Saffron Indian Restaurant in Coleraine

Great experience at the Saffron. Nice, relaxed atmosphere. Lovely meal and courteous, attentive staff. Definitely be back!

Last night visit to our youngest son birthday party our hole families and some friends food is very nice and staff are very friendly thank you saffron team

Bought to-go. Past year. They won’t accept card payment for delivery. I’m few hundred metres away. Shame- amazing food. Limits my usage of this establishment.

This place is excellent. The food was superb and the portions were huge compared to the price. The service was great as well. Don’t miss this place on your next trip through Portrush.

I recently dined at this restaurant during my road trip from Dublin. I ordered the special biryani for £15.95, which included a mix of sheep, chicken, and prawns, along with a side of vegetable curry that resembled a thick sambar in appearance. However, it tasted nothing like traditional sambar. Unfortunately, the biryani had uncooked masala (chilli powder) which made it really hot and didn't meet my expectations in terms of taste. When I shared my disappointment with the manager, he mentioned that this is how biryanis are prepared in Northern Ireland, following a lesser-known Indian biryani style that very few people are familiar with. As a traveler, I was hoping for a slightly closer authentic culinary experience. I believe there's room for improvement in the quality of their dishes. Overall, my visit left much to be desired."

As per restaurant owner Chicken Biryani is Northern Ireland special biryani, not Indian biryani. The worst biryani in Northern Ireland. Please don't ask for spicy birayani, they will just add chilli powder and mix it. Update : As per the REPLAY from the restaurant, it is ok to add chilli powder and mix it. Please don't call yourself an Indian restaurant, it's Northern Ireland restaurant. I request all Indians to try out other authentic Indian restaurants,, not this one.

Here you can try out the "northern Ireland special Biriyani"😂😂😂😅😅😅. I think everyone should try out this 🌶️ biriyani. REPLY TO THE RESTAURANT JUSTIFICATION: Yes i can surely say that you didn't put green chillies, instead you dumped a whole lot of red chilli powder in that overcooked rice. So i personally like to name it is a 'Red Chilli Biryani' not a chicken biriyani. I recommend other authentic Indian restaurants for Indian cuisines.

Five of us went for dine in , ordered biriyani spend around 80 pounds. Food wasn’t good and the experience was really bad. Further details of food can be read from by fellow friends comment.

Great tasting food, good selection, and good service.The pricing point is about average. Maybe slightly above to sit in. The only minus point would be the decor, which is a tad poor. Closing time to sit in can vary to that on the door. We had to leave slightly early the night we were in. However, no one else in that evening so couldn't blame owner.

Me and wife visit there ordered to main course garlic chilli chicken masala and chicken korma 2 Nan excellent food very happy

Don’t often review or feel the need to. On this occasion the food from saffron has unfortunately made me sick. Two of us in the family had a takeaway on Tuesday night and have been unwell since. Won’t be back and have been out off Indian food now due to the experience. Negligence has obviously been shown with food preparation which is unforgivable

The restaurant wouldn’t win any awards for its interior but the service was very good and the food tasty but not really true Indian. I did enjoy it but having been to several regions of India I know the food served here was very Europeanished. Lots of sugar added to sweeten the curries up, some of the dishes could have been desserts. They all however could not be faulted for the amount of meat in them. Some time you get lots of sauce with very little substance where as here it was quiet the opposite and it wasn’t cheap meat cuts either. All the meat dishes we had contained big tender, succulent hunks of meat. So although it was the Indian I was expecting it was still very enjoyable.

We had takeout and the food was delicious (Kadhai paneer). Huge menu.

Food was mediocre and not to my taste for Indian food. Hot, but lacking in individual spice taste. Tikka chilli masala was drowned in salt which precluded taste of spices. Left meal unfinished, as palate couldn't handle being overpowered by saltiness. Balti was better, but not usual Balti, lacking flavour. Didn't have feel of being cooked from scratch. Restaurant itself was relaxed and staff not attentive when busy.

Hard to find a decent curry in the area- but We ordered the Lamb Rogan Josh and it was pretty tasty with a nice level of spice. The lamb was tender, not dry. We wouldn’t call it a typical, authentic Rogan Josh- however- it was a half tasty, flavoursome dish. Very saucy. Fluffy pilau rice. 😊

Such a good Indian! Large menu and generous portions - recommend the saag paneer

Amazing food, best Indian I've had in a long time, great service, quiet when we were there. Really happy thankyou

Owner was friendly and service decent. But pretty average Indian food. After having been on road for a week and we needed some spices and it worked ok. They should stop using bringht color additives in the food.

