Pan Ahar in Northumberland

It’s been many years since we visited this restaurant. Very disappointed and won’t be going back. Service was very slow & had to keep asking for service to the table. Food was very bland & not well presented & cold to eat. No atmosphere whatsoever.

Food was excellent service great and staff very friendly 😀

Absolutely beautiful definitely recommend the chicken korma he's some chef yum yum

Excellent curry and friendly service, couldn't fault it. Price was reasonable and seating was fine. Topped off with a free bailies shot... Will definitely be back

Is this business in new hands as tonights Food and Service was nowhere near the quality i remembered from the last time i used it, part of the order was missing and the other mine, was virtually inedible..I rang in to let them know, and was held on the phone by what seemed to be a child, eventually a second voice did not care at all. Be aware if you have not been for a while,standards have slipped and the food is poor.

This restaurant is friendly and the food is very good. Usually go on a Thursday special night. Staff are very good and can't fault the food.

Great food and staff were very friendly, would definitely go again.

This time we purchased a take out meal. It was to the usual very high standard and tasted wonderful. The staff were excellent and the meal was ready as soon as I called.

Just ordered tonight. Haven’t ordered or been to the restaurant since Before Xmas last year. Usually rate the food as lovely but sadly tonight’s was very poor! Forgotten starter and tikka dansak tasted like salt had been spilt on it. Very very disappointed and won’t be returning

I have visited before however today I bought a meal t eat at home. I phoned my order and only had a short wait to collect it. We had two diffent meals, a Tandoori Chicken and Chicken Biriyani and it was superb. Highly recommended 👌

Brilliant Food - cooking is clearly a passion here. We've been here on a number of occasions and the food is excellent. Good service and clean unfussy dining area. While we were here there were many 'take-aways' are being ordered as well. Not surprising really. We'll be back!

Good value Thursday special, food very nice, also the staff were very helpful. Will definitely be going back again.

I have been going to the Pan Ahar for 20+ years. I think that in itself proofs the food is good.

What a lovely meal we had last night at pan ahar nice atmosphere and good service with friendly staff it well worth a visit I will definitely be going back

The male member of staff on duty was probably the least helpful and most rude person I have ever had the misfortune to meet. We will never eat there. You lost out on a booking for 19 people today with your shocking bad attitude!!! Your loss, another’s gain and I guessing you need customers as the place was empty!!!

we asked for delivery, the food was good but we waited for 2 hours ! and had to call 3 times to get our food, not even an apology or a discount, not very commercial on the phone

First class food. We used to use this restaurant and take away regularly, but moved to near the coast, we were pleased to see they deliver here too. Had a pickles tray followed by our mains. Wife had king prawn sag (spinach) with veg pilau. It was spot on with huge prawns and great flavour, I had chicken Dupiaza with mushroom pilau, it was delicious too. Real chicken breast (not like others around here who use reconstituted frozen chicken lumps). Meals tasted authentic and were the best we have had in years. 10/10. If you are trying to decide which indians to use, give these a try - I dont think you will be disappointed! Update, We have now had 3 more deliveries from Pan Ahar and can report that the consistency is amazing, each new meal being as good as the last!

Amazing quality tasty food and fantastic service . Staff are so welcoming . We had a gorgeous meal . 5 stars would definitely recommend!!

Amazing food everytime, highly recommend

Table booked for 18.30 hrs. Staff welcoming, friendly, kind courteous, smartly dressed, helpful with the menu, attentive. Restaurant clean, with comfortable seating, Great atmosphere. Brilliant choice of food and drinks. Excellent service and food was well presented and delicious. Highly recommend.

