Ruchee Restaurant in Craven

After reading the reviews, we booked for dinner here. I have to say, given all the reviews and all their accolades, we were expecting great things. Firstly, the staff seemed disinterested and bored. The restaurant was pretty cold, despite the fact we were sitting next to a radiator. I had the vegetable Balti, which was just OK. It tasted like they had used mixed frozen vegetables and the sauce was nothing special. My husband had Hydra Badi Chicken, and said it was one of the blandest curries he had ever tasted. It wasn't a bad meal, but did not meet the hype...or come anywhere close.

Had a take away from here whilst staying nearby I'm afraid it did not live up to the hype on there website Chicken pieces in my curry we're small ( although there was a lot ) and seemed very low quality chicken My wife had the vegetable dansak and all you could taste is a strong pineapple taste which overpowered the vegetables taste and out of all the curries she had had over Britain and indeed abroad pineapple is a first The naan seemed under cooked with out the lovely charred bubble like texture a naan usually has when cooked properly in a clay oven . Very disappointing

Excellent food and hospitality! Had a great time, would definitely recommend! - Plus great value for money 😆

Excellent curry house tucked away in Settle. Extensive menu, well priced, friendly service. Beware it is BYOB though, didn’t realise this until we arrived. Recommended!

Excellent value with quite large portions. Went on the Wednesday evening which has a fixed price menu including poppadoms starter and main course.

This was our first meal out in settle, if honest slightly disappointed, we forgot you need to bring your own drinks so that on us however I have to say the curry was very bland, other than this everything else was absolutely gorgeous with the onion bhajis being the best I've ever tasted, service was very good too. 4*

Great service…superb flavours and best rice ever…..highly recommended by us

Very friendly, good service & food ,we enjoyed our meal.

The food was delicious, the service was great and the place was clean. Staff were very friendly. There was no corkage fee on BYOB. After a long challenging trek on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks, I absolutely recommend.

My husband and I have eaten here before in 2022 and we liked it so much, so we came back to Settle. The staff is very friendly and the owner really made us feel welcome and we had a lovely conversation before and after dinner. Even though it is not on the menu, he said that, yes of course he could serve us Koriander Nan. It was great. I googled Ruchee after dinner and found out that the owner, mr. Mohamed Ali, has won the English Curry Award 2023. Totally deserves it. Also, you can bring your own beer or wine. How great is that?

We had the special mix starter and shared a King Prawn Dupiaza with vegetable rice. All cooked to perfection and the onions in the Dupiaza still had some crunch in them which I love Will definitely be back when visiting Settle again. Well done 10 out of 10

Worst curry I have ever had. Tasteless. Doesn't even deserve 1 star.

Wonderful food. Excellent service. Bright, colourful decor. No wonder it's packed. Fabulous. Thank you.

Great find on a recent trip to Settle, lovely Indian restaurant with friendly and efficient staff. The best onion Bhajis I have ever tasted, good choice of dishes on the menu, and all of us happy with our choices. It was a Wednesday evening promotion , so enjoyed the special price of 14.95 per head, starters, mains with rice or naan bread plus coffee included, which is fantastic value for such quality food. Would recommend and revisit.

Ibby provided great service and great food. Really appreciated it and would defo recommend.

Hearty Bangladeshi food and attentive service.

Would recommend the all you can eat buffet

Really good, great value too! Thank you 😋

Tasty food, fast service, decent prices and bring your own alcohol. Nice place.

We ordered 2 takeaway curries last Thursday. We eat and cook curries regularly. Although the flavours were nice the mutton curry was at least 30% oil which rendered it inedible as when we tried to pour it off we lost the sauce as well. I believe this restaurant has just won an award which is why we went there . Very disappointing I'm afraid .

Well impressed with this restaurant, service were very good, food were delicious & the quantity were more than very good, I’ve never seen such big onion bhaji’s & mushroom pakora’s, they were massive, mains were delicious & lastly the price, for what you get & how delicious it was it was more than reasonable, definitely recommend the Runchee restaurant with no hesitation.

