Monsoon in Isle of Wight

I have used Monsoon a few times and found good until recently. I phoned up to order a delivery. The person I spoke to was rude and the kitchen could no longer cater for my allergies. I was made to feel like they didn't want my custom.

The food is terrible and the service is horrendous. We have tried this place more than once and this was the worst yet.

Poor quality staff aside of the delivery driver, highly overpriced for small portions, chicken in the jalfreizi heavily salted, suspect it's old. Ordered a keema naan got a coriander naan. Poor basically

Tried to order for delivery...very rude staff. Claim to deliver within 3 mile radius but totally obnoxious on phone and not interested on our £35 order.

Incredibly rude staff, no reason to give business to a restaurant that doesn’t respect customers. Also hires illegal immigrants for work, factual information.

Not good standard meat was dry,the side of onion to go with chutneys and yoghurt was poorly presented,big chunks of roughly chopped onion in a plastic bag,fajita dips really watery, felt carelessly prepared and presented.When I complained I was told "what could be offered to me was it would be better next time"?? I was accused of being "racist" which is highly offensive to me, I was horrified

Called various local Indian cuisines, spoke to monsoon, they didn’t hesitate to take time on giving us information regards delivery possibilities, we were lucky, they delivered to our holiday address. The food we ordered was brilliant, we love curry and have our local favourite, this did not disappoint, everything we ordered was tasty and just as we expected, I would 100% recommend this establishment 👍👍👍👍👍

Polite and clear man to take my order, and the food was amazing, I believe that’s probably the freshest cooked Indian takeaway I’ve ever had and the flavours were incredible. I’d recommend 100% to anyone wanting an Indian takeaway.

Ordered takeaway last night amazing food excellent delivery service I will definitely be placing an order again.

Ordered a chicken korma for my partner and a vegetable bhuna for myself and we weren't disappointed. My partner did say his chicken was a little bit cool but my veg bhuna was spot on, hot in temperature and nice and spicy in taste. I also ordered 2 poppadoms but were given extra and also extra sauces, which was nice. I picked our order up and they were so friendly and I will definitely be going back again.

sadly the Restaurant has closed only a takeaway / home delivery now. Food has always been exceptional

Had a home delivery last night and it was excellent. It was the first time we have used this restaurant after they put one of their menus through our door. The flavours were strong and aromatic and the food expertly cooked. Thank you chef for not using a lot of salt or ghee. The delivery was fast and the service polite and friendly. I look forward to next month when the online ordering/payment service is launched and I will definitely use this restaurant as a takeaway again.

We ate in this restaurant twice, during a recent visit to Ryde. The fact that we went back says it all - the food was good; the service was excellent; and the ambience made for a pleasant place to have dinner. Recommended.

Having eaten here before on a previous visit to Ryde we were very happy to return. The menu is varied and we took the opportunity to have something differnet. Complimentary poppadoms on arrival was a nice touch and the wine list is reasonably priced. Service is excellent - prompt and friendly without being intrusive. Portions were just the right size and left feeling very happy. Good value

My husband and I went for a meal here in September. We had a wonderful meal, cooked fresh to order from the extensive menu. It was difficult to chose what to have and after advice from the lovely waiter we went with his recommendations. I have no doubt that all the choices are delicious as the smells from the kitchen were amazing! The naan bread was the best I've ever eaten and is made from scratch on site. Friendly and efficient service, and all at a reasonable price. We will definitely be back. Make sure you have a meal here 😁

