Saffron Indian Restaurant & Takeaway in South Gloucestershire

My favourite Indian delivery. Usually l order the lamb but tried the mixed biriani, raita & dry veg this time. Was lovely - biriani had loads of prawns & mixed meat, sauce was good & could taste a reminder of my time working in India. Raita was made with real yoghurt, fresh lemon & cucumber. Far too much to eat in one go so the rest is in the freezer. l don't use cash now so an option to tip the delivery driver on payment would be welcome. Nice food Saffron.

Will not be using just eat again, last three orders have been over one hour late

Long term customer. Best Indian restaurant around 👍

Amazing food, the whole family enjoyed it. Will definitely be using again.

The Tikka Massala Sause was very sweet and lacking any favour. The lamb(what little there was) and nan bread was okay. I won’t be coming back

Took well over and hour which is a far while but was worth wait.

The food here is outstanding and the cobra beer was ice cold. Genuinely the only Indian I have enjoyed more is Akbar's in Deansgate Manchester. Well done guys, the food was outstanding. Highly recommend garlic chicken tikka starter.

Friendly service. Stunning panneer!

Missing a naan bread. Chicken was bony in the mixed grill and the potato Bombay was completely tasteless, curry like water and not even spicy!! Will never order from here again that’s for sure!!

The food that arrived was far from the quality I expect from Saffron. Massala Sauce was watery and tasteless. Rice looked luminous. Butterfly Prawn inedible. What's happened? Won't be ordering from there again.

Had an amazing meal this evening. Would highly recommend and will go back again soon x

UPDATE - Consistently good food, friendly staff, fair prices. Recent refurb of tables, seats and flooring. It's our go to place. 2YEAR AGO. We hadn't been here for a long time but had leaflet drop saying under new management so gave it a try. Found the staff to be friendly and the food was good. Madras was tasty but a little tame for my liking but not an issue. Parking is good here which is always a bonus. Will definitely be going back again, soon. Booking on-line never seems to work for us wherever we go and that was the case here, so a phone reservation is the way to go. Give Saffron a go, I'm sure you'll enjoy your meal.

food was late and cold restaurant were rude when I called to find out what was going on even hung up on my husband

ordered a curry, rice and extras all good however the omelette and chips was inedible, chips under the omelette so they were soggy and not appetising at all, threw it away

Food was hot and tasted absolutely beautiful, really fresh and not greasy. Love!

Visited the Saffron as a group of six. The service was great and the food was tasty. Whilst there was nothing about the restaurant that was a wow factor it was very nice and we came away having had a good meal and a fun evening. Will visit again if in the area.

Delivery very slow, and 15 mins later than the final estimated time. When it arrived, rice, naan and side were cold, mains were warm enough. Mains tasted nice, but cold items not so good. Based on this order, it’s mediocre at best, will try others next time.

Not so good tonight! Lacking in taste, had to add salt, which I’ve never had to do with Indian food. Rice was mixed with old and new rice! Really disappointed tonight! I usually give this restaurant 5 stars. Not sure that I’ll use it again!!!

The second time this particular courier has delivered to me. both times late. She is unfriendly and rude. I will consider using a different supplier next time.

I’m so pleased they’re doing delivery now on Just Eat, food is fantastic. Always has been will definitely be re-ordering again. Highly recommend.

We have visited this authentic Indian restaurant every time we visit Bristol as the food, staff & ambience are excellent. I would personally recommend this eating experience to all.

Ate here last night as a group of 4. We all had a great experience. There was even a vegetarian with us who had a great selection also. I had a lamb kahai. I have to say the food was excellent and I look forward to returning soon. I’d highly recommend

Amazing vindaloo, I asked for extra green chillis or for the restaurant to make it hotter than usual and they did both😂. Got down to last two mouthfuls then had to take a sip of my beer. Finished the lot, absolutely perfect for me as I like my curry to literally rip my face off! Not for everyone I know but a huge thank you to Saffron for reading the notes that I added requesting same as other restaurants that I have ordered from in the past simply don’t look. Again a 10/10 from me, thnx xx

l want their recipe for the lamb chops - always good. chick pea dhal sweet & nice, enough with the yoghurt raita & salad + lemon to do another meal 2morrow. l order once a month as a treat & not disappointed. Thank you.

Food was good, curry could have been better. Portion size was generous. Overall a good experience 👍

Prawn cocktail was amazing & l will order it again. Lamb chops always good. Aloo potatoes not tried yet as meal was too much to eat in one go. Salad + lemon & yoghurt dressing came with my order & always fresh. Think this is the best delivery takeaway in Bristol - reminds me of my lovely time in India. Look forward to explore their menu further.

Great customer service. And foods also super delicious.

