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Nº 245 in 732 in Pembrokeshire

Nº 3 of 18 Indian in Pembrokeshire

CUSTOMERS TALK ABOUT DISHES WITH..chickenlambcookedcurry

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Amazing food and brilliant staff. Best Indian restaurant around.

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Sally Green . 2024-11-12

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Great friendly venue , best Indian food in Haverfordwest.

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Malcolm Herbert . 2024-11-10

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Great food, nice place to eat with friendly staff

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Bob Simister . 2024-10-25

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Outstanding food every time. Excellent service.

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Baz . 2024-10-16

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Best Indian I have ever had. We are staying in Fishguard for a holiday and found this place at the last minute. What a find. And the staff are so helpful. Real old fadhioned service. Thank you

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Janice Ashley . 2024-09-11

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We grabbed a takeaway as the restaurant was completely packed. The food was good and very reasonably priced.

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James Rand . 2024-08-26

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Ordered a korma 21st August 2024, the chicken and korma sauce was tasteless.. very disappointed

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Paul . 2024-08-22

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Good food, nice atmosphere, good portion sizes, good pricing! Service was a little slow but the complimentary starters covered it up! 😂 On the whole, worth a visit, especially in this part of Wales.

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Nilakshi Mazumder . 2024-08-22

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Absolutely glorious food. Four of us all had different meals and a drink. All of us were delighted. Never had a bad meal here

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David Evans . 2024-06-21

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Nice place for Halal curry Very accommodating staff Recommended

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Ahmed Laher . 2024-06-14

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We visited this restaurant whilst on holiday in Haverfordwest. The food was delicious and service was amazing. The coconut and mint delicacy for poppadoms was something we had not tried before but won us over. Amazing choice of food- all delicious. Thank you. Staff were all friendly and accommodating

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Kim Eldeib . 2024-06-01

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clean polite nice people. The food is fantastic , very tasty (particularly good for Pembrokeshire). Big portions , Excellent value for money. Try the lamb !

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Sam Griffiths . 2024-04-30

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Came here on Easter Sunday just after 9pm. Food was delicious and really well priced.

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Supna Tooray . 2024-04-06

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Best curry house in Pembrokeshire 5 stars.

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Peter Simpson . 2024-04-01

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I'm not quite sure what the appeal of artificially bright coloured food is. Somewhat reminiscent of the 80s. Maybe this Is still a thing in Wales? Quite pedestrian, middle of the road english version of Indian dining. Food tasted okay, but not a 4.5 in my view.

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Bill Thornhill . 2024-02-15

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Really good value and delicious food.

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Jan Bojanowski . 2024-01-19

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Amazing curry as always! Prompt service and hot food. Always a pleasure speaking with the staff, friendly and approachable. 100% could not fault.

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Georgia Marie . 2023-12-31

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Aki and the team are always friendly and extremely helpful. This is my go to Indian restaurant in town whether it be for a takeaway or a sit down meal. I cannot recommend here enough, thank you!

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Morgan Ingle . 2023-12-31

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Food & service as always was 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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becky rowe-davies . 2023-12-08

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Second visit to seven spice in Haverfordwest, this time it was a takeaway, absolutely lovely grub, speedy service, and really reasonable prices, can highly recommend their madras and their balti

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Alex Bell . 2023-11-20

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Ordered takeaway from very friendly polite staff. And it was delivered quickly by polite friendly staff. I ordered Lamb Mughal good amount of meat which was tender it came with well cooked rice and Aloo Gobi also delightful, cauliflower was not over cooked and a good peshwari naan The food was hot and excellent best Indian food I’ve eaten in a long time

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Su B . 2023-11-05

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One of the worst Chicken Vindaloo's that I've had in ages. No atmosphere.

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Mike BARRAH . 2023-10-25

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Reading all the previous reviews, I must have eaten here on an unfortunate night. The Chicken Tikka Vindaloo that I ordered was the worst that I've had in a very long time, it was just hot and bland. Not as good as I regularly have from my local Indian restaurant in Narberth (Shaard).

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m-barrah . 2023-10-24

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Excellent food amazing staff grate all service

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Matts Cabs . 2023-10-17

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Lovely welcome, good service without being overbearing, good price and plenty of advice from the waiter about the spice levels, what type of chilli's they use etc.

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Brian Macfarlane . 2023-10-13

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Good food, friendly and attentive service. Reasonably priced and only a short wait for the food.