In our so far fruitless search for a top notch curry house on the island we have tried the Monsoon twice now and I would say the food is average, neither bad or good but certainly nothing to write home about, on our part we will move on and try another one next. You can see in the photo that there are 3 wall mounted pictures hung together to create a scene but they have not been put up with any effort and all 3 hang at different heights and angles, we then checked other pics and found just about all were hanging slightly askew as if someone had come in late at night after a few bevvies, hung them willy nilly and nobody has noticed since or its been done on purpose as a sort of pop art scene but I doubt that. You can also see in the pic that the chairs all have cloth covers over them, white black, white black etc, looks ok until you see the grime (black) marks on them and the black marks are not small, its ingrained and whilst the black covers dont show any marks (for obvious reasons) they are undoubtedly the same, they badly need washing and thats why I used the heading of a womans touch, no woman would allow that but its completely ignored by the staff. The reasons I have mentioned this is that if the poor hanging of the pics and the really grimy chair covers are as they are then what other parts of the retaurant have fallen to one side which may not be in public view, yes indeed!

Really nice menu and food. Friendly staff with a family feel. Pleasant surroundings. We were glad to have found this restaurant and will certainly visit again next time we are in Ryde.

Terrible restraunt Monsoon indian restaurant isle of wight we had a family meal tonight and it was disgusting food was so bland with no taste the starter was not even fresh it had been cooked in advance as the meat was all dry.Whe staff were so pushy in upselling dishes and drinks which was quite off putting,and from the bar all you could hear from the owner taking telephone orders was I give you a discount on you order and when we asked we were told that it was only for collection or delivery.Sorry we will never eat here again this is not a authentic indian restaurant.

Ordered food that rice comes within the price, received two extra. When I called to tell them was told they couldn’t do anything about it..... at 2.50 a portion I was disgusted with the lack of customer care and lack of ownership I have been using them for a longtime and they still just didn’t care. ..... I won’t be using them again.

Good friendly service, large portions, excellent Chicken Biryani and wonderful Peshwari Nann Bread. Tasty Lamb Madras and Vegetable Curry but, lacked substance. Too much sauce and too little meat or vegetable. Presentation could improve too with a little thought and flair from the Chef. Restaurant too hot, made the evening a little uncomfortable. Overall good with some improvement needed for repeat custom.

I will never use this place again. How rude had the phone put down on us twice. We asked for no peas in the rice takeaway delivered peas in the rice. Curry was asked not to be too hot and it was. Was informed peas are already in the rice. Even though we got told he will make sure I get better next time. Would not offer to cook and redelivery of what was asked for. Very Disappointed LACK of Customer Care Service. I will go elsewhere in future.

Ate at Monsoon for the first time in about three years, we have been missing great food and excellent service. We can highly recommend this restaurant.

I can not rate their food, but their customer service is abysmal. Ordered a take away meal for our family as a special treat. Was told we would have a long wait (a little more than an hour), which being a Saturday night, we were okay with. After an hour and 50 minutes, my husband called and asked about our food, upon which he was told by the owner that it was on route and they had not gone that much over the time quoted. My husband disagreed and asked if we could have a discount. The conversation ended with the owner telling my husband to "stop harassing me you idiot" (for no real reason) and hanging up the phone. The food eventually arrived 2 hours after the order was placed. We subsequently refused it and will never order from there again.

This used to be an amazing place. However, I said used to. Over the last few years the standard has declined. You can accept a meal that is slightly off being great, put it down to experience and go again another time. This I have done for probably the last time. The quality of the ingredients has fallen and from that, there's no hope. They get busy on a Friday or Saturday evening, so the wait can be expected. But when the food comes and you're home by car within a few minutes, you expect it to be hot. It's all about the money they take and not the quality they serve. The only time they get animated is when scribbling down the food orders and thinking about the Pounds in their pockets. Having had food in these premises for nearly 30 years, it's time to stick with Ryde Tandoori and leave this one in the memory before the legacy is completely ruined.

Liz and i have been here a few times and always had good food and attentive service. Highly recommended over and above a few other Indian restaurants on the Island.

Ok so this isn't the worst place I've ever eaten. I once ate at a very questionable street vendor in New York city. However let me list what was good about this venue.

By far the best indian restaurant on the island friendly service and family run I would definitely recommend

Very good Indian. Good quality food - and they make it properly spicy (which many restaurants seem afraid to do). Good service too.

