The Milnrow Balti in Manchester

Been going for 20 plus years never been disappointed having a banquet tonight for new years eve over a dozen they are cooking all the food and delivering can't wait. Mark kelly Milnrow

I’ve been to many curry houses around the country and this place is right up there with the best. Not right at the top, but still worth five stars. The food we ordered was excellent and reasonably priced. The staff were friendly and suitably attentive. Personally recommend the king prawn sagwalla

Perfect service, very friendly, and good food.

Amazing food with great service

I only get a proper English indian, mild curry and naan so cant comment on the spicy options. If you want to be a fat boy on a sunday and eat loads, it’s cheap with very good portion size on the 2 meals for £27. Will be returning Very good meal at very good price, very nice

Great food. A real gem in the area

Beautiful food and excellent staff.

This food is the best I've ever tasted. I didn't book but highly recommended you do as it's really busy. They very kindly squeezed me in a corner. But I was more than happy. Forgot to take pictures the food was that good. Good value too. Couldn't fault it and would happily return if I'm ever back in the area.

Nice food but not outstanding. Not sure when they won the "award". Staff and service also good but lots of restaurants have had to up their game since the pandemic.

We had a fantastic meal at Milnrow Balti last night along with our son and daughter in law. We were celebrating my wife's 69th birthday. Very high quality food attractively served, superb staff and a great vibe in the place. We will visit again many times. Thank you Milnrow Balti for a wonderful evening.

We've ordered from here a couple of times before and normally very very good however tonight was shocking Food was tastless and really substandard, dishes which shouldn't be so spicy were off the scale as though trying to mask how rubbish the food was. Won't be going back Feels as though there's been a change in owner.

The customer service at the restaurant was top-notch! The staff was incredibly friendly, attentive, and the food was absolutely delicious, especially the curry. I highly recommend this place for a fantastic dining experience and also take out! Fresh Hot curry! Spice was bang on! Chappati was perfectly cooked All 12 finished in no Time! We will be back again soon!

It was a Thursday night and we were the only ones in there, but the food and service was excellent.

After trying many local places the milrow balti was above excellent. Vibrant looking food ...full of flavour ..excellent staff ..polite and more than helpful. Little touches that matter ....time left inbetween courses...iced glasses to ensure beer tastes its best ..linen napkins ...every dish served to us was of the highest standard ....my only complaint was not being able to eat more ! By far the best indian restarant i have eaten in !!! A must try

Really good food in comfortable surroundings. Loved it

It is not cheap but you usually get what you pay for in life and this restaurant is no exception to that rule. The food looks amazing and tastes even better! You can tell that all of the ingredients are fresh and that knowledge and time and TLC is put into every dish. You won't find any excess ghee or "gravy" style curries like you get from the majority of these high street style curry houses. Presentation is excellent, the staff are really friendly and attentive (but not overly so), the establishment is well decorated/fitted out, so i really cant fault anything with this award winning establishment!! OH & I highly recommend the Lamb chops they are at least an 11 out of 10 all day...cheers!

Fast service, friendly staff and absolutely delicious curry! Highly recommended. I just wish it wasn't cash only.

Went for the first time this evening, food was fantastic. service was prompt, waiters attentive. Can't wait for next time.

Been coming for years delivery and eating out. always great food and friendly staff. The kitchen special and manchurian are personal favourites

Lovely food however the lamb madras needs reviewing. It is a family favourite that we get every time but the lamb pieces gets less and less every time. Other than that, everything else is really nice.

Great food, lovely atmosphere and service. The best Indian Restaurant around the area. Always great value and quality ❤️

We love this place, best food ever ❤️

Ordered to be delivered at 7.30, arrived at 8.10pm cold, no poppadoms but dips delivered but nothing to put them with. Never ordering form here again ,its totally gone down hill. Waste of money !!! AVOID!!!

Well this place certainly didn't live up to the hype of award winners the food was not great I had a Lamb dish and the meat was absolutely tasteless, chewy and cut into cubes so precise you had to worry about it's provenance . Won't be back.

The freshest curry’s you could ask for. I have tried many curry houses in Rochdale, I visited this place and I have not gone anywhere else since. It’s my go here at least once a month. I have tried multiple things off the manu over the months and I have not been let down once.

The food took a long time to arrive, the pasanda was far too sweet and the organisation was terrible. We had to ask for your bill twice and when we got to the counter it was just one among many hand written slips of paper spread out on the desk. Never again.

