The India Palm in Dumfries & Galloway

We all had a great meal service was first rate very welcoming, clean and fresh surroundings could not fail them on anything.

Just before Easter week 2024... staying overnight in Dumfries.. nice Big Indian restaurant.. amazing decor.. even have red Tiger 🐅 carpet. Great food. Friendly service..

Very delicious food, great choice, great service. Can be noisy if there's a big group in - but this is not the restaurants fault. Definitely recommend.

My partner and I love curry. We eat curry regularly, both at home and in restaurants. We often travel upwards of 2 hours to try recommended curry houses. Tonight, we thought we would try one closer to home. And we have both agreed that this is the absolute worst that either of us have ever been to… It started off fairly promising. The place is warm, and we were seated quickly in a booth. There were some questionable stains on the table cloth, but we overlooked this, and our drinks order was quickly taken, followed by our food order. Unfortunately the carpet had more personality that all of the waitstaff combined. Literally. My feet stuck to whatever was growing in it. The started was a selection of deep fried chicken and veg. It was fine. Basic, but fine. Then arrived the main course. My partner had ordered the Karahi from the “hot” section and I had gone for the Pardesi from the “medium” menu. Neither had any heat whatsoever, or any flavour. Had they not been different colours, you could have been forgiven for assuming they were identical. The nan bread was like a thick duvet, and my cheese and garlic nan had was literally nan bread with half a bag of grated mozzarella on top! When the waiter asked how things were, he scuttled off before waiting for an answer. Despite all of this, we could have got over this, had there not been the attempted theft, the addition of a significant amount onto each item on the bill. When this was flagged up, the excuse was “well I haven’t got a menu to hand”. Hello Trading Standards - needless to add, when a menu was presented, the price was very incorrect, and the additional sum removed. If dreadful food, staff who clearly don’t want to be there, and attempted theft are your thing, then sure, give it a bash….

Very tasty and extremely good value.

Stunning food, good value..! Highly recommend.! Meat cooked perfectly (melt in the mouth!)

Got starter and main meal which were tasteless , coconut rice and chilli rice were both poor in taste also. Ordered 2 coffee's which came out a catering size box of nescafe and again poor quality of coffee, been twice to this establishment on a row and both times left dissatisfied, we won't be back.

First visit. Food, service and atmosphere all perfect. Extensive menu to suit all tastes. Will return.

Fantastic Indian restaurant 👌 was there 2 days, back to back

Dec '23 update. Still great, still no lime pickle! Great restaurant with great service and good food. Only thing I'd say is they need some lime pickle with the papadums.

Brilliant. Excellent experience in a wonderfully run restaurant. It was a buffet as it was a Sunday. All food was hot and tasty. Well worth a visit. Good value...

First visit but not our last. Great food and staff really helpful and friendly - ordered us a taxi as new to the area.

First time eating out in Dumfries. Real Indian Restaurant. Great food friendly staff, will definitly go back . Reasonable prices

My partner and 2 kids have just got home from a meal here. The food was to die for and service was excellent. We'll be back.

Would not recommend going here food was disgusting,no taste and well over priced. Stay away people don't waste your money

Food was terrible 70pound for 2 adults 2 kids food was dissapointing a spoon full of rice and a chickenless curry wouldn't recommend wont be going back the service was bad.. Avoid

Food was not good got home was sick several times judge for yourself very expensive place

Come to Dumfries every year at this time and have always had a great experience eating here . Tonight was terrible . We had a table booked for 530 . Got starter no problem waited an hour and a half for main course . The manager was so rude to customers as it was busy . He was running about shouting at staff and customers . The service was diabolical . Won't go back next year .

Great place to get delicious Indian food in Dumfries. Tried their garlic naan which was the best, also liked the peshwari naan ( sweet ), the traditional chicken curries, India palm special Biryani was also good . Will definitely come back to this place.

Would never eat in again. Portions are tiny compared to takeaway portions yet double the price almost. Attended with a group of friends and everyone had 1 drink and a one main meal and shared a starter bill came to over £400 rip off.

Visiting the area and went in for the Sunday buffet . Food was good but the only choice in curry was they were all Tikka and its the one curry I don't like . So it was a disappointing experience for me.

I loved going to this place. But now after visiting a couple of days ago. I'm hugely disappointed at the very small portions being served. (I know there's a cost of living crisis) but my daughter and I left feeling hungry. When our food arrived at our table we looked at each other with amazement at such a mega small portion size we received. Defo won't be back again. It's a bloody shame.we only had a starter main and a drink.for the amount money I paid for the 2 of us. Defo not value for money

Delicious food and staff Sanjay is excellent, he gave us the best service.

