Namaste in Newtownabbey

For those who love Indian foods.

late again, again had to contact the restaurant. I'd say if you can't handle Saturday demand maybe adjust your delivery times. sadly too, the quality was not great; curry was ok but half the naan was still DOUGH when we came to eat it. I don't mean nice fluffy naan, I mean thick dense stodgy dough. have previously had decent interactions with this place but based on recent experiences (including possible tampering by a delivery driver - see last review) I cannot recommend namaste to anyone.

delivered super late, and less than half of the order was delivered. when we contacted the restaurant they arranged a replacement (to their credit) but strangely the delivery driver (bald head, sleeveless top) gave us a single free beer as a "gesture"....the beer had been opened and re-sealed so was poured down the sink, and we weren't sure about the rest of the order potentially being tampered with so it went to waste. the one person who decided to eat their food said it was ok.

Great food and wonderfully service.

First time at this restaurant and won’t be our last 5 stars

I am disappointed today. I always buy tjid Chicken Biryani here like every week. I instructed not to make it to spicy as very spicy gives me palpitations, but I got a very spicy one. also the version of Chicken Biryanin that was given to me today is not the usual authentic taste :(

The food are always tasting great.

The food was incredible! Will definitely be ordering again!

Highly recommended and people should recommend others to visit the restaurant also as it was the best food I've had in a long time. There's an excellent sit in area. We should support local restaurants like this also.

ordered a traditional curry a dish iv been eating for years it was a totally different colour than usual and very hot this dish is supposed to be mild.... last 2 takeaways from namaste have been disappointing

excellent delivery and excellent food

Had a fantastic Chicken Tika and Donner meat kebab from here tonight. First visit but I will for sure be trying more. Thanks guys. Even better the second time.

Stunning food and loads of options. Really friendly and helpful service. I have an awkward nut allergy and they were very thorough, kind and accommodating about it.

Namaste is by far the best Indian in ballyclare. Every dish is cooked to perfection whether it's in the restaurant or takeaway. We had relatives visiting from Australia and we took them here last night and they really enjoyed their meal. Def recommend 👌

Lovely food and great service.

First order tonight. Best Indian in Ballyclare 👌🏻

Very tasty food! Nice place and good ambience! Easy car park facility too

Excellent food with quick delivery!

Certainly, the restaurant offers a delightful culinary experience with an attentive and knowledgeable staff. The menu features an array of flavorful sauces and traditional services. If you are in the vicinity and seeking a delectable meal, I highly recommend this establishment.

Ordered a takeaway for the first time. Delivery was quick and friendly. Ordered Chicken Pakora starter which was tasty and really good portion size. Got the Veg Naga dish for main, again was very tasty, was hot but not too crazy, just about right i would say. Garlic Nan bread also good. Update: Last time i ordered noticed a 50p "service fee" added on to my bill which does not sit well, considering it was a takeaway should not have to pay extra for someone to hand me my order.

Was very delicious but I do think it’s very expensive for a few bits of chicken and sauce. I do think that the cost should include chips or rice.

food was cold and watery,,far to expensive for what was delivered, won't be getting from them again

What a beautiful restaurant. Recommended to us and we certainly will recommend it to others. We had a delicious meal. Served on time with a lovely Merlot. Well done chef and staff. We will be back. Happy Christmas

Our favourite takeaway in Ballyclare!

First time ordering would highly recommend the

I am missing my naan for tandoori mix grill

Gorgeous food, good sized portions and friendly staff.

Nice to eat in this former Northern Bank branch building. Nice food and well presented. Free poppadoms etc starter too.

We had a bizarre experience here - we'd looked at their website before going for a sit-in meal, which listed Dopiaza as an available meal. It wasn't on the menu in the restaurant and when my wife asked if she could have it, she was told "No, it's only available as takeaway meal, not a sit-in meal" (despite there only being one kitchen). The waiter tried to explain the reason, but gave up and said "I don't really understand why". The rest of the service wasn't much better - we waited ages for the starters but they brought the main courses instead, and seemed really confused when we told them we hadn't had the starters - they came back twice to ask what we'd ordered. Both starters and mains then arrived at the same time, only for them to take the mains back. When they served the mains later, they brought a second round of starters for some unknown reason. When we finally got the food, it was just okay but not as nice as The Khayber (Glengormley) or Little India (Carrick), and the whole fiasco with the service really let the restaurant down. Edited to add in response to the owner - this was on Saturday 28th October, there were 3 of us dining, and our order was taken by a young male waiter who had his face painted for Halloween.