We got accommodated without booking on a Saturday night, which was great. The food has been delicious and flavoursome every time we've been here. The special naan was probably not worth it compared to garlic one but never the less the whole meal was worth it. Lovely music, polite waiters. You can bring your own alcohol

What an amazing find. No wonder this place has won loads of awards. Found this amazing restaurant by accident down a pedestrian back street. The food is amazing. The staff are super attentive without being over baring. The surroundings are just right. Value for money is great. The ambience is just right. The attention to detail is fantastic. Even down to the delicious free chocolate with the restaurants name on with the coffee at the end of the meal. (Real cream for the coffee too) We ordered the wrong naan bread. Totally our mistake. It was replaced free of charge with what we actually wanted. In short we can't recommend this place high enough. What a gem of a place. Well done to the owner Ali who has run this place for over 29 years. You sure know what your doing. (Hence the awards)

Was really looking forward to our meal(take away) as had read the amazing reviews. Was so very disappointed, food absolutely lacking in taste, was very oily and had skim oil from the top of the containers before attempting to eat. The food stained work surfaces! Only ate 20% of our order and binned. Would not recommend!

Located in heart of Yorkshire Dales, high quality and tasty food, warm welcoming environment, staff and owner were really polite. Fish curry and lamb curry was really tasty,very quick service would definitely be going agai, several times Award winner ( Best in Yorkshire )

Great food and excellent and very attentive service.

Not much of a welcome , no one actually took our drinks order then Given the option for buffet so we decided to take it , first customers of the evening in , we watched the food been placed in the serving dishes so we were expecting nice hot food . Sadly onion baggies cold so after eating them we thought we were going to go for the mains but also Luke warm . Never have we ever eaten pillar rice with this flavour before it tasted like there was a whole jar of cardem pods in it . Only good thing was the popper doms. Pretty much all the buffet tasteless !!!!!!! We shall not be returning and would DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMEND!!!!!!!!

This place is quality. It would be easy to go for the easy option with a captive audience but here they seem to go for excellence. Great tasting food, good ingredients and plenty of it. Well done!

Worst Indian I have ever had. We ordered poppadoms to start (got one each priced at £5) ordered an onion Bhaji to start he asked if I wanted it with my main but I said no as a starter but it still arrived with the main course. The jalfrezi was bland, not spicy. No chillis as you would usually find in a jalfrezi. Asked for a Diet Coke with my meal it never arrived so a good job it wasn’t spicy as I ate my meal with no drink. My partner got the buffet which was stone cold. The waiters response was people keep leaving the kids open …. Is this not a health and safety issue? He ordered a tikka massala from the menu instead which arrived with about 3 pieces of chicken in. Told waiter the meal was rubbish but he couldn’t care less. Avoid at all costs

Worst Indian I have ever had. We ordered poppadoms to start (got one each priced at £5) ordered an onion Bhaji to start he asked if I wanted it with my main but I said no as a starter but it still arrived with the main course. The jalfrezi was bland, not spicy. No chillis as you would usually find in a jalfrezi. Asked for a Diet Coke with my meal it never arrived so a good job it wasn’t spicy as I ate my meal with no drink. My partner got the buffet which was stone cold. The waiters response was people keep leaving the kids open …. Is this not a health and safety issue? He ordered a tikka massala from the menu instead which arrived with about 3 pieces of chicken in. Told waiter the meal was rubbish but he couldn’t care less. Avoid at all costs

Came here for our evening meal. We hadn't booked a table, but luckily we're able to be seated prior to a later booking as they were fully booked. So I'd advise to book. Although when entering, there was nobody in there at all. Seems like most book for around 7pm onwards as it did get busy. Staff were friendly and attentive. Food was really good. Some of the best onion bhajis we've had. Wasn't overly expensive either. Definitely recommend.

We went to Ruchee’s on a Wednesday when there was a special offer - £15 for a starter and four mains. We all had a great welcome from Ali and were shown to our table. The staff were most attentive and looked after us very well. The onion bhajis were delicious but they are certainly not for the faint-hearted being very large. We forgot to take alcoholic drinks so drank tap water which was probably better for us! We cannot speak highly enough of this fine and authentic restaurant. Thank you. Patrick Hargrave (brother of Andy ) and Kam Mann🙏

Simple. This is the best Indian food we have eaten in a long time. Here in Settle on a walking holiday and ate at Ruchees just the once as we were recommended to eat at the other Indian restaurant in the town, but that was not a patch on Ruchees. Everything was hot. My Kazimira was packed with prawns, and the two rice dishes were excellent. Not licensed, so take your own. Reasonably priced as well. One small complaint. The staff were a bit miserable !