Food was fantastic service second to none lovely decorated and spotless

(achchha bhojan) Excellent food , great staff who are polite and attentive very reasonable prices 10/10

Surprised how big this place was went in on a Tuesday about 5 only ppl in ordered tandoori chicken tikka masala pershwari plus normal nan and a chicken korma and a portion of chips and 2 pilau rices food came quite quick it was amazing chicken was tender melt in Ur mouth would defo go back next time am Doon

Food is great but very over priced the service is slow more interested on what was on their mobiles than serving customers

Visited 24th June 2023. The food was pretty good, we all enjoyed our meals. Atmosphere was fine, bit of a buzz but not too rowdy for a Saturday night. I've taken a couple of stars off because of the weirdness with the drinks. I'd asked for half an Aspalls cider. My brother and husband both had 2 pints of beer. I was told I couldn't have a half, they would only let me have a pint! Very odd, especially when the price for a half was listed on the drinks menu. I caved in and had a pint, my choice I know I could have asked for tap water instead, but I found this strange and quite irresponsible, what if someone was driving and only wanted a half for that reason? Never been anywhere before where you're not allowed a half pint?!

Been here a few times and the food is excellent. Staff are extremely helpful and patient. The drinks menu is extensive unless it’s cider but all in all it’s an amazing place to go.

Very good service. Served promptly + food delicious.

Food was good however the service was slow and the staff reacted poorly when we didn't want any more drinks. They then tried to get us out the door as fast as they could whilst still finishing our meal. Overall the food was good but it was overshadowed by the poor attitude of the staff.

Food was not great, just wasted our money today. Too much oil and couldn’t find a good piece of chicken from curry. Ordered egg rice and naan along with daal and chicken curry. All items are disappointing. Not authentic Indian taste felt. Not worth the price at all

Came for the buffet. It was so good. You can choose from 3 mild curries, 3 medium and 3 hot, then you have a big variety of different rices, naan, poppadoms, chicken and mixed pakora. All for £14.99. Can't complain at all. And if you're vegetarian (which I'm not) they will make you fresh curry so you don't miss out

Awesome service everyone who works there were so lovely and kind. Thank you. 😊

The food was excellent as was the service, my husband asked for a half of lager but was brought a pint but that was the only mistake in the order, the food was delicious and we would certainly recommend this restaurant xx

Awesome fast service excellent food

Fabulous delicious enjoyable fantastic place to sit and enjoy a meal

Food was nice, very quick service

Got meal for 2 takeaway & ordered extra poppadoms - only got the poppadoms that came with meal, no extra & what we got were smashed

Had a great meal. Service was good.

Nice food but I really don't like it when they cut my nan up for me. I'm not a toddler.

Despite booking table in advance, they were more interested in seating and serving walk in's. Food was excellent but service was of the poorest standard, took them over an hour between the starter and to serve the main meal.

Don't order from restaurant throughJustEat. We received a carrier bag of sludge. Either the restaurant sent it that way and/or driver destroyed it en route. Either way they ruined my daughters birthday!

We had a lovely meal out at this restaurant on a Saturday evening. We arrived quite early (approx 17:45) and lucky too, as this restaurant gets busy! Reservations recommended. The food was really good and good portions. It was nice to see authentic Indian dishes other than the usual on the menu. It all tasted great! The team are friendly and work hard to ensure service and to find a table for everyone. It was our first visit and we will go back again.

Lovely meal with excellent service tonight. Food was fresh and very tasty, service was quick and attentive. Will definitely return soon

Excellent service, great food, big portions. Really good, ordered so much as there was so much I liked the look of!

Sunday buffet is always a winner. Good selection of different meals. Nothing very spicy mind, I think they've got a fear of the spice round here.

Nice Indian restaurant in Dumfries. They do buffet dinner on Sundays from 2-9pm. Unsure vegetarian friendly enough.

Great meal attentive staff. Well kept clean toilets. Staff phoned taxi for us.

Very good food and very reasonable priced.

Aboslute burnt offering. Complained but nothing was done (twice). I said to the waiter that it tasted burnt what a waste of money. Never again wont be back. If the waiter had been more compassionate and cared what the customer was saying about the food but he said it was acceptable for it to be burnt. One star for everything.

Staff are always very welcoming to this large, clean restaurant and there is a great choice of food. Everything we ordered was tasty and enjoyed and we have no hesitation in recommending The Palm.

This was the first time we'd eaten here. We were surprised at just how big the restaurant is. It's well laid out and nicely decorated. There's a good selection of vegetarian options. Our meal appeared really quickly after ordering and was enjoyable. The staff were friendly and attentive. The only thing I would say is that the portions are a bit on the small side. As we'd had a large lunch what we'd ordered was enough for us on this occasion, but probably wouldn't be another time.

Had dinner at this restaurant last night and found the cuisine lacking in flavour and taste. We ordered Keema Nan that is meant to have minced beef in the middle - looked like a spread had been used - no obvious meet, my partner had chicken tikka and hot three pieces of chicken. I had Chicken Korma and Coconut Rice - the Chicken looked like tikka that had been put in a Korma sauce, my partner had Lamb curry but you struggled to find the lamb - like the korma the lamb was all sauce, his rice was meant to be hot and spicy but again lacked flavours. We had a side of Bombay Potato but very poor quality. We live in London so are used to higher standards and took this into account, but this restaurant failed in all areas of service and cuisine and cost £50 for two people - that was with one cobra and one mango juice. I founded overpriced, if you are hungry go elsewhere as portions are very small, in fact just go elsewhere.

