Nizam Indian Restaurant in Mid Sussex

Really tasty food but small portions and not value for money. We got the set menu, which was around £18 for a starter , main , rice or naan, and coffee. The portion size of the curry and also the rice was small. I would expect bigger portions at an Indian restaurant. I am unlikely to return, sadly, due to the price, but I did enjoy the food.

Food was excellent, pricey but worth it. No Alcohol license is a big bonus because you can bring your own and makes it very cost effective.

Such a great restaurant where the food never fails to exceed our expectations. Thank you to all the incredible staff at Nizam for another lovely evening.

Great restaurant. Staff are friendly, helpful and courteous. Menu is really good - all the classics of an Indian restaurant but with interesting special dishes too. Food is all cooked fresh to order and perfectly served. Will always return and would highly recommend.

Positive: friendly staff Negative: my dish had way too much sugar in it. Same as the mint sauce, very sickly. To me that is a sign of compensating for low quality food. The number of veggie dishes is very low. Other places offer a veggie option for every dish. Not this place. But, the worst: I spent the night on the toilet as something didn’t agree with me. That is so very rare for me and definitely down to the food. Not returning.

Not great unfortunately, dry stringy chicken and fairly flavourless, greasy Papadam’s that taste of dirty old cooking oil. Bland sauces that have no depth of flavour.

Visited last night with friends. The food and service was very good and there was a nice atmosphere. By bringing our own alcohol also helped with the cost. Would recommend.

Excellent curry, try the specials! Bring your own alcohol

We ordered off Deliveroo, and the food was terrible. It cost £60 for 2 of us, including delivery... £5.50 for a small naan. £1.25 for one poppadom. We don't mind paying this for decent food, but this just felt like a rip-off.. The chutneys tasted watered down, and it was very runny. The prawn balti was bland and enible.. more oil than anything else, and it was so greasy and split.. not much substance. The lamb shanks also tasted bland. It's definitely not worth the cost. The photo was of prawn balti that was left behind in the container. The rest was ditched..

Had a really lovely meal here. The food was delicious, we had the Chicken Pasanda, Chicken Rogan, and Sag Aloo. It was all really good. The staff were nice as well!

Spot on, enjoyed meal, service and atmosphere

There is nothing negative to say about Nizam. We have been dining here for 17 years since we first moved to the area from London. The food is wonderful. The use of fresh spices is apparent in every dish. The staff honestly could not be nicer or more welcoming. They just can't do enough to make our dining experience more pleasant. I have no hesitation in recommending Nizam as a wonderful place to dine.

Superb food. Absolutely delicious

Having moved away to the US from Haywards heath over 15 years ago i was always visit when in the UK. The dishes have lovely flavours to them and the staff are very informative. Despite the restaurant being full the service was great, if only they would open a branch in the states! Thank you for a wonderful meal nizam team!

Good quality on some dishes bit hit and miss but expensive small portions bit overrated so 1 star. Was expecting more

Most awkward experience I’ve had, Sainsburys microwave meal would’ve been a better choice

Great service always and tasty food. Thanks Nizam team.

Way to expensive small portions bad quality. They use low quality ingredients to. I once dined in there and overhead talk of using the cheapest low quality meat to make more profit if they did deals I guess it would be worth it.

fantastic spot. went there with the whole fam. walked in and was greeted by the lovely William As-well as bazzite. after being sat down a plate of lukewarm poppadum's was balanced on my head. weirdly he baptized me with mango chuknee and then shouted SIMBA. after this William began to wink at me and gave me a note saying "meet me in the toilet in 5 x" this was a piacular request but I obliged he began to tickle my feet and gave me a raspberry on my belly button (no complaint) after this i went in for a number and found a jobby in the bowl all around solid cuzza bong.

The best balti in town! Excellent service, every single meal is delicious and prepared fresh! Highly recommend

Really fantastic food, spicy and flavoursome, piping hot, and lovely staff, really friendly. Nice atmosphere and well priced.

Best curries in Haywards Heath. We’ve tried others and always end up back at nizam. So delicious, staff so lovely and friendly. Never had such an amazing curry.

We have eaten out a lot recently with visitors from the USA and this was the best meal by far. The only disappointments was the onion bhaji, which were heavier and a bit claggy, they were tasty, but not as light as they used to be. The vegetabl curry with the Biriani was spicier than before and I could not eat it. This will however remain our favourite Indian restaurant.

