Sands of Glenfield in Blaby

Went here with family and it was my first visit. The staff were very friendly and the place itself was very clean and hygienic. The food prices were very reasonable and would deffo go there again.

Visited at end of August 2018 with wife and two kids in early teens. Great food, including some interesting additional dishes which you will not see on a typical restaurant menu. Nice touch is the taster dishes provided, so you can adjust the spice and herb content if you wish (we didn't). Owner clearly interested in making sure customers have a good experience.A bonus point is that it is an easy 10 min walk south of the Premier Inn (Leicester North West).

Booked on a Friday afternoon for that evening. Staff very helpful.9 of us (2 small kids, 3 teenagers, 4 adults).Very friendly and helpful staff. Food was prompt and excellent. Samples of main course arrived and were really useful - 1 was changed to a bit less spicy - one was made a bit creamier!Perfect, relaxed evening meal - well done.Vegan was catered for without problem or fuss.Good value for money also.

We had an excellent meal . The service was attentive and the restaurant was clean and fresh. We found it great value for money and would highly recommend you try.

We've been a couple of times since the new owner took over in February. The food and service are every bit as good. The second time was on a Friday and it was busy but the service still good. The best part is the bar and ante-room area - a cut above your average curry house. I know some curry snobs who think it's only authentic if the decor is from the 60's and the clientele dressed in tracksuits but when I go out for a meal I like somewhere with a bit of class. This is definitely it.

This was my first visit to this place...recently changed name to Shahs..on arriving meeting up with our friends the staff seemed very professional. We were taken to our table and the menus were on the table..staff gaves us time to scan the menu to make our choices. Everyone made their choices..some of our friends had starters..which looked amazing...then we waited and waited and tables were being served their mains who came in after us.....some of our friends were getting a little bit pissed off with waiting...then the staff said its because we have got a lot of big tables in..we were a table of 9 and i only saw another table of 12..who if which came in after us but got served their mains before our table...i dont understand...There were also very slow in clearing the plates between courses...Dont think i shall be recommending to friends or be returningFood was made very spicey.

It took more than two hours for our food. The food was good but 2 hours is way too long to wait. Plenty of vegetarian options. Friendly service.

Exceptional meal by wonderful staff yet again the best Indian restaurant around Leicester very good food and very friendly staff

Celebrating our eldest daughter buying her first house we decided upon revisiting the restaurant following its refurbishment. To our delight the food was outstanding. The staff were great. Thank you for a lovely evening.

Sands is an excellent Indian restaurant, and one that we frequently visit. The staff are always so welcoming. The food is excellent and the service second to none. The kitchen is amazing and so well organised, we often pop in to thank the chefs personally.The 'taster' dish is a great idea; i.e. a small sample of the main meal you have ordered comes to your table whilst you are enjoying your appetizer and gives you the opportunity to say if the spices are just right or not. So if you think it is too hot, you can ask them to make it milder, and if you want it spicier, you can ask for that too. We go every month, either the two of us, or with friends and family. We can thoroughly recommend this restaurant.

I spent nearly £30 on 2 chicken tikka masalas a mushroom rice, a portion of chips, 2 keema nans it came to £28.70 and they kindly gave me 10% off (being sarcastic) The chips were from a frozen packet and were not hot, the nan bread were of mince meat when advertised as minced lamb went cold in less than a minute and the tikka masala was not a full chicken breast in one portion. To me there was a full chicken breast in both portions for the money it was disgusting and it was the first and last time I will be going.

Decided to use this restaurant because of some good reviews but was extremely disappointed both in the size of portions and the taste. I had a tandoori chicken and if it was a half chicken it must have been the size of a quail, most disappointing and with a bland taste. Starter was sand's chicken goujons which I must say was very tasty but there was only three small goujons and at £6 was definitely not worth the money. The rice was awful and the only part I enjoyed was the nan bread. I certainly won't use Sand's again!!!

This has to be one of the best Indian restaurants I have visited in a long time, unlike Chutney Ivy. The coconut rice is devine

This place is amazing, very welcoming and the staff can't do enough for you. We all tried something different and we all tried each others food. Absolutely Fabulous. (excuse the pun) Highly recommend and going back soon, to try something different.

We were visiting older relatives in Glenfield and booked a table for Saturday night. The restaurant was very busy and...