First time trying this restaurant. The place is so crammed, we were literally sat on top of each other, even the waiters commented on how short of space it is. Food was average, I've had better and worse. Service was poor, waited ages for our bill and ended up going to the bar to pay - there were order slips all over and it seemed nobody knew what they were doing. Won't return.

I booked in this restaurant after a few recommendations and reading online reviews, I can honestly say it did not disappoint. Great selection of food and drink with a warm welcoming atmosphere and fantastic staff. Highly recommended.

Absolutely brilliant food, great service - good selection on menu - beer (Cobra) on form too. Decor is really nice, waiters in uniform & the place is spotless - new restaurants keep opening all around & Milnrow Balti just takes it up a notch & blows them away - definitely recommended without a doubt

Cannot fault the Milnrow Balti! Perfect in every way they will amend anything on the order to your taste or preference. Certainly deserving of the prizes they’ve won. Definitely recommend this place.

I was supposed to go with a group of friends,fortunately I didn't and fromwhat they described I'm relieved, as it was an awful experience. I've only given one star so I could give a review. I will never go to this place and anyone with any taste or anything about them won't. Please Avoid!!!!

A complete fiasco ! Arrived at 7pm for a 7pm reservation then had to stand in a queue outside for 10 minutes before being told to go to a local pub for 30 minutes as our table wasn’t ready. I certainly won’t be going back

My expectations were pretty high but the food just didn't deliver on flavour. A very forgettable BIR curry at a pretty extortionate price.

Who is judging awards which place this appalling establishment top of a tree? IT WAS AWFUL! Service POOR Food POOR Arrogant management who thought they were absolutely amazing! They even asked me for my name and address when I complained as if they were right and we were completely wrong……it begs belief! Hand written, non-itemised bill which didn’t even add up Avoid at all costs !!!!!

Had a takeaway it was lovely 5*

Made very special for our Daughter's birthday x excellent meal with fantastic staff x thank you all xx

Really nice food and attentive staff

Title says it all - cash only but wasn't told. Attitude of manager (think he was) was disgraceful. Should learn customer service which was sadly and badly lacking. First time Ive had a Veg Madras without any veg!!! Best Curry around - don't make me laugh!! Wont be going back here again!!

As I wrote in a previous review this is currently the best asain restaruant (eat in) in the area by some distance and our latest visit confirmed my opinion. Food, Service, Price, all 5 star. However this is another venue where payment has reverted to "cash" or "draft" Although once you are aware of this situation its no longer a problem. It still makes me feel uncomfortable. I assume the restaruants who have recently adopted this cash policy are reluctant to pay increased interest charges for Credit Card use. My I make a suggestion - Why not have three levels of payment. Credit Cards, Draft, and Cash giving a Discount for Cash surely this would make life easier for customers and would not send unaware customers running to the nearest cash till. Despite all that still a Fan of the Milnrow Balti.

I went there for my birthday three months ago, and they charged us 26 people £10 each. Four poppadoms and chutney and we were so crammed in we couldn’t move our arms to eat. Won’t be going again, absolute rip-off

My daughter took me here yesterday boxing day and wow! Five stars is not enough to rate this restaurant. Absolutely amazing food, staff very friendly yet professional, immaculate uniforms, impeccable manners. Restaurant and toilets very clean. Was obviously very busy for Christmas but we didn't wait long for delicious food, hot, fresh and amazingly cooked food. My favourite king prawn dopiaza best I've ever had. Thank you. Great atmosphere too.

Great tasting food,lucky to have this just a stones throw from the Premier Inn. Food always piping hot and on time.

Absolutely outstanding food and service will definitely return thankyou

Just had an impressive curry from here. Great staff and food. Was recommended the chicken korhai and it was superb. The naan was amazing as well. Will definitely be back when I'm in the area.

Family celebration for my granddaughter 18th birthday...food was delicious and the service was exceptional...well done👏👏

The most rudest arrogant staff I've ever come across booking made but no record of it when we got there so seated in a cold doorway. Waiting times between courses unacceptable. When we enquired where our main course was the waiter told us we would have to wait as they were busy with takeaways. On that we paid from what we had had so far and left. Also Cash only which they didn't mention on booking. Worst dining experience we've had.

Good food , Good Service felt comfortable All ok a little noisey later, but that shows people enjoying themselves

Very tightly packed but nice food. Not huge portions for the cost and althougn service was great we were asked the same questions multiple times by different staff so maybe more communication is needed or set tables for set staff. Very efficient and welcoming. Although portions were small, the food was nice

The food was delicious! We can't wait to eat there again!