Decided to try this restaurant as we have never been. Pricelist indicated that this place is slightly on the pricier side. If it reflects in the quality, we decided we would not mind as it was our wedding anniversary. But sadly, it didn't live up to the expectations. My husband's portion contained 4-5 little pieces of chicken. I ordered the lamb shank, which hasn't been cooked for long enough for the meat to fall off the bone. I also found that there was too much oil swimming in the plates. Waiter was polite, kind and attentive. Unfortunetly, he was sneezing a lot while making non-alcoholic shakes....

First time back here since the 80s. Great food service was good and not over priced. Will definitely go back

Great food. But at the time of writing this no drinks licence. Bring your own!

The best Indian restaurant in Haywards Heath by far. A lovely meal and great new lamb kebab biryiani last weekend. Service always excellent and you can take your own drink. The NHS discount is greatly appreciated for takeaways. A firm favourite.

The food was so sparse for a £12 curry u barely get a chicken breast (6 diced pieces) rice is extortionate £5/6 and not great. And then for two people eating and leaving hungry was £70!!!! 1/5 as such a mediocre meal. Was fun you take your own beer. Nice food but way overpriced if was £40 I’d not of written this but felt cheated and hungry after Onion bhaji £5.25. Two decent sized bhajis but tasteless and oily 4x poppadom £5 rip off how is this the cost! Chutney £2.50. We’d been offered this before the menus so our mistake but for £7.50 nothing special A masala and specialty curry £13.50 each and if I said there was one chicken breast between the two curries that would be generous. Nice taste just so not enough chicken to warrant the £13.50 each. 2 rice £11.50 again nice but tiny amounts A peshwari nan £5.75 tasteless and very undercooked Bombay potato £7.25 again 2 spuds in oil and spice must cost 70p to make in their kitchens and small small small again. 10% on the bill for little to no service and I’m lost as it appears you pay a premium to pour your own drinks of 25% increase in food costs. Not for me or people I’ve spoken too

Popular venue with good food and a relaxed atmosphere. Bring your own drinks.

I have been a customer for take away / dining for twenty years or more. The food is excellent, can't fault it, would recommend this restaurant to anyone. Generous portions of curry and rice. Friendly staff and good atmosphere. Somewhere you can relax and unwind. Kind regards Gordon

Great place. Great food. Like the BYO policy on alcohol. I would come again.

Decided on a Sunday curry lunch. Still unusual, for us at least, thus a treat. Service was excellent, food was superb - mixed platter followed by curries and sundries - and really well-priced….BYO a help here.

We used to go to the Nizam frequently but then moved out of the area. Now moved back but other good restaurants have sprung up around the patch. We recently heard that you can now take your own alcoholic drink in, always popular since it usually makes the visit somewhat more affordable. It was a Friday, the restaurant became full hence we had a fair wait for our main meal. However, the prices were definitely on the high side, the bill came to £64 which was for 5 poppadoms and pickles, two standard curries, 2 rice, 1 onion bahjis and one Nan. Not even a soft drink. It seemed that most things were around £2/£3 more than at other local curry restaurants. If you don’t mind paying that, the curry was good but not remarkable and for that bill we would normally have one or two soft drinks and a couple of Cobras or Magners for sure.

I have to say this place is hands down the best Indian restaurant in West Sussex the food is so fresh we've been going here for ages and the standard is always brilliant, they don't sell alcohol but you can bring your own which works for me

Food was really watery and not very appetising

This used to be such a nice restaurant but ending up waiting ages to order as too many take away orders making you feeling left behind for food to arrive. Empty Plates swiped whilst other of party still eating. The Bring Your Own Bottle is great but since this the menu prices have shot up in price. It cost a lot more than it used to for the same stuff.

What a nice and fresh food! Really worth every penny .

I had a takeaway of chicken korma, pilau rice, onion bhaji and poppadum and thought £22 pretty expensive unless I’m out of touch with prices. I’m sure Balti House up the road includes the rice and poppadum with the main dish and gives discount for collection so much much cheaper.

Expensive and beware of added extras. It is the first (and last) time I have been charged for chutneys. Food was okay. Value for money poor. Really disappointed.

Don’t think you have resavation we booked arranged for our party then restaurant cancels our table shocking saying problem withe the web site .poor don’t wast your time with this restaurant.

