Saagar Tandoori in Ceredigion

We love a good Indian, sadly we didn't get it from this establishment. I ordered a extra hot chicken jalfraze, the flavour was only of tabasco, a lazy way to spoil a expensive takeaway, it went in the bin.

Fancied a curry as staying in Aberaeron for two weeks. Quiet Sunday evening and called at Saagars. Ordered North Indian chicken tikka garlic chili. Repeated my order as requested by the young lady at the counter. Order quickly filled (too quickly)? Got home shortly afterwards and found the following in my bag. Chicken (Not tikka) in a watery sauce. Three small chili's and no garlic. Very disappointed 😞. Could have done better with a jar of sauce myself.

I had a Chicken Tikka Kebab and my friend had a Lamb Tikka Kebab - they were both delicious! The service was super quick and friendly. They gave us some poppadoms and sauces for free! It was great!

Amazing service and friendly people would recommend anyone to go here, food is the best Indian I've tasted

Amazing food! Highly recommended! New owners are great and kind. The chicken madras was the highlight of the meal, and the nan bread was beautiful.

Stayed down Aberaeron for a week and had 3 meals from here. Everyone meal was amazing and the Chicken Tikka Kebab was great. It is a bit pricey but when the food is good you don't mind paying for it.

As a business owner, I don't like to leave a negative review, but I feel other potential customers should know what they're getting. We were excited to order a curry on our holiday as we have been having very good local foods from other retailers. We decided on a curry as we love it, and based on the standard that we have had on our holiday in Aberaeron which was really high. We collected the food and the anticipation was bubbling after a great day in the sun and a few beers. We opened the food and found decent poppadoms and samosas with salad and dips. When it came to the mains, the curries were extremely poor. Jalfrezi Chicken tikka watered down with not much flavour, odd strips of over cooked chicken and not much else. A real shame. We were left hungry. The Chicken Balti (6 out of 10) was way better than the Jalfrezi which was (2 out of 10) with better chunks of Chicken, but with a similar watered down method. The Garlic Naan was like cardboard and very disappointing. We phoned the restaurant to have a chat about the standard of food received but unfortunately nothing really came of it, so felt compelled to leave a review so that others could know what they are getting into if you're expecting a tasty curry. I really dont like leaving a negative review, but it wasn't cheap and it needed to be said. Hopefully this is read and actioned by the restaurant to improve the standard of food for future customers.

Amazing food, good portions. Friendly staff. Good value. Happy to see a food hygiene rating of 5/5 on the door.

Yum! Ordered a takeaway on 6th August 2023 and cannot fault it. The food was lovely! Succulent chicken and very tasty spices. Completely baffled by the "tasteless" reviews. We enjoyed it very much!

Holiday treat for 4 people that cost £71 the food was average as was the portion size compared to similar takeaways back home in the Midlands and £11.50 for poppadoms and dips

The food is ok but the prices are crazy.

Food was tasteless, everything was so bland, the sauces didn't taste of anything. One curry was swimming in oil, garlic naan might aswell have been plain. Waste of £40.

Our food was delicious, hot and the service was great. I ordered it on their website and asked in the notes section to swap the chicken in my Korma for Paneer, which they did without any issues. We were staying at Camping On The Farm, a 10 minute walk along the coast path from Aberaeron. We arrived at our selected time to collect our order and it was ready to go, a short walk back along the coastal path to our tent to enjoy some delicious food The terrible reviews for this place nearly put us off, but after seeing on their Facebook page that they're under new management and had some good comments on there, I'm really glad we gave them a try as the food was fantastic. The only reason I gave 4 stars was that we felt it was a little expensive. At home the same order costs us £45 and it was £65 here, but we usually get free poppadoms and pickle tray, which was an extra £10.50 here. But this wouldn't put us off ordering again. We will definitely be back next time we are staying at Camping On The Farm.

Under new management so important to ignore previous reviews. Excellent take away tonight, good portions and very tasty. 5 star hygiene rating. Takes card payments now. Give it a go you won't be disappointed.

