The Blue Elephant Oxford in Oxford

I don’t know what ancient curse I unleashed by ordering this curry, but it tasted like someone threw a bunch of spices into a pot, threatened it with water, and then decided salt was optional. The texture? Imagine eating chunks of rubber disguised as meat, floating in a sauce that tasted like it was seasoned by someone who once saw a spice rack in a magazine. My taste buds are now in therapy, and my stomach is considering legal action. The naan arrived looking like a burnt Frisbee, and I think it was actively trying to escape the table. If you’re in the mood for disappointment with a side of regret, this is the dish for you!

it was not biriyani,just tasteless

the dopiaza didn't have the kick I was expecting, tasted almost identical to the veg bhaji, still tasty food though as always.

The food was very bland, chicken had a horrible burnt taste to it. The whole meal was that bad we didn't even eat it. People should receive a certain standard of food and this was not acceptable. I won't be returning and do not reccomend.

Ordered mixed grill, and grilled wings. Think I got the left over stir fried in oil and more colouring. Please visit Dawat or mirch masala to see what a mixed grill should taste like

we ordered last sunday was fantastic , today we had had soggy chips masala fry's not chips , stale popadoms not able to eat them had to go in bin and my patia tasted like a bag of sugar been put in ,very dry fatty lamb, very disappointed

I absolutely love everything about Blue Elephant 🤩 Had the Malai Lamb Masala and my word, it took me back to my home country 😋 the dish was full of flavour, stunning absolutely stunning. I've ordered twice now and my word I can not wait until I try out all (mild) foods on their menu 🙌 Recommend this place in the most highest of regards. Smelled amazing, we ate everything & forgot to take a photo 😃

was very late, called restaurant and was told it would be a few minutes, was about 10 minutes after that, driver got lost so food was a little cold, chips were poor, literally half a small bag! apart from that, food did taste nice once warmed a bit.

They included the wrong item initially but a quick phone call and they made a special trip to get us the correct item and were fulsome and sincere in their apologies. No biggie, can happy to anyone

If you want great food, this is the place, ordered from here a few times before and each time it was delicious each time, my Madras was amazing and my wife's balti lamb korma had her in a food coma as it was so good. Poppadom bags are amazing too.

chicken was very dry and hard,I've not had a bad experience here before.

First time ordering and it was super tasty! Delivery time was a bit later than originally said but we were kept informed, great communication. Nicest Indian we have had in a long time, it won’t be our last time ordering that’s for sure. All the chicken was so soft and the prices good! Thank you. 🥰

Terrible food quality. Never ever buy from here, not the authentic Indian taste. It was overly salted and had none of the vibrant flavors

Food was so poor every thing was of now I’m on the loo with bad tummy food poisoning!!!!!!!!!!! 😔😭

Took almost 2 hours to arrive and when it did it was cold and bland which is a shame because it's usually great. Sad to say I won't be ordering from here again.

Delivered fast, food was lovely, will definitely be using again.

one of the best curries I've ever had, me and my wive loved our curries and enjoyed the poppadom bags.

Food arrive late.It was barely warm.Reluctantley I could not eat my food.Very sad as thus eas the first time food arrived barely warm.

Chips were cold tikka portions were very small half the tub was full on all 3 it was like I paid for 2

Delivery well beyond the stated delivery time. Food very average and portions small, much better places to spend your cash.

Satnav took driver to Churchill hospital, thankfully after calling he found the right delivery address. All is well food is excellent. Blue Elephant does really lovely meals.

Ordered from this restaurant online and they failed to provide any updates on delivery time and have still not delivered the food nearly two hours later. Multiple phone calls with the manager, who has just said that it’s nearly there and will be with me soon.

Excellent food, piping hot and very tasty.