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Ben Cook . 2023-10-08

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Visited on a recommendation for dinner with family - nice ambience and service ! We ordered two starters and 4 mains along with a selection of Nans and rice . Every dish was perfectly balanced with spices and flavour ! The seekh kebabs were succulent .. The curries were just wow .All of us enjoyed our evening ! Highly recommend for anyone visiting Haverfordwest … We will definitely go back !!

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paragpanwalkar . 2023-08-17

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We visited early evening on a Saturday. The young waiters were very polite and efficient. The waiter that took our order explained about the food that we were interested in. The food was probably the best we have had in a long time. Great size portions. We could not fault this place. Will definitely re visit when back in Haverfordwest. Thanks Guys

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Peter Hastings . 2023-08-15

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Phoned to book a table. We were told they were full in the resteraunt but could fit us in at 7.30. We turned up to an almost empty restaurant and were told to wait. After 10min were told to go to a table and handed the menus to take with us. Waited another 15min and at no point were we offered a drink or even poppadoms. We felt like we did not exist not even a glance in our direction. At this point decided to leave. When I approched the waiter to say we were leaving and why, he clearly didn't care less. Massivly dissapointing as we were looking forward to trying a new indian resteraunt. Appalling service from staff that were more concerned about the takeaway orders then the resteraunt customers. Little to no atmosphere. Unable to comment on food as we ended up going back to our usual the Taj Mahal which did not disappoint. If I could give it less than 1 star I would.

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Geraint Hilbourne . 2023-08-13

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We went here for my birthday and booked a table for nine. All nine of us thoroughly enjoyed the food and found it excellent value.

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patrickmS8501CY . 2023-08-05

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What a wonderful find on a break in Wales. Amazing value for delicious food. Alex the waiter was amazing and welcomed us like family. A super place for a lovely meal

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Helen Silk . 2023-07-13

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Great food - very tasty and fresh. Garlic chilli chicken was superb.

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Trish Madden . 2023-07-11

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Lovely atmosphere 👌 The food was outstanding and would highly recommend. The owner was very helpful and recommended the food we had.. 10 out of 10

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David Williams . 2023-06-30

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Having a weekend away in a new area. Looked for Indian restaurant and found this gem Food was superb with very friendly service If you are someone who goes to a restaurant and expects a mountain of food two minutes after sitting down then go somewhere else Food is cooked to order - it’s worth the wait

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Hugh K . 2023-06-18

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First time visit for us, with visiting family. We booked a table based on online reviews - absolutely not disappointed! We all had a selection of starters and mains - Bhuna, Jalfrezi, Ceylon, Biryani - sides too. Everything was delicious, plentiful and fully of flavour. Cleared plates and nothing to take away! Lovely warm Welcome when we arrived - friendly and chatty staff. So pleased we have found a local curry house, and one that looked as busy with take aways too. Recommend - definitely.

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SoulfulShal . 2023-05-14

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Staff not friendly , not welcoming

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Bridgit Subhash . 2023-04-28

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Horrible meals x 3. Full of Ghee. Far too spicy. Almost inedible.. Nan soaked in oil. Very far away from delicate cuisine. An special evening ruined by poor quality food.

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PeterHaverfordwest . 2023-04-18

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First visit for sit down. As with the take away it didn’t disappoint. Excellent service & lovely food. Good portion size & piping hot couldn’t fault it, we will be visiting again.

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Clive T . 2023-03-30

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Having eaten in Indian restaurants for over 40 years never had one run out of onion bhajis probably the easiest thing to make. Offered samosas and very dissatisfied had better from the supermarket, rushed so didn’t enjoy at all, small table and pushing things around as I was eating to make space

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Karl Gregson . 2023-03-23

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Had a takeaway from here last night and it was so good had to jump on and give them a 5 star review. Yes the phones are busy, yes there was a queue when you go to collect but this is because other people know how good it is. The quality of the food is faultless. I would have preferred a bit more for the pickle tray but that is because it is so tasty. I drive several miles to collect this as it is worth it. I am sure you will not be disappointed.