One of the worst Indian meals I and my partner have ever had not recommend

Good honest dishes with friendly chefs... Cash only policy was a letdown as the nearest cash machine charges you.... UPDATE: new management seem to think my name is Ashley and didn't address the card payment issue and sent a template as a response so good start from them!

Didn't expect the real taste of India there but something was fine e.g. Mixed Veg, Daal etc. Never order Paneer or clarify them if you want it spicy. We got Pasanda without salt and spice.

I have had food from here many times always been nice but tonight was £40 down the drain absoutly awful won't be coming back again

Disgusting food and customer service ,chicken in the pakora was a rubber texture and thick stodgy batter dripping with grease.chicken in the vindaloo was overcooked and dry. Called to explain and the ladys response on the phone was rude and patronising.she said after a full case of chicken we were the only ones to complain,so we must be liers,she offered us more food in the end after speaking with the chef but after being rude and a previous bad experience we said no thank you never again. The first experience the chicken pakora was excellent and the curry was terrible.second time around the chicken pakora was horrendous and the curry was bad.never again.

I was warned that the food in this establishment is not fit for human consumption.... wish I had. The king prawn jalfrezi was overcooked yesterday I a sure. Unpalatable is an understatement. He naan bread was tougher than a Cobblers Boot. The rice was ok but I am sure that I was just consoling myself with some kind of hope for some unfathomable reason. I threw it away in the end, dogs wouldn't touch it, neither would rats, but gulls or ducks? Let's see. I won't feed them the naan i'd have to soak it in water for an hour first to make it duck friendly and ducks are not known for their patience, gulls have even less. Hoha ..So Word of advice. Don't go to Saagar. If you do, guaranteed you will regret it. Ps, the website is out of date, apparently its outsourced... so expect prices to be higher than you think and want. I'm going out for edible food now, bye.

Absolutely disgusting, onion Bahji was absolutely disgusting, dripping in oil, and what I could taste was awful, mains tasted of fajitas, awful salad what I’d expect to find in a cheap pub. Worst meal I’ve ever had. Avoid like the plague. Only getting one star so I could actually post this. Don’t waste your money.

Food was very bland no flavour and was warm . Won't be ordered from them again

Good size helpings, but nothing to write home about. Quite expensive for a mediocre curry.

Ordered a chicken korma and the chicken was pink when we opened it. After calling them back to tell them the food wasn't cooked properly they offered less than half of what we paid for it insisting the pink chicken was cooked! Would not recommend obviously.

Horrendous. avoid! Instead go to paradise Pizza 2 doors up, it has to be better that this so called Indian! Woman on the desk has an attitude problem, extremely rude. Food was bland and tasteless, onion bhajis were dry, naan breads were rock solid, even my dog struggled to swallow some. Will never go here again, actually gutted we didn't go to Paradise Pizza ha.

Absol, I gave one star as I could not give none which is my preferenceutely disgusted with the service, served, or more accurately refused to be served by the rudest lady I've ever met. I asked if they did any gluten free food and she grunted, I asked was the korma gluten free and she snapped no, it has almonds in it, I said gluten free is wheat and barley and could she please ask the chef, then she snapped were not serving you because we don't want environment health visiting them, and refused to serve me. I had a car full all hungry and waiting for food and one was gluten free. This was not only rude, obnoxious, but discrimination and they do not deserve to have any custom at all if they treat people like this. Can't comment on the food, but if it was as sor and bitter as her, it would have been unpalatable F

Absolutely awful. Was made to wait 45mins for food to get it home and the chicken was still pink and couldn't eat it! Lady who works on the desk/till is also rude and obviously not appreciative of your custom. Also if you ask for a cheese naan, you just get a cheese slice. Complete waste of time

Very disappointing, onion Baji was a flat squished ball that was dry and had a thick texture, not what it should be!! Tika masala was watery, poor quality chicken (tough and dry) naan bread was rock hard, not a usual soft puffy bread. £62 down the drain!! Don't waste your money.

The food was tastless just water . Pilua rice was in lumps tasted of water . Keema nan had no mince in it and was rock hard . Meat dupize tastless , could only taste water off the rice . Never go back again . The starter mixed kebab was OK, mint sauce was hot , not expected. 1 star to be polite .

