The Bengal - Indian Restaurant and Takeaway Lichfield in Lichfield

When ordering, the time for the order to be ready was listed as 25 minutes, but after going through the ordering process, the actual wait time was 1 hour. I would not have ordered had I known the wait would be this long. Needs to be more accurate.

disappointed to see that takeaway prices are more expensive than eating in.......Belal's Special Jalfrizi is £12.95 eat inland £14.25 delivered on top of handling and delivery charge... won't be ordering takeaway again from here. Shame as we are regular visitors to the restaurant.

First visit, brilliant. Food was excellent, staff first class and the restaurant was very smart. Really, really impressed, top class 👏👏👏

Food was spot on and on time. Thank you

Delivery driver took our food to someone else by mistake. By the time it got here it wasn’t hot and had clearly been sitting for ages.

Wonderful, delicious food & fantastic service!!!

What a gem! The service and food was fantastic.They allowed us to come in with our 2 furry babies (they are very well behaved poches). We will definitely be back!

Food was awful cold and sweet and hard! Couldn’t even eat it

highly recommend. Had the most amazing meal....lamb paharia. Excellent service and beautiful restaurant.

Food was nice, but only received 1 egg fried rice,

great food as usual . best curry in lichfield x

Great food served here. Never had a bad meal.

Food was very good, however, it was 30 minutes late which we were not happy with

Food was delicious, delivery was quick and very polite service!

First time coming here, was a lovely Father’s Day meal, staff were polite and extremely helpful and the food was to die for! Will definitely be coming here again!

Hadn’t been for a while. Food was good but watch out for the drinks! I had a pint of Kingfisher and then asked for another but I was only brought a half. I queried it but the waiter acted as if he didn’t understand. When the bill came the pint was £5.25 and the half £4.25! So it seems deliberate profiteering. Shame, I won’t go back in a hurry. So a miniscule gain for them.

Everything was lovely, just one small thing, you never read the comments about no onions in the rice, and my child wasn’t happy they spent a while picking them out and didn’t really eat it, please read comments :)

Visited yesterday and enjoyed our food. Very tasty and the chicken cooked perfectly. Nice looking restaurant and pretty good prices. The service was ok but they didn't have the drinks we wanted, they asked for our order twice and they brought out a sweet sauce when I asked for a spicy one and didn't swap it.

The food was really good, if you are visiting Lichfield give this place a try, excellent service.

Staff are great and most helpful. Food really nice.

Absolutely fantastic service, highly recommend.

Actually it’s Just Eat that have got this order horribly wrong- misinforming about the order being received, misinformed about when it left the restaurant and misinformed about the delivery itself. Rubbish. Next time I’ll order direct with the restaurant.

Food great as usual but rice left off the order. thought food would go cold waiting but very quick to revisit with the missing rice before we had started mains. 👍🏼

Food was delicious as always! Everything was nice apart from the fact I was missing the chutney tray.

Great food but ordered lamb but received chicken….. frustrating!!!!

I do like the Bengal, I must admit as their takeaway food is always hot and very tasty, however, and it might be minor to others, but when I order £70 worth of food, 4 mains, 2 rice, onion bhaji, 6 poppadoms, and 4 naans, what I didn’t expect was one tiny pot of mint dip and a tiny bag of brown onions which consisted mainly of onion core. Other Indian restaurants, won’t mention them provide too many condiments for one poppadom, that’s great because they are consistent in generosity. Picture the 4 of us all trying to sparingly dip our breads and bhajis into one teeny tiny pot with precision as not to waste any or deny the other diners of their share.

Just over an hour from placing order to delivery of food.

Fantastic curry house in the heart of Lichfield, very friendly staff and always a superb meal full of flavour. Always a great atmosphere & very friendly staff. I definitely recommend a visit.

Ordered on line for 6.30 delivery. Was bang on time, food delicious and hot. Unlike some competitors. Appreciated complimentary popadums and bhajis.Will be ordering again. Well done guys. Thank You

Yummy food, always comes hot, they always read my comments of my no onions in the rice . Thank you

The dish I had was bland unfortunately. The Chicken balti really lacked flavour and it seemed overpriced, not value for money. Service was however very good.