Excellent meal, with friendly staff and good service. I would definitely recommend anyone to try this restaurant.

Had a lovely meal tonight Tried something different aLamb Biryani Really nice flavoursMy husband had his favourite Chicken Tikka Tawa 2 pints of kingfisher Sorted

Visited Sands on a Saturday evening with 6 friends (including me). Decided to stand by it even after the closure in the passed. We have always found Sands to be a good restaurant. Excellent staff, a tad pricey but overall a solid experience. The food was excellent, once seated the food arrived promptly. Atmosphere is good, no groups of drunks but a nice and relaxed aura around. Be sure to book to avoid disappointment. I'll highly recommend the Fish Tawa, delicious!I'll give it 4/5 due to the price of the fish option for Curries. £12.95 is steep but delicious none the less.

Eaten here several times now and had superb food and service every time. Yes, the place was closed down for a while by environmental health (as are many places) but since it reopened the team appear to be working even harder to please.Join the members club and there are some amazing offers available - poppadoms, 2 rice, 2 bread and 2 mains (all mains off the menu included) plus a bottle of wine for just £30 - stunning value!

Sands of Glenfield is an amazing restaurant that serves a wide variety of fine Indian cuisine. I definitely recommend eating here as their outstanding staff go out of their way to provide an enjoyable evening and to satisfy your hunger.

Lovely as ever after its partial refurbHighly recommend The service was friendly and efficient The good was delicious

We came for a meal in February which was amazing. We heard soon after that sands had closed which we were very surprised about. We returned again 30/6/17 as we were visiting my mum in glenfield hospital and decided to go back to sands. The staff very friendly, lovely atmosphere and surroundings. We love the taster you get of your meal & that you can ask for it to be more/less spicy etc, I asked for more garlic in mine. We thoroughly enjoyed our meals and would go as far as to say it was one of the best curries we have ever eaten. Would definitely recommend them. Can't wait to go again when we are next in the area.

One of the best take away meals I have had; really good choice, great value and excellent food. Highly recommended.

Had a great meal last night at the newly re-opened Sands. I was very pleased the food and service was back to the 'good old days '. We will be back again.

Decided to be one of the first to try it since it reopened and was not disappointed. We had a lovely meal for two.

We had a meal in Sand's in February when we visited Leicester for the first time. We were really impressed with the excellent food and service.Only a week later, we were concerned to learn the place had been shut down.We paid another visit to Leicester at the start of June, & we were delighted to learn that the restaurant had just reopened. We had a meal there on day 2. It was superb; one of the best indian meals we have ever had, & we have been eating indian food for 40+ years, in many different restaurants both in UK & abroad, including India.The only minor criticism was that this time the portions were a little on the large side, such that we couldn't manage a dessert!

We went here on the 3rd Feb for my partner birthday because we had a gift voucher from my father-in-law because we have alway enjoyed the meals at sands.On the night there where 10 of us eating but all of us said how the food was no way near as good and some of the party even sent their meal back saying it didn't taste right,the next day I was told a few of our party had been bad though the night and will definitely be not coming back.Also if you do get a voucher just be aware you only have 60DAYS to use the voucher and have to spend the full amount :( :(:(

Sands was closed down due to the unhygienic premises. It was so bad that it featured in East Midlands Today on the BBC. The pictures of live and dead cockroaches in the kitchens will ensure that we will never visit here again!

Cockroaches found in the kitchen, place shut down, I would avoid this establishment like the plague, unless you want the plague.

We had a meal there on 4th Feb , during our meal the restaurant advised us they had to close due to an incident. We've later discovered they were served a prohibition order due to cockroaches

I have visited Sands of Glenfield, more than once and ive no idea why I havent reviewed until now.My husband and visited last night (my husbands first visit to Sands) and as usual it did not disappoint.On arrival, the welcome was, and is always friendly and welcoming.The staff are such a credit to this resturant. It doesnt matter who you are served by, they are always really nice and make you feel comfortable, nothing is too much trouble.The food is genuinely amazing, I love how they bring you a taster plate to make sure your happy with the flavour of your main!I havent eaten anything I didnt like and its the only time i wish my tummy was bigger so I could fit more food in!We also collect on occasion and the food tastes just as good and is always ready on time.Your custom is greatly appreciated here and they show it.I always recommend and will continue to dine at Sands.I hope the resturants success continues as it is well deserved.

