The Last Days of the Raj Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

Called up a week prior to visiting to confirm it was ok to turn up without booking on a weeknight for the early evening menu, was told it was. On the evening of the visit when we came to order we were told the early evening menu wasn’t on during December despite it still being on the menu and heavily advertised outside the restaurant. Extremely disappointing as we specifically chose LDOTR because of the early evening menu deal. During the meal one member of staff persisted to lurk at the table and repeatedly asked if we wanted more drinks. We were the only party in the restaurant at this time so would have just asked if we wanted more drinks. Food was very nice so no complaints there. But the experience was tarnished by the lack of the menu we wanted to order from and the strange behaviour of the staff.

Highly disappointed, booked a table for the early evening menu - only to be told they wont be doing it that day as it doesn't make them enough money yet advertised online, signs outside and in the menu. Stayed and ordered anyways, any remaining food we wished to be boxed up to be told we had to pay for the containers if we wished to do so. Prices are way overpriced for the quality of the food, service and atmosphere.

This is a gem hidden in the village of Dinnington, on the main through road north. Everything about it is superb, from the decor, the staff, the menu and the ambience. Recommended to go early (open from five) or to book ahead. We've always been OK for a table as a walk-in, but sometimes it was the last free table of the evening.

Stopped here for dinner as staying locally over night for work. Service was a little slow and it wasn’t too busy, staff were really friendly though. Food was great and full of flavour. The only thing I question is we had the set meal for £14.95. But apart from the starter everything else was extra. So really it’s a set meal for around £20. Not a huge issue, but kinda false advertising.

Great meal, speedy service, many thanks!

Awful food do disappointing.stood over us and kept coming asking constantly about food uncomfortable atmosphere.i cannot be the only one who thinks this surely

Picked up a takeaway, rice tasted disgusting and the majority of the food was cold and the sauce on one of the curries was extremely thick and unappetising. Won’t be trying again and don’t recommend.

Lovely food and great service. Best Indian meal I have ever had. Did a special deal for 12 of us. Highly recommend x

Very tasty food, delivered by the forecasted time. Would love to see this restaurant introduce some kind of loyalty scheme for returning customers.

Very good all round, delivery was perfect, best Indian about

Food was horrific. Chicken was tough/chewy, the sauce was all wrong, chips were both hard and soggy. Wouldn’t order again.

Lovely surroundings, clean and tasteful decor. The staff were attentive, friendly and polite, the food tasty and well presented. I will certainly revisit this restaurant.

We have tried this a few times but we won’t be going again. The staff are soooo miserable. The early bird price is advertised both outside on the board, in the window & again on the bar at one price & yet the menu reads a higher price. The menu also states for the special, you get: starter each, mains, rice & Nan per person, yet when ordering we were told you only get 1 nan between 2 (we argued that this was not clear on the menu). Received our starters & only got 1 small bhaji??. Everyone knows you get 2 everywhere normally & we did on our last visit. Food only luke warm. Can’t even say they were busy as we were the only table in. Will definitely not be returning.

Ordered a takeaway which arrived on time by a friendly driver. That’s where the good points end . The food was not even warm . I ordered onion bhaji, awful I can only imagine it was made day before and microwaved to send to me . Just could not eat . I ordered chicken madras 8 prices of meat and sauce absolutely no spice whatsoever would expect medium hot . No taste whatsoever and as for the keema man just shocking and these 3 items cost nearly £18 . To be fair I have never been in the restaurant but to be honest I would never want to go there. I have many fiends and associates in Newcastle and will make sure they never deal with this Indian restaurant. So dissatisfied it’s not true 0 out of ten.

I had the king prawn Marsala, prawns weren’t good.

Very disappointed in this occasion, usually enjoy the food from here…

Excellent food, don’t change the usual shape of samosas, didn’t like the today’s ones much, taste is the same though.

Always brilliant, tasty food, fresh and excellent service

Excellent food but have just put up prices by 25% it's good but not that good. Will never use again.

Arrived nice and hot, lovely bhaji and naan bread. Not impressed with brown pilau rice, brown chicken tikka and brown massala sauce. Was ok, but nothing special for the price i paid.

Excellent and varied menu great service

Best curry in the Newcastle area!

Brilliant food and very reasonable

Lovely little gem. Excellent food and service.

first time ordering totally delicious looking forward to trying other options. thanks

Best food, best service, in love with veg samosa and onion baji, my son loves onion baji and yogurt sauce ..Thank you

Called several times to get an update from the shop. Both times I was told it will be 10 mins. First time it was blatant that they forgot/missed the order, 45 mins later and no apology from driver or shop, the food arrived. Unfortunately some items were cold. I’ll be parting ways with the Last Days of the Raj now.

The food was excellent, but the general attitude of all the staff, bar one, was very unwelcoming and generally unfriendly.

Order late and didn’t have the decency to inform us. We asked for an update and they didn’t have the decency to get back to us. Gave up waiting for it and asked for a refund 👍🏼

Amazing team and amazing food 🤩

Enjoyed the food, the staff were so friendly. 10/10

We have had food from here lots of times but we were disappointed with the Chicken Chaat and rice tonight. Both had a different flavour from usual and the Chaat had a bitter taste and smell.

