Taste of India IoW in Isle of Wight

Waste of money, very poor quality food. Nicer Indian meals come prepacked at supermarkets!

Vegetarian options are very poor. Veg Korma and Veg Masala, basically potato in a sugary sauce. Very inauthentic, any flavour overwhelmed by the sweetness.

Collected a takeaway. Veggie options with coconut rice, poppadoms and coconut naan. Absolutely superb 10/10, thank you 🙂

Just had the best Indian meal we've ever had out. We were a table of 6 and all said exactly the same. Food excellent, great friendly service, spotlessly clean and value for money, well done.

We visited Taste of India for the ‘banquet night’. The food was delicious with massive portions. Excellent service. Would definitely recommend! We will return😊

We found this gem of a restaurant by chance and so glad we did. The service was fantastic, and the food was amazing. We eat a lot of Indian food wherever we go, and we have to say this was one of the best meals we've had. The food was hot, tasty, well seasoned, and not greasy at all. The restaurant is unlicensed, but you can take your own alcohol. Highly recommended, and we will most definitely return whenever we visit the island.

Worst experience we didn't even get to taste the food and left as staff was rude and seems didn't wanted to serve food

Nice restaurent with good food......have scope of improvement.....

I ordered a take-away chicken Jalfrezi with plain rice. The meal actually consisted of a few pieces of stringy chicken in a very sloppy red hot sauce. Chicken Jalfrezi is normally a tomato-based spicy curry made with tender boneless chicken pieces, bell peppers, and onion. There were no vegetables in my dish. If 'A Taste of India' wishes to remain in business they need to provide much better quality food. I live in East Cowes and will never return to this restaurant.

Food is absolutely fantastic 😍 if there is ever a problem they are super quick to fix it and the staff are so helpful. Restaurant is very quiet however and it's a shame but never seems to have many people there. Could do with some background music to help the atmosphere but otherwise a fantastic local restaurant.

I have eaten in and had lots of takeaways, i can safely say, it is one of the best places to to eat authentic Indian food. I absolutely love the children tikka, bombay alloo and everything i have ever eaten, yummy, yum!!!!!!!! Fabulous food. 😘😘😘😘😘🍲🍲🍲🍲🍲😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Very disappointed in our takeaway tonight first time trying this place and the portion size is tiny and then there was no flavours at all in our curries! Will not be going there again ,wanted my money back 😒

"Perhaps you would be better off eating canned food."

Let me put it bluntly: the restaurant was an utter disappointment. It was an empty restaurant, yet the staff still couldn't be bothered to muster even a hint of decency. It was like we were trespassing on their personal space by showing up. If you enjoy being treated like an inconvenience, by all means, dine here. Otherwise, do yourself a favor and steer clear of this establishment.

Terrible customer service! One staff member was exceptionally rude and disrespectful towards customers. The menu was disappointing. Won't be returning.

Visited Taste of India for my Birthday treat. We found that the staff were very friendly, informative and polite. Ordered starters, the set meal for four and extra naan but this was way too much for 5 of us. Food was tasty, meat dishes were succulent and the veggies were perfect! Had to bring lots of food home. Left a big tip for great service.

Always excellent food and service

My daughter ordered chicken korma, the chicken was under cooked.

The staff were very pleasant, the restaurant itself was clean and well presented and the service was good. However the food was poor quality. I like Indian food and this wasn't Indian food. The curry was sweet, I actually almost asked if they had mixed up the salt and sugar, but even the naan was sweet. There was no real taste to anything , all quite bland. I was disappointed, I ordered tikka masala and it had less spice and taste than the microwave version I buy at the supermarket.

Always great food nd I enjoy eating in the restaurant nice relaxed atmosphere

This order was a take away .£79. 00 1hour 15 minutes later food arrived only tepid warm , poorest portions ever . Tikka masala has 4/5 portions of Chicken per serving . I rand up to complain and was asked to ring tomorrow as they were extremely busy and they did not have the time to deal with my complaint . So much for custom satisfaction . The portions were swimming in sauce , quite tasteless , very over priced . Will defiantly not recommend or buy from this company again . I was offered a refund if I rang back in 24 hours .

Tucked away in almost a side street, this restaurant is a must to visit. We had the set meal for 2 which was more than enough to eat. The food was of good quality and highly recommended.

Collected a takeaway for the family en route to our holiday cottage. Very poor quality curries. Hardly any meat and watery sauce.

