Mirchi in Stoke-on-Trent

Excellent South Indian cuisine in Stoke. You don’t come here for the ambience or decor, but the grub is good. There is a broad selection of classic starters including poppadoms, samosas and bhajis for those who don’t wish to stray from a British Indian menu. However, for those that want a South Indian experience, there are plenty of delicacies and street food on offer. They serve: dosas, sambal, manchurian, kothu parathas, chicken 65 (delightful) and more… The South Indian mains I recommend are the Kerala Chicken Curry and Malabar Fish Curry. Overall, a wonderful evening trying a wide choice of curries. Will be back to try the extensive biryani list and more chicken 65.

First time here last night 10/11/24,very impressed Exelent food and choice

Food was nice and service was good too.

Visit the restaurant for first time and as we entered I expected a good welcome but we felt judged and i don’t know what’s the thing with table service . Am trying to sit somewhere calm and they are trying to make us sit in full of people and after that I ordered the food . The quantity in £9.25 is not worth it . Although food is decent but the staff is not friendly and also tandoori roti is not tandoori . So a genuine advice not to go there . If you are experimenting then it’s fine 😅.

Very friendly staff and amazing food

Is this restaurant is so so good

15/09/24 Disgusting food if you don’t want have sickness and diarrhoea I suggest you go somewhere else… I’ve been throwing up for 20 minutes

Superb, reasonably-priced restaurant. Options were anuthentic and staff were charming and helpful. Highly recommended. We shall be back when next in the area.

Really tasty food and great customer service. Highly recommend.

Although we've moved 250 miles away we can still book a meal! Happy days.Our grandsons baptism. Happy families and friends. Wonderful food and service once again.

Thanks guys, great food and service

Ordered a takeout came one meal short rang and they said nothing they could do about it very very disappointed ☹️☹️☹️☹️

Excellent, authentic, exciting food served by charming and attentive staff. Good value. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal and our evening.

Happened to find this place on Uber and we ordered food. Everything was delicious and tasted amazing, food was prepared really quick

Excellent authentic indian food. Came here once and now it is our go to takeaway. Staff are all very nice too.

Super food including lots of vegan options with great service and at great prices. probably the best Indian restaurant in Stoke-on-Trent.

5* all the way, hubby had Chettinad Lamb Curry for main, didn’t want to drink his beer, which is a first, as he said just wanted to savour the flavour and taste of his dish. We will definitely be back.x

We have been to mirchi and ordered cheese nan, chilly chicken and prawn curry. The food was really nice and tasty. But the service of the staff was a nightmare. After having some food we asked the staff to parcel our food. While he was collecting the food for parcelling. Unfortunately, the prawn curry slipped from his hand which we haven’t had eaten at all and it was all over our table and the floor. We can understand that we are all humans and it can happen. But,the shocking thing was he asked to us if he can parcel the food which was “lying on the table”. It was really horrible and we said ‘no we don’t want it. The worst part is,he even billed for the whole amount for the prawn curry which we didn’t had. It was really a disappointment for us to get these service from a good restaurant. Never treat a customer like this.😳😳. It was really insulting.

It was literally the best Indian I’ve ever had I really recommend the chicken tikka masala it’s amazing the whole family enjoyed and are planning to go again in a couple weeks

The food was excellent! We ordered a variety of dishes and were satisfied with the quality of each one. The Kolhapuri chicken was particularly amazing with its extra spiciness, and the tandoori chicken was also exceptional.

We were visiting the area and did a quick search for 'best Indian food in Stoke', revealing this restaurant. We visited on Sunday lunchtime and the restaurant was fairly quiet. Service was prompt, friendly and professional. The food was exquisite. We ordered a dal makhani, a saag paneer and a guntur kodi kura, a chicken dish with poppy seed and coconut, and all were piping hot, flavoursome and individually spiced. The rice was fluffy and delicate, the roti was fresh and hot. In short, the food was lovely and we will return.

Very authentic South Indian food in a good atmosphere. Will come back !

All time favorite restaurant in Stoke-on-Trent. We visit the place very frequently now, a south Indian style restaurant (Andra style) . Love the lamb biriyani alot, also different style chicken recipes are in the menu. very friendly staff.

First time I have visited great service great value for the money beautiful tasty food would highly recommend and I will definitely be coming back

We can to this restaurant first time while visiting Alton Tower. The food and overall experience was excellent. Staff are very poice and welcoming. It was delight to find such nice food outside London. we enjoyed throughly and will come back again in future when we visit Stoke on Trent in future.