OMG -absolutely delicious. Excellent service and amazing food. Really, really, really tasty. Will definitely eat there again

Delicious food, generous portions. Thank you!!

Soft drinks missing from order , onion barges dry. Meat samosas really nice and mixed grill was nice.

Delivered in a good time, and at a good termperature, by a friendly driver. We were in the area for a few days and ordered. The food was plentiful and so good, really tasty. Would certainly order again if I'm in the area.

EXCEPTIONNEL! Delivered early, portions for the greedy, and quality for the fussy. Highly recommended and highly satisfying food. My mouth is, literally, watering as I write this review in memory :)

Always amazing food but the prices are definitely getting a bit much and nothing “thrown in” don’t even get a dip with the mixed starter 4 two

Excellent food as always! Just hit the spot!

One of the best Indian restaurants my family have been to, great food, lovely atmosphere and great service. Will definitely be back when we are next in Ballyclare.

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Great food and reasonably priced. Nice decor and friendly stall. Car parking facilities right outside.

I had previously posted a 1 star comment due to some issues with my order. I am happy to now change that as my meal was replaced for free the next time I ordered (I ordered 2 meals this time and got 50% off so they replaced the order that had problems the week before). The food was great and my compliments to the chef (even if I did order a garlic Nan and was given a plain one). The reason my review is not 5/5 is because the manager of this restaurant has an attitude problem, he raised his voice to me on the phone which is not acceptable in my opinion, this was when I explained I was not happy with his offer of a few free popadoms and told him what I would be happy with (basically the meal I paid for a week before replaced - due to problems with that order and previous orders) when I mentioned I have worked in customer service for many years and this is not how to handle this situation I got a response of… oh so you know better than me… In a cheeky way! On top of that, when I arrived at the restaurant he had the cheek to ask me what my experience was in customer service… I found this rude and inappropriate considering I had just drove from larne to give the restaurant the chance to resolve this issue. I did not get his name, I did ask for it but that was not forthcoming either time I requested it. Just to clarify I have been in customer service for over 10 years, 8 of which in management roles, having teams of 15-20 people work for me dealing with complaints about broadband and software issues, maybe I should have brought him my CV? I appreciate the problem was resolved, but this is because I stood my ground - not because it was handled the way it should have been and this managers attitude needs some work. It’s a shame really as I always enjoyed the curries outside of items being missing or the Nan being burnt on occasions, but after that experience and taking a few days to think about how I should share this experience… I doubt we will be going back anytime soon! The girls who work in the place are fantastic, never had a bad thing to say about them and the chefs do a great job with the curries, but being spoke to in an angry way on the phone, then being questioned about my customer service experience was unacceptable.

I had previously posted a 1 star comment on google reviews due to some issues with my order. I am happy to now change that as my meal was replaced for free the next time I ordered (I ordered 2 meals this time and got 50% off so they replaced the order that had problems the week before). The food was great and my compliments to the chef (even if I did order a garlic Nan and was given a plain one). The reason my review is not 5/5 is because the manager of this restaurant has an attitude problem, he raised his voice to me on the phone which is not acceptable in my opinion, this was when I explained I was not happy with his offer of a few free popadoms and told him what I would be happy with (basically the meal I paid for a week before replaced - due to problems with that order and previous orders) when I mentioned I have worked in customer service for many years and this is not how to handle this situation I got a response of… oh so you know better than me… In a cheeky way! On top of that, when I arrived at the restaurant he had the cheek to ask me what my experience was in customer service… I found this rude and inappropriate considering I had just drove from larne to give the restaurant the chance to resolve this issue. I did not get his name, I did ask for it but that was not forthcoming either time I requested it. Just to clarify I have been in customer service for over 10 years, 8 of which in management roles, having teams of 15-20 people work for me dealing with complaints about broadband and software issues, maybe I should have brought him my CV? I appreciate the problem was resolved, but this is because I stood my ground - not because it was handled the way it should have been and this managers attitude needs some work. It’s a shame really as I always enjoyed the curries outside of items being missing or the Nan being burnt on occasions, but after that experience and taking a few days to think about how I should share this experience… I doubt we will be going back anytime soon! The girls who work in the place are fantastic, never had a bad thing to say about them and the chefs do a great job with the curries, but being spoke to in an angry way on the phone, then being questioned about my customer service experience was unacceptable.

great grub but the popadoms were inedible due to being really soft and stale tasting

I wanted to get a delivery so rude I wish I could give 0 stars but I have to give one so shocking service and ugly employees

This restaurant is beautifully decorated with friendly staff and delicious food. Great selection of starters, mains, drinks and desserts. Food is really well presented and very tasty. So lovely to have this in the heart of the town.