Ruchee is an excellent restaurant. We were lucky to get a table with a last-minute booking on a Saturday night, and I'm glad we got in. The food was excellent and the atmosphere buzzing but not too loud. The service wasn't quite 5 stars - we felt a bit forgotten in the corner - but overall I would definitely go again. Good value too.

Lovely Restaurant & fantastic food. Imran was friendly and super helpful, but in stark contrast, there's a young kid there who clearly doesn't want to be, and has the customer service skills of a washing up brush!!

Having been to this restaurant a few time we found the food was great and the service was very good. On our last visit though my wife found a hair in her chicken curry. No apology was given and we were still charged the full price.

Came here twice during the course of a 3 night stay in the Dales, that probably says it all! Wednesday night has a very generous £15 meal offer, especially as the food is delicious. Even when we returned on Friday night, the meal came to less than £25 per person. That was poppadoms, main, side and drinks. The service was brilliant as well. Can totally recommend!

We have been eating here since they opened 27 years ago. The food is always of the highest stand and is very good value for money. The Ruchee is certainly worth driving to even if you are not staying in Settle. Quality food which is served efficiently and the staff are always friendly.

Absolutely fantastic service, great food , only problem is I have not stopped leaking gas for the last 3 hours. If I lit a match this whole house would go up in flames. Would go back though

We have been eating here since they opened 27 years ago. The food is always of the highest stand and is very good value for money. The Ruchee is certainly worth driving to even if you are not staying in Settle. Quality food which is served efficiently and the staff are always friendly.

Been many times over many years great food and value for money.

The mixed grill was very tasty. However the service was poor. We had to ask twice for water. The waiters didn’t seem to know how to have a conversation and were not friendly. Wouldn’t return.

We visited Ruchee for the Sunday buffet, having ordered from the main menu the last time we came. The buffet was £13.95 per adult which was amazing value!! There were three starters; onion bhajis, vegetable samosas and chicken tikka with salad and mint chutney, mains were garlic chicken, chicken tikka masala and a lamb curry and veg mains were vegetable biriyani, Bombay potatoes and cauliflower curry, the sides were pilau rice, naan and chips. Everything was absolutely delicious!!! We left feeling very full and very well looked after as the staff are always so friendly and helpful! It is amazing value for money as all the dishes were great quality and super delicious. Would 100% recommend and would suggest booking as it started at 6pm and was almost full by 6.30pm!! Thank you so much Ruchee, excellent meal and we’ll definitely visit again when back in Yorkshire!!!

Excellent Clean and pleasant experience Good selection and a good buffet deal on a Sunday. Very popular with the local people.

Would have scored a 6 if possible! Great indian

Wonderful meal and great service!! The main chap (Ali) is a gem👍🏼 very knowledgeable and helpful in picking our dish for us… if your ever down at Settle it’s a must go place if your looking for a top notch Indian☺️

gorgeous food and they went the extra mile to accommodate our large order. I wish it was local to us but we ordered while on holiday. I had the lamb tikka korma and it was to die for, Everyone else was happy with their food too although we are all used to a little more coconut filling in a peshwari naan.

We were looking for a relaxed family meal out and this place did not disappoint. All staff were lovely and friendly. Very knowledgeable in their food and happy to give suggestions to diners and give their time to explain the menu. For a family of five it cost us £80 and we were all well fed and very happy. It’s difficult to please three teenagers with different tastes but this place did the job. I tried the chicken hydrabadi, something from the specials menu that I’d not heard of before, and it was delicious. Well worth trying something new.

Excellent meal. Fast and friendly service. Reasonable prices. Will go there again.

Delicious food, served well. Excellent all round.

Excellent service and the food was really flavoursome!!! Well done to ruchee and team, keep the good work up👍🏼

Beautiful food, great service. Definitely worth a visit

Sylheti special!! It's just amazing! You can taste every spice it's simply awesome! My new found curry

Very nice. Good food , reasonably priced and friendly service. More than happy to recommend.

Excellent food and service! We ordered onion bhajis to start which were delicious! The Butter chicken and vegetable rice were the highlight of the meal and so was the exceptional service from Mohammad! He was so friendly and helpful, we really enjoyed chatting to him. The prices were also very reasonable. Would definitely visit again to try more of the menu, a wonderful Indian restaurant!! (It’s also BYO which is a nice option, soft drink variety was fab with a banana lassi!!)