Authentic and original Indian Biriyani, Original style and taste. They got original Indian cusines and also British Indian cusines, covers wide range of variety. Perfect spice level customisation options for all curries and Biriyani's. This is brilliant move 👏👏👏 choose your spice levels not available in other restaurants. Nice ambience, friendly people.!! My only place to visit too often in Stoke 🤗 sometimes I walk out feeling like I am in India.

Attended sponsored meeting. Excellent starters particularly the Amritsari fish

Fabulous food, friendly and helpful staff. A firm favourite with us.

My food was excellent, thankyou, will order again. Best food in ages

Went for an evening meeting with work Food was very nice

Last time me go with my family I got a worst experience from their staff,some of customers they behaving like better from ours...if we starting orders they give their tablets &tell to me what you want you order..what's that..?.we shocked..then we ordered our myself in their tablets,and the same staff go to next customers..they take orders .wth tablets..what's that.?after eating something& we want some water.!!!!we ordered &waiting ...!!!we have 4 yr kid also with us...kid also want some water..after 15 min they gve it to us,.we ordered some water they behave like ,they don't like our order..we spent around £40 .we also giving money, then why they behave like these...I never go back to mirchi anymore.and .I never ever recommend anyone to go there...very worst experience ...hey please tell what you mean by customer satisfication??

Good ambience, really friendly staff and very attentive, food was excellent, one thing I want to specially point out is the quick service. The time it took from the time the order was placed to the food being served was less than 10 minutes, considering that we ordered different dishes, is incredible. My highlight of all the dishes was the Andhra Mutton Curry as a hot spicy food lover this was amazing. I will definitely go there again if I am in Stoke 😁

We was served by a waiter called Rikesh he was absoloutly lovely. Service was really good and the restaurant itself had good hygeine and was spotless. The food was really nice, we did order butter chicken but wasnt as we thought it would be😕 But Rikesh happily took that away and replaced with something else, he was very understanding. The food was 10/10 and have a great variety to choose from, i would defo reccommend.

Amazing food. Very welcoming and caring waiter. The food was very well seasoned and felt authentically Indian. The best restaurant we have been to. Would love to visit again soon.

Tastiest Indian food you could find in the city. They have all the special Indian varieties. The prices are very reasonable and the service is excellent. A nice place to dine with your family or friends. Very clean and neat. Ample parking available.

My friends took me there, friendly and welcoming staff and very delicious food. Enjoyed very much.

Excellent choice of food, hot in temperature, heat to tast as requested and quick, friendly service. Will be returning for the Thali on the lunch menu.

I ordered from them several times. Delicious biryanis and am excited to try more. Everything has been tasty and good portions. Best Indian food in the area most definitely!! It’s worth it.

Good service and delicious curry

It is absolutely amazing Indian restaurant.

Yet again Kishore & staff made another family celebration outstanding. 30 of my family in the refurbished venue 20 to celebrate my 65th birthday. The food was wonderful and everyone enjoyed it, the attention to our family diatry requirements for elderly relatives and the children was perfect. We feel that there isn't anywhere better be it near or far.

Currys are good, but the nans are now awful. The nans now look like flatbreads with no bubbles and no clay flavour. Bring back authentic nans from a clay oven please.

Me and my partner had a lovely meal today. Staff very friendly, food was amazing. Well defo be back again.

The best Indian food I've ever tasted it was beautiful service great owners very friendly definitely be back

Great food and service with a separate vegan menu.

It was amazing food, I have no ward to say. Thank you so much.

Lovely place and a separate vegan menu

5 for dinner. Very good cooking, authentic and priced reasonably. I think that it's probably the best Indian restaurant in the Potteries.

Ordered 2 Indian curries from Mirachi. Surprisingly both had same base gravy and spices was same, the only thing that different was chicken pieces and vegetables kofta(technically it was potato balls). The most disappointing part was both curries were bitter in taste. I dined at Mirchi's 5 months back and have been planning to go back ever since, bcz the food was simply amazing. That's why I ordered the same dishes from Mirachi. But this experience has made me change my mind. Mirachi@ plz have ur dishes corrected.

We came to dine in on the first of January. We left the restaurant feeling disappointed with the food. One of the waiter who served our table was really rude from the beginning. That particular man was quite abrupt. He should smile at customers and be more available. Poor service and the food is on an average level, nothing special. Cheese naan was small and too much roasted. Prices are ok.

Very tasty chicken tikka,highly recommended

Ordered online from a Reccomdendation. The chicken tikka masala was 100% tomato soup with chicken….. the chips hadn’t seen any heat at all and The naan bread might as well been a cracker it was That hard…..delivery Took an hour which I can deal with but the food was poor

I loved the food at Mirchi! It’s a lot more creative and varied than most Indian restaurants I have been to and incredibly tasty. The staff are friendly and helpful, plus it’s a nice building. I look forward to going again soon.

