Saagar Tandoori Restaurant in Nottingham

This was our favourite place to eat Indian food when we lived in Nottingham in the 1980s. Our last meal here was in July 2019 and we had hoped to have an anniversary meal here on 17th October 2023 but it was "closed for a revamp". We are very much looking forward to our next visit!

Scam restaurant who have never replied to me! Accepted the order & charged but order never arrived. Phone number wouldn’t ring through. Went by the restaurant approx 11pm but wasn’t even open (as stated they were on Deliveroo). Requested refund via Deliveroo that was denied by the restaurant & because they use their own drivers, Deliveroo can’t confirm. Went to bed hungry. Still had no refund. AVOID AVOID AVOID.

Scam alert. Do not use. They took my online order and money and stated the order would arrive in 30 mins. When I was checking where my food was after an hour a message said that it is cancelled and money wouldn’t be refunded for 5 days. I contacted the ordering company who said it happens if they are busy and can’t fulfil the order. I went down to see them and the restaurant is closed for refurbishment but a big sign says they are available for takeaway during refurbishment. The website says they are open. Outrageous

Scam alert. Do not use. They took my online order and money and stated the order would arrive in 30 mins. When I was checking where my food was after an hour a message said that it is cancelled and money wouldn’t be refunded for 5 days. I contacted the ordering company who said it happens if they are busy and can’t fulfil the order. I went down to see them and the restaurant is closed for refurbishment but a big sign says they are available for takeaway during refurbishment. The website says they are open. Outrageous.

Never again, food tasted like it was from leftovers. Poppadoms was soft and curry was watery. Delivery man was miserable.

Ordered a set meal for delivery and it was appalling. The two mains contained no more than 4 pieces of meat each. The sauce tasted watered down. Rice was cold. The meal was £33. Really disappointed and expected better from a long standing restaurant 😕

Would give zero stars if possible. I've been waiting 1 hour 45 mins for food and still no sign. Abysmal. Don't bother.

This place was top draw some years ago its appalling now in every aspect, they just don't seem bothered that you have not been happy with there food or the service and spent a lot of money for it !

Unable to rate the food as we arrived for our booking that was made 3 months ago to find it was closed with not notice on the door. Called to be told they were having a refurb - totally disappointed that hey couldn’t take the time to advise bookings they had.

I would give this place zero stars if I could. Worst restaurant I've ever eaten at. Appalling service and terrible food. Such a shame as Saagar was brilliant ten years ago before new owners/management. If you want a decent curry, go down to Masala Junction, across the Road to Tipu Sultan or into Arnold to Himalayan Inn. I can't stress how unbelievably bad this restaurant is.

Truly the worst food I have ever consumed of any cuisine I ate less than a whole piece of paneer and my partners chicken was stone cold. Rude owner, terrible ambience, box of tissues instead of napkins???? You will get better food from probably any other restaurant in Nottingham. Save your money and your health.

Avoid at all costs, ordered from deliveroo, food was not delivered yet they marked it down delivered, still have not issued me a refund.

Delivery was very unsatisfactory. Took 2 hours to deliver. And no response from the given contact number.

Delivery is over an hour, had to call and cancel. Ruined all plans

Saagar was the place to go in the 90's and earn 2000. Just had a delivery and was so poor. Very disappointing

Extremely bland food. No taste whatsover and feels like the cook has taken a cheap supermarket take away and added a lot of water to it to remove any taste and packed it in meagre quantity for delivery.

The food was nice, granted, but I ordered on Deliveroo and it took over two hours to arrive!

The food was awful. Cold, watery and tasteless. Portions small for price. The peshawari naan is plain naan filled with granulated sugar- bizarre. And there were a lot of full peppercorns in the rice? Disgusting food avoid

THE worst service I've EVER RECEIVED! Ordered through UBER EATS. Mentioned I had a disability and deliver to my door. I got a call from the restaurant to come to the door which I explained I had a disability and I'd put it in the notes. As I couldn't get to the main door I said to please cancel the order and the man on the phone said I'd still be charged and even though it's in the notes i still had to come to the main door. They finally came to my door. I asked for an email address to complain and I was given a very disgusting, foul and FAKE email address where I couldn't complain to. I was also given a fake and rude name when I asked who to send the email address to. Absolutely shocking service. Never again will I order from here !