This wonderful restaurant served the best meal I've had in a very long time. Started with their great onion bhajis, wonderfully crisp and fragrant..cooked to melt in the mouth perfection. This was followed by a mouthwatering butter chicken, vegetable rice, Saag aloo and peshwari naan. I couldn't describe how great this was. All served by Mohammad, warm, friendly and couldn't do enough to make our visit perfect. If you want a true taste of India.. this is your place!

This wonderful restaurant served the best meal I've had in a very long time. Started with their great onion bhajis, wonderfully crisp and fragrant..cooked to melt in the mouth perfection. This was followed by a mouthwatering butter chicken, vegetable rice, Saag aloo and peshwari naan. I couldn't describe how great this was. All served by Mohammad, warm, friendly and couldn't do enough to make our visit perfect. If you want a true taste of India.. this is your place!

Visited many times and never had an issue, however on our last visit we waited for two hours for food with extremely poor service as with many others whom were also complaining. Let’s hope it was merely a blip on this occasion as the food was lovely once it arrived but we were all past eating after waiting so long

Great Indian food with a varied menu. Service was faultless. We were early and the restaurant was quiet, therefore 3 stars for atmosphere. I am sure that later in the evening it would be much livelier.

Food very good as was the service, but it was almost empty as we went very early

We have previously enjoyed great takeaway food from Ruchee but on this occasion we dined in. Wonderful food again and we had a great mixture of flavours between the 6 of us. Please be aware that it is a BYO restaurant but drinks can be purchased at a nearby shop. Definitely recommended.

Absolutely poor.. the worst jalfrezi ever, it was a curry gravy, unflavoured chicken and chilli,No tomatos onion or green pepper. Chicken ticka tastless. Messed up our order and then came with what was missed after we had eaten. Usually they go over your order again to ensure they get it right. Would not recommend, only went as the other one had no space.. I wonder why??

Lovely food, good value for money and very polite friendly staff. Great service

Amazing food but remember to bring your own alcohol. Fantastic service I would highly recommend this restaurant

We ate early on a Saturday evening and we were lucky to get a table. The food is excellent and feels like it has been cooked with a little love. The mutton in the curry was superb. Side dishes are plentiful and varied. My wife...

Ate here on Friday night with friends and it was lovely. I had the Chicken Jalfrezi which was delicious! Busy place - worth reserving a table in advance.

Great had take away. Consistently good getout there and support our local businesses

My wife and I dined here on Valentines night. Having moved from the area it was a few years since our previous visit. The staff are very pleasant and we were made to feel very welcome and our custom valued. The decor and furnishings are...

Great freshly prepared food from extensive menu. Friendly helpful staff where nothing was too much trouble

We class ourselves as regulars, Ruchee is my restaurant of choice in the dales. As always the food was excellent and exactly what we expect. However the service was very poor, we were seated 15 minutes before we had the chance to order poppadoms, and...

Absolute ripoff what normally costs around £55 at any other Indian takeaway cost me £75.75 and was terrible food. The curries taste like last nights throw together. They were all different curries but they all taste the same.

6 of us had dinner there, with various dishes, they were very authentic and very good. It is a BYO and they provided glasses and a clean up service for the empties. The staff were very friendly and helpful, we asked for a few of...

The food was nice, but the service wasn’t great, we visited the restaurant after reading all the good reviews, sadly our experience wasn’t very good.

Had a great curry here. Balti very tasty. Bring your own booze as well. Good prices. Onion bhaji was great. Would just say the peshwari naan needs slightly improving as felt like a plain naan with honey on. However overall 5 stars and would return if in Settle again 😁

Terrible and tasteless will not use again 😔

Great Indian takeaway in the heart of Settle. The food is mouthwateringly delicious, I had the Kashmiri Asian style and it was one of the best curries I've ever tasted. If you like your Indian food with more of a traditional twist then look no further.

Solid curries sold at a good price. Generous portions left us feeling fed. The staff handled a large group well, and the service was attentive. Bring your own booze, but soft drinks are available.

Once again excellent food and service, we always book Ruchee when we are on holiday in Giggleswick and they never disappoint.

Stumbled upon this little gem and had an amazing meal. The service was outstanding, the food was delicious, the portions were plentiful and it was spotless. Would certainly recommend, definitely return when we visit Settle again.

Lovely hidden away Indian restaurant in Settle. Delicious food and friendly service. Balti dish was particularly good. Highly recommended.

