Saffron in South Northamptonshire

I organise the Rothersthorpe Curry Club and together we tour the Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi restaurants in our area in search of outstanding dining experiences. In the past we have enjoyed the Moghul Roomsmany times but our visit on May 7th was sadly to change that. The usual good service was this time for the most part undertaken by a young man who I would assume is a trainee. When you are charging an optional 12.5% service I want a fully experienced waiter taking the lead - not someone just starting out on the job. When we convened after our meal to compare notes I realised my own disappointment was shared by a number in our group. My own meal, a Boss Lamb Curry, was not hot (in temperature). In addition, although I requested it to be made to a slightly less spicy it had no kick at all. Another in the group had a mixed grill that was also barely warm. A third had a disappointing sizzler that had no real depth of spicy heat. In his words “it lacked much taste at all.” A fourth complained that his meal was disappointing with no strong flavour. Having realised we were all disappopinted I wrote to the restaurant on the email address they quote for contact. But sadly no reply! A second email also failed to get any response. I can only assume the management just doesn't care about their customers. We will be going again (when I will take my emails to show the manager on duty) but at the moment we are bracing ourselves for a second (and final) poor experience.

Ordered via the website. Food took an hour longer than it said it would. Upon arrival, items were missing. I called the takeaway, they said they would resend it within 15 mins. I called back after 45 mins, they said they weren’t going to send anything because they were adamant nothing was missed. Absolute piss poor service. Wouldn’t order from here again.

Wow what awful staff attitude. Unwilling to fulfil takeaway order and got very aggressive saying I was in the wrong. Terrible experience

Had a wonderful visit here tonight after reading positive reviews. So glad we chose to support this lovely local business instead of eating at our hotel. We visited from Barnsley (south Yorks) for a track day at Silverstone and were blown away by the staff. So attentive and welcoming from start to finish. The food was delicious too. Highly recommend.

Enjoyed a few canal trips over the years where we head to Stoke Bruerne for a decent curry, but restaurant has now become alcohol free with no alcohol allowed on the premises. Sorry but a Cobra or Bangla is all part of enjoying a sit down Indian, so we alas missed out on the curry this year and headed to the nearby pubs for dinner.