Passage To India in Scarborough

Had an amazing meal in here last Thursday night, with my wife daughter and grandson.

Shocking cold grit in the chicken went straight in the bin

Lovely here, enjoyed the meal very much.

Generous pickle tray with the poppadoms and both mains rice and naans were delicious

Lovely place. Bonus deal night £13.50 special on a weds. Just wish i had gone with a normal curry. The murg masala was not good. Way to salty to the point it over powedered the meal and was over spiced. But everything else super. Staff great.

Staying up the road for a few days holiday and walked past this restaurant earlier in the day. Decided to give it a try and we weren't disappointed. The food was delicious and the service spot on. When ordering had poppadoms and dips. Husband had lamb sag and I had lamb rogan josh, both with rice and shared a garlic naan. All washed down with a bottle of wine. Sitting here writing this, struggling to breathe!!

Good tasty food! Cant go wrong really

The food was really nice and the staff were friendly. Recommend the chicken tikka bhuna and the mushroom rice. It is cash only, so make sure you take some with you.

Cash only restaurant quality of food very poor tried to serve meals on ice cold plates poor customer service living in the West Midlands I have extensive experience on quality Indian food this is the worst I experienced my opinion AVOID.

We decided to stay in on a wet and windy night in Whitby, ordered a delivery from her. Was absolutely brilliant. Food was delicious, delivered in time and reasonably priced,

Home delivery, food was superb, one of the best curries I have ever had...take a bow!

Got there,had 3poppadoms ,that was ok,then I ordered butter chicken,omg well when it came I could have picked it up rolled it up and rolled it into a ball,when tasted it tasted of flour tons of it,I said can’t eat it,they took it back and halved it put cream in ,gave it me back,did not eat it as still loads of flour in it,in that time my Chipatties was cold,not rocket science. My husbands had at leaste a full onion,big chunks,cooked in oil and was swimming,he had chicken jalfrezie,sorry for the spelling,he could not eat that,but they charged us £30, for his and one drink each and starter,got back to B&b ,that night he had diarrhoea,and I was sick,so thank you very much,shall never ever go again,and while we was there,there was was a table of six people ,swearing shouting,great night NOT .

We all agreed, one of the best curries we've had for ages!

Very popular place we found for an evening meal. Being a vegetarian I chose three side dishes and I have to say it was worth the wait! The food was amazing! We hadn't booked we just walked in and they advised us of the wait time so after about five minutes we were shown to our table and served pretty much straight away but then waited a good 40 minutes for our main dish so disappointed with the wait but when it arrived it was spot on.

We are staying at a local caravan site and ordered delivery. Food arrived really quickly and was piping hot. Food tasted delicious and was really good value. We can highly recommend this Indian especially for quick delivery to the caravan.

Visited whilst staying locally opted for the Wednesday night Banquet offer, Starter , Main and Side for £13.95. Opted for Onion Bhaji, Chicken Tikka starters. Chicken Pathia and chicken tikka Balti with rice and garlic naan. All were really good portion sizes very tasty and quality chicken used. Restaurant was very busy but staff were attentive and very efficient. Have to say the food was superb eaten a lot of Indian food and this was very good. I would recommend this restaurant.

Lovely meal apart from the garlic Nan bread no taste and not cooked purfect A's and I have would have expected

Great buffet option. 18+ items including curries, rice, naan, starters and desserts

Great food. We opted for the Banquet. Main, side and starter for £13.95. All tasty and nicely presented. Very busy but that was due to the Banquet evening.

Last minute decision to pop in here. They were fully booked but managed to fit 4 of us in, was really nice place and food was very good, Had the tandoori mix grill with bhuna sauce,, rice and chips and a garlic chapati

Very nice Madras , excellent tandoori lamb chops

Had takeaway tonight… arrived back at campsite, still hot, order correct, food delicious right from popadom, rice , naan and chicken vindaloo was amazing.. will definitely go again

Ordered a takeaway on our visit to whitby. Everything was very tasty and hot. Recommended 👍🏻

Avoid at all costs, do not waste your hard earned cash. Burnt greasy poppadoms. Greasy tasteless onion bhajias. Was it really tandoori chicken? No taste at all. Chilli chicken was tasteless, just thrown in chillies that bew your head off. Butter chicken tasteless and bland. Left it all except the chips. Never again, felt sick after and hungry.

Didn't get a great reception so didn't even bother going in,if you want a good Indian meal go to Birmingham

Ordered a takeaway on our second night staying in town, it was so good we returned and dined in the restaurant. Lovely fresh cooked food and great service. Cash only, so be prepared !!

Absolute gem of an Indian. I was bought up on food from the famous Birmingham balti quarter....and this is as good 💯😊

Best curry I've had in years, and the fries were perfect just wish I would have brought my leftovers home.

