Samrat in Merton

Great old school BIR curry absolutely delicious fantastic value as I ordered the 1 person meal that’s a main curry your choice naan pilau rice 3 onion bhajis poppadoms Bombay potatoes and a soft drink for about 18 quid mine was 50p more as I wanted white meat chicken but amazing value and great flavours everything was made to perfection. I’ve tried the fancier Indians and the fancier Indians I live in tooting it’s absolutely full of different levels and styles of Indian food but I really enjoyed

Nice little find I think. Food was of good quality enjoyed.

The best food I've ever had , highly recommended 👌 yummy 😋

The korma wasn’t nice at all, unfortunately. It had a really odd taste to it and w eaten. Everything else was ok.

Great food as all ways and a first class delivery

Usually very good, but an hour late on an order made an hour and half before the requested time is poor.

Food was fantastic, delivery was quick. Really good value vs other Indians in the area. Will definitely be ordering again. Thank you!

food was good 👍 communication on delivery

Takes a while to arrive but it is definitely worth the wait! Always hot and delicious. Also reasonably priced too. A wonderful selection of food to choose from. This is one of our favourite places to order from!

What a retro discovery. Decor like an original 80s curry house complete with large handpainted frescoes full of Eastern promise. Lots of four person booths with hand etched uplit dividers and old-school Indian music wailing in the background. All a bit run down but that was part of the charm. Proper linen white tablecloths and napkins. BYO on booze so you pop across the road to Lidl or Tesco and save a packet. Service really attentive. Food arrived in good time and was surprisingly good in generous portions. Has a proper Tandor oven which is rare in the area and they make their own paneer. Left stuffed with a doggy bag for less than £20 a head. All in all, a highly recommended retro, yummy, value for money, gastro experience. Try it and keep places like this alive.

Best indian ever around this area I'm from nort east England and these guys do it great!

Excellent food as always and they supplied missing item from previous order.

Overcharged should have been 15% off Please refund

Drink was missing. I rang restaurant immediately and they offered 10% off my order to make up for it. Unfortunately there has not been done . :( .

We ordered last night and it tasted extra. probably on quieter nights they can take thier time but was delious

I used to order from here years ago. First time back and the food was quite basic. Had better, had worse.

I requested my order to be delivered as soon as possible and I was very impressed when it arrived 30min earlier that the predicted time! Brilliant and well done. I will definitely be returning!

The food, as always, top quality. They didn't have lamb shanks as ordered and phoned promptly to allow me to change the order. Early delivery was not a problem for us...

Food was absolutely mesmerising. As someone who has been all around the world, I have never tasted a cuisine quite as authentic as this. A big congratulations to the team at Samrat for their service. Will I go again? We will be there.

The food was a flashback of home and the service was amazing. Hard to find good indian cuisine with a homely feel but this place nails it. 10/10 would recommend

Pilau rice was microwave rice for sure, and the poppadoms were stale!! Really disappointing- meat was tough everything g seemed “left over “

Unfortunately it was late and miss in some items

The best Indian restaurant I know of. It never ceases to impress, with really beautifully prepared food. I've never enjoyed anywhere else more. A 5-star rating from me every single time.

I enjoyed my starter dishes very much. Didn't try the main dish as not really my type of curry but apparently it was also very delicious.

Delivery time good - friendly driver. Food good & tasty - good size portions - Set Meals v good value with discount. Menu sticks to the tried & tested - good local 'go to'

My chicken madras was cold and so was my tikka cold and burnt hard to chew

Not bad, had better, had worse. Don’t set the bar too high and you won’t be disappointed. Basic food.

Best Indian in Tooting! Never disappoints :)

Always order from here. Food is always really tasty and good value for money

Reading through the reviews I just dont get it.. not once have I had a disappointing meal from these guys.. always hot always tasty.. always tender and plentiful.. I would never grom anywhere else.. I live this place!

Didn't reflect its reviews. the lamb karahi was less lamb and more onions. Same goes for the masala fish, which was very disappointing. I was naive enough to think it'll be the same as the big restaurants in tooting, but I was wrong.