Awful, awful, awful! Moved from a booth cos he said we didn't fit, food was bland and tasteless, staff looked bewildered if we asked for anything and they brought out our food then took it away again! Different nan breads ordered explained about allergies and they brought them all on same plate! No leadership apparent and will not be going again, such a disappointment

Food absolutely fantastic. From placing order to delivery informed of timescale. Food delivered hot and exactly what asked for. Would highly recommend. Wouldn’t go anywhere else food is exceptional. Keep it up all friends at Panahar

We ordered a takeaway on saturday 23rd oct 2021. Cost our family £89. When we got home we found the order was incomplete. As it was a family meal i phoned them to complain as we were missing various food. They said they would deliver the missing food. They asked for our address and we never recieved the food that was missing as they never came. Total loss was rougly £19. Spoilt our night we just did the best and shared what we had. Shame as one had to have no main as they wanted king prawn, and didnt eat chicken tikka. really spoilt our night. Obviously they will be happy as they were roughly £19 better off for not supplying what was ordered. Will never go back.

Have not been to the Pan Ahar for a few years but went tonight with freinds for what was an excellent meal, the meal was served by very freindly but quiet staff who were not overbearing. It was all very reasonably priced and with a few rounds of drinks in was less than £25.00 per head, great value for money.

Have not been for a few years but after having a takeaway 3 weeks ago we decided to book a table at the Pan Ahar for ourselves and two freinds. The meal was excellent, served by very quiet freindly staff, the cost for the four of us with drinks came in at less than £25.00 per head which we think is excellent value for money.

Great food and nice venue, lovely little Indians.

Food excellent always 👌spot on.

Absolutely incredible food, no faults at all! Staff are super friendly and incredibly helpfull! Would reccomend to all of my friends and family, absolutely amazing! We could live on your food! Thanks to all the amazing staff and chefs at Pan Ahar!

We go every week. Its fantastic food.friendly service and good value for money

Great atmosphere and service, staff have been amazing everytime we've been. Can't wait to visit again.

I've been going to this restraunt for most of my adult life. Always good, apart from one time, which I can forgive, everyone has an off day Right?

It’s 5 mins after finishing the meal and I feel compelled to write this review. Absolutely awful. I ordered a starter of butterfly king prawn, this came in a soggy batter with one small prawn in each, the prawn being about 1/20 the size of each piece of soggy batter. My main course I ordered Sri Lankan King prawn, the sauce was quite nice but the 7 small prawns was no what I was expecting. A full takeaway tray full of sauce and a slice of lemon and 7 small prawns which I had to fish around to find. Ordered at Pan Ahar for the very first time tonight on the advice of a neighbour. I won’t be ordering from here ever again, atrocious is not an exaggeration. They were very very busy and although the pick up time was 9pm we waited in a queue until approx 9.30pm. Maybe this is why the meal was so poor, I don’t know, but it’s no excuse. The photo shows the remains amount of the butterfly prawn, about 75% of it, one small prawn in amongst it. Pitiful.

Stated on website open went there and all shuttered up

Very nice, just had a take away from here tonight. I had the garlic chicken tikka, there was plenty chicken in it and very tasty. Nice Indians and good size portions.

Once again fantastic food. Thank you Panahar you have excelled yourselves Once again. Tandoori Chicken Masalla, Chicken Dansak and Chicken Madras all tasty dishes

Still the best in blyth by a long shot

my go to place in blyth for a curry - meal is always really nice and very good staff

5*. Food delicious just what you need in a lockdown. Thank you to all staff at Panahar keeping our belly’s full with lovely food at such a troubling time for everyone

Best Indian restaurant in Blyth , thumbs up for me

The Pan Ahar is a first class establishment, the food is excellent and the service is the same. Been many times before and the good quality is consistent. Strongly recommended.

Despite being really busy and short staffed we had a wonderful meal on new year's Eve. Perfect food as always. Thank you for your honesty with the length of time it would take for the food, but ensuring it was delicious! Still my favourite Indian restaurant ever!

Lovely cozy restaurant. Very friendly staff and delicious food. Will definitely be back next time I am down

The best Indian inspired food for miles. Clean, well priced and great service. Family run for years and it shows in the pride reflected in the dishes. Just go.

Always good quality nosh here Don't let the exterior put you off this is always a pleasure to visit.