Cash only so’s you know but not had a bad one here yet. Garlic chilli chicken 😗

Food excellent staff freindly service great.

Popped in last weekend great food and great service, I've seen a few reviews about it being cash only and people complaining and I would humbly sergest these people do some research the card payment providers are ripping all these small business off and if you can't even be bothered to get some cash when you come out then words fail me as when and as they do these internet systems come down all the people who can't be bothered to go through all the hardship of actually getting some cash out will go hungry but i won't!

Lovely food and good portion size.

Very hit & miss this curry house. Had a beautiful meal on Friday..went in Saturday and a different chef was on. I had one spoon full and couldn't eat it but fair play to the staff they didn't charge me for it as they knew it was not good !

What an amazing find. Moved to Whitby a while ago and can’t believe I only just found this gem. Superb food and staff 🤘

Food was not good, tasteless, waiter service diabolical, they did not give you time to eat your popadoms , before they brought your starter, same with the main course. Do not let you pay with card, only cash. Would not recommend going. We dined in.

Fantastic food and service The best Indian I have had for ages

Food was amazing, Maisha was fantastic!

Our first visit, took the family, our son in law who is from Pakistan said it was the best curry he'd had in a long time, he ordered takeaway the following day Everyone including myself thoroughly enjoyed our food Wouldn't go anywhere else when we're up that way now for a curry The restaurant was immaculate inside, staff extremely helpful

We ordered a takeaway online. It was supposed to arrive at 8pm but didn't arrive till 8:40pm. I'd have been fine waiting this long if that's what they originally said! The curry wasn't the best and the naan bread was cold.

Really busy sat night but they squeezed us in. 2 seater table near kitchen so lots of staff going past. Chairs n tables we're basic and the wall had food splats all over it. The food was just shoved on our table by the staff. I know they were busy but that's not the point. The shiraz wine was nice. The meals were nice but not the best. I had chicken tikka rogan josh and partner had a duck dish. Poppadoms were lovey with a selection of 4 dips. Would go again when less busy.

It's probably one of the best Indian meals I've had in a long time. Was in Whitby for a family break and went here for a nice Indian definitely didn't wasn't disappointed. Would go again when back in Whitby.

Ordered the house special plus lamb birihani. Shocking, microwaved hard meat, threw up in bathroom. paid for poppadoms, pickles and wine. Waiters 5* but food terrible.

Service friendly, food disappointing. I wasn't impressed with the chicken in my dish...not even sure it was chicken.

Don't let some of the low reviews put you off visiting Passage to India Indian restaurant. They seem to be more on deliveries. The quality of food is very good. The curries are not oily like you get at some Indian restaurants. Had the mixed kebab starter and murgi masala curry with pilau rice and garlic and cheese naan. The curry was really nice and rice fluffy and light. Nice tasting Indian cuisine. Would definitely return again.

Very nice Indian restaurant we found. Food very good Prices not too bad

Inspite of making reservations we were forced to wait, also waiting time is minimum 30 mins and food was not upto the mark. Instructions were not followed. I think since its the only restaurant which is open until 11:30 thats why people choose otherwise it should be skipped.

Great food, good prices. Never had a bad meal here. Well recommended.

Great curry but would like the pay by card option instead of cash only.

Truly terrible food. Do not wast your money or risk your health. The onion bhajee was not authentic, not deep fried, more like reheated shop bought. The dipping sauce was horrible. The tandoori butter chicken was bland strips of old meat in a Korma like off yellow sweet sauce. The chicken balti was in a shop bought sauce with no vegetables stated in the description. Most of the food went in the bin. Never again. I’m not feeling great. My lovely man’s review. I suspect this so called restaurant survives on the basis that there's one born every minute. Because anyone with a brain cell and taste buds would never return in a thousand years. The reason being the so called food. (I ordered a takeaway of a chicken balti, butter chicken, two plain naan and an onion bhajee) The balti had no spices or vegetables and was just an oily mess of tasteless goo. How the heck do you make a curry taste bland and horrible? However they managed to do it, l don't think they know what spices are. The butter chicken was equally bland and tried to pretend to be a korma, much to my partner's disappointment this also ended up in the bin. The naan bread was soggy and tasted like warmed up wall paper paste. The onion bhajee was loaded with enough oil and grease l used it on the squeaky rusty door hinges, so not a total loss. The rest went in the bin, l couldn't for shame give it to the dog or the many seagulls here in Whitby. I've had a few curries in my time and l can honestly say this is by far the worst I've ever had the displeasure to come across. I'm only comforted that I'll never have to go to the Passage of India again and that I've lived long enough to write this review. Date of visit: April 2024

Fantastic service and really great food all served in a nice atmosphere honestly cannot fault it we will definitely eat here again.