Would highly recommend this restaurant for its food. Good portions very tasty and reasonably priced. Especially recommend the Haast (duck) as both a tikka starter and as a masala main.

Why people complain about this restaurant is a mystery.. have just has 12 friends on a school reunion going back some 60 years.. the food was great..exactly as we ordered, with prompt service...can’t fault the staff or the chef.. some wonderful Indian cuisine came from the kitchen.. can’t be bad.. we are hopefully coming back next year... me as an individual will be back very soon...

This is the only Indian restaurant I’ve ever ordered from that doesn’t have a tomato base sauce for their butter chicken. What we got was pretty inedible. Rice was bad too. Strong non-recommend.

Was really surprised to have not enjoyed this, started of well it was very quiet only two other tables and a take away service. starters were very over cooked i had duck but honestly couldn't tell what kind of meat it was and a mixed grill was so dry and both covered in onions. We tried to get attention of waiter but they were chatting very loudly to another table all night, We ordered drinks that never arrived and the main course was just meh. We did say something but we got a very ingenuous sorry. We left before finishing and waited outside for 20 mins in the cold for a taxi rather than stay inside, we would usually order dessert and coffee and possible extra drinks but as no one was interested in delivering the drinks we had already ordered seemed pointless so paid and went on our way. Was really surprised as this is not what we remembered from this place it was once vibrant and friendly, such a shame. A positive, the wine by the bottle was reasonably priced.

Found details of this place online and tracked it down - so glad we did. The food is excellent quality and some different options on the menu. Staff were very good and genuinely appeared to care that you enjoyed your meal. Would definately return

Went with friends for a meal and thoroughly enjoyed it. We all had different dishes and all were well prepared and tasted lovely. We will definately be back. They even offer a delivery service we have used a few times and the quality abd quantity are the same as dining in.

We have been in the Monsoon a number of times and we like it not the best Indian in the world but it’s not bad. The menu has too many main meals in my mind and they should probably slim down the menu and focus on the best ones. The Prawn Puri was very good the best we had. The Tikka dishes although ok they seem to have too much lemon in the cooking. Rice dishes are good as are the side dishes we had Chickpeas, Bombay Aloo and Nan. The owner is a lovely man very friendly

Visited Monsoon this eve after finding it by accident. Absolutely lovely meal. The portion sizes were really generous and everything was very tasty. Staff were great. Would definately recommend .

Don’t know what’s happening with this place to be honest. Always used to use this place but now if you want a really good meal go Ryde tandoori. Monsoon is going under. Just got a takeaway and really wasn’t good. I’m being polite here.

I have eaten at 100's of Indian restaurants and this is joint first with one in Coventry. I have tried all of the reviewed Island restaurants that are above this and they do not come close. I have eaten many times here and it varies a small amount from good to the best Indian food in the UK.

After the crowds down Union Street over the last 2 days we decided to go to Monsoon on High Street and a good choice for an enjoyable peaceful dinner and great value with their banquet menu offered for just £11.50 each for 4 courses plus complimentary popodoms with dips. A nice greeting from the front of house man called Sam if I remember correctly who also checked on our satisfaction of our meal choices-onion bhaji and chicken tikka starters followed by lamb rogan josh and chicken Kashmir mains accompanied by Bombay potatoes and mushroom bhaji and all very good and washed down with a bottle of Chenin Blanc.Would certainly return on our next IOW visit.

I was worried after reading reviews about Monsoon but actually my experience was great. I had ordered a takeaway over the phone & went to collect it so gained 10% off. They were lovely to transact with & the food was delicious ! My husband said the Lamb Passanda was the best he’s had. The presentation was faultless... sprinkled almonds on top of the passanda & my biryani had a sliced boiled egg, tomato slice & a cucumber slice garnishing it! Poppadoms where crispy too! Will use again for sure!