Ok take away . If you want a really amazing Indian go to the four seasons in Stannington the Char Mausum .. fabulous and 10/10

So so so so soooooo good!!! Cannot fault at all, their pershwari naan is one of the best ever! And their chicken tikka masala was 10/10. Can't wait to try something else next time

My favourite Indian restaurant, by a country mile. The food is a class apart from all Indian restaurants in the North East. Always get good sized portions. The vindaloo is best I've had in the UK.

Delicious food. Amazing staff, even met the owner great guy. I would definitely recommend anybody to go here.

Amazing restaurant, great chefs, workers, owner and a great atmosphere. The food is delicious. I would recommend it.

Top quality and at a fair price.

best takeway and sit in for food in blyth.

Great place to go for an Indian curry, friendly service and prompt. Would definitely recommend. The meal was excellent and reasonably priced. Complimentary liqueur was also given at the end of the meal. Restaurant was warm and relaxed and service was excellent.

Food is great, price is excellent and staff are lovely

Amazing Food, staff were VERY attentive couldn't do enough for us .We ordered the special, plenty of choice for every one , even caters for vegans . Prices very reasonable, will return xx

Decent Takeaway Food and well presented. Nothing Bad Nothing Brilliant ! Would return if a curry was fancied

Her indoors and I often spend a weekend up in Blyth to visit family. One thing we always make sure to do is visit this exceptional little takeaway. We haven't had a single meal that was anything less than phenomenal.

Thursday special set menu , starter main course , icecream or coffee plus a glass of wine £11.95.Good value meal

In off the street with no booking but was given a table for me and the bride, had the usual poops and picked which were nice. straight into the chicken Madrass after that which was nice and hot served with good quality rice, Give it a go, canny!!

Fantastic food and awesome service. Best Indian food around. 😊

Excellent food. Lovely staff. Not the nicest walk to the door but more than made up for. One of the best Indian restaurants I have been to

Always great food. Never had any problem weve been coming for years

Great food and friendly staff. Nice atmosphere

Outstanding. Great food and friendly staff. Go every week.

Lovely food, well presented. Friendly service throughout and quick. Always nice to receive a free shot at the end of the meal. It's been a few years since I've been but it's still as good as I remembered. Reasonably priced and offer meal deals on a Tuesday and Sunday.

Havent been there for about twenty years my god its fab great food and service never changed will be back

Attended here last night (9th february) and had my reservations as always with trying new restaurants but was pleasantly surprised at this place. I had chicken pakora to start which was amazing very little grease and cooked well. For my main I had lamb Sri Lankan and again very little grease and full of flavour. It was one of the better curries I have had. The keema naan was also very nice and the service here we found exceptional nothing was too much and they didn't pester you all the time like some places do.

I frequently visit this restaurant for a takeaway and I must say the food is fantastic, I can't even think of any negatives for this place great friendly staff with spot on service.

I frequently visit this restaurant for a takeaway or eat, the food is fantastic to say the least. The staff and service is brilliant and couldn't ask for more.

Great food well established for over 30 years

One of the worst Indian restaurant experiences I've had. Attended prompt at 18:00 hrs for a booking made for 4 adults and 2 children. When asked for sparkling water all they had was soda water or tonic water. There was no children's menu, after 1.5 hrs all we had been given was a plate of poppadoms and some pickles. Eventually our starters arrived, the butterfly king prawns were virtually inedible as they were smothered in thick batter. and the Bhuna prawns on Puri were nearly cold. After a further long wait the mains arrived, reasonably ok however by this time one of the children had fallen asleep and had to have his food packed in a container as a doggy bag. The wait to pay the bill was also too long. I would normally have walked out but this was supposed to be a special night out with our daughters family and we didn't want to spoil it and frighten the children. Recommendation: DON'T GO.

Home delivered curry for one with 2 plain nanbreads which should have been about 10.00 so why was he charged 20.00 for the said meal to be delivered less than two mile from the shop in blyth to cowpen in blyth. Not good.

My husband has just had the worst Indian meal ever. Cold, dry, tasteless disappointment. Not one item he had was any where near the high ratings stated. Tried once...never again!!!