Outstanding meal, friendly staff, cozy environment, food was the best Indian we had, we will definitely visit again, chef special dishes were amazing. We had chicken tikka masala, Peshawar and tandoori sizzler. Best Indian in north coast for sit in.

Best restaurant ever, we had a family of five and we ordered chicken tikka masala, korma, and Tandoori Sizzler. We had the best time and we will definitely be back again. Best Indian in north coast for sitting in

Not recommend this Indian restaurant. If the kitchen is busy then they should not accept the bulk order and make customer wait long time by giving false estimate of collection time. Tourists visiting Belfast and Bushmills please do not select this restaurant

Never disappoints! The best Indian takeaway in the north coast, lovely dishes and friendly helpful staff. Best peshwari naan about.

The best Indian we have tried as part of our retirement travels in the ireland island. Ordered chiken tikka paneer, lamb rogan josh and 5 other dishes with sides of garlic corriander naan. Will definitely be back with the family.

exceptional Indian cuisine, rarely eat such good dishes. We arrived at closing time, and we were still served, so it's impossible to note the atmosphere. For the classic Western consumer, it is worth choosing the "one star" spicy dishes...

Delicious food, Excellent customer service.

Service was fast and great, had super helpful recommendations. Food was amazing especially if you’re getting bored of the same old Irish dishes (I am an American tourist and have so far thoroughly enjoyed what Ireland has to offer).

Got chicken bhuna… tasted like someone had just poured a bottle of tomato ketchup in it. Couldn’t even eat it. Sauce was very tangy. Starters of pakora etc not nice either. Won’t be back very disappointed

Shocking service, none of the curries were as described, there was pineapple in a pasanda, and the ‘tikka masala’ tasted more like a makhani! To finish off the argument and disrespect from the staff when we complained was appalling, I have never been spoken to they did to us, was genuinely shocked! NOT GOOD!

Absolutely delicious Indian food as dine in or takeaway. When eating in the service is excellent along with the food. We travel just for a takeaway as it's worth the effort to collect it, we either eat it on Lansdowne or take it home it never disappoints. The lamb madras and chicken tikka chilli masala is truly stunning.

Very nice. Plenty of vegan options (and they took care to inform us which meals/sides can be dairy-free). They can make it as spicy as you would like.

Our view on Saffron is a bit different to most of the reviews. The number of good reviews on Trip Advisor encouraged us to try Saffron. But we found the food bland - our dishes tasted quite similar and the Kadhai Paneer was much more salty than is pleasant. We normally find that Indian restaurants make good use of the variety of spices with quite different blends in different dishes - whereas Saffron’s dishes are all similar in taste. Their equivalent of Bombay potato came in a curry sauce, which I have never had before as it usually comes without a curry sauce. I appreciate that some people may prefer a relatively bland taste - but I think this misses out on the wonderful blends of spices which some restaurants achieve.

We had a wonderful dining experience. The food was cooked and spiced perfectly! This was the best Saag I’ve ever had. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful. If I lived here I would definitely be a regular.

Fantastic meal, fresh ingredients and lovely service. Friendly staff, good vegetarian options. Would def recommend.

Update: The owner asked me to reach out to him privately to rectify the experience, but when I responded now over a week ago he is yet to reply or do anything g to make up for us wasting £80 on food that was not edible. Maybe this is because our cash went in his pocket and not the till as their restaurant was “cash only.” Really disappointing. I really wanted to enjoy this meal but it was the worst Indian I’ve ever had. We ordered five different dishes and the only one that resembled real flavourful Indian was the tandoori chicken. The sauces had such strange textures and colours. The butter chicken tasted like apple sauce had been mixed with it, there was no depth of flavour and zero spice. In the end a LOT of food (and money) went in the bin.

5* all round, excellent food, service and drink! Highly recommend if you're in the area

Myself, my husband and two children had a fantastic meal. The food was so tasty and the staff couldn't do enough for us. We weren't sure about going in from the outside but it was beautiful, we will definitely be back.

Great food and service. Portion sizes were plentiful.

This restaurant is marvelous. Delicious food and great atmosphere. Host was very helpfully and funny. We would like to go back next time when we return. Superb!

First time interested Indian food Food is fresh and delicious Definitely come back next time Keep good work saffron team

Service was friendly, we got our food quickly, and the dishes were amazing. Highly recommend!