Was a Monday night, 9.45pm door said open. Went in, and they said starting to close up, so said no worries, another time. Except the guy in charge said its Ok, its OK, sit down, I asked are you sure, the reply Yes Yes, pointing to a table.

Ordered a takeaway asked the owner if the prices had gone up he said no however when the delivery arrived they asked for more money.absolutely disgusted with the staff at this establishment and will no longer contact them in future.

Food was lovely however I do not appreciate the fact that my starter plate was taken away from me mid-mouthful despite there still being food on my plate and I was not asked if I was finished!

great service and lovely curry- especially recommend the Biryani with omelette and almonds on top and complimentary popadums!

Pretending several times you cannot hear me, until I state I'll come down and speak with you in person. Hung up on before order was completed, number ignored until I went unknown, and then told they had no order for me, it'd take an hour and a half. I then say an hour and a half is ok, only to then be told it'll be two hours - again, hung up on. Then sworn at. So disgusted after having been a loyal customer for years, I really do not understand what on earth is going on. You need to fire the English man who takes the calls -- he's abrasive and unpleasant on numerous levels - won't be ordering again for fear of him tampering with our food.

I ordered a home delivery that came on time but was disappointed in the food. I ordered chicken tikka madras and it was watery. It was awful. On phoning to request an explanation the staff pretended they couldnt hear me and then accused me of being abusive! I had only said i wanted to make a complaint! They hung up on me. I phoned back and got abuse down the phone and they were very aggressive and they hung up. Unbelievably bad service and abusive behaviour it was very upsetting and i went hungry after spending £25 for nothing!

We had a pleasant ehough time in Monsoon, it was clean and comfortable, good service, good prices, reasonable Menu choices. I had the Persian Chicken Biryani which was fine but a bit hotter than I would have expected, my wife had the Tandoori Hassh Masala which came out on the Hot side of Medium. Not sure if all their dishes are on the Hot side, but that’s what we found. However, not that hot that they were not enjoyable

have had my second home delivery from monsoon in the last fortnight, both times it was vegetable dhansak with all the trimmings, i only live half a mile away, it arrived in about 25 mins & hot ! the whole dish both times was very very tasty indeed. really enjoyed it, thank you,- martin

We decided to try Monsoon's banquet night. What a delight. The whole family were there to greet us from the owner/manager, through to his grandad and grandmother.

A group of 3 of us arrived around 9.30pm on a Friday evening with the restaurant advertised as open until 11pm. There was one other table there. When we asked for a table, the looks between the staff should have given us a clue. We ordered main courses only and a bottle of wine and were given complimentary poppadums. The waiter tried to take away the plate someone still had a poppadum on saying the main course is ready! Nothing wrong with the food. Decent portions. But a waiter kept passing our table and one person finished and their plate was taken away. Dishes were literally being taken away as they were finished and the music was turned off before we had finished eating. We weren't asked if we wanted any coffees (not that we would have asked- it was clear they wanted us to leave) and the bill simply arrived. We paid and were out the door by 10.20pm.

I gave it another go but the old man is still a ba$tard and the food is still poor. This restaurant is waste of space.

Attempted to order food. They failed to deliver. Waited over 1hr 15mins to be told that they had 'forgotten' about my order, and that they had no record of it. Also the delivery driver went home. Obviously had better things to do than deliver food - can't be that busy this was a Saturday night (ordered at 9pm, phoned back at 10:15pm, and delivery driver was already in bed. Avoid. Other Indian restaurants in the area are very good :)

This place has been here for ages - since 1980 I think. However it was a takeaway only in those days. These days it has expanded into the shop next door and looks a lot more up market. I was pleased to see that the menu still includes the full range of traditional 20th Century British-Indian curries; Vindaloo, Tindaloo, Phaal etc. Not many restaurants do these days. The Chicken Tinderloo was very good. A little pricier than others but worth it.