Underwhelmed .Having to stand in the rain to draw cash out as they are too tight to accept cards didn't put me in the best of humour Jafrezi tasetless the onion bnajees were dry and the nan tasted like cardboard. Thank goodness for the Chinese Aberaeron

Found this place whilst having a week in West Wales. Delicious Indian food can't fault it at all. Would have liked a free popadum tho.

Awful, no other words to describe it, curry was full of grease no taste apart from the feel of grease in your mouth and the naan bread would have been ideal had I been looking for an offensive weapon, if I hit someone with it there would have been no coming back, were staying in a nearby resort and fancied a treat, devastated that I chose that Indian, if its all Aberaeron has to offer I feel for the locals. Avoid at all costs

Awful cost nearly 30pounds couldn't eat the nann bread it was that hard, not taste at all to our meals very disappointed

Waited for an hour and the food was awful, inedible, tasteless and flavourless. Would not recommend.

i have used this takeaway for over 10 years since i liven almost next door i have found the food very tasty very good price and fab service even with this covid 19 problems the smile has never left the owner and his hard working crew We now live 10 miles away and still use them for every time we want a Indian meal ...well done and i will see you tonight Tuesday 11th Aug nigel

Awful!! Here in aberaeron for a few days lockdown and this was first takeaway tonight!! Waste of money. Passanda had no coconut or almond flavouring, partner's tikka masala had no spices and was very bland, naan breads were only half flavoured and tasted old! Disgusting and now stomach is making growling noises...Avoid!!!

Amazing and tasty takeaway , our first since covid19 lockdown ,wow what a takeaway worth waiting for, highly recommend , tried tikka Pacoras yum yum , 😁

Only halal place available for miles . Would recommend .

I dont want to be too brutal, but we got home to a watery layer floating on the Curries that I could of swam in... The naan's would of been great had I have been building a house, they made bricks look like luxury cusions! The poor lass who was with us and was unfortunately exposed to one of their curries, came down 24 hours later with radiation poisoning leaving her looking like something from '28 days later'... I would definately reccomend this Indian takeaway to anybody looking to end there own life!

I do not normally take to writing bad reviews, however the food we recieved was dry, bland and gave one of us food poisoning. We have found a couple of uses for the naan breads, one being a flood defence system the other being a dehumidifier.

I am sure, when accustomed to the menu, the offering from this takeaway is perceived very nice by many. However, we are used to an Indian takeaway that has plenty of substance and flavour. Unfortunately, the chicken pasanda we received was like watery soup with some rubbery chicken pieces floating in it. The Gobi Aloo contained tasteless halves of potato and cauliflower pieces again, floating in a watery soup. On the plus side, the pillau rice was lovely. I wish I’d trusted the previous reviews and remain thoroughly disappointed with the Saagar at Aberaeron. Sorry to leave a poor review, it doesn’t sit nicely with me to do it, but I also think there are some serious shortcomings here.

while On holiday had two take aways ,very nice and staff very friendly .

I was on holiday and I was in the mood for a curry, I decided I would try Saagar Tandoori. The food was great, the curry had a great taste and the chicken was cooked perfectly, it came to a very reasonable price too. The only downsides really were firstly that I wasn't able to find a detailed menu online, only a really cut down version on facebook. Maybe I wasn't looking in the right places but they don't seem to have much available online. Second was that they only accept cash, not the end of the world as there's a cash machine a few minutes away but a bit irritating in a world where I can pay for most things on my phone. It would have been nice to know that beforehand.Overall my experiene was very pleasant, they were friendly and served us some really tasty food!

Reading some of the reviews I was wary of giving it a try. Need not have worried. Ordered chicken tikka naga pilau rice & asked for a garlic & chilli nan which was not on the menu.Food was excellent & also included was a nice bag of onion salad.

