Rasika Indian Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

We enjoyed our meal. The Naan bread was beautiful. Curries were good and staff very helpful.

Value for money, we had late night dinner and the taste was very good. We loved it.

Food and service was excellent - we love Indian food and this was best we have had for many years. Onion bhajis, lamb sagwala, chicken shaslik cooked to perfection

Excellent meal food was top notch. Staff are very attentive, friendly and smart. Venue was spotless. Overall one of the best Indian restaurants I've been too

Visiting Newcastle for a break we looked at reviews walked past top 3 restaurants and choose this one. We weren't disappointed overall one of the best experiences we've had in an Indian. The place was clean and bright,staff very smart, attentive and courteous . Not forgetting the food which was top notch. We had the early bird menu 3 courses for £18. 95. Would use again.

Our 1st visit to Newcastle thankfully found Rasika on the quayside couldn't have been more delighted with the whole experience.Good food,service,and atmosphere what more could you want.Keep up the good work.

Really nice staff and nice food

Absolute gem of a restaurant! 4 of us dined yesterday for a birthday celebration. The food was delicious and the service and staff were absolutely lovely. Thankyou ! Look forward to returning.

We have just had a lovely experience at this restaurant. Staff were so attentive and the food was delicious. We will be back. Thank you

Went to meet son and husband after match for a drink and just presented with no booking. Staff very pleasant and attentive very good service food excellent quality and well worth the money.Defiantly be back

Best Lamb Korma ever. Super staff and takes allergies seriously. My wife's dishes were all marked no ghee as she's allergic to cows milk. Well worth a visit.

Had a sagwala, mushroom bryani and a rogan josh. All tasted great and good sized portions. Doggy bag home. Very attentive staff

One of the Best restaurant In Newcastle City♥️♥️♥️

Food ok, have had better food and service and had worse. You need to try it yourself.

Simply you have to try this restaurant , the staff food and service are second to none , the manager always pays close attention to all the dishes and makes sure they are cooked to your likeing. This has to be one of the best in the city and the view of the Tyne Bridge from here is spectacular.

I've been to some indians restaurants in my time and rasika was a defo 3 out of 5 stars but the food was ok ..starter i got wasnt very garlic and the curry's were just average ..ordered chips and were frozen normally you get indian handcut ones at other restaurants ...restaurant seemed very dark ...the cobra was a fine pint lol but staff was a 5 out 5 for me nothing too much trouble ....would i return maybe but will be trying other indian restaurants near by next time I'm in newcastle 😎

We're here for birthday, certainly didn't disappoint.stuffed pepper starter delicious.

Had a great evening with my friends!! Ordered the chefs special keema murgh, Deshi rongoli with the pilaw rice and garlic naan. The customer service was great and up to the mark. Would highly recommend this place if you’re craving some Indian food!!’

Amazing food, very attentive staff, well priced, certainly worth a vissit

Firstly, I was greeted and made to feel very welcome by the staff which made me feel comfortable and relaxed. Secondly, the Cobra was as good as it gets! The most important part of this review (as after all it is a restaurant) is the food. Oh my! PHENOMENAL! I had the Lamb Sagwala, the meat was tender and delicious. The curry itself was faultless and thankfully not bathing in oil. Flavoursome and ticked all the right boxes. I have been eating Curries for around 40 years and had just about every experience you could get from terrible to great. This is right up there with the greats. It takes an extreme experience for me to right a review (really good or bad) so pleased to be writing a well deserved good review for Rasika. Thanks again to the fantastic staff who made my experience all the more memorable with their great hospitality. 5 Stars all day long.

We had a lovely evening meal here on 23rd Dec. Food was excellent and service was also excellent. Thank you.

Excellent food and service Lamb madras was delicious. Lamb was really tender Service from the staff was efficient and timely Restaurant was very busy for Monday night. My friend also enjoyed his food and his from Bradford that tells something about the food. He had keema murug which he said was very tasty. Will definitely be back again at rasika

I was staying on the quayside and this was the closest restaurant on deliveroo, hence i chose this place for dinner. The food was disgusting and flavorless. Curry topped with oil to the top and onion bhajis were soaking in oil. I feel where spices should be main ingredient in indian food this restaurant uses oil as its main ingridient. Never ordering again. 🤢

Fantastic food with great service and reasonable prices. A small restaurant so it gets busy but well worth booking in advance. We will be returning.