The warm welcome is always nice to receive when you enter a restaurant. The waiters were professional and always waited for us to eat first before taking our plates away. We had a little mains tester, which was different as no other restaurant has this service! If we wanted our mains to be spicer than they are able to add more spice to ensure we enjoy our food! Although the food was filling, we left the restaurant happily! We were very pleased with the starter presentation and the great service which we received! Will definitely recommend this to anyone!

went here as its local and after reading all the good reviews, I agree, food is fantastic, service was on the ball, Tetley beer nice and cold,,only down side, small one at that... all the seats are worn and have holes..but saying that, we will be going back as the food is worth it..

On their website they state “In these uncertain times whereby personal compromises become a necessity, we at Sand’s offer no such compromise” unfortunately my experience wasn’t to a high standard as the website would have you believe. Scoring:Value for money – 1.5/ 5 (poor for the food quality)Food – 2.5/5Service - 0.5/5Venue 5/5 Issues with the service: The venue was pre-booked for a bridal shower/hen do evening, and a table set for 20. We came around 6:30 but was served food around 8:40. It took around 40 mins from arrival before anyone took our order. We occupied around half their seating so you would hope that they would have been prepared. They actually served 4 couples before my table was served even though most of them came in a good while after we were seated. By 8.40 half of our group had been served for some reason! I had to chase down my food. I was told twice that my food was coming “now.” It didn’t. My taxi that they booked arrived before my food. I got my full meal before my table did because I had to rush out, and the other half the group who had already been served, were finishing their food by the time I left!!!!!Issues with the food: I ordered Chicken Tikka Massala, boiled rice and garlic naan which came to £12.40.The Chicken tikka was mostly sauce - the flavour was alright but was an unusual bright red and the rice was slightly undercooked. The portion of the rice was just over a medium sized fist, which doesn’t work with the ratio of the (mostly sauce) meat dish they gave, which was 3 times that!!The naan was quite flat (it was closer to Roti than what I’d expect for naan) and slightly smaller than a medium sized plate for £2.75- oh yes and there was a bit of coal on it which I had to pick out, but at least that shows the cooking method. The consistency of the naan was nice but I don’t think that it was worth my £2.75. Advice: Don’t go as a group and be prepared to wait.

We visit this restaurant very often at least twice a month... Tonight was no different.. Great service Alistair knows exactly what we want to drink and eat. Thank you for winderful food in 2016 we look forward to more in 2017.

Lovely food good service and nice surroundings!! Only criticism is with a sweet as frozen and microwaved - not the best. Ordered New York cheesecake came with strawberry ice cream Disappointed as cheese cake was very soft on boarder of sloppy. Wasn't charged for it. Shame.

Went here on a recommendation of my wife's friends and not to be disappointed very nice place lovely service and great food. It's a very chilled out place but busy if that makes sense no rush could've stopped at the table all night. Definitely go here again as prices was good service was good food was good very nice.

Very nice restaurant lovely ambience. Staff are very customer friendly. Very impressed that you are offered a taster of your meal choice just in case it's too spicy or not spicy enough. Always book in advance as it is a very popular restaurant.

Everything about Sands is amazing. The menu is good and varied but if you want something else, just ask. My daughter, husband and I went after a matinee theatre. Luckily they open quite early at 5.30 but still we weren't first to arrive. There was also a lot of people waiting for take aways. The restaurant is spacious, uncluttered and modern. The monogrammed napkins are silky smooth and table cloths posture white. Extraordinary design of cutlery with handles at 90° angle to the business end. My husband is gluten intolerant so we mentioned it and they took great care to make his dish suitable, whichever he chose. I like Dahl curry made with lentil and it wasn't on the menu, so I asked and they made one specially. It was delicious. The service was efficient and friendly. Our waiter was Portuguese and happy to discuss the Portuguese origins of Goan curry as my daughter had visited Goa and liked the dishes. Only tiny tiny quibble. No hot cloths or finger bowls till clear-away so had to wash sticky hands in bathroom.

I absolutely love this restaurant,I can never fault it,the food is always incredible and so is the service, it is always busy however everything continues to run smoothly,I didn't catch the name of the young gentleman that served me and my boyfriend the last time I went but he was one of the loveliest waiters I've ever came across,very helpful and genuine,would highly recommend

TripAdvisor worked a treat. Sands provided me and my colleague a properly tasty curry. My pili chicken starter was well flavored. Main dish of chicken tikka hyderabad also very good. Staff were attentive and friendly. No wonder they were still busy fairly late on a midweek night.

