Sonali Spice in East Riding of Yorkshire

5 family and friends visited on 1/3/25 to give it a try from our usual Maa Indian,halfway into meal young waiter knocked pint over us, no apology just brought kitchen roll and left us to mop up, onion bhajis dry, chicken madras more like vindaloo,korma very watery, questioned the £120 bill and asked for discount to which the owner said “ I didn’t charge for the pint i replaced” that they knocked over, in the end they reduced to £100, so if anyone reads this please go to Maa as we will again from now on.

Food arrived quickly, the butter chicken was very tasty and the pilau rice was very flavourful, Would definitely recommend ! Even got complimentary drinks after our meal

Lovely meal and staff were pleasant. Didn't have any issues. Glad we didn't listen to the other reviews. Looking forward to going back!

Oh dear. They need to remove the word "Spice" from their name Flavourless waste of time Dined in and still paid full price for something I couldn't stomach to eat

Great customer service. Fabulous food and value for money. Delivery service just eat Fabulous 👌

Not the best experience. Samosas small and looked like frozen warmed up. Curry so oily and no taste. Rice from packet and microwaved. Chef Mike (microwave) food at best.

Ordered takeaway ar 4:30 pm for delivery at 8:30 pm. Didn't arrive until 10:30 pm! Made numerous calls to the restaurant wanting an update but they refused to answer. Absolutely disgusting service and will never use again .

Booked a table to be told it wasn't on there system and could we come back in 30 minutes which we did , to then stand at the door for nearly 15 minutes looking at several empty tables while the staff ignored us, finally seated then had to wait nearly 80 minutes before we received our food, also ordered 3 drinks for the table but only received one drink, waited 10 minutes but gave up and went to the bar to get the other 2 drinks, finally gave up waiting for the food and stated we would leave in the next 5 minutes if we weren't served, amazingly the food arrived, but had to send the rice back as it was cold, same again with the bill got fed up of waiting and threatened to leave if we didn't get the bill which again suddenly appeared, VERY Poor service through out the meal the Staff just didn't seem bothered.

Very poor. Very busy but service terrible. 2 hours to get food. Waiters virtually threw cutlery and plates down in their haste. Food overcooked. Watery sauces. Just not very pleasant. Service even worse. Would not return.

Currently 3hrs waiting on a takeaway - marked as delivered and Sonali not answering the phone. We were told a 50 minute wait. Others on FB have reported the same, will be filing for a chargeback with my bank. NYE spoilt, thieves and want to warn others.

Had a delivery. Not very enjoyable. Chicken tikka madras looked like a bath of oil. Not very tasty, plenty of spice. Naan breads and onion bhaji aren't as good as I remember and the chips was raw. I think it's been over a year since I used this restaurant. I won't be rushing back.

We arrived early for our booking and told the staff that we were limited for time as we had to get a bus in 1 hour 20 mins .took 15 mins to take our order and just seem to concentrate on take aways.we waited another 40 minutes then had to leave hungry ! Not happy and will not return .

I have always enjoyed the food at Sonali Spice,but tonight it was the worst curry I have ever had iny life and I am 64.I thought they had given us soup,because my Chef recommendation was Chicken Tikka Masala and my wife's was Chicken Korma.My Masala was like Tomato soup with Chicken and my wife's Chicken Korma,looked like a bowl of vomit.It was watery and both tasted sweet and not like a curry.The rice was fine and so was the Nan bread and poppadoms ,but overall we was both dissapointed and the waiter who took my payment seemed dissapointed that I hadn't tipped him,because I always give at least 10% of the service,but tonight i felt that the restaurant was in my opinion saving money,by serving watered curry and I won't be returning for a while.

We have eaten here and had take away from here on numerous occasions, it was my husbands birthday so even though we had a meal prepared I decided to treat him. As normal we ordered our favourites and I spent £40 for the 2 of us ,it came quicker than we expected and the delivery man was very polite however that’s where the positives end… The curries were watery and flavourless the chicken was like bullets the rice was over cooked and everything was cold. I was embarrassed to serve it to my husband as his special birthday meal. In total honesty I believe it was frozen and some attempt had been made to heat it up but not the quality we had come accustom to from Sonali Spice.. a real disappointment we will now think twice about returning unless we are compensated and shown this was a one off !!!! We look forward to your reply.