I suppose coming from bradford I'm spoilt with having a good curry on my door.being so many good ones. and this seams to be the only curry house in town. lack of competition makes for lazy hands and minds. I ordered lamb chop starters..the smallest lamp chops I've ever seen. the mixed starter was tastless .. poor effort all round. the main meal was OK. but its all about the starters for me. also my partner said her onion bhaji smelt off. I agreed. sorry guys. service was tops. but the food needs some tender loving care and content

Didn't start well with the wrong drink order. Forgot one of the starters so had to wait for that. Had to ask for the bill and then had to queue to pay it.

Lovely food - the Wednesday deal is superb. Not a local but I would definitely recommend. Definitely tasted like Indian food too.

Brilliant food and lovely staff.

The food was beautiful x The young waitress was very friendly as I wanted something spicy and she recommended a lovely dish for me x

Half order missing, food cold and disgusting,Person did not listen when phoned back.Did not get the rest of the order

Had a takeaway delivery from here and it arrived quickly, can’t fault the delivery service at all however it was honestly the worst curry I’ve ever had!! The Bhajis were tasteless and soggy in the middle, the chicken tikka wasn’t cooked properly!! We ordered 3 different curries and they all looked exactly the same and tasted the same!! Again the chicken was raw in the middle, I literally had to spit it out! The sauce was powdered, even the spices weren’t cooked properly. I’ve had a better curry out of a jar from a supermarket . I wish there was another Indian takeaway in Whitby as this was a massive disappointment and a waste of money. £50 literally just went in the bin 🤨

Dropped in here for a bite to eat, the restaurant was quite so not much atmosphere, however the food was really good and at a reasonable price. Staff were very friendly

Open for a Sunday lunch buffet which was superb!! We also visit on an evening. Very good quality food and good service. Would recommend eating here.

Beautiful curry in pleasant surroundings and lovely staff

We had booked a table for 8pm but arrived around 15 mins early. We were seated straight away. We sat around 15 mins waiting for someone to take the drinks order and then at around 8.15pm we ordered starters and mains. By 9pm the main courses still hadn't arrived. We were told that our food would come in 10 minutes but we were still waiting 15 minutes later. The customers on tables either side of us had also waited around an hour for food and one of those had asked for the bill 3 times after finishing their meal and still did not receive it to the table. We felt that we had waited too long for the food, it was getting too late for us to eat such a big meal, we decided to leave. We'd had a poppadom and pickle tray, the poppadoms were over done and tasted burnt. One of us had a onion bhaji which was ok. We asked for more water twice and did not receive it. The staff were pleasant enough and we did receive an apology and were told that there would be no charge. We'd had a lovely day in Whitby but this was a disappointing end to it.

Disappointing! The restaurant itself is quite nice inside however that's where the praise stops unfortunately. The restaurant was cold with may customers opting to keep their coats on, the food was poor, it resembled a 'supermarket curry', and the service was poor too, waiting 40 minutes between our starters and main. Needless to say we won't be in any rush to go back

Had a lovely meal here, nice friendly staff

We had a takeaway so didn’t sit in but the staff were super welcoming and friendly. The food was so so good, so good in fact we had another meal delivered the following evening.

Aww found this little gem wandering home absolutely lovely place the staff are amazing

We picked a very busy night to go, NYE, although we did pre-book well in advance. The food was OK and well presented. The service was good, we didn't feel rushed or feel that we were waiting too long between courses. We weren't however, offered further drinks.

Ordered a meal for collection , the gentleman on the phone was efficient and friendly I ordered sag aloo , vegetable rice , garlic nann and tandoori chicken The sag aloo tasted quite sour , very little spice and the same with the rice , the nann bread was very sweet and tasted more like a peshwari than a garlic , the tandoori chicken had no spice at all , didn’t taste or look at all like tandoori chicken , very very disappointing My husband ordered lamb bhuna , the meat was tender and he said that he enjoyed it

Excellent food reasonable priced

Though the chef was considerate of our food requests, I still don't feel it was worth the money...

On a freezing Saturday night in Whitby, the place was packed. Told we had to wait 10mins as we hadn't booked. No problem, ordered our drinks & given a table inside the 10 mins. Ordered the Lamb Kam & Passage to India Special. Both curries were outstanding. Highly recommend this Indian restaurant. Great food & friendly staff.

Didn't do a chicken chilli bhuna, but went out their way to make me one.. its was hot and spicy..

Really lovely authentic Indian food

We've been coming here for years and have always loved the food. But, tonight we ordered delivery and all we can collectively say is that after far too long a wait for our food (1hr 20mins) - it was really, really disappointingly poor. The nan bread was rubbish, the chicken pakora were inedible and the curries (dansak, pathia and tikka masala) were well below average. Really not great.

The wait for food was horrendous!

We ate here on Sunday night while in Whitby for the weekend. The service was great and lovely staff. Food was delicious and good sized portions too. Would definitely recommend a visit.