Ok so positive - the man on the counter was polite & accomodating.Now the negative - I had a Madras & cheese nan, I normally have this.The curry was watery not alot of chicken but I could put up with it - average.The nan bread was an total joke - cheese nan which was a nan bread but with a a square of burger cheese in middle , I'm not joking . £10 wasted ,I'll never revisit unless changes hand's. I like pupadoms & pickle tray but cost was London prices so thank god didn't order . Feel sorry for front of house man cos was smiley & lovely

Accidentally found this place while driving down a side street one evening after visiting the area and so glad we went back and stopped for food!myself and my partner are very particular with indian dishes but everything was spot on and full of flavour we had lamb starter was lovely no fat or gristle and the beef main was literally melt in the mouth as was the chicken korma will definitely be back when we are at our holiday home!

We were recently staying in Aberaeron for a week on a family holiday. We wanted to order a curry for a birthday meal and found this was the only place in town. We were a little hesitant with the bad reviews but we couldn't of been happier. We ordered multiple dishes for 12 people from the large menu and were all very satisfied. The food was very well priced and delicious. I thoroughly recommend the Saagar Tandoori.

This is a take away not a restaurant . We ordered from home and allowed 20 mins as allocated . Meal was freshly cooked and good size portions . Good value for money . Choice of menu varied . Good solid box to bring home and still hot on arrival.

We have always had great food from Saagar and live locally, so are frequent patrons. We are not too adventurous it must be said, it’s often a balti chicken, which comes with a lovely naan and a tandoori chicken. The chicken is succulent and nicely cooked, so would recommend.

Discusting my mom ended up with food poisoning from a chicken curry. Avoid at all costs and check the chicken isn’t pink iif you to dare eat from here I’m reporting them to environmental health after how ill my mom was vile

Fresh and authentic taste -may take twenty minutes but worth it as it is freshly made to order. Centre of town. Take away only

foods fantastic and always freindly

wont b going back tuff lamb no taste sauce dry keema naan nuff said

My daughter and I decided we wanted a takeaway while she was visiting me at the end of August, and so we decided to call in at the Saagar Tandoori Balti takeaway in Aberaeron, just a couple of miles from home.The serving area of the takeaway is quite small, but all you need is a counter where you give your order, and pay for it, and a few comfortable chairs if you want to sit and wait for your order while it's being cooked fresh for you - It can take anything from 30-45 minutes to be done, so my advice would be to phone in your order first, then go pick it up at the time the server suggests - that way you won't need to hang around! :) It seemed quite busy when we got there, even though it was only just after 6pm, so we told the server that we'd come back in the half an hour he told us our order would take. We got back in that half an hour, and the food was handed over to us in a box, to make it easy to carry, and so we caught a taxi home, then dished out the food.Despite it being around 15-20 minutes before we got a taxi, then arrived home, the food was still piping hot as I took it out of the box.I chose the Tandoori Chicken, as I hadn't eaten that in a long time, and the server recommended the local chef's own sauce to go with it - Tandoori Chicken Chatt Masala -so that's what I ordered. My daughter ordered Chicken Pasanda, and we also ordered Rice, Garlic Nan & Keema Nan bread and Poppadoms to go with it.I have to say, my Tandoori Chicken was the tastiest I'd ever had - and I've had it quite a few times over the years, at different places! There was an abundance of the chicken tandoori itself, which was perfectly cooked, and melt-in-the-mouth tender, and the chef's sauce was amazingly tasty - it's going to be a go-to meal for me whenever I fancy another Indian takeaway next! My daughter's meal was equally as delicious - we tried each other's food, as we couldn't resist seeing if the other meal was just as delicious as our own! LolThe portions were more than plentiful - in fact, we both had more than enough to have the same amount of food the next day! The prices were more than fair, especially considering the portion size, and the remaining Rice, Naan bread, and Poppadoms stayed beautifully fresh for the next day, too - as an aside,we shared the Nan breads, and I'd never had the Keema Nan before - it was delicious, and I'm VERY fussy where minced meat is concerned! :) The staff were polite, helpful with suggestions and descriptions of the food contents and, all-in-all, it was a very friendly service:) I can't understand the negative reviews I've seen on here - although most of them seem to come from holidaymakers, rather than locals - but I can understand why the locals go back there time after time - and I'll definitely be one of them from now on! :)

On holiday and was a late night dash for food. Ordered chicken tikka and naan, chicken was mushy almost slimy in the middle and rubbery on outside so I am guessing was reheated from frozen and completely tasteless. Avoid.

