Saathi in Northumberland

Staying in Hexham for a couple of nights and chose this restaurant, what a great choice. Absolutely wonderful evening had Saathi Kebab, For Two starter, followed by Luari Murgh and Pach Mishaly, saag aloo and pilau rice with chapatis. The food was amazing, so full of flavour and served beautifully by a lovely young lady. We will be back, it’s 50 miles from home but will gladly travel for such amazing food.

One of my friend who’s celebrating her birthday last Friday had suddenly decided to celebrate her birthday in Saathi restaurant. It was my first time to try their authentic cuisine and I was looking forward to it. The meal we ordered was good i.e. King prawn biryani, chicken tandoori, etc. However, we felt that we were rushed to leave after our meal as we were told that they are expecting a big group of people at 7pm. Very disappointed!!

Very friendly staff and the food was excellent. We have regular take away food too which is always tremendous. We have never been disappointed with the quality of food or the service. Highly recommend. Thanks Saathi!

We visited here last night for our anniversary and thoroughly enjoyed the night from start to finish! The staff were friendly, the atmosphere was great, and the food was spectacular! My partner is Asian so visiting here was a must so he could recommend his favourite dishes to me! I loved the vegetable samosas, vegetable biryani and the garlic naan was amazing! My partner had the chicken tikka and tandoori chicken and loved both. The portion sizes were generous and the flavours were great! We’ll be back soon! Thanks for a lovely night, it was one to remember!

An amazing restaurant with great service but particularly the quality of the food, cooked to perfection with a delightful blend of spices and flavour. Exceptional

Visited with some work friends, starters very nice, main courses a good size but I would say a little sweet. The waiter who was dealing with us was very friendly. Only reason for 4 stars is that 5 poppadoms and a pickle tray were £10, this isn't right these should be complementary.

I have always found the service to be excellent and the food poor. I had a vegetable rogan - which simply tastes of vegetables in tomatoes. Not even mildly spicy. In an Indian veg curry I would hope for more typically Indian vegetables e.g. okra. Not carrots, cabbage, runner beans and peas. I'm afraid a jar of curry sauce from Aldi is superior. Over the years I have been, I have never found a dish that I have thought was special. I reluctantly write this review but am surprised that others rate the food highly. Maybe it is aimed at the English palette and I'm looking for something more authentic. I repeat that the staff have always been friendly and service efficient

We did not enjoy the food, and some of the waiters just sat staring at me and my wife the whole time we ate. Would not return.

Had a very good meal here. Would recommend if you like a good curry. Service was excellent. We live 50 miles away and will definitely be going back!

Lovely place Mouth watering food 😋 Will definitely go again

Fabulous Indian restaurant. Contemporary modern decor. Efficient and friendly staff. Great menu with a bit of a twist. We had 3 starters, a main, and rice/naan to share. All came together as requested. Massive Onion Bhaaji (with riata), lovely tandoori chicken wings and lamb. The main was great (can't remember its name, but chicken in a citrus sauce), and the naan was perfect. All this, plus a couple of beers or less than £50.

Recently refurbished restaurant, serving an award-winning variety of classic and innovative Indian food. The food is delicious. Great service. The owner, Titu, is a really nice guy, and a minor culinary celebrity!

What a great restaurant, the food was amazing and the staff are so friendly and welcoming, they were very helpful to me explaining about the city and tourist culture. It’s a great place to visit with family, solo or with friends. 5 stars 🌟

Totally lacked flavour I had a lamb rogan and it was average at best my partner have veg corma and she said it was tasteless.

Great flavours. Good service. Left very content and happy to have paid what we did for what we got. Would recommend and come back if in the area.

Nice food at a nice price. We had a takeaway as we were travelling, my son said it was the best Salmon he had ever had so may need to return next time were are in the area

Fresh, quality ingredients = top class meal - couldn’t fault in any way, service as good as ever and looking fabulous after the refurbishment.

First visit after the the recent refurbishment. The food is as great as ever. The service continues to be friendly and efficient. And the restaurant looks lovely with its new decor.

Excellent Indian restaurant. New decor fabulous light bright and chic ✨️ Food excellent as always 😋😋Titu and all of the staff are brilliant if you like a good India meal you'll love Saathi Simply the Best 👌 👍 😍

Excellent food and service. Best meal we've had out in a while. Definitely will be back when in the area. The aubergine starter was sublime. Beef Rogan and coconut rice so very tasty.

perfect evening meal,service excellent,staff the best,but mostly the meal we had on tandoori chicken two chicken byrianis with side dishes and drinks was the best that we have had for a long time,and at a reasonable cost,can't praise the whole experience enough.