Went on Saturday night with friends the food was amazing starters mains and 3 bottles of wine and soft drinks £140 which I did not think was bad at all

First time here. What lovely staff and gorgeous food. My vegetarian Rogan was beautiful so tasty and fresh. We also had chicken balti which was lovely. And a bonus complimentary drink to top it off. Excellent

Poor food quality tonight, delivered cold, food lacked it's normal taste, first time ever I've thrown your food in the bin

Visited with family including a baby and a 4 year old. Service was outstanding and couldn't have done more for us. Food was amazing quality. Have visited before and will certainly be visiting again soon. Thank you all very much.

We visited to celebrate a friends birthday. First of all the staff are wonderful - they looked after us very well and offered complimentary baileys and gave the birthday boy a little gift when we left. It’s a nice environment to eat in with authentic music in the background. The drinks were great & topped up as soon as we finished. One of the plates on the table was chipped but replaced immediately it was pointed out. The poppadoms were the nicest I’ve had but we didn’t enjoy the pickles very much but our friends loved them. I had tandoori chicken and got two big pieces which was too much for me - unfortunately the chicken was a bit tough and I ended up pulling it apart as I couldn’t get my knife through it. The prawn dish was lovely & our friends enjoyed their chicken in a coconut sauce which was way too sweet for me and too thin BUT our friends loved it. The rice was good & the nan breads were too. I had an ice cream which was lovely. So it’s a mixed review but we would go again and I would make a different choice of food. The main plus was definitely the staff and that counts for a lot when some of my choices weren’t the best.

**Disappointing First Visit** We recently dined at Sonali and, unfortunately, our experience was underwhelming. The staff appeared disinterested and lacked attentiveness, making us feel unwelcome from the start. To add to the disappointment, the food was bland and lacked the vibrant flavors we were expecting. Sadly, this visit did not live up to our expectations, and we’re not inclined to return.

Disappointing First Visit. We recently dined at Sonali and, unfortunately, our experience was underwhelming. The staff appeared disinterested and lacked attentiveness, making us feel unwelcome from the start. To add to the disappointment, the food was bland and lacked the vibrant flavors we were expecting. Sadly, this visit did not live up to our expectations, and we’re not inclined to return. Lee

My husband and I decided to order a takeaway and initially went to place the order online. I decided to call the restaurant directly to avoid the extra 50 pence charge that is placed at the end when paying. We collected our takeaway and left to only discover we had being overcharged by £8 compared to what we would have being charged if we'd ordered using the online service. Unfortunately this has now put us ordering from this restaurant again. Food is lovely but I don't like dishonesty.

We ordered this as a takeaway and it was probably the worst Indian we have ever had. The chicken was over cooked and dry and the sauce was like soup it was so runny. The dhansak was most definitely not a dhansak either.

Nice Food and Company to end a nice evening at the Classic Car show un Beverley.

Food and service both very very good, by far the nicest Indian/Bangladeshi food I have eaten in a long time and at a very reasonable price

Good quality at a reasonable price

Absolutely fantastic. We ate in the restaurant about a week ago and the food was gorgeous. Returned this evening for takeaway and it was amazing - Please keep it up Sonali, can’t wait for another 👍

Ordered take away. Delivery was estimated to be an hour, no worries. It arrived 4 hours later at 1am. No call, no answer, no excuse or apologies. No refund, had to charge back via the bank. Absolutely wild.

