The Lime Tree in Central Bedfordshire - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Good lamb amazing usually the lamb at restaurants isn't that good I have been here twice now the second time I had the lamb jalfrazi and the first time I went to this restaurant had the Hyderabadi lamb bhuna ghost. I am surprised it was good

I came here with a bunch of friends as we hadn't seen each other for a while. We were promptly served drinks by the friendly staff, they left us to look at the menu and didn't try and rush us, they were very happy to make recommendations as well. We all had starters and everyone thoroughly enjoyed theirs. Mains, sides, naans and rice were efficiently delivered to the table as well as refills for glasses. Everything I tried was delicious and perfectly spiced. After we had finished they were happy for us to have another drink and just carry on chatting at the table. Very welcoming and value for money. We'll definitely return.

Delicious as always, wouldn’t go anywhere else 😋

Very nice, plenty, good flavors, not too spicy Yes will order again - Very Happy The Lime is back! Thank you

We had a very disappointing experience with our food. The onion barjee was over cooked and dry. The cheese and onion nann bread was undercooked and doughy and inedible. Mushroom rice was a joke - someone cut a small mushroom into tiny pieces and sold it as mushroom rice. The chicken in both the balti and korma dish was dry and over cooked and stringy. Spent nearly £40 on the meal and was frustrated and annoyed by the lack of quality. Couldn’t get through on phone to restaurant to complain!

Really disappointing food, lacking any flavour and character you’d expect from an Indian. It was quite delayed so cold as well.

Since Covid and my other favourite Indian slipping badly in status this have been my go to Indian. BUT ...... The chicken used to be succulent and moist,sadly the last three meals i have had from here the chicken has been tough and dry. This has really spoilt what otherwise has been a tasty meal. But as it is the main contituent the quality of the chicken has let the meal down badly. Please sort it out guys. Otherwise i think it will not only be me considering going elsewhere!!

Great service and great food as always!

Tasty, delicious indian food, served by polite and attentive staff. The prawn puree was the highlight of my meal.

Brilliant service earlier than site said which glad as was amazing food lovely as normal

Rude staff, hovered around pushing food we didn’t want and getting grumpy when some of us turned down extras. The food wasn’t as good as a Tesco ready meal and the lamb was so dry… Save yourself some money and find somewhere more respectful.

Tikka didn’t taste like tikka chicken was dry

Food was great and arrived on time

really tasty and reasonable priced

As always. Perfect food delivered in double fast time !

Normally great but delivery came an hour and a hour after order - driver said they had broken down and had to wait. Food was cold when we dished it up and had to throw most of it away.

I thought I’d tried the best curry houses in Leighton. I was wrong. Eight of the lads from work and I popped here this evening for a decent curry and it was their recommendation. Lovely jalfrezi and naga curries. So much better made than other establishments in town. Smoother, richer sauce and moist chicken. Perfect amount of flavour and heat. Good portions. Truly amazing. I praise their quick service, great mood lighting and decoration inside. It doesn’t look big from the outside but the restaurant is very long and seats a fair amount of people. Don’t pass on this one. Their draft cobra on tap is to die for.

Lovely little Indian restaurant. It was a one-off visit to Leighton Buzzard, so we didn't know what to expect as it was late and we hadn't read any reviews. The food was lovely and the service was great. It was empty as it was late, but you could tell it had been busy, so that was a good sign. Staff polite and courteous.

We’ve ordered from here before and our last order was really tasty. However todays was late, wasn’t to tasty & disappointed with what we received. Ordered for a birthday take away & really let down. Will be trying somewhere else going forward. Shame.

Great Indian food, tasty and arrived on time.

Lovely food. Arrived 15 mins earlier than estimated and the food was piping hot. Can’t fault the service!

Not very nice food, chicken was really dry and no distinctive flavours between the 2 curries, wouldn’t order from here again.

This is a review for our home delivery meal where we spent over £90 on 24 Jan (LU7 2YG) and you’d think you’d get some complementary popadoms at least but no. The chicken and lamb dishes had very little meat and it was dry and tough. We also asked for all naan breads to be well done but not so. Very disappointed as we have eaten in the restaurant many times but takeaway food not good

Was very disappointed after reading all these good reviews. It was nothing but bland bland bland. £40 on a takeaway is a very rare treat and all of it was bland, no flavour whatsoever, zero spice on anything. Tikka Masala had no spice whatsoever, I know this isn't supposed to be a hot curry but usually there is some mild spice with smokey flavour chicken and rich but slightly sweet sauce but it was just plain and boring more like a plain tomato pasta sauce out of a jar. Bombay Aloo was again bland with no flavour or any spice, may as well been tinned new potatoes with a few onions chucked in. Mrs had a Korma as she always does when we get a curry, now I know this is supposed to be bland but even she said it was bland tasting even by Korma standards, some feat to make a Korma even more bland than it's supposed to be. Lamb samosa was also underwhelming, again with no spice or flavouring just ground lamb. Don't waste your money better off buying a ready meal curry from Tesco, you'll get more flavour. I certainly won't waste my money on a curry from here again.

