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Best place in town ingnore the bad reviews we went in as a family we enjoyed our meal we had the raj special and thawa service was very good
ray . 2025-05-30
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Food was great, very cheap too. I’d highly recommend the thawa. Only downside is one of the staff(or owner), when I went there Wednesday 28th there was a short older guy who just seemed to walk around giving orders shouting at the next 2 staff Im about to mention(possibly the owner, very rude to them), a young lad who didn’t seem to speak much English but was making tables and cleaning up polite enough to customers but got a few bits wrong, a young lady who was great with her role asking if we wanted drinks, taking our food order and talking to us, and a middle aged male on the bar who poured a great pint was great with the customers that he had contact with and seemed to do other jobs like answering the phone, doing the bills, chasing stuff up and orchestrating the front well. Would be a 5* review if it wasn’t for the older guy, very unprofessional and it’s not good to see and listen to when you’re trying to enjoy a meal out. Advice to the restaurant, if he’s not the owner get rid he will lose you a lot of customers. If he is the owner, do yourself a favour and hide out the back, you don’t do much anyway other than bark orders telling other staff to do stuff when you could be doing it, try to take orders when the young waitress was doing a perfectly fine job(possibly worried he will miss out on a tip) and help hand out some of the food.
Mike . 2025-05-29
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Great food, great service except the little bald guy. Walks around doing nothing then is rude to the young waitress telling her to do everything then complaining we got popadoms before we ordered food like we requested. Who’s paying my bill him or us? Go do some work and keep your nose out of someone else’s work when they are working hard.
ACS O . 2025-05-28
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Excellent friendly service but most important excellent food. Two vegetarians in our group loved the vegetarian Dhansak I loved the fiery spice of the chicken Phil Phill.
Ian J . 2025-04-23
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Nice place great food service was a little bit “strange” but food was good when it eventually arrived I would definitely go back
Hoots222 . 2025-04-13
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Very quick service, polite, lovely meal. Staff very friendly and helpful. Very accommodating to fit us in to the busy restaurant.
Jude O . 2024-12-20
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Had a great night out with friends , the food was lovely and the service was excellent, would definitely recommend a visit.
Alison T . 2024-12-20
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Absolutely delicious food and amazing service. The staff are so attentive and friendly. Our favourite place to eat in town!
Olivia . 2024-12-07
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Amazing food and service! The staff are so friendly and helpful and the food was just beautiful! Best curry in town easily
Dale F . 2024-11-08
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Me and partner had a lovely evening! Service was excellent and the food was to die for 🤤 will definitely be returning!!!
Sassycommenter . 2024-11-08
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Great local curry house in Penrith .Staff and management all very friendly and attentive. Good curry selection at reasonable price.
Lord Simon . 2024-10-26
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Fabulous food ,great service very friendly staff. Excellent value for money. Great atmosphere. Will be back at some point
Sam S . 2024-10-15
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Good food, though standard problem of meat not infused with sauces. Unfortunately delivery terribly slow and without any warning or apology.
MeansToAnEnd . 2024-10-12
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Amazing welcome, great price on food and the service is spot on and food is amazing would definitely recommend family and friends and the place is near and tidy and very clean and will be definitely coming back
Emmamae R . 2024-09-30
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Great place for a curry, place, staff , service ,food all excellent, although a bit dark behind the bar 🤣 We all had different meals , all lovely, Great night .
Diane T . 2024-09-13
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The best in Penrith. Come here most weeks despite living in Carlisle. Always good food. Recently sat in with a bigger party, food and service was excellent, each dish unique and delicious
Peter619898 . 2024-09-09
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Lovely food, great service! Food came out very quick and was very hot, all servers were very attentive. Made our evening enjoyable
BeckG . 2024-08-16
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Very helpful and welcome. Not to bad price for the size portion. Wait time wasn’t to bad on busy on Friday nights. Staff where lovely
Craig M . 2024-08-16
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Food here is always excellent and the staff are really friendly. If you’re in Penrith and love your Indian food this place is a must!
Jon E . 2024-08-01
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Tried this place whilst staying nearby. We booked our meal for 6.30pm and was attended to immediately for drinks. The food was nice and was hot and the service was good.
Gavflo . 2024-07-29
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Although the restaurant was relatively empty, probably because it was early. Staff were pleasant and polite and bought our drinks whilst we perused the menu. However we found the food quite bland.
Denise H . 2024-07-24
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We enjoyed the night place is huge bit of a warehouse feel . Food piping hot fresh and tasty . Staff accommodating too , will visit again .
Jolly J . 2024-07-22
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We always have a really lovely time when we eat at Raj. Food is consistently good, very tasty and we are well looked after as regulars. Atmosphere is always nice and staff are friendly and attentive.
gcrollman . 2024-07-01
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First time ordering from here tonight. Food was great and service was excellent. Thank you team Raj. 👌🏻 I would recommend this place for anyone looking for nice food, good service and at a reasonable fair price too. 👍🏻
Lee N . 2023-09-10
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Great food, really enjoyed the meal and had a good range to choose from. The price of the food is very reasonable and the staff are friendly and attentive. Would highly recommend.
Topcat220 . 2022-11-02
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the service was superb even when I popped in to book the tanle. During the meal the staff were excellent and we felt really well looked after from start to finish. Food excellent, tasty and filling as always, with great meals as standard.
simonbZ5831CV . 2022-10-10
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Nicest rogan josh I’ve had in a long while. Good service too. Evidently popular as was busy for a wed either repeat visitors
saraj761 . 2021-09-15
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Always getting delicious food and their foods unbeatable for me between different restaurants .Their staff are very friendly and the whole thing is very good. Amazing experience from me tasty food and peoples
SheikhussainRana . 2021-03-29
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This is our favourite Indian when we're in penrith.food always tasty and service always attentive give this place a try you won't be disappointed always recommended
rash201 . 2019-12-09
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Not had the pleasure of dining in the restaurant yet but travel out to raj twice a week for takeaway it's a 30 mile round trip need I say more the chicken is very high quality as a chef of nearly 30 years I know prawns are large and succulent the sauces are well made and very balanced you can actually taste the ingredients well done all concerned and see you again very soon
U8659SGpeterw . 2019-11-07
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it was the wife's birthday and she fancied a curry . The Raj was recommended by 2 of the girls on the hotel reception where we were staying. We were not disappointed, perhaps the portions were larger than we are used to but never mind we ate all we could.
johnm1951 . 2019-05-21
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Visit here regularly and the standard is high although table service gets a bit wobbly at times. Food worth the wait though.
Chris H . 2018-02-19
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Chose to visit whilst in the area, had good reviews & we got a table straight away. Varied menu and tried something different, which was great for both of us. Highly recommended.
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a great place for authentic curry, freshly made and very tasty and a good price that wasn’t expensive, Friendly staff and atmosphere was really nice ,service was really nice I wouldn’t go anywhere next time .
241 Opinions
Staying in Penrith so decided to go here for food, asked for keema naan they gave me a plain garlic, when I rang them he said next time I’ll get a free one rather than offer me to come & collect the correct order, we won’t be in the area again so will never get the free one either. Mixed starter was an appalling serving size wouldn’t feed a small child, also cold & rubbery. Rest was okay.
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Delivery was very quick and food was hot. Was starting to enjoy our meal but then was very disappointed. Curry was very watery and then to top it off we found a spider inbetween our poppadoms. Needless to say we didnt carry on with our meal. Not good.