I mean I knew it wasn’t going to be great but this was just sad. Moved to the island recently and was excited to see a local halal Indian, yes I was expecting Indian takeaway food but this was more depressing than I expected. The texture of the meat was strange, the lamb was rubbery and hard, the chicken pieces in the curry were the same microwaved rubbery ones from the shashlik (you could see the skewer holes). The curry sauces were quite bland but overly salted. Although we did ask them to make it extra spicy and they did. The naan was tough and chewy. And to top it all off the gentleman on the phone taking the order was quite dismissive and short. Just wanted to try it the one time but know now to try elsewhere.

Excellent service and food was very good and tasty. We had the set meal for 2. This restaurant doesn’t have an alcohol license, which we didn’t know about, but this wasn’t a problem as the Co-op was still open so hurried along to buy some beer. The restaurant staff willingly offered bottle opener and glasses. Thank you.

My husband and I enjoyed our takeaway - vegetable samosas and saag aloo were really nice. Only reason I'm giving 4 out of 5 stars is because we ordered one chicken and one vegetable curry and they were mainly sauce - very thin on the "fillings" and the sauces were a little runny but would happily order again regardless.

The lady in the lobby was lovely but the other person couldn’t care much for customer service - really rude chap. Mixed tandoori was okay but the lamb was hard, couldn’t bite into most of it. Avoid egg fried rice - tasted like raw tumeric mixed with rice so went straight into the bin. Restaurant didn’t have any cutlery in their take away. Given they knew we had a ferry to catch they could’ve mentioned this at the beginning - it’s really a deal breaker when you order rice. It was a nightmare to convince my hungry kids to eat naan instead. Well, ended up having to search other places for cutlery which could’ve been avoided. Overall not worth it.

Good service and food was okay but could be tastier.

Amazing food thank you very quick for pick up and very fresh professional service and staff was polite and friendly

The food was okay but my lamb boona was not spicy at all and not as soft as I would expect. Customer service was amazing and chicken jalfrezi was really nice with some Mr Naga so I advise you to order this and rice and you will enjoy it. Unfortunately they don't have high chair but otherwise lovely environment and kind staff who will try to help or fix things.

Date of Visit : 5th and 6th May 2023. Location: The location is very convenient, only one minute drive from the exit point (Isle of Wight) of Red Funnel Ferry and may be 4 minutes’ walk. Come out of the Ferry, go straight, and take the third exit from the roundabout, then turn left (Restaurant is on right hand side – one way). Plenty of Council Control Car Park that can be used. Food: The food was really delicious, and you can find varieties of Veg and Non-Veg options.  You can also request food either to be spicy or less spicy depends on your choice and they will be happy to do so. Quality: Food quality was brilliant, and portion is really better. Price: I must say the prices were really great, and for group of 4 Adults it only cost us £60. Staff: All the Staff members of Restaurant were really helpful and made our experience pleasant. They were interactive and guide us with places to visit. I must add they have great patience level, as it took a while for us to decide on our order. I had a wonderful experience, and I would highly recommend this Restaurant to others.

Just had a delivery from here for the first time. It was absolutely beautiful food. It’s the first time I have ever enjoyed Indian cuisine. I’ve never been a lover but my husband loves it so I thought we would have a delivery this evening. It was very very good and I am now a covert. We will be ordering from here again next week and will only use this Indian restaurant.

Had a takeaway tonight, prawn curry and egg fried rice, without doubt the best Indian food I have ever tasted. I will certainly go back again.

We come here often and as such don't review, however, our food is always of such a high standard, the staff are great. We always have a laugh with them and tonight I had the best tandoori mixed grill I have had. These guys are so busy with takeaway, but always make us feel welcome. We will be back....again.

I had an incredible biriyani last night the chef that makes them is an absolute national treasure as its the best biriyani I've ever had, they definitely have alot of talent. Also got some naans and onoin baijjs and they were all cooked to perfection. Who ever is making this stuff needs a raise. As for the chicken balti it was mediocre and oily.

Will not be ordering from here again, customer service is a joke, rude staff members, refusing to speak when spoken to, a 3rd party company sent an email offering 15% off when next ordering as we’ve ordered several times before when ordered through the link it didn’t honor the discount, when we asked the staff why this was the case they just said it wasn’t down to them but they would look into it when we asked them who the 3rd party company was so we can speak with them and ask why there sending out emails like that we were told they couldn’t say and then stood there on there phones ignoring us! Rude rude rude food was also cold when we got home and only live 2 mins away! Absolutely shocking service wouldn’t recommend it at all! Would be putting 0 stars but it won’t let you

Placed an order for delivery, took nearly 2hours to be delivered- no answer when I called to check if there was a problem? When the driver finally arrived he shoved the bag at me, food was cold, stodgy, tasteless - we couldn’t eat it, sadly ended up in bin. Tried numerous times to contact the restaurant so they could address my complaint, no response. Particularly annoying as I paid extra for delivery & gave a tip at the time of order online.