Our heart sank as we walked in, bright, overhead office lighting, cheap furniture and huge vinyl banners on the wall advertising the place you had literally just arrived at. It was also cold, but we got a warm and friendly welcome from the guy showing...

Fantastic food only here for two nights and the kids (21 and 17) want to come back tomorrow night can’t disagree with them. We all had a different dish and each was outstanding.

The food and also the service were really good! I ate the chicken tikka and my sister ate a vegetarian paneer. I can definitely recommend eating there :)

Ashok who manages the restaurant is very friendly. It was very busy on both evenings. The food was excellent especially the vegetarian preparations. We were in Portrush for 2 evenings and both evenings we came here for dinner.

Food was excellent, service was excellent, highly recommended 👌 food was freshly served and the service was informative and friendly

The starter, onion bhaji, was the only tasty dish I had. The bombay potatoes were bland, the chicken in the bhuna was dry and tastless

Eventhough I have been to Portrush, never been to this restaurant. I'm not particularly a fan of north Indian food, but it was nice, well presented and good service. Didn't get the mango lassi this time. Hope next time. Overall, it was good.

Very busy but still great service and food.

Great service friendly staff highly recommend

We were fooled by giving stale food, as we were tourists and travelling far with their takeaways. After getting home the food was spoilt and we couldn’t eat it.

Wasn't very crowded so service and food came fast, food was delicious, service was enjoyable, staff was very kind, would recommend.

Our takeaway order was : Lamb Roganjosh, Chicken shashlik, Bombay potato Pilau rice Garlic Naan Poppadoms It was without a doubt the worst "Indian meal" we have ever had! Each 'curry' had the same colour, that of a bad sweet and sour sauce with the...

I really didn’t like my dish (chilli chicken masala). The sauce tasted like something that would go better with pasta. I have had a lot of Indian food and I haven’t ever had anything like this. The wife however liked her dish (chana masala).

Is is a MUST visit if you are looking for a terrific meal while holidaying in Portrush. The food was outstanding, piping hot and delicious right down to the nan bread. Restaurant staff were lovely. Very friendly and professional. My daughter and I had a...

It's absolutely incredible... I'm so disappointed I haven't tried here sooner Saffron sent my palate on a journey, and it was mind-blowing... 1st visit here on Saturday and will not be my last. Booked for 5.30 pm on Saturday and when we arrived it was empty, This had me very sceptical and worried. We were greeted very pleasantly and shown to our table, Drinks order took and then boom it all kicked off... Phone ringing flat out for collections and deliveries, other tables arriving was fantastic to see. Drinks to the table and our order was taken.. Poppadoms and dips complimentary within minutes, and then our starters arrived. Mixed Tandoori starter and Raj kebab. They looked and smelt amazingly, and indeed, they were the flavours and taste were perfect and cooked amazingly.. Once eaten and plates were removed, all we could talk about was how impressive starters were.. Onto the mains.. Saffron special biryani and chicken bhuna with garlic cheese nan. Portions were very generous and amazing. The look, smell, and taste were superb... I'm really impressed and would recommend it to anyone.. I can't wait to try more of the menu..

Spontaneously spent my birthday dinner with my best friend there. I was never a fan of Indian food. This restaurant made me - especially because they made absolute delicious vegan food! I can recommend a 100%. Especially that they really took care that it is vegan and not spicy. Would come back in a second..

By far the best Indian meal ever othentic Indian food. Ashok was so helpful in helping me in deciding to try a new dish. I usually get chicken jalfrezzi but tried chicken ja ja was amazing and the tandoori mixed grill was out of this world 🌎

We regularly visit Portrush and have fallen into the trap of going to Ramore every time as it rarely disappoints. This time we came for a 2 night stay so needed something a little different for one of the nights. We decided to try Saffron...

The best food ever I love it, it’s me and my family’s favourite Indian we have ever tried around Northern Ireland

We where in portrush for two day break and decided on second night to go to saffron for seat in meal. Always got a take away and thought this time seat in. Glad we did. The young guy served us very friendly and helpful. Got...

Just simply avoid. Was told order would be 15 to 20 mins waited nearly an hr. Ordered a pathia ( hot with some added vegetables) I got bland sweet and sour chicken which smelled awful. The chicken was dry and chewey. Had one bite and threw it in the bin. Only giving one star because giving no stars is not an option

We went in friday night 2 weeks ago with a golf party of 15 people, food was wonderful, service was super helpful, always looked after, we ordered briyani, korma, madras and jalfrezi along with various other dishes I cannot remember fully, the bill came about...

Great Vegetarian choices Good service..Good basic Indian restaurant !.

