Star Anise in Leeds

Lack of flavour and not much meat!! Won’t get our custom again

First time we have ordered from Star Anise. We were not disappointed, great tasty food and good portion sizes.

The sauce was thin like warer 5 small pieces of chicken tikka ..thought it would of been better for price

***** excellent test of food with customer service

Easily best indian takeaway around

fab food, we all really enjoyed it

this was so delicious, i don't think i've ever had a madras that flavourful before. delivery didn't take long either. included a free popadom too which was a nice surprise

Unfortunately, this was genuinely awful food - I don’t like leaving bad reviews but on this one, it is justified. Dried out rice which appeared to be cooked on a previous day but microwaved tonight - The curry certainly didn’t appear to be what I ordered and the chapatti was cold/dried out and not fresh - I personally got a bad order - I won’t use them again ( apologies but it’s an honest review ) March 29th 2024

Excellent curry and good portions. I’ll definitely be coming back.

Very disappointed I had a full card of loyalty stamps to discount of my order only to discover you hadn’t applied it to my food order.very disappointing considering I’m a local and loyal customer.

Food was good but I remember a time when you ordered a takeaway for delivery and it was delivered to your door. Unfortunately nowadays you pay for delivery and get a phone call to go and collect it from down the street whist the delivery driver sits in there car. Good food but not the best delivery service.

No salad or sauce with the starters

Delicious food, best in Leeds in my opinion. Very authentic.

Quality was amazing, customer service was perfect and I’m really impressed. Will be back here again 10/10

This would have been even better if there had been a few more pieces of Lamb Tikka in the sauce. But it was all tasty and we really enjoyed it.

Standard food, not bad but wouldn't go back.

The food was cold on arrival and the onion bhajis were burnt to a crisp and inedible, I will have to make contact for a refund.

Very poor..Must do better in the future

The portions were very small, especially the starter, and the flavour overall was a bit over oily. I ordered two puppadoms and that was literally what I got. Normally other restaurants I have ordered from are more generous. My main issue was the overall flavour. I didn't like it. I tried this place as someone said was good, but for me, I was disappointed. They did deliver quickly though.

Perfect food , really tasty , meat cooked to perfection, polite delivery driver , thank you very much

Perfect food , very polite delivery man , thank you

Butterfly king prawn overcooked and dry. Chapati pretty good, soft but a little crisp in the middle. Tandoori chicken madras very nice, perfect amount of spice for a madras. The dilevery driver had the order for over 30 minutes for a 9 minute ride and turned up on a cab. Maybe took some fares then dropped of my food as I wasn't very warm.

No matter how many times I add notes to my order asking for a dish to be milder, they always ignore me - so this evening I couldn’t eat my dinner!

Really delicious curries, and delivered very hot and fresh.

Butter chicken was really tasty, good flavour and not too spicy. Mushroom rice also very nice. Both were good sized portions. Thank you!

If I could put 0 that would some it up ,ordered from here for the first time because of the reviews,the food was disgusting and all went in the bin.

Perfect and the best chips i have ever had!

I like it so much , Im a regular customer

Great curry, delivered quickly and hot! No better in the north of leeds as a delivery option

The food here is beyond restaurant quality. It is absolutely superb. I haven't had a take away curry this good ever before. I have tried a number of different dishes and each one is stunning. You simply must give it a try.

Best Indian Bangladeshi food highly recommended

Food is always good here. I had tried to use a just eat gift card to pay. When I opted to use cash to pay the excess , knowing that they ask for cash only , the credit from the card was removed with no explanation. Star Anise could not help resolve the problem and it wasnt easy to find the information that eventually explained that the credit could not be used with cash. It was very frustrating and we are out of pocket having had to pay put for a meal we would not have had if we hadnt been given the voucher as a gift. Also very frustrating to have no route on the site to get help at the time. Also feel quite wary of similar issues when we try to use the credit again.

Mushroom rice was fabulous, keema naan was also tasty but for the first time ever, the curry was a major disappointment. While there was plenty of chicken there was no depth of flavour I usually find in curries ordered from here. Not sure that I would order again, although hopefully I just had the result of the chef’s ‘off day’

Not very nice, salad was ok need i say more i won't be ordering again 🤢

Always great kebabs and veggie sides. My favourite Indian takeaway in the area. Two thumbs up!