Poor service and rude waiter! I was also given ghee (butter) after repeatedly checking and explaining that I'm vegan. I initially asked what the vegan options were and was advised that I could have paneer. I explained that cheese was not vegan, and then discussed options that would be suitable. I was advised by a different member of the team who seemed to have better knowledge of which foods did not contain ghee. Upon receiving my meal and having a couple of mouthfuls I realised that it was swimming in ghee. The staff member i spoke to admitted it was ghee and basically told me it was a misunderstanding as I had just asked for "less oil", which was not true. I asked what they would do if someone had an allergy and I was told that there was no point in getting upset or angry about it. Terrible food and poor customer service. This restaurant advertises the fact that vegan options are available, please be cautious.

The staff are always friendly. The food is lovely especially the onion barjies

We have travelled extensively throughout the world. This is perhaps the worst Indian style food I have had. The butter chicken actually tasted of nothing and to boot had spoonfuls of sugar in it. Chicken Tikka.. I have never seen this bright red before.... There was a few good things poppadom and the after 8 mint

Outstanding curry our favourite restaurant and Indian without doubt

Food arrived 50 minutes late. Was Luke warm if that. Curry’s were the consistency of water and had no flavour at all. Definitely will not be returning.

Great food and great table service..THEN THE MOOD CHANGES FOR THE WORSE…the young waiter wanted cash payment not card…even suggested I go into town and get cash (I politely explained that was not going to happen) so they said card was ok providing I leave a big tip…in the end very reluctantly accepted card WITH NO TIP. Then as a final miserable gesture they regretted that the food we asked to be bagged had been thrown away. Sonali does not have a monopoly…there are other options available in Beverley…

When it first opened this was a lovely place for a meal. Attentive staff, great service and most importantly brilliant food. This has all gone out the window now. Slow and rude service, constantly having to chase for drink orders, ridiculously long wait on food and then when it finally comes just a bowl of soupy grease. Wont be back ever. Gutted.

So disappointed that it took so long for any food to come. We've always rated Sonali Spice very highly, but recently the service has slipped dramatically. The food was good, but we won't hurry back

I booked a table for 2 online on Saturday morning. A couple of hours later I received an email and text confirmation. On arrival at the restaurant the staff were not aware of my booking. I showed them my email confirmation, but they just kept looking up and down their reservations book in disbelief and asked me 3 times if I used a different name. The restaurant was very busy and it was getting embarrassing. I said we’d leave it when one of the staff muttered that he’d find a table. The table was not in a very good position (near the kitchen and door). I said that I prefer to sit on the edge and was told those tables were for people who had booked (I HAD booked!). So we said we’d leave it. There was absolutely no apology given to us from any of the staff. They acted like we were an inconvenience. We use this restaurant regularly and often go with friends too, but no more. It would have spoiled our evening completely, but luckily another restaurant fitted us in.

Food was lukewarm warm , pickle tray ,that cost £3 had 3 of the same dip and that was all. Samosa that cost £7 !!! Was so small a mouse would sink it in one. Chicken Pasanda £7.96 was just two chicken nuggets!! Over all experience with the food was just poor will not order again!!!

We happened across this restaurant a few years ago on recommendation from a friend, so far we have not had reason to complain or not be satisfied whatsoever, the food is excellent, the staff are friendly, courteous and actually remember and welcome you back when you return, generally we go on a Saturday and it's usually really busy, which is a good sign to me that if its that busy, its because it's good. The most recent visit, again it was really busy, but the food came out in good time and the gap between courses was just right to let the starter settle before the main course. A table near us were kicking off at the length of time waiting for food, but on a busy Saturday night what do you expect? I can whole heartedly recommend this restaurant and would rate it as the best in East Yorkshire.

Ordered takeaway, first time using this restaurant. I ordered prawn korahi. Taste was good but the sauce was 50% oil. Rice was dry. Also large chunks of almost raw onion in the sauce. Won't be ordering from here again.

Absolutely awful Ordered our food at 5.50 last night, mains arrived at 7.20. That's a very very long time for a 6 year old to wait for her tea. Spoilt the night. Nobody seemed to be getting any food. Two of the staff stank of body odour. Food was average at best. I've never seen a dry dark jafrezi or a rubbery fish bahji. The waiter refused to do the chicken the way we asked for it for my daughter. When they eventually brought my daughter her desert they brought the wrong one. No apologies, no acknowledgement for everyone having to wait. Couldn't make out the bill as it was hand written and sub totalled as food and drink so who knows if our £145 bill was correct. I would avoid this place like the plague. Ruined our weekend.

