The Arena in Central Bedfordshire

hidden gem of North London for indian food. I love the madras with chili garlic naan. they blast nothing but Phil Collins which is how you know the vibe is lit.

The order was wrong and although they claimed to have rung me 3 times I did not receive any phone calls in fact they rung me whilst on the doorstep and my phone didn’t ring. The lamb replacement for the duck was tough as old boots! The food was lukewarm when it turned up and the naans were all stacked together when they were all different so if anyone had a nut allergy they would be on the way to hospital now as we had peshwari naan in the order. Korma despite being mild was tasteless. Very disappointing food but the delivery was quick.

This is not the first time that I've ordered a delivery from Arena Indian through Just Eat and they have appeared to have completely missed the order altogether. The first time I had to ring to nudge them to deliver, and this time, I had to send a reminder text through Just Eat to get them to bring me the food. Their phone line said 'user busy' every time I rang it, too, meaning I had no way of contacting them about the delay. It's incredibly disappointing when I'm normally a regular takeaway customer and love the food.

Arrived a bit early but food was hot and delicious.

Good food and service. Will buy from here again soon 😁

Spoke to restaurant they were very apologetic. Reason being short staffed. Food was great as alway.

Really lovely food. Was pleasantly surprised and will definitely order again.

Amazing food as always and always on time. We will be sad to see Arena close. They even gave us a free bottle of Prosecco as they didn’t have any beer which was really kind of them.

Best curry we have had this side of bedford ...delicious food . Great price .good portions .great food 10/10 . Thanks all. Delivery was a saturday night so even though a tad late well worth the wait . X

Excellent food and service can highly recommend the food is delicious and good value for the money

Great start to the new year great meal thanks;)

Food was a bit late but it was well worth the wait. Generous portions and tasted beautiful

Ordered at approx 1850 when it showed delivery time would be 35-50 mins. Upon order it then suggested 2000 delivery and here we are at 2100 and still no sign of the food I ordered. When calling it obviously hadn’t been cooked but was told “5-6 mins” which was clearly a load of rubbish when I live a good 10 mins drive from the restaurant. Quite frankly ridiculous and spoilt the evening (obviously can’t rate the food yet as still sat here waiting for it!!)

Fantastic as ever. Great service, great food. Our regular local and have never been disappointed.

This is the second time we’ve ordered and it’s been late hence why I’m messaging! First time doesn’t matter but second time is an issue. Also not just a little bit late, 45 mins late after already waiting an initial hour 🥴

Amazing faultless food . Thank you

Food is always excellent, service is friendly and delivery prompt. Our favourite local delivery restaurant

Food always arrives hot and on time.

Amazing food!! Best Indian in Bedford!

Lovely as always! My favourite Indian restaurant in the area. Delicious rich curries

Got so battered, I was down the boozer. The driver diverted and dropped to the pub. Great service, great food, just GREAT 😘🤤

A really lovely tasty meal always :)

One item missing, pilau rice. And extra vegetable dish given. Food was still very tasty

Really good curry. Only downside is that they often close at short notice, so it's difficult to rely on them being available for the order.

I RECIEVED A TEXT UPDATE OF DELIVERY AND THAT WAS FINE AND FOOD ARRIVED AND WAS PIPEING HOT AND READY TO GO I DO LOVE YOUR FOOD

Had something different for a change and again spot on five stars.

The best of them all love it affordable and good

Lovely food. Large portions. Returning customer.

Rogan josh was amazing definitely recommend, really good authentic food. Will be having again soon

Use the arena for a few meals on a Friday evening during this last lockdown Always prompt delivery and we found the food to be excellent I know local folks have their favourites but personally I find it hard to fault the arena

Brilliant 100 percent food was amazing best Indian food I have had in a long time

Food was fantastic, met my request spot on. I forgot to order a popadom and missed the usual token one but that's on me. There's still plenty left and I can't wait for it for lunch tomorrow.

Allows you to preorder but then cancels the order later because they are closed. Happens all the time. Really annoying.

We always order from here and although it was still really nice it was a little disappointing to not get salad with the onion bahjis or chicken tikka. There was also a lot of big onion chunks in the curry tonight. Still nice, but not perfect like it usually is.