There is no shortage of choice for Indian food in this part of Newcastle, but Rasika's food is so good it has become our go-to place. Really impressive, and very reasonably priced.

Lovely food and friend staff would highly recommend

Great place for an Indian food experience.. the usual expected dishes plus a handful of chef specials make the menu wide ranging. Wine menu was limited. Plenty of beer options.

Lovely little restaurant with a nice ambience...food was excellent..service was very attentive..we really enjoyed our meal there and would highly recommend 100% 👍

Excellent and efficient service. Warm and cosy place. I definitely recommend. Era was very welcoming and Mamun served me and great dish.

Good food, good service, bit quiet so good for meals where you want to have a conversation.

My recent visit to Rasika was incredible. The food, from appetizers to the mains, was really quite something, definitely recommend the chicken tikka jalfrezi with a garlic and coriander naan. Ali, the manager, deserves special recognition too for his exceptional service—attentive, friendly, and truly dedicated to ensuring a memorable experience. The restaurant's ambiance, coupled with tasteful decor, created a welcoming atmosphere that complemented the overall experience. We had a lovely table by the window with a great view of the Tyne bridge. I highly recommend Rasika for anyone seeking a great dining experience. Kudos to Ali and the entire team—I'll definitely be back for more!

We visited here on a Saturday night and there was a nice wee vibe so was expecting time it to be good. We got prawn puri to start but it was really just a couple of prawns with peppers and a rolled up roti. It was fine, not bad, not great. The mains all came out very quickly and all 3 where supposed to be different levels of spicy bit they all tasted very similar. The service was friendly enough and although we ate everything it was just all very 'nice' without really being what we wanted.

Walk, bike, take-away, deliver order, pigeon… whatever it takes to eat this food and support the incredible people at this remarkable establishment. Every dish is a stand-out; proper unique curry blasts of flavor that set it apart from the standard curries around town. The naan were generous in size, and perfectly chewy scoopy heaps of goodness. Perfect pilau rice with fluff and bite. Melty-tender chicken in delectable curry gravy. Balanced fire-y flavorsome vindaloo. Food so good I couldn’t tell we had even dirtied the dishes in the first place. What more can anyone ask for? This is our go-to place in the North. To say I highly recommend Rasika, is an understatement.

Lovely Indian restaurant great tasting food and helpful friendly staff

Good standard of food. However, the "3 course" set menu offer is misleading since one of the "courses" is only a side dish like rice or naan. So it's really only 2 courses (starter and main).

We had a very large group including kids.The service, the food and the attentive staff never missed a thing. A brillant night and the food was great. Highly recommend, CANT wait to go back next time I’m in Newcastle. It will be a go to for me and our group.

Great food, warm & friendly service. Went with a group of 20+ people, late dining - the service was great, they did everything to accommodate us, even taking us early. The food was detailed in flavour, very tasty and generous portions. Would definitely come back next time we're in Newcastle!

This place is a find, the kema that I had was a delight to eat, the flavour was amazing and fresh. The staff were so friendly and made the whole experiance a delight to top the night off .well done guys ill be back 5 star

Marvelous,nice staff,pleasant surroundings, fantastic food,only snag is almost impossible parking

Absolutely lovely food. Good service, really nice restaurant. The Sri Lankan chicken and Deshi Mongoli were both superb and the naans among the best I've had. Highly recommended

Very good food, warm, fresh, tasty and meats were tender. Restaurant was clean, staff were friendly, professional and efficient. Would definitely recommend it 💯 and great value for money. All other customers in at the same time as us were saying the same

Great service and delicious food.

One of the best little India restaurants we've eaten at. Very friendly, amazing food. Also a fast service so you're not sitting around too long before being fed. Brilliant!

Really lovely meal! 4.5 star from us. British Indian is our favourite cuisine - and this was an amazing example. Absolutely loved the popadoms and mixed pickles. As you can see from the picture you get a soup-bowl of each pickle between 2 people which is brilliant as I like to load mine up. Lamb madras was outstanding - perfect heat and my wife’s best madras yet. Lamb bhuna was beautiful - on par with many other restaurants. Garlic naan was slightly too oily and garlicky which is hardly a big deal. Lovely, faultless and polite service.