I booked only to be took that the place was now fully booked after driving for 2 hours to the restaurant

100% government hotel,, waiter is the king…

Been enjoying their food for more then five years, well done, have maintained v good standards.

The foods outstanding, prompt service and authentic feel about the place 👌

Absolutely amazing food and service. Probably up there with the best I’ve had. Will certainly be going back again.

Absolutely amazing food , 6 of us had food and all the dishes were Amazing

Place is really good for sitting, not maintaining food highgen, really disappointed about service

Taste is no doubt very good as compared to other Indian restaurants. If something is written spicy it is really very much spicy. Must try spot in Stoke-on-Trent.

Absolute rubbish definitely won’t be back the food was garbage Toilets were minging very cold place

Had a lovely time with our friends but we were left feeling disappointed with the food. We asked for medium spiced but it tasted more hot. Our friends loved their food so maybe we just ordered the wrong food. The service was quite poor, the men were quite abrupt and the ladies toilets were absolutely terrible.

A very nice place to have good Indian food. Masala dosa is really good. Service is quick and staff is humble.

We had biryani with lamb on the bone and my partner had manchurian veggie balls and veggie noodles. The biryani came in a fairly big bowl but the lamb on the bone portion was only just adequate. The lamb was tender and tasted very nice. The rice was just okay Fairly nice flavours but overrall a very dry dish and I didn't like the cloves in the rice. It was expensive for what it was! My partner enjoyed the manchurian veggie balls but said they were very spicy. She did NOT enjoy the veggie noodles as she said they were bland. I tried the noodles too and I could've done a better cooking job at home and I'm not a good cook!!!!! Most of the veggie noodles were left on the plate!! The waiter did NOT help us with our menu choices which is POOR customer service! To sum up, the food was average and expensive for what you got We may be tempted to return if there is a special offer in TWO years time!!!!!

We had biryani with lamb on the bone and my partner had manchurian veggie balls and veggie noodles. The biryani came in a fairly big bowl but the lamb on the bone portion was only just adequate. The lamb was tender and tasted very nice. The rice was just okay Fairly nice flavours but overrall a very dry dish and I didn't like the cloves in the rice. It was expensive for what it was! My partner enjoyed the manchurian veggie balls but said they were very spicy. She did NOT enjoy the veggie noodles as she said they were bland. I tried the noodles too and I could've done a better cooking job at home and I'm not a good cook!!!!! Most of the veggie noodles were left on the plate!! The waiter did NOT help us with our menu choices which is POOR customer service! To sum up, the food was average and expensive for what you got We may be tempted to return if there is a special offer in TWO years time!!!!!

By far the best Indian food in the area. Far from standard fare, this restaurant produces real, home cooked, truly Indian dishes. A pleasure, and surprisingly reasonable prices.

Worse food I've ever had, wouldn't order again

Excellent tasting authentic Indian food

Loved it nice food and cheap enough

Time waste and not good restaurant

The food is good, when it is fresh. I go there for an occasional Dosa and Vada. On a number of occasions they have served stale chutneys and dosa filling. Yesterday, the dosa arrived within a minute of ordering and it was cold to touch. I asked them to replace it. The replacement was warm but not crisp. I ordered Vada for takeaway. Since they were busy and taking time to bring the check, I opened the package and decided to eat it. The chutneys were clearly a few days old. The excuse they gave was that they get packed in the morning (not). They then brought the fresh chutneys. I was not delighted paying £22. It’s a hit and miss. I would say insist on bringing fresh food if you find it stale or cold. There is no other accessible place for Dosa, so when I am craving it, I’m forced to go there and hope it will be fresh.

We found this by luck, we were very hungry after our Alton Tower dah out and looking out for options. Luckily we found Mirchi and got amazing food for our takeaway. Bear in mind the dishes are spicy as per the level you mention. We took Medium spicy and we found it perfect, but for kids take Mild.

Amazing food and company would definitely recommend don’t let the looks from the outside go in and enjoy the emasculate food they have to offer!!!

Really nice and fresh food. I really recommend it

Came here after seeing the menu and reviews. Felt somewhere like It could be having food back at home, and I was pretty much satisfied finally after being to many Indian restaurants. Ordered for vegetable manchurian as started and for main course, butter naan, paneer tikka masala, mushroom pulao, and finally finished with gulab jamun with vanilla ice cream as desert. Enjoyed the whole course thoroughly. Trust me, I've been to many Indian restaurants in and around England, Wales, and Scotland, but none of them were close to the food we have back at home. But this one felt like home, purely because of the spices and freshness of the food. Would recommend this place anytime to anyone. Wanna come here again when around this place. Service was also good. Wait time: 6-8 minutes Was quite busy when I visited, but the service was quick once we has been seated.