Another excellent meal in this tastefully adorned Bangladeshi restaurant serving all of the classics as well as an impressive array of chef's and regional specials with professionalism, smile and aplomb. Kingfisher on tap and a decent wine menu. The King Prawns were superb.

Excellent food and great delivery

Always quality food in a great setting

Usual high standards, great meal, thanks.

Pre ordered our meals at 4.30 to be delivered at 6pm. It arrived at 6.50 One of the main meals was missing the chips were bruised and dry. Rice was dry. It cost £50 and it was very disappointing. We’ve eaten in this place a few times and it’s always been a lovely restaurant but I will never be ordering again for delivery. Not edible at all.

Arranged a takeaway on NYE, ordered at 16:00 for collection at 19:30, did not receive food until 22:10. It was extremely busy but this was expected due to it being NYE. The worst part however was that even though me and some other customers had been waiting well over 2 hours and staff repeating themselves saying “it shouldn’t be too long now, other customers were coming in and being given their food within 10-15 minutes! This is not good enough and there is simply no explanation for this happening. I was told that I would receive a call from the restaurant to discuss compensation as nothing was offered at the time however I am still waiting for a call. Once I am contacted and this is resolved, I will update this review. All of this aside the food was spot on as usual.

Arranged a takeaway on NYE, ordered at 16:00 for collection at 19:30, did not receive food until 22:10. It was extremely busy but this was expected due to it being NYE. The worst part however was that even though me and some other customers had been waiting well over 2 hours and staff repeating themselves saying “it shouldn’t be too long now, other customers were coming in and being given their food within 10-15 minutes! This is not good enough and there is simply no explanation for this happening. I was told that I would receive a call from the restaurant to discuss compensation as nothing was offered at the time however I am still waiting for a call. Once I am contacted and this is resolved, I will update this review. All of this aside the food was spot on as usual.

Been looking for a decent Indian takeaway and I think we might have just found our new favourite. Lots of choice on the currys and sundries. Would recommend to friends and family

Excellent food but nearly 2 hours late.

I ordered a takeaway for NYE it was extremely busy and I had to wait longer than usual but the staff were amazing, polite, courteous and very professional. It was really busy and they appeared to have a system that worked. Well done them

Ordered from here regularly was disappointed I totally get it’s NYE and places are busy but over 2 hours from ordering to deliver is crazy. The food was lovely as always but items missing

Excellent food, lovely surroundings and attentive service. Would definitely recommend and we will go back.

Great food in a lovely setting with friendly staff.

Best Indian takeaway we have had in a while. The pickle tray sauces were high quality, the naan bread delicious too. The chicken tikka and tikka saag were both lovely. Pleasant service too. Will definitely use this takeaway again

Delicious house madras, and tandoori starter. Delivered hot fresh and quickly. Definitely recommend!

great food fast delivery. Always tasty and full of fresh flavour

Had to go to the delivery guys car to get my delivery because he couldn’t be bothered to bring it to the door and the food was

This Restaurant is a local area joy The surrounding are very pleasant The food is fantastic👍🍲 The staff are polite & Friendly One of the best if not the best Indian Restaurants In the Gosforth+Ponteland area👍🎉

Only been once. Had a chicken tikka sag, pilau rice and chips. Was reasonably priced and very nice. Staff were nice and it's handy for home. Will be back 💯

Just a takeaway this time , king prawn madras with garlic rice and garlic naan 👍

Had a takeaway last night not nice at all , no taste and not exactly what it ordered asked then to make it extra spicy not spicy at all won’t use them again.

Lovely meal as always food perfect and full of flavour

2nd time using this restaurant… first time they left a starter off and this time 30 minutes late

We ordered three mains, a couple of sides, some rice ( one would be enough for three people ) and some Nan breads and everything was delicious. So often takeaways just fill tubs with sauce and veg but all our mains were more than enough. We all managed to share and still had some left over. I really fancied something spicy so went with the madras and it had a great hit. The meat samosas were also fantastic. It was our first time trying food from here and we will definitely eat here again.

Food was absolutely excellent. We went on a Tuesday and it was very quiet, they seemed understaffed but to the staffs credit, they covered the all roles and the food was divine.

I will never get food here again Dahl was like water no taste, no salad or sauce for bhaji and very very expensive for what you got

Best curry around! Great service and great quality. Definitely recommend.

Chips soggy and tikka dry, naan was perfect

Used to visit when LDotR was based in Low Fell and the food is still just as good. Service was a little too slow, especially given the low number of people that were in at the time. Will still be making return visits. Starters shown, but forgot to photograph the mains, so you just get an empty plate! Limited parking directly outside and other restrictions nearby, so you may ha e to park a bit further away.

Great curries, friendly staff, great service

Food was great. Delivery driver asked me to come out to meet him on road even though he was right outside my house after he had called me and I had explained where house was. This is not acceptable if I’m paying £5 delivery charge.