Restaurant was very overcrowded and this was reflected in the quality of the food. It is also CASH ONLY without any warning!

First visit here and thoroughly enjoyed it. The service was very good, food was delicious and for a Wednesday evening, it was busy which created a good atmosphere. Will definitely return to try another dish.

Food was delicious, staff, very helpful and friendly.

Amazing food and great service.

Think I got frozen nan breads the chips where greasey and the onion barges wher greasey sauce was nice chicken was nice if you got it right I would of been back every week unfortunately I don't like greasey undercooked chips a and frozen nan you can so tell .

A lovely meal in a great ambience

This restaurant was recently voted best curry house in Britain and certainly the food and the service is fine, but there are many better places to eat in Greater Manchester. I would say it's above average but nothing amazing I'm afraid. It has the longest menu I have ever seen, which is a negative when it comes to Asian cooking and although the food was good (apart from a dreadful naan) it was pretty expensive. Most dishes were £14.95, with rice extra which compared with the takeaway price for the same dish at £9.95, seems pretty heavily marked up. Be warned, they only accept cash, even though you can use your card for takeaways. Happy to order a meal to pick up but don't think I can fully recommend eating there.

A fantastic meal from starter to main course. It is obvious why the restaurant won the curry of the year award. The service was excellent. We were given time to enjoy the meal without any interference. My advice to you all reading this is get on the phone and get booked in. You will not regret it. Thanks for a splendid afternoon on Sunday. 👍

Following news that this place had just been named as the country's best curry house we decided to try. The curries we ordered were tasty,not swimming in oil and good size portions .The service was excellent. Even though it was slightly more expensive, you pay for quality. Will definitely be going back again.

Award winning restaurant, food good Great staff

We decided to try this place after they recently won an award but sadly the food did not match the service and ambience. Our tandoori starters were smothered in a bland red sauce with onions and when my Wife’s main meal came it was lukewarm and had to be returned to the kitchen. For some reason her Chicken Tikka Biriyani came with a shed load of raw onions. The tikka was in tiny tiny pieces and tasted very dry. My King Prawn Balti was ok but the sauce was uninspiring. The service and cleanliness was excellent just a shame the food did not match it.

Best curry iv had by miles in years, will deffo be going back again

Family run. High quality. Great value. The staff are so friendly. Always attentive. Happy to discuss menu options. .

Food very good!!!Too overcrowded though.Service not so good!!Asking us if this was our order 2 they got it wrong.But the food made up for it!!!

Great food, loved it! We visited on the back of recent positive media recommendations, and the place didn't disappoint. The food was flavoursome, well presented, and the service was good. We needed some advice on gluten-free options and were well informed. The bill came to £90 for four with drinks, well go back.

Long waits to get food which was not piping hot. Ordered Bindi gosht - curry was very dry despite not being described as so. Lamb was absolutely tasteless and dry - and just had the texture of lamb….it had obviously been pre cooked for too long until no flavour left before adding to the curry, it could have been anything. Portions of curry quite small and looked lost in their dishes. Another of our party ordered chicken korma which looked about as exciting as a frozen microwave curry - lack of flair with garnish - it was bland looking. Mixed grill overpriced for what you get. Keema rice was nice and also the chapattis. Naan breads could do with a scattering of fresh coriander to make them look less boring. Salad accompaniments are so pale and lack colour. It was very overrated considering they have won an award…. 🤷🏻‍♀️ - overall they get 4/10 from us. I’m afraid won’t be going again as it wasn’t worth the spend to us. I’ve had far better from many other places who haven’t won awards…..

A friend treated us to a meal the same day as they were attending the awards event. We had never eaten here but had read about their previous award. The restaurant was well decorated and very clean. The food was delicious. I am extremely particular about the quality of my meat and they met my standard. The young staff were welcoming, efficient and friendly. It was lovely to be able to spend a few moments on leaving to chat with them about their future plans. Thoroughly amenable young men. We will definitely return and Thank you all!

One if the best curry houses in the region, let alone Rochdale.

Well how can I put it - the food is mediocre, however prices are quite high. The location has a nice interior and the waiters are well dressed - those things however are irrelevant to me, when I just want to eat a great curry. The English people seem to like it, but I guess their standards are not up to par.

