. Very flavourful though

Absolutely amazing food, had food from here for several times and it’s always amazing, fresh, tasty and value for money! I would recommend it to anyone :)

Really great quality Curry and great value. All prepared on time and ready for collection as promised. Certainly be back!

Thank you so much, amazing as always !

Never had a bad meal from Merlins. Would recommend to everyone

Lovely and took notice of our allergy advice

Great local curry house. The staff are great, no fuss, not fancy just good honest Bengali food! Number 1 curry house in Northampton for me!

Food is always great from Merlin's and delivery is quick

Been going there for over 20 years and have never had a bad meal there same as tonight was good and really good food

Very friendly service and reasonable cost . Food always good.

Visited Merlins on Saturday night for a curry prior to going out. Food was freshly cooked and very enjoyable. The place has a nice atmosphere and is also very reasonably priced. Will definitely return.

Brilliant service and food is amazing, they do take out now. Will be returning next week. Thanks again

First time I have been there in many years as I live the other side of town now. A lot has changed but it was a good value meal. Service was very good if anything a little intrusive, but we didn't have to wait for anything and I'd definitely go again.

Small menu but this means specialisation. Dishes are always excellent quality here.

As always good fresh food at a reasonable price 👍

As always good fresh food at a reasonable price 👍

As always food spot on and very tasty and also a fair price 👍

As always food spot on and very tasty and also a fair price 👍

As usual a very nice meal for a Reasonable price and always on time and hot when delivered 👍

As usual a very nice meal for a Reasonable price and always on time and hot when delivered 👍

Excellent food and quick delivery

Excellent food and quick delivery

All ways nice hot food and value for your money and the wife’s happy which is the main thing 👍

All ways nice hot food and value for your money and the wife’s happy which is the main thing 👍

Excellent food as always delivered on time

Excellent food as always delivered on time