On holiday and was a late night dash for food. Ordered chicken tikka and naan, chicken was mushy almost slimy in the middle and rubbery on outside so I am guessing was reheated from frozen and completely tasteless. Checked on food hygiene rating after and they are a 2 out of 5!!!! Avoid.

If you are considering using this curry house, trust me, DON’T. My family and I called and ordered a take away whilst on a break in Aberaeron. We called and placed our order at 6:30pm and were advised to allow 45 minutes for it to be cooked. We duly left our cottage at 7:05pm and arrived at 7:15pm.

Visit annually. Food is always good. Forgot one of my popadoms. Biryani particularly good. Generous helpings of meat.

We always like to try the local curry and I ordered a big selection from here and we ate on the beach. WE had chicken Shashlick - thin strips rather than huge chunks of chicken, but still tasty, Tarka Dhal, a vegetable Jalfrezie (mainly onions) and cauliflower bhaji, along with poppadums. I also had the Phall sauce, which was stupendously hot, and I'm still nibbling bits of it slowly a week later. Poppadums were ok, but beware the cost of the pickle tray items ! It adds up. Still, a good and varied meal.

Ordered for my wife and myself and once I’d unpacked the meal, I’d realised that they’d forgotten my wife’s main. I returned to the shop and they basically called me a liar and insisted that they’d included my wife’s main. They cooked me another but the experience was ruined.

Lovely food and good service. Lots of choice at reasonable prices. Quick service and staff always polite

Popped in for a take away and was so very disappointing. The whole of our order was bland, neither the beef curry or curry sauce had any flavour whatsoever, the poppadoms were awful, they tasted like out of date one's, like eating slightly soggy cardboard, the chips were droopy and tasted like warmed up ones. The only thing with any flavour was the small bag of salad, mainly onion.

Still looking for authentic and tasty asian food in the south Ceredigion area. Small and friendly take away just off the main road in Aberaeron. Unfortunately the three dishes we ordered were very bland. My Biriyani had little flavour with the sauce tasting like potato soup. Wifes chicken Madras was big lumps of chicken in a sort of gravy. Son didn't comment, just left most of it. Maybe in the area people are not keen on spicey food, but why order asian food if you don't like spices?

I had an Indian from here tonight and was rather disappointed, although there was a lot of food I found the curry was bland, and my onion bhaji was burnt to a crisp- so much that I could not eat it. They also forgot my nan bread which was rather disappointing. The price was cheap but it wasn't worth the food that I had received.

Indian take away off the main road through town, phone your order in in advance or feel free to wait whilst it's cooked. Large portions, very tasty. Love the biryani and peshwari naan.

Call first if you can - this place is quite busy even on week nights off season, reflecting its popularity. Friendly staff and very tasty food.

Awful. Chat wall unlike anything I've ever tasted before and keema naan was gritty. Will not be back.

I went in here as it was the nearest Indian takeaway from where I was staying. My curry was nice and filling and it was all served quickly and was still piping hot by the time I got back to my caravan. It was also reasonably priced. Just the lady behind the counteR seemed a bit put out when I was making my order in English as she served the lady before me in Welsh. BTW THEY DON'T TAKE CARDS!!!

Had a takeaway curry here when visiting Aberaeron. It was very tasty and they gave us free poppadoms. Coming from Cardiff with plenty of choice makes it difficult to rise above the rest. Service was great (ordered it for 8 served at 8) it was a very tasty average meal would I got here again? Yes

The food from saagar tandoori is always a high standard, the quality of the food will take you in a short trip to heaven.Genuinely friendly service, only 20 minutes waiting, I would recommend to all.

Mi pareja y yo estábamos lejos por un par de noches antes de Navidad y la última noche decidimos para que hubiera un hindú para llevar. Pedimos desde esta para llevar y quedamos muy decepcionados con la mala comida que recibimos. Las patatas fritas y popadoms probado de sucios de aceite, el pollo estaba duro, la cebolla cruda, y eran bahjis correosos, el pan Naan estaba recocido, en general, fue muy decepcionante y deseado no había tirado el dinero:

Tenía una fantástica para llevar esta noche de Saagar en Aberaeron.