Great food again guys wow the chicken was extra succulent really lovely can’t wait till you open

Beautiful food and big portions

We like the food at Arena but we have waited over an hour and a half for our delivery tonight. This has happened once before but we thought we would give them the benefit of the doubt. When I phoned I was told it would be 5 minutes but before I could speak they put the phone down on me. Very disappointed with the customer service and will not be ordering from here again.

Took around 2 hours to arrive from when the was placed but I have to admit the food was really, really good and fresh! I don’t mind waiting as much when the food is good quality

Third time I’ve ordered from here and every time it’s taken over 75 mins, this time it was 90 mins only to find the quality was rubbish. Definitely will not be going back and would strongly advise others to avoid this place!

Food arrived on time, hot food and very enjoyable meal :)

Very impressed, good food for a good price.

Called them when they were 15 mins late, told menthey are on the way. Another 30 mins later the order arrived cold.

Food was 1 hour and 15 mins late and my order was wrong. Probably won’t bother again

So ordered a takeaway at 6pm. The guy said 45 minutes called numerous times after giving them 1hr 15 mins to deliver. Everytime we called they said 10 mins so it turned up 2 hours after we ordered !! Just be honest if you cant deliver just say....... Peshwari Naan missing, the prawn dish was kind of missing prawns and were tomato's disguised as prawns !! Made us laugh. The salad had seen better days. The chicken tikka masala was ok as was the mushroom rice, as for the rest of it well very watery and salty !! I have to say we genuinely threw half of it in the bed...... Dear oh dear never again I wish we had popped to mcdonalds.....It would have been the saving of 35 quid..... Avoid this place........Shame really we ate there some years ago and it was good...

Hands down the worst Indian I have ever ordered from!!! It came over an hour late with two phone calls inbetween to remind them about our order. When the food finally came over an hour late it was lukewarm. Very disappointed with this service and will not be ordering from them again!

Over an hour late for food. I messaged after the hour and was told another half an hour. Turned up over two hours late after phoning the restaurant! Very poor eating at nearly 10pm with a 10 year old waiting to go to bed!

Excellent food & service! Thankyou

Delivery was quick, food hot, and very generous portions. Thoroughly enjoyed.

Food, as usual, excellent. Pick up time was way out... Should have been ready at 6.20, eventually ready at 6.50pm...

Outstanding food, best curry I’ve had in ages

Took very long time to turn up and was cold when it did

Really nice food. Order was delivered early. Very good portion size.

Food arrived very late & was almost cold.

Pre-ordered because we knew tonight would be busy, on confirmation - estimated delivery was set for 18.45 which was fine. Called at 19.30 and was told sorry but was told another 15-20 minutes. Food finally came at 20.15 with wrong curry. Usually would highly rate arena but would say they’ve probably over booked themselves tonight unfortunately.

It’s always late never on time put a pre-order on for 19:30 then it’s says delivery for 20:00 but still turns up 20 mins late won’t be coming back happens every time we order it’s a shame because the food is great.

Waited over 3 hours! Rude guy on the phone. Wouldn't let me cancel it. Had to get my daughter something quick to eat before she went to bed because it was so late. I understand they were busy, but I ordered 15 mins after they opened. Often late being delivered, but over 3 hours is ridiculous! And no need to be so rude on the phone (I was very polite and only rang them after over 2 hours wait).

Asked for delivery asap - was given estimated time of arrival but they beat it by 15 minutes which was great as we were hungry! Food was excellent, it came hot, packaged well and delivered safely and with a smile behind the face mask. High-quality takeaway, spice levels as described on website, super-tasty. Can't rate restaurant service specifically as did not go to restaurant but went there some time ago and service was great, too - we will make sure we go soon.

Always top quality food and service.

First time I have tried this restaurant/takeaway. Excellent service, delicious food and good value for money. Highly Recommend.

Had a couple of friday curry deliveries during lockdown 2.0 Both excellent First one took a while to come but it was worth the wait Second one we ordered earlier in the evening and it arrived v promptly Quality was excellent Food really tasty and all the sauces looked, tasted and smelled different - something you can’t always say about curry

Always great food and the best curry around!!