The food was mediocre for the price we paid. Have tried them before and it used to be good. Now the quality have gone down . Vindaloo was just spice added to tomato puree. Adding to the misery the packaging is always bad and the food spills all the time. Just ruins the overall experience of ordering in on a work day.

service was very slow, wasn't aware that the restaurant was alcohol free, good food, small portion sizes,

Amazing quick service and the food was out of this world, will definitely be coming back soon!

Took my daughter for lunch on New Year's Day. Meal was nice but problems with card terminal marred the occasion - with payment being taken 4 times. Whilst not the restaurants fault it has taken them 16 days to resolve despite showing the duplicated entries on my banking app. It could have been handled better.

Food good, access to toilet horrendous.

Have not been to the Nizam for quite a while, pre-pandemic. Recently heard some good things, including that it was now BYOB, thus thought we’d give it a try. Excellent meal, good service, great value - BYOB helps. Highly recommended.

Great food every time, highly recommended particularly the chicken tikha balti

Met with friends last night and once again a great meal. Always looked after so well by the super staff. Been coming to this restaurant for over twenty years now and would never go anywhere else!!

Reasonable food.. until the waiter stuck his finger in the naam bread and thought it was acceptable to eat it

We were presented with a paper menu, suggesting limited meals available but plenty to choose from. Mixed platter was very good, however the main courses were near diabolical. Undercooked chicken in the Biryani, whereas the lamb Jalfrezi had no flavour. Staff were nice enough, but will not be returning due to the quality of the food and the price you pay. Astronomical.

Our first visit. We really liked the dining area and it was so nice to have a linen tablecloth and napkins. The service was good and the staff were very pleasant which is what the star is for. We had the chicken madras which was the worst I have ever had. The curry had a few pieces of chicken in a tomato paste flavoured with chilli. No other flavours were detectable, no vegetables or herbs noticeable. It was exceptionally expensive. Thank goodness we didn’t have any alcohol.

Absolutely amazing food. Great staff#yummmy!!!

Please go elsewhere. Although the food was ok portions small and extremely expensive. The waiter collected our starter and tipped the cutlery on the table to keep. When we asked for the cutlery to be replaced for our main course he didn’t seem happy. This is a restaurant why would you be expected to keep the cutlery. We asked for coffee. One coffee and sugar arrived. So I said we had ordered 2 the waiter showed me his hands and said you see I only have 2 hands and therefore can only carry 2 items.. definitely would never return. They have no drinks licence but the soft drinks are ridiculously priced. Not impressed. Service rude hurried and not of a standard you would expect from any restaurant.

The food was fairly tasty though it could do with perhaps a bit more seasoning and spice. I do think it's a bit too overpriced compared to the competition. I don't mind paying more if the food tastes that much better but in this case I don't think it did. I could get the same meal (Lamb Dhansak and Chicken Biriyani) for -£11 less elsewhere. Unfortunately there was a lot of leakage of the abundance of oil that was in the lamb dhansak which shouldn't be happening in this day and age. For the price paid, the packaging is quite antiquated compared to some of the competition.

I would have rated it below one star if I had a choice. The food was overpriced and awful. If someone has no taste buds, then they would enjoy your food. The okra vegetable I ordered was uncooked. After serving the food, nobody came to check whether everything was okay. The customer service was poor. I asked the manager if I could provide him with some feedback, and he referred me online. I didn't want to provide negative feedback online, but I had no choice. A piece of advice to the chef, please check the food (salt, spices, cooked/undercooked) before sending it out from the kitchen. Even the spices were undercooked, and I could taste the raw smell of spices. I think I would never go back or would recommend the food to anyone.

We went there to try a new place. Very disappointed with the food which was undercooked. The service was bad, when we asked the waiter to get us the straw after he delivered the drinks, he commented that you should have told me when you ordered the drinks. Very rude. Not sure if he was having a bad day or that is the normal behaviour.

Expensive for that it was, £110 for 2 starters and 3 curries. It’s brung your own booze or would have been a lot more. Prawn purée was a disappointment lacked taste, rice at £4 overpriced. I feel there are better curry houses around

We went there for my birthday dinner.Food was very tasty and good customer service . reasonable price. They give us one free dessert with candle ,which make me very happy. Highly recommend .

Rating the food. As only used for takeaway. Now I have eaten in the restaurant. I have added the extra star. Full marks. Great service. Very good food. Go with loose clothes 😜.