I have been to Saffron 3 times now. Each time the service and food is great. They have a great option for vegetarians. When I make the booking I also order my food, not that I know what I want to eat in several days...

Avoid at all costs, food was awful, had no flavour and spices you would expect from an authentic Indian. Was very overpriced as well, paid £64 for 2 mains, 2 sides, rice, naan, onions bahjis, poppadoms and 2 drinks. Wouldn't of been happy to pay...

On the positive the staff were very pleasant but the food & overall experience was very disappointing. We ordered paneer Makhani & chicken tikka masala plus various sides. The sides (rice, chips & naan) all tasted nice. But both main dishes were very tasteless. The...

Did not like taste and quality and preparation.. though the hotel staff was good with behaviour.

Got a mixed kebab,meat was dry an tasted like nothing,wouldn't recommend it. Think I'll stick to the Indian Ocean from now on.

Delicious meal and lovely staff

Great little gem of a restaurant, recommend to sit in over taking away. Service is very friendly and I can recommend almost anything on the menu, haven't had a bad meal yet.

A very poor experience. The dishes we ordered were over cooked and tasteless. Would not recommend and certainly would not go back.

Disappointing. I’ve had Indian food all over the world and was expecting this to be the same, but both dishes we tried were very sweet and shouldn’t have been. It seems like they have altered the food for a less spicy palate, but if that is the case they should call it something different because we were expecting a normal chicken tikka masala and chicken korma and and what we got was very different. Service was good, location is good just food is disappointing.

Portrush on a bank holiday weekend us a food nightmare with too many people crammed into too few tables everywhere. Saffron Indian was a FIND! Very friendly staff could seat seven of us (golfing party) and the service and food was great! Decor a bit dated, but sorted out seven hungry golfers very nicely. Locals seem to like it too.

After reading the reviews I decided to give it a try. To be honest it wasn't great, I ordered Aloo Palak (spinach and potato curry) the spinach curry was very salty and the potatoes tasted burnt. The Naam bread tasted under cooked and doughy. Also...

I was staying Portrush with my family last Sunday evening and we ordered some curry dishes to our holiday apartment. We ordered a chicken korma and a chicken masala with sides the both curries were disgusting both had to much sugar in them too sweet...

A little bit out of date but the food and service was excellent.

Saag Paneer and Parathas are must try. The curry that comes with Chicken biryani is lovely but the biryani rice could be prepared better. Quantity is also good enough. Starters need to be cooked well especially the lamb ones. Overall, a nice place for an Indian meal, spices are at the right amount. Service is amazing, the person helped us to choose better dishes. Thank you😊😋

We used to go here quite regularly when we had a holiday home in the area so this was our first visit in a couple of years. My wife and I's opinion is " disappointing". No poppadoms or dips to start ( they used to arrive immediately on the table in the past and other GOOD Indian restaurants still do it ). The food was fine - but not exceptional. When my wife asked for her unfinished meal to be boxed to take away, two empty cartons + lids + a plastic bag were set in front of her. DIY in the extreme and silly, short sighted cost cutting.

Food just ok quite expensive and not child friendly 😲👎

For the best Chinese restaurant in Portrush!!! Must have the chefs mixed up Awful food

Delicious food and a good, varied selection. Veggie options were fab... The staff were so friendly and service was very quick, highly recommend. Decor a bit dated and from the outside it looks more like a takeaway only - but definitley worth a sit down dinner.

Food is not good. instead of grevy you just get tomato ketchup with paneer on any Paneer butter masala . Its very expensive. Mango Lassi was really bad where termeric powder was added to mango lassi for more yellow I guess!

A delightful experience! Perfect timing and a wonderful mixture of spices - very authentic 🙏🏼

Food was passable. Ordered veg biriyani and saag aloo. The biriyani was goopy : probably the curry was mixed with the rice. Both dishes had giant pieces of potato, most likely because it was frozen. Or they wasted no effort in chopping it to a size fit for palatable consumption. I make a much better one-pot biriyani at home tbh. If this is what passes for Indian food around here then I feel for the folks who live here. Only positive was the food was reasonably priced for the quantity but then I just couldn’t finish either dish so is it really worth even the relatively lower price?

Hi my husband and I were here having a meal last night. It was the best curry that we have ever had. The taste, and all the spices were amazing. It was so good. We will definitely will be back. The service and staff was excellent. I would highly recommend this restaurant to everyone.

Without a doubt the worst Indian food I have ever had the misfortune to taste. Avoid.

