The Hatchgate Inn in West Berkshire

Good Elvis night.. bit crowded as diners in same area.. good atmosphere

I can honestly say the best Indian in Reading. The food is amazing and everything we’ve tried is so tasty. We wouldn’t go anywhere else.

Very sad to say that after seeing that this was apparently rated No1 for curry buffet Sundays until 9 ,we decided to book a table on father's day expecting that at 6.30 there would be buffet food ..especially seeing as it had been booked earlier in the week and then my son also called the day before to change the time from 7pm / 6.30pm . We arrived on time to be ignored at the bar by the older lady serving ,who then carried on to have a convo with a younger girl and what we learned later was the manager all separate small convosations . She then glanced over and said " is anyone waiting ?"....umm yes the 4 people stood looking at you at you small bar ! We then told her if our booking and she asked if that was booked for normal menu .we replied no it's for the buffet . She then simply said well it's gone now ,we've been busy there's no food ...she asked the manager who at least did apologise but so on father's day we weren't offered an alternative ie offering us something from the menu and making up as buffet price or offering us anything at all so we left . It may have been a busy day but wow it was terribly dealt with and to add insult there was still buffet food out and others still going up and helping themselves . Pretty sure a couple sitting outside with a young boy got there around about the same time and they had full plates of buffet .we actually sat in the car park for a little while trying to figure out how to salvage my husband's father's day meal !! However things happen for a reason and on our way back home ( forgot to mention we drove 35/40mins each way ) we noticed Everest tandoori in tilehurst had a buffet on .called and they we very polite ,set a table up immediately and we had the best curry selection we've ever had .it was amazing and great customer service ..can't wait to go back very soon As for this place ,not a chance Hope this is helpful 🙂

Had a very good curry here with work colleagues. The presentation was good, with fresh flowers on the table. The food was great with a wide choice. Some nice beers on tap. The service was good. We will go there again.

Celebrated my 50th birthday at the Hatchgate Inn - it was an amazing night made all the better by the help, support and friendliness of the Landlord Buddy and his team. They provided an amazing curry buffet that had everyone talking! Was great value and the team helped create a great atmosphere! Whether you are popping in for a pint, sampling their amazing Indian cuisine or booking the place for a private party I can’t recommend it enough!!

Great afternoon having a beer with a friend in the garden 😀

Excellent food and great service.We visited this place while we traveled in Reading. We really had an excellent meal.Home made fresh and well prepared meals we really enjoyed.we visited here before but every time it’s even better!Staff is really nice and friendly. We will definitely be coming back .Lovely Meals.

I ordered a tandoori mixed grill, if I had eaten this I would have been very poorly , it was raw , when I complained the excuse was it’s a different chef and it’s very hard to cook the chicken that is on the bone!???? I was offered another meal but after seeing this it was a no , the took the price off the bill for the mixed grill but we could not eat the other dish we ordered as I was not taking the risk, so very bad and disgusting, would not recommend this establishment to anyone

The food was absolutely delicious. It was so refreshing to have excellent customer service served alongside

I've eaten here only a handful of times and had a rather mixed bag really. Sometimes the food has been 100% lovely for all of our group, but the staff have been less attentive and sometimes some dishes have been a bit disappointing but the staff have been great. So I need to come back a few more times to make my mind up.

Staff are always welcoming. Food is amazing.

The food was OK thought I'd try for the reviews the portion is a bit small , the flavour was OK I had chicken vindaloo pilue rice keema naan and aloo potatoes the spinage tasted gone off left a mouldy taste on my mouth so suspected gone off the rice no flavour but the curry 3/5 the everest tandoori on honey end lane is better

Excellent curry and good portions.

They have a small pub section to have drinks which is nice

Great food again. Great service.

Nice pub for what it is nothing special, wanted to try because they won an award felt disappointed as my usual Indian is better , the portion control is unbelievable but just basic flavour but to be fair better than a lot out there , in my opinion the Everest tandoori in medway is better, I just wanted to try and see the hype so 3/5

Lovely Indian food in a pub, Great food, nice and spicy, bottled Cobra ans feiendly staff.

Excellent curry lamb Khori Gosht. Very homely fireplace. Extremely friendly staff. My best Indian cuisine in the UK.

Really nice little pub! Didn't expected but the good was great!

A lovely pub come Indian restaurant. Friendly service,. lovely food.

Food was great, and the staff were all friendly and helpful.

It's always lovely to go down to The Hatch Gate, the staff there are very welcoming and friendly - you get a sense of community from the atmosphere. They have regular live music playing which is a treat to watch. The Hatch Gate has is the best curry house in Burghfield and surrounding area. It's worth traveling to if you're not a local, you won't be disappointed.