This is far better then all of Indian restaurants around golden mile, the service is fantastic as is the atmosphere around the place, having ordering the mains the waiter will come out with a little dish to see if flavouring is to disired taste!! The small little things here is why I rate it 5* the food aswell is cooked to perfection, easily one of best hidden gems in Leicester.

Came here for my 21st and I could not fault anything. The food was amazing and the service was excellent. Would defiantly recommend anyone to come here for a special occasion because you won't be disappointed.

The food here is lovely Please add more meat to dishes 6 small pieces in a chicken Goan. Only down side myself and husband felt rushed by the waiters. And I feel its over priced.

The best Indian resultant in Leicester! We frequently visit and always have a superb meal! Fantastic quality, really tasty and at a good price. The customer service is second to none, nothing is a problem so friendly and helpful. I would highly recommend this restaurant :-)

This restaurant had been recommended by indian friends and being fairly conservative West Country eaters we were was unsure, espcially as one of us is allergic to chilli and most hot food, There was no need to worry, the menu shows the talent and flexibility of the chef, you are invited to choose a type of meat or fish and then indicate what regional indian style you would like the chef to cook it in. With advice from the waiter it is possible to choose from a wide range of interesting dishes without touching wither chilli or curry. Food arrives slowly because much cooking is not only when you order but we were impressed to be offered a little taster of the dish we had ordered before it was finally served, in my case I found it too spicy, no problem, an alternative was prepared at once at no extra charge. There are some really tasty griddle fired, chilli free dishes on offer, Not only was service impeccable, but the waiters with infinite patience , coped with our 5 month old grandchildren, supplying, high chairs, water, wipes, smilles .. without a blink. this is the place to go if you stay at one of the local hotels, e.g. one of the nearby Premier Inns. We shall make a detour to go back to this place next time with venture "up North"

Nice indian restaurant. As with most it is what it is. Nice touch they bought little tasters out of each of our main courses to check it was OK.

Fancied a curry and whilst staying at Rothley. Looked up curry houses on phone. This one popped up so gave it a go.Could not beleive how good this was.I like Dansak, they asked me how I liked it, brought me out a taster and told me I could add or change the taste. It was really good, the same with my wife, so during our stay in Leicester we went there every night was was not disappointed.

Sands is always a fun place to visit and the staff are always on hand to suggest items you should try form their great menu, give it a try, you won't be disappointed

We have been visiting sands for 6 years now and love everything about the place. The food is outstanding, the restaurant is beautifully decorated and furnished and the staff and service are always impeccable! The best indian restaurant in Leicester! Go on the sands website to buy vouchers for meal deals, I have told all my friends and they love it too and wouldn't go anywhere else now. The food is the highest of quality and the staff go out of their way to make sure your happy. The tasters you get to try your mains before the chefs make them is so unique, you don't get that any where else as far as im aware. Such a lovely place and we absolutely love visiting ( our first choice always.) Thank you to Sanjay and all his waiting staff and fantastic chefs for always making our nights here so special and particularly the staff last night (fri 22nd july) who looked after us. Fantastic service and food amazing as always! my friends loved it so much just as much as we do. They will all be returning :-) See you all soon xx

Lovely restaurant with authentic Indian food, menu is very varied and the staff are always on had to offer advice, I love the fact you can have a little taster before your main is cooked to make sure its to your liking. fab and friendly staff and reasonably priced.

Haven't been for a while but have to say the food, drink and service were excellent. The staff are real friendly and the starters and main courses had a good selection, love theft the you get a taster so you can add some spice if you want it hotter.

First visit made very welcome, 5* food & plenty of it. Can't wait to visit again In the near future

I visitec this restaurant whilst staying with friends in Leicester, the food was divine, attention to detail just perfect and the staff well industry best. I love Indian food this place really impressed me, just wish I lived near to.. Will definitely try it again when in the area.

Really lovely Indian restaurant, they bring tasters of your ordered mains so you can check if its the right spice level so no unexpected surprises.