Absolutely awful Ordered our food at 5.50 last night, mains arrived at 7.20. That's a very very long time for a 6 year old to wait for her tea. Spoilt the night. Nobody seemed to be getting any food. Two of the staff stank of body odour. Food was average at best. I've never seen a dry dark jafrezi or a rubbery fish bahji. The waiter refused to do the chicken the way we asked for it for my daughter. When they eventually brought my daughter her desert they brought the wrong one. No apologies, no acknowledgement for everyone having to wait. Couldn't make out the bill as it was hand written and sub totalled as food and drink so who knows if our £145 bill was correct. I would avoid this place like the plague. Ruined our weekend.

Well what a great evening! The service was excellent. Had a good laugh with the lads! Go carefull on the vindaloo 🥵♨️. Was red hot but thats what we wanted! Full of flavour & the chicken was super tender! Will be back very soon! 10/10

Waited just over 3hrs and called many times to be told sorry it’s on its way. Terrible service. Don’t order delivery at this place

The slowest takeaway delivery. Recommended by friends, so we thought we would order on a Saturday night. So, you expect service to be a bit slower on a Saturday - but over 2 hours from ordering? Is that really acceptable? Especially when we called for a delivery update after an hour and were told it would be soon on the way. So why lie to us? Do yourself a favour and give these guys a miss.

This should be a great restaurant, which our friends recommended, so we ordered a takeaway delivery. You expect to wait for a reasonable time on a Saturday night. But is 2 hours acceptable? What was more frustrating is that when we called to check progress they said it would be a few minutes - still waited another hour. However good the food - its not worth a 2 hour wait.

Great food, great atmosphere, sensible prices. One of my favourite places to have a curry. Highly recommended

Great staff, so helpful and friendly, amazing food with fabulous choices, always a pleasure eating out here. We where slotted in at short notice.

Shocking food, service and atmosphere Boxing Day hell

Service was very very poor. Took over 20mins for staff to come and take our orders, hard to flag. A waiter had very bad attitude, he threw the cutlery, was very curt and impolite. No shortage of staff, just very poorly trained staff. Food was extremely slow. Expect a 20mins or longer waiter when you've finished your course. Food was mediocre in quality, portions small, very little meat/substance. Toilets male and female did not have toilet roll. Highly do not recommend. Will not be coming back.

Very poor. Ate in the restaurant after having take aways previously. The food came out at separate times making it hard to eat; rice came first, then five minutes later the curry appeared. The curry’s had little protein (4 pieces of chicken) and soup like sauce. Other tables, who ordered after us, had their food quickly. We waited a very long time. I had to get up twice during the meal to chase drinks. I asked for four drinks and each time only one would appear. When I asked to speak with the manager, we waited at our table for a conversation. The manager looked over but would not approach the table. Therefore, I had to go and find him. He was rude and put our experience down to “not booking”. I would avoid this restaurant at all costs.

Been going to this restaurant for around 4/5 years now. It’s our favourite Bangladeshi restaurant in Beverley to meet up with work colleagues. Clean & tidy place, staff are quick & efficient. Food is always good.

Very poor. Ate in the restaurant after having take aways previously. The food came out at separate times making it hard to eat; rice came first, then five minutes later the curry appeared. The curry’s had little protein (4 pieces of chicken) and soup like sauce. Other tables, who ordered after us, had their food quickly. We waited a very long time. I had to get up twice during the meal to chase drinks. I asked for four drinks and each time only one would appear. When I asked to speak with the manager, we waited at our table for a conversation. The manager looked over but would not approach the table. Therefore, I had to go and find him. He was rude and put our experience down to “not booking”. I would avoid this restaurant at all costs.