The food was good. It took a while to arrive but it was a Saturday during lockdown, they must’ve been busy. By the time it arrived we were starving so the food went down a treat!! It was really tasty. We were missing some rice but they quickly got it to us which was fab. Overall we really enjoyed it xoxo

Really disappointed with how late our order was and when I ring to chase order they rushed to get me off the phone

Great price, great choice, great food.

The food was late, cold and lacking in flavour

Absolutely loved the food. The chicken banana dish is the best ever. Great portions and very flavoursome. Arrived late, but food was hot.

I have used arena Indian for many years in Ampthill. I have gone to the restaurant and had many takeaways and have always found them pleasant to deal with and the food is delicious.I have tried other restaurants but in my opinion Arena Indian is by far the best.

Lovely food, delivered on time. Will order from here again

Excellent food, good sized portions and hot.

First time I had a takeaway from here and gotta say it was lovely. Very hot and loads of it. Would highly recommend

Food was really good. Would definitely order again. Was a bit disappointed with the delivery time, an hour late is less than ideal.

Was a little late, but worth the wait. Lovely food big portions

Superb curry. Massive portions and it tastes great. Excellent service too, the best curry house around. Ten out of ten

Best Indian takeaway we have ever had! Everything was delicious, nothing to fault whatsoever. Would 100% return 😊

Food was lovely and was delivered earlier than expected! Will definitely order again!

The food was amazing. Thank you

Fabulous food great portions b the best Indian food in a 10 mile radius.

Incredible service, great quality of food. Best local indian!

Food was a little late as they were busy but the food was lovely

Great value and tasting Indian food. It came hot and was very tasty

It's been ages since we've had a decent curry due to lockdown. Amazing flavour, fantastic delivery time. Nothing to complain about. Brilliant.

We where kept in the loop with the delivery times and they did apologise for it being so late.

Really lovely food and prompt delivery :)

Great food. Never been before but will most definitely be back.

Have missed Arena, glad they are open again. As usual, great food!

Amazing food, super hot in temperature, delivery deliver was so polite. I was very impressed with my delivery thank you

This was our 3rd time ordering. We have struggled to find a decent Indian, this one popped up and we decided to give it a try. Food is beautiful and service was great!

Excellent food, great service and the portions are big, really good value for money and that’s why it’s my favourite Indian take away if you live in or around Amphtill I really do recommend treating yourself to some tasty food from here

Great food. Found my location with ease! Service with a smile!! Will be definitely ordering again!!

For a change from our usual local we've been using Arena occasionally for quite some time. Until fairly recently it has been perfectly ok, albeit nothing special. Regrettably, they seem to have the same 'lamb' issue as we've noticed at Lounge India in Marston; namely that it is now disc shaped pieces of tough sinewy meat rather than previous tender cubes. It is very difficult to cook lamb such that it ends up like this so 'bravo' Arena, somehow you managed to do it. To be frank, I can, and do, make far better curries at home and, with the notable exception of the Drovers Arms which remains a beacon of excellence, that it what we shall be eating from now on.

Ordered completed at 18:20 restaurant changed delivery time to 19:15. So I'm like fine whatever. Get a msg from just eat at 19:20 saying driver just left. At 19:49 I call restaurant and they say my order just went out with the driver. Driver turns up at 20:20. Literally 2 hours after restaurant confirmed the order. Food wasn't piping hot either. Naan bread was almost cold already.

Best curry we've had from Arena, really good. Will order again soon.

We’ve used this restaurant a number of times in the past and always been pleased with the food. However, today the service was very poor. Food was delivered late, we couldn’t get through on the phone (nor could Just Eat). When the food arrived it was cold. We won’t be using Arena again. Gutted!

The best Indian meal we have had in a long, long time. It turns out not all Indian takeaways are the same. You are our new go to takeaway. Fantastic food

Food took an hour and 40 minutes to arrive and some of it was cold.

Chips was cold and hard. Rice was cold. Masala was warm and left a puddle of water on my plate. Worst time I’ve had with you and won’t be ordering again.

Really nice the onion Bas were dry but ok

Absolutely amazing can not fault it in anyway. Happy new year 💚

Excellent food. Tasty, hot and delivered on time. Would order from here again.

Excellent food and fast service. I would thoroughly recommend Arena as the best Indian restaurant for miles around.