Absolutely love this place. Will find any excuse to go. Staff are great and food is awesome. Particularly like the little taster dishes before you commit to your order, especially if you fancy trying a different dish from your usual

I visit sands about twice a month and the service is excellent. The Food? Even better, can't fault it.never had a bad meal and the take away is just as good.

Good Indian food. Excellent service. Also does a takeaway service. Plenty of choice on the menu and very tasty.

A restaurant that really lives up to its reputation. We both thoroughly enjoyed our meals. The service was attentive and genuine.

Lovely food good atmosphere. Nice touch that you taste a small sample of your food to see you happy with spice and strength.

Use this restaurant on regular basis and never had a bad meal + the staff are always attentive and freindly

Amazed at all the brilliant reviews, one of the worst Indian restaurants I've been to. Went with partner and friend, their meal was average, mine was appalling. I ordered the lamb biryani. The 'taster' was a small dish of some kind of tomato slop- allegedly sauce, not the biryani. The latter was a huge mound of rice, carrots, chunks of peppers, onions, peas with a few bits of 'lamb'-so nothing in the way of an authentic biryani. The taste was at best bland. We complained to the waitor who took one look at it and assumed it was a vegetable biryani-obviously, in the kitchen one size fits all and meat or whatever is added. We weren't offered anything by way of recompense.In addition, the actual restaurant feels like a canteen, with no atmosphere whatsoever. Obviously, we will not be going back again.

This place never fails,visited here last Monday evening,everything was fantastic. Great food,great service.Thankyou

Visited Sands for the first time after various positive reviews and I wasn't impressed at the slightest. We ordered a chicken sizzler type of dish which is meant to be a sharer for two and a single starter dish, and they were both exactly the same size for double the price! A tiny portion for a sharer in comparison to the other 100's of indian restaurants I've been to which was disappointing. When questioning this, nothing was resolved and they replied with 'that's the set dish size' with no resolution for the problem. Food was also bland, so we left after the poor starters!

Nothing prepared me for this lovely dinner as first impressions are so modest. From entering the light and modern reception and bar to the simple dinning room it all is very understated until you meet the staff. You are immediately greeted and made to feel welcome. Staff are there when you want them and do check backs at regular but natural moments. The plates, glasses and cutlery are contemporary and a real nice touch. I would happy have these at home!The menu is extensive and has as many house specials as popular and common Indian dishes. The style of the menu is simple: choice a meat and match it with the preparation of your style and a sauce and there is plenty to choice from. We shared a mixed grill starter and the chicken strips stood out for me. Thin strip of fillet coated in a gooey potato and herb mix and fried to perfection; lovely. At this stage you get a taster / teaser of you main course, which is a nice surprise and gets you ready for what is to come.My main course was a chef's specialty, mild to medium spiced (yes, I should have remember the name...) and combined with lovely fluffy lemon rice made he perfect meal for me.The service was great and our drinks were topped up when we needed it. As we didn't have any room for after or coffee the bill was promptly presented.This restaurant was highly recommenced to us and now I can see why. I will go back here and happily recommend this to family and friends/

Not used this restaurant for over 12months,it was good then.but it's even better.i could not fault the service and the food, everything was perfect. Can't wait to return.well done to everyone at sands.

Have used this takeaway restaurant before on our visits to Glenfield. Whilst it is more expensive than normal Indian restaurants the quality of the food speaks for itself. Restaurants differ all over the country and you get a pallet for local fayre, the north east in our case, but the starters and main courses were delightful and a perfect end to a busy day for us.

Food was very good together with the service. I would have liked to tables a little further apartt as become very noisy during the evening .There were four of us and we all enjoyed our meal.

visited on a works night out. bar area was cosy dining area was lovely, food was beautiful and staff were friendly.perfect night out with work friends.

took my son here for his birthday it was saturday evening staff very friendly couldnot do enough for you food very very good i am very fussy about indians and could not fault it

Visit here with family often. Excellent staff, food and atmosphere. Would highly recommend for any occasion. My favourite dish is the pathia curry, one of the best tasting curry's I've tasted and I eat a lot of Indian food!

Ate here last Saturday with friends. Staff were really helpful and friendly. Meal was superb - great food and a massive choice. Would not hesitate to recommend this restaurant for a meal out

Have been a few times now to eat in the restaurant and ordered takeaways, we've ordered something new each time and have never been disappointed!They bring out a sample of the sauce to taste first to ensure the heat is to your liking which I think is a great touch.I would recommend the sizzling fish platter to start!!