16 of us booked for a birthday party Saturday evening. Great food, great service, infact, they couldn't do enough for us. We all had different meals and not one of us had any complaints. 4 Stars because the decor/furnishings are a tad 'tired' which, when you initially walk in, is not a great first impression. Am I being too picky ?

Food was excellent and service was also good, includes free poppadoms. Reasonably good value too definitely recommend

This was our first get together for 19 old school friends and partners, since leaving school (Ryde Sec Mod) in...

Quality food and good service. and not too expensive.Waiter was very attentive,would go again .Parking was a problem but there are plenty of car parks nearby .

Our experience of this restaurant was very positive. We were made welcome and were exceptionally well looked after.

Absolutely appalling company. Order was received wrong (twice!!) and in the end had to tell them to refund the order. They decided to refund only the one missing item even though the rest of the meal was not edible as it was stone cold and dried out from waiting for the missing item.

Had takeaway with family who live in Ryde on their recommendation, it was excellent.

We popped in for a evening meal whilst on holiday , we were made very welcome and shown to our seats and offered free complementary poppadums, we ordered our drinks and ordered our food , it arrived piping hot and quickly , it tasted lovely and was more that enough for us , the staff were polite and welcoming and were not made to leave straight after our meal, all in all a great dining experience Thank you to all the staff

Was a lovely lovely meal, the smell was incredible! Tried new items that I hadn't had before and even took some home because I wasn't able to eat it all was thoroughly stuffed! Had an amazing meal and enjoyed the experience!

We were delighted to find this excellent restaurant, whilst on holiday nearby.The food was delicious and the service was first class. We have a vast selection of curry houses in Guildford , this restaurant is as good, if not better than our local favourites.Thank you, we hope to return before our holiday is over.

I was on my own, and it was only 8.00pm, and the restaurant was over two thirds empty, with just a few tables close to the window, and then a couple near the bar. The elderly owner (I presume) in traditional dress shuffled up to me and didn't smile, or engage in any conversation, but turned to his younger colleague, maybe his son. This man was more friendly, but I was sat almost in the corridor area, so the elderly man, crochety with all staff, seemingly, would shuffle back and forth giving orders, in front of me! I was given a free popadom by the younger man, but only two pickles! No mango chutney. I ordered a large Kingfisher and a main course, rice, and naan, too. I waited, and drank, and waited and drank and all the time take-away orders were going out, with the elderly man loudly instructing the English delivery man. This was fairly constant and in front of me the couple were also waiting for their meal and they and they had been in before me. Over at the window area the customers had their food, but not a lot of 'on the floor' seemed to be going on at all. I gave up after 40 minutes and went to the bar, where the younger man was still on the phone, presumably taking yet more take-away orders! I told him the restaurant was wrong to prioritise take-away food, and that I was not happy. I offered to pay for my drink, and he did not even say, ''Have it on the house, as an apology!'' I left, and the other couple were STILL waiting, too! Awful place! Rude owner, sloppy management, and the two young men, who seemed to struggle with any English, looked slovenly, too! I will never return to such a place, when its obvious they make money from constant take-away food, and those in the restaurant paying more, have to sit and wait, and wait, and wait! My advice: DO NOT GO!

I see this restaurant has some mixed reviews and, yes, the service by the waiters was rather charmless, but efficient enough. The food, however, was excellent, some of the best Indian food I've had (and generous portions too). We did eat in (as opposed to a takeaway) and the owner himself was very pleasant to the three of us. Two of us were visitors to the Isle of Wight and none of us had eaten there before. We all agreed we would happily eat here again. While the service could be a bit more smiley I've still given Monsoon a 5 because of the first rate food.

Food was very tasty but I would have liked to finish my starter before my plate was whipped away. He asked if I was finished but I had a mouth full of food at the time. I did think they were rushing us because the main course was ready but no,we waited another 1/2 hour for that. Don't bother you get what you pay for.