THE most SHOCKING food delivery service. I had food delivered here and requested in my note to be delivered to the door as I am disabled. Got a ruthless call from someone from the restaurant demanding I come and collect my food. I explained I had a disability and couldn't come down therefore cancel it. I was told that if I couldn't come down to collect it that I'd still be charged. I then asked for an email address to complain and I was give a DISGUSTING email address which was clearly fake and a DISGUSTING name to send the email too. How unprofessional and shocking. I'd never order from here again.

Would actually rate this place 0 if I could food never even shown up and the staff on the phone couldn’t care less this place need shutting down for good please do not order from here

Just had takeaway delivered, veg curry wasn't what I ordered, was a weird bright pink dish. Usually good quality food from here which is a shame.

Would love to put a minus star, if the option were available. When calling, we heard abuse and shouting down the phone, the phone was put down on us twice, and then they wouldn't answer the phone full stop. An item was missing, food delivered was poor quality, messy and cold, portions were tiny. The food arrived late and person who came to the door didn't say anything, never mind apologising. Genuinely not one redeeming feature to mention...not worth £35, could have found better literally anywhere else!

Usually very good but not tonight unfortunately. Vegetable dishes were bland. Both curries had very little meat and lacked flavour. Has the chef changed?

Ordered off Uber eats and they took Over 2 hours to come, when they did they never can to the meeting point they drove past and then left never got my order

PLEASE DON'T ORDER FROM HERE! I'm making this review on behalf of my daughter in law. This company is appalling, after she was waiting three hours via uber eats and receiving MANY excuses regarding her order. IT NEVER ARIVED. The male we had all spoken too told us 20 minutes away, then, 5 minutes away, plus told us he will ring us back once he'd spoken to the driver. Before blocking our numbers! Along with refusing to give her a refund when asked, just kept talking over us.

Food has really gone downhill, this used to be our favourite restaurant for celebrations. Takeaways were particularly good. Tried to order a takeaway with a voucher we were gifted and couldn’t, so tried to phone but number didn’t work. Finally found a mobile number and got through, left hanging for 10 mins whilst they found someone to take the order. A lot more expensive than ordering online, added approx £25 to the bill. After placing the order it took 20 mins before they could confirm prices I was told it would be an hour for delivery. Had to pick it up. The food was poor quality compared to previous meals we had from there. Much smaller portions and a lot less meat. Not hot either. Won’t be going back, gutted it has gone so far downhill.

we used to have great takeaway food from here it was the best but whats happened , its totally different ,waterery not very tastey what a disappointment and shame. On the look out for a new restaurant

Currys were bland. King prawn starter (£7.95) was inedible and unappetising. See photo - this was supposed to be served on a bed of sizzling onions and peppers. Restaurant promised to phone back when I called but I have not heard back since.

Ordered takeaway from just eat.. First concern was the food was delivered by two CHILDREN at just after midnight. The food itself was terrible for what we paid.. Tasted worse than a value microwave curry, suspect that’s what it was given the portion size (despite paying 17£ for that portion. Also seemed as if it had been watered down. Little to no meat. The large Shish kebab also had little to no meat and again looked like a microwave curry stuffed in a naan.. Very little flavour. Don’t be fooled by previous good reviews.. Have ordered from here in the past and I think it’s changed ownership. Just a scam. Waste of money.

This is our go to takeaway. Occasionally we try elsewhere but always come back. Vegetarian options are particularly great.

Always friendly and good flavours

Had a meal as a takeaway, itsthe worst curry we've ever had ,there was hardly any chichen and lamb in the main meals ,poppadoms had a funny taste .me and my husband had a bad stomach after very uncomfortable and gassy .we fetched the order and noticed the place wasn't very clean so it's got me wondering what the kitchen was like ,won't b going again .

Ordered online. Food was expensive for what u get and the taste was bland at best. Do not recommend

Taste was okay overall. Thanks for the complimentary papadom. However, disappointed a bit with the order! Ordered 2 chicken tandoori but received quarter sadly. Paneer naan was cheese naan probably which tasted like plain naan sadly. A bit more salad in the kebab wrap would have tested better. Needs a lot improvement.

Would rate 0 if I could Ordered a king prawn curry at £15.95 to have 4 standard prawns in the entire curry dish. Called the restaurant to complain who were not interested one bit in helping. Don’t waste your money - far far better restaurants offering better.