Called in Friday night and it was better then I expected restaurant was fantastic food was exceptional best I've tasted really impressed staff were really great to get on with definitely will be visiting again can't recommend enough

No salad or sauce with chicken tikka main. Don’t expect to have to pay extra for these things that are part of the meal. Don’t think I will be ordering a take out again. Shame

Great meal quality, speedy delivery, many thanks!

Best madras I’ve had for a long time.

The service was fast & friendly,The food Was fantastic From outside I know it was a converted Pub But when you walk in the door you are greeted warmly by the owner Taken gently thru the rooms to your table Leather bound menus awaiting for your Pleasures The deco is smart very stylish,& the atmosphere Is warm & apealing Definitely a place to visit. I would say it is one of the best Indians Restaurants Locally

Food 10/10, service 1/10. Spoilt by abrupt and unfriendly waiter. We’re local and haven’t been in a while for the same reason. Nothings changed.

Amazing food and great service as always. I would highly recommend

Excellent curry! Will return soon.

Went for takeaway on sat when got food home what waste of time and money only thing that was good was the chips won't go back

This must go down as the worse curry I have ever had could not eat the chicken .... so annoying will give this place a miss 👎👎

I had an anniversary meal tonight I have been to many Indian restaurants in many parts of the UK and EU, The food is very good quality and sizes are generous, you won't be disappointed, very good service and comfortable surroundings , The price is about £35 to £40 per head not the cheapest but probably worth the little extra, negative is bills still hand written (really 2023) so can be difficult to know exactly what your been charged and often a tax dodge,many Indian restaurants offer a small drink at the end of the meal and for the price would be a great end to a enjoyable meal,Lee

Always Brilliant, excellent food and service. Thank you

I ALWAYS ORDER FROM THIS RESTAURANT; THE FOOD IS GREAT, AND I CAN TELL IT IS A VERY HYGIENIC ESTABLISHMENT.

Great food, service excellent. Some customers too loud, think they'd been refreshing themselves earlier elsewhere.

Brilliant restaurant with high quality tasting food and great customer service. A group of 5 of us had poppadoms as a nibble although at £1.50 each, it was a little steep price wise. For starters, friends ordered chicken chatt and lamb chops. They all said the starters were delicious. For my main I ordered chicken tikka naga that came with a 5 chilli warning and, while very spicy, was packed with taste. To compliment the meal I also ordered lemon rice and a vegetable paratha. If you like a hot curry, this is for you. The mains on the rest of the table were equally well received. Kingfisher and Cobra on draft which is always a good choice.

Delivery driver was very rude. Doorbell was broken so he rang my phone which made me answer the door within the same minute. When I answered he was extremely rude and told me “you didn’t answer the door or the phone” I apologised and explained the doorbell is broken he said “I rang you” and I said “yeh I know- 30 seconds ago and I came straight to the door” he said I didn’t have good communication. Won’t be ordering from here again for this reason unfortunately

Great quality food as always. Highly recommended

Lovely food, great flavour, always on time. Thank you

top food as always. lamb tikka pathia is the best

Amazing food again. Best Indian takeaway around here

Absolutely fantastic, had one of our best meals from LDR last night. Couldn't have been better. Thanks.

Only one portion of onion bhaji otherwise very good

Food is lovely. Authentic Indian cuisine. Staff very friendly and efficient. Takeaway just a good.

Very busy and popular but service with a smile. Set menu was spot on. Waiting staff handled themselves well. Setting is lovely and the wine list decent. Top evening at a very busy time of year. Take out service is decent too with a real mix of classics and house specialties. Delivery charge excessive at over £4, however.

Always brilliant service and excellent food

We have been here multiple times and satisfied everytime. This review is from our most recent dine in. We ordered onion bhaji, keema naan, chapati, tikka masala with rice. Papadoms which the kids loved (staff was also generous to give moree). Generous serving, good food. Happy with all the food we ordered. Everything is halal.

Worst Indian food I’ve had ever.it was cold the beriany just tasteless and the chicken in it and in the chicken tikka you can tell that is not fresh and butter chicken is disgusting.some chicken in a ball of row butter.never again.

Was ready on time…delicious food

We have used them for takeaway and always been very good. Recently two lots of friends have said how poor it had become so we tried for ourselves tonight and sadly they were right. Chicken tikka main course was very dry, tarka dhal like water and couldn’t tell the difference between the egg and lemon pilaus. Rest of the food was okay at best. A real shame….

The place the food the staff drinks where all amazing definitely be back

Food was fantastic and hot will order again

Underwhelming. Just tasted like a supermarket curry. Disappointed as would have liked a freshly home made curry not a store bought one. 95p for a popadom which you could bend in half - not freshly made and stale.

Lovely food hot when delivered when order again

Great food, will order again in future.

Cold. Food left outside at different address. 0/10

Very enjoyable meal for the four of us. Friendly staff and tasty food. Will definitely be returning.

Outstanding as always love this place