Food was stone cold, Nan bread was tough, chewy and stale looking , and the popadam was just a few broken pieces in a bag. Really disappointed as never been like this before. Sadly a total waste of money tonight .

Excellent food, on time delivery. What more do you want. great.

2 hours late and no response from restaurant and no refund either as was unable to contact. Food was cold and bag soaked through.

Not up to it's usual standard. On a busy Saturday evening we waited an hour for our food and staff were not really interested in serving us. Was our favourite in Lichfield so we will give it another go to see if this was just a blip.

Friendly staff, great food. Recommend the chicken korai, good heat & very tasty. Also the Tawa chicken tikka, lovely!

I had a Mr. Naga tonight, usually it is very tasty but not too hot. Tonight it blew my face off and I was so happy. As usual great service, prompt, efficient and polite and a couple of extras thrown in.. thanks very much team Bengal!

Naan breads were much smaller than usual and burnt as were the poppadoms..didn't get the free onion bhajis even though spent the right amount. If id have know I'd have ordered them.

delicious food, great service and super polite delivery person

Fantastic food. Would definitely recommend

Food was absolutely beautiful, and the delivery driver was a lovely young girl

Lovely food - speedy delivery- can’t ask for more

The Bengal is a mainstay of the Lichfield curry scene. From drunken teenage nights to middle age reminiscing this restaurant continues to serve a purpose. There are better curry houses in Lich but somehow The Bengal epitomises all that an Indian Restaurant should be.

Missed off the mango chutney even though I paid for extra

Didn’t arrive despite a notification saying it had!

Lovely food - would definitely recommend!!

Fantastic food, best Indian restaurant and takeaway in Lichfield

Hand delivered by owner and apologise for last order extra food given too :)

Very nice all enjoyed their meal.

Massively disappointed. We have eaten in the restaurant on a number of occasions and the food and service have always been top notch. Takeaway was an hour late and was tepid/cold. Delivery driver didn't really apologise or care. The order was fairly simple all of it arrived (late and cold). Needless to say we shall not be ordering again from here. AVOID AVOID AVOID

Called and just told it’s on the way even though it was not at all by the fact they didn’t know where any of my food was, no help offered or refund

Food was absolutely delicious- love the variety of dishes on the menu. Food was late which hardly ever happens- restaurant was very helpful about it

First time ordering here. Food was beautiful, we will be ordering again next week. Thank you The Bengal ⭐️

We had a lovely meal here, very authentic and fresh food, good portion sizes with great service. I’ve lived in Lichfield for many years and eaten in all of the local Indian restaurants but this is by far the best. The staff were really friendly and we had a great night.

The Prawn Cocktail was fantastic. It was really good. Sadly the Tandoori tasted really old and not so good. Plus it wasn’t hot neither. It’s a shame as I like this local takeaway. But, it’s an honest review.

The food was tasty and they provided us also with some free snacks, as we ordered over £15. The food was good quality. Next time I will ask for increased herbs and spices though, as I tend to like food more spicey than most of the restaurants in this area prepare them. However , this is not a complaint, more a suggestion to others who may also like more spicey food.

I was really looking forward to having a lovely Indian meal this evening, my son and my self especially love Indian and I had heard good things about this restaurant so I decided to give them a try. I was so disappointed, our chicken pakoras were soggy and cold, the onion bhajis were very over cooked and crispy. Both of our meals were cold and they were starting to congeal and both of the nann breads were cold and to doughy like they were undercooked. It’s fair to say I won’t be ordering from he

Excellent food and service. Highly recommended

Could have been warmer but very nice anyway

I have been a frequent customer of The Bengal but on this particular order I was phoned by a rude driver telling me to come to the roadside to collect my order. I declined explaining I was in my pyjamas & as I was paying for a delivery, I expect a delivery. He refused siting insurance 🤷‍♂️. After an exchange, he eventually conceded & delivered my food to my door. I called the restaurant to raise my concerns, I spoke to Mohamed who assured me the manager would call me the next day. No call was received

Absolutely delicious-every dish was great

The first time visiting the Bengal it’s quite a small place however the food was lovely and the staff were very friendly. The food portions were really good. Will definitely be visiting again.

