Nawaaz Indian Restaurant in Leicester

Spice Hub is the New Restaurant, it's opened 15 days ago

Disappointing lunch at Spice Hub. We came during a quiet afternoon on a Tuesday after seeing the promising reviews on Google. We ordered 3 different curries that all ended up tasting roughly the same. The Kadai Lamb was very tough and not very good. The portion sizes are generally quite small with too little meat compared to curry. The real deal breaker was the how long we waited. In total the food took about more than an hour to all come. What’s more is they took 40 minutes to tell us chicken briyani (we ordered) was not available. It turns out their chef was not in so they had to take a long time to prepare the food. None of this was made clear to us when we sat down and ordered. They only told us after a solid 30min passed and we were already full from waiting. The staff apologised for the delay by giving us a 2 pound discount of the total bill and 2 cans of coke 😂 which I think cannot offset the baffling service we were offered till then. We will not be coming back.

Very good taste of South Indian food

Very good food and staff members are great pl

The Chicken 65 at Spice hub is an absolute delight for the taste buds. From the moment it arrived at the table, the dish impressed with its vibrant red hue and enticing aroma of spices. The chicken pieces were perfectly bite-sized, with a crispy exterior that gave way to tender, juicy meat inside.

good portion, nice taste, well done to Chef and owner..

Fantastic food at great prices, would absolutely recommend! Very authentic Indian cuisine!

Five stars. Fantastic chicken jalfrazi dish - one of the best I’ve ever tried. A family owned business - very friendly staff. Take your own beer. We will be going back with friends.

Recently revisited this restaurant following its reopening and was delighted with the quality of the food and the friendly service. Definitely one to go back to!

This tikka masala was full of coconut shreds and watery, i could not eat it. It was not cream at all. I am very disappointed and requests a refund cause this is unacceptable 🫨

Bing Leicester, Went on a Sunday night the food was amazing never had so many huge prawns excellent value for money great service lovely friendly owner

Needed a quick meal before going to DMH. Staff made sure we got out food with time to spare. Really friendly. Butter chicken was juicy with just enough spice. Naan fantastic. Will definitely visit again.

Five stars! I had a lovely meal on my own here on a Thursday evening after dropping my husband off at a gig at De Montfort. Food was great, service was swift and the staff were really friendly and welcoming. Wholeheartedly recommend.

Ordered for collection. Portion sizes were large. One curry was more than enough for 2 people. Rice was nice, Sag Aloo was nice and spicy. Unfortunately what let it down was that the poppadoms tasted like plastic and were expensive for that. Also all the food came in paper holders which did not retain heat very well.

First time back since reopening and wasn't disappointed. Food and service excellent.

Very good curry, while limited curries on the menu, they were very happy to make dishes that were not on there such as korma and dansak. All over, a fantastic restaurant!

I ordered here with ubereats. The guy at the counter was difficult. Food was bland. I wont be going there again.

Worst experience in my life. Worst food.

Popped in for food before a gig and was not disappointed. The food was spot on. Had the Tawa for 2 (between 2.5) and was still defeated and couldn't finish it all. All of the different dishes were lovely, tasty and spicy without being overpowering. Waiters were friendly and service was excellent. Also the Naan breads were amazing

We had a great meal after the rugby! Service was really good and they were very friendly, including pointing out that if we wanted alcohol we needed to bring our own (Sainsbury's is literally over the road, so that was easy). Excellent value for money.... we'll be going again....

Fantastic food. We had the set meal for four. Always a warm welcome. We took our own beer and wine with us. Great value restaurant.

Can't fault the food here, the sizzler was spicy, tasty and well priced.

Why does the butter chicken only taste like coconut Good portion size though

The restaurant is in real need of refurbishment. Not what I would describe as nice surroundings. The poppadoms were very fusty and cold. The pickle tray was disappointing . My main tasted ok but despite asking for a bit of chilli to spice it up it was obvious my request fell on deaf ears. The biggest criticism I have is that the main was very very oily. Way too much oil. The starter (onion bargees ) were very large which was nice but they needed more spice in them. The garlic Nan was very good. It was inexpensive but frankly you get what you pay for. That said, the service was good and the waiter pleasant. By the way…. Bring your own booze (there is a supermarket over the road).