Yeah not great, didn't have high expectations being from London I'm used to the good stuff the food here was really bland Chicken Tikka Masala was way too sweet the rest of the set meal was fine but no real effort in terms of seasoning It's a shame but not surprised They take card and service is good so not all doom and gloom 3/5

Had a Take away delivery, did not attend restaurant collection not permitted. couldnt find anywhere to report takeaway quality.

Food came an hour and a half after order was placed, taste of India lol taste of arctic more like, food was cold, not impressed at all more flavour in a sweaty sock 👎 the veg curry sauce had more oil in it than the middle East oh and before anybody questions my opinion, I was born and raised in Bradford, the curry capital of the UK. I know curry, that offering was terrible. I know many people won't visit but if you do, Akbar's in Bradford is a taste sensation. I can't believe how poor my meal was tonight, I really wish Cowes tandoori delivered to my place, it's the best on the island 👍👍👍👍👍

We are visiting from the mainland. Saw this place on line and what a place it was. Stunning restaurant. Staff were very friendly. The food was absolutely incredible and was the best curry I have ever had. Will be coming back next year. If you haven't been before then get yourself down there you be disappointed.

One of the best curry houses on the Isle of Wight.

Really great, was not expecting it to be so good from the outside. Ordered maybe 10 dishes and each was amazing!

Waiter Saiful was extremely rude which forced us to cut short out visit. I believe this is definitely not a joint ran by Indians.

Unfriendly staff, started arguing with the customers. Pathetic service, won’t come close to this place

Very welcoming. Good food including vegetarian food. They were very accommodating with our drinks- don’t forget if you want alcohol: bring your own. They do have a large selection of non alcoholic drinks.

First impression was there was a lot of sauce and no substance. We ordered the set meal for 2. 3 little bits of chicken and 3 burnt onion bhajis as the starter. The chicken tikka masala was chicken bits swimming in a lurid sweet red sauce, definitely not cooked together. There were 4 bits of fatty lamb in the bhuna and for some reason 2 containers of a veg curry with no flavour but loads of slimy potato. I don't think any of it had seen any spices.Would I go there again, definitely not and would recommend that noone did. The staff did not speak to my husband when he ordered or when he collected the ghastly meal.

Ordered two curries both were jaw achingly sweet with palm sugar and the naan was dry as a bone. The Tikka I ordered had no hint of the tangy savoury flavour you'd expect in the most basic tikka sauce. Just extremely sweet bright red sauce...

I spent over twenty pounds on take away for my husband and I, it was delivered very fast but tasted revolting! The tikka was bright fake red and extremely sweet, as if filled with sugar. The lamb was undetectable in flavour and the garlic naan tasted of literally nothing. Somehow even the rice was sweet and so dry even though it was supposed to be fried.I threw it away. I will not be trying again. Not recommended.

Food was all sweet and all tasted the same despite being three supposedly different dishes. Inedible

Not good very watery mor like soups struggled to find the chicken had half a cabbage though, taste not good. Sorry to say as I looked forward to my meal.

not sure where the negative reviews have come from. My wife and I had dinner there this evening. The guys were very friendly and at the same time courteous. The food was of good standard well prepared and presented. The resturant is well laid out and clean with good quality accessories. We will be back.

Curry’s were very bland and not correct. Garlic naan was stale. And I’m sure that raita is off. Wouldn’t get a takeaway again, very pricey too compared to others.

Not very nice had king prawn biryani loads of cooked rice with little bits of veg... prawns were like rubber... complained and credit to the restaurant 25% discount.

Good service, nice food and reasonably priced.

Great food, very helpful and attentive staff - please be aware that at the time of writing they do not have an alcohol licence so it’s soft drinks or bring your own. Lady in their tonight took it as a personal slight she couldn’t get...

Superb food and staff very accommodating. Dined there last night 30th January.

1st time trying food from this restaurant. Never again..

