The Hungry Elephant Bar And Grill in Coventry

Incredible service and quick, piping-hot food! The atmosphere was fantastic. I had a wonderful evening filled with delicious food and drinks. It was my first visit, but it certainly won’t be my last. Thank you for a great night!

Lovely food and service especially the barman Jack, always very welcoming and friendly

Ordered a delivery via deliveroo, food was very bland and low quality, microwaveesque. Struggling to find a good Indian restaurant in coventry and this really isn’t it, please avoid

The food is amazing, lovely atmosphere and Jack is brilliant, a great credit to the restaurant with his always friendly welcome and really attentive.

Fantastic food, friendly service from all the staff, lad behind the bar offered us both a sample of new drinks to try before buying which was a great idea going above and beyond for customers. Good quality food, served hot and quickly with a reasonable price. Two adults with starter/mains/4 drinks around £50.

Just call me Captain Naan Bread! Thanks for adding some flavor back into my life. I'll definitely be returning!

Very good quality food. I find the flavour spot on, but people I've taken have commented on it being a bit spicy. So don't be too adventurous on your first visit.

Went here for the first time with my family to celebrate my birthday, the welcome was cold and unfriendly by the old man behind the bar who I believe may have been the owner. I did try & have a friendly chat with him but it seemed as though he was not interested. There was a old musky smell in the air like there was a dirty cloth being used to clean the tables. The young man that served us was okay and the kitchen staff/chef clearly know what they are doing as the food came out hot & fresh and apart from the chicken curry where the meat was too dry the rest of the dishes as well as the Elephant Grill was very tasty but no one bothered to come to the table and ask if everything was okay. I think the owner really needs to up the game in customer service as currently it’s non existent. So due to the unwelcoming feeling & negative nature from The Hungry Elephant, I will not be returning here nor would I recommend it to anyone. They are many decent Desi Grills in the area that would welcome my business.

I've been to the New Horseshoes Bar and Grill multiple times, and I’m amazed at how much the service has improved. I honestly have no complaints—it deserves a full 5 stars for flavor, presentation, and speed of service. I want to praise the team for their outstanding hospitality. They provide an excellent variety of drinks, and the decor sets a lovely ambiance for any occasion. Great job, everyone—keep up the excellent work!

Chicken Bhuna was particularly mouthwatering.Overall, it was a wonderful dining experience that I would eagerly recommend to anyone looking for a satisfying meal in a pleasant setting!

We ordered 6 popadoms, only 3 arrived at the table, we asked for 3 more. When they came one was mouldy. On our last visit we had a mouldy popadom too. The ladies toilet absolutely stunk of sewage, I was almost sick and the lady in the cubicle next to me was struggling with the smell too!

Great value food in a vibrant environment. I had a chicken jalfreizi, which was well cooked, but too sweet. Also, the plain naan was very crispy!

Booked a table for 12 people. Food was delicious and service was on par. Had a fantastic time. Would definitely come again.

Lovely food. Only downside only open till 10.30 and fell a bit rushed to leave. But apart from that lovely place and food great.

It's the first time I visited this place with a friend. As many are strict nowadays, he will only eat at a non halal place. I can confirm the food and service here are on point, it's all non halal. We sat and had a few drinks in the pleasant environment, we arrived around 6 midweek. It started off quiet, getting busier as we enjoyed our meal. We ordered a regular mixed grill, which is small but enough for 2 people having a main as well, which we did For mains it was butter chicken and lamb saag, plus 2 naans. The food arrived hot, and flavoured. I would say that the butter chicken had more flavour on the gravy compared to the chicken but a great overall flavour definitely recommended.

Chilli paneer and chilli gobi definitely worth trying. Nice and spicy 👌 had the butter masala and mixed grills. No complaints here.

Very average food at this place. The mix grill looked like it was covered in red food colouring, and the mains dishes we ordered all tasted the same.

Excellent meal and service can't fault the food well done

Well priced. Good menu. Very good standard of food and well priced. Definitely would return.