As a student, it's an amazing price for what you get. I've never left without feeling satisfied. Friendly customer service and nice atmosphere. Would definetly recommend!!

First time visit and it won’t be the last. We ate early so very quiet but the food was excellent. All extremely tasty, good sized portions and was no problem when I asked for extra coriander, which was brought promptly. Try anything. I.m sure you won’t be disappointed. Can highly recommend a visit

We went to the Nawaaz with friends. The first impression was the decor could do with a refresh, but dont be put off. The service, staff and food were fantastic! Its a "bring your own bottle" but that was not a problem. The waiter brought an opener over before we had sat down. I can thoroughly recommend this restaurant. Will definitely be back.

Seats were hard food had way to much colouring not my liking

not good at all dry meats tasteless was good but seems to have gone bad

Went to this restaurant for dinner before going to a concert. Very nice greeting, we were very early so it was quiet, eaten at many Indian restaurants and can honestly say this is in our top 10. Plenty of flavour and choice, nothing was a problem. Didn’t wait long, care had been put into the cooking and it was all exceptional. Great to Sat pre concert as the concert hall is 5 minutes away.

Delicious food. Hot and fresh. Very friendly staff, good service 😁 I’m going back tomorrow as it was really tasty. Thank you 5 stars ⭐️

Food Good.. very cheap to eat and love the idea to bring your own drink

Oh dear, where to begin? Shall we start with the people who don't know any better and have left good reviews because they can't tell what real curries taste like, so please take their reviews with a generous pinch of salt. My sister ate here about 5 years ago, and the food was nice. They had well-dressed waiting staff and a very likeable governor, and they were super busy and had very generous portions along with ample freebies. So, based on this, we decided to try it. From the moment we went in, we knew something was amiss. The place was empty, and someone eventually came out to "greet" us. He was wearing jogging bottoms and a hoodie. The christmas lights were looking sad (it's March), the carpet looked decades old, and the paintwork was shoddy. Anyway, it's all about the food, right? So we looked at the menu with slight trepidation. Decided to go with the set meal for 4. Out it came, in very tiny portions. Each starter had about 4 square inch pieces of meat, and it looked as though 1 very short kebab was cut into 2 pieces. We asked the "waiter" why there were only 3 samosas for a set meal for 4. His response - he shrugged and said yes, that's how many you get. Good job we had a maths teacher with us to help divvy up the 3 samosas between the 4 of us (although we did consider not giving the 10 year old child one but that would have been a little cruel). Customers started coming in, in dribs, and drabs. One family complained about their popadum sauces tasting off and were told that they could pay for their drinks and leave as they insiste their sauces are fresh. They had an elderly lady with them, and it was a rather shocking and rude response to their very polite critique of the sauce. So we contemplate whether itstoo late for us to up and leave in protest, but we soldiered on as we'd already had our starters. The mains were quite late and very disappointing. Lots of pasty processed sauce with a very small amount of meat, I'd say about 5 pieces. The potatoes and mushrooms tasted and looked like they were out of a tin. Turns out, the previous owner (a lovely generous gentleman) had passed away, and left the business to his son who likes to cut corners, scrimping here and there, affecting the value and taste just to keep his costs down and keep his profits up because the people who don't know what real curry is supposed to taste like will carry on frequenting this joke of a place. Kanjoose is the word we asians use for people like that. An insult to the original owners legacy. Thankfully, we didn't have any tummy troubles. The highlight of the meal was the cadbury's eclaire you see in the pic. Let's just say that the food didn't look very instagrammable.

Went here on Saturday 18th March. Extremely rude staff and food was below average. Save your money and don't go here.

