Qismat Elgin Indian Cuisine in Moray

Really nice. Went for lyallpuri. Generous portions. Although really busy served really quick. Would highly recommend

Great service, really good sized portions, I actually couldn't eat it all. The nan bread was huge. Definitely recommend 👌

Delicious food, as usual, but smaller portions than I remember.

Stopped in for a nice dinner. Friendly welcoming staff. Food came out hot and fresh. Well prepared and very tasty.

Food here is always great. We have come here for lunch on many occasions and are always delighted. It is a highlight of any trip to Elgin.

Been using this restaurant for several years....something has changed, not for the better. After refurbishment, which was fairly good, the menu changed and the staff were different so I guess a new owner. Food not a patch on the previous. We probably won't be going again which is a shame.

BELLADRUM STREET FOOD TRAILER!! these guys are bloody awesome!! The food, the flavour, the service, everything was on point! The veg pakoras were to die for!! Probably nicest pakoras I’ve ever eaten! 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Wonderful place for family night out😉

Food was edible but nothing special considering the price . Vastly over priced £40 for 2 curries with no rice , 2 plain naans and 2 poppadoms. I won't be returning

Always excellent. Never varies. A lovely ambiance and a great waiter service.

Great food and the restaurant looks great and very tidy. Ordered Lamb biryani , Chicken Reshmi Masala and mix pakora. Everything was great.

If you are not in India then this is the most authentic food you could get !!! Please order from this place cuz you will really missing out if you don't. If I could afford it I would order every bloody night !!!! Best food ever !!!! 😋

Nice refurbished Indian restaurant. Attentive and pleasant staff. Disappointingly small portions, more 'starter' in size than main. 5 small pieces of chicken in my Jalfrezi. Having said that, it was nice curry.

Very nice atmosphere, great staff, efficient and food was fantastic

Very friendly staff and food we loved it all thank you so much

Went with some family members for lunch a couple of weeks ago. Lunch was lovely as always. Like the new look of the restaurant, fresh & airy feel to it. Staff were polite. However, after our meal I nipped into the toilet before we left. I was sat on the toilet & the light went out. Didn't think much of it, thought it was a mistake? It was pitch dark as there are no windows in there. I couldn't see a thing. I managed to wash my hands, made my way to come out, couldn't open the door! After a few attempts to open it I was panicking (as I'm clostraphobic). I managed to open it, until I came out to another door, pitch black I yelled 'help' no reply? After a time of trying the door (couldn't see my hand in front of my face) I finally managed to get out to find the restaurant empty, luckily the waiter was there putting his coat on to leave, had to unlock the entrance door for me. I was never so relieved to get outside. I was in a fluster! Wasn't a nice experience! To be fair they should check to toilets to see if anybody was in there? I have been since, but went before I went in lol This happened a couple of weeks ago. Went in today, was going to tell the owner, but he was on his phone as we were leaving. So I didn't want to bother him.

Really enjoyed curry. Food was cooked really well, most enjoyable curry I've had in a while. Poppadoms were good and sides fresh. Service was very good and professional. Nice atmosphere with good décor and toilets clean. I would definitely visit again

Excellent food and the revamp of the restaurant makes it brighter and more airy. Great service.

Had the dish of the day for lunch it was absolutely excellent. I always take the dish of the day because it introduces me to a different dish that I haven't tried before.

Mr Ali and his staff are friendly and welcoming. Seating on one side can be tight getting in and out. Food is tasty with a good range from mild to hot. My favourite is the Chicken or Lamb Tikka Garam Masala. Prices are reasonable.

Excellent food and great service

One of the best Lamb curries I've ever had. Great service too.

Really friendly approachable staff, foods great!

Nice place friendly staff good food & service 👌

Brilliant place, lovely tasty food as always, probably best in moray, i would definitely recommend even if you want it as a takeaway, staff very friendly and reasonably priced. I especially love the peshwari nan 👌!

Very tasty food Pakistani and indian.i suggest this restaurant.very very tasty food

Went with my son today and couldn't fault the food or service well done

Fantastic food Perfect balanced spices Recommend

The food is fresh and has an authentic taste. They have a special selected scotch whiskey too.

Food really quite bland, nearly £4 for a single onion bhaji cut into three. Nice staff though.

Ottima cena indiana. Il ristorante serve cucina indiana e pakistana. Abbiamo mangiato degli ottimi piatti Tandoori, il pollo era coperto da una spezia rosso fuoco davvero interessante (non era piccante), l'agnello era una specie di salsiccia. Diverso dal cibo indiano che abbiamo provato di solito, forse per le le influenze pakistane, ma era davvero ottimo. Piatti abbondanti, il Naan molto abbondante e in alcuni piatti è incluso.

Amazing food, friendly staff and service - not hard to see why the place is often full, possibly the best Indian restaurant I‘ve ever been to (and believe me, there have been many many of them…). Love the place!

was ok, nothing too fancy or special

The lunch deal was killer value! Tasted great as well!