Nice place. Am not a fan of smelling food when I visit a pub but it appears this is really a very good restaurant with a bar so.....😏

Good food, reasonable prices and friendly staff. 11/10 not my first visit and won't be my last

Thoroughly recommend the Hatch Gate for a party. We had 100 guests for our anniversary party and Buddy made the whole experience extremely easy and seamless.. Staff were attentive and friendly and the Indian buffet was lovely— so many great comments from our guests… Whatever you want, Buddy says no problem and makes it happen.. we told him with a days notice that our son’s band wanted to play a set— no problem we do that all the time.. Pub was still open for other guests and regulars but that was no problem, they were extremely friendly and respectful. Extremely fair price for the quantity of service.. Thanks Buddy and team for a really great evening.. 😊😊😊😊

Good food, and variety at the buffet.

Parts of order missing food dishes watery and small portions and tasteless service was poor never wasting my money here again .

Had the Sunday buffet, so I can't comment on the normal menu. It was OK food a little bland but a decent price. Service was good. The only real down is it's a bit dark and dingy in there, with not much space. It's still worth a visit if you are in the area.

In my whole 33 years of trying new foods and restaurants myself and family have never been treated so poorly and made to feel VERY uncomfortable. The top boss not only treats his customers so vile but also his staff. If you still want you're sanity then I suggest women and children stay away from this place that's all I have to say.

Attended a party here. Food was pre ordered, was very nice. Didn't see full menu. £3.50 for a pint of draft diet coke, a bit steep. Facilities were clean and well maintained.

I can only say worse buffet I've ever experienced in 30 plus years of having them the poppadoms smelt disgusting the mango sauce was watered down the mint sauce watered down overall disgusting then when we went up to the counter to start taking from the buffet only to find most of the buffet was missing when we asked him to replace the items what was missing he then told us they don't replace any of it from 19:30 then why didn't he tell us that in the first place before we decided to have a buffet but then it got worse because the items what was there was all dried up and disgusting where they had been in the trays to long I can never understand why they do these buffets on a Sunday only to serve up total rubbish my advice to them is stop serving buffets and just stick to a menu and hopefully they get that right.

Very nice chicken Lonka curry, very pleasant staff, all round good as gold. Will definitely visit again and recommend to others

Very good Indian food, very good staff, all round wonderful place to go, I shall highly recommend to many a friend in the foreseeable future

Nice Indian food but not as good as native Indian restaurants. Service was quick but the place is quite short in height.

I can recommend the duck tikka masala. And the rest of my party had equally delicious food. Prompt service and friendly staff.

We visited The Hatch Gate for a Sunday Buffet we must say it was one of the best buffets we ever had.There was a plenty of choices of freshly homemade food ,Staffs are very helpful and attentive.This place is really nice and clean . One more things I must mention buffet is really value for money.We visited many others places we found this Indian restaurant is one of best in miles.This is our new favourite place.We will definitely be back and recommending to others.

After passing this place on the motorbikes previously, and noticing that it served indian buffet, we were intrigued and so booked a table online a few weeks later. We had our table booked for Sunday at 6pm. The roads were quiet so we arrived early. We entered via what we think was the main front door. Once inside there is a door to the left and the right, but with no signage to tell you which side the Indian restaurant was. We took a chance on the door on the right and struck it lucky. We were immediately shown to a table with no effort to ask if we had a booking, just 'How many?' Once seated I noticed an ant walking on one of the plates on the table. The staff member squashed it with his thumb and took the plate away....we ordered drinks and then counted 4 more ants wandering around on the table or under other plates. We swiftly pointed this out and moved tables! That was an omen we should have heeded! We had poppadoms and chutneys for starters, the chutneys looked rather odd to those we had had in other Indian restaurants, but reserved judgement until tasted. The raita/mint yoghurt was definitely an experience. Rather bland, pale and a bit lumpy. The mago chutney was a tad runny, and again bland. Onto the main...the buffet.....The self service food section was in a small alcove and became rather crowed when 3 or 4 of you are stood waiting for the food to be replenished. which was quite often. I managed to get one plate of salad, a piece of chicken korma (yes, one piece of chicken as thats all there was, loads of sauce left though) One piece of chicken with spinach (which was actually rather nice) a potao pakora and an onion bhaji. There was a small salad plate which consisted mainly of lettuce and a few chopped carrots for decoration. There are 2 types of rice but both trays were empty. After waiting a short while for the food to be replenished, I could wait no more as the food on my plate was going cold. I cut my losses and went back to our table. The queue for food peaked and troughed based on when food was brought out. It was busy and people seemed to descend on the small area to fill their plates as soon as the waiter walked past. We shall not return, and will instead go to a proper indian restaurant where we can chose off the menu and dine in comfort.