We ordered food which failed to be delivered for nearly 2 hours . Called restaurant few times and was told 5 mins and was nearly 30 mins after . Horrendous customer service . Never will we go again because the food arrived cold because he drove all around Oxford delivering others foods

Samosas, one of the nicest I’ve ever had. Curry & naan seemed fairly bland. Driver was one of the nicest blokes I’ve ever had deliver my food, came to me as fast as he could & was very polite.. definitely recommend again!

my food is still not here but saying delivered?

THIS IS NOT THE RESTAURANT YOU WANT TO EAT AND HAVE A CALM EVENING We went as a group of 3 and the waiter to great us was a gem of a guy, got our table ready in 5 minutes But the person taking our order had a go to attitude, did not have an explanation to the questions that we had about the menu. He also had a bad and impatient attitude as to getting our order ! **We thought maybe he was having a bad day and would let it go** But to top it off the waiter who came to deliver the food at the table was even worse, he was just throwing the bowls and food on the table, which was un-expectable. ABOUT THE FOOD— being an Indian myself, I can assure you that what I ate was not Indian All the chicken was cooked in the same way and was mixed with the same gravy —it just had different names on the menu. I would not recommend going to this restaurant if you are in llandudno

This is not Indian restaurant, Its own by Bangladeshis and food is also Bangladeshi and well below the quality.No taste ...simply waste of money. Poor Services. Stop branding yourself as Indian Restaurant you are just ordinary Bangladeshi restaurant with poorest food quality and taste

The food taste great however was cold by the time it came to us.

Food was good and delivered quickly considering the distance, (we ordered because it was the only option on Just Eat with vegan options that delivered to Didcot) but if you have to ask for a tip at the door because it’s a far away delivery maybe just don’t offer delivery to Didcot or add a higher delivery fee, I’m all for paying delivery drivers fairly and I gave the £2 which was all I had in my wallet but didn’t like being put on the spot and it’s rare I have cash on me anyway, I would much rather have just paid £5 more when I ordered

We ordered our food at 6pm and gave us an etc of 7:10pm.. it didn’t say out for delivery until 7:30 and we didn’t receive our food until 8:45pm. As you can guess, our food was cold. Absolutely ridiculous and will not be ordering from here again.

Fantastic!! Food was excellent and a great service 10/10

considering it came from Oxford it was mostly on time. the sag aloo is very tasty. the pakora held up as expected, a little soggy but still very tasty. my Peshawari naan was swapped with a. cheese filled naan which is disappointing but all in all it's alright for a takeaway.

Taste is good but prawn is not fresh.. :)

Apparently I was called and voicemail left. Never happened.

Absolutely gorgeous meal! First time ordering and will definitely be back! They have to travel some way, so yeah it needed a quick ping in the microwave but no big deal. So unbelievably tasty! We had the vegetable dahnsak and chicken tikka with extras like naan and chips. So so yummy. Gutted I’m going on a diet or I’d eat it every day of the week 🤣

I have had take out all year from The Blue Elephant and it has been fantastic every time. The chef’s there are obviously know their game, because every takeaway was better than the next. Can’t wait for my next takeaway. I recommend the onion salad if you enjoy extra texture with your food. Beautiful food every time…

Good food, but lacking salt, big time. Ordered via Uber Eats and delivery speed was OK.

Never had a bad meal from them, absolutely perfect 👌🏻

Ordered my meal at 7pm, did not receive the food until 21:30. Called the restaurant 3 times and every-time they couldn’t give must information on my order. Then once the food arrived it was cold! Will not be ordering from here again.

Tasty food always delivered on time 👍

I put in my order and was informed it would arrive later than I expected. I was surprised it arrived earlier which was pleasing. The delivery man was very kind. The food was still hot and delicious. Thank you. I will continue to order, as I am a regular customer.😁.

I ordered from the Blue Elephant and they did not disappoint, the food arrived on time and tasted amazing, full of flavour and the meat melted in your mouth! I will definitely order again 10/10!!! Best takeaway I have had in a long time! I Highly recommend!

The food was at least ten minutes late but as always it was worth the wait. Everything in my opinion food wise was good.