Hi 👋 , a great fan for many years , takeaway most weeks , looking forward to trying your new sit in area in your new premises 😀… however , my husband and I got a takeaway tonight through just eat costing £36 pound , my meal was delicious 😋 as normal , however my husband was throughly disappointed with his meal , it was very very wet and sloppy , with minimal texture , I won’t write a bad review as normally or food is of great standard , but not tonight unfortunately.. we are disappointed ☹️ and our weekly treat to ourselves this weekend has been very disappointing. .. picture to follow

I went with my partner and this was our first time trying an Indian restaurant. Service was brilliant, food was great. Would happily recommend and will definitely be back in future to try the other dishes 😀

This place was brilliant. The service was extremely friendly and the food was delicious and the environment was also brilliant.

First time here and very impressive. Our son lives in Glasgow, so we usually visit Swadesh restaurant in that city, which is very highly rated. Namaste compares VERY favourably with that experience. Well done, Namaste, it's great to have such a great restaurant in Ballyclare!

As there are limited food places in ballyclare and limited places that are actually nice, this tops the charts for my house. We religiously get from Namaste and every time we do we are never disappointed the food is amazing, full of flavour and always fills us up.

Good food and friendly staff. Great location. Highly recommend 👌

Food was delicious, No complaints!

Lovely food as always and speedy delivery!

Had the most amazing meal last night. Fabulous food and such lovely staff! Highly recommended!

We had an absolutely fabulous meal last night. The food was superb and the staff were so lovely! Beautiful decor and ambience. Highly recommend this little gem of a restaurant.

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Fantastic food - Best chicken biryani I've ever eaten, which is big considering Indian is my favourite cuisine. Beautiful seating area and the staff are very lovely.

Beautiful food and the staff serving us were chatty and friendly and attentive. Lovely new premises with really lovely lighting and such lovely decor. Definitely recommend. 6 of us ate, sharing platter to start, 4 mains, 2 naans, 2 rice, 2 chips (masala chips are so good) and there was plenty left over. 20 quid a head!

Order estimated 7.55 still not here says enjoy meal

Great food and service. Thanks!

One of the best Indian restaurants in the country.

Great place. Nice authentic Indian Cuisine. A real value for your money!

We have been to Namnaste a few times now since their move to new premises, and each time has been fabulous. The food has always been amazing, the staff and chef are very attentive, really friendly and helpful when choosing from the menu . Always a pleasure with each visit and we look forward to our next visit. So if you haven't been yet you are missing out, get yourself down to Namnaste Ballyclare you will be in for a real treat all round.

Cannot believe how much the food has changed.i got tub masala sauce, rice and chips. The rice was greasy the chips were rock hard and the sauce did not taste of masala. Really disappointed and I couldn't eat the chips.. What happened are yous cutting down on buying decent food and giving your customers rubbish food

Food wasn't as nice as the first time I ordered but still tasty. The mixed tandori meal ratio was a little off with 2 ice cubed size peices of lamb the rest chicken. Sent the wrong starter as well but the issue was quickly resolved. Food quality better than mama masala both times though :)

Had to ring a few times and message the app. Food arrived nearly an hour and a half late. Chips and Mann bread were cold. Terrible experience. When we just wanted a nice meal before putting our 6 month old to bed, unfortunately didn’t work out that way.

Food was fantastic, fresh and hot. Delivery was very quiet and it was all reasonably priced. I would highly recommend d and will definitely be ordering again.

Quick delivery. Delicious food.

The delivery girl was so nice and amazing

Was delivered an hour & half after estimated delivery time, after 2 calls, were offered a bottle of coke as a gesture. When order arrived, parts of actual order missing & no coke. Only upside, food was warm & very tasty.

Hour & half late on delivery at least was hot, tasty though so can't fault on that but better to collect I recon

Will not be getting a take out from here again!! Was told delivery would be just over an hour.....2 and a half hours later still no food!! When calling them again I got through to an automated message....in indian! They had a contact number for me so they could have called and said there was a problem!

Excellent Indian restaurant. Great food beautifully presented. Friendly staff.