This place is amazing the food is so delicious every time we have ordered its been a 10 out of 10 I can not fault the food at all. Customer service is awesome any mistakes made are delt with in a timely fashion. Always happy with the product and service from here.

Excellent as usual. Lots of sauce as requested, best keema Nan with strips of keema laid in the middle. Tasty, fresh ingredients expertly cooked and delivered on time - highly recommend!

Positive: Quality of cooking was to a good standard; the curries, onion bhajis, pilau and naan had great texture and freshness. Pilau was fragrant. Negative: I was disappointed by the lack of intensity in the flavour of the curries, compared to similar dishes at most other restaurants. It seemed like most of the flavour came from base sauce, so any spicing felt delicate as a result.

Food was not tasty and I was scared to eat meat. Also sauces some seemed like made with just water and a drop of yoghurt.. rice did not Looked fresh too. Could not give it to kids. And payed a lot for all.. so not happy.

Food was so nice and still really hot when it came! Delivery man very polite. 14/10, will order again.

Always very good quality and service!!!

We asked for the two Chana masalas to be made mild but unfortunately they were so spicy that we couldn’t eat them so both portions went to waste and we were left quite disappointed and unsatisfied.

I can’t say anything much about the food I have been waiting 2 hours I phoned the restaurant as that was my only option and they said it’s on the way half hour later still no food never again I will order from this place so yeh need to try a get my money and order somewhere else lovely 👎🏻

Seekh kebab was not very meaty. Tasted like a vegetarian sausage. Not very much chicken in either dish

Food arrived hot and in expected time. Food was delicious, spicy but not too much which was perfect for me. I appreciated the complimentary poppadom.

The food is excellent but totally spoiled by delivery issues. 2 weeks running I had to phone to chase order 25 minutes late. Second time arrived by taxi! So for that reason I wouldn't order delivery. Just not reliable. If you live near enough, order and pick up

A very nice Prawn Madras with boiled rice and plain bread has long been my favourite Indian food, and this was great!

They sent us the wrong order and were quite rude when i tried to sort it with them over the phone. Had to make do with what they sent us but then 45 minutes later they brought the right order over. This is nice however, it was too late as we had already eaten but would have appreciated it being sorted sooner. The food was lovely though.

Whole family agreed best takeaway curry by miles 🍷

Very nice , order it and arrived 20 minutes later piping hot

Food is always nice and hot and extremely delicious

Kebabs were less than average, looked like it had been thrown in the box, very little salad and chips were vile fat filled and very undercooked

Good size portion and delivered fairly quickly. The food was unfortunately cold though

Everything was very tasty, lovely and light poppadoms, excellent service too.. Best curry takeaway in Horsforth & Takeaway!!!

absolute filth greasy food are you joking me

Amazing food. The best curry I've had in.a long time.

Chicken tikka masala is sooo good!!

First time to try this place, lovely Chicken Curry's, we tried 5 different ones and they were all good! Good Onion Bhargi's too.

Great good thanks best takeaway curry 👍🍷

Good food. I called the restaurant to make sure my curry would be Asian style, spicy but not too spicy however my curry arrived very very sweet which was odd. Naan was fresh and absolutely lovely. Saag paneer was not saag. It was a bit of spinach and paneer. Could have been amazing if the curry was spicy.

Quite simply the most beautiful restaurant quality food and service. The onion Bhajis are unbelievable. The 3 different dishes we had were all clearly different and paid attention to. Freshness all over including the side salad. To top it off the tandoori starter was immense. After many many years, I'm leaving my favourite place for Star Anise. My first order and one of many to come in the future. I will spread the word guys. Highly recommended!

Order from here all the time cannot fault it at all smashing food

First time ordered it and will definitely use again. Great flavour and tasted fresh too! Only slight thing was the lamb curry sauce was quite soupy but still great

Fantastic takeaway, 2nd order in a week and same great standard. Very happy that it’s our local Indian takeaway

The most delicious takeaway curry we’ve had in years, great quality, arrived quickly. Very pleased

First time ordering and was really impressed. Super tasty and big portions.

