Samrat Indian Dining Room in County Durham

They are doing something right here, food always consistent with a varied menu always served piping hotcoupled with great service.

Was a bit dubious after reading some of the reviews. We went early evening, it was already busy. Had popadoms, starter and main. All came in perfect time and was hot and sizzling. Lovely friendly service, everything was spotless and nicely decorated. Food was exceptional, highly recommended! Shame they don’t deliver to Staffordshire 😂.

A Delightful Dining Experience at Samrat Restaurant I recently had the pleasure of dining at Samrat Restaurant, and my experience was nothing short of delightful. The standout element was the impeccable service provided by host Ahsan. His attention to detail and welcoming demeanor added a personal touch to the dining experience. The food at Samrat is consistently excellent. I've visited multiple times, both with large groups and smaller gatherings, and each time the culinary offerings have been nothing short of impressive. The menu boasts a variety of dishes that cater to different preferences, ensuring there's something for everyone. One aspect that sets Samrat apart is their ability to accommodate both large and small tables with equal efficiency. Whether it's a cozy dinner for two or a celebration with a larger group, the staff always ensures a seamless and enjoyable dining experience. Ahsan, in particular, stands out for his exceptional hosting skills. His friendly and attentive nature creates a warm atmosphere, making guests feel truly valued. It's evident that he takes pride in ensuring everyone at the restaurant has a positive experience. In conclusion, Samrat Restaurant, with its fantastic host Ahsan and consistently great food, has become a go-to choice for me. I highly recommend it for anyone looking to enjoy a wonderful dining experience in a welcoming environment.

We had a table booked for 7 pm , we ordered poppadoms and 2 children’s meals as well , 8 pm , still no poppadoms, we asked where they were , 5 minutes later they arrived , the 2 kids were starving , 30 minutes later the kids meals and the starters arrived . The main meals arrived 45 minutes later ! There was too many people in the restaurant and they were doing take outs too . Getting greedy doesn’t keep the customer happy , our bill was £449,, they took the money but the service was appalling, everyone around us complained and one table walked out , Won’t be going back there in a hurry !

Celebration last night , very disappointed, they missed 1 starter ,should have checked and Rogan Josh was just chopped tomatoes with lamb totally tasteless and the garlic cheese nan bread was just nan bread ,ordered drink they forgot, poppadoms came with the starters and waited 2 hours for the main course , really disappointed as not our previous experience but wont be going back

It breaks my heart to have to put a negative review on here as usually love Samrats. But for the second time tonight has been very disappointing, foid was good apart from giving ma a chicken curry, I am veggie.We waited an hour for starters and a further 40 minutes for main course, they forgot our drinks altogether. The table of 8 next to us left after nearly 3 hours and had only had poppadoms. After a really traumatic week we were looking for a lovely night out this was anything but.

Another beautiful meal very regular customers everyone so welcoming each time we time we come, service first class so attentive. Merry Christmas to you all

Where do I start!!! For 1 the starter we had was onion bhaji overcooked and cold with no taste to it and as for the main course not all that warm and had no taste we ordered garlic nan bread with cheese on but very little cheese.

Nice service, but the food was bland and tasteless, the onion bahji starter was over cooked and rock hard definitely not freshly cooked, small potions of rice and very small pieces of garlic bread, not a filling meal at all.

Had a beautiful time. Everything was spot on 👌

Delicious Indian cuisine every time!

Been there tonight with Karen food and service were excellent and the atmosphere was great to never had a bad meal yet always go there and usually order a takeaway to

The first time we have been to Samrat even though we live in Seaham and we are certain it won't be the last. Food was delicious and service faultless. Complimentary shots at the end of the meal was a nice touch. Only three tables occupied when we were there, definitely should be more!!

Awesome My favourite Indian restaurant

Hands down the best indian restaurant in the local area. I would not go anywhere else, the takeaway is good too. The lamb roshuni is delicious. It’s modern, and the staff are great!

