The Gate of India in Sefton

Just had the worst takeaway from the Gates of India Waterloo. Waited nearly 2 hours for delivery then when we received food was cold, chips were burnt, popodoms were stale the salad was the smallest salad I’ve ever seen. Don’t recommend at all it was foul a waste of 40 pound

Delicious food, piping hot and great time for collection! We will order again or eat in :)

The food was really cold...I've always used this restaurant and surprised how poor tonights meal was

A restaurant with very friendly staff and delicious food, always a pleasure

It’s a long wait from point of order a min of an hour to 90 mins. Food was lukewarm when it arrived which was disappointing

Very disappointed on delivery time and standard of food tonight.

The food was hot and delicious.

Beautiful food, hot,on time and no issues with order. Excellent as usual thank you

The food is always delicious from here, never been unsatisfied with an order.

Food lovely as always a hot and fresh ❤️👌🏻

Overall quite good but couple of minor problems tonight, the bhuna massala was way too oily like literally swimming in oil had to drain most of it, and the chips were dreadful they were so hard and dry like yesterday's warmups, definitely not fresh chips

was so nice and fresh best meal yet from here. 10 out of 10. didn't matter that it wasn't on time. quality means more .

Food was great. As one of the first orders we were prepared for it being a bit late, but it was worth the wait, as the quality is good.I received updates on the delivery time so was happy.

Don’t usually complain but it said it was getting delivered on app but took 20 mins to get here was cold and popadoms went fresh soggy will be leave this restaurant alone for bit

Ordered on a busy Friday - arrived on time and was fab! Always great food and service! Cannot fault! Great take away and even better to eat in the restaurant!

Excellent food best Indian i have had in a long time

food nice and hot tasted lovely, definitely order again, thank you.

Absolutely excellent delicious food reasonable prices

Used this restaurant for 20 years but never had a takeaway. They did not disappoint food still restaurant quality! Tasty, colourful and fresh! Would defo get another takeaway

Food is absolutely the best quality

Once again they knocked it out of the park. One of if not the best Indian around

This is the 1st time l have left a review, the food from this restaurant is normally very very good.Tonight it was very bad, main meal tasted burnt, sauce was awful , starters were no better, most of the meal went in the bin and arrived 45mins late, although the driver was very apologetic.

Walk-in with no booking we were accomodated immediately. Food was absolutely gorgeous. I tried something I've never had before and haven't stopped talking about it! It was really out of this world. Nicely laid out on the table by a very polite server. Will definitely be back and glad we took a chance on a new place I'd never even before. Only fault, it was a little too quiet, could do with a bit of low music at quieter times.

No complaints!! Never ever disappointed! Can’t fault it at all. Good quality ingredients, comes piping hot and extremely tasty! Thanks Gate of India

Good food, the seating is not very good

Thanks very much everyone. The food as always, is absolutely fantastic. Back again soon xx

How early do you need to arrive at this restaurant to be served?? We arrived 45 mins before closing and turned away. The restaurant was not busy and our party of 4 arriving was clearly too much of an inconvenience. Offered takeaway only and then told we would have to wait 30 mins. I would suggest you advertise you close for tables much earlier than 10pm, as you clearly do not want any custom from 9.15 onwards. Also, of note, It appears there is some matriarchal dominance that you have to overcome to be accepted as a customer too, very strange. Give it a miss everyone.

Popdums not crispy and tasted stale. bhajjis cold, not crispy and really greasy. korma was bland. Meal wasn't nice at all

Food was piping hot and tasted amazing as usual. Our go to Indian for years now never had a bad meal from here.

Been here a few times now and food and service constantly good

First class again. Always been the best Indian around here! 👌

The best Indian food in the area. The food is always delicious, hot and the portions are very generous. We've been eating here for many years, either in the restaurant or takeaway and it is consistently delicious.

WOW. First time here cant believe Ive missed it before. Wonderful authentic food. Some very different meals on menu. Everything we had was first class curry. Service was excellent could not do enough for us. Even gave us a taste of different Kulfi flavours. Will definitely be going back.

Late, but best I had for a while really good

Food was tasty and very good portion sizes. Lots of chicken unlike some other places these days. Chicken was succulent and full of flavour. Will order again from here!

Order showing as out for delivery and still waiting after 35 minutes

took 3 hours to arrive, delivery time put back and was still late. food was greasy and cold

Best Indian Food we have ever had. Great vegetable dishes.

Has the gate got new owners? Because when we visited it was like a kids crèche. Prams an kids there. Parents weren't eating. They come in for a chat with big girl behind bar. The usual lads who serve you where not around. Either their away on hols or they've sold up an now it's a Indian restaurant come kids crèche. Not a patch on how it used to be run

Price for portion is extortion…. But very nice curry.. chips were burnt though

Great food always amazing first time not receiving 2 items but i understand it happens sometimes 😁

Some curries a bit tamer than usual, but still very tasty, and is still great.

Food was delicious as always! Got free rice and extra dips - usually go to the restaurant but takeaway is great too 👍🏼

Always lovley food, can't fault the place. The staff are always lovley and welcoming too when I go to collect.

£6.50 starter and received no mint with it

Best Indian for miles. Lovely service, both takeaway and eat-in. Often get extras when I order and always have a lovely evening when eating in the restaurant. Amazing.

Sadly not the usual standard, basically chicken in a tomato sauce. Shame

Best Indian in Liverpool by far paneer is by far my favourite

Part of order missing sent out 1hr after original order arrived

Lovely grub. They forgot my Pepsi though ='(

Delicious tasty food. Plentiful too!!