Flavourless or too salty. tinned potatoes and tinned mushrooms used in curries. Service was quite good. Rice dishes were smelly, overcooked and unappetising. Naans we’re really lovely but that’s only because everything else was gross. Food is absolutely atrocious. Don’t go here. You’ll be wasting your money. Walked in at 6:30pm and it was completely empty even up to 7:30pm on a Saturday night! Red flags everywhere. Previous owner apparently passed away and now his son has inherited premises but doesn’t want to refresh the place or hire more staff and use better quality ingredients. Large group seated next to us kicked out after stating starters were off. No offer of replacement or apology! Boo burgers across the road looked so tempting but we decided to stick it out. Opted for set meal for 4. Starter for that came with 3 samosas!-yes for 4 people? Also, mains for set meal for 4 came with 3 naans for 4 people? Came here a couple times around 5yrs ago and food was beautiful. So, disappointing.

It was a big 5 if it was on a scale it would brake it itself on it own had good quality the staff were nice as well and it had punjabi music

Really bad taste, no proper food no quality no quantity. No sence of making roti. Had to left all the food at the table.

We checked the online reviews and went there for dinner on 26/02, we ordered Balti Chicken, Tandoori Chicken, Tandoori Roti and Chicken tikka and believe me it was a big mistake, the starters came first and it was dipped in red colour and not cooked properly at all, then the main course, oh god it was horrible, forget about taste of balti chicken, the Tandoori roti was something which taste and looked like how it served to a prisoner in jail, we can't even eat half of the piece what we ordered, we literally have to ask for bill right away and left whatever we ordered, it was a complete waste of 20 pounds for us in that pathetic meal, horrible experience and for surely we will never be visiting that place, please don't go with the fake reviews which are there, save your money, you are working hard enough to earn that and it shouldn't go waste by eating such food.

Terrible restaurant 1/10 From the entrance the whole restaurant was cold and uninviting, the toilet door didn't lock, no soap to wash your hands with, fire exit at the back had a metal gate closed over it! The carpet was so old and worn you could see the floorboards through the floor. The front door entrance kept closing and locking. The general decor of the room seemed very dated. I think the lights on the ceiling were probably from Xmas but switched off instead of taken down. Servers were dressed in jogging bottoms and crocs had no enthusiasm to cater for the table. Having to remind the staff to take back empty plates/ dishes became annoying after 3/ 4 times. Customer service was very poor, the waitress I believe was new to the job, we gave her extra patience with ordering but seemed she had little to no knowledge about food in general nevermind the menu. Having to repeat ourselves each time trying to speak clearer for her each time too. Slow to receive our food when finally got our mains they were extremely hot beyond edible, for a dish such as madras you'd expect some heat fair enough but both chicken tikka bhunas we ordered were horribly spicy, we received yoghurt to cool it down and it still barely touched it. We were assured that "that's how those dishes are served" Will not be back that's a certainty.

KEEP AWAY OUT dated and out of order, they kept front door locked and a grill over back door no emergency escape which was definitely needed one star is too much . Furniture from the 70s carpet welded to the floor toilets filthy with no soap 🧼 service was none existent , food terrible other tables complained dishes were bland chicken was tough as old boots .

This used to be a decent place to eat but has unfortunately gone very downhill. The food isn’t nice at all. My son refused to eat his - looked like a pale bowl of sick. Nothing seemed fresh and tasteless. Pappadum’s tasted of stale oil, Naans were flat, oily and bland. Only one other table in on a Friday night so i’m guessing others are avoiding too. Needs a lot of attention decor wise. Storage boxes in view, a collection of dirty looking water jugs still with old water in on the side. Very off putting. A real shame. Left very disappointed.

Had great food here in the past and looking forward to our visit on Tuesday evening. We walked up from the town centre arriving at 9.30 to be told they are now closed and wouldn't offer us a table. The door states open until midnight! What a shame, I would think twice about returning now as a fair trek up London Rd and they close when they feel like it.

Went on a Saturday night. The food was very tasty and freshly cooked. Nice size portions with good service. I'd certainly go again.

Went for a meal on Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed the food, which was also great value. Naan breads were especially delicious and light. Portion sizes were comfortable to eat. Lovely meal! Service responsive but not intrusive which made a refreshing change! Definitely going back. Do be aware that you need to take your own alcoholic drinks.