Average food however the service was poor. We asked for our bill then waited ages to pay, then told its cash only. We were not told during booking or when we arrived that it was cash only. Me and my sister were forced to find a cash machine in the rain with no apology what so ever. Lots of awkward bank transfers to settle the bill. Who doesn’t take card payments these days, get a grip !!!!!!

The staff are so friendly and attentive and the food was amazing as always. The best curry house we have been in by far.

Food is always absolutely perfect ! Never ever have an issue. Staff happy to accommodate requests and are very polite and helpful. Always amazing food ! Xxx

Lovely food and excellent service, as always. The best Indian I have been to and would recommend to others to try also.

Nice food and decent service either eating in or takeaway with delivery available. Extensive menu with plenty of options.

Perfect from start to finish... milnrow balti is clean and the decor is modern...the food and the staff was excellent ❤️

amazing food always, come here at least 3/4 times a months staff are amazing. great atmosphere and great food

My favourite Indian ever! I have been going to the Milnrow balti for 5+ years. It never disappoints! The staff are so friendly and helpful. The food is always 5*. I would not recommend anywhere else.

This spot is great for an occasional night out. The food is lovely and the atmosphere is good.Come here all the time

My favourite Indian ever! I have been going to the Milnrow balti for 5+ years. It never disappoints! The staff are so friendly and helpful. The food is always 5*. I would not recommend anywhere else.

Great meal out at the Milnrow Balti. We had the Cham Cham and Manchurian Chicken which were really tasty, along with pilau rice and a peshwari naan. Would recommend to anyone wanting curry in this area, either to take out or eat in.

Absolutely the very best Indian restaurant I have ever been to, and I’ve been to lots! The food, presentation and service are second to none.

This is the best place to have an Indian place. The food is amazing, staff are brilliant and can’t compliment it more

This is the best place to get an Indian. Food is fantastic, service is brilliant and the staff are amazing

I would 100% recommend Milnrow Balti. The food combined with the friendly service is out of this world. The waiters were friendly and full of joy, I was having a chat with one waiter especially and it was very pleasant. The main reason I would...

Best around! Amazing food and lovely vibe! Staff are really respectful and ensure you have a nice night. Would recommend!

Recently, I have had the pleasure of eating a range of food from Milnrow Balti, and I must say you won't be disappointed. Having ordered numerous takeaway meals, which I asked to be tailored to my taste, I was pleasantly surprised. Even though this was takeaway, the meals were delivered promptly and to eat in restaurant quality. I've never been disappointed by the excellent service I have received and highly recommended you taste the mouth watering delites,of The Milnrow Balti. I can't wait to order again...

I'm in love with their chicken doniya sylheti

delicious lamb chops and fry garlic chicken . i just loved it . service is excellent and waiters are very friendly .

When my family is back in Milnrow we always go to the Balti and it never disappoints. The food is absolutely excellent with great service. I like the baileys at the end of the night as a finishing touch

I'm in love with their chicken doniya sylheti and chicken shashlik , foods are very delicious and service is excellent

Had a meal tonight with my family excellent meal excellent service not very friendly staff very polite nothing is too much trouble

We live locally but it’s been a while since we last visited Milnrow Balti and found the food was absolutely delicious as ever. A varied menu to suit every Indian food lover with strength of curry clearly indicated by chillies ranging from 1-5. Staff always...

Milnrow Balti is a hidden culinary gem in the UK! From the moment we walked in, the warm and attentive service set the tone for a fantastic evening. The food was an explosion of flavors - don't miss their signature balti dishes.

Great night out, good for any occasion, if your on business in the area or local you are guaranteed superb food best in Rochdale. Will be back soon. Thanks guys

Lovely dishes. Foods are very proper and the quantity is good .

Food was good, i have an issue with packaging but they sorted it nicely.

OK, firstly, I'm a regular, so that in itself should tell you something. I'm certainly not one of life's moaners, preferring instead to praise excellent service, quality produce and VFM, instead of the usual Trip Advisor keyboard moaners who whinge on the review site, but...

Best curry’s in rochdale. Kid friendly, been using them for years. Come with family. Great food. Highly Recommend

Absolutely bang on food, service is the best try the specials you can’t go wrong 5 start

I have ordered some indian foods from here. All the foods were really delicious i have ever had. I wish the restaurant best of luck.

As a family we love eating here, the staff are so friendly, always welcoming & helpful and the food is always fantastic. Never had a bad meal. & It’s always my six year olds choice when we have a treat tea out!