Solo, but treated like a star Food was really good, had a rogan Josh, naan and rice. Naan seemed a little dry, but soft. Rice was good, as was the curry

Great food , helpful friendly staff

Be careful!! Went here on Saturday evening with two friends after a few beers around Beverley - it came highly recommended too. We left feeling disappointed and felt ripped off - would definitely not recommend!!! Having had the pickle tray and papadums between us, we orders a curry each and shared two rice, one chips and one nan bread. With a beer each, we were charged over £100!!! Check you bill as this was definitely wrong and we won't be going back! I don't like leaving bad reviews but I also don't like being ripped off. Such a shame as it is a nice setting...

Just got back from Sonali Spice . Lovely night out with my brother and friend . First time at this restaurant and we will definitely be returning! Fabulous food, really good service. Lovely friendly staff!! Thankyou. See you next time and we will definitely be recommending!!

First time ordering from this restaurant, an option listed through JustEat. Delivery was prompt, no complaint there. And price was reasonable/comparative to other similar restaurants. However, maybe my expectations need to be adjusted. I am from Glasgow, so my curry expectations are essentially the country benchmark. What I received this evening was far below that benchmark. I ordered fish pakora. I received some sort of breadcrumbed fish goujon. Whatever it was, was not pakora. And let's not discuss the accompanying sauce. I ordered tandoori grill - most of which was made up of some chicken thigh on the bone, rather than breast meat. Always find these a wee bit dodgy, as 90% of the time the meat is not properly cooked and I hate having to play with my food before eating it! Ordered a peshawari naan, that was described as filled with mixed fruit as it should be. What I got was half a naan filled with nowt but dessicated coconut. Not impressed. There is one thing not fulfilling my expectations as to what constitutes a proper curry, but to not deliver a product as advertised is unacceptable. Poor show.

Meals perfect staff excellent and helpful. Good job because restaurant was empty.

Very tasty food with a good selection.

A great restaurant with a good choice of food at reasonable prices. The fish selection is also good compared to other restaurants and always very tasty The staff are always friendly and make you feel very welcome.

Always have had an excellent meal and the staff are very helpful and friendly

Order as a delivery to our house. Never been to this restaurant before. Easy ordering service through Just Eat. Good value for money. Really nice food. Good portion sizes. Easy process...would use this restaurant again Delivery was on time.

Booked last minute for a Saturday night, glad we did soon filled up. Once we got the food we could understand why it was full. Amazing food, great range of dishes and drinks, absolutely outstanding! Will definitely return when next in the area!

Staff not very good seemed to rush us food not good expensive for what we got all sauce and not enough chicken rice very dry and not a lot of meat in Nan bread would not return but onion bhaji perfect

Best meal for a long time, will definitely be going back. Staff lovely

Unfortunately the experience at Sonali Spice was disappointing. Although the restaurant wasn’t that busy we waited a long time for the food to arrive, and when it did the order was not correct and some items were missing and it took time to rectify this. The staff weren’t always that attentive. The food wasn’t bad, however the Korma was mostly sauce and had limited meat. The restaurant was clean and tidy but not in a hurry to return

The staff were friendly and the restaurant is nicely decorated. The food isn't good. We had Poppadoms and pickle trays to start. It had no taste. I had a chicken tikka bhuna, which was described as having a rich thick sauce. There was hardly any sauce, and it was drowning in oil. The only nice part of the meal was the garlic naan. Really disappointed.

The food was lovely. The service was brilliant too. Would recommend and will be returning, in the future.

A group of us went last Saturday. Service was good. It was busy so atmosphere was good. Food was a bit disappointing as the curry had oil swimming on the top which is quite off putting. Would we go again , not in a hurry.

We ordered chutney and pickle tray and we did not get it. This is the 2nd time its happened!

Sonali take way. Well, in my experience a madras would be spicy and give a bit of a kick. Not the case but if you like four pieces of lamb in a bit of gravy you are laughing. If not well disappointment is it. Sonali spice is misleading as there was no spice. If i had of wanted four lamb chunks in gravy i wouldve gone elsehere in the hope of a lamb madras. The naan was good but the curry? Really really poor. If you want a curry go to McDonald’s as you stand a better chance than Sonali Spice. Dont get me started on the prawn masala. Over the phone they admit error yet nothing to provide a solution. Marks out of ten? Erm yeah.

