Ruchi Fine Indian Cuisine in Mole Valley

Walked around for over an hour and couldn't find the place. 26 the crescent is a takeaway and 31 high street (which appears as the address on some websites) is a wine bar. Don't waste your time. Go to prezzo instead.

Great food. Cosy, not overcrowded. Not rushed. Very personal service. Incredible value. Try getting these flavours and quantity of food anywhere else 😋😋😋

Very lovely meal. Good price & all cooked perfectly. New fave indian takeaway in leatherhead!

We got a delivery from here and glad we did! Food was really yummy and good value for money. Delivery didn’t take long either which was a bonus! Thanks guys!

Good food and good vibe. Positive experience

Chicken tough and onion bathe over cooked

Ordered and it took an hour and 45 minutes for them to call and say they had a 'problem with their system' and we would have to wait another half an hour. Not impressed.

Best takeaway curry and fantastic service.

Came here 5 years ago and couldn't believe how rude the waiter was. Decided to revisit tonight to see if they'd got their act together! Apart from a large table being used in the corner the restaurant was empty. I waited for somebody to acknowledge me but no joy. By the time my partner had returned from the loo nothing so decided to leave. Maybe I will try again in 5 years but wear an illuminous outfit!

Came here about 5 years ago and the waiter was so rude I was shocked! Decided to go back there tonight and there was a large table of 40 at the back and waited for 5 minutes to be acknowledged or seated. Unfortunately by the time my partner had returned from the toilet I was clearly still invisible, so decided to leave. Maybe leave it another 5 years and go in in an illuminous outfit this time!

I don't recommend to anyone. Very worst attitude of waiter and food quality is not at all good.

Have always enjoyed our meals from here, often takeaway. Tonight though it seemed full of garlic which spoilt it. Shame as the food is usually brilliant

Visited this restaurant whilst staying in leatherhead and spotted this attractive restaurant whilst looking around for somewhere to eat. The whole restaurant looked very clean and pleasant. The welcome was warm and we were shown to a table by a very attentive waiter who proceeded to take our order. Our meals came out nice and hot and well presented. Both meals were top notch ! When we entered the restaurant it was fairly quiet, however by the time we left, it was packed! As non locals, but as people who come to this town every autumn to commute into London for a few days, we will most certainly return! Highly recommended.

Panir shashlic was the best ever!

Food and service excellent as usual, I have eaten here many times before and never had a bad meal, I often ask for something slightly different than on the menu and they are always helpful and make great suggestions. My friends always ask for Indian food when coming from Germany and they were very happy with the quality of the food and the service. So far the best Indian food I have so far this year.

Really delicious food. Best curry in the area for sure. Passanda is really good

Amazing food and lovely staff definitely recommend this restaurant x We will be back with the family

Very nice food, a lot of choice on the menu, service was good and food came out very quick. Portion sizes were great and so was the atmosphere, thoroughly pleasant dinner!

Same guys running it as before when it was Lal Akash and menu has many of the same items. Starters could have been a bit better but the mains, sides etc were very nice. Beers were nice and cold, which is always important. Good quality meal.

The usual high standard of service in the past, has drastically reduced to a bad tempered waiter,which we met for the first time.. firstly to clarify The European waiter was courteous and showed us to our seat. The cold air from the air conditioner was blowing cold air and very drafty. We told the European man,he said it was fine to move. It was still too drafty when we moved... The Indian waiter behind the counter, said looking at me angrily, you keep moving ,go and sit over there he said looking at me aggressivly..I was mortified. What was meant to be a nice relaxing evening, turned into a sketch from faulty towers. I have never experienced such disgraceful serrvice in my life. When we finished our meal and wanted to take the rest of the food home , he gave the containers to us on our table for us to put the remainder in ourselves...He should be fired, he's let the rest of the staff down big time. .what a sham . Never go there.

Before I start this review let me just say that I have been a regular at this restaurant for many years when it used to be called Lalakash and have spent hundreds of pounds there and always given a five pound tip on every ocassion. I have always been very happy with the food and the service too. However that all changed on Saturday the 13th of July when my wife and I were subjected to the most appalling customer service that we have ever experienced at any restaurant ever! We went in to the restaurant and spoke to the first waiter who was a Caucasian man. I would like to make it absolutely clear that I have no issue with this man at all and he was polite and helpful. This was not the case though with the other waiter. The problems started when we sat at a table where the restaurants air conditioning system was blowing a cold unpleasant draught right on to us. Because of this we tried to move tables several times in an attempt to not have cold air blowing straight on us. This was an entirely reasonable thing to do and in fact we were given permission to move to a different table by the first waiter. However the second waiter then intervened and spoke to my wife in a very patronizing and disrespectful way and asked us why we kept moving tables and told us that we couldn't keep doing that. Let me just say that no restaurant with any sense of good customer service would ever let staff speak to a customer in that way. He then started pointing at my wife and telling her off as if she was a five year old child and told us that we should go and sit by the window. The rest of our experience wasnt any better either. He was very unfriendly and curt in the way that he took our order and when he bought it out didnt serve the food in a friendly or courteous manner either. Interestingly he was friendly and welcoming to all the other customers who visited the restaurant and there was a noticeable and clear difference in the way that he treated us. By the way my wife is black and I believe that this was part of the reason why he was so disrespectful in the way that he treated her. He couldn't hide the fact that he doesnt like black people. Our meal was okay and the other waiter was extremely pleasant and helpful. Our evening was ultimately ruined though as there is no way that we could ever enjoy the experience after being treated in such a hostile , rude and unpleasant way. Unfortunately after being customers at this restaurant for many years and good tippers as well I'm sorry to say that we will never ever eat here again. For a restaurant to treat loyal customers in the way that we were treated and especially the way that my wife was treated is unforgivable. Sorry Ruchi but in the case of this waiter you totally blew it! I have to work hard to earn my money and so i wont give it to people who insult my wife and are racially prejudiced. Seriously you cannot expect to treat customers like that and for them to be happy about it. Never again!!