First time visit and it's a really good Indian restaurant with very tasty food. Will return there soon.

Our 2nd time here, and we were not disappointed, very polite, and attentive staff, food was especially good

Nice friendly welcome upon arrival, service good throughout the evening and food a very good quality and quantity. We will certainly return without hesitation.

Food is nice but average. This place looked appealing and l ordered a takaway from specials menu( for two ppl) The breads were perfectly cooked, light & fresh , Jalfrezi was nice but lacked some body to it!! a richness was lacking in the sauce but it was still palatable just not morish the onion bhaji and rice were cooked lovely though

Visited for my birthday and yet another great experience. Asked the waitor about Hariali and I'm glad I tried something new which had spinach in list of ingredients. In video order: Hariali, house curry, Zalfrezi asked for 1 less chilli (jalfrezi) & Korma.

Very accommodating Very helpful Great food

We had a party of 10 people booked within 48 hours notice. Not only was it one of the best curries I have had in a while, the service and menu was outstanding. This will be our go to go place for a curry now. Thank you for your hospitality 👍👍👍👍

Food is very good, staff are friendly, just the portion of the dishes is a bit small.

Staff friendly and helpful but unfortunately on this occasion food not up to standard ,my chicken buna was far to hot I choose buna as it is a mild curry ,portion size ample

Very nice break would definitely visit again

We've been here a few times for their set menu on an evening and every time has been wonderful. The staff could not be more helpful and friendly and every dish had been delicious. Highly recommended.

Lovely place, friendly staff and delicious food 10/10 Best Rogan Josh I've tasted.

Lovely atmosphere, great service. Food here is amazing. Staff nice and welcoming.

We had a delicious meal at Samrat the food was excellent. I think it's a lovely restaurant and good value for money.

Delicious food and fast delivery, best in Seaham.

3 of us waited 50 minutes to get our food. People who arrived after us had been served ages before and people who were seated at the same time as us had finished their food before we even got ours. The food was lovely, but not worth the wait.

Friendly helpful staff and good food.

Lamb was tough, disappointed, will not waste my money ever again.

Very lovely place, with nice staff and very calming atmosphere. Food is awesome, tasty and prices are reasonable. Awesome for couples or bigger groups of people. Always professional, will be coming back

First time ordering from Samrat, food was delicious will definitely order again!

Beautiful food great service highly recommend Samrat.

Just had a takeaway from here and gotta say is was delicious. Came on time and was piping hot and really tasty. Highly recommend.

Great food Great atmosphere. Very friendly staff.

Beautiful meal 😋 tonight never been there before definitely going back soon

Good quick service and food was very nice 😊

Have just come home from Samrat after having a meal with 3 others and I am more than happy to give this restaurant 5 stars for everything.....food..service..cleanliness and the staff are absolutely fabulous. I honestly cannot praise this place enough and would 100% recommend to anybody wanting an Indian meal to visit.

Perfect food and staff/service. Only slightly tarnished by a large group of twenty somethings who could not hood their beer and thought it was their right to be rude to staff... Who handled them well nonetheless

Ordered a takeaway in order to settle in the house on New Year's Eve. Collected my food and drove back from Samrat in Seaham to Sunderland only to find the food was cold and three items from my £35 order were missing. After telephoning Samrat I again got my car out and drove back through to Seaham to collect my missing items. I found this to be a rather frustrating and a disappointing start to my culinary experience with Samrat although staff were pleasant enough throughout and apologised for their mistake. Back home I put the car away again, managed to settle and re-heat my ordered meal. The food was tasty with a really nice flavour. I will return to Samrat at a future date for another takeaway as their food is of a higher quality than most places and the staff were pleasant and helpful. Hopefully, next time I visit I will be given the full order I paid for without any mix ups and subsequent hassle; if so, I'm confident they will deserve a 5 star review. Nice food, pleasant staff... give it a try BUT if you order a takeaway be sure it is your full order you are collecting. Good luck, Cheers.