If you think of coming to this restaurant for authentic Indian food, you’ll definitely regret it because this restaurant just doesn’t know how to do it right! I ordered a Chicken Tikka Biryani and let me tell you it wasn’t a biryani, it didn’t even taste like what biryani should taste like, it didn’t even taste like normal pulav rice, the chicken was so tasteless, NO SALT! The chicken was so bland that I had to put salt and somehow eat it. Personal advice for this restaurant would be to stop making biryani or just don’t call it biryani just call it chicken rice and please value it for around £3. Just not worth the money. Update: My stomach has started to ache too. Never ordering from this restaurant again. 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

An incredible dining experience! There is a nice atmosphere to the place and the service was very quick and efficient. We didn't have to wait long at all until our order was ready, and the garlic & cheese naan was especially tasty! Very highly recommended and I hope to return soon!

Got a delivery. Greasy as hell, soooo bland soenr £26 and threw it away 🙄 never ever again

Chilli gobi was roasted badly. It was in black color.

We had a work party there. No one enjoyed the food was very disappointed as most of the currys tasted like it was out of the tin, no fresh products was used. The staffs didn't seem very friendly and moody. No welcoming feeling. A smile doesn't cost a thing. I wouldn't go back there again.

Disappointing lack of choice, especially vegetarian.

I swear to God, this is one for the worst restaurants . Please don't waste your money, time and effort of walking in here. Plenty of food colouring, smelly meat ( likely frozen used in most dishes, not fresh) we've ordered elephant grill.. very bad. Couldn't finish it. I were to write something positive . Plenty of parking, good ambience if that's what you here for . One of the guy was so aggressive when I mentioned about the food and chased me to car park and took pics of my car ( not sure what he is planning to do lol )

Great food at reasonable prices, tasty with generous portions. Great selection and first class service, a definite go-to place if you enjoy quality cuisine! Highly recommended

Great food, staff are friendly and beer is good. Elephant grill is amazing.

Have only just started ordering from this restaurant and have been really impressed with the food. We had a madras curry and it was fantastic. Delivery was quick . This is definitely our new takeaway.

Shame , I orders from this restaurant at least once a month and the portions are smaller and smaller . Food is great and is the best Indian food what I ever eat , but the fact you asking clients to pay this same price for half of the portion is out of order. I love cauliflower Gobi and today I deliver food home. I had 3 small pieces of cauliflower for nearly £8. Please think twice before order.

Great food, lovely staff but it was absolutely freezing in there. Still trying to warm up when I got home. 🥶

Large choice of food, both veg. and non veg. Service was excellent with food piping hot and well presented. Similarly, bar had large selection of beers on draught and service was great. We went on recommendation. The experience lived up to its billing.

Food taste was not at all great. Waste is money

I have visited The Hungry Elephant a good few times now and it NEVER disappoints! Food comes out piping hot, fresh and very fast! Service is amazing, the guy behind the bar serving drinks is lovely and always has a chat with us! Would recommend this place to anyone

The food so good and the service even better ...so kind and so good at the service...would recommend everyone to try the food here and great service here

Excellent establishment! One of our favour places to eat in the city. Food is delicious and not expensive. Very good value for money in all ways. Have to try the butter chicken 😋

Food is amazing but there is a breeze from somewhere, we had to keep our coats on and so did a lot of customers, amongst themselves, could here them saying it’s cold, please get that sorted as you don’t want to be wearing coat on and evening meal out

Really good Indian food, reasonably priced, service is fast and decent atmosphere. It's definitely worth a try.

Ordered large mix grill, really nice, fast service, driver polite, could do with slightly bigger portions, 1st time customer, but got 2 say best in Cov. Defo coming back, 10/10

Brilliant day and night meeting friends, eating and drinking. Nice family-friendly place.

Great food and plenty of it. Lovely staff and atmosphere. Little cold though as door kept opening.

We have all heard the saying "you get what you pay for", well you get good food and good service, very reasonably priced, in good surroundings. Although it is a limited menu and they do not do desserts. It's not the sort of place you would go for a romantic meal for two, but that's not what I wanted. Definitely recommend and definitely go again.

Decent food, reasonable prices, and good service.