Before I start this review let me just say that I have been a regular at this restaurant for many years when it used to be called Lalakash and have spent hundreds of pounds there and always given a five pound tip on every ocassion. I have always been very happy with the food and the service too. However that all changed on Saturday the 14th of July when my wife and I were subjected to the most appalling customer service that we have ever experienced at any restaurant ever! We went in to the restaurant and spoke to the first waiter who was a Caucasian man. O would like to make it absolutely clear that I have no issue with this man at all and he was polite and helpful. This was not the case though with the other waiter. The problems started when we sat at a table where the restaurants air conditioning system was blowing a cold unpleasant draught right on to us. Because of this we tried to move tables several times in an attempt to not have cold air blowing straight on us. This was an entirely reasonable thing to do and in fact we were given permission to move to a different table by the first waiter. However the second waiter then intervened and spoke to my wife in a very patronizing and disrespectful way and asked us why we kept moving tables and told us that we couldn't keep doing that. Let me just say that no restaurant with any sense of good customer service would ever let staff speak to a customer in that way. He then started pointing at my wife and telling her off as if she was a five year old child and told us that we should go and sit by the window. The rest of our experience wasnt any better either. He was very unfriendly and curt in the way that he took our order and when he bought it out didnt serve the food in a friendly or courteous manner. Interestingly he was friendly and welcoming to all the other customers who visited the restaurant and there was a noticeable and clear difference in the way that he treated us. By the way my wife is black and I believe that this was part of the reason why he was so disrespectful in the way that he treated her. Our meal was lovely by the way and the other waiter was extremely pleasant and helpful. Unfortunately though after being customers at this restaurant for many years and good tippers as well I'm sorry to say that we will never ever eat here again. For a restaurant to treat loyal customers in the way that we were treated and especially the way that my wife was treated is unforgivable. Sorry Ruchi but in the case of this waiter you totally blew it Seriously you cannot expect to treat your customers like that and for anyone to be happy about it. Never again!!

Terrible. We have some much better delivery services in the kt23 area. Don’t go here.

We booked for 16 people here for our 40th wedding anniversary & turned out to be the best decision we made. The staff were very helpful & had everything nicely laid out before we arrived, food was delicious, & staff were always on hand to get what ever we wanted, The bill was reasonable. We will book here again & many of our relatives & friends have been converted to this curry house, well done

We have used this both as a sit-in restaurant and as a Take-A-Way in its previous name. The new name, food and service are every bit as good as the previous, would definitely recommend either eat in or Take-A-Way.

Since it changed hands, I have been meaning to try this restaurant. Unfortunately, I was met with a pretty miserable waiter who gloomily showed me to my table. He reminded me of the janitor in the Harry Potter films. The food was pretty average so nothing to report apart from if you want a doggy bag you will find old “Misery guts” trying to squash all you dishes into one container. Presumably these tin foil containers are too expensive to give away lightly. In any event the food is no better than what you can get at Waitrose except far more expensive.

Lovely food, as good as always! Customer service is excellent and friendly!

Have been wanting to try this indian for ages since it has chamged hands from Lal akash....so glad we went great improvement! My mum visited for the weekend so whilst my husband was away on a stag we gave it a try! Why not! 😁 the service was fantastic, very attentive and the restaurant itself was lovely inside. I opted for chicken rogan josh whilst my mum had chicken pasanda. Both were delicious we did order two rice as we were unsure on the portion size...good idea..1 is definitely not enough for two people, just a heads up. We ordered a peshwari naan, however when the food came it was just a plain naan...we told the very kind waiter who quickly brought is a fresh peshwari naan and left us the other one at no extra charge...all sorted very quickly without trouble so a big thumbs up for! 👍 the chicken was melt in the mouth and you could tell it was all freshly made! Excellent value for money too! Definitely will return with the hubby in the near future! Thanks ruchi!

Fantastic food and great service, even when a little understaffed. Like a phoenix from the ashes, Lal Akash lives again. Continuing in that same tradition of being the finest curry house in town.

I've eaten hundreds of currys but that was the tastiest curry by far with exactly the right heat and spice I was looking for !! Highly recommend Dave from milton Keynes

Had a lovely meal, attentive service.