Fantastic food as usual-such a wide variety of dishes and all are delicious- never been disappointed

Wouldn't be ordering again from foodhub delivery. Disscusted with the staff response

Fabulous food - every dish was lovely

Delicious food. Order from here often. Would recommend

Great food, large portions. Always happy with my order from here.

I found the food very bland and over loaded with onion which had not been prepared very well. Was very disappointed and will not be ordering from them again.

Lovely food and such a wide range of vegetarian dishes-

Great food! Delivered with a smile!

It was the worst curry I have ever had! It was very watery ! And then the onion bhaji’s were that fried, You couldn’t even bite into them! If I wanted to my dogs wouldn’t even eat it!

All dishes really hot on delivery- and absolutely delicious

Lovely food - absolutely delicious

Usually ok from here but today it was late and cold. Taste was not up to normal standard - a distinctly “off” taste to the chicken.

Lovely food- delivered on time

Absolutely lovely food- delivered piping hot

Brilliant service , great food , 5 stars .

Absolutely lovely food. I have tried many different vegetarian dishes and they are all delicious- best around

Great food & thanks for the free extra bit too. Plus, service is great too. The delivery driver is so kind & respectful, so thank you. I will be ordering again at some point soon.

I booked a table for eight very last minute and for a late-evening time slot. The staff were very polite and accommodating, and couldn't do enough for us. They were there when needed, but not too much. The food was amazing, served quickly, piping hot. Nobody was left without. Highly recommend - we'll definitely eat there again!

The food was actually pretty good. The samosa were not the best. But the mix grill was great. Very tasty. And the delivery driver was very professional. So thank you to all….

Thank you so much for delivering the birthday meal I ordered from you to my parents yesterday evening. They were absolutely delighted & called me to say how delicious their food was. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate how special you made it for them. Definitely a 6* experience, thank you x

Lovely staff, great food. Love going here

Delicious, hot, and plenty of it!

I got caught put by some road closures on the way home. I added a note that I was stuck and might be late and that they could just leave my dinner on the doormat if I wasn't home. The delivery came shortly after I got in and the gent dropping it off said they'd held my order back specially. I always get my takeaway food from the Bengal because I think it's the best in the area and and this added little touch didn't go unnoticed, thank you! I gave a 4/5 for food quality but really that's on me for ordering at 22:30 on a Sunday night on a bank holiday weekend. It was very nice but a little short of your usual impeccable quality. Thanks again Bengal team. Top job!

Food was lovely but pre ordered for 7.30, told on the app at 7.20 that it was in its way.... arrived at 8.

Food was cold yet again 20-30 minutes late will not use again

Super hospitable staff, they accommodated ten of us for a meal for a friends stag do. Food was fantastic, I went with the tandoori mixed grill on this occasions and all meats were cooked to perfection. Lovely decor, polite staff, what more can you ask for!

Actually my name is Steve. I have been going to the Bengal for years and it is also my son's go to place for a take away. Always great service and wonderful food. Very friendly staff when dining in; take away delivery also very friendly.

Lovely food - delivered on time

Terrible! I placed an order from this restaurant paying through the Uber app. They never delivered my food and when I called they answered laughing and then closed the call without explanation. Really not recommended

Got a notification saying it had been delivered and it hadn’t. Love the food from this restaurant but why submit that food has been delivered on time when it hasn’t?

Very poor. Food was quite tasteless, felt like it was reheated and not cooked fresh. Ordered a takeaway, charged me more than menu price and didn't supply full order. Will never use again.

Contact number for the restaurant doesn’t work, dinner received 2 hours after ordering, An hour after receiving the message to say it was on the way. On top of that the food was so cold when it arrived we had to microwave it before we could eat it. Used to be our go to Indian, Won’t be ordering from here again. With so many different restaurants of this type to choose from you really should try harder.

Waited over an hour for delivery and the food never even turned up, phone number is out of service so can’t even contact them about your order. Very very disappointed

We ordered take away. Tandoori mixed grill, lamb naga and chicken jalfrezi. Hot, tasty and fresh. We'll be ordering again!

Excellent service and brilliant food!

Very tasty food I would recommend.

Used as a takeaway and eat in on several occasions. Excellent food, good portions, by far the best Indian in Lichfield.

Excellent service food hot and plenty of it