Very disappointed sadly won’t be returning

Food was really bad would not recommend at all never again

Great restraunt, best Indian food in Seaham at the moment

Superb! Absolutely fantastic food and really friendly, fast, efficient service. The best Indian meal we have had for a long time and a huge variety / different things to choose from Highly recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Food was lovely. We went for early evening menu lots of choice and it was delicious and size portions very good woulg definitely go back again

I had the Lamb Chop Bhuna from the chefs special menu. I can honestly say it was one of the best curry’s I’ve ever had. I’ve visited here a number of times now and never been disappointed.

Excellent food amazing service.

To start the food is beautiful, really nice decor though it felt cramped.....we waited over a hour for our food to arrive which was frustrating and I can only imagine was due to the fact so many people where in the restaurant at the time.

This was a wonderful restaurant experience from the excellent attentive not intrusive service of the staff to the faultless delicious food. Would recommend this as it worth every penny.

Went there for dinner tonight with family, food was utterly amazing, best I've had in a long time. Will definitely be going back again.

Good food, nice staff, nice atmosphere, i have been several times and Samrat never dissapoints. Restaurant opened in the last couple of years and the owner used to have the Sagar restaurant in East Shore village, Samrat is a lot larger but the food is to the same standard as we all enjoyed at Sagar. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g315931-d23118159-r859022960-Samrat_Indian_Dining_Room-Seaham_County_Durham_England.html#

My new favourite restaurant in Seaham. The quality of food is outstanding. Delicious dishes. Excellent service. Highly recommend. Thank you for our complimentary shots & fizz. Perfect place for our anniversary meal.

9 of us went to Samrat for a family meal on a Wednesday evening, we were booked in for 7.00pm, we were finaly served our main course at 9.20pm. 140 minutes later. The place was reasonably busy when we arrived but almost empty by the time left shortly before 10.00pm. The service for the entire evening was appalling, Popadoms are traditionally an appetiser, ours turned up 2 hours after they were ordered with our main course, we had to chase a waiter to take our drinks order, then our food order and were constantly asking where our food was. People came into the restaurant after us and were served and left over an hour before we were. We got a stream of mealy mouthed excuses why we were waiting, none of which sounded sincere. The food was great, we've been scores of times in the past, we knew the food was good, but this will have been our last visit. There are numerous excellent Indian restaurants in the area, all of them wishing to keep their business open in these times when money is tight could, and would, have done better. As we were getting up to leave we were offered a free round of drinks - nearly 3 hours after we had arrived. No good. Needless to say, we shall not return.

We had an Indian Sunday Lunch today in Samrat. We enjoyed the meal so much. It was a nice surprise that Samrat is open for lunches.

First time I have been for a meal and I will definitely be back. The staff were great and the food amazing.

We come from Nottingham which has some good Indian restaurants but this beats them all. Food is so fresh and each dish has so many tastes within it. Took quite a time to cook but that is a good sign. Very friendly staff and very clean decor and toilets. Definitely five star and thank you so much for a fab meal on a Tuesday evening too. You deserve to do very well.

Sons 40th birthday party of 12 staff service and food excellent great value for money

Had a takeaway last night, worst one ever had, ordered a garlic nan, when it came was not garlic and very small, main course was mushroom pilau and was tasteless with what should have been chicken masala, very little chicken and sauce was more like a corma, I would not recommend to anyone and we will not be going there again, can't see them being open for long.

Waited forever for our meal. Regulars were treated like God's. Our 1st and last time here after spending over 60 quid on a midweek special. Average food for expensive prices

Service slow but food great staff very pleasant.

Amazing as always. Great food, lovely staff xxx

1st class experience food was fantastic and the service is great. Offering healthy options too for those on a health kick

Had 3 course special for £14.95, well presented,very tasty and good portions. Staff are so friendly and nothing too much trouble.