We are visitors to the area - We were a bit worried when we walked in as it was almost empty (which is often a bad sign) but really shouldn't have. This was one of the best curries we have ever had!! I had the Naga Jalpuri which was awesome...nice and hot but didn't lose the flavour because of it and the peshwari naans weren't just stuffed full of coconut looking like they'd come out of a packet they were freshly cooked and lovely!! The waiter was a bit like an Indian Del boy but very nice and attentive. If we ever come back down this way will definitely return!!

This is my 3rd takeaway order from this restaurant and each time I have been impressed. I had the Lamb Biryani (which comes with a veg curry) £9.25, Bombay Aloo £3.85, Muttar Paneer £3.85 and chips £1.95. Arrived in good time and delivered by very polite driver. All choices are a good size portion and all very tasty. There was sufficient food for me to have 2 decent sized meals, good for me as on a night duty, altogether great value for under £20.00. If the order is over £24.95 it comes with a free large Indian beer.

Without a doubt the best Indian I have ever had, always fresh, hot & tasty! such polite service and excellent delivery times.

This was the Lal Akash and i see people still post reviews for that restaurant. On the receipt when you pay it still says Lal Akash as well. Anyway, the menu is different - with some more Asian but not Indian dishes. The classic curries are also there. We went on a Saturday with no booking. Staff were pleasant, and starters and mains were excellent. Value was decent at £100 plus tip for 4, so would certainly return.

Tried on a whim! The food was great, extremely tasty! The staff were very attentive and welcoming. The chicken korma was sweet but enjoyable, the vindaloo not as hot as expected but was very tasty. The pilau rice is fragrances really well and garlic naans great! Will definitely return here in the future. A well deserved 5*

Visited Ruchi last night, personally the best Indian restaurant in the whole of Surrey, nicely flavoured dishes, beautiful presentation and best of all outstanding customer service

Great food with friendly welcome staff.

Not as good as previous ownership. Service variable/got our order wrong and poorly advised on particular dish selection. Some elements as tasty as when we have eaten there before. Overall ok but will be exploring other options rather than rushing back.

From starter with pickles through to pud , everything was sooooo tasty and fresh. Some lovely different things on the menu along side ur staple usual curries . The staff couldn’t be more friendly . It was my daughters 21st and they even gave her a lovely free pud and drink . Daughter is starring in panto at the local theatre. Can’t wait to come watch the show and come for a curry after!!!

Excellent meal. Made all the more enjoyable by the waiter Ali. He was fab. The food was delicious. Thoroughly recommended. Unfortunately I live in Wales so visits are limited.

A well decorated, medium spicy rice dish with chicken tikka served with a veg curry.. Worth visiting again just for this..

Delicious food and excellent service, I love it.

Simple good food, nice coffee and friendly service

Can do a lot worse than this place, nice atmosphere, good prices and really good food.

Fantastic... Simply amazing ....

Worst food hygiene rating in Mole Valley.

Voted 0 for hygiene by local council

Huge delays with delivery and when offered to collect was given time of 25/30 mins but had to wait 1 hour anyway... And restaurant was dead...poor service really.

Good quality curry and reasonable prices, definitely recommend for the local area indian

Very friendly, accommodating staff with good quality curry.

As a connoisseur of curry, I highly recommend this fine establiahment.

we regularly have a delivery - always courteous, always fresh and hot and delivered within the time promised, or sooner. We also regularly eat in the restaurant. Food is always fantastic and the service equally as good. Friendly staff, clean surroundings.

Disgusting inedible food was delivered. Have used lal akash regularly for over a year. NEVER EVER AGAIN. The excuse given was that the head chef was off and the second "chef "was working. I suspect it was the dish washer upper who was cooking

Fantastic service and food at prices that cannot be beaten in the area. Give it a try and you won't be disappointed. We had a meal for two with 2 courses, 2 sides and a bottle of wine for £42.

Great food, the service was good but a little disorganised. For example we got asked the same thing several times.

Awful. Ordered grilled Lamb starter only to find out that it was in fact Beef that was dry and flavourless. The Jalfrezi curry I ordered tasted as though it was prepared by an amateur 'chef' - Bland, tasteless and probably worse than those ready meals you would find in supermarkets. The Naan bread had a distinctive unpleasant odour. Have these restaurants never heard of repeat custom? Its how businesses like these survive. As a regular visitor to Leatherhead, definitely no repeats from me!

Nice Food - We do not like sloppy curry - so far so good!

i love lal akash , if you are a fan of indian food you wont be disappointed the food is really fresh and excellent , the special dish chicken tikka bakara and railway lambcurry delicious is my favorite dish, i will recommend to every one try those. the staff are very friendly and obviously very passionate about the food and their restaurant. i can't fault the place at all-great food ,nice atmosphere, helpful staff and excellent value!

Have eaten here 6 times now and always enjoyed authentic cooking with fresh distinctive flavours. The management team and staff are attentive and knowledgeable on the subject of their menus. Wednesday’s banquet night is a real treat where you can eat la carte and try their house specialities at reduced rates. If you want a standard curry option they are well executed too.