My lamb naga, peshwari naan and coconut & lime rice was the best. Generous portions, great service, reasonable prices. I will be going again. Seating could be improved.

Great food fresh hot no complaints

while i don't like to give bad reviews as it can effect businesses revenue i have to let people know when something isn't good. the meal started well enough with wonderful popadoms , the choice was better than anywhere i've been , but that's as good as it got , the wife had samosa starter which was cooked ok but no spice at all , i've never had a poor onion bhaji in my life till now , two large bhaji one not good , could only eat the outside the other uneatable , disgusting in fact . my wife's tandoori chicken tikka was nicely cooked chicken and onion , where was the spice , no where to be seen , most odd . my dish could have been excellent if it had been cooked fresh , but the chicken was not good at all . side dishes where pretty good to be fair . all in all a very very disappointing visit , could it be because it was a wednesday night ? the worst indian i've ever had , by a long way too , i hope they read this and change the way they do things as its such a shame . staff where very good , could not fault them .

Absolutely delicious well done!

Great curry everything was spot on. Food had lots of flavour and went extra with the the special request. Delivery was good also

the food was fantastic and service is first class 👏

Normally taste is exceptional but yesterday’s bhuna was tasteless, watery and bland. Very disappointing from our favourite and regular Indian restaurant.

Excellent quality food and prompt delivery

Best curry meal i have had for a long time. Great poppadoms,. Starter was generous with nice and soft onion bhaji. Chicken jalfrezi with pilau rice was cvery good too. Great service and washed cdown with a Cobra lager

Must tell them how midlmor hot you wood like you food

Not up to it’s usual standards. Sauce on the lamb passanda was too thick with almonds. Sag aloo great

Had a takeaway xmas eve, delivery prompt, polite driver, lovely food, plenty of it, will be returning very soon.

Best Indian food in Leighton Buzzard!

Always lovely, always on time or earlier.

Best Indian food in Leighton buzzard

Excellent service fast and efficient service

Normally great however not as good this time and got my order wrong

Tasty, and quick service. I have eaten in and had takeaway - not difference in quality.

Delivery was late and quality disappointing. Will avoid in future.

The chicken tikka masala didn't have much taste to it unfortunately as its normally good.

Consistently excellent food. Always arrives piping hot and the delivery drivers are always very polite and friendly. Takes a while to arrive, but so worth the wait. Never had a bad meal or missing items like with other places.

This place has the best food, I have ordered from here many times and the food never fails. Take away or eat in, the food is always fantastic. I recently moved to the area and it’s so hard to find a lovely restaurant and I’m so glad I listened to my new neighbours!! Will definitely recommend when asked!!!

Great food, arrived early and hot...

We all had the Sunday special. It was great & it was an excellent price

Disappointed. Far too much oil. Won’t eat here again. Vile!

Always tasty, never disappoints

Really good food Always arrives quickly and always hot. Highly recommended.

Great food and delivered on time, worth waiting for.

Really lovely curry. Enjoyed by us all.

The rice was dry, the vegetable dish tasted sour and the samosas were soggy. Absolutely awful meal for me. Really disappointed Lime tree. We have been ordering from you for years. This was the worst meal ever. It was as if it were left overs from lunchtime and the vegetables, I felt were off,hence the sour smell .

Just Eat said 35-60 mins, once I placed the order it said 60-75 mins and it arrived after 80 mins. This is the third time it’s been inaccurate with times, the last two were on a weekend so we thought this time on a weekday would be different but it wasn’t so that was the last time we’ll order with them. Eating dinner after 9.30pm is less than ideal. Greta food though.

Don’t be fooled by the small frontage of this great restaurant. Great food, excellent service, staff very friendly, the manager is such gentleman too. For me the best Indian restaurant in town, can’t rate it high enough. Love the Chicken dhansak, tried King Prawn Dhansak last time, no skimping on the prawns. Highly recommend the Naga too.

I ordered 2 lamb biriyani’s yesterday and has and as requested Indian spicy where is what I got was one thing the quantity was really less and the taste was bland. I feel like I’m biriyani, but some lamb and rice. While pacing the order via their website i included the requirements on order instructions as well as comments as-well as called the restaurant and reminder them. The previous orders were 1 year ago and i had similar experiences and i stopped ordering, thought to retry with a hope that things might have improved. It was simply waste of money 😠Never again.