Vindaloo and chicken tikka perfect as always. Thanks

Asked and paid for chicken tikka and also initially was given a wrong order, cold and will not order again

My friend and I have been enjoying saffron for years. We work in Aztec West (and I live in the area) so often we would choose Saffron for our team building/gathering meals. We order what we know we love to eat there and never were disappointed until now. Last saturday evening, 27th July we decided to treat ourselves to our favourite dishes from saffron, chicken madras and chicken Kerala curries, with rice and paratha. We know the prices aren't cheap and we don't mind as we know the food will be quality. My friend being Asian likes her chicken Madras to be spicy and specified over the phone when ordering to make it spicier than (as she always have it when we go there) I ordered my chicken Kerala with a paratha (that I love) and rice. The order took almost 50min to prepare and once we finally had our food and opened the containers we immediately noticed that both curries were similar in colour, pale and orangey as opposed to the more reddish tone we are used to. If the name of the dishes weren't written on the containers, the only thing that was different was the usual long chillies that come in the Kerala curry. My friend's chicken madras was tomatoey in taste, lacked the usual flavours and was not spicy/hot as my friend usually has it. I tried my Kerala one and it wasn't the usual taste either and we tried each other curries to find the same tomatoey taste in both, albeit the madras being very slightly hotter than the Kerala one. It looked like they used the same tomato base and were meant to add the different spices for the curries afterwards and that steps was missed? The curries were runny/watery and the worst thing ever, my paratha that I had been looking forward to enjoy very much, was not its usual fluffy and crispy on the outside but doughy almost like it was cooked on high heat too quick and the inside didn't cook properly and tasted bland like the curries. See accompanying pictures. This is the first time I had to bin bread in my life, above all paratha bread!! We ate our rice and the few papadoms we ordered with a bit of our curries because we were starving. If the restaurant wasn't about to close we would have drove down there so they could see for themselves what the food was like. My friend called the restaurant, the chef had left by then (around 10:30pm ish) from what the person(owner?) we spoke to said. He assured us that both curries were different curries, not using the same base and that he will have to speak to his chef when he is back the following day and will give us a call back. We waited all day Sunday and no call back. Bear in mind, we do not feel comfortable complaining or send food back ever, as we found it rude and usually don't have to as the food is always good, so we waited for a callback, hoping we wouldn't have to write this review. Sadly, you have now lost 2 long time customers and we will make sure to pass on our recent experience to our colleagues and friends. Now the search begins to find a new favourite Indian restaurant -_- Fran

Lovely food fantastic prices and lovely staff. 😍

Best Indian in the local area, tried several times dine in and delivered. Mint sauce and naan are the favourites, biryani and other dishes are all decently good too. Really good price and good service.

Great food as always. Delivery person was rude and abrupt which wasn't expected as usual deliverers are always curtious and friendly.

Lovely as always. Went for the vindaloo tonight for the first time and can confirm it is a slow burn 😂, started off okay but by the time I’d finished my face was melted👍🏽

Lovely meal. I ordered lamb chop starter & mushroom biriani. It came with salad & a yoghurt pot - too much for me to eat in 1 go! By far the best delivery l have had from Saffron. Driver polite. I would gladly have paid for this in their restaurant.

Fabulous food, friendly delivery guy, all perfect, thank you.

Lovely food, would have appreciated it being a bit hotter but it really was very good.

Feels like you’re in a manger… in a good way. Good, hot naan.

Lamb chops the best I've had & in a sauce to go with a biryani.

Food was ready bang on time, another very very tasty Dhansak, thank you.

did not give drinks host forget to put in bag

Why have I not received my £12 voucher for using Apple Pay as promised

Staying at nearby hotel, had a lovely meal, Chicken Shashlik and a mixed veg dish. Lovely food and friendly staff. Will return

Great variety and friendly staff however the food lacked taste

Absolutely gorgeous. Food hot and on time. Tried a Dansak for the first time ever and think this could be my new favourite over garlic chilli chicken masala! Looking forward to my next meal from Saffron 🤤🤤

Best curry I've had in a long time, excellent!

Got told we would get a refund for incorrect curry but we never got one

Never disappoints, the best Indian food in the area whether eating in or taking out

I entered the restaurant and then left within 5 minutes as I didn't like the smell inside the restaurant. Food might be good, but I didn't try any. No parking bays for them. I was told to park on others (nearby offices) space.

We were told we would have a free Sag Aloo, it didn’t arrive 😔

Took the kids inside for a curry. Was good. Usually order takeaway from here.

Lovely evening, great food,great service 👌

Fantastic food, arrived quick too.

Although the delivery was almost an hour late the driver tried his best to keep me informed and locate my address. The food was still hot and delicious so I’m happy regardless. Would order again.

Lovely food and great service. Thanks

Chips weren’t even cooked , chicken was cold on korma

Food order was made , received and the service was good. However the Chicken Tikka Masala that was ordered and received wasn't great , wasn't as saucy as normal and came quite thicker than normal and tasted rather powdery , normally order alot and it comes to a brilliant standard however this time i wasn't greatly pleased.

Lovely food, arrived slightly ahead of schedule. Would order from here again!

Fantastic food and service. no idea why just eat is apologising for it being early, I would rather it was early.

Tastiest Indian food we've had in the area (and being a mixed Indian/English family our standards are high!). We've ordered from Saffron a few times and always enjoy their variety of dishes. Highly recommend.