He good arrived late.I had ordered a cold with our meal, which was cold and was put in the bag with hot food. So when we received it, the chips were cold. The rest of the food was just warm. The food is usually good. I will give ordering food again another try,at a later date.

Food was cold and chicken was not cooked

food was cold will never order again

I've been regularly ordering from this restaurant via Uber eats and the order takes TOO long to deliver every single time, an hour! And today it took nearly 2 hours to deliver the order and then they deliver the wrong order to me. At this point, It's all so frustrating although the taste is ok I'm never going to order from this restaurant again.

The food was delicious and we both enjoyed everything that we ordered.

2 hour wait for over priced food, no salad not even a mint sauce! Won’t order again .

The food was amazing and we are both very happy with the food we received. Keep doing a fantastic job. 10/10 from food to delivery.

Food was great, the only reason I would order from here again. Timekeeping left a lot to be desired, order was delayed by restaurant then didn't arrive by the end of the delayed period, would not recommend if you need food for a specific time period.

Pre ordered food took ages to come & arrived cold

Waiting for 2 hours 15 mins for delivery. Rang a few times fobbed off on the phone. Delivery driver just laughed when he got here. Food was cold wasn’t the best service from here at all.

Had a lovely curry from them while working in Oxford.

The food was delicious. Will definitely order again. Thank you.

one item was missing (tandoori chicken) food was over an our late and tepid at best. Ive ordered from Blue elephant lots of times and this is by far the worst food and experience I've had. When I rang them to tell them item was missing he implied I was lying. And if this is the way I'm treated it's the last time I'll order from them.

I’ve never eaten from here before. The food was so delicious and arrived Hot. The spicy noodles were lush and also really enjoyed the king prawn Tika masala.Delivery driver very friendly. Will be ordering from here again

Ordered food and after 2 hours never received and had them say that the driver knocked on the door several times which was a lie and then offered a £5 refund which was 20% of the order and would still not deliver. Manager rude and unprofessional. Absolutely joke avoid at all cost.

Absolutely excellent. Highly recommended.

Quick delivery and very nice food.

Excellent meal delivered on time and very tasty recommended

Order was put on at 19.07 our food didn’t arrive until 21.20 almost an hour over there predicted time, there was also a mistake on the order they had sent chicken korma when I’d ordered lamb, the korma sauce was disgusting very thick and gritty, the rest of the food was ok at best, this was our first time ordering and we definitely won’t be again

Food was cold on arrival, the noodles looked like they had sat in the container for a long time as they stayed in the same shape when placed on a dish Food was late, did receive a message to say this but update messages to say where the food was or how long it would take to arrive. Very disappointed as first time using this restaurant

Food was delicious 😋 and the delivery driver was really friendly. Had the chicken tikka masala,tandoori chicken,keema naan,and the best masala chips I've ever had! 5 star service and food

Delicious food.Arrived on time, still very hot, as if just out of the kitchen. The gentleman who delivered our food was kind and friendly. I couldn't have asked for more. Will definitely order again. Thank you blue elephant. 😁

Very good food. Value for money

Usual good service . You sent the meat samosa’s by mistake but I still enjoyed them although they were spicy hot . I don’t eat the salad so no need to send that next time .

Not up to their usual standards unfortunately, late, cold and not as the previous orders from them

Food was an hour late and was the worst Indian I have ever tasted watery cold fit for the bin !

All meat over cooked, butterfly kingprawn incinerated... could not eat.

spoke to restaurant who said order will be delivered at 11 . Food was delivered at 11:30, 30 mins past all cold had to heat up everything in the microwave one of the naan was damaged

My last two just eat orders have been late 😩 why ?

For Indian food in the south it was pretty much what I ought to have expected (pilau rice = boiled rice with red and yellow food colouring, not much flavour). I was very pleased that they could bring me vegan food that included dal quickly and I'm pretty much happy now I've recalibrated my spice expectations from Yorkshire back to Thames Valley.