The food served was not great, it was more of Tasteless. The food isn't worth the money which we paid. As indian I must say the food was not at all up to the quality. The mango lassi was tasted some turmeric milk. Avoid ordering mango lassi.

The food was good quality . Meat seemed Tk be cooked well ,but felt like colour has been used in the tandoori . I’m vegetarian I ordered Bhindi which was really bad . They had not cooked it that well and I did complain , but he just smiled and replied - it’s the chefs problem . Panner curry was made spice with chilli flakes . Naan and rice was good .

The food looked awful, it tasted even worse. An onion bhaji without any visible onions. A rogan josh with a pale, creamy sauce & zero flavour. The lamb had a sauce which tasted like liquorice & hot chilli combo. 90% of the meal was binned. The rice was, I suppose, edible that's the best I could say. It beggars belief that a restuarant that charges for this could make food so bad. Do yourself a favour and buy some microwave indian food from the local spar, it will be vastly tastier. Come on Saffron, do Portrush a favour & dont let people waste their time & hard earned money on garbage food.

First class food here, authentic dishes definitely worth a visit

Worst Indian food I ever had.. Try something else but not this.. wasted my 45 pounds. The saag aloo was rotten, Stuffed paranthas were like plan paranthas, chana masala was like chick-peas just boiled with tomato puree. Literally had to waste more than 3/4th of what I bought.

Great food as always. Service and quality of food is amazing. Don't know what we would do without Saffron as it is my wife's and myself's favourite place to eat. Food is packed with flavour and definitely makes you want to come back for more. Keep up the good work Saffron. Neville & Donna Maguire.

On a visit from England to see our son and take in some sea air. Fancied a curry when his favourite eatery wasn’t serving food. We both went for Onion Bhaji starter which came quite worryingly quickly to the table. It was poorly presented and did not resemble any bhaji I’ve ever eaten before. It was flat like a pancake and very dry (like it was one made earlier in the day). Also rather tasteless, needed a lot of sauce (which we had to ask for) to make it palatable. Politely told the serving waiter this and he explained this is common and that we should have gone for the Pakora - wish he’d have told us this earlier like any decent waiter worth his salt would have done. Alas, we made our way to the main courses, which were plentiful and rather more tasty but not the experience we were hoping for. Totally overpriced and I live in London! They didn’t have the beers that we wanted from the menu explaining (comically) that they don’t get them in as customers just order the Tiger beer (I think) normally. Then why are they on the menu? I’ve had worse curries eaten at worse places, but I’ve also had far better ones eaten at better places for far less than we paid. There also seems to be an ongoing issue with the internet network as we and customers before us had trouble paying using our respective cards. Which is embarrassing and customers should not be put in that position. Just a reasonable tip for the restaurant ,If a customer states something isn’t right (in our case the bhajis) then use some skill in discretion and take them off the bill. It reflects better customer service and attention to quality.

One of the worst curries we have ever had! Ordered a chicken bhuna, mixed tandoori starter, meat samosa, garlic naan and popadums.. £33. The curry was a cream colour and tasted of almonds?? ( not how a bhuna should look or taste) the tandoori starter had some sort of sauce on it (awful) nothing like tandoori chicken, shish should taste. We both had one bite and binned the lot!! We will never order from here again! Stay clear! Only gave it 1 star as I couldn't post otherwise!

Delicious food, great house special curries and friendly atmosphere.

Really good vegan selection and clearly marked on the menu. Delicious food!

The worst Indian takeaway i have ever tasted and I have tried many different places. Vegetable Korma was inedible, thick dry sauce that tastes nothing like korma. Chicken garlic chilli masala was also thick and dry and tasted like spicy ketchup. Not authentic Indian food. Its also expensive compared to others. Will not be back.

Really enjoy the food, we’ve tried so many different dishes from this restaurant and never let us down! Highly recommended

Everytime we go to portsrush for wee holiday which is three times a year. The first night is a take away from saffron Indian. Due to covid cant seat in but its now reopening. The chicken korma and madras is amazing, the starters, sides are so tasty. We love getting out of here. Have to say best Indian meal yet. Tryed them all belfast, lisburn. So glad they are opened again in start feb table booked and all.

Cannot cook these people,I can cook better at home. The food we got wasn't like Indian it was something you wouldn't serve your dog. They need retraining in their Indian cooking. Awful taste,I hope when the new renovations in the kitchen and restaurant take place its better.Its a bit out dated also. These supposed to take place in Dec 2021 they will up their game and also change their menu ect.