Very good place. But not comfortable for sitting. Especially if you are sitting in side way.

Frozen in the middle samosas 🤮 we told the waiter we did not want them to remake them as we had kids with us and didn’t want to be around for too long. He made them again anyway, which we didn’t want to eat. forgot to give one of my children their dinner. Ended up getting mains taken away as we were waiting. The food was very very bland when we finally had our meal back at home. My husband is now tucking into a ready meal instead

Food was really disappointing, very bland, flavourless. Unfortunately won't be going back, when I said about the meal they only said about the peshwari naan and thats what was refunded, not looking for a full refund as we chose to go there bit felt it was overlooked at how bad the meal actually was. was a shame as both my mam and I were really looking forward to it

I am sorry to say but I didn't like food. Spices salt nothing in curry ...bad experience

Great food, friendly and attentive staff.

Best Indian in Elgin definitely in my opinion. Have been going there to dine in and get take aways since it opened in 1987. Try it and you will love it!

Always delicious and appetising

Nice resteraunt. Good food and drink.

Decent food , great service and pricing and a huge menu makes our visit to Qismat a winner , a star taken from the food as ive had a better punjabi masala but everything else was top notch

Service OK food OK not the best I have had and my wife sent hers back

Not the place it once was. Mediocre service albeit a lot of young kids. Food nice but not wow.

Best Indian restaurant in Elgin, chicken tikka Faslabadi, pilau rice, cheese and garlic naan is always my go to 😋😋😋

Excellent food great staff Best Indian food in moray

Good quality and pleasant service.

Been before and was not disappointed on my return

All staff are very kind and helpful. Food is excellent. Highly recommend. Prices are very good. Portions are great.

Every one in our group was absolutely delighted with our meals and service, thanks to everyone at qismat for a lovely night

Excellent food and great service.

Dreadful portion size on the Mixed Kebab Starter (1 piece of lamb, 2 pieces chicken, and one ~3" sheekh for 5.95) as well as a curry that tasted like cheap sweet and sour sauce and overcooked, dry chicken. Wish I hadn't gone.

Always very good. Very consistent. Never lets you down. Great food in a lovely setting.

Excellent service quality and food !!

As always good food,good service, the decor is bright and fresh. Good

Excellent food and lovely,friendly staff.

On the Saturday when we dined it was packed, so booking is recommended. The food was great, reasonably priced and the staff really attentive. What more could you ask for. Highly recommended.

Food was amazing. Worth the travel and we didn't even have to wait long. 15 mins at most. Nice service. Delicious food. Will be coming back soon.

Very accommodating ....the bestie and I hadn't booked but we were slotted in to a recently vacated table without an issue. We commenced the culinary experience with poppadums and relishes - missing out the lime pickle which is a bit too fiery even for Bestie's palate. She followed these by onion thingy's ...(sincere apologies, I don't know how to spell the name) which were well recieved - I just watched!!. I then had a Korma as I am unable to have 'hot' and 'spicy' food....my poor old tum can't cope these days (it's my tablets!!). I was a little disappointed to find my usually creamy mild Korma had a little too much of a kick to it for me and I have to admit I struggled to work my way through it. I was however well pleased with the Peshwari Nan and Pilau rice which accompanied the Korma...they helped me to munch my way through the heat!! As usual, soft drinks were the order of the day...designated driver as per usual! I find it disappointing these days that no matter where you go to eat, soft drinks are so expensive compared to those of a more alcoholic nature....I thought we were supposed to be encouraging responsible drinking....having high prices for soft drinks does not help that cause! - sorry, that was a more general soap box moment! ...back to the Qismat!!...my Bestie was assisted in deciding on a new flavour to try by the knowledgeable and helpful staff and armed with good dish-specific information, she chose a dish different to her 'usual' one! Sadly can't tell you what it was.. but it looked very interesting and she certainly enjoyed it as far as I could see! These mains finished, we were too full for a desert....opting not to even look at the menu for fear of overindulgence! We chatted animatedly while finishing our soft drinks in slow time....we had no pressure to finish and go and pay up! The bill was reasonable given the food consumed and the comments regarding the cost of soft drinks. I need to remember to ask for a really mild Korma next time...or maybe I'll be brave and branch out like my Bestie did this time..... maybe ..maybe not!! - time for home!!

Best meal and curry, nan, rice, starters, in years we'll done. See you next month. Brilliant food.

Very busy, plenty of attentive staff all round excellent

Got the wrong order and they were not interested in resolving plus the cheese naan was Burt black shocking will not be returning waste of £30 with delivery

Amazing food, great service. No complaints at all

Thank you for my take a way it was fabulous

Poor service and below-average food. Also expensive. Go to Spice Tandoori instead. Worst shashlik I’ve ever had. We also sent the poppadoms back as they were stale. They still expected us to pay for them. Won’t go again.

Very below average. Soft popadoms. Average curry, average service. Excessively high prices. Got to spice Tandoori!

Was visiting from Perth, has to be one of the best Indian restaurants we have ever been to. Next time we're in the area, we will definitely be back.

