Rajpoot in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

The food is not authentic indian as a name suggest. I ordered chicken Tikka balti where chicken was not cooker properly same experience I had with bhindi bhaji it was not cooked properly and not good in test as they just saute it in oil and served it.

They don’t serve authentic Indian food and don’t have 1% of genuine Indian Hospitality as well! Do not recommend it. No, whatever this guy replied to my comment is not true; they also have bad food, customer service and music. And, what this nonsense rule, you have to buy 1 main course for one person, such a food waste! Do you guys know Indian values? Do Indian people waste food?

We had an excellent meal here and I would highly recommend! Allergens on the menu a big help. Staff were attentive and polite. Food was delicious. Look forward to our next visit. Thank you!

Fabulous food with friendly and attentive service. What a fabulous meal . Chicken Tikka Tawa was simply delicious . The Prawn Balti was so full of prawns and beautifully spiced . The Peshwari nan was cooked to perfection. BYO was a bonus with a Coop opposite meant we were able to have our chosen wine . Service was excellent from a very friendly waiter . Highly recommended.

We have been coming to Rajpoots now for the last three to four years everytime since we came across this wonderful authentic restaurant. The food especially the tava dishes are something we crave even when we go back home. The service has always been wonderful and the staff has pretty much stayed the same. Jai the Manager is so welcoming and for him to remember our order yearly shows his customer service and memory. . His team is amazing. Thank you for outstanding food and such friendly service to Jai and his team. . Five stars always!! *****

We had the worst experience at this place. The staff was so rude and denied to take us in even when there were empty tables. And it’s okay if they had bookings later on but the way they talked to us was very disrespectful. Would Never recommend this place to anyway.

Best Indian food I ever had 100 percent Very friendly staff And good prices 👍 I recommend to all Beware if u order spicey u will get spicey Thank you guys

Food was good, but the ambience was a disaster in front of the restaurant are mostly smokers who stand directly in front of the ventilation and thus the whole restaurant stinks of smoke from the inside. In addition, local regular customers usually eat there who react very irritated to holidaymakers. That was the last time we went there for dinner.

I cant give zero stars..thats why im giving one stars ..when i go there with my friends there was one guy who was telling sorry forcing us that each person should take one main course other they will not serve the food…and he is telling us itsthe company policy….

Not the best curry. I order chicken balti x2 was ok very salty and the chips tasted of old grease and ordered some samosas and they was the ones you get from asda the tiny frozen ones not the best u need to do better!!

July 24th 2024 ate at this Restaurant. Food was excellent, staff very pleasant, was asked if everything was alright.Service was good our meals arrived in a good time Had a super meal and will go back again as it was so enjoyable.

Food delivered on time and hot. Very tasty, chicken tender and sauces not oily. Reminded us of the Rajpoot in bath.

Gorgeous food, spiced to perfection Staff and service super friendly Highly recommend Tawa Best King Prawns EVER

We had previously eaten in this restaurant and found the food not bad but expensive. Last night we ordered a takeaway which consisted of two meals one with contained previously cooked roast chicken with a sauce slopped over it. The prawn dish was tasteless and contained small precooked prawns a few huge lumps of onion. The pots of raita and onion were tiny with a mouthful in each and poppadoms not fresh. Why do they ask for cash ??? Definitely a no go for us now!

Wanted to try the restaurant which had mixed reviews, it's not authentic Indian, since it's managed by Bangladeshi chef, it had the typical flavours of Bengal, mixed grill was hard which didn't taste fresh, lamb biryani was sweet with mild spices, food took an hour to arrive which I didn't mind, but could see other customers mourning, if you looking for spice and not authentic Indian flavours, you can try it, otherwise Waitrose Indian packed boxes are better

The food was good, and the waiters were friendly and attentive.

I last visited this place two years ago and gave it a 'poor' review and vowed never to return again. However, bowing to pressure from my family, I found myself there again and expecting the worst. Far from it though, we all had excellent meals and much to my surprise great friendly efficient service. No complaints and a good time was had by all. Will definitely be visiting again!

Great curry night out with friends. Bring your own drinks so price was good. Jay and the waitresses very friendly and the food came out piping hot. Really enjoyed our night at the Raj.

Have to say that the curry we’ve just had from Rajpoot was disappointing. One limp poppadom, some very tough chicken and it took almost two hours to arrive. I understand they are busy, but we weren’t in any rush. We ordered knowing there would be a wait. Busy Easter weekend. But the food was just crap. We’ve had food from here before and it’s been great but sadly times have changed. I will definitely be trying the competition next time.