Superb food would say to anyone best food around

OMG such amazing food! The chicken passanda was so good - highly recommend this dish if you’re looking for something flavoursome without being overly spicy! Sasha was an excellent host and made us feel very welcome. Ballyclare’s best kept secret!

Very nice food and texture to its flavour and would recommend this to people who want a tasty food

Superb as always. Cater for everyone. No request too big or small. Authentic and fresh made.

Vindaloo and garlic nan bread was awesome best I've had highly recommended

Good chicken tikka masala, concise service with a smile and excellent quality food at a relatively affordable price, would visit again.

Food here is 1st class, flavours authentic and traditional....all our dishes were amazing with quality chicken and lamb...to be recommended 😋

Quality of food exceptional. Staff.In house and delivery. Friendly and informative. The absolute best ..(and I have tried them all) .liked many.but by far... Namaste!I've never found fault on any level! Outside may not look the most inviting..(I personally don't find it so)but inside...IS ! The Staff is and the food .most definitely...IS!

Absolutely great, was very good value for money, delivery driver and girl who took the order very friendly, far far better than Katmandu and much cheaper also.

Stunning food,as always. Highly recommend this restaurant!

Free poppadoms with order was nice, as was the food (ish). Only reason for the 2 stars is as my curry was rather bland and had very little substance to it (very watery) I Ordered a chicken tikka rogan josh with rice and a garlic nan bread. The curry had no slices of tomato or onion in it really, just a watery but tastey sauce with chicken. If the curry had tomato slices and onions in the sauce it would have been amazing and far more substantial. This is my first order here, not too sure if I would go back to be honest as the place I normally go is out of town but far more filling with a thick sauce with onions and nice slices of tomato in it. Such a shame as I thought I might have found a new spot closer to home rather than having to drive out to Glengormley every time I fancy a curry lol

Tough chicken, hard bread, only thing half good was the sauce. Both Indian restaurants in ballyclare are very poor in comparison to the Indian Ocean and the kyhber in Glengormley. Order is never ready when it’s meant to be. This restaurant was pretty good at the start now it’s very overpriced for bland food. In keeping with the chineses in Ballyclare seems you have to go outside of Ballyclare for a decent takeaway

Waited 2 and a half hours for a delivery to then find one of the meals was missing. £35 spent and it was a complete disaster took forever to arrive,missing items and Luke warm at best. Would never order from here again.

Lovely food, good service. Often have deals on so easy to save a bit of money👍Chefs can cook things not on the menu - was served Malabar Curry and their new hot wings, loved it!

Got a take away and found hairs in the biriani. Phoned and let them know. The girl said the owner would ring us the next day. Still waiting so poor back up Now under new management and ownership. What a difference. Superb food at great prices and nothing is a bother to the staff.

The lamb is so tender, just melts in your mouth.

Lovely meal and genuine service and price

Best Indian ever explosion of Flavor and the naan bread is awesome

Got a carry out tonight. Order was wrong. This was the second time now. Had to return order for refund and listen to the cheek from the staff. Wot ever happened to customer is always right! New staff needed with better attitude, the age of the waitress you think she would of learned this by now. Offered to bring the items they had forgotten but not to bring me a full new hot order as by the time it would arrive the rest would be cold. Not impressed and will never be back. I’ve been a chef for 22 years and if i head a member of staff talk to a customer like I was tonight I’d of sacked them on the spot.

I come here occasionally from Antrim and have never been disappointed. Great food and lovely staff.

very enjoyable meal and friendly staff

Best Indian in town. Delicious food cooked to specification fresh from finest ingredients. Great restaurant atmosphere to sit-in and always well looked after by attentive staff. Well worth a visit.

Recently moved to the area, we've tried a few different Indians but we've found Namaste to be the best, good value, excellent quality food (especially the meat which can't be said of everyone), and very good value, we've turned up to collect our orders several times to find out we've got a discount on our order/extra starter etc. All small things but help you feel like a valued customer. We've only had collection takeaways so far, but looking forward to coming in for a sit down meal sometime soon.

Tasty food.. Great value for money. Definitely will return.

I always use Namaste when I'm in the area. The food is amazing and nothing is ever too much trouble for the highly skilled chefs. All the staff are very friendly and helpful. The prices are very well balanced and the portions are all of a good size. Very highly recommended.

Great food and friendly staff and service

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Me and my husband went for a meal on saturday night staff couldnt do enough for us and food was beautiful and very reasonable. I would def recommend Namaste.