Wonderful service and tasty food. Great afternoon had by all

Fantastic place to go with a group, we came here to bond as a new team at work and it certainly delivered, £26 each gave us unlimited curry, rice and other sides and a pint of cobra. All the curries i tried were fantastic. My only suggestion would be to have a couple spicy ones as there were only mild and medium during my visit. The staff are extremely friendly and were always looking out for our table. Thank you for a fantastic experience.

Good food with polite and friendly staff. The only slightly negative comment I'd make, and this may have been that we were a relatively late sitting, but I would have preferred to have recieved my rice in a bowl or dish rather than being added to my plate in the kitchen prior to serving. That said, the lamb karachi curry I had was flavoursome and a good portion size. Would go back again.

Was there on Saturday night...17/9 Absolutely bloody lovely 👍

Always fantastic. Excellent food, excellent service. Have been going to Qismat for 30 old years Mr Ali, always has very high standards. Great to see a business doing so well on Elgin high street

First class Indian food would highly recommend 👌

Driving through Elgin looking for something to eat I came across this lovely restaurant. First impressions clean tidy and nice looking. Staff were courteous and attentive. The restaurant was about a quarter of full capacity. Looking at the menu you I honestly have not seen some of these dishes before and upon enquiry apparently many are attributed to their in-house chef... The naan Peshwari and the meal did not disappoint at all. A point of note when they say hot spicy the dish is hot spicy but delicious. The only real let down was I received chicken instead of lamb... it was quickly replaced with smiles and courteousness. You know but sometimes these things happen. But I was dismayed when ordering my second drink from a second waiter, the drink never arrived and after another 20 minutes I had finished and paid and left. Overall excellent tasty food in pleasant surroundings hosted by pleasant polite staff, just please do keep an eye on the service.

Restaurant et personnel sympa Les naans sont gigantesques 😊 Cuisine indienne bonne Un peu cher par rapport aux restaurants indiens pour notre pays (France)

Had something from the menu as the buffet didn't float my boat service excellent and friendly staff

Fantastic food!! Amazing service ! Grabbed the food and ran to the beach to enjoy it! What an amazing experience!! Lovely people here! Can’t wait to see them again! 5 stars definitely!!

Top notch Indian food! We ate there twice during a 9 night stay in Elgin. Very tasty and quality meats and sauces. Friendly staff

Selten so lecker indisch gegessen. Es war traumhaft, unbedingt empfehlenswert 👍🏻😋

Patiya curry tastes like chopped tomatoes and rice 👎

Excellent charity raising night. Lovely food, good company and great raffles. Well done to all the staff who worked so hard.

Excellent quality 3 course lunch. Highly recommended.

In a group of 9. Unfortunately mine didn't turn up until everyone else was finished after a reminder. Asked for a spicy dish but it was pretty bland. Shame it's normally good.

£11 for the most bland and tasteless chicken tikka biryani i've ever had . rice was still white with no flavour or spices anywhere .. just little bits of chicken then a bland curry (no veg) sauce to pour over boiled rice . and a bread for £4 which was ok . no !0 % discount on taweaways here

Nice decor with lots of nice little booths. Food was average but ok, was lacking in seasoning in most dishes. Price was ok.

Great food and very attentive service. The staff know the menu well and make good recommendations. Excellent place. Best nan bread ever !!

Great menu and equally great food. Friendly staff with prompt service all at reasonable prices. The staff have increased so that makes for even beþer service.

Chicken korma had hot sauce, definitely anything but mild. The chicken consisted of multiple small, hard, dry, inedible bite sized lumps, which I gave to my dogs. My Nan bread was so burnt it was like cinders. The ‘vegetable rice’ was pilau rice with peas in it, and the ‘vegetable korma’ was chopped up boiled potatoes through a tasteless sauce, which my son couldn’t eat. What a complete and utter let down. The Qismat used to be out of this world fabulous. After last night’s dreadful food, I will not be going there ever again, either to sit in, or to order a takeaway.

Our go to place. Excellent food and friendly staff

Well placed and busy which was a good sign,service fast.Staff had excellent manners and attentive but not overly so.Food good

Always first class food. Been 3 times recently and can't fault it. Looking forward to my next visit.

The food and service was 1st class as usual from this establishment. Excellent value for money

The staff are welcoming, and the range, quantity and quality of food always first class.

You can fool all of the people some of the time!!! Need I go on ? . Saag Bhaji (Tinned Spinach). Tarka Dal. Wrong colour and an absence of lentils. Peshwari Nan died red inside with the absence of essential ingredients. Also expensive . Nothing but a lot of pretentious posturing.

Nice friendly staff food great toilets very clean prices average

Great food great service as always

The staff were helpful and friendly what we ordered arrived quickly and the beer was cold

Speedy service. Lovely lunch. Quality ingredients

Gotta be the NE premier restaurant for Indian cuisine. Lotta experience in the Scottish Indian restaurant evolution here and it's evident in the dishes. Enjoy