The best curry I’ve ever had in Devon and Cornwall and believe me I LOVE curry! Full flavoured and so very tasty. We had a bit of a mix up with the order but it was due to a bad phone signal and not the restaurant. I had a Rogan Josh and asked for heat to be added and it was just perfect. Husband had the chilli garlic tawa and said it was extremely good. The naan could have been bigger but if it was I probably wouldn’t have been able to eat it all anyway. Plenty of meat, sublime flavours and super tasty. Can’t recommend enough 10/10

Ordered takeaway late one evening and it did not disappoint. They honored my low tolerance for spice but my veggies and dal had tons of flavor.

Just moved to the area and had fresh vibrant currys. The wife had the vegetable Tawa and I had a succulent lamb Jalfrazi. Great meal.

Absolutely lovely- food was some of the best Indian food we have ever eaten. Service was great and every dish was amazing. Would definitely recommend and we will be returning.

This is our 2nd visit and again it was very tasty, it was quiet as it was mid week and early, we had fantastic service. The chicken chaat was up there with the best I’ve had. The portions were generous and we struggled to finish the meal. Would definitely recommend for a visit.

Friendly staff. Chilli garlic chicken tawa absolutely delicious delicious. Overall a lovely experience.

Great meal, the dansak sauce was excellent.

Looks like my review has been removed , basically i was overcharged, i tripped up on the floor that has two levels but no bright tape to warm you. No refund after explaining i was charged for food we didn't order or receive. The manager offered a bottle of beer , wouldn't refund the money so awkward. To sum up damaged knee, overcharged, and to really add insult to injury i had severe diarrhoea for two days. A charmless nightmare of a meal. Beware.

The food was very overrated. It was cold and very overpriced for the small bits of meat we got in our food, the waiters/waitresses were quite rude and arrogant. We were not checked on and had to ask at the bar for drinks. We was then told to go away and someone would come and take a drinks order and that never happened the toilet disgusting it was not clean. There was no tissue no hand wash. The bin was overflowing was just a disgrace of a place to eat. You want to be ashamed serving food like that price for what I received at night was absolutely disgusting go to Curry garden I will definitely be next time when we ask to speak to the manager are young boy came out he didn’t really understand us in the end we just ate our food and left without a drink as we were still waiting when our food came. Even though we asked for times for drinks we still did not get any and then they pulled there face when we remove the service charge.

We’ve used this place many times, and most times enjoyed it. Things have changed though. Really not good food, bland and old tasting. But the main thing is they often pull the ‘broken card machine ‘ trick. Cash only & we all know why. During the summer a family member had the same thing and said he had no cash & as if by magic a working machine appeared. Might have a word with a good friend of mine who works for HMRC. Don’t encourage them!!

Lovely restaurant - great portions and food was delicious. Made to feel welcome. Wasn't aware if was bring your own drink but didn't impact us. So pleased we found it by chance - would highly recommend.

Wow🤗🤗🤗🤗. The food was the best we have ever tasted. Such lovely attentive & welcoming staff. 100% recommended. We will definitely be back.

This was our second visit to this excellent family run restaurant. Both times we have enjoyed some delicious dishes, prepared and served to a very high standard. Olid, our server this evening, was most charming and helpful; he is clearly very proud of the restaurant and enjoys his time in St. Ives. Our experiences of this fine establishment make us unreservedly able to recommend you to also partake of its culinary delights. Great food. Good service. Pleasant ambiance. Good value. What is not to like. Come here!

This restaurant is lovely for a nice wine and dine evening meal. There was 4 of us and it was rather late but they still had no problem with seating us. My girlfriend did have a few too many and was in the toilet after ordering but they yet still did not have a problem. The wait was really quick for our food and we were served in no time. I had the lamb tikka and it was beautiful! In the end I asked if some food could be taken away and they were happy to do so, really lovely evening. As a chef myself I give this place a good 8-9/10!

Ordered and ate my meal and overnight had terrible stomach pain culminating in throwing up several times in the morning. Didn’t order food poisoning so very disappointed to say the least!