0 stars ! I ordered on just eat, waited 1 hour, I called the restaurant and he said it is on its way, was extra polite so seemed a bit fishy, I then sat waiting for 40 minutes, it didn’t arrive, called the restaurant and no answer! All family sat there starving !! Do not ever order or associate your self with this place Absolutely disgusting

Avoid disgusting food came cold only half full and 3 or 4 pieces of chicken in a korma which didn't taste like a korma And the paswari naan was just a plain naan and 30 minutes late on delivery and i phoned up to complain they just fobbed me off

Just ordered trough justeat, iv never ever had a bland Indian takeaway .but o my goodness you can taste that water has been added to curry to make it look more , unbelievable, pots where half size wish I didn't order will be returning back to my local in wollaton which never had any faults. Very disappointing....

We got food poisoning after having uncooked chicken tawa, and the taste of rest items was disgusting. Highly recommend to avoid the restaurant.

The food tasted absouluteley shocking i was unable to eat this food it made me sick to my stomache tastless bland not cooked correct sickening to be honest this is the worste take away i have tried in my life.

Worst experience and service Ordered through Uber and its been 45 mins since it is showing as left for delivery Delivered by their own staff It will be my first and last order from here Update: They never started making my order and started making after 2 hours and upon saying I don't need anything compliment, they still sent me chicken curry which I had to throw because I am vegetarian. Felt bad on throwing food which could fed to another people. This order went to worst to another level experience.

Terrible food ,watery curries , base gravy with chilli powder , Saturday night treat , will not use again , the manager is out will ring you back , very sorry , absolute lie ,not after refund or a freebie just to let them know , not acceptable food ,even Dick Turpin wore a mask total robbery.

Absolutely horrible experience bad food and service….avoid at any cost….

Ordered 4 poppadum's, they sent 2 and for the lime pickle we received a small pot of mint yoghurt and "fresh" onions. Garlic naan came as a plain naan. 2 Murgh tikka makhani's, both of which are listed as chef specialties £2/3 more expensive than the other dishes, it tasted like tomato soup, also with fatty chicken. They kindly resent the order and sent the correct items apart from the lime pickle, £2.95 for a tiny pot of "fresh" onion and a yoghurt/mint dip. No lime pickle or mango chutney. Also states on just eat info that you get a free dessert with every order. Apparently not... never used to be this bad. Overall took 2 1/2 hours to still be disappointed in the curry, at least they sent a complimentary serving of "crispy" pakora, still rather cold and not crispy at all. 13 mins away on google maps.

Accepted my order then cancelled. Running a same restaurant called kebab land they also cancelled with no explanation really bad for a first experience, i will not be ordering again .

Amazing service and friendly staff! Lamb buna was astonishing and will definitely be coming back to try other things on the menu!

Disappointed. We first ate at Saagar over 25 years ago. How times change and standards fall. Overpriced and the size and quality of portions was poor.We booked a table Saturday evening thinking it was a peak time. It was empty. We can see why. Sorry Saagar to leave this review. Not at all a meal we expected

Pathetic service from this restaurant, do not order food online. Eta was 20 mins, called after 30mins and they said order takes another 30 mins and after waiting for more than an hour they cancelled the order. Neither the restaurant nor Uber Eats took any responsibility.

The whole order was cold and unappetising, topped off my a staple found in the curry! Nothing tasted right, bland … and then we found another one in the other curry!!!! we were really put off by the metal to be honest! ☹️😂

Staples found in two curry’s AVOID

We visited this establishment tuesday 17th january !,we brought our dutch friend for the first time ! everything was outstanding ,the young lady was lovely and looked after us all night ! The food was delicious and prepared to our liking its also had a makeover since our last visit i would highly recommend it to anyone x we shall be back x

Thought I would give a traditional Indian a go as we usually order from the nearby flawless Rickshaws, however this proved to be a mistake. For some reason the order was delivered in a very short timescale which was a little concerning, also we had Ordered lamb rogan gosh, but for some reason chicken rogan gosh arrived ! They did however send complimentary popadoms and dips but the mango chutney was inedible, watered down or had gone off, as a consequence we did not eat the popadoms ! I would not order from here again !

Attentive service and very tasty food. A few more veg in the vegetable curry would have been nice, the same with the meat in the meat dishes, but overall a very pleasant evening.

Many years since I've been, shame but it diddnt have the same busy feel about the place, the food however still good..