We have dined in this restaurant and have had several takeaways and always been happy until last night 18th of January. I had a chicken pasanda and my husband had a chicken balti his balti was extremely oily.In both dishes the chicken was extremely red like tikka. The sag aloo was extremely greasy and oily, the mushroom rice had huge slices of mushrooms that did not taste of anything and it too was dripping in oil, we will not be using the Taste of India in East Cowes again.

I ordered a lamb biriani for collection and apart from the abrupt attitude of the person taking the call the food was plentiful and hot with none of the usual oiliness. Will use again.

ordered online they took the money to then reject the order and ask to call them, I called them and they rudely said no delivering tonight and that was that. awful customer service mediocre food don't waste your time

Terrible service they take your money online and then when you ring to chase your order they tell you they are not delivering and u just have to wait for the refund. Awful online system why take the money if the order isn't going to be honoured?

Food was nice BUT the meat was very limited 8 pieces of lamb for £11.50 a joke! We ordered sides Bombay potato and sag aloo £5.85 each was not worth the money 4 pieces of potato in each bowl not impressed!! And to top that...

Amazing experience, totally superb service, staff so accommodating and professional. Food is absolutely the best I’ve ever tasted for an Indian cuisine. Well presented establishment offering the best India has to offer from East Cowes Isle of Wight. Non licensed premises with a being your...

This is our second visit here and they went above and beyond to make my birthday a very special one! The food was absolutely delicious and as a frequent traveler to Goa I have eaten in a lot of well known and popular establishments so...

Very abrupt attitude from taking the phone call to handing the takeaway to me. The lamb biriani was the worst I’ve ever had. The meat content was poor and so much oil! I threw it away and didn’t even bother to eat it. Never again!

Its the first time eating at taste india and im very impressed with the cleanliness, the attitude and welcoming of the staff. Really good food, highly recommend.

Lovely fresh food,Good service. Best of all we could bring are own wine/Beer. Great to have them back open in East Cowes.

I'm a local and they put their prices up after just reopening for cowes week . I have told all not to use this greedy restaurant.

Now it's not terrible but just a few bits letting it down and it's become to often to be an off chance. Sometimes the food can be swimming in oil others perfect. Always missing something from delivery, last time ordered 8 cans received 5 different to what had been ordered and this time missing 1x steam rice, 1 garlic naan and the only can of drink on the order. After a phone call was told I had only ordered 2 breads not 3 and the rest was just missing so I agreed to pay for the extra bread in redelivery. After checking my order confirmation in email it was all on there as I ordered so had to phone back and say I've paid for it. After lengthy to and fro saying they'd charged me different from my confirmation etc and basically blaming me and then their online system he said ah yes it is all on there. He then said so we won't worry about the charge for the extra naan, I lost it a little, making it out your doing me a favour. No mention of a discount or any good will gesture 1 for blaming me and 2 having to wait for half my dinner to turn up so I could enjoy my meal 20 minutes after the 1st delivery by which time half had cooled down. Shocking customer service really. So you may be lucky and get all your meal and then you may be lucky and it all be perfectly cooked it can happen but you just don't know, Russian roulette takeaway!

Took 2 hours to arrive; three phone calls, all rudely recieved. Food was stone cold and missing items we had ordered and paid for. What we did have was rubbish - bland, mushy and not fresh. I have messaged and phoned and been ignored. Avoid.

A little late on delivery but I don't really mind that. Tastes great and good price. The sole reason its 3 stars is forgetfulness. I've ordered 3 times and each time something on my order is missing. The first time was a starter, second time was a portion of rice and the most recent was 3 cans of drink. They apologised yes and offered the same item free next time, but it doesn't change the annoyance that this has happened every time I've ordered so far

We were the first couple to arrive the evening we dined at the restaurant. Civid procedures were followed and we felt as safe as you could be under the circumstances. The menu choice was extensive. The food itself was very tasty and enjoyable. The staff,...

Where to start with this one?? Me and my brothers ordered takeaway from here last night. Had a Rogan Josh, lamb bhuna and a spicy chicken curry. Firstly we were gobsmacked as my brother lives in Ryde and our food arrived in 15 minutes!! I...

the delivery lady was very polite, the food arrived on time. The food was fantastic, great taste. Definitely will be ordering again.

I had the chicken Jalfraizi, pilau rice and keema naan delivered and it was excellent. Good delivery, good sized portions and nice and hot.

Food is reasonable. Reasonably priced. Nothing above average. Always can improve. Friendly staff

First take away since new ownership, booked through the Taste of India website,, so easy. Arrived on time, large portions, excellent quality. Very impressed, will be ordering again.