The peshwati naan was plain & the delivery was 30 minutes late

Wrong food, food poisoning and misisng food hygiene certificate.... We ordered food from here to be delivered by uber eats. The food came on time but 40% of the items either didn't arrive, or were wrong. The garlic rice was more onion than anything. Poppadoms didn't arrive at all. 2 Garlic Naan were plain! My wife korma was fine, but my chicken tikka pathia has given me the horrific food poisoning. Not surprising since the "FOOD HYGIENE CERTIFICATE" is missing!

It was just a bit sad that the food was late.

Absolutely wonderful!!!! Best food I’ve had in while!!!

Never disappointed amazing. Thank you

Food was lovely I wish they would get there act together with delivery though

I did receive an apology for it being late. Some of the food was just warm.

We packed take away in this restaurant , we ordered chicken briyani’s and looking at the reviews and crowd in the restaurant we thought food would be delicious , the Briyani was uncooked and did not taste like Briyani , pathetic service ! No flavours , spices in the food! Rest of the crowd other than Indians would like their food

The food was lovely thank you.

Food very good! For us, rather expensive. But for an occasional treat, great food

Unfortunately as many others have noted, the restaurant can’t seem to deliver food on time. They also have a strategy to mark food as on the way when it likely isn’t as it took the driver 30 minutes to deliver which seems unlikely. The driver would also sit in the car, phone and expect you to go fetch your food. Food quality is also not great as the naan was burnt and meat was very chewy.

First time giving this place a go and what a disappointment! No flavour or zing what so ever. Portion size is tiny for the price. £3.50 for a couple chips that would have barely of fed a child! Over £40 spent and still hungry. Will definitely not be coming back.

Food was excellent and giant portions! However, it was late. They did update me and said they were running late.

Great food and worth waiting for, however items were missing.

Far from authentic INDIAN food ….totally bland chicken biryani…salt missing in all items ordered…

Food arrived cold and was all shockingly small portion. Each container was barely enough to call a meal, very disappointed

Received wrong dish (ordered chicken but received lamb, which was chewy). Annoying as it meant half the food I order was wasted.

I ordered at 10:30 pm and it’s past midnight now, I still haven’t received my order. I want to go to sleep but I am also hungry. The store doesn’t pick up and I don’t know whether I will ever get my delivery and whether I even want it anymore.

We were missing part of our order and the food that did arrive was cold. Tried to call the restaurant for 30 minutes and was constantly engaged.

Food was very tasty. Good value. Was delayed but I was notified it was delayed.

I’m going to contact zero stars because I’m still hungry ordered more than one hour ago and still my food is not arrived either. I’m going to order again from your company because it sucks seriously I tried so many times so many times disappointed no more again I’m going to delete your app from my phone.

Unlike other reviewers, we had no problem with the delivery time or food temperature (but we also ordered at 9pm on a Wednesday, so probably had better odds). One of the curries (coconut almond something) was absolutely superb—probably the best takeaway curry I’ve ever had! That being said, the dal was totally burnt, which was unfortunate, but forgivable in light of the other dish! A bit too much oil in all the foods, which, of course is typical of most Indian takeaways anyway. Good portion size on the mango chutney! I’d order again just for that one curry, for sure.

Not as nice as before won’t be ordering again

Unfortunately on this occasion the food was delivered cold and incredibly late. I was also disappointed that my prawn dish still had the shells on the tails which was fiddly and messy. On the plus side I thought the flavours were good and the poppadoms were nice!

Oh dear, to be fair the lady on the phone was very friendly when explaining that the delivery had been given to the delivery guy from user eats nigh on 50 min ago and how that the food was hot when it left. Unfortunately upon delivery the delivery bag was open and the poppadoms were smashed to smithereens, the prawn purthi tasted weirdly sweet, the biriyani was bland to say the least and the onion baji in the chefs special was also very bland. The saving grace was the korma hence the 2 stars but obviously will never ever ever ever order from here again. £33 odd down the drain :(

Spoke too Jess on phone . She was mint ❤️