Completely not my taste of curry , butter chicken taste like cinnamon chicken so as one of lamb curry I have also ordered. Some might like it but me being hungry and couldn’t eat my food was not as good experience. Personally wont be ordering again and I’m not saying food is bad it’s just not my taste.

Takeaway ordered on Saturday 10th at 5:45..food did not arrive until 8:45..1 item (Chicken Tikka Massala)was missing and 1 item spilt (Paneer curry) with an extra rice given to make up for the delay. Called to complain resturant very apologetic and offered a refund. No refund was given after 1 week and counting with two follow up emails ignored. The food that did arrive/in one piece was ok however was a starter, bread and rice between 2 so not really a proper meal. Very let down with the lack of follow up and will not be using again im afraid.

Only get takeaway, but always very nice.

Appalling delivery and customer service. This appears to be an ongoing issue with Saagar. Ordered through deliveroo but order did not arrive. Neither myself or deliveroo staff able to contact the restaurant. No compensation or explanation offered. As a restaurant that is on deliveroo you would think delivery shouldn't be an issue. Avoid ordering from Saagar at all costs. I recommend that deliveroo take them off their app as they clearly do not qualify to be on there. A shame, as the one time I did manage to get food from there it was nice but not worth the blatant disrespect they obviously have for their customers and business partners

Very poor. Didn't taste or look like a Rogan. If I had been at the restaurant, i would have returned the dish. Not value for money. Very disappointed.

Abysmal, all the recent negative reviews on Google about this restaurant are accurate. Unfortunately I read them after I placed my order. There were 3 or 4 missing items yet they had the audacity to put a box of egg rice (like sand) and write “free egg rice on the house” what a joke. Th food which included a set meal of many items was sent out too early, was not fresh, all tasted of low quality. The worst thing of all was the lazy delivery driver who called my mobile "struggling'" to find my house, the whole time he was sat in the car, and my husband ended up out for more than 5 minutes - when he returned he said he was the one who had to open the driver's passenger door and take the food himself. Staff could all do with a lesson or 2 on customer service. DO NOT ORDER from this restaurant.

Problem was that they missed out the rice and chutneys and there is no way of contacting them as the phone number is disconnected. Poor service. Delivery was quick. Food was only just OK. Not anywhere near as good as it used to be. Just...

DO NOT ORDER TAKEAWAY FROM HERE. Order never arrives, cannot call them, restaurant is nothing but a scam.

Terrible food which never turns up. Cannot contact the restaurant as they have disconnected the phone. Refuse refund. Restaurant is nothing but a scam.

If you would like the wrong times sent out & then you can’t ring them because they turn their phones off, order from here :)

Rubbish delivery ! Always cancel our order 5 mins before it’s due . Never answer the phone if we want to collect . Poor customer service . Banging food tho ! That’s why it’s a shame ! 4 times we have ordered and 4 times they have cancelled !

Won't be ordering again. Food came cold, 3 hours late and the owners were extremely rude on the phone. They added free items to our order but also missed off items we had asked for. Disappointing.

Poorly managed understaffed and food taste rubbish wast of money

Please nobody order anything from this restaurant especially through uber.i ordered my food and I am waiting for 1:30 hours still my food has not been reached.

Ordered food last week,waited for 3 hours and they then cancelled it

The food from the restaurant itself is lovely and I could not fault it. However, what ruined it for us was the delivery driver. Immediately after placing the order I had a passive aggressive and hostile phone call from the delivery driver. In person he was very rude and also clearly trying to come across as intimidating. Would not order from this restaurant again solely down to the delivery drivers they hire. Again, this is a shame as the food was lovely. Very disappointed.

Even after almost 2 hours of waiting, a serious struggle to manage to even find a way to contact them without it going straight to voicemail and eventually a promising phone call, the order was still wrong. We got some extra bits for the long wait but missed out on one of the rices, the meat in the korma was wrong and the naan bread was missing the garlic and cheese. The poppadoms tasted like old fish oil and the meat was oddly dry. Very disappointed

DISGUSTING RESTAURANT, GAVE ME OUT DATE CHICKEN!!@ MICROWAVED FOOD LEADING TO FOOD POSIONING!REPORTING G TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - WONT BE ORDERING AGAIN AND THEY DIDNT EVEN REFUND MY MONEY BACK VIA JUST EAT!!