We were staying locally with friends and decided to have a night off cooking and gave a takeaway, so we found saagar tandoori from local phone directory and we were pleasantly surprised, we put our order in for various indian dishes, all were cooked very quickly and tasty, you have to wait approx 30 / 45 minutes or longer if they are busy, we had no complaints and food very nice, we will call again.

Can honestly say we've never had a bad takeaway from here.Never had to wait long.Always enjoyed our food.Happy customers.

Poor excuse for a curry had rogon josh was tasteless, no spice, watery sauce, definitely not what I consider a rogon to be . even the mint sauce wasn't great. Definitely wouldn't bother with this place again.

Well Saagar Tandoori ... well done food was excellent really can not find fault

Have used this takeaway a number of times over the years while we've been here on holiday. Unfortunately was very dissapointing this time food was poor and found hairs in the naan breads. Also was very expensive for the quality of food.

we had vegetarian options, masala and biriani, all of the meal was very bland, there was no taste, they got the garlic bread ok, but apart from that very disappointing.

Great food here, everything me and my family have had is up to tip top standard! Highly recommended. I would recommend the Chicken korma and Chicken MadraasSide note: The worker are always very polite

Oh my god the food was so good and not at all greasy. I wish we could take this place home with us. The tandoori mixed grill was gorgeous. Can't recommend it highly enough.

Great takeaway at good prices. I thought that the choice of menu had some unusual additions to the normal.

Tasty food and quite quickly prepared but not to the quality of other takeaways. Not much difference in taste between different curries which was a disappointment. Good service though if you like blandish curries.

This is a decent little take away with quite a wide menu it is worth picking something up. We have a caravan on Aeron Coast so use this one quite often and I must say the food is always hot when you get it back to base.

Came here for the first time as I'm visiting my dad and didn't want to cook. Ordered a chicken Korma, egg fried rice an peswari nan (how ever you spell it). It was great hardly any grease and was tasty. Surprised it's not ran by Indians, but nether the less they are doing it right

Always go here as the food is excellent. The potions are enough to have the next night so good value for money as well. i have traveled to India several times and without doubt Saagars food is just as good and authentic. Oh and I forgot to say that the staff cannot do more to please.

Delicious well cooked food. Quick service, helpful staff and reasonably priced. . Highly recommended.

Second time I have been in four years and it is just as good as the first time. Lamb saag balti is unbelievable and good value. It's hard to find an Indian takeaway as consistently good as this one, especially out in west wales! Highly recommend

Food standard agency hygiene rating of 5/5, good friendly service and good value for money. Can't find fault. It's best to order in advance and then go pick it up, otherwise it's a 15-20 minute wait. Chicken Pathia is recommended!

Fantastic to see a bilingual take-away menu, as one would expect maybe in Mid-Wales. Its a pity that not all businesses in Wales do the same.

Had a lovely takeaway from here and shared a very tasty meal, the only criticism is that in our chicken dish there were two big lumps of potato, obviously as a filler. No guys, put your prices up rather than cut corners!!! You have no competition in the town, the other Indian has nothing on you guys

We pop order our meak korma i also wanted nana bread with cheese meal was crap nana brand with those cut out square cheese unbelievable i wouldn't be back in hurry

called in after being at the Aberaeron Beer and Cider festival in the Summer! I was starving and fancied something more than a burger or kebab! Ordered the standard Chicken Tikka Masala and Pilau rice. Now you could say that I'm a bit of a connoisseur when it comes to the old Tikka Masala, as I'm not very adventurous when it comes to Indian food! I have to say that it was fantastic, lots of chicken, tasty sauce, not bland or too creamy! Will definitely call in again!

I live locally and we always like to try different places to eat. All are OK but when you want proper Indian food this is the place to go!! The byriani is full of flavour and have so many choices, we have tried a lot off the menu and are very impressed with every dish. Only thing I would recommend is a home delivery service, even though I love going in and seeing their smiley faces!

Excellent food and friendly service from very pleasant staff. would recommend the byrianni full of flavour

Food was nice but they messed up the order and no menu's available.