Arrived way too late. Arrived cold. With that combination I didn't eat it. Won't order again.

The most amazing taste I could ever have...the only downside was the green leafy stuff...that didn't work well with it...besides that I'd order from you again :)

Excellent food every time and great service

first order from here. Order time was good, food excellent which is the main thing. Will order again

Amazing meal, again! Thank you

Lovely. meal. Prompt delivery. Will definitely be ordering again. 😊

Food was delicious, best Indian meal we have had for a long while!

Very wholesome meal, just like in a restaurant, thank you Star Anise!

Excellent food as always, but delivered 30 minutes early. Was ok on this occasion but if not would have been extremely unhappy

Great kebab and my wife loved the Saag Paneer!

Absolutely amazing will definitely be ordering again. 😍 lamb tikka main, chicken korma both lovely nice cuts of meat not fatty at all and cooked nicely but the Persian kebab special main OMG! HEAVENLY! I can't wait to order again

Great delivery 20 mins early chicken tikka was really nice but the vindaloo was more like a madras even thou I asked for it to be extra spicy probably next time I will ask for a phall

Bhajis that really crunch, small pack of fresh salad, honey sweetened sauce, and that's just for starters :) Really great fresh tasting food. Strongly recommend.

Best Indian food we've had in a long time and red hot too

We always order from here and always amazing

Delicious food! Glad we came across this place, will be our new go to for Indian takeaway! Although, we did order 2 x rices, not sure if we got one by mistake or the portions are small - just to be mindful of if wanting rice between 2 people.

Jalfrezi tasted like a cheap Chinese chicken curry was the strangest meal I’ve had

Food was good. However the delivery driver tried to walk into our house rather than knock on the door. When he realised the door was locked he then knocked

Came way too fast, got the korma & it was like watery soup. Not sweet at all and about 5 prices of chicken. Absolutely appalling.

Excellent food, best Indian takeaway I’ve found near me (Horsforth) since moved here 2 years ago. Fabulous quality food brilliantly cooked. Highly recommend

Notified delivery was on its way at the time it was due to be delivered

Overall not quite as hot as some places but flavourful dishes with plenty of decent sized meat and veg. Very happy

Great quality food, really tasty!

Always great service and the food is delicious. Best lamb tikka ever :)

First order was fine but this evening the food was not edable. Kebab meat and chips was absultly drowned in fat the carrier bag was full of oil. Called the restaurant and they wasn't helpful at all I advised I will leave a bad review and now it looks like they changed the status back to driver on the way so I was unable to leave a review. So I desided to leave one on my previous order. Will never use these again. If I was able to upload a picture I would so you can desde for yourself. But I would definitely stay clear of the place

Ordered the special fried rice, nothing special about it just plain fried rice why pay the extra for not getting what u order, rip off.

Delicious food, first time we have ordered, definitely won’t be the last, delivery was unbelievably quick too, thank you

Excellent!! The delivery arrived exactly on the time we’d asked for, driver was very pleasant. The curry was delicious, very tasty indeed. I would have preferred a few more chicken pieces in the Dhansak, but the sauce was superb. Garlic naan was great too. Thank you for the free popadom! We will definitely be ordering from here again.

Really nice food had chicken tikka curry, prawn curry, keema pilau and sag paneer with garlic naan. I had onion bhaji and veg samosa. The starters were not very nice the onion bhaji was incinerated. The rice and Curry's and saag paneer were very nice and I would order again happily. The naan were not garlicky at all though. If the starters and naan had been better I would have given a 5/5.

So glad we’ve found this place! 3 orders so far. Tasty food, fast delivery! Everything tastes so fresh and authentic and the best thing is no layer of oil on top of the curry!! Generous with the portions and really good value for money…we will be regulars!!!

Delivery driver was lovely. Starters were tasty overall but onion bhajis were slightly over done. Pilau rice was too fragrant for my taste. We had lamb rogan josh and lamb dopiaza.. they were both like stew. Bit of a mixed review overall!

Great food and service from Star Anise as always. Thanks and keep up the good work.

Excellent. Food is amazing. 2nd time ordering. Will definitely order again.

Really nice high quality food every time.