Pathetic restaurant, they don’t know how to treat customers. Uneducated Mannerless staff

WOW i have eaten a lot of curry in many places but this was the best ever ! Spoilt for choice on the menu lots of unusual dishes. Not skimpy on the size of the dish either or the contents (chicken in our case) Being nosey every one else's looked good too and we wanted to try everything Excellent service not the normal get you in get you out Indian BYO worked really well

Not the greatest experience. First of all, the poppadoms were not crispy - quite soft and not good at all. We then had to wait a very long time (well over an hour) for the main courses. It took so long, we actually had to check whether they were coming! They also charge 50p a bottle for any alcohol you bring in. I.e. 4 bottles of beer - £2. Overall, not recommended.

We booked a table in advance via telephone. There is a huge choice on the menu at reasonable prices. The food was very good and the service was good. When they presented us with the bill it had a 10% service charge on which was written as though it was compulsory (no mention of it on the menu). When we enquired we were infact told it wasn't so we asked them to remove it. We don't like giving a tip on a card as you never know if it actually goes to the staff so we left a cash tip instead.

Great restaurant and lovely service. It was recommended by friends and I cannot believe in all our visits to St Ive’s that we have never been before. We had starters and then the Rajasthan Butter Murgh, Chicken Tikka Pathia, murgh Jalfrezi and Vegetable Tawa which...

We weren’t expecting this to be all that good, in a tourist town full of holiday makers - but we gave it a go. Oh my. Literally the most lovely Indian meal we’ve have for a long time. I had chicken tikka madras, my husband...

Pricey menu for the taste and quantity, not worth visiting the place if you want to have some good Indian dishes. Could definitely explore other options around the area.

We ordered a takeaway and collected it. The order was for 5 people and £80 ( Cash only too!) Once home, we discovered that the order was missing 2 items and one dish was wrong. I called them and was told to go right the...

Excellent food, really nice service. You can take your own alcohol for a 50p charge. Clean and quick. No complaints at all.

Visited here twice during our 5 day stay in st ives and we thought it was amazing.cant rate the starters as we didn't have them. The mains were fantastic,cooked very well and plenty of meat in them. Superb.

Been going here for four years same time every year food service is amazing came this evening with our daughter son-in-law husband two grandchildren it never fails Wednesday 27th September back And booked 29th September

Best indian weve ever been too.

Always come here when we visit st Ives. Excellent service and food each time and last night no different. Thoroughly enjoyable evening

Very good curry. 👍 Bring-your-own booze caught us out, but the meal more than made up for that. The tawa (sizzler) is great.

Ordered a delivery around 6:45pm ish, a lovely, friendly, helpful lady on the phone recommended me a few dishes and was very helpful with delivery due to not knowing my post code. Was given within a hour and when the food arrived it was amazing,...

Excellent food; one of the best currys I've had for a while.

Excellent service. Attentive staff. Clean and pleasant surroundings. We have had take away before and was equally impressed. Luckily this evening we could eat in. We both thoroughly enjoyed every mouthful. One of the best curries we have had in a very long time. A...

Too many tables packed in. On the night we went they apologised as short staffed. Service poor, waiting ages for food, nearly left. Food was very nice but overall experience left us reluctant to recommend or return.

The service wasn’t very pleasant when we first arrived. It improved during our meal. The food was okay but very expensive for what you order.

Favourite meal out in St Ives so far. Delicious curries! Service is a bit slow but the food is definitely worth the wait. I would highly recommend the house “Tawas”.

Unpretentious family-friendly restaurant. Excellent food, good service, and fairly priced. You can also bring your own wine for a very small (50p) corkage charge. We would definitely go back.

this is a lovely restraunt in Cornwall I loved the food it's was nice and portions were generous, please note that there was a review a week before this one saying bad things about this place I can deny these allegations as the person was served next to me in the restraunt and didn't raise any issues alongside there person they were with. I'm glad this place has been here since the 80s and will like to see it continue.

Prices don’t match menu, they just charge you what they like we were overcharged by about £30 rip off

My husband & I went for food around 6pm on a Monday evening as a walk in. We were seated immediately & there were several other spare tables. We ordered food, starting with poppadoms & the pickle tray but it never arrived. The man on...

We called for booking and hotel manager said it’s walk in and when we walked in he said we have to wait for 1 hour. We waited for an hour, it was around 9:30 then the manager said you need to order minimum 5 main course else he would not allow. He did this intentionally because he knew that it’s late and now it will be hard to get dinner elsewhere. Anyways we were two families so we said yes just to get the table as it was getting late. During dinner the crowd was so unfriendly people drinking and shouting, it was not at all a experience that you would like when you are with kids and family.