We dropped in here for this months curry club outing.Have to say the food was good and it was a nice touch that they gave us a taster of our main, whilst we had our starters, to make sure they were the right heat and taste.Staff were helpful and friendly and the food delivered in a timely manner. Certainly recommend if you are in the area.

Here there is no difference. Whether yoy are eating in or taking away the service is exactly the same. The staff here are delightful, friendly and charming. Food is out of this world but unfortunately due to joining slimming world i wont be ordering for a while which is such a shame Cannot fault at all x

Good service and probably one of the best Indian meals I've had for a long time. The Tandoori prawns are sublime!

Basically one of the best curries we have had in a long time.great food and service. Highly recommended

We use this place regularly and have never had a bad meal or service. All the dishes taste very different and their regional specialities are great. I didn't have any food this good in 3 months in India a few years back. Great service too. If you're eating in they bring a little sample of each dish out before its ready so you can adjust the heat to your liking.

Saturday night in with friends who came up from London. We decided to stay in and have an Indian meal whilst we watched New Zealand play France at Rugby. Ordered take away from this place. NEVER AGAIN !!!!!!!!Chicken Karai, no taste, not spicey at all, chicken over cooked and hard.Chicken Tawa, no taste, not spicey at all, chicken over cooked and hard, may as well have been in same container as the karai.Chicken Jalfrezi, no taste, not at all spicey, might as well have been a korma!!!!!Chicken Tikka Birhiani, tasteless, absolute disappointment.Pilau rices, very nice, nothing good to put on them though!!!! Naans, OK, nothing any good to dip them in. Will definitely give this place a miss in the future. Food rubbish, not as I described it last night though, words were a little bit more explicit !!!!! Avoid this place like the plague. Disgruntled customer from Groby.

This was a sort of reunion with old friends.The food was good but it took an hour from sitting down at the table to get our main course.We were left while waiters dealt with a busy restaurant. Not ideal but didn't spoil the night.

We have visited Sands many times and always have a splendid evening. The food, wine and service are really good. The interior is lovely and parking is never a problem. The staff are excellent.

We've visited sand before and experienced the same problems the welcome from staff was poor almost ignored by the bar man took us an age to get a drink even though the place was almost empty and just as long to get a menu. But on the brighter side the food was delicious just a shame about the staff

To avoid the dreadful Groby island traffic jams at the moment my partner and I have separately taken a detour through Glenfield and driven past this restaurant every day for a fortnight and felt we must give it a go. So pleased we did. Lovely modern surroundings. Wonderful food and friendly service. We had a lovely evening and will definitely return.

Excellent Indian cuisine, all staff very friendly and happy.Bar staff excellent. The whole place has a warm & friendly atmosphere. The restaurant is very clean & tables are very well presented.

It was nice to have good quality Indian food that in a pleasant bright environment that was not trying to look like something out of a 1970 TV drama about the Raj.

Visited here for the first time this evening and wasn't disappointed - the food was very tasty and reasonably priced - portions are aLso big so certainly left feeling full! The staff were all very attentive and friendly. Only reason I can't give 5 * is that we had booked a table for 7,30 and when we arrived we were told to take a seat in the bar ... We sAt there for 20 minutes before being taken to our table with no explanation or apology.

Love this place. Superb food, excellent attentive service and pleasant ambience. The prices are very reasonable for what you get and they are often doing special deals if you buy the voucher in advance.

We have been here several times and it is always 5star! Good customer service and nice setting. Food is always to a high standard and is excellent value for money.

Have been to sands many times and never been disappointed. The restaurant is fantastic very modern and nothing like a typical India restaurant. The food is even better I would recommend the chicken hydrabadi really tasty curry but have tried a few things of the menu and it's all good. You receive a small taster of your curry before your main and the staff are more than happy to tweak a curry to your liking. Have used take a way service numerously and food is always just as good as eating in. Can not recommend highly enough!

from beginning to end wonderful experience. service was great with good advice on what to eat. Personnel always alert. Owner made us feel very welcome and gave good advice on the dishes. Atmosphere lovely.

Possibly one of the top 10 Curry houses in Leicester. I've been a couple of times & it's always been good.