Excellent food but the medium curries seemed devoid of spice and heat.

I’ve ordered a few times from here and have been to the restaurant a number of times - sitting in has always been fine however the takeaway not so much - the first time I ordered they forgot my papadums (they did bring them when I phoned) then next time I ordered lamb but was given chicken - this time I thought my lamb tikka masala was fairly awful - tasted odd - I won’t be ordering from here again which is a shame

Curry was a little watery was tasty but the raita dip was just Greek yogurt with salad dumped on top would avoid. Other than that was good and got free Bombay potatoes

We have always used saffron, but both. Curry’s were watered down, awful curry - what’s happened?

Great quality. Highly recommended.

The missus recommended it. I don't normally do curry and am a vegetarian but this was top tier. I would happily order again

Fantastic food. Amazing service

Indian restaurant tucked away in a quiet location in Bradley Stoke. I'm not local and visited for a works Christmas party. What can I say, the food was delicious, better than many of the better known curry houses in Bristol. It was well presented, good portion sizes and not expensive. The place is a hidden gem, I'd travel for a return visit.

A very good little place. Loved the food and where we sat. Service very good also, but not terribly busy but plenty of staff around if anything was needed. Will go again!!

Quality food as usual and delivered early.

The food is just beautiful. Everyone is so accommodating!

Very nice. Lamb bhuna was delicious.

Love our Curry's, years ago this place was one of the best 👌, not now must be the worst we've ever had, all 4vof us said the same, no taste every dish the same colour, such a shame, will stick to what we know "Taj Brasserie or the Frampton Balti

Food was amazing. Unfortunately, delivery was slow. Ordered food just after 7 with the app saying 35-50mins. Confirmation said 810-830. Actually turned up at 9. I would order again as hopefully this was a one off, but a 2 hour wait is unacceptable

A real treat. Very much enjoyed. Will definitely order again.

I wouldn’t recommend this restaurant at all not really Indian restaurant they are Bangladesi restaurant. We had chicken chaat puri which was fine to eat. Fro mains we asked for Butter chicken not to be sweet it came out to be sweet. We approached staff and told them we ordered no sweet they changed it but no apologies could be seen in stafff behaviour. They bought us chicken Korahi again which turned to be sweet again unwillingly we have to ask them to take that out. Staff told us that is not sweet even if we told them it was sweet. Really unprofessional behaviour shown by staff. They told us it can’t be taken out of bill. We accept that they said and asked them to take that away from bill. Still staff showed no respect to us. Again only Indian name is taken food is not Indian and hospitality too. Really unhappy with experience we came all the way to England but really disappointed

Food was colder on arrival than we’ve had previously, but taste was as good as always.

Portion sizes seem to be getting smaller. Smallest chapati I've ever had!

Great curry, tasty and not oily/greasy.

Lovely food, delivery early will use again

Excellent customer service from driver.

Portion size was good & food was delivered on time but every single thing was totally bland

Delivered politely on time. Onion bargies always nice & lamb chops. Chicken meal had a paratha stuffed inside the same container with the chicken so was wet & soggy so put it in the bin. Salad was put in a bag on hot food & was sweating & soggy so also went in the bin apart from salvaging a few bits. I paid restaurant price for this disappointment. My feedback is totally honest & you need more care to make delivery a better experience because you could have nice food.

Normally really nice food but today it was lacking flavour and our requests were ignored. Will have to try somewhere else next time.

Excellent food, as always. Best Indian food in Bristol..

I have been hesitating for months to order a meal from yourselves. I wish that I didn't hesitate for so long. The food was delicious & just perfect to my liking too. Thank you so much for lovely food. Real chunky tender chunks of chicken breast, perfectly cooked, beautiful. The only one small downfall was the Nann Breads were a bit soggy "ish", but that is only to be expected really due to condensation forming in side there bags. Everything was hot when delivered by a lovely polite gentleman. Thanks Saffron . ◔⁠‿⁠◔ I will return again.

Not the first time they forgot an item & hardly the f ever return calls about it … not using them ever again

Great food 😋 and always delivers early

Was good food and great service

Beautiful food even tho they forgot mango chutney

The Chicken Tikka mains were not cooked enough in fact some of the bigger pieces were vey under cooked. I complained to Just eat and the reply was that each restraunt cook differently. Ummmmmm don’t mind that but don’t want undercooked chicken it went in the bin rest of the meal was nice

Brilliant as always, hot when arrives and always earlier then stated. Thank you.

Food is great and always delivered early 😋

Really very nice meal. Food delivered within the time stated. Was nice and hot only thing was short on the ordered papadoms but overall very nice.

Food was generally good… but ordered the king prawn starter and it was terrible!!!

Decent food, friendly staff, average prices. Could offer a few more dishes I believe, starters could be a bit larger and the side salads could be of higher effort. Overall pleased though.

Lovely food, hot when delivered.

Great food and friendly people

Lovely food, very tasty and hot.

Very quick delivery, delicious food but portion sizes were smaller than expected