Prachin Indian & Bangladeshi Restaurant in Richmondshire

The range and standard of food is excellent. The menu offers some of the old classics but there are also many chef's dishes and recommendations that I haven't encountered before. I've now tried several and invariably, the quality of the food is excellent, with unusual flavour combinations that work very well. The portion sizes are spot on, sometimes, I'm full after the starter, but here you get a decent portion of good food. There tends to be only one person front of house so, at peak times, the service for drinks etc can be a little slow, but the food comes quickly and piping hot from the kitchen. Also, be aware that Prachin only takes cash. A great local gem.

Seven family members turned up for an evening meal. We should have realised as it was a Friday night and it was not busy. The service was poor but the standard of food was just shocking. We all chose something different and we didn’t get one good meal between us.absolutely tasteless and poor. So much so my brother was up half the night being sick. Stay clear of this place guys

Lovely welcome,friendly staff Nd good service. Lovely tasty food of high quality. Glad we found this place

Great to see that the curry house in Hawes is back in the hands of owners who know what they’re doing and finally licensed! The restaurant now called Voujon, was a vast improvement, the menu was excellent as was the service, so now it’s up to all those complaining locals to support them throughout the winter period........

Fantastic evening at Voujon last night. Saturday 9th November. Two couples superb curry’s all round and a great host. Lamb chops and the mixed biryani. Can’t wait to return. Nice friendly staff.

We did not realise there was an Indian restaurant in Hawes but following a recommendation from staff at a local cafe we decided to give the Prachin restaurant a try. What a great decision. We enjoyed a very, very good meal served by helpful and attentive staff. The best Indian food we have had in a long time.

The food was tasty and the service was great. Take cash as doesnt take cards. Not the easiest to find but worth persevering. Good meal, good value for money and handy to rented cottage a few miles away.

Both my wife and myself enjoyed a very good meal here. Food was of a high standard and the price was reasonable. Good menu choice available and the waiter was very polite and helpful. Only negative was payment was cash only, although there is a cash point very near to the restaurant.

2nd visit to this restaurant and it didn't fail to deliver. Both visits were excellent very good food and great friendly service.

Ordered a takeaway and collected. Was ready on time for our pick up. Could of been slightly hotter ( spicer).

Had dinner here a few nights ago. Managed to get a table for 9 people on the day which was surprising! The food was great. The staff was lovely and friendly. Overall fantastic atmosphere. Thank you very much!!

3rd time visit to this great Indian restaurant since new management and re brand. ..wonderful food. .as a Hawes local we now don't have to travel to eat great "Indian" food. ..also the After eight mints make it all worth while. ....will soon revisit. .

Excellent meal - very good quality food and service. Read some poor reviews from several months ago, but under new management and couldn't find any fault.

Wow! Staying at the caravan club, went last night for a meal with my husband and parents and from the minute we walked through the door, the staff were friendly and couldn’t do enough for us. The service was quick and I started with an onion bhaji which was amazing. I then had the butter chicken which is my go to dish and this is definitely the best I’ve ever had. My husband had a prawn biryani and thoroughly enjoyed it. We are back in October and we will definitely be returning!!

Ignore the reviews from weeks ago. This place is under new management and the food is delicious. The staff are attentive. Highly recommend it.

Staying at caravan club site in our caravans with daughter and son in law.. we had seen that the restaurant had been recently taken over and had good reviews so tried it. The food was excellent and the service also excellent.will definitely return again

We noticed the change in reviews after they’d changed hands so we decided to risk it - very glad we did! We both agreed it was one of the best curries we’d had, complete with a perfect peshwari naan. Highly recommended is the chilli masala.

We are veggie curry addicts from Bradford, so had to try the local Indian restaurant whilst on holiday in the beautiful Dales.

6 of us sat in for a meal and it was excellent very friendly and helpful staff food lovely. The Indian has new owners and it is now called Voujon.

Fantastic food, we couldn’t fault any of it and great staff too. At the moment it is cash only for payment but well worth a visit.

Was going to sit in but due to unforeseen circumstances we had a takeaway. Lovely friendly guy took my order and I paid 30 minutes later when I collected my food. Poppadums fine as were the pickles, two chicken main courses were excellent, nice rice and lovely nan bread. There were a few people in on a Wednesday night. Enjoyed our food and wouldn’t hesitate to return and have a sit in meal.

Now under new owners. Quality Indian restaurant. Food plentiful and flavoursome. One of the best curries I've had

Now that this has new owners they are aware that previously it was not as good as it should have been so they are trying very hard to build up a good reputation. Based on our experience they should do well as the meal we enjoyed was excellent.

Prachin serves very good food and the people are very friendly.We are vegetarians and stayed a few days in Hawes...we came back the other day!