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Chris O . 2023-03-05

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Great restaurant great variety of food with great staff and great prices all round great great great 👍👍👍

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Emrys C Galt . 2023-01-12

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Love seven spice. The only Indian restaurant I use. The food is always fresh and all the staff are very friendly and it is very clean. The price and menu is excellent and the portion size is great too. I Highly recommend seven spice. Thank you to all the staff who work there. Happy customer Julie. 😊

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Julie Strong . 2023-01-01

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Probably the best Indian food in Haverfordwest.

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Andrew James . 2022-12-31

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We are frequent visitors to this lovely Indian restaurant and every time we visit we always have a great meal. Clean and welcoming. Aki and his team are friendly, efficient and the food is fabulous! They make you feel valued as a customer. Food is freshly made and tastes delicious. Highly recommend this great restaurant.

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Freedom247166 . 2022-12-30

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This restaurant wouldn't score highly on ambience and decor. However what is does offer is friendly staff and amazing Bangladeshi food at very reasonable prices. Definitely some of the best I have eaten in the UK and I have visited and reviewed many Indian/Bangladeshi restaurants. The evening started well with a great variety of dips (in generous portions) to accompany our poppadoms. The mint/coconut dip was particularly unique. This was followed by seekh kebab and a king prawn pathia curry which were beautifully cooked and full of flavour and spice. Other members of my party also wowed about their food, it was that good! Apparently the chef has cooked for many years in restaurants in Birmingham which may explain the fabulous food on offer. We come to Pembrokeshire regularly so another visit to Seven Spices is definitely on the cards.

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tintin630 . 2022-11-30

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Amazing food and service, staff are very polite and friendly. We will definitely be going back there for a date night.

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Andrew Phillips . 2022-11-29

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Classic Indian restaurant with delicious food and friendly staff. Definitely recommend!

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Sarah Williams . 2022-11-27

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Coming from Leicester, always a bit dubious about having indian away from home, as it may not measure up. A baseless fear. Food was fantastic! Portion sizes meant great value for money. Would definitely return.

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Pever Mobile . 2022-11-25

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Saved us late one evening, this was the only place we could find open. Was pleasantly surprised! Lovely food and very friendly and welcoming staff. Would definitely go there again if I'm ever in the area.

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A P . 2022-11-22

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Food was incredible, a taste explosion in my mouth. Everything was cooked to perfection and much more flavoursome than any Indian food I have previously tried. The green dip was really special too, not saying what it was, get over there to experience it for yourself. This place stands out above the rest with fast, attentive and friendly service, 8 highly recommend trying it out. Pops/dips 2 x rice, 2 x main, naan and 2 x drinks very reasonable £34. (Sorry if photos are poor I was rushing to get stuck in!)

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Urbanfux . 2022-10-21

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Haverford West's finest curry house. The current boss reminisced on his time as a child in Haverford West. Food was fantastic.

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Kevin Vogan . 2022-10-02

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This is a lovely little restaurant. It's spotlessly clean, the food is excellent and the staff are welcoming and friendly. Vindaloo is super spicy. My go to when in Haverfordwest.

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victoriapH3626RD . 2022-09-20

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One of the best Indian meals I have had. We ordered a starter, two mains and one side dish and everything was delicious. Highly recommend! I’d only suggest improved customer service - we waited just over 10mins just to get our drinks served and the starter even came before drinks did.

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Zhuliana Ivanova . 2022-08-29

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Went with 12 of my friends, instantly felt very welcomed by the staff. Fast to collect order and give out food, despite restaurant being busy. If you're planning to order the vindaloo, say goodbye to your loved ones. I ordered it thinking it would be similar to other Indian takeaway vindaloos I'd had in the past. I don't think I've ever been so wrong. I was struggling as I wanted to keep eating more due to the delicious taste, but the heat was something else 🥵. Currently facing the repercussions today. Wouldn't change a thing though. Tried all of my other friends food and it was all very delicious and flavourful. Shout out Aki and all of the staff, so friendly and enjoyed chatting to them. Overall big recommendations if you are in Haverfordwest.

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jstubbs123 . 2022-08-26

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Ordered curry, biryani, vegetable side dishes and nans. All the food was good, and good value. Recommended.

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katiejones14 . 2022-08-24

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Working away with work, I always like to dine out with a curry. What can I say about Theo’s restaurant. Staff couldn’t do enough for everyone in the premises. From the welcome to the exit they did not stop. The food was outstanding. Piping hot throughout and the taste really tickled the taste buds. Washed down with a Cobra. If your in Haverfordwest it’s really with a visit

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mangove31 . 2022-08-03

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ordered takeaway for 7pm. after we had called repeatedly 2 find out what had happened 2 it + had various inaccurate stories, it arrived at 8.45pm: in a wet box + the food was cold. rejected it + requested a refund. required 2 call 2...