Perfect as always. I look forward to our next meal at the Gates

Nearly 3 hour delivery, order way in advance

They prioritise the indoor diners over online orders. Currently waiting over 2 hours and when I called I was told the food is just leaving the kitchen now. I bet the people in the restaurant aren't waiting two hours!!

Perfect tandoori chicken and tikka masala so tasty

Food was stone cold, chicken in curry was hard.

Absolutely amazing food but stayed would be 1 hour and it took 2 hours. Food was so good though

2.5 hours for delivery! I wouldn’t have bothered and won’t ever again. They should have delivered breakfast instead.

Food is incredible but it takes forever to arrive.

Honestly I’m still waiting… we ordered at 6pm it’s now 8.35pm never again. No food

Ordered buttered chicken.. think we have wrong meal. Looks like cheese in it. Whole meal is tasteless. Gooey.. awful.. we’ve ate at gates 30 plus years.. tonight not good at all .. really poor meal

Food was tasty but very late and arrived cold the driver did say sorry about the delay but cold food isn't good even if the food was tasty.

I’m a chef and I highly recommend you try this place the food is so fresh and delicious 🤤

Although i was text it would be late i didnt expect it to be an hour late also the popadoms were stale which was disapointing.

I have not has a really nice curry in a while as I didn't know any nice places but we come across this and it was amazing. I likes the decor of the place as it was nearly nice and cozy inside. The food was amazing really tasty and the staff was friendly I'm glad I found this place.

small starter, not hot, late , not brilliant 😑

Popadoms were smashed up like a jigsaw puzzle,,, no chips, no chutney sauce,. Usually no issues but must of been busy.

got it right at the end of estimated time (19:15) and did order at 17:45, was abit cold but still nice :)

Excellent, highly recommended. Food is outstanding 😀

The food was amazing In there that night

Everything arrived hot, every meal and side was delicious.

Lovely Indian food, everytime 😋

I usually order from here and have done about 3 or 4 times before. I don't know if they have changed chef or something but food was only OK tonight. Onion bhajis were a bit over done and chicken tikka massala was tasteless really and the mango chutney was not as nice or the bhaji sauce. Normally the food is gorgeous.

Food excellent as always thank you

Food wasn’t very hot. I ordered the vegetarian makhonwalla. Wasn’t impressed with veggies. It consisted of a tiny bit of mushroom and mainly potatoes.

Took too long to come. And when it came the order was wrong

Ordered at 6.30, delivery said 8-8.20, called at 8.30 was told 9.10, called at 9.45 was told it’s on its way. It’s 10.20 and it’s still not here. 4 hours for a curry. Absolute jokers, lost a regular customer

3 hours from ordering food finally arrived, arrived luke warm. Will think teice before ordering from here again,

Superb food as always. I have been a customer of The Gate for well over 30 years, wouldn't go anywhere else. 👌🏻😘

Portions have gone smaller prices have risen keema rice had no meat at all basically brown rice ,,been going here over 20yrs gone down hill used to be brilliant disapioment all round

Amazing Indian food. Exterior doesn't look great but the food more than makes up for the lack of aesthetics. We will be revisiting soon

Best Indian in crosby by far. Food is amazing. Restaurant quality. Lady who delivered it reunited a dog with one of the neighbours as it had got out without them knowing which was good of her. Won't order from anywhere else.

Never a bad experience from this restaurant

Lovely as ever, delayed but kept us informed

Great food. All correct when arrived and no issues!! Would always order our curry takeaway from here.

Have previously had lovely food but on this occasion the naan was bland and not a nice texture. The tandoori chicken didn't taste particularly nice either. The tikka massala and onion bhaji were tasty.

Food was understandably late with it being New Year’s Eve, however this was expected and restaurant called hours in advance to warn of this. Excellent food as always

Gorgeous food, hot and tasty ad always

Picked up.food ready within half an hour, and I wasn't expecting this as new years eve food was lovely will deffo go back again

I hope you actually read this comment and hear what me,and everyone else is saying in these comments - your Indian food is the best around by far... so y does it take hours every time to get delivered !?! listen to the people. read the comments . improve the delivery drivers or hire more of them. that's what is letting your amazing food down every time in the reviews- people complaining about the waiting times !

What can I say….every curry was red & tasted the same, complained only to be told that that is the way Indian curry should be…well not in my experience. Have eaten her many times over 15 years but will never return again…very disappointed ☹️

Food was ok. Weren’t amazing. But I waited just under 3 hours for my food. When ordering, the delivery time would be 60-70 mins. Then as soon as the order was accepted by the restaurant they pushed it back to 2 hours. It arrived 2hrs and 50 mins after I ordered

Meal was cold bit disappointing

Delivery came over 2 hours after I ordered it. Ordered it at a reasonable time and now we are eating it at a very late hour

It took a while to get here but the restaurant was spot on with their delivery time estimate. The food was superb too!

Order of Crosby eats said 50 mins 1 hour 50 turned up chips we're un eatable and chicken was dreadful rice was fine never ever again what a waste of 33 pound

Pre ordered at 5.50pm for our food to arrive at 8.15pm it didn't arrive till 9.40pm. The restaurant had 2hrs 25minutes to make and deliver our food yet it took them 3hrs 50 minutes. That's just under 4hrs that is absolutely atrocious for any food delivery service. Wouldn't even mind but the food wasn't worth the wait. I have ordered from her before and the food was great, still had a delay on delivery but it was nowhere near 4 hrs. Think I will be giving this place a miss from now on unfortunately. The amount of reviews stating how bad the wait is, you would think they would employ more delivery drivers etc.

Chips were awful obviously from yesterday and the poppadoms were stale.

Good flavour but fairly hot means mild

Food was nice delivery driver was nice