Lucky to get a table on a saturday night after popping in on the off chance. Very helpful staff front of house -keen to please and told us about improvements made since the change of hands.

We were in Hawes looking for vegetarian food and found this gem. The owner was very friendly and the food was great. We were walking the Coast to Coast route and had a number of curries along the way and this was one of the best.

Be aware that there's no discount for the privilage of doing your own washing-up after collecting your take-away meal and eating at home!

I'm very particular about my curries and am a hard man to please. Went into this restaurant and we were the only customers there at 6.30. Alarm bells were quieted by the succession of carry outs being collected, if the locals are on board so am I. The new owners have had the place 4weeks and they have made huge strides in reversing the reputation. The food was excellent, tasty fresh cooked and good value. The naan bread was particularly worthy of comment, light, a hint of crispness, excellent. Lets hope they keep this standard going, will definitely be back next year to see. Well done the refs and front of house.

Firstly..this place has changed hands quite recently, so please remember this when you are reading the reviews !

Have been twice now since new ownership had different curry and rice each time aswell as sides. Found the curry’s very bland and no flavour and when spending £16-17 for one meal Ide expect it to be a lot better than it was.

We visited this restaurant on Saturday it was busy & busy with takeaways, we had to wait a long time between our starter & main course but when the main came it was definitely worth the wait, this was far the best curry we have ever had! The management came over specially to apologise about the wait, which was much appreciated. We will certainly be returning!!

Prachin closed (no surprise after last visit). New owners renamed the restaurant Voujon. Vastly superior Bangladeshi food. Menu goes beyond the usual suspects (Chicken Korma et al). Had 3 dishes each with complex, unique flavors. The nan bread just held back the rating to 4 stars but I admit to being picky about nan bread.

It's closed with no sign of reopening any time soon. Suggest you ring first but don't hold your breath

We were on a family vacation with 12 in our party staying at a self catering farm house close to Hawes. We decided to not cook on this night and get a takeaway locally which required a drive into the town centre.

Had a takeaway from here whilst in Hawes when we were too late for anything else. The staff were very friendly and the food was quite good and pretty tasty.

We have the take away the benefit of the mediocre reviews and let’s say we regretted it. Ordered two pickle trays (and paid for them) only two mint sauces supplied. Main courses very bland and almost gravy like- not what we were after from a curry!! Side dish vegetables almost inedible- mushrooms just greecy- more like a bad cooked breakfast not Indian side dish, spinach just bland and almost a boiled flavour, yuck. Let’s just say most went in the bin, such a shame. Won’t bother again.

Ordered a couple of takeaway meals last Thursday, a chicken delight,some chicken tikka dish,rice and a garlic naan.

This restaurant opens a little late for us (1830) and you have to check the opening times in the off season, we ordered a take away and on arrival back where we were staying found some items missing, the staff are very friendly and sorted things out but it was a faff I could have done without, as said there is no licence so you need to take your own beer, our meal was ok nothing special and the portion size was smaller than I’m used to, the menu has a good choice and its located in off the main high street so you need to really look to find it.

For our first night in Hawes we thought we’d try Prachin as we hadn’t had an Indian meal for a while. The poppadoms were fine, pickle tray was expensive, our main course vegetable dopiaza was edible. The prawn rogan josh was awful. It looked like prawns in a red sauce with a few tomatoes. I don’t think the prawns were cooked and I’m sure none of the other ingredients were fresh. Even my husband’s lemonade was flat. The chapatis had come out of a packet and were undercooked.

Had read the reviews on TripAdvisor, but decided to give it a try. All that has been said about the food is correct. Not very tasty, no lamb, the naan bread pre cook and hubby said a little soggy in the middle. Staff very friendly but won't return. Also it is cash only. Don't accept credit/debit cards

Our last night we decided to go for a curry, off the main road, next to the fountain hotel this little restaurant or hidden gem servered us with the excellent indian food with great service, we loved our experience, and will be back.. just one more thing..

Tucked away down a little alley inbetween the Crown Inn and Fountain Inn. This little old 17th century building contains some good indian food at a reasonable price. A lot of chicken dishes and it doesn't serve alchol (you can bring in your own and they will provide drinks. No sweets available but the food was good

If your looking for a curry in Hawes after a day on the dales you should remember they don’t have a license so no beer. They do however allow BYO but we only realised this after we had ordered our food and soft drinks when other diners walked in carrying pints from the Fountain pub. A bit disappointed that the waiter didn’t think to mention this or that the web site didn’t mention the BYO.

Went to this restaurant tonight with some reservation after reading its reviews. Have to say, had a fantastic night - service and food were both excellent and I would recommend this to anyone visiting Hawes.

We have been to Hawes on several occasions and have used this Indian restaurant and the food was lovely.