Service along with food and price, everything is worth it. Normally I got manchester and birmingham for food but this is closest to such places in stoke

Staff is friendly and attentive. They make you feel welcome. You can now order by scanning the QR code and pay. Service was swift. I wish good was of the same quality. Naans were good. Tandoori rotis were thick and chewy. Paneer butter masala and Dal makhni were ok.

"Their food is somehow not bad, with a decent variety on the menu. An attractive feature is the online ordering system through scanning a QR code at the table. The food was served warm, which was a plus. However, I must say that their service was very disappointing. During our visit, there was an issue with a £2.95 kids' ice cream that we didn't receive. When we inquired about it, the manager seemed to argue with us. What stood out was the fact that he hadn't printed the receipt, and he treated us as if we were trying to cheat him over a £100 meal. HE ISN'T PROFESSIONAL ATA ALL. Due to this experience, I cannot recommend this place."

We paid for the food and dessert but when we asked for the dessert manager just come to us like we are trying to have free dessert but after showing the receipt he just left our desert on the table and ran way without an apology. Terrible customer service

Good quality authentic south Indian food. Wide menu options hence a variety of food. Friendly staff and great service. Ample parking on site. Family friendly atmosphere. Highly recommended.

It was a pleasant and nice place

Had a takeaway from this place. The butter chicken was a huge disappointment. It was sweet, extremely sweet- at a point it felt like it had lots of sugar in it. However the starters(chicken tandoori was good but not as hot as if should have been given that we live 15 minutes from the place) naans and pulav was great. But it not make up for the butter chicken and we had to sadly bin it. Look forward to try other dishes though!

Loved chicken biryani, onion bhaji and chai here. Must try

Great masala dosa samosa chaat and masala tea! We also had them for a 160 person catered music event - excellent food reviews! Highly recommended restaurant

Got a table for 2 of us as a walk in on a Saturday night. Service throughout our meal was good and staff were very attentive. Food was excellent and drinks prices were very reasonable. Definitely would go back. The samosa chaat and bang bang chicken were both great starters and the railway lamb curry and the lamb handi biryani again were delicious main courses.

Amazing food, brilliant service, staff is downright the best ever and most courteous locally. Mirchi family, you are awesome. Always return happy and well fed. Keep up the great work.

Mirichi used to have more delicious food than now.. we had thosa recently and it’s tasty though, should have been better than that.

Wow. Felt the Indian environment. Indian people inside. Food was delicious. Spicy and hot. Must go

Dreadful. Ordered and food never arrived. Called and they said it wasn’t their problem. Terrible. We have ordered from here almost twice a month for over a year. Never ever again.

Excellent food, and one of the best tandoori chicken I've ever eaten. Loved the way they serve the lemon sorbet, and loved the coconut ice cream.

We visited as a large group and had a buffet. The food was great and the staff were friendly and helpful. There weren't quite enough seats set out for our booking, but everything got sorted with minimal fuss. The upstairs area we were in was a little lacking in atmosphere, but the downstairs seemed nice and welcoming.

Best food ever but now to expensive

Amazing! The father in law takes us here alot. Very welcoming, they all love both our little girls, very child friendly. Staff always smart and polite. The food is unreal! I'm a fussy eater and this is the only Indian I go too! By far the best.

Confirmed my order for delivery straight away and canceled an hour later when it was due for delivery wasted my time

Very disappointing visit to this used to be our go to Indian restaurant. This was our 5th visit to the restaurant. To our surprise food quality has gone down a little with cold extremely small portion of sambhar being served with dosa and being charged for additional sambhar (usually complimentary). The most surprising part was being charged to have my left over curry packed-£1 for it. They also charged 50p extra for the spice level of curry to be hot. Overall very disappointing as this used to be a decent restaurant. We left feeling being robbed. Its not about a few extra quids but about charging unfairly.

Went to this restaurant Please don't visit this as it is not worth it Quantity of food very small And when you take extra chutney they charged extra Quite unlike any other South Indian restaurant They charged extra for a glass pint no reasons why Extra for takeaway Save your day and money Don't visit Mirchi

The nicest tikka massage I've ever tasted and I've tasted alot. 😋

Good ambience, expect delay in service during busy hours. Unfortunately the dosa I ordered came with coconut chutney which tasted awkward may be because it was prepared by a rotten coconut. Hope it will be better next time.

Food isn't just meh really. Curry wasn't cooked properly made and cold as if reheated in a microwave I would say order from grill section that stuff is "nicer". Peshawari naan for some reason has shujhi halwa in it for some reason and when asked they said this is what a Peshawari naan is. Don't know which Peshawar they have been going to for their naan recipe but it was nice but not something you would have with your curry.