Have been many times whilst holidaying in St Ives, the food is always superb “but” the tables are far to small and your crammed in with absolutely no table space, chairs are uncomfortable and on our last visit last week the service was shocking, had a lot of food left over and so asked the staff to please bag it for take out, the guy actually brought me the foil trays and a plastic bag to my table and said there you go!!!!!! To bag up myself.The soft drinks (coke) we’re warm and flat. Never going back.

Good food, service was amazing, great ambience, staff were friendly

Excellent Food and service.enjoyed the chicken tikka biryani

Awful food. Wanted a nice Indian on our last few days of holiday and chose here.. Wish we'd read previous reviews. Disgusting

Ordered a simple cheese and garlic naan and we got a pipping boiling microwaves naan with cheese and garlic dumped in. Sounds petty but it was awful. If you can't get that right then there's no hope and if its a case of small order so their service means nothing then shame on them.

Can't fault the food, but service was very slow and the soft drinks are a rip off. Pint of Pepsi poured from a 2l bottle cost £5.60. No alcohol sold at this restaurant, but you can take your own with a bottle charge of 50p...

Had a takeaway from here last night. Curry Garden has a 1 star hygiene rating, but here has a 4, so I thought it was the better of the two. They only accept cash for takeaway...bit naughty if you ask me. Anyway! .... the food was piping hot. Good sized portion. We paid around £32 for 2 mains, a nann, rice, and 2 starters. Waited 40mins. Was a lovely takeaway after a busy beach day.

The main course for the family consisted of various curries and had the consistency of a broth with a few pieces of over cooked chicken. Have had brilliant meals before, so decided to go again for the takeaway. I can only say that the restaurant/takeaway...

The tawa really is something of a speciality. My sister and I visited here twice during our short visit to St. Ives. Welcoming staff. Lovely food. The only issue is that you cannot prebook a table.

Great curries at a reasonable price

Very bad experience, they served ready made food in naan , actual chef don’t know about Indian test they served plain daal instead of Tadka daal they told me Tadka means dal mixed with garlic hahahaha they don’t know actually what is tadka …. In the last they told me only cash payment allowed no computer till machine or accounting receipt given instead of cash Which I paid only they provide bill in plain paper and they told me they run this type of business since last 29 years how can we believe this……. It’s very bad experience and all of food tasteless… they don’t know original taste of India …. Even there is no served jeera rice no served main course item in paneer …. After all very bad service and experience….

Decent Indian restaurant with decent food. Food is good but nothing extraordinary. Too big a menu. But the weird rules of the restaurant made the experience not so pleasant. We were quite tired after the whole day walking around the town. So we wanted to take away the food and have it in our hotel. But surprisingly, they don't accept cards for takeaway. Only for dine in. So we had to dine. For each guest you have to order a main. Appetizers or sides will not work. I guess thats a complete destruction of my free will and choice of food. They give a very informal Handwritten scrap of paper in the name of the bill. Also never ever order chicken pakoda. It's a disaster.

Is there not mention 0 star otherwise I am going to rate this restaurant 0 star to the management LOOKS LIKE YOUR STAFF MEMBER ISN'T KEEN ON DINE-IN AND OFFERING GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. IF YOUR STAFF MEMBER IS OVERWHELMED WITH WORK THEN SHUT DOWN THE RESTAURANT

I would like to share my personal experiance towards this business This restarurant is disgusting ever i visit more then 1000 restaurants in the UK And the way they serve food like even we dont know anything about lol Dont go and dont weste your money and time You should close even thisnbranch

It was a nice meal. I went for pasanda and enjoyed it.

Very nice food and service, wait wasn't long and its bring you own alcohol 😀

Amazing food, good portions, friendly staff... Best Indian food I've had for a while. Well worth a visit

Bad sweet food. Not indian at all. We were lucky we didn’t fall sick. Naan bread was sweet as well

Terrible food. Had a takeaway and the chicken tikka masala along with their speciality item on the menu were just terrible. No authentic curry tastes and it felt like I was consuming coconut milk instead of a curry.

Friendly staff and perfect food. Recommend the Balti.

Awful Awful Awful staff rude food vile

Best Chicken Tawa that I have ever had. The flavors were rich and profound and unforgettable. This little gem of a restaurant is tucked into a charming street in St. Ives and knocked my socks off! Can't wait to go back! Thanks Rajpoot for the best meal I have had all month-long in Cornwall AND... London!

Had a lovely curry here. The garlic chicken tawa was lovely 😊 will definitely go back there again.