As well as the bar and outside garden area, the Hatch Gate inn has an area set aside as an indian restuarant and we visited for the Sunday buffet late afternoon. Not that busy when we arrived but the restuarant soon filled up and the overflow room came into use. Good variety of dishes which were hot and tasty (although we had to wait some minutes for the starters to be refilled). Service of drinks was a little slow (and not cheap) and the bill took too long to come.

We had a buffet meal for 45 at the Hatchgate Inn to celebrate my husband’s birthday. The whole process was made easy by the owner who was accommodating to all of our requests, the staff were helpful and friendly and just about every guest got back to me to say how delicious the food was. The bar was well stocked and the drinks flowed all night. I would highly recommend. Thank you to all of you 🙂

We order from here regularly, the food is usually very good and we enjoy it, however the issue I do have is that everytime they deliver they never have my change, they either always forget the drink with the order or if they do bring one it's never the right one and I paid almost £4 for a bottle of drink and got the wrong size. The food itself is lovely but the service is appalling

A local pub, have been going here for years. The food is always excellent and there is a choice between traditional English pub food and Indian food, both of which is delicious. One group can order from both menus too so it's very flexible! The owner, Buddy, is very friendly and knows all of his customers by name. The curry here is also available for takeaway or delivery so there are plenty of options! I would recommend trying this pub if you are in the area.

Excellent food, and interesting entertainment!

All you can eat! Well looked after!

Authentic Indian cuisine at its best 5 stars.

Food was nicely cooked and delicious. Had paneer tikka massala, chicken tikka biryani, and chicken tikka pathia and all very tasty. Thanks

Lovely fresh food,finest Indian cuisine

Good food. Good value. Will return.

excellent service and excellent staff

Enjoyed the food in a really good atmosphere. Sat with a view over the Thames which was also something to enjoy.

Good food but slow service. Very friendly staff though.

Very unfriendly and not welcoming at all. Group of locals sat around the bar refusing to move and let you get to the bar to order. Been going here for several years when I come visit my parents and this has happened a few times. Staff don’t do anything about it. A much friendly pub across the road.

Consistently excellent! Buddy, who owns the business knows all his customers by their first name, and is always very friendly. Service is great too!

Made very welcome by all staff. Shown to table of our choice by very attentive publican/entrepreneur, we were helped to find the type of Indian food dishes we would like from a very extensive menu. The meals were very enjoyable and suited our needs to the hilt . We will most definitely be visiting again and taking family and friends. Thank You.

Fantastic food. Service was impeccable. Extremely polite, friendly and helpful staff. I would definitely recommend a visit here.

Wonderful and delicious array of Indian dishes... Am told they also serve a range of more traditional British pub food, but I was too distracted by the wonderful aromas emanating from the kitchen to even consider anything other than the Indian cuisine. Totally yummy 😋

Great country pub good food and friendly.

Nice friendly pub and restaurant. It is Indian and English food.

Really good food, loved the poppadum's, mixed tandoori, great value too

The best Indian takeaway in the country! Drinks are decently priced, friendly staff and large portion sizes.

I like this place, a proper Pub but with very good Idian food, whats there not to like.

Great Indian food, recommended!!

Food ok but very small inside cramped won't rush back

The positives were the staff were nice and friendly and food was served quickly. The food however was one of the worst Indian meals I've had. It was absolutely flavourless and very watery sauce, the chicken was very dry and over cooked and the curry was just very weak and flavourless and more like a casserole than a curry. My partner had a dish with a fair bit of heat to it which was good but there was very little flavour to it beyond just heat yet again. The rice was fine but nothing to shout home about, very small naan bread and smothered in ghee rather than cooked in it so had an unpleasant texture. I wouldn't go back, it just felt very much like a standard English pub decided to chuck an Indian resturaunt on the side rather than having property authentic food.

Fantastic all you can eat Sunday buffet, you will not be disappointed 😁

Charming and very friendly country pub. Buddy, the landlord, serves Indian cuisine in a restaurant on one side of the pub and contemporary English cuisine on the other. The central bar area remains as a pub and the regulars provide a warm welcome. Cosy in winter when the log burner is on. Occasionally they host music evenings including some rather good Elvis acts. Would highly recommend a visit.

Very welcoming staff and excellent food.

Visited twice recently and on both occasions we had an excellent Indian meal. I have no hesitation in recommending Burghfield Spices.

The manager is fantastic and very accommodating. All the staff are polite and the food arrived promptly. The menu has plenty of options to choose from and the quality of food is excellent. Would recommend to anyone.