I had been here a couple of times b4 and liked it. This business has always been a Del Boy retro 80’s sort of place, and actually I liked that, being retro myself. Having heard it had had a refurb I was curious to return I could see no changes at all except it seemed to be now an unloved and further deteriorated But notwithstanding this, it is no longer licensed although BYOB permitted But the food was not great and the Popadoms arrived within seconds both cold and stale. There were also no deserts available at all I’m am reluctant to post negatively on any business but this restaurant was overall pretty bad. It really needs a complete rip out and start again, and with new management to entice me back….

I can't believe how bad the service delivers to someone else nearly 2 hrs waiting be recterfind

Meat was not pre cooked on charcoal grill. Just thrown in a pan with sauce and boiled

I live 5minutes away and yet my delivery was estimated 1hr to 1hr30mins and despite that it still came late… 1hour 45minutes LATE! So obviously the food was no longer hot and we had to warm it up in a microwave (i dont like doing thay) which changed the taste of the food.

Your food is of excellent quality and taste although you do not do value for money,the portions you put in the containers are way out of proportion to the amount you charge, come on lighten up try treating your customers with more respect or you will rapidly start to lose the patronage of the public through your doors.

Lovely food, first time ordering from here and will use them again.

I am a life long curry fan and wherever I go I seek out the local restaurants. Yesterday, I ordered a lamb curry and vegetable Thali. It was sensational and of authentic flavours. I would highly recommend the food here.

Best indian food ever ..my favourite go to

Despite calling several times & getting promises that the driver had just left, this was clearly not true. The restaurant is 10 mins away not 40. The food eventually turned up at just before 9 - nearly 2 hours after I had placed the order. By this time it was too late for me to eat because my stomach gets upset if I eat too late in the evening. It was also cold. The Samrat cooks tasty food but this is the third time it has let me down on delivery. I won’t be using them again & certainly wouldn’t recommend them to other people

Unfortunately we threw away the 3 portions of fries and coconut rice (too dry) They were not suitable for eating. Very disappointing to threw away food that you have paid. The chicken was fine. Not quite Indian, not hot but OK. The chicken tika masala doesn't taste as the traditional Indian food that you can find elsewhere. It is sweet but eatable and suitable for kids. The delivery takes 1 hour.

Good Quality Tasty Food - Traditional Menu - Good Sized Portions - If you like hot try the Chicken Naga - Still Reasonably Priced & Good Value

The best Indian takeaway we’ve tried so far, came hot and before the arranged time. Would definitely recommend !!!

Foods ok but took 1.45hours to be delivered which is ridiculous.

Perfectly cooked, great flavours as always

Never got all of my order and also the madras sauce was very runny I've been getting curry's from them for. A very long Time they closed for 4 weeks and I will not be ordering from them again

Food was hot & tasty. All items delivered with care. Would order again.

Delicious and good sized portions.

Never had a bad meal in 43 years!!!

always great ordering again now

Chicken tikka, and vegetable curry madras were delicious and loved the paratha..definitely be back

Took a really long time to arrive and food quality was average. The chicken in my curry was very dry and the flavours were a bit bland.

Excellent food again. Top chef.

I was born & bred in Tooting & the SAMRAT was just literally just round the corner so we were frequent visitors, the service was always on point either in person, on the phone or eating in the restaurant & so was the food, I moved away 8 years ago & I really miss getting a curry from here the ones up here in the shire just don’t cut it!

was great as usual serving great curry for years

Great food. Generous portions abd friendly driver

Really nice food delivery early but 1 part of order missing(1x onion bargee)

A bit late but well worth the wait. Lovely food again.

Lovely food. This was our 2nd time of ordering and it was hot, fresh and the cubes of chicken in the Jalfrezi were huge and cooked to perfection. Sheek kebab was also a showstopper.

Best curry in tooting, very well cooked and nice big portions

The Samrat has been here a very long time, 43 years, and was always a favourite of myself and my nephew and we just live round the corner. We took two friends and first nobody opened the door for us coming or certainly going out. (I am elderly and partially disabled; of course I had 3 able-bodied friends to do it for me). Then I found the chicken in my dish very tough, and one of my guests admitted that his seemed like an ordinary English dish. My nephew's favourite is butter chicken and he had that and it was fine, apparently. It's probably a good idea to know exactly what you want and preferably to have had it there before.

always great curry from Samrat no reason to ever change

Very good food everything was freshly cooked and hot.