Available on Just Eat which is a bonus and a nice Indian take away with some nice speciality dishes as well as the classics. Delivery is usually rapid in the Covid lockdown but can take a while if the restaurant is also open. Food is...

Absolutely amazing fun once again!! Service brilliant! Delivery guy thank you so much x Means a lot to us

The food was delicious, great portion sizes - if anything, too much as we took left overs home with us! The staff are friendly, attentive and accommodating. Although the restaurant does not sell alcohol, they were more than happy for us to bring our own...

So google says its open. Thier web sight says its closed. We realised its closed AFTER placing an order. An order that money was taken for but obviously not delivered. #2 so someone called me, apolagised and is trying to make the order for us. Great.

Been coming here for over 10 years this is the 3rd change of hands and unfortunately the worst. Not only have the prices gone up by £3 for a curry the portions are smaller and they don’t serve alcohol. Bad move if ask me as...

The taste is completely different, it used to be true Indian flavours but now it's Bangladeshi food, using cheaper products but raised the prices and also adding charge for delivery, certainly won't be using again, will go bk to Chinese in future. We also enjoyed having the lovely Cobra beer with our sit down meal. They don't sell alcoholic drinks, we had to go across the road to the ship and castle pub.

Lovely curry that is matched by their food from their Newport outlets. Always a good quality although I have noticed they are starting to put in tinned carrots and tomatoes instead of using fresh products like they use to. Still tastes wonderful but don't let you standard slip please.

Quick delivery and very tasty food, thank you.

Since re-opening this restaurant is clean and the food is top quality but reasonably priced.

Most Indian restaurants in Britain are actually Bangladeshi run restaurants. This wasn't the case with Taste of India. It was Indian run and I had high hopes as I expected the food to be authentic. Sadly, nothing could be farther from the truth as I soon found out. I asked for Coke and was given Pepsi. My chicken biriyani was cooked with pre-cooked rice ( the rice was lumpy ) and there was absolutely no green chillies, spices or salt! I struggled to find the chicken breast cubes. Clearly the restaurant doesn't know how to cook biriyani as they think mixing a few chicken cubes with steamed rice and stirring over a pan makes it biriyani! Wait for it... it gets even better. Chicken samosas hardly any chicken in them.The keema rice had little to no keema. I ordered a raita and even my dog could have made a better raita. The raita I was served was half a bowl of yogurt with some white onion slices! We were fuming at the end of our meal. The service was also slow as food took time to come and it seemed like a one-man army. I feel sorry for the Islanders or English folk visiting this place. There is a reason why Bangladeshi run Indian restaurants are more successful in Britain. Coming to Taste of India proved that point.

Absolutely disgusting experience. Unfortunately you can't give less than one star else I would have given in minus. Food is very bad. Staff is very slow, rude and arrogant. They should shut down and look for another business as hotel business is not for them.

Food quality not good. Very poor service. Staff is very rude. Don't waste time and money. Try some other restaurant

Dissapointing, despite reviews online. Short staffed, could not cope, even though under half full. Food mediocare, will not be going again.

Booked a table for a family evening meal and were absolutely blown away with the service and friendly staff and the food that was on offer.We all chose a different meal and there were no complaints as the meals were cooked fresh and delivered to the table piping hot, we all were very satisfied with what we ordered and will definitely be visiting again when we are back in October.The price was very reasonableI would highly recommend

We have been looking for an Indian restaurant and we came across this one... I'm so glad we did! Lovely customer service with friendly staff.. lovely hot (temperature wise) tasty food. Lovely restaurant. would definitely recommend.

We had a takeaway but had to return it. Our curry was tasteless and the "sauce" was like water. No flavour, no texture, bland, bland, bland. The onion bhaji was tasteless also. This restaurant USED to be good when they first opened, but not anymore!

Delicious..so tasty. Well worth visit to east Cowes. Especially starter chutney poppadom tray emmmm yummy. Had to take away food over to good to leave.

Perfect place to catch up with friends. Friendly and welcoming, great service and lovely food. Thank you

We enjoyed our curries and were well served by attentive and enthusiastic staff. Chicken Jalfrezi and Tarka Dahl were especially tasty and went well with soylagets. We will be coming again

We went here for a crew curry during cowes week Great curry Great service Great experience Great value !

Great food, great service. Would go again. Value for money. Nice staff. What more can I say. Except it was all good

The food was really good and was not too hot ! Being English not used to hot Indian food, this was just right .