Ordered a takeaway for 9 of us sat night. 75% of the meals where poor. 4 bits of chicken or lamb in a dish is way OFF the mark. The sauces mainly looked like red / yellow water. Absolutely poor food. Won't be returning. Akash is 10 x better.

Just ordered king prawn shashlik masala to be delivered. It was cold and had king prawns in shells which was not on the description. Due to the sauce I couldn’t see what bit was prawn or shell and ended up with prawn ‘legs’ all over the dish. Very expensive and very disappointing

Very nice atmosphere, food was impeccable very tasty cooked to perfection. Staff were very professional and customer service was on point. All round 10/10

Excellent customer service,excellent food,best restaurant in Beverly

Fabulous hidden gem! Lovely food, great service and good value for money

Absolutely fantastic food last night. Really spot on

Thoroughly enjoyed the visit good food Friendly staff

Had a lovely family meal here food was lovely and staff even lovelier

Absolutely descusting never again will me and my friends ever order a takeaway from hear again can not believe how bad this was 😡😡

Lovely food & excellent customer service again. We've tried others but this is by far the best for us.

Put simply, the best Tandoori Restaurant in Beverley for food and service. Friendly, welcoming and enjoyable. You won't be dissapointed.

Couldn’t fault anything at all. Fitted us in as we just turned up without a booking (won’t do that again). Food and service was amazing. Thank you.

I really enjoyed my first visit last night .

AMAZING!!! The food is 10/10 every time. Would highly recommend. The best Curry house by far.

Clean tidy restaurant, Fantastic food with very generous portions. Excellent friendly staff.

Friendly staff, nice food. Good quality and price.

We recently moved to Beverley and have had a few takeaways from here , but this week we decided to eat in last minute. Absolutely first class service and food. Best I've had for some time and I grew up in Birmingham so I know about curry. Lovely waiters and very helpful. 10/10 guys 👍 Looking forward to being known as a regular customer.

The staff are excellent and the food was very good definitely recommend. 👍🏼

Great decor, service and food. Best Indian I have tasted for a long time. Totally recommend.

Ordered a pick up for me and my wife after work Gave me someone else’s order Didn’t realise to I got home to leven. Called them to let them know as the meal we got stuck with was less than the one we payed for , the guy we spoke to didn’t seem interested It’s a shame the food from here is usually very good I won’t be going again

We went for a curry after a few drinks on New Year's Eve. It was very busy for obvious reasons, but the staff, despite being under pressure, coped admirably with a great sense of humour and efficient service.

We booked for eighteen people on New Years Eve. Nothing was too much trouble and the staff were efficient and interacted with guests with a good sense of humour. Everyone really enjoyed their meal. A good time was had by all and the food was exceptional.

Great food and service, would recommend.

All good, nice food & good prices, also good staff, (free Bailey's) Would recommend

Great food and the staff are special.

Consistently good!! Quality food, service excellent and a lovely dining room.

It is with a heavy heart that we are having to leave this poor review. We have always been regular customers of Sonali Spice but over the course of this year we have seen the quality of service and food fall dramatically. We visited again yesterday evening and was truly shocked by the poor standard. The service is so slow and most of the staff seem totally disinterested in their customers experience. We both ordered different mixed starters and main meals, but the chicken was so salty it was barely edible. The portion sizes are now considerably smaller than previously, but are presented in a different way as if to decieve. I should have raised my complaints earlier but chose to do so when paying the bill. I just really hope they take this complaint seriously otherwise they will continue to lose even more customers.

Another great find in Beverley! This restaurant has been here for some time yet we have only just tried it , we're so glad we did. The staff are very engaging, incredibly friendly and attentive. The food is beautifully presented and absolutely delicious, the Onion Baji is a must! The restaurant is spacious and comfortable, very clean. Definitely one to try.