Brilliant as always, highly recommended

always good food perfectly cooked love this place

Inconsistent in terms of days you order todays food was not as nice as it has been on other days which is a shame.

Excellent quality food as always, but food tepid this time

I love their food. Tastes delicious and always comes piping hot.

A bit disappointed. Have used this restaurant for years, a bit more expensive but has been great in the past. The portions have now got smaller and not so good value for money.

Brilliant service lovely food delivered on time delivery guy happy and friendly very enjoyable thank you

Ordered a meat madras and it was tough did not enjoy it

Prawn Puri bread too tough, Dansak way too hot, between Madras and Vindaloo spice temp. Lamb was good but overall too oily.

The food is always fresh and excellent

Don’t order the Lamb Masala. It’s full of bits of shredded coconut, which makes it sooo sweet. Very unbearable to eat and wouldn’t recommend. I don’t even know why they’d make a curry that tastes like that

I have ordered many times from you and it has always been very good. However, I am very disappointed with the service tonight. My order was 45 mins late and it had been out for delivery for almost an hour when I finally got it (as I received a text when it was out for delivery). The food was barely hot when it arrived.

I love the set meal for 1, such good value for money, and the food tastes amazing! You can tell its restaurant standard food. Definitely recommend.

Excellent food, but meat is a bit tough to chew.

How can a chicken breast be bigger than a turkey yuk yuk yuk in the bin ypu are what you eat and i wasn't ratting that

Selected delivery for 8pm as my friend was coming over and it arrived at 7.20. Food was cold by the time she arrived.

The best curry ! Really enjoyed the food. Onion bhajis are really nice and not oily. Everything was great. Five Stars !!!!

Terrible taste & very very oil food this time around. Also, hugely disappointed with the portion when compared with the previous orders.

Very nice flavours. But last few times chicken has been hard. Not the same as it used to be.

As always, another delicious meal! Delivered piping hot, decent portion sizes and great value for money! The delivery guy was also friendly. I have used Samrat both as takeaway and to eat in for over 25 years! Highly recommend them!

I've been eating here for several years now and always enjoyed eating food from Samrat, but I was so disappointed with my last order and it was not only cold when it arrived, but it was expensive, oily, bland and tasteless. And I decided that it was time I move on, as maybe the chef has changed now or the recipe. Which is a shame.

Been useing this restaurant for many years and will continue to do so the food is always excellent and the delivery service is great

Absolutely delicious as always . Thank you again .

I'm hooked best indian around..no complaints at all

food was lovely, 10/10, tasted great generous portions and ingredients, will definitely be buying from here again

All items correct, delivered in good time and friendly polite delivery, however the food leaves something to be desired. Majority of the food was so oily, it dripped all over my countertops and hands. I had to wash my hands twice whilst serving up due to how oily it was... nothing wrong with the packaging just way too much oil used. The Tarka deal was quite pleasant, but based on the whole order I won't be a repeat customer.

Lost its appeal, not good, and it gurst saying that...

Absolutely delicious, everything arrived hot and well packaged. Thank you again

Enjoyed it so much the 1st time.. I had to order again.. The best indian around! Meat thali is gorgeous!

The restaurant did explain that the traffic was bad.

Now I know why my son recommended you.. absolutely amazing ..chicken tika and meat thali.. yum ..and generous chunks of meat . I just cant fault any of it .. my new go to indians

Good sized portions, tasty and great value

Ive been going/ordering from Samrat for over 20 years. Its just getting worse and worse. I ordered my food at 6:55pm and it was delivered at 8:38pm. Thats just ridiculous. My food was cold and items are missing.

Good food well packed good value per portion

Lovely food, I always enjoy it , gone up a bit in price but like the stamp collection they offer. A little late on delivery time but they can’t control the traffic

Good taste food in great portions

The food was very delicious, just how I liked, definitely order more.