Saagar was the best dine in curry around before the referb, since then it has gone so far down the pan it is a shadow of its former self. Bring back the old menu and the old chef! Never a truer candidate for the term 'if its not broken don't fix it'.

Didn’t deliver the food, phone number not working

Service is very good and food was so delicious, mouth watering and freshly cooked.

The most terrible experience with the restaurant i've ever had. Over 3 hours of waiting and still no food :') Do not run the business that you don't know how to manage. They have absolutely no values, has been lied to on the phone two times and even the Deliveroo team couldn't get through on the phone to them. Shocking.

The food was good, however there was a dish missing from my order. I tried several times to call the restaurant to only get through to the answer machine each time. I left a message to advise of the missing dish, I have not received a call back. Extremely disappointed. I will not be ordering from these again.

While in Sherwood with friends, this evening. We decided to have a meal at Saagar, 7pm. We checked online for opening times, which was from 4pm. The notice on the window said, 'open please come in'. The door locked!! No sign of life!! Won't be going back. Sue

Lived in Birmingham all my like until moving to Nottingham 14 years ago,So spoilt for curry’s.This is a nice curry but little disappointed that for 11 pounds the curry was only half full in the tray

Got charged £84 for a meal that costs £24 on a take away that arrived 3 hours late do no not use these scammers

Hand on heart one of the best curry's we've ever had. Customer service 10/10 . Food was perfect 🔥🔥 Highly recommended Will definitely be using saagar as the regular curry house 👌👌

Ordered food from this restraunt for delivery and took over 2 hours to be delivered when originally was only meant to take 30 minutes rand up and 50 minutes and was told it had left 5 minutes ago rang up 45 minutes later only to be told the food was still in the restraunt poor service

Decent portions and delivery time but unfortunately it was cold when got here

Worst food I had ever in my life I never order again in my entire life

They took over 2 hours to deliver food that we ordered from uber eats. The portion sizes were extremely small and was not of a high or even a satisfactory standard.

Very poor customer service. Waited over 1hr 15 mins for delivery.

Food was delivered promptly & tasted fresh. All aspects of the meal were above expectations, only criticism would be I thought the curry & pakora needed a touch more salt, but that’s entirely personal taste & easily amended at home. Very nice meal, thanks guys.

Quick delivery, clear menu online and high quality food. Food was hot when it arrived and the pakora was 10/10. Highly recommend and will be ordering again soon:)

Pleasantly surprised that the food on my recent visit was a huge improvement from my previous visit some years ago. It really is of a very good standard now, and value for money. If you're drinking around Sherwood with a curry planned for the end of your night, this is your best option. I believe there is only one other nearby, however it doesn't serve alcohol and takes a more 'modern' approach to the menu, meaning that standard favourite curries aren't available. Stick to Saagar for traditional British Indian dishes.

Have just eaten out here with a friend for my birthday. I love curry and used to eat here when I lived in Sherwood. I had forgotten how good Saagar is. The food tonight was mouth watering. We could tell it was freshly cooked as you could taste the fresh ingredients with every mouthful. The service was friendly and courteous. I've eaten here before and was not disappointed tonight. My friend had never been to Saagar before and said it was was one of the best curries she had ever had.

Have had fantastic takeaways from this restaurant as well as eating in. They often have an offer on Deliveroo so well wroth it! The food is very tasty and they gave us a few starter this time. They also cater. Wry well for vegans. The...

Wonderful food, fresh and full of delicious flavour. Excellent. Thank you!

Fantastic. Thank you again for the spectacular food. Tarka dhal heaven. Chicken Cochin loveliness. Heaven on a plate.

Fab food Great service. There is a lot of competition in Sherwood but our recommendation is unreserved.

I very rarely leave 1 star reviews but this is the second time I have ordered through deliveroo and it's taken 2 hours+ despite the guy on the phone saying it had left 1 minute before I rang (coincidentally). Gave them the benefit of the doubt as it was a Saturday night the first time but I won't be ordering again now.

Food was 2.5 hours late and when it arrived it smelt and tasted off. They had put a lot of raw garlic on top of it, wondering if it was past use by date. Complained on the phone and it was put down on us,...

Very good food. Catered for a large party of us at short notice.

Fast delivery. Food was very tasty and fresh will definitely Be ordering again keep up the good work Guys.

Decent tasty food for reasonable price and delivery on time. Will order again ;)