Traditional Indian restaurant. The food was amazing and the service/ staff are very attentive. Appears to be a restaurant that the 'LOCALS' know well .. its all about what you want.. loved it

A very interesting menu with dishes I had not tried before. Good sized portions and tasted slightly hotter and with greater spice than average. Very friendly and helpful staff. Cobra on draft. House white passable. Decor needs some improvement but plenty of space to eat. We enjoyed the experience Thank you

First visit but definitely not the last. Food fabulous, staff welcoming and atmosphere great. Would definitely recommend it to anyone .

Booking is definitely recommended as the top quality food makes Saathi very popular indeed. We were passing through Hexham and called in on the off-chance. Despite being rushed off their feet we were found a table and enjoyed a really top quality feast.

Made to feel welcome , food was really good and good portion sizes. Was quite busy and had to wait nearly an hour for food and the staff seemed to have been caught short staffed . Great night though.

Nice friendly Indian restaurant

We had a big takeaway, and it was brilliant. The food was ready exactly when we asked for it to be, and everything was very tasty, especially the korma, jalfrezi and lamb rogan. Also it was still hot after the 30 min drive back. The restaurant had a really nice atmosphere from what i saw and all the serving staff were very polite. It was also quite good value for money. I definitely recommend saathis!!!

Probably the best Indian we’ve ever been to! Travelled from Essex to visit friends and popped in very last minute! Very friendly staff and absolutely top class food! Highly recommend :) Thank you Saathi :)

Good food, bhindi bhaji nicely cooked. Very good service. Decor a little jaded but I wasn't there to eat the paintwork.

Another excellent meal at Saathi - it's our go to Indian restaurant!

Amazing authentic Indian food in an adorable tiny town. Prices are reasonable, spice level is good.

Working in area, food top notch, few tables ordered together food came out in good time, attentive staff without being over bearing. Will be back👍👍

Good food nice n clean will go again

Really good Indian cuisine. Spot less clean restaurant with friendly staff. Large menu and they offer to make just everything that way you like it.

Took advantage of drunk but cheerful customers, food at best was mediocre even for the sober ones of us,

We always get our take away Indian food from Saathis. Tonight we were disappointed. I don’t know if they have a new chef or recipes, however, both the chicken korma and chicken tikka masala were watery. Lacked the usual flavour. The tikka masala was also very tomato rich, it’s usually a much deeper and creamier tikka taste.

We go at least once a month. The quality of the food has always been first rate, the staff are freindly, the decor is subdued and welcoming. The chef will cook the food to your requirements: meat well-done, paneer without chilli, naan bread without oil so it's crispy: just ask.

Was absolutely great waiter was very informative food as lovely and the beer was ice cold

Went for the first time tonight and it was amazing!!! We were served very quickly with poppadoms and dips and our main courses arrived shortly after. They had many vegetarian options and the portions were amazing for the price. Staff were friendly and welcoming and the atmosphere was just incredible. I got full before I finished mine so had it to take home (fully recyclable packaging) and I can’t wait to finish it off tomorrow!!

As Always the most amazing experience Booked late in the day, we were fitted in and the food was fantastic as was the atmosphere In my opinion, the best Indian Restaurant in the Tyne Valley

Great food really friendly staff, but as it was a Sunday night it was quiet, but I'd definitely recommend it and will be going back 👍

We go to this restaurant quite regularly. We visited last night and the restaurant was very busy. However the staff were their usual welcoming selves and the service was excellent. Even though the restaurant was really busy we did not have to wait any longer than usual to be served and the food was excellent as always. Keep up the good work

Terrible and disrespectful service! Clearly don’t like customers over 60 years old, especially if you have a Scottish accent. Food mediocre at best.

Just got a takeaway usually nice but today our takeaway was absolutely terrible the curry was disgusting the rice was rock hard the naan bread was not even cooked and as for the onion baji it would break my window if thrown. The popadoms must of been at least three days old. I phoned up to explain and was just told to remind him next time I’m in sorry but we certainly won’t be back !

Beautiful meal and made to feel very welcome! Visited solo with work. Really enjoyed tue while experience. Very attentive staff.