We entered not knowing much about it. We recognised a lot of the menu, but we all were keen to try something not known to us. WOW.. What an incredible place. Staff were very friendly and ensured we were looked after. Speaking with Ibi about...

Came out with family to visit the beautiful area of Settle. Visited the Ruchee Restaurant to end the night with some very delicious food!! Staff's were very welcoming and attentive, wide range of curry selection. We were Recommended the Hydrabadi and Desi Khana, food was absolutely Devine!! Ended meal off with some Mocktails and Mango Lassi. Definitely would recommend this place, and we will be back very soon, Thank you Ruchee.

Came out with Family to visit the beautiful area of Settle. Visited the Ruchee restaurant to end the night with some very delicious Food! Staff's were very welcoming and attentive, wide range of curry selections, we was recommended the Hydrabadi and Desi Khana, food was...

We visited Ruchee Indian Restaurant in Settle tonight. What a delightful restaurant and lovely staff. The food was gorgeous and plenty of it. The staff are very helpful and chatted with us. Very recommended. Thank you Ian, Janet ,Wendy and Dave

The service was hopeless. Food hygiene is only rated at 3.

Great good, friendly helpful staff team. Take your own booze.

Okay curry. I wish they'd look at quality a bit more. The restaurant is lovely, only the food is a bit average, hence average score.

Wide choice of dishes on menu and the two we had were very tasty and spices not overwhelming just fragrant. Started with meat sizzler dish for 2 which was delicious. Good value for money and BYO added benefit if you want alcohol.

Beautiful takeaway. Made to feel very welcome. Will definitely be back when we pass through Settle. Definitely a hidden gem but well worth looking for. Thank you Paul and Mandy

This is possibly the best Indian meal I have ever had ,delicious food at a good price ,the staff are fabulous lovely and friendly great to talk too,made you feel very welcome.The restaurant is immaculate very clean with high standards,highly recommended and you take your own alcohol too 👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Always very good with great service and friendly staff. I will be seeing you again soon!

Had a curry takeaway here and the food was excellent. Freshly cooked giant bhajis which were very tasty, our mains chicken rogan josh, cooked to perfection. Woukd def recommend this restaurant for a lovely curry

We had a takeaway. Excellent food.

On holiday in the area and decided on Indian food. Wednesday night, thought we would try the set menu and it was a great choice. The staff were perfect with just the right amount of attention and interaction given. The food tasted delicious, fresh and...

Food: Food was amazing we ordered to much between the two of us. For the starter we had onion bhajis the size of a fist, personally we think they were too big but tasted fantastic. Both the curry’s we got, tasted lovely with bold and distinct flavors. The spice was perfect for us. Drinks: They have original cokes in the glass bottle. I don’t know why but they always taste better in them. Service: The service was amazing the main server we had was Mohamed ( sorry if I’ve spelt it wrong) he was very friendly and helpful no words to describe his kindness. 10/10 for him. All the staff checked if we were okay and if we were enjoying our food. As soon as we stepped in they welcomed us and sat us down when we asked for drinks the swiftly arrived. The starters didn’t take long to come out less the six minutes. Main took probably ten minutes less. Ambiance: The perfect Indian/Pakistan restaurant the inside was very well decorated. The chairs were comfortable and clean just like everything else. The music was nice as it wasn’t loud. We sat in a booth that was cozy and private. Cost: The pricing was very fair we paid £40 for a very large meal four mains , two starters , two naan and four cokes. Very good pricing Again I want to thank our server Mohamed we really appreciated your hard work good luck In university 👍🏻

Really enjoyed the food and the good banter with the staff here. Came on a recommend and we weren't disappointed. Very wholesome curries, not swimming in oil as some are. We will return.

Really great place hidden away off the high street. Great food and great service. We took our two young daughters there, they had never been to an Indian restaurant before and they really enjoyed the food. They were so full they could not fit in a dessert!

Fantastic, tasty food! Efficient, friendly service! Take your own booze! We will definitely be back. Thank you Ruchee Restaurant. We’ve had a lovely evening with you. 😀

Lovely food, excellent service really enjoyed our evening. Taking your own wine is great as well.👍

Honestly, the best curry we've had in years. We had the hyderabadi (beautifully spiced) and the Desai which was also delicious. Despite it being really busy the waiters were really friendly, and it was good value too.