I've been here on a few occasions and it never disappoints. This time it was for a friend's birthday so we were a big party. You're always made to feel welcome and all the waiters are very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu. There's s great choice of starters...however, they are huge so be warned if you're expecting a little portion! I can recommend the fish sizzler sharer..just enough for 2 of you! When you've chosen you're main, they bring out a little sample for you to try so you can get the spice/heat to your liking! A great idea! My friend wasn't keen on her choice so changed her order with no hassle at all. The mains, again, are generous sizes and everyone loved their choice. I would definitely recommend Sands to you...you won't be disappointed!

went here on a works night out, the bar area is nice a light and ample comfy seating for all, clean and friendly staff with a wide range of drinks on offer.once shown to our table we were a little squashed but managed all the same. ( maybe for larger groups a better lay out should be thought of.staff were efficient and prompt with food orders so that was a bonus.all food looked and smelt lovely and starter portion sizes we more like mains.everyone seemed happy with theirs and I was certainly with mine.my only complaints is that their chicken tikka was tasteless, and the fish curry seemed like fish ends not fresh flakes but other that that all was good and got the thumbs up from everyone else.drinks flowed and a good night was had by all.

As always great food, good service all in a pleasnt ambience. Particulafly like the taster of the main course to determine spice level. Always good and highly recommended. And it was open on a Sunday evening

Set meal for 4. Plenty to eat, good service, attentive to all needs. Politely quietened down a group of rugby supporters enjoying their night out. Good atmosphere

Excellent quick stop for a curry. Will definitely return. Only down side was that chicken tikka had been pre cooked so was over done and a bit dry. Loved the idea to bring a pre service taste of the main dishes ordered to check it will be to your liking.

I chose this restaurant for its location being my local indian and was struck by how good it is. The staff were very polite and friendly and on ordering our food told us they would softly bring out tasters. This is a great idea as they brought out samples of your curry sauce to taste and make sure you were happy with your choice. We loved ours but could tell that they would happily change our order if we hadn't. Have since been back for takeaway with a friend who was amazed at the food. Best indian I've had in a long time

We went as family of four adults on Sunday evening. The place was quiet. We ordered our food and waited while having our drinks. The starter was ok but the authentic Indian taste was not there. This should have been warning! The waiter bought out our dishes in four small tasters to try – first time I have come across this. My wife pointed out to the waiter that the taste was not and lacked spices and salt. But when the actual meals did arrive there were no improvements. It seems that the tasters were just there for impression (and novelty) only! Lamb Zeera was ok but too dry. Chicken Tawa was good but not enough sauce. Chicken Tikka Bhuna bit bland but ok. But Chicken Jalfrezi was just bland and tasteless. All mains lacked spices and salt. Garlic Nan had chunky garlic shredded on top.The place is nicely decorated and welcoming. The portions were good size compare to many Indian restaurants but the food was too bland and tasteless for our liking. The prices were bit higher compare to other similar restaurants. I don't think we will be going there again as we have abundance of good Indian restaurant in Leicester.

Myself and my brother popped down from Glasgow to visit our father and on the first night we had a very good meal in sands of glenfield. The food was all incredibly tasty. A few poppadoms and dips to kick off while we waited on our starters of lamb cutlets, cinnamon duck and tandoori duck...all very nice indeed and no fat left on anything which we appreciated. For mains all lamb dishes I ordered the hydrabadi and I think the others were a tawa and a jaipuri, we ended up sharing all our starters and mains between the 3 of us all 3 dishes were delicious and we found it good that a taster was brought out to try before your main dish arrived allowing you to make adjustments if you found it too mild or too hot or simply had ordered the wrong thing and didn't like it I suppose lol. Very tasty indian food and all the lamb was amazingly tender and moist really melt in the mouth. My only little issue and it is just little it was only me who bothered with it was that there seemed to be too much oil rising and floating on top of the curries, if the curries were less oily this would honestly have been a faultless 5 star indian meal to rival anything else uk wide. The service was first rate very friendly and on the ball without being too intrusive. It was very busy and I can understand why it's so popular we really enjoyed it.

We visited last Saturday (25th April) with some friends and sadly wouldn't go again. We had heard good reviews about this place but were disappointed. from the wait for food, to the actual food nothing was particularly good. We had to send several items back that weren't up to scratch and then we were over charged for drinks we hadn't had. With so many good Indians in and around Leicester we won't be returning.