The best part was their service. The mango Lassi was wow. Other dishes were good too. We ordered a lot of food and everything was great. They did mess up a little but biggest mistake they did was in lamb biryani there was chicken pieces too. So be careful and strictly give instructions if you have some allergies. My reason for 3star is that lamb biryani with chicken. They made a surprise desserts as birthday surprise on short notice and that was on house too so it was really commendable.

Amazing food quality of the chicken was really clear I’m very fussy , every dish was delicious best balti I have had in a long time

Takeaway madras… where is the kick? It was so mild the kids ate it. How disappointing. Naan was good and pops were decent.

The food and service were excellent. The food was perfect. The cost was high.

Will definitely call again, superb food, relaxed atmosphere and great staff.

Beautiful place ,great service and brilliant food highly recommend

A brilliant experience. Very friendly & helpful staff & an extensive but well described menu. I tried something new & loved it. The food was out of this world & portions were very generous. Nobody went home hungry.

Had table booked, waited ages for drinks, didn’t get starters, food not great, no offer of having dessert or coffee & offered the starter in a bag on our way out and had the cheek to say we didn’t charge you for it! Terrible!

This place has some of the best Indian food I ever had, and the service is epic too! Love you guys! I will be back :-)

Had a wonderfull night with my family for my 70th birthday food was excellent, service first class. A big thanks to Titu and his team.

Great food and staff are really friendly and attentive. Gave great advice to suit my taste

Friendly and professional staff doting on your every need. A charming owner who arranged for the kitchen to prepare a special dish for us. All cooked and presented beautifully. Luxurious decor and relaxed atmosphere.

Fantastic food as always, but sadly have to say when taking the order for takeaway on 2 occasions what we ordered hasn't been quite right. We informed them after the first time and it happened again with the same item. Not ideal when you travel a 22mile round trip to discover its not right. Food never disappoints though.

My favourite for dining in and take aways.

This was a joke such that 1 of our party got up and left. 1st up we ordered some soft drinks which came with no gas we asked for replacement and got it replaced with the same garbage. 1st waiter was useless didnt know what fresh orange was and couldnt speak english well enough to do the job. When food came about 40 mins later the portions were so small and the chicken was tasteless . The sauce on the lamb curry had the gritty feel of curry powder in it and one of our party had a huge hair in his tikka masala which had 5 small bits of chicken in it was more like a kids meal. In short dont go here its a total rip off

Fantastic Indian restaurant. Brilliant and friendly staff and best curry I have ever had. Went twice in three days while up here on holiday and we will be going back on our next visit. No question 5 stars.

I've been eating at Saathi for the last twenty years and have never ever had a bad meal there in all that time. Love the food, the staff and the atmosphere.

Beautiful restaurant with authentiic extensive menu Food was a different class to anywhere else we have eaten in UK - wonderful value - starters , main courses , drinks £50!

We dine at Saathi every few months and the service and food has been excellent. My favourite dish being lamb dupiaza as the lamb has always been extremely tender however, last night’s experience was marred by my lamb being very tough. Very disappointed.

The staff were superbly attentive and friendly. We ordered dishes that we hadn't tried before but the menus have a concise and helpful description of each dish giving us the confidence to try something new. We were both extremely happy with the taste and presentation of our food. Saathi is not an average curry house, it offers a wide range of dishes in addition to the staples that we all know allowing you explore what fine a Indian restaurant can offer.

Ashamed to say that this was my first visit to Saathi (after many had recommended the restaurant)... I was not disappointed! Superb Indian cuisine, we went vegetarian for the evening and had exciting food prepared beautifully. The real plus was that all the food we had seemed to have had minimal contact with ghee (butter) resulting in a light dining experience... We shall revisit soon.

First class restaurant, excellent food, service and pricing...a firm favourite...

Friendly atmosphere and the best Indian food I have ever tasted. So much choice too. One not to be missed.

The food was wonderful. The staff friendly and efficient. At last we have found an Indian curry house in Hexham with food which is full of depth and flavour. We will be back. Brilliant. The Borrills and The Hepburns

When I went here for my 9th birthday, today, the food was delicious and the staff were kind and welcoming ( my nephew)

We ordered potato vinderloo it had no flavour no spice whats so ever it tasted gross never had a curry like this in my life will not be using this restaurant again

Food is delicious and staff are friendly - one of my favourite Indian places in the UK

Best man up for week end from London and asked if we could go to an Indian restaurant food excellent and staff friendly.