Not great after you eat staff can't wait to see you go food was OK

Great food, order at the kitchen window is great if your in a large group as they can all go up one by one, order and pay for thier own ...... Just make sure you tell the staff you want all the orders delivered together. Place is huge so lacks a bit of atmosphere if it's mid week and empty. Food was all great, the Keema Matar exceptional. Well worth a visit 👌

Great food and drinks selection

Food was cold. We brought a party of 20 and the food was delivered within 5 minutes of ordering. Whilst leaving, the owner was complaining that ONLY 400 quid was spent whilst we were there! We were also overcharged on SOFT drinks😂, to get this wrong is very poor.

Food was cold, overheard one of the colleagues talking about the family which was very unprofessional.

Just been there now not impress at all the place is freezing I had Chicken Saga it was to hot for how it should off been my partner had chicken Madras and kema Nan we had poppodoms we got two dips usually four not impressed at at all everybody is allways said try this is great I Dont think so.

The bald man at the bar was so rude with the kid my kid was running he shouted on 3 year kid they must have manners

Biryani was the hottest I’ve ever experienced! Came with some sort of peppery sauce. I thought it came with vegetable curry? I’ve never had it served with just a sauce? The chicken was really salty. Couldn’t finish it. Won’t be going there again

Very busy when we visite but still quite a pleasant environment. Food was still fresh and hot and delicious. One of the best Indian restaurants in Coventry.

Didn't eat, had a couple of beers and watched the Rugby. Food looked great.

1st visit after work with workmates (great as they open at 4pm) excellent food (tasted great) loads of choice, sizable portions & the option to package your food up to take home with you if your eyes are bigger than your belly. Great value.

I came here yesterday with a group of friends and I have to say the food is absolutely disgusting the chicken tikka masala was way too salty and tastes like tomato paste and the chicken was over cooked and stringy tasted like it was going off we were not happy with the meal portions are very small. We also asked for chutney dips and they didn’t bring over any mint sauce we only had 2 dips which were tiny. The place was also cold and empty I wonder why no one wants to go here please avoid was not a great experience food may look good on pictures but it is not great to eat

Great food at a reasonable price.

The food is delicious. Service and atmosphere ok. Plus clean toilets and good size parking.

Amazing place to eat and drink. Never had a bad meal. Food is so good 👍 Menu had so much selection and food is served quickly. Definitely recommend.

I am writing this review with disappointment. Me and my friends ordered curries and wanted Naan Breads to go with them. This is how they served our Naans… Completely burned, rock hard as well. I am really disappointed to see that the staff did not see any problem sending us burned, visibly uneatable naans. It was deliverey, so we were not able to do a prompt complaint, but it was shame to see that no one was able to eat, everyone had to throw away them to the bin and we only ate plain currys. I don’t know what else to say… hope you don’t serve something you cant eat yourselves to any future customers.

Operates a duplicitous system. Eat in food is good .take away terrible. Small portion. Nan bread rubbery,rice bland

Please please we should add this each and every time even though we are polite and lower in my voice, not demanding anything , not with me everyone in our gang faced this. Today Roti was very hard compared to my previous visit. Better try other options in the city.

I've been here a few times and not sure if it's just me but the service is a bit off the young lad dumped a pile of plate on the table with cutlery and walked off and I don't quite get the ordering at two locations one for food and one for drinks but that might just be me on that one, Food the tikka masala was very salty Mixed grill the kebabs very dry chicken was nice Naan breads keema naan so greasy in oil was a shame , cheesy naan was nice Like I said I have been a few times and a lot people rave about it I can't see why

I totally not recommended!! Ordered Sweet Chicken Tikka Masala NOT SPICY and it burn my throat!! The sauce taste like spicy tomato paste.. waste of money....

Will definitely be back. Food was amazing!!

Friendly, great selection and service reasonable bar prices

Very bad experience food was horrible the service was rubbish table was finished nobody coming to take away plates rude staff make feel like you bad nerver again and price was pricey for the taste and service it’s not worth it

Love this place, the food has always been absolutely amazing. But I have to say you must try our favourite Nan bread which they do for us everytime we go and that's the beast of a Kema,Chilli,Garlic,Cheese nan its to die for. To be honest, it's probably an artery clogged but we love it. They need to add it to the menu and call it, "Craig's Artery Clogger" 🤣

Food is spot on alwasy hot never had long to wait come out all separate so the whole table can tey abit if every thing Staff are friendly and kind can't complain

I love this restaurant. service is excellent, the food is delicious, drinks are tasty, and we always have a wonderful time.