My wife had booked a table for us to dine there. When they saw our pram and baby they turned denied us a seat and basically threw us out of the restaurant. We've been ordering take away from this place 4-5 time and each time spent at least £50. Disgusting behaviour.

Very courtesies food was lovely very good service and attentive waiters. Will definitely visit again when on the island. Only serve bottled beer none on draught but wasn't a problem

We have eaten here for many years in the restaurant and have never been disappointed. For the first time last week we had a takeaway, we ordered the meal for 7.30 arrived 7.25 meal delivered to us at 7.28. When we opened the meal at home , it was great well done monsoon.

Ordered a delivery which we were told would take approx 1hour 20 mins which is fine but 2 1/2 hours later still no sign so we called up to ask how much longer and it eventually it arrived after 3 hours ...cold and very unappealing. Bland and tasteless also . Not usually one to complain I couldn't let it go so i called up and asked to speak to the manager but he refused to come to the phone and they hung up . Over the last year or so Monsoon has deteriorated rapidly and this was the final straw I will not use them again!

This is a licenced restaurant, There are various curries to choose from. My preference is a mild one, but they are all beautifully presented with accessories. Well recommended, They do have special offer evenings.

I've eaten here before with family, great food... service average on the night. Last week phoned to get takeaway, told it would be an hour and a half to wait, is that ok... as I was saying 'umm' the guy on the line shouts "I can't wait for you to make your mind up!!!" And hangs up. I hesitated for maybe 1-2 SECONDS. Have just tried to order more tonight (I really like their biriyani)... first call goes to answerphone, second is answered then after a few seconds hung up... and the third answered and hung up straight away. Seriously don't know why these guys are so incredibly rude. Won't be trying again.

Disgusting. Spent £40 at the end of a very hard week at work. Delivered everything apart from the main. Called up and they said "oh well, everyone makes mistakes" they offered to deliver it half hour later, no apology, a £3 refund when the guy turned up.....what £3 for a tikka masala???? Won't ever use again, bloody rude, arrogant and no concern for return local custom

The food and the ambience of Monsoon cannot be criticised at all and nor can the son of the owner (Sam) he is lovely HOWEVER as with many other reviews on trip advisor the old man (sams father) is rude to the customers and he is the only reason me, my friends and family do not eat at Monsoon.

Food cold. Surly superior waiter in team . Very little lamb in lamb samosas. Sloppy veg sides. Lamb biriani was good, but not the veg curry sauce with it. Ice cream afterwards took forever. Irritating loud doorbell chime sounded throughout the eve to signal food ready from kitchen. A simple silent light over kitchen door would have worked better for customers. Clean white tablecloths. Comfortable seating. Clean tableware. Parking outside free and good availability if you are early. I live locally. First time visit. All in all, would not visit again.

Waited outside for 10 minutes passed advertised opening times watching multiple staff walk around, finally knocked on door to ask when they were opening to be told that their advertised times are wrong and they are shut, FFS why would they not say anything and let us stand there? So dumb!!

Tried to make an order by phone twice and was told to wait, I did listening to money being taken and goodbyes being exchanged thinking he will speak to me any second now! Tick tick tick ........ after holding on 5 mins each time the phone was put down! Very rude indeed a shame really as sat in restaurant to eat and food is very good. Due to this experience I'm not sure if we are going to order food from here again.

Have eaten many take always and they have always been excellent. Great intense flavours and very generous portions. Also excellent value for money. Would recommend

We arrived here on a Wednesday and were offered a table. We asked about the deal but were told it wasn't on as it was the school holidays. I then asked for a menu to check if we could still afford it. When i worked out that we could we asked for a table. The young chap was about to seat us when an old man rudely said no, that they were fully booked. There was no way I was then going to give them my business for a takeaway so we went elsewhere. Walked past half an hour later and it was still half empty. I fe that they knew we were not so well off and thought we wouldn't spend loads in drinks. These people are stuck up there own backsides and don't deserve anyones business.