Toda la visita, bastante raro. El restaurante estaba casi vacío aparte de nosotros y otras dos mesas, pero el servicio era pobre, con sólo uno en el piso y una señorita en el bar. Fue difícil a veces conseguir atención para bebidas, etc. El joven parecía ocupado comprobar. Sirve He visitado este lugar varias veces a lo largo de los años y después de vivir lejos decidí probar de nuevo. La comida era bastante buena, no me golpe, pero no estaba mal. Nos encontramos un gran hilo / pelo en uno de nuestros platos, cuando mencioné que el camarero nos encontramos con una vacante de aspecto y dijo que no había venido de allí. A su crédito ofrecían nos hará un nuevo plato para llevar y hicieron lo que pudieron para rectificar y asegurarse de que la izquierda con el asunto resuelto. La decoración del establecimiento se siente anticuada. En general bastante normalito. Es poco probable que prisa en volver.

Another fantastic meal and fantastic host Mr Mia can't fault it I've been eating his meals for the past 34 years incredible

Great food and always friendly staff. Food is always fresh and full I f flavour Best Indian food around I'd recommend a visit.

Este es mi restaurante local y nunca he estado en el restaurante, así que no puedo comentar sobre el restaurante clasifico el tomar distancia. Un salto a la vez y por Londis que acabamos en la tienda de mi comida me estaba esperando. Buena acogida y buena orientación en encontrar lo que quería. Llegué a casa y estaba muy sorprendido por el tamaño de la porción, pero hambre que disfruté todo sólo restos de izquierda. Trozos de carne y la hermosa arroz cocinado a la perfección. Bien vale la pena el precio. No puedo comentar en la entrega. Era como un curry kurma, pero de vegetales. Por lo que vi el restaurante se veía preciosa.

Reservamos una mesa anoche, y cuando llegamos el lugar estaba encerrado si donde cerrar temprano porqué no teléfono decir que donde hacerlo tenían nuestro número. No nuevo servicio al cliente muy pobre

Esperamos más de una hora para la entrega. Tenía un desacuerdo con el hombre entrega a donde estaba Bridge Street. Me buscó y me fue correcta! ! ! La comida estaba deliciosa! Se vayan al restaurante, pero no llevar a microondas como tenía de todo! Y no como la mayoría de indios gratis papadum dar!

Llegamos para la cena, el personal es muy amable. La comida era muy buena y disfrutamos de nuestra primera comida india. El único punto que haría mesa nos sentamos en era muy pegajosa, solo un paño húmedo para limpiar el sabón mesa.

Excellent staff, professional, friendly and welcoming. Beautiful food. Excellent value for money. Good range of choice. All round first class service.

This place has to be the best place to go for a curry meal The staff there are very pleasant and always happy to see UThx to all inc the son of the owner who I talk to at The 3 Horse Shoes Pub from time to time who is a lovely pleasant guy as all the staff there are Keep up the good work

My boyfriend took me here for my first Indian in a restaurant. It was really good here and the food was lovely. One criticism I would make is one of the staff was a bit behind and forgetting things such as drinks and by watching another table he got part of their order wrong. We will definitely come back though!

Thankfully my husband (then boyfriend) introduced me to the Pan Ahar coming up to 6 years ago this Christmas. I'd always turned my nose up at this sort of cuisine.We have been coming back most weekends ever since, mostly to sit in as the staff are so friendly and welcoming.They've seen me go through my very mild curry stage to which they accommodated every time to my spicy stages. We've since had a baby who also comes with us every week and has ate the cuisine since she was 6 months . They all seem to love her and make us feel just as welcome even when she has been a little difficult to settle. I couldn't recommend this place enough. We often try other types of restaurants but always say at the end...not as nice as the Pan Ahar :)

I have been going to the pan ahar for years and the standards have never slipped. Great food and staff. I would recommend this for eat in or take out.

They do have a happy hour on a Thursday. I have found the food fine but I always ask for it to be very mild. The service is very good. Choice of about 3 starters, main course nan or rice, ice cream or coffee and a after eight mint. The house wine is mediocre expensive for what it is. Seems to be different every time I go?