Chips are 10/10 flavourful and crunchy. Naan bread was some of the best we've had from a restaurant and the environment and staff were fantastic and friendly. Went as a last minute date and would definitely go again

C'est un excellent restaurant. Le personnel est très professionnel, le cadre très agréable. Si vous voulez manger un byriani de qualité venez ici car il est absolument délicieux. Les naan sont également très bons : moelleux et savoureux. J'y reviendrai !!

Yummy food. In the city centre. Great value for money. Visited with my sister. Their desserts are very yummy and tasty.

Fantastic food and service. Best Indian food outside of India.

Had the chef's special "Mango Delight" and the lady had butter chicken. Great service and flavours, definitely coming back next time we're in the area

I am writing my experience as an Indian Sylheti expat..Great Food Great Service..The owner and staff they custom made the food according to deshi style..Very friendly interaction...Reminded me of home away in Cachar district Assam India.They are from Sylhet, Bangladesh and we share common ethnic group, taste, language and food..Amar bejan bhal laagse. Home feeling in Newcastle.

Unfortunately it was very quiet when I dined but the food was too notch and plenty of it, 10/10

The best restaurant in Newcastle

Have visited this restaurant twice. Excellent food and first class service. Friendly staff in a welcoming environment. Highly recommend

We ate have on Saturday evening. Very very good curry and friendly service. I had chicken tikka Balti and a keema rice. So tasty. We will be visiting again.

Great food, great staff and great ambience! We were warmly welcomed and given a lovely table at the window. Staff friendly and food delicious.

Amazing food! Caters for all heats 😜Friendly helpful Staff! Great location a must when In Newcastle !

Recommend chicken Deshi Rogani. Excellent blend of authentic flavours

Food was absolutely delicious. Tender lamb, all dishes packed with flavour and decent sized portions.

Food was amazing, we went during the closing time around 11. The service was very slow. But all the rest of the stuff was good.

All good, but a little hard to get servers’ attention considering that it was not too busy.

We had a wonderful meal here tonight. Food was amazing, staff were happy and friendly. We would highly recommend this little restaurant. You won’t be disappointed.

I loved the restaurant. The food was great so was the service. I was just surprised to that when the check arrived it was hand written, there was no issue, but i still rather it be printed out. Other than that it was great

Ate here on a saturday evening. Prawn puree starter was mostly peppers tomatoes and onion with some prawns and a roti on the side rolled up. Meat samosa was pretty bland. For mains, a butter lamb which was pretty tasteless and not like a butter...

Visited Rasika with friends this evening. Both my wife and I have been here many times and always enjoyed good food We all enjoyed starters and mains, really enjoyed my lamb balti and keema nan. This restaurant is a hidden gem and constantly delivers excellent...

I have eaten in Indian restaurants around the whole of the UK and in much of Europe for the last 50 years, and Rasika has to be one of the best I've eaten in. It's fairly small, unpretentious, but with really excellent food. I ate...

Without doubt one of the best Indian meals we’ve had. Even the Poppadoms and pickles were delicious. Our starters arrived promptly and again were lovely after a short wait our mains arrived and again were delicious. All washed down with a bottle of Prosecco. Happy...

Excellent food and staff very accommodating and helpful. Is little expensive but food is well worth the price

Rasika is without doubt the best Indian Restaurant in Newcastle. Fantastic food and drinks served by genuinely enthusiastic and nice people. Great atmosphere and ideal location on the quayside.

Excellent food couldn’t fault it, best Indian we’ve eaten in a very long time. Service was great and in a nice location

I like the complimentary lemons and there is really service is good I like the boss he is really cool and it looks really good

Excellent meal, best naan I've had. Polite and helpful staff and who knew peas in a pilau would be so tasty!

Went to rasika with friends, was really busy but got seated promptly, the manager and staff were really helpful, I ordered keema murug and my friend had the fish curry, it was absolutely delicious and my friend also enjoyed as well, we will definitely come...

We visit this restaurant 3 times a month, we are vegetarians and the food is cooked to our high standards every week. Both the food and the service are always top class and exceed our expectations every time. The staff are friendly and welcoming and...