Great staff friendly,courteous,helpful. Super surroundings great decor. Fabulous food . All round brilliant restaurant

Great evening. Good food, well served. We will go back.

I visited tonight with my husband and son and had a delicious meal. The food was hot, well presented and very tasty. The service was efficient and the staff were very friendly, we'll definitely go again. Highly recommend this restaurant.

1st class meal, onion badji was so light and crisp, currys were fab, waiters very good, highly recommend

Beautiful food fast friendly service will definitely be back

Best Indians we've had in a long time!

Fantastic food great restaurant

Delicious food and friendly service. Highly recommended.

EXCELLENT. Large menu, large portions and decent prices. Very attentive staff. Will definitely visit this place again

We've tried the new healthy menu twice now, and both times the food was delicious. Whilst not being vegetarians, we choose vegetarian dishes that didn't disappoint. Good service and hospitality, made for 2 really nice nights out.

Lovely meal .Great service and reasonably priced.

Lovely service food fresh and tidy will be back

Lovely food great service best Indian food I have ever tasted throughly enjoyed our meal would highly recommend

Cannot fault the service at all, everyone was pleasant and helpful and the food was lovely. Overall a lovely experience

We treated ourselves to a meal out here on date night. The food was absolutely incredible. The service was great nothing was a bother. We have recommended this place to family and friends and most certainly will be back!

Gorgeous food. Lovely polite staff, very friendly. We went for a family meal and all had the set meal. Excellent value, definitely be visiting again

Second visit never fails in quality and service attentive staff what a night out should be ...

The Samrat Restaurant is great as was Sagar before that we went there for years The staff are always very friendley ,The food is always great and the Cobra is out of this world At these hard times the restaurant is set out really safe We cant wate to go back Margaret & Allan Brooks

Second time I have been and still not impressed with the service or quality of food!

Wow amazing food staff very pleasant helpful. We ate off all day special & it wasn't only excellent value the portion were excellent most importantly so tasty.

Beautiful food and service, would go again

Nice friendly service, great food. Highly recommend a visit

Food brilliant however check your receipt charged us for a bottle of wine never ordered and checked receipt today and charged us for 12 mains when 10 people was on the bill and 2 had there own bill and they paid there own bill

I've started coming here with my partner and it keeps getting better every time. The staff are always friendly and the place is very cozy inside but most important is the food. I've tried a good selection of food so far from here and have...

We were staying in Seaham for a few days for my wife’s birthday and our son drove over to join us for a meal. The staff are friendly, attentive and efficient from the outset and looked after us all really well throughout. The food was excellent. We each had different dishes and the starters and main courses were all delicious and very well presented. The taste was amazing and we agreed this was probably the best Indian meal we had ever had. Definitely eat here if you like Indian food and get the opportunity!

First visit to Samrat and it was amazing. Didn't book but we were early - about 6pm on a Friday - but it was fairly busy. I had the Lamb Dansak which was beautiful, my partner had the Balti recommended by the waiter. We will...

Excellent service , beautiful food, cosy and safe environment well deserving of 5 stars

Great food. Great staff. Excellent portions. The best Indian restaurant and takeaway in the UK, in my opinion!

We visited yesterday and it wasn’t very good. The food wasn’t great, raw pastry on samosas and it took 1 hour 15 min wait for food. Completely wouldn’t recommend as not worth the money at all.

Two mains...Two keema naans ONE mushroom pilau a glass of wine and a glass of coke....44 quid....gobsmacked...

Meet with friends here tonight, brilliant service, excellent food choices, quality of food was very good, no complaints here, lol forward to visiting again.

Absolutely delicious meal, excellent service, beautiful décor, can't wait to go back again

I used to go to Ashoka for my Indians, I now go here..

Viewed the restaurant from outside earlier today and came back as we liked the look of the menu. Very professional and courteous staff, food was excellent. If we lived nearby this would certainly be a regular for us without a doubt. Many thanks for a pleasant evening all round.