Moonsoon always serve up quality curry's the lamb bhuna is one of my personal favorites but all the food is nice

Had supper here early on a Saturday evening when we had visitors. I didn't have a booking but they managed to find us a table for 4. This has to be one of the best in Ryde. The food was really, really good and the service was second to none. The older gentleman was a delight and nothing was too much trouble for him. If you needed something he got it for you and he was a proper character. Please keep him!! We will definitely be back.

Tasty food nicely presented, reasonable prices, very friendly owners, good service! Been several times and was never disappointed!

Another visit to the island meant a visit to my favourite Indian restaurant.Again, a warm welcome followed by amazing food. Huge portions and naan bread that's soooo big and fabulous.

If we want to eat out with friends,this is one of the first places we choose on the Island. Very good food, service and very reasonable prices.

I have frequented this establishment on many occasions. I don't recall ever being disappointed. Wednesday and Sunday banquet evenings are exceptionally good value. The service is usually friendly and the staff were also happy to accommodate when we supplied a birthday cake for a family members birthday.

I called this restaurant at 7.30 on a Wednesday evening to inquire about home delivery. I was told by the gentleman who answered that they didn't provide that service. I then looked at their website and noted the they do do a home delivery service. I rang again and told the gentleman what I'd read on their site. I was met with a lot of anger and told in no uncertain terms to stop wasting his time. Then he hung up. I'll never eat out of that place again.

Monsoon is an excellent Indian restaurant tucked away at the top end of Ryde High Street - walk past the others and take the trouble to track down Monsoon! The food is freshly cooked from scratch, so takes a bit longer to be served, but the variety of flavours make it worth the wait. Also, every dish is not swimming in oil - a pet hate of mine!

had a very good meal table of 4 lovely food, very good service. service can be questionable if late in the night.

Great service, food is delicious. I only wish the portions were bigger. Not much meat in my curry, mainly sauce.

With a week on holiday based in Ryde, and curry lovers we were keen to try this out. We originate from the North East of England in a town where there is a whole street of Indian Restaurants with loads of choice and good deals to be had so perhaps we were expecting a bit much.Being used to good deals we opted for the special set menu offer on Sundays and Wednesdays. We did wonder however if that was our downfall, as this had attracted a lot of custom and service was pretty slow. After receiving our drinks there was a long delay before someone came around again to take our order, we did wonder if we'd been forgotten about. The meals themselves were tasty and were of good value (especially considering we were in the South of England) but we felt the service was a bit lacking. There was a rushed, chaotic air to the restaurant. When our starters did eventually arrive they'd forgotten to provide any yoghurt sauce and were gone before we'd noticed. With the staff being in such a rush and looking so flustered we hadn't the heart to disturb them any more.For the main meal they'd also got one of our rice choices wrong, but again we were quite hungry by this point and felt it wasn't worth the hassle to point this out.We do feel the restaurant had maybe bitten off more they can chew by allowing so many bookings; but can understand on 'cheap' nights why they want to get so many through their doors. We did wonder in hindsight it may have been better to go for a normal night would have been like if we'd just gone for the a la carte menu.

I called up to ask about the food and chefs we wanted Indian food, not so called Indian food with a Bangladeshi twist.The person who answered the phone told us we were asking nonsense questions and being personal and slammed the phone down on us!Obviously didn't get our custom!