Have always used Nizam, always great quality food. More expensive than anywhere in town but always better quality. Made my mothers birthday with the food we ordered. I have also sat in the restaurant multiple times and always visit when I’m back home from Yorkshire. The only thing I will say is that normally the vindaloo is perfectly spiced for me and really gives me a challenge while remaining tasty. However on this one occasion last night it wasn’t really spicy at all for a vindaloo, still incredibly tasty. I won’t let that effect my review as I’ve eaten / ordered from nizam Atleast 10 times and the food always been perfect

When looking at the menu we weren't completely sure what was either vegan friendly as is, or could be made so by the chef. We decided to pop down and order in person and very glad that we did, as the manager was super helpful. It turned out most of the vegetarian dishes were either already vegan, or could easily be made so. We ordered mainly sides plus one main, and I have to say everything was delicious (aubergine, chana, okra, dahl, saag aloo and more) At first I thought it looked a bit on the expensive side but actually it worked out very reasonable for 4 people, I think he threw in a couple of things for free as we ordered quite a lot. Many thanks, I am not a local but if I am back here will definitely order again!

Ate with family for my sons birthday, we had the Lamb Raan curry shank which is utterly delicious. Their king prawn vindaloo is tasty I am told and they made me a chana paneer side dish even though it wasn’t in the menu. We love this place

Crikey that was a testing year or two !! eating exclusively home made due to the wretched pandemic with takeaway Tuesday introduced to break it up.. im pleased to be able to give a formal review, as the regular reviews I've been giving my wife have been rather a nuisance to her. Particularly when the best review of the week and my gold star award went to Tuesday's takeaway fish and chips for 49 out of the 52 weeks of 2021. Would have been a clean sweep if it wasn't for my birthday chinese, Christmas bloody dinner & of course the night when bloody BT had cut off the landline so we couldn't place the bloody fish and chip order. Sorry to swear but it was tense. Neighbour Tom's was also down and he hadn't charged his Nokia, so we made do with a frozen meal. Anyway when my friend suggest Nizam for curry, I made a hilarious joke about eating in a japanese car garage, then swiftly agreed and booked a table for 4ppl at 7pm. The dovetail was on as we ordered a chicken Jalfrezi balti, & Lamb Jalfrezi balti, with a plan to swap a few chunks. Waiter was pleasant but very gun ho and clearly wasn't paying attention. Chicken jalfrezi balti sounded like 2 curries blended into one, and I thought how fitting to be having a Hybrid curry in this of all places.. i woke up at midnight after the curry sweating as I missed the opportunity to lean over the table and say "gents, I didn't know Nissan did hybrids!!" Thoroughly reasonable wait for food however they bought a chicken jalfrezi and a separate lamb balti. He essentially struck off one part of the hybrid and as it turns out, Nizam actually doesn't do hybrids. We raised the issue and the polite waiting staff grabbed a spanner and slid under the table facing the ceiling on some kind of wheely trolley, within moments the curry had changed to the hybrid we ordered. (At least that's how I assume it went down I was in the toilet and came back to the correct curry). A strong curry and decent accompaniments. 8/10 for flavour. The bill came with some chocolate mints which stated "after curry mint" which was very literal and right up my street. Was pleased at that point to have not ordered me old faithful steak and chips, as i would have felt a fraud eating that choco treat. The troop split the bill which came to a hefty £34 each, given its BYO drinks that should have sent an alarm bell ringing but we forgot to check the receipt. Perhaps these guys and mechanics aren't that different after all.

Amazing staff and amazing food. What else can you ask for.

Food was very good although not as big portions as other similar restaurants. Doesn't serve alcohol and did not tell us that when booked table which was very annoying as we would have brought some with us which they do accept. Not sure if they charge corkage.

Really nice food and ambience, excellent service and good value

Je viens régulièrement dans ce restaurant a chaque visite en Angleterre, le covid a fait qu on n y est pas allé depuis un moment, je sais pas si le patron a changé, mais le service complètement, long, on nous a pas proposé si on voulait d autre boisson, et encore moins de dessert ou café. La qualité de la nourriture est restée excellente.

Worst curry I’ve had in a long time never use again

Absolutely love the food here. The staff are very polite. Best Indian restaurant for miles.

Brilliant food and lovely drinks and lovely decor ,great service from very very very nice people 🇮🇳

All staff are exceptional. Have been eating here for many years and never been disappointed whether a takeaway or dining in. Well done.