Awful food worst Indian meal I've had chicken was definitely not fresh curry to oily waste of money nan bread was soggy, pilau rice??

Called in for a takeaway after the theatre this food was absolutely awful worst we've ever had so upset .

This the 3rd time for a meal at rasika restaurant. This time I have bought my friend along The restaurant was quite busy on a Thursday. I had the fish curry which was absolutely amazing and delicious. My friend had the keema murug which he...

Called in on Monday evening with colleagues group of 10 Restaurant was packed out but were greeted by the manager who said will have a table ready in 10 minutes Had a few drinks at the Bar then we were seated Ordered the Rasika Platter...

Food was average, oily onion bhajis, curry dripping with oil, seems like thats the only ingredient they use in there curries. Never ever ordering from here again.

Best Indian meal we've ever had restaurant is small but fantastic atmosphere and lovely staff

Came in here for dinner whilst staying in Newcastle for work. Friendly staff, lovely food and well priced. Would definitely recommend.

Great food and highly attentive service from the staff. Would definitely take my friends there. Thank you!

This has to be the best Indian restaurant I have ever tried and believe me I have tried many all over the globe The dishes served here are for my taste so perfect, and the staff even made sure it was to my liking and...

A great Indian, cracking food. Friendly staff. Chilli Chicken is nice and spicy. Pre 6.30 special meal. Well worth a try! Been several times, always good. Will be there the next time I'm back in Newcastle!

Beautiful fresh chicken, great spices and authentic naan. Best madras I've ever had

Had a lovely evening again at the Rasika on our visit to Newcastle. The staff and the food are amazing.

Ordered takeaway on UberEats, food arrived late and cold, Nan was soggy and watery curry. Didn't expect this from a restaurant. Better off with takeaways.

Fantastic food and great feel to the place the staff very friendly and very cheap I'll definitely be back again

Exactly to my taste. Great use of spices in the chat and dhansak, a perfect naan, rice from heaven and draft cobra, what more do you want?

Very nice restaurant. The first thing that you notice is how small it is. But it was big enough for our party of 6 people.

I had booked for my partner and myself for our anniversary, the food was lovely nothing to fault staff were very polite and the prices was really reasonable, will definitely be back, we got the 3 course dinner and we could not fault one thing....

We visited here for a family meal at Christmas. We were actually struggling to find somewhere that wasn't overpriced, and that served traditional dishes, instead of things I've never heard of. The food was really nice and we had a lovely time. It seemed to...

Fantastic venue in a great location! Visited tonight in a large group for a special occasion service was exceptional and food was a very high standard. Thank you for looking after us tonight we would definitely recommend & use you again.

Very good Indian food in a popular location. We were lucky to get in on a Saturday night but were happy we did. In terms of menu, it's typical fare for an Indian but everything was cooked well and tasted fresh.

Called in late last night. Very welcoming despite near closing time. Excellent food and impeccable service. Thanks very much!

Can’t recommend this place enough, the food is amazing and service is second to none. We will definitely return, in fact if you want a good Indians there is no need to look anywhere else, they are the best in Newcastle

After travelling from North Devon up to Bellingham for my uncles funeral we stayed in Newcastle and as its my birthday decided to eat here. This has to be the very best food I have ever eaten. The stuffed green pepper starter was sublime. Visit...

Been a couple of times before when visiting quayside so tried on New Years Eve to see if we could get a table Managed to squeeze us in and food and service was amazing as always!! Would definitely recommend

Ordered takeaway from Rasika and the actual food is way different from the photo shown in the takeaway app. We are only given 2 small sausages worth of sheek kebab and it cost 5.9 which is way overpriced. Butter chicken costs 10.9(sauce)+0.85(chicken) and it is too overpriced as we counted the pieces of chicken inside. We got only 6 small pieces which cost 11.75. Salad is put in a plastic bag and it is leaking too which is very very unappetizing. The only fair price product is the naan which is average. Our meal for 2 costs around 23GBP and it barely feeds 1 person let alone 2. I would not recommend this restaurant for anyone. Very bad experience.

Food, perfect. Lovely ambience, nice intimate restaurant. Definately be back

Great food... Onion bahjis best I've had in a long time