Always a nice meal and friendly staff and even better gr8 price 👍😉

Came with a friend...I wasn't happy with food... it had alot of food colouring!. Poppadoms tasted off.. dirty oil taste!. I don't recommend! Please try prince of punjab instead!

Staff are very attentive and friendly. The food is absolutely delicious and really well priced for the portions. The interior is a bit outdated, but very clean nonetheless. In a great location, with on-street parking nearby. I would suggest this restaurant, for authentic South Asian food, as long as you aren't too fussed about the interior

Please please don't come here.... I beg you lord of God. I am a white person .. food is rubbish! I feel sorry for indian people 😢

The food was bland no flavour at all! The plates were dirty stained from previous food The poppadoms tasted like old oil. Skip this place

We were in Leicester so decided we had to have a curry. This place was nearby and good reviews. Disappointing. Stale tasting popadoms and watery curry sauce served in what looked like breakfast dishes. We had chicken tikka masala and butter chicken masala. Both watery and synthetic looking colouring.

Order missing one main. Called Nawaaz really not helpful. Have been a customer for 10 years very poor service.

Had a takeaway probably the worst Indian takeaway I've ever received in Leicester. They forgot the rice and are now ignoring us so already a poor meal. Tarka Dahl like water with so much salt it's inedible and a chicken Madras was just watery sauce with 5 small chunks of chicken in. Shame as a rare treat after a long day at work but I will never order again.

I used to love this place pre-lockdowns, but it has really gone downhill. Staff were unfriendly, got our orders incorrect, and food didn't come out at the same time (by the time my food came out, the first person had long finished their food). They refused to let us pay by card as we were a bigger group despite the fact it was all being paid for on one card. I could maybe forgive most of these things, though, if it wasn't for the fact that the food was flavourless.

The food was so good and if you can't finishn it as the portions are generous, you can take it home. Will be back.

Went there on a Saturday night. Prices were reasonable but very basic food. Chilli paneer starter was nothing like a chilli paneer should be, was more like a curry. Tharka Dhal way too salty, ordered Paneer for mains and the portion size was a joke, charged nearly £9 for a main which came out in a dish same size a side which was £3.95. I expressed my disappointment in which he replied 'you didn't want it saucy'. Hardly any paneer in it. Charged me for a Garlic Chicken Chilli Paneer when we are vegetarian and didn't even have any chicken. Photo's are of a side of tarka dhal and my paneer mains, same portion size. Definitely would not go back or recommend. Very disappointed.

On my list as the must visit restaurant on my occasional visits to Leicester. The quality and taste of the food has never disappointed. The Shashlik and Naga dishes are a particular highlight. The naan bread voted the best ever by the family, so light and tasty. The staff are always super polite and friendly. Extremely good value, especially as you provide your own alcoholic drinks.

Absolutely amazing food at such a great price can't believe they don't get more business. Would recommend to anyone. Naan breads are the best I've ever had!

My favourite restaurant in Leicester! :)

Great to go back to the nawaaz, the Akash as was from student days in 1990s. Great food friendly service. Would highly recommend. Support this local family run restaurant, you won’t be disappointed

We have visited this restaurant on 29th march 2022. We have ordered for tandoori mixed grill sizzler, jeera chicken and few parathas. Order got delay so we have asked for take away. Food was not good, I don't want go on very details. Please check you marinated stuff how old is it? I have thrown out the entire food, was not edible and ordered some pizza for our dinner.

Some people from India might like it but I’m not Indian so my tast is good on food but this is the worst restaurant I’ve been to it’s so sweet the curry and so much more I did not order much but it is so bad please don’t go there.

Disappointing. Nothing as expected. good staff but not food.