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sjmgp . 2022-07-31

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Had my first meal from here and can say I will definitely be going back, great tasting food and a great service, working away from home it's really nice to find a restaurant of this standard.

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Alan Smith . 2022-07-28

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Great service and delicious food!

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Lukasz Gluch . 2022-07-27

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Probably one of the best curries we've had in recent years. Buhna and Tikka Masaala.... Spot on with heat and spices. Lemon rice rice delicious. Breads cooked perfection. A diamond. Would stand up against any city comparator.

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Q1525CMneilw . 2022-07-24

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Arrived as a solo customer at 9:15pm on a Sunday, to eat in. I was told that I would be last customer that day and Resturant server made up a clean table for one. Whilst this was done I was given a menu immediately, and...

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K23JRtraceyj . 2022-07-24

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I cannot praise this restaurant enough. Fantastic service, excellent food and I will continue to frequent. Cannot praise enough.

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GohansBattleCorner ! . 2022-07-19

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Friendly staff and atmosphere. Excellent fresh, delicious food . Definitely come back if we are in the area.

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Andrew . 2022-07-16

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This is a fabulous restaurant. Fresh food. Extreme friendly personel and the (local) lamb curry is just delicious. Five star review.

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Erwin Rademaker . 2022-07-06

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Excellent Bangladeshi restaurant in Haverfordwest town centre. Wide range of dishes and great service Great option is as all meat halal. Definitely recommend a visit

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ClatterManchester . 2022-07-06

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Best Indian food in Haverfordwest. Great atmosphere and friendly and attentive staff.

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dan cole . 2022-06-11

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Absolutely fantastic meal, great service with friendly staff, we will be back soon.

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Karl Thomas . 2022-05-27

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Excellent food freshly cooked and well presented. Nice relaxed atmosphere. All staff friendly and attentive. I’d definitely come back. I’d recommend the sizzling tandoori mixed grill

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Mark Rooke . 2022-05-13

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Beautiful food, great service and great value. Would 100% recommend!

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Nathan Saunders . 2022-04-03

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Friendly staff very good food definitely recommended

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Regor . 2022-03-23

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Very Quite evening but great service excellent food just as I remember. Not been to the Restaurant in Haverfordwest for a while due to work commitments but will be back soon .

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deanmM2318FZ . 2022-02-03

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Outstanding service!! So accommodating when we went for a meal last night. The food was amazing too!! Thank you guys 😁

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Samantha Mathias . 2022-01-26

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Amazing takeaway at a reasonable price. Definitely recommend

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Shona Mackinnon . 2022-01-22

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Food was excellent, service, spot on.. Very friendly welcome. Would go again. 10 out of 10. Gmf autoparts.

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882colinb . 2021-12-04

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Very nice meal. Food was great quality. Good price. Tiffany and the team looked after us well, were accommodating and attentive.

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Graham Roach . 2021-11-06

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Seven Spice keeps useful opening hours, and goes good honest curries. The place isn't luxurious, but it's a good town curry house. Food was good, service was prompt, and prices were fair. Would go again.

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Jim R . 2021-11-04

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Always great food, friendly service and will deliver even if you live out of town. Tried nearly everything on the menu and never had a bad meal..... Or should I say they've all been delicious 😋

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Paul Jones . 2021-10-01

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We had a very enjoyable meals here tonight Lovely service staff very friendly service excellent. Would recommend this restaurant to my friend when visiting the area.🥘🥘🥘

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Jackie Hodges . 2021-09-08

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Really tasty food, definitely coming back next time I'm in Wales. The staff were lovely too. I had a really nice evening.

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Maria Reynish . 2021-09-08

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Decent halal food. Versatile chef, friendly and welcoming. Thank you !

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Shaf Ali . 2021-09-03

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I always like to try and fit in an Indian restaurant when away from home - most will never compare well with the gastronomic honeypots of Bradford, or Sparkbrook, Birmingham - but many will try, and it is the latter statement that applies to the...

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Ishmael_Parx . 2021-08-31

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Amazing food .. excellent service

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Sahil Joshi . 2021-08-22

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Lovely curry, impressively garlicky rice, and the staff were really nice.