My on criticism is during the summer it can be crammed packed. They put the tables too close together which can ruin your quiet meal but the food and service is outstanding. I live locally and always go here. Do a lovely Korma and tikka masala too.

Only reason no atmosphere I was a bit late but they cooked me some beautiful food but I was the only one there

We have been visiting Passage to India for a number of years. We booked a table for 4 this evening and must admit we were not disappointed. The food was excellent and the service was spot on.

Great location, great atmosphere 👍 food was lovly reasonable priced.. only down fall for me it's cash only. ..

A small but nice place close to the railway station. Nice staff and tasty food. I was happy that they were flexible in adapting the chicken Tikka Masala to panner. However, I have to say that the onion bargee's were very chewy, I suspect they had been made some while ago and re-heated.

Me and my wife was visiting Whitby for the weekend 15/10/23 So reading the reviews for this restaurant was not good. But as it saw the only one in Whitby we decided to chance it. The service was very good, the food was excellent, we have Indian food often and this meal of ours may I say has been one of the best Well done to this restaurant

The worst takeaway curry I have had.

Literally just ordered this food.Absolutely disgusting, my husband ordered lamb curry and was given beef!!! My curry had no vegetables whatsoever in, just a horrific sauce and dry meat.Really, I can’t believe the poor quality of this food for nearly 50 quid, never again 😡😡 don’t waste your money, this place is not an authentic Indian takeaway/ restaurant, I’ve eaten better ready meals. Learnt my lesson 😡😡

Please don't waste your money or time . Normally go kam Thai when I'm in whitby however there was a 50mins waite. So decided to try passage to India only to be shocked. The service was awful they would only except cash .no card payments. Then on to the food .chicken tikka was tasteless and under cooked . Matar paneer was served as Chana masala . Then the mains ch8lli chicken fry was in a bland tasteless sauce with no chilli and barely any chicken . Chicken tikka masala . Sauce was soured and again no chicken . Hair in my rice. Only good thing the cobra on draught to wash it all down. All for £83.50 was absolutely robbery for food worth no more than £30

I had chicken jalfrezi which was hotter than I was expecting but was so flavoursome, my husband had chicken bhuna and would highly recommend. The service was great and everyone was super friendly, I would highly recommend

Insanely lovely staff, especially the dude on the desk. The food was amazing. Thank you.

Complete waste of money. Lamb chops which you expect to be spicy came out 3 fatty lamb chops on a tray of onions no taste whatsoever. Lamb tikka main was tasteless to. They need to find a new chef to survive. Look at reviews don’t waste your money.

A great Indian restaurant in Whitby next to the train station. I've been here before covid hit, so it's nice to see it still going. Friendly staff, good service and good delicious. Portion sizes were a bit too large for me but was definitely very yummy food. Thank you and no doubt see you again on our next visit. P.s just to add its cash only here as well.

Not eaten here for some years. Still great food at a great price. Our main waiter was fine but some of the staff could learn a bit about front of house charisma. Definitely go back. Cash only at the moment, but unlike most places, this was pointed out upon entry.

We came twice: on Saturday and Monday. I was the ginger fella with the German lady. Superb food, superb service. Very friendly staff, especially the Polish waiter. Well done, Passage to India!

A good solid curry, open late, competitively priced.

Absolutely the best Indian we have ever eaten. The only down fall for us it's to far for delivery as we are southerns from Buckinghamshire. Highly recommended 👌

Good food but had better service on other visits

Food was delicious, period. Service needs a bit of improvement in responsiveness.

Initially seen quickly for drinks order Waited a long time for starters Aroma was lovely however bland Main courses. Plain chicken tikka had no Indian flavour just chicken breast taste King prawn curry.....lacked prawns and was so hot (far too much chilli) it was impossible to taste anything. Couldn't finish meal disappointing 😞

Always a worry booking a restaurant when your not from the area but I needn't have worried. The staff were great and accommodating of my large party. The food was excellent, portion sizes spot on. Service was incredible. Good choice all round. Was cash only so luckily the cash machine wasn't too far away and staff advised us of that upon arrival so no nasty surprises.

Food was ok but don't compare it to curry dishes you might get in a city like Leeds or Bradford. Service was a bit slack and the furnishing is a bit tired.

As a local I use this place as there isn’t a lot of choice in the town, but after ordering my latest takeaway that’s it, no more. The food doesn’t even taste like Indian food, it’s shocking. The naan breads were out of a packet and not even fresh, the taste of the curry was so sour it tasted off. I’ve given the place the benefit of the doubt but no more am I wasting my hard earned cash on this dross, very disappointed ting..

2nd time visiting here. The food is gorgeous. Very close to the railway station. I shall return!

Food was good but spoilt by the extremely poor service and tired decor. Won't be going back.