Great quality, fast friendly service. I had the Carolina Reaper curry, it was incredibly spicy as expected! Great novelty curry. Would recommend anyone to try! 🙂

Best India style panner curry in the town. Loved it ! Feels home :)

Tasteless food, tiny portions, total waste of money. Will never go again

Told my mum the food here is better than her cooking. I am now homeless but I come here from time to time to have the butter chicken. Very nice

Food I'd not good at all I ordered jeera chicken with tandoori roti jeera chicken was tasteless and roti like rubber dont like at all

Brillant place to eat loved the food home made style will recommend all my friends to this place and excellent service

Ordered mushroom rice, chilli paneer, tandoori chicken. The tandoori chicken was not that good but chilli paneer was excellent. Rice had a good portion. Reasonable prices too.

Used to be great here. Service used to be very slick. Food used to be excellent. Not anymore! Very, very slow! Food bland.

Oh dear, what a disappointment. Despite booking well in advance our group was put on a table with a bunch of fresh faced rambunctious chaps.Sharing tables? Come on now. We finally were reseated but still had high hopes for the food. Alas the Chicken Karahi resembled my son’s baby food with some past-its-best chicken plonked in the middle - it was an insult to Indian cuisine. Yes the service is friendly and yes the complimentary dishes were a nice touch (hence 2 stars) but it means nothing without quality food. I had such high hopes, reading other reviews and this being Leicester after all. Don’t believe the hype - the masses are wrong sometimes.

Great food ,fabulous staff . Excellent evening. Thanks guys .

Good food at a reasonable price. We got complimentary nan breads so even better. They don't serve alcohol but BYOB seems to be fine.

I ordered through deliveroo. Order didn't turn up!!!! I phoned 20mins after it was meant to arrive and the restaurant guy was extremely unhelpful! He couldn't even tell me if they had made my order or if had been collected. He just continuously blamed deliveroo. I am disgusted by the level of service and will never ordered from this indian again! And I'm thinking of never ordering from deliveroo too! No one got in touch with me to apologise or offer me a refund. If I could give 0 stars to this restaurant I would have!

Really not that great Place a tad worn but that’s fine if food good -food not , oily not much meat or veg , Nan bread full of oil Find somewhere else

Ordered online using a delivery service, said the order was accepted and payment taken, although they never made or delivered the order, and did not answer the phone.

Brilliant restaurant. Great service and the food was delicious and good value. Came here after watching a Tigers rugby match. There were four families of us and they were great at looking after such a big party. Highly recommend.

Don't know the reason why the place has been so overrated. Visited today for dinner and was highly disappointed. The lamb served in the starters was undercooked and too oily. We ordered aloo chat and it looked more like of a curry rather than a chat. Don't waste your time and money by visiting this restaurant

ordered from here based on the 4.4 rating, what a farce. Chicken tikka was pale red with little to no chicken involved, both korma and tikka watery as anything! Never seen anything like it. Chips soaked in oil to the point they just had to be thrown away! Positive- the naan was decent but come on! How hard is it to get a naan right. I know with the whole Covid situation that things are rough, but jheeze who on earth boxed our meal and thought to themselves that, that was up to STANDARDS? zero pride in their food. As for what came after 24 hours I’m not even gonna delve into! So thanks for that Nazaar. Will never order from here again even if you paid me too.

❗️ Very bad experience ❗️ Before 2 year we r going too many times was very good but now food is very bad. I ask the guy this food was like smelly food I think this is 3-4 days old food please check but he say no sir it’s fresh food currys same taste less food only naan is gud . ❗️all food is tast less❗️ And not worth to going there high price ❌

Booked for a group of 12 on a Saturday night whilst visiting the city, partly due to the BYOB. Really pleasantly surprised by how tasty the food was. Our party was gifted a number of complimentary naans, poppadums, rice. We were brought glasses, cork screws etc immediately on arrival and given plenty of time and space to relax. Just wish we'd had more room in our bellies to do the food real justice as it was good quality. Several of the dishes were on the hotter end of expectation - which was absolutely fine for us but to be aware.

I last came here when it was called the Akash. Thought I would try it again after so long. Food was really nice and better than when it was the Akash. Not too expensive either. They don't sell alcohol, but there is a Sainsbury's Local over the road and the restaurant allows you to bring your own drink. Staff and owner are really friendly. Would recommend.