The best curry you will ever have, lovely staff too always make you feel so welcome, never had a bad meal here yet, my husband loves the chicken vindaloo but all the food is fantastic, definitely worth a visit

Four of us arrived just after 8pm on a busy Sunday, Bank Holiday. We had not booked a table so we knew we were going to have to wait. The wait was only about 20 minutes. But once we ordered our food the wait was no longer than usual. We ordered the special, everything was perfect.

All of Blyth Indian restaurants are very good but the Pan Ahar is my personal favourite. We had chicken tikka and onion bhajis to start, which we shared. Followed by chicken Bhuna, rice and peshwari nan.All the food was delicious and service as usual was very good.

Went on a buffet night 3 courses plus a glass of wine. The food is wonderful would really recommend this restaurant

Amazing service,Amazing food,Amazing atmosphere,Amazing. Really would recommend, this is my new favorite restaurant.

We decided to look up this restaurant as we had heard good reports and we were not disappointed. Tucked away near Newsham clubs we originally thought it was a takeaway but what a pleasant surprise. We had a friendly greeting from the staff and the restaurant was quite quiet due to the fact it was early Tuesday evening. there was still a good atmosphere as the few customers all seemed to be regulars enjoying themselves. We were promptly served and given pompadoms with delicious accompaniments. We opted for the hot pickle too which was Hot but lovely mixed with the mango, salad etc. Our starter of mixed tandoori kebab was freshly cooked and our main dishes of Jalfrezi and Balti served with rice and nan bread was delicious. We were made to feel very comfortable and enjoyed our experience very much. Complimentary drink of Baileys in cream was a nice finishing touch. Well done! We will certainly recommend and return for more of the same.

We rang for take out and from the young lady who took our order to the delivery driver then the food it was all faultless. If everyone got that service every time you would be definitely the best indian restaurant in blyth.

If you want good delivery service and good food then avoid the Pan Ahar. Been living on past reputation for too long its time to tighten up your act.

Went for tea on the Thursday special night we got there early so it was quiet ,but it soon filled up . We ordered our drinks then Mr Mia took our order poppadoms arrived soon after then our starters which were delicious, then our mains which we were allowed to tweet slightly from the set menu ,again fresh and delicious. You cannot fault this restaurant for value or taste . Once again it was great .

Been going for years and its absolutely beautiful! Food is always fresh, never cold and always leave feeling very full!! Always recommend!!

Food = excellent service is brilliant staff are great they treat you like one of the family would highly recommend this hidden gem

we have not been to this restaurant for a long time but happily the service is still as good as it ever was and the food never changes in quality ,always at its best , well worth a visit you wont be disappointed .

I love Indian food and think this place does some of the best I've had. The biriyani they make is phenomenal. Best ever. Definitely worth a try.I've never had a bad meal from here

I've been a fan of this place for years, very friendly staff, awesome food and popular with many regulars.Staff happy to cater to any variations on the menu.This is the best Indian in the North East (IMHO).

I ate here for the first time last night after sampling the food by using their takeaway service earlier in the month.I felt welcome from the moment I walked in, I was taken to my seat and offered a drink straight away, the staff were all polite and full of smiles.I ordered my food and was then presented with poppadoms & a selection of dips including mango chutney and onion salad - gratis.The starter was mutton tikka, absolutely delicious, then the main, Tandoori King Prawn Vindaloo, was brought out with garlic rice and a naan bread; wow! It was beautiful, the waiter checked that it wasn't too hot and was happy to know how much I was enjoying the food. The restaurant itself is quite small so it has a cosy feel and it decorated with beautiful Indian art. Overall I would recommend this to anyone in the area who fancies a nice meal in a local place. The bill was reasonable, even including the drinks, and came with a shot of what I think was baileys and cream.I left quite a generous tip, which is unusal for me as I usually leave the customary 10% if I have enjoyed the meal and the service of the staff but I left a little over 20% for this meal. I will return to the restaurant in future.