Really happy with everything we ordered for our meal. A really good selection of starters, mains and sides. Take your time reading through the menu and find a good range of foods to suit everyone. Busy for eat in and Take away which is always a good sign! 👍

This is my go-to place for a decent curry. Staff are always welcoming and friendly. Food is really good.

From what seems like a lovely greenking country pub from the outside and inside I was shocked to discover once I opened the menu its a Indian cuisine, slightly confusing but no bother as I absolutely love Indian food. When the food arrived it looked good, tasted of nothing absolutely bland, could only eat half, it realy wasn't nice, staff were quite rude, food is realy overpriced and when we got the bill and asked for the 25% off which the huge sign said on the outside of building, they told us it was last months promotion, even though we're well into the next month, avoid at all costs, horrible food, overpriced food, overpriced beer

poor quality food , overpriced and false advertising saying 25% off , staff very rude ,give it a miss

Nice pub with Indian restaurant attached. Welcoming landlord not phased by accommodating large group. Plenty of outside seating. Reasonable choice of drinks including hand drawn ale. We didn't eat here but we'll be back!

Great Elvis night. Indian food lovely. Covid safe and friendly staff. Would go again

Food was ok and staff friendly but service is slow and the place needs desperately decorating. Very shabby inside.

Brilliant service and great food

Food was quite nice but what a terrible service and rude staff I ordered food that took a really long time when I did eventually get it I stopped half way through popped out side when I gt back my food had been taken away so really bad service and still charged me for what I hadant had no apology or anything so definitely will not be going back.

Slightly disappointed as popped in for lunch but the kitchen was closed, have eaten here before and the food is lovely.

Nice food, reasonable priced drinks...winner

Never been here before but was invited to a Classic car meet by a friend so went along. Ordered a Pint of draught Cider and a Pint of Lime and Soda. My normal pub charges £5 for this. I was charged £7.20! When challenged I was told this was correct. Up to this point I was considering sitting down and ordering food, but I don’t like being ripped off. I won’t be returning here again.

GREAT food, LOVELY caring staff.

Excellent food and customer service second to none

Disappointed. Called to book a table and they didn't even want to take my name or number and told me to just come. Very excited as first meal out since 3rd lockdown. Show up at 6:30 and it is PACKED. No seats visible and no parking. After trying to park for 15 minutes we give up and leave. They clearly just tell everyone to come down, no booking system. I can only describe it as greedy and selfish. I heard so many good things but i can honestly say they aren't worth your time.

Best Indian food for miles around. Serves the wider community in terms of generosity too.

Good curry and a lively atmosphere

Possibly one of the worst places I have eaten!! I went with a family of 6 and all 6 meals were awful! Not what you would expect for paying there prices! When I confronted the staff member he laughed and said "we don't know English food" but happy to serve it! I am sure the Indian food is good but the lunch time menu is a joke.

Nice little pub but the indian is great and have been many times aswell as had it delivered. They are a great place to meet for get togethers aswell

Food was very average. Spent half our meal listening to the owner boasting to the next table all the other pubs he would buy when they close down due to covid. Well done mate. Kick them when they're down. 😡

Really yummy food and nice atmosphere. I'm a support worker and often bring the people I support here. Our server Hayley was extremely friendly, warm and welcoming. She made the gentleman I support (with learning disability) feel very at home and welcomed him back as he had been before. Very inclusive.

Choice of English or Indian menu, inside or outside seating.....good COVID measures. Lots of parking. Food was good, service a little slow but staff super nice.

Cracking curry, nice little pub, excellent beer garden. The owner is a great chapter too! We all love buddy!

Had the best Indian take away for along time thankyou

Great food. Attentive helpful staff. Good prices. The best local Indian Restaurant.

Great Indian food, nice cosy pub.

Booked a table partly because of eat out to help out scheme ..... Delicious food,friendly staff,but very surprised and concerned that no members of staff wore any PPE whatsoever.... The waiter who processed our payment at our table was very friendly and keen to chat ,but again ,no PPE worn .... Despite a delicious meal,I shall not visit this pub again as it appeared no one was aware of the importance of protecting customers but are happy to receive their business .....

Absolutely brilliant food was spot on and all the staff friendly deserves 10 stars

Guys if you haven't been you must go. foods amazing really friendly staff 10/10 Clean and tidy. Relaxing evening well worth the visit.

Party of four, early Saturday night dinner. We ordered 4 curries ad a biriany, far too much, but they doggy bagged it .Excellent food, good service, pleasant surroundings. Will be a regular eating place. v c

Excellent food and very well priced. Would highly reccomend.

We had very good Indian food. Served quickly and by polite staff. Accommodated with smaller portions. Nice pub and bar that seems to be