Terrible curry looked like it was made from left overs. I ordered a mixed kebab balti which was nothing like it…The meat was cut into tiny thin strips like a stir fry, never again!!

Excellent service and full of flavour my kids and I very much enjoyed our meal at a very reasonable price thank you

Me and my partner went to Nawaaz restaurant on a Friday night with some friends. We were the only ones in the restaurant (which worried us all a bit considering it was 8pm on a Friday)! However, the service and food was excellent. We got lots of free food too, which was a bonus. Poppadoms, rice and extra dish with our meals to all share which was a nice touch. Not forgetting the complimentary ice cream and sweets at the end. You can take your own drink into this restaurant to enjoy with the meal and offered takeaway boxes for the food we didn’t manage to finish. Lots of selection on the menu. Very reasonably priced. Only downside for me was that the restaurant seemed very dated. But that wouldn’t put me off returning for another meal.

Good service and good food. Staffs are really friendly

Top service. lovely daal and King prawn curry. Peshwari naan on the spot. Popodoms and ice cream on the house. Im happy.

We went to this restaurant just before a show at the De Montfort Hall. Lovely food and the service was excellent, a nice complimentary ice cream at the end.

As always was nice to be back always so welcoming this is mine and my fiancé’s place always has always will be absolutely gutted to have lost a part of our past with the passing of a caring loving man so glad your son kash is keeping a monument going strong thank you to all at the nawaaz!!xxx

Food was just alright nothing exciting, one of the dips was ketchup with onion chopped up in it. Also no drinks except water, you can take your own but you would prefer to know before hand.

Tasty food, great atmosphere and brilliant service. Thank you! Will come back definitely!

I was excited to make a rare visit to Leicester yesterday for the rugby and used the Trip Advisor website to find a recommended curry house in the city centre. The Nawaaz was near the top of best Indian restaurants, so I booked a table...

Shocking absolutely shocking. My friend was there before me and he ordered the Popadoms. After tasting them he said they're not good and we asked for fresh ones. Waiter returned and said they are all the same that's all we have. Only 2 dips on the pickle tray one was onion with tomatoe sauce. Starter was tough and chicken smelt off. Didn't eat it. I asked for a chicken masala but spiced up and garlic in when arrived it was so sweet no garlic but with whole chilli's just thrown in. One of the worst curry's I've ever had. The place looked old and dirty. Really embarrassed to have taken my friend there who travelled from South Wales to meet up. 4.4 stars my arse never trust reviews again.

Thought a curry before a long awaited concert was in order so after reading some of the reviews on here we decided on your restaurant. At first sight it looked clean and welcoming. We were asked to leave our contact details in line with protocals which was a positive. Service was very polite if a little slow, it does clearly state outside on a board they do not serve alcohol but you can bring your own, they also do not serve soft drinks... none on menu or offered. Water delivered to the table was tepid at best. Once ordered we were expecting a little wait as it was early in the evening... much to our surprise within 10 mins our food was delivered to our table.. I ordered chicken tikka and hubby ordered a speciality chicken dish, mushroom rice and a sagaloo... let me start with the sagaloo because it looked like.... Runny green slop... both of our currys were overpowered with a coconut flavour and tasted exactly the same...the naan breads were dripping with oil. The only saving grace was we had a concert to look forward to... I would not recommend this place, the pub across the road had much nicer looking food...

Bought takeaway as staying in Leicester. Have to say the food was lovely good portions flavourful and a good price Nice intimate dining space and staff very pleasant. I would return for sure

Fantastic food and friendly service, top notch

On the basis of a visit a few months ago, with friends, I have been having take aways from Nawaaz. They have been getting progressively worse, using scraps of meat and the last, where I ordered a sizzler mixed grill was full of scraps of...

Tasty food and helpful assistants. Do visit 👍🏽

Not enough space to sit food is OK but not good enough

Such lovely people and so sad to hear the passing of their elder. Hope it all works out good for them.