Had dinner here with family on 10/09/22. Atmosphere was nice, food was great (salmon alfredo, peshwari naan, coconut rice), staff were spot on. Very clean, very good.

Delicious vegetarian options with the Sunday buffet. The side rice versions were 3 different types, with the garlic lemon being the best for me. Ceylonese curry was excellent and spicy, as well as the Okra. Very friendly staff. Good restaurant atmosphere. Second time here and I feel this is by far the best Indian restaurant in D&G.

Fabulous food, service, restaurant. Can only rate this highly as there was absolutely nothing wrong.

What a friendly staff. Went twice in the journey. You should try Gulab Jamun

Great take away, good value and generous portions. Would definitely recommend!

Always a pleasure eating here. Food is great, service is amazing and I am stuffed.

First time a this restaurant, lovely meal and friendly staff.

One of the waiters had a bad cold and sniffled and sneezed big time! He should have been at home with lemsips! Not good in a restaurant!

Excellent, great service, regular curries from a new curry house were so good, tried anew one a Tawa loved it. Spotless place will be back.

Excellent service and delicious buffet at great price. What more can I say? Definitely recommend

Good but buffet kept running out no lamb only chicken.

Friendly staff. Happy to help. Great food

Nice, quiet atmosphere. Friendly staff and delicious food.

Highly recommend the food from this restaurant, the lamb melts in the mouth, absolutely beautiful. Lamb Karachi, yum yum.👌

Lovely restaurant, great food and excellent service

First visit last night, was quite impressed and will be back soon.

Great food, happy to make anything vegan, will be going back again soon. Thank you

Poor food and price. Staff were pleasant and attentive. Previously ate here and delicious. Few weeks back only had veg curry with chapatti, mango chutney, yoghurt. Hubby had chicken tikka, rice and nan. (looked more like fried chapatti).Mango koulfi each, husband's gritty mine delic. Hubby had pint soda water n lime, I had a half. Thought it would amount to £40 but no £50.

Excellent menu and excellent food, attentive staff,

Great food, vegan options, friendly staff - love this restaurant - thoroughly recommended.

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Terrible experience. They charged extra to each individual mean. Don't go

Food lacking any depth of flavour or freshness - Okay venue and service. I would not return here and therefore I cannot recommended it.

Amazing ambiance!🎉 Tasty food, and friendly staff🌺😇 Would suggest you all to visit once.❤️!!

This has got to be one if the best restaurants in Dumfries love the food and the staff are awesome.

love this place totally, lovely food and great value for money also

A large and varied menu. Food well cooked and tastes authentic. Staff very pleasant and keen to help. A pleasant dining experience. Surroundings quite pleasing in a large floor space but which didnt feel too big

Really good service and nice food, asked waiter for recommendation and went with his choice a ginger tawa chicken, highly recommended.

Food was really nice. Starter served to the table, chicken and vegetable pakora, buffee had a nice selection of 9 mains, 3 mild, 3 medium, 3 hot, 5 different types of rice. Staff were friendly and helpful, they brought over separate dishes for the vegetarian on our table. Price was OK. Service was excellent. And the place looks amazing and very clean. Pudding was a chocolate cake.

food excellent, very friendly staff, eaten in many Indian restaurants due to working away and this is up there. see alot off people complaining about the prices, don't have a problem with business owners and there workers earning a little extra when food and staff are serving very good food. will defo be back.

Delicious food from a varied menu, served by thoughtful and attentive staff at reasonable prices. I will be back.

Lovely place with your family and friends.delious good and great service.

Another lovely meal here, prompt and courteous service. Lovely atmosphere and very comfortable. Will return in the near future. Thanks

Indan food at its best. Service was excellent but it has to be the best Indan food I have ever had can not recommend this restaurant high enough

Best food in town 5* Always a great service and fantastic food. Fab choice of vegetarian food too.

Great food, offered to make us any dish as a vegan option. Lots of seating but like the booths they have.

Food okay, not good value for money

Food was really nice cant really fault the food to be honest..but when we got the bill it seemed to be alot more expensive that i thought it would be. Decided to check the prices of the menu online and turns out they added charges on my bill which was £10+ more than what i should of paid. Naughty

We had a meal on Saturday 16th October meal was ok £32.65 then was charged an extra £30.00 for a caraf of house wine on top of that,expensive wine,think I was done,but you learn by not noticing , .

Food was nice, I had a bhaji starter, which could've had a bit of salad with it to bulk it up. Mains was Chicken Biriyani, which was lovely and hot.

Great food and service highly recommend

Good food but very expensive for the portion sizes

Not even worth a 1 star Rude staff

Even giving 1 star is saying summat,poor service, poor food. Never cumin here again

DO NOT GO THERE. Unless you don't mind waiting 2hrs for under cooked food, and being served by arrogant management..🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

Great food and service, place was very clean.