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Ian Dack . 2021-07-22

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Excellent menu choice, quick service and superb food. The proprietor is happy to talk about his recipes and offer tips for the home curry chef. If you have any allergy or dietary questions he is happy to help and go out of his way to make sure your meal is perfect.

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Stuart Buxton . 2021-06-19

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We were desperate for a delivery take away and these guys agreed to deliver to us in Marloes - a good 40 min round trip for them. The food was amazing and very flavoursome - really appreciated the delivery and great food! Thank you.

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LMMonks . 2021-05-29

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Tasty food and excellent service. Highly recommended

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Chris L . 2021-05-25

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Can't remember any detail about the first takeaway, apart from thinking, meh, I'll try another one next time. It's my closest Indian takeaway so i disregarded my memory and ordered another at the weekend. If you like your Tarka Dahl free of lentils and flavour...

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Benediktamo . 2021-02-16

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27/09 Placed an order based on reviews & it didn’t disappoint. Order placed, told it would be ready to collect in 20 minutes. Refreshing change to turn up & food comes out within minutes. Food was piping hot & very tasty, we will definitely be...

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Clive T . 2020-10-02

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This is the best if Indian I have had! So tasty and good value for money. Friendly customer service and delivered within time and still hot

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Nadine T . 2020-08-01

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Had the most amazing Fish Curry! Great service ,delivered on time and still warm . Thank you Akki. Keep up the good work

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andrewmeddings . 2020-05-31

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We're regulars for a meal and have had to switch to Weekly takeaways during the last few months. All we can say is same great quality food. Superb ingredients, amazing flavours and generous portions. Phone early or you could be in for a wait, although...

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AJS1003 . 2020-05-27

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Terrible food very bland and watery korma. Burnt nanns, tiny and solid as rock bahjis. Very disappointed dont buy!

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Ffion Wharton . 2020-05-14

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Aki my boy, you are the best. Never disappoint Tracey and myself with the quality, service and friendly warmth and respect x

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Dave Addecott . 2020-04-14

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1st time in years since I’ve been here and didn’t realise that the guy who runs it is an acquaintance of mine! Not been biased because of that but the food and welcome are second to none. Highly recommended👌

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Huw R . 2020-03-01

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Great food. Excellent friendly service. We have a lot of curries out and this place ranks right up there with the best of them.

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nigelbS8636PD . 2020-02-26

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Fab good and excellent service. Would definitely return.

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Debbie Watson . 2020-02-05

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Birthday party for 6 people. Excellent menu. Delicious tasty food. Friendly staff. Only negative comment is that they didn’t have non alcoholic beer

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B4405OOcaroll . 2019-11-11

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Was a really nice meal couldn't fault anything and the service was on par. Not much else to say just really really nice

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Swpemb . 2019-10-08

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Great food and service made to feel very welcome

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Simon Rickard . 2019-09-05

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We ordered a takeaway from here for dinner, as there does not seem to be any pubs serving Sunday dinners at 6.30pm! Therefore we popped in to the restaurant at the said time, and there was no one there, and we ordered our food to take away. The good thing was because we could collect, we were givena 10% discount, as per their website. We ordered onion bhajis, a king prawn jalfrezi, a mixed briyani and bhindi bhaji, and were told that it would take 15-20 mins for the food to be done. So we took a walk around the town for that length of time, and when we came back, the food still was not ready. We hung around for another 8 mins, and then our food was ready, so we collected it and went back to our BnB. On the way back, we noticed that there was a lot of oil sloshing around at the bottom of the plastic bag of food, and when we took our food out, it was missing the King prawn jalfrezi! We had to call to find out where it was, and was given the reason that 'someone was trying to run after us' - that was unlikely as we had a dog with us and we were wondering around hill street, so we were pretty slow! Anyhow, they asked us to go and pick it up, so my husband went. The quality of the food was actually pretty decent, and the bhindi bhaji was very good. All in all, it was good quality food, and we would have given it a 4, if not for the service, and then us having to pick it up (rather than someone delivering it to us due to their mistake) and the oil at the bottom of the plastic bag which was already there before we even reached our guesthouse.

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Zena3101 . 2019-08-26

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This was a wonderful find...Delicious food, lovely ambience and friendly, relaxed service. Three of us had dinner and everything was perfect, couldn't fault it!