Food arrived early and was hot. Chicken was tender and tikka sauce was delicious.

Order was a bit late but was a busy period and all rectified very quickly by the restaurant definitely recommend great food

Gorgeous food, highly recommend.

My daughter wanted to go for an Indian meal to celebrate her 10th birthday. The staff were wonderful towards her, the food was amazing and we had a thoroughly fantastic evening. Thank you

Great, arrived early and was hot and good food.

Lime Tree are simply the best!!

Tandoori chicken was flavourful and moist. The rice was tasty. The onion bhaji and the makhani were slightly bland and lacking spice and flavour.

Excellent! Visited on a quiet Monday night. Very welcoming staff, perfectly presented food, standard pricing, will definitely return. Thank you chaps. Edit: return visit just as good...but...please fix the toilet, needs a refurb!

Fast service food was not so good shame

Would definitely use again +++++++

We thought there was an issue but it was not their fault, they have amazing customer service! Thank you.

Food was average. Nothing special, but it was delivered super quickly considering I ordered late on a Saturday so I’m not complaining.

The food turned up early and piping hot! The chilli paneer was nice but pricey for what you get.

Food would of been nice if it was still warm. Arrived 2 and half hours after ordering

Fantastic as always. The naan breads are amazing.

Chewy chicken meals that had little chicken just sauce. Won't be going back. Second time this has happened to us.

Ordered to come as soon as possible. The restaurant gave a estimated time it would be ordered which was in time. Food was good as always.

Delicious impromptu meal here. Lamb was really tender and tasty and that tends to be my judgement on a restaurant... how good the lamb is. Can't wait to go back. We're made to feel so welcome and it was our first time eating in here.

Have always ordered food from here and I love the onion bhaji

Best Indian restaurant in the area IMHO.

Ordered in food. Taste wasn't that great. Chilli paneer tasted like it was made with ketchup. Person on the phone taking order and the delivery person were polite to deal with. Not enough to order again.

Delicious food and very reasonably priced

Driver was talking rudely and saying why you are bot answering i am waiting from 5 minutes And i told that delivery was at 19:45 and you are here at 19:35 So how would i know And was saying do you want food or shall I leave

Just revisited this local restaurant and had a really nice meal 👍 have to do this again 😁

Nice restaurant with good food There was Papadoum sauces I did not knew about!

Love the food from here but it always takes a while to arrive and then arrives cold. Yesterday was no exception - had to heat it up before I could eat it. Shame as the food is so good.

Had a gorgeous meal here this evening. Lovely and hot and very well presented. Thank you will definitely go again . And a good price .

Excellent. Really enjoyed it. The food was very nice, and the service was quick and very pleasant

Disappointing Korma. The chicken was extremely dry and hard to chew which made the whole meal an ordeal. It was better the previous time so will give the the benefit of the doubt. The need to use better chicken.

Attended a large group meal. Service was spot on for so many people and the food was excellent.

Unfortunately food was Luke warm, never had an issue before or when eaten at the lime tree, shame

Visited The Lime Tree recently and although the food was tasty. The quantity of the chicken in both our ordered meals was the smallest we have encountered in any of the Indian restaurants we have visited. Won't be visiting again until portion size has improved.

Great food, always order from here and never disappointed. Food was a bit cold today but that’s possibly because of the weather!

The best Indian restaurant around. Great service and amazing food! Had the pursee jhinga prawn was the best curry I have ever had !!

Great food however this is now the second time we have found a long black hair in our dinner, we hate to complain and it's such a shame as the food is very tasty but as this is the second time we will sadly not be ordering from here again.

Delivery was on time and friendly delivery driver, however, food was luke warm and didn't have much taste.

Please follow the instructions given or at least follow the map on justeat, that pinpoints our house, spending 10 mins on the phone to the diver is not great!

Food was 30 mins late and stone cold and tasteless

Food was cold, chicken dry and overcooked. Naan bread was cold, wet and undercooked. Saag aloo, 3 pieces of potato, mostly spinach. Most of it went in the bin. Very disappointed, usually a very good experience from lime tree ☹️👎🏻

A little cramped but the food and the service was great. Prices were reasonable too...

Excellent food, good service, would highly recommend.

Superb. Ordering process was perfect. The delivery driver found us despite being out in the sticks and was incredibly polite & friendly. Food was piping hot and plentiful.

Just a shame it came cold as the food tasted very good.