Proprietor (waiter) very approachable guy, food was OK, service slightly slow but we werent in a rush so that was just fine. Nice little place

I asked the owner for a recommendation for the dish with the most complex flavor. What I got was tomato sauce with pepper. Nan bread from Tesco heated in microwave. Slow service with priority given to takeout orders. Used to be very good - guys driving up from Bradford. Perhaps the usual suspects (Korma, Balti) are better.

We had a takeaway from the Prachin on Saturday 17th Feb and thought the food was fine.

Service was strange. Asked if we wanted popadoms, but not drinks. Then didn't take our main food order for a while. Restaurant was cold, so we ended up sitting in our coats. It took over 30 minutes to be served our starters which were fine. I was then asked if I would have Peschwari rice instead of the plain boiled rice I'd ordered? why? A table of 8 people arrived, and left as they decided it was too cold to sit in the place.

Staying just around the corner from the village centre we had a chance to sample many of the pubs and takeaways that were on offer.

Had a takeaway had to wait 75 minutes when no one was there, re-heated food, naan breads not made on premises, basic gravy with all curries with no seasoning, never again!

This has to be the least inviting Indian restaurant we have ever visited. Absolutely no Indian decor at all. Not sure but I think it's maybe a 2 man band. There was 1 man doing the waiting on he did everything from answering the phone, re-laying of tables, serving food, collecting dishes etc. Possibly 1 cook can't use the word chef .....sorry. The food wasn't the best in fact my husband said his chicken tikka was tasteless, we won't go back.

We stayed in Hawes for five days, checking this restaurant daily, only to find that it did not open. This was in spite of a sign out on the footpath. We gave up and travelled to Leyburn where we found an excellent alternative - Saffron.

Ordered our takeaway. Friendly staff, the restaurant looked lovely. God choice on the menu. Found my madras curry delicious, same goes for my partners choice.

Eenvoudig Indiaas-Bengaals eethuis gelegen in het centrum van het toeristische Hawes. Vriendelijke ontvangst. Ik bestelde een chicken tikka masala met als nevengerechten pilaw rijst en een warm gerecht met kikkererwten. Ik vond het zeer lekker. Snelle bediening. Er wordt geen alcohol geserveerd maar ik kreeg gratis een glas koel water. Matige prijzen. Er werd uitstekende muziek gespeeld, altijd een plus.

...I was slightly spooked when ordering....as the waiter informed us the naan breads were bought in and therefore not freshly made...usually the chefs take pride in their bread making skills.

It's the only Indian restaurant in Hawes, it doesn't do alcohol bug you can get. Paint from the pub next door and take it in, like I say it was ok, I've have better and I have had worse, staff were friendly enough

Staying in the area for a few days, we found ourselves very limited for places to eat one night and ended up getting a disappointing takeaway from the Prachin Indian.

We had a takeaway from here while on holiday nearby. Good selection of dishes, very tasty and good value for money!

The veggie dishes were full of potatoes and had a can of tinned tomatoes your limited around here to what you can buy but I would rather have a frozen curry as this was disgusting.

If its indian you fancy this is your best choice, it is your only choice but not a bad one. A very small place which caters for eating in or takeaway. Be aware that last orders is 9pm. It's unlicenced but you can take your own wine or beer with you or from the pub next door as long as you return the glasses. Food wise! It's okay and getting better, not bad for the only curry house for miles about but just don't accept the popadons if they are come to you soft as they seem to be cooked in advance of the restaurant opening. Popadoms should be crisp and if not send them back. Apart from this issue which the chef needs to know is not acceptable everything else is fine and is improving all of the time. Overall its a canny little place which satisfies your curry fix.

As a local. .. principally use this as a takeaway.... After many months of issues.. The regular openings have I'm delighted to say been matched by a significant up turn in quality of food.... A tip... u do need to make it clear how hot of spicy you want it....

I little disappointed with dinner. Nans are precooked. But they did tell us this. Good portion size.

Visited with my husband and two kids. Not very impressed. Curries lacked flavour, would not go back.

On the plus side the service was very friendly and the main course tasty. On the downside the popadoms and onion bhajis in my opinion suffered from oil that hadn't been changed in a while.

Just had a very average meal tonight.

Very quiet so lacked atmosphere possibly because it was a Sunday night. The service was very good allowing us time to study the menu. The food was fine.

Nice friendly welcoming ,well as beautiful authentic currys.the place doesn't have licence to serve alcohol but allows u to bring your own.

Odd place. Opens at 6:30pm, except the nights when it doesn't, kitchen closes soon after the front door opens, maybe as early as 8:00pm. Non alcoholic drinks list, not a problem as you can bring your beer from the pub next door (The Crown).