Excellent food but slightly weird menu with some dishes only available on certain days....

Really lovely Indian food. We were initially concerned as it was so quiet (out of season) but we were very pleasantly surprised - the meal was delicious and obviously prepared with a lot of care. Very friendly staff too. Bring your own alcohol for a very small corkage fee.

Tonight's food was faultless!!!

Food was decent and provided quickly, cash only for a takeaway is inconvenient when the cash machine nearby wasn’t working

A long weekend in St Ives! It is very difficult not to visit Rajpoot to enjoy their wonderful curries. So here we are. It's bring you own drinks so a "red" and 2 Isaho beers were duly bought and consumed. The popadoms and chutneys, a chicken balti and a tikka masala were delicious and just enough with Onion Bhajis as a side. Good service and friendly....always a good ambiance....

We arrived at the restaurant having visited on several occasions over the past few years. There were 3 young girls waiting on and it soon became apparent that all was not well. The restaurant was not busy but the girls did not seem to be able to cope with even the basics. One of the girls eventually came over to take our order looking rather flustered. She went on to tell us that the manager had walked out earlier that evening. Whilst waiting for our food to arrive we observed other customers having to ask several times for their bill. There seemed to be a lot of ‘eye rolling’ whenever the girls were asked to do anything. One of the girls in particular just didn’t seem to be interested or bothered and another put her coat on and disappeared outside only to return shortly after and prop up the bar with a can of pop. We had ordered poppadoms and pickles but these did not arrive. After a wait the starters eventually came out. After we had finished these we reminded one of the girls that we were still waiting for our poppadoms. Eventually they appeared but with no pickles. The delivery driver who was at the bar could see that we were frustrated with the service and eventually brought over some ‘takeaway’ pots of pickles. No one came to clear the table after the starters and poppadoms and when the girls started to bring out our mains we had to ask them to stop and clear the table first. The delivery driver passed us on his way out and wished us “good luck”. Whilst we were eating our mains, a man appeared from the kitchen and another man arrived at the restaurant and they went behind the bar. At no point did anyone come over to see if things were ok or apologise for what was basically the worst service we have ever received. The final straw came when one of the men brought over the bill and a 10% service charge had been applied. We immediately advised him that we would not be paying the service charge and would also be making a further reduction to reflect the terrible service. The only positive was the fact that the food was really nice. Things will need to vastly improve before we will consider returning.

Amazing food, best Indian I've had in a long time, and very vegetarian friendly of course!

Amazing lovely staff food gorgeous

Nice curry but paid for popadoms and mango chutney which didnt arrive. Phoned restaurant who said they'll send it once driver returned. Never heard back. V disappointing.

Absolutely stunning food. Staff were brilliant, very friendly and professional without being intrusive whilst we were eating. Would definitely recommend. Been in St Ives for four days now and this was the best meal of the week.

I wasn’t sure about booking a meal here as reviews were 3.4 out of 5, less than the other restaurant. But local people said this was a better restaurant and I wholeheartedly agree. Food was the real deal, individual flavours, mushroom and onion bhajees delicious. Service very good, toilets immaculately clean. Could not fault them. Best curry in a very long time

I use this restaurant every time I'm in st Ives however this year September 2022 while waiting at my table for 10 mins for a member of staff to bring the menus I witnessed one of the staff sneeze onto her hand then wipe it onto her t shirt at this point I got up and left the restaurant all the staff are young white girls just standing there laughing and talking about teenage stuff very unprofessional set up so I will not be going there again.

Never visit St Ives without a visit to Rajpoot. Absolutely superb food combined with friendly, efficient service. Yes, you may have to wait a while during busy times, but that’s just the way it is if you want freshly prepared food. They don’t serve alcohol, but you’re welcome to bring your own - there’s a co-op across the road. Highly recommended.

They only take cash not card, they are tax thief, booked a table for 20 people they told their waiter to go outside and they told us that we have to order one main dish per adult. Why would we order 1 main dish per adult and waste so much food ?

Definitely try the tawa dishes, amazing

Ordered chicken tikka curry and chicken biryani and they were pathetic and not at all near to authentic Indian. Curry was sweet and was coconut based and was quite bad in taste. We thought we ordered less food but end up throwing half of the food in dustbin.

Try to go in there they told us we got a policy of one customer have to order one main course....and cash only tex cheats

We recently visit the restaurant the staff was friendly & the food was very blend & no spice.