After reading good reviews my partner & I ordered takeaway last night to the sum of £33. starter was nice but the rest was literally horrific. chicken korma and Tika masala were both nothing like what you would expect. mine was dark brown, not creamy, more like and oily muddy consistency with no real flavor other than overwhelming salt & spice (not even slightly resembling the mild creamy coconuty dish it should be). Tika Masala was again an oily muddy looking dark brown/red that mainly tasted of salt, salt, salt with tomato & spice. I've never thrown entire meals away before but they were not edible. I'm no food snob, ill eat last nights pizza but these meals were truly disgusting. I called to explain the situation and see if they could please send out 2 replacement mains but the response was 'the chef says he has never had complaints like this before'. I said i understand but we are still hungry, have paid for the meals that are inedible can you please send out replacements. we were told the driver was out on another delivery and it could take an hour, i said thats ok we have had the starter we can wait. apparently they were not happy to do this and the man on the phone just kept repeating that the chef says NO as he has never had this type of complaint before. i asked for a refund on the main meal they said NO. the only thing they could do was arrange 'some' discount when we next eat there, which why on earth would we go near the place again? my partner didn't even want the replacement meals fearing they would be the same, however i did not want to pay again somewhere else for a meal we had already bought !I very rarely write reviews and do not agree with spitefully ruining someone's business but the meal and the service we received last night was truly diabolical and i feel it only fair to warn others. To the owners... you must have customers lining up at the door every night to treat new custom they way you did last night, you ruined our evening, wasted our money and we ended up eating crisps and toast as it was too late to pop to the shops. i feel it is very short sighted and unprofessional of you to have treated us this way, the Island is as i am sure you know a very small place, we are locals and will be advising friends family to stir clear.

Just visited for the 3rd time. The restaurant is spacious, staff friendly and the food are great. The quantity and quality of dishes are the best around. Will always return to here.

We ate here twice on a week long holiday with 2 other friends.The first night we loved the food but we were a bit concerned (having had a few drinks!) that it might not live up to how we remembered it the second time. Fortunately it did, the second meal was even nicer.My partner and I are veggie so tend to share 2 mains, a side and naan/rice. I would HIGHLY recommend the vegetable tandoori dish, I wish I could remember what it was called, it's not on the takeaway menu so to enjoy it you have to eat in the restaurant. The flavours were incredible and the size was very generous. We couldn't eat it all and they were very nice to put it in foil so we could take it with us (I couldn't bare to see it go to waste!). It has a 25 minute wait, it is well worth it.The ambiance is fine, we sat by the window both times which is nice and you get to watch the passers by. The waiters are attentive and nice.We would return, already know what we'd order!

We like the food here. It is tasty and varied on the menu. The ambience is relaxing and spacious as well and well priced.

Went in with family and friends on a Sunday evening for a meal or so I thought. First course came quickly enough but after two hours and no sign of the main course decided to call it a night. Manager was a rather arrogant person completly focused on the takeaway side of the business at the cost to restaurant side. At least another member resolved the issueto our satisfaction. Overall it is place I will be avoiding.

We found this place by using TripAdvisor - it is a few blocks away from the main up and down street of Ryde but well worth the walk. It is a family run restaurant where the patriarch still runs the show - service was quick and attentive. While we were there early on a Wednesday night, place already busy with large take away. We opted for the £10 Wednesday special (also offered on Sundays). The food was hot, great tasting and very filling. Good value if you are on a budget.

We don't go to Monsoon very regularly but every time we visit we are treated like old friends and made to feel special. The food is excellent and particularly good value on banquet nights.

We have been here a few times but on our last visit we were told that if we wanted a takeaway container after our meal as we had a bit left over we would be charged for the container really feel this is so short sighted to possibly lose custom over being greedy the containers cost about 5p to buy cut back on things like the after eights nobody would mind instead of trying to charge for containers

We were a party of 11 here for the island Randonnee cycle and got a take away for all the hungry cyclists which couldn't have gone better. From the phone order to the livery man, service was friendly and quick given the size of the order with free poppadums and dips and salad thrown in. The food itself was fantastic - I didn't hear any complaints anyway! I can speak for the lamb saagwalla, tarka dal, okra side dish and garlic naan, all lovely. The aubergine side had great flavour but was on the oily side. I could have give or taken the king prawn biryani, it was quite average. Overall, great food and service, really pleased with our choice and would definitely order again.