Excellent food and service. Don't forget to take your own alcohol 😊

bad experience, staff behaviour was not good

Initially charged full sit-down restaurant prices for takeaway, staff were very pleasant and corrected the mistake when I returned and queried the total. Atmosphere coming from the restaurant was good and lively. Unfortunately the 2 main dishes I ordered were mixed up, i.e., a lamb vindaloo and chicken phall turned out to be a lamb phall and chicken vindaloo. The keema naan had virtually no lamb in it at all. The chicken was slightly overcooked but the lamb was as tough as old boots. The mixed starter of chicken tikka, a vegetable samosa and an onion bhaji was average. In short, nice restaurant setting, nice people, but below average food and attention to detail. Sadly, yet another poor takeaway in Haywards Heath.

Accomodating staff, understanding of allergies, tasty food. Would visit again.

Excellent food and great service. We hadn't been for a while so didn't know they didn't sell alcohol, but that was of no major issue. Still the best Indian restaurant!

Good food,Nice place,will come again

It's changed a bit since the lockdown. There's no alcohol served but you can get a mango lassie now. The menu has changed, not for the better I think, but still pretty good. And as all things these days, the prices have gone up.

Friday evening curry, still a reduced menu and bring your own booze with rice at a fiver thank god! Just didn’t hit the spot I regret, I went with the grilled lamb not that much for £15 and too dry

I have eaten at Nizam twice recently and both times it was delicious. One of the best curries I’ve ever had I reckon! I’ll definitely be coming back. Crispy bhajis, soft chicken, tasty curry sauce, the whole meal was great. Also polite and friendly service

Love the food here, always good and the service is excellent too. Not advertised but it's bring your own bottle, no courage charges.

Super tasty and always seems to be good quality. Good range of interesting dishes. I just wish they did delivery!

Delicious, authentic Indian food. I highly recommend Nizam - a family owned restaurant with fantastic food!

A friendly restaurant serving good food, try the curried lamb shank… Yum. The restaurant doesn’t serve alcohol so you need to take your own, no corkage added. The food was plentiful and tasty, we had a great evening.

If you are going for authentic Indian food they are average with non veg option and very less veg options

Great curry and excellent service, they don't have a license anymore so it's bring your own beer, but actually winds up much cheaper. Takeaway Also available.

Best Indian ever had! Beautiful food, lovely atmosphere and great service. Would recommend to anyone :)

I don't know how to describe it. Ordered Saag Paneer. Paneer was like rubber and Saag was just floating in oil. I would recommend buying Indian from Superstores like Waitrose and Sainsbury rather than from Nizam. Normally I don't give negative comments unless it is really bad

Just that - fast service and good cuisine. Phone in an order; turn up after the preparation period and the order is usually ready. Generous portions compared with other Indian restaurants; good regional flavours. We'll probably stick with them now.

Dirty and well used single sheet menu. I was absolutely astonished at the prices of the Non alcoholic drinks menu. a small diet coke served in a whiskey glass with as much ice as coke was a mere £3.05, it was also flat served from...

Excellent menu. Opted for something relatively unknown to me and turned out to be one of the best! Good friendly polite service too. A true 5*

Excellent atmosphere - relaxed, friendly atmosphere - excellent food!!!! 👌

Booked with a couple of mates to celebrate being able to eat inside again! Been here a few times but when we sat down to order drinks we were told that due to COVID they would not be serving alcohol but we could go to...

Tremendous service & delicious food. It's great to be back out dining at a restaurant. We will be back soon. Thank you!

We ordered a special birthday takeaway for us and my mother-in-law's birthday who is in our caring bubble on Sunday and we have to say it was the best curry we have had in long long time! The food was piping hot even when we...

We love Nizam we have been visiting the Nizam for years and the food is always 100% top quality, beautifully cooked and spiced perfectly. The staff are always very kind, polite and professional. We can't wait to come back once lockdown is over.

I can't think of any other Indian restaurant where we've enjoyed the food as much as this. It always feels very fresh compared to others.

Awful curry house! The staff are rude, the food was cold, well over priced and the menu is inaccurate. In some of the dishes it shows clearly that the dish does not contain nuts, but when reading the menu options, to my astonishment they do contain nuts. Reported to food standards. Avoid if you suffer with allergies.

Good quality great tasting food.

Poor execution of New Year’s Eve takeaway, waited for 1 and a half hours.