Bang on banging food, 10/10 service literally for the whole family all the dishes were served fantastically within 5 minutes. Honestly blown away 10/10 recommend. Also they're good at pouring a pint. It's a 👍 from me.

Curry was terrible. It was like tomato puree and gravy! I don't know if it is under new management as it used to be really good!

Fabulous food and very reasonably priced, will definitely be back

The best curry house is Coventry always piping hot and very delicious food, fresh naans nicy and spicy curry's and you can customise if you choose. Highly recommended this place great value for money

Been here 2-3 times now and love the food here the elephant grill never let's you down the curries are made pretty hot if your not requesting a certain spice had a madras which was lovely

Great Indian food with good ambiance

We had the vegetarian grill and chilli chips shared between two and both were excellent. Really realistic soya chicken tikka, delicious range of items and a big portion. Fast and friendly delivery also. Loved it

Terrible customer service! No waitress there to take your order or give you a table. We have been told to sit anywhere, but all of their tables were dirty and full of used plates and glasses. We asked one of the team members to clean our table and what we got was attitude. The place looks really nice from the outside, but it's actually more like a pub, not a restaurant. Avoid

Good Indian grill. Good size portions.

Good food, fast delivery service.

Best place in Coventry to get Indian food and a nice cold beer

It's not a family restaurant. Bit expensive for food and drinks (£3 for a coke). But it's good for a bar and outings.

Perfect food, perfect service! Five star!

Went there first time ordered elephant mixed grill it’s the best Indian I’ve ever had and I’ll be going back again and again and they have a lovely clean open kitchen 💯

Curry tasted like it was from a microwave like something from asda shame cus ive had it from here before other food was okay but curry was awful now just found abit of plastic or bone in the curry. My partner is pregnant if she ate that it couldve caused harm how dare yous we will never use you again

The food was very good. Others mention lack of service but the place strikes me more self service (order your own food/drink at the bar) rather than table service. I'm happy with this and really enjoyed the food. Portions were plentiful and we all enjoyed our food. The only gripe was that the mains took ages to follow after the starters but they did come out piping hot.

Food is lovely I've been before on a couple of occasions. Will go again too. Would prefer waiter service though.

First visit here and what a delight it is. Food is delicious and the portions are just right. Curry’s are cooked to how spicy you want them. Prices are very reasonable. Staff are very polite and helpful. Will come here again and would recommend highly

I have heard a lot of people say how good this place is. I don't know why it's taken me so long to visit. I ordered food for collection and was not disappointed. We all really enjoyed our food it was delicious. My fish curry was really tasty the spices were very fresh and jumped out. The staff were very friendly and attentive. Next time I will dine in as it had a nice atmosphere.

Terrible costomer services. There is no waitress. No one takes away the spare plates. Only one person for ordering is actually working. However food is good. We had naan, curry and grills and all of them are tasty. About 60 pounds here for 3 people.

Food was good but table service is horrible! Even when the atmosphere was not so busy no one attends to you. You need to call each time to get the table cleared after starters, main course and you have to pay for everything as soon as you order ( like in McDonald's).

Worst table service but I am happy with food taste and quantity

Beautiful food, very tasty and perfect whilst watching the football. Beer was decent too. Could easily spend a whole evening here with the lads.

Food was really nice especially the kemma mutter

My first time at the hungry elephant The food was excellent I will be returning soon. 🤗

Perfect vindaloo and peshwari naan

Average food, room got very cold when outside door opened to smoking area resulting in an un comfortable evening.

Food great, but they never answer the phone. Spent the last 20 mins calling as we've been delivered the wrong order but phone just rings and ends after a while

Brilliant food and relaxing atmosphere

Great menu choice. Family friendly

Make sure you check your collection and deliveries, 3 times in a row I’ve had the wrong item or missing items from the order. Luckily I live close, but it’s a joke once you get all your dinner out just to have to walk back while it’s going cold. Very disappointing