Lovely place Lovely food. Would recommend. 👌

Found Saathi more by chance than design. But what a chance that was. Excellent food and service, and to cap it all good value for money.

This place is unbelievable.The food has so much texture and brilliance.I was so happy with my food and was worth the money and love to come here again.The surroundings were very laid out and clean and the service was brilliance all staff were smiley and friendly and checkup up on your food and checked if u were waiting long.The starters were lovely and very organized.The main was the best curry I’ve ever tasted and the lamb was unreal best lamb I’ve ever tasted.Pudding was the only disappointment however I think that was my fault and bought the wrong thing.Would come here 100% again and I absolutely enjoyed it the best curry I’ve visited and one of the best in England.

Another great meal at Saathi everyone so helpful.

10 out of 10 for this Restaurant ! A friendly welcome on arrival, which was a great start to an excellent evening ! The Staff were very friendly & helpful, nothing was too much trouble. The food was Excellent - BEST Onion Bhaji we have ever had - delicious & cooked to perfection ! The main courses did not disappoint our hungry foursome, but we were defeated & couldn't manage to eat everything..... it was a very nice gesture when the Waiter offered to box the remaining food up for us to take home if we wished. We declined, but I don't think that has ever happened in an Indian Restaurant before ! Delicious Food, Great friendly Service & a nice (clean) Environment (Toilets spotlessly clean) Thankyou to All Saathi Staff - We'll be back !

Brilliant and tasty food great for a takeaway or to sit down and eat, always great food and smashing service

Have been going since I was little and love it. The staff know me if they see me and are always nice and conversational and polite. Food is great there.

I always have a luari murgh from saathi but was rather dissapointed with the last one. It was a basic curry sauce without the garlic, ginger and chillies. Such a shame, as I have always enjoyed my curries from saathi previously

Accommodated our group of 11 with no issues. Great choice on the menu (glad to see poneer), and a wide selection of naan bread. Everyone in the group enjoyed their meal. Thank you!

Excellent food. Great service. 👍

Nice relaxed atmosphere, staff very polite, nice food.

Saathi is the best Indian restaurant/takeaway in the Hexham area. Staff are so friendly and welcoming. Food is fantastic whether you eat in or takeaway.

best Indian in hexham by far. excellent service, good prices

Day out to Newcastle with friends We are from Birmingham was looking for indian restaurant heard lot about saathi indian restaurant and the owner Well what can I say say beautiful restaurant Friendly staff Owner Mr titu welcome us and sat next to us had good chat very down to earth young man Food was amazing 👏 Couldn't move after my meal If you in the area try them out best indian restaurant in town Will be back soon for round two Thank you guys Keep it up

Been a customer for over 15 years, still the best curry in the area.

absolutely first class food and service

The tastiest and most reasonable Indian food around - so much choice as well! Really lovely staff who have been so wonderful in lockdown, and have done really well with keeping the takeaways flowing very safely.

Since moving to Hexham we've ordered from here many times, only because there are very few options for Indian food here. We moved from an area where we were spoiled for choice for Indian food, so our expectations are high. Every single time we haven't been entirely satisfied. Sometimes it's just alright and others it's inedible. I can't understand the good reviews for this place... Maybe they have nothing else to compare it to and it's what they're used to. On one occasion, I'd ordered Dahl and it was so bad (bland, tasteless, extremely runny) that I couldn't eat it and ended up making my own Dahl that night. We haven't ordered from here since Cilantro opened, the food there is amazing.

Great food, quality ingredients, fabulous service.

Sky sports presenter Pete Grieves had a wedding ceremony and I got asked to help with one of the partners Mr Titu Ahad was a fantastic night got to meet Sir Alan Shearer. PS I'm a sir according to Queen Elizabeth. #AmatuerBoxingGold

1 ov the best Indian around spot on!!!!

Usually excellent quality curries with a good range of dishes. My last takeaway was a bit disappointing as the chicken was overcooked and chewy but hopefully it's just a blip.

Just finished our meal, excellent - best in the Tyne Valley! Great value and well cooked - really tasty. Thank you!

Great food and lovely staff. If you want authentic Indian food with an unusual twist, this is the place for you.

Set meal for 3 takeaway for 3 was great.

Very good service but spent the next morning punishing the porcelain.