The Royal Indian Restaurant in Wealden

we ordered a takeaway tonight . we would have visited but my wife had been unwell earlier in the day and was dressed in her Jim Jams . we have not used the Royal for several years as we had been disappointed in the past , but it has been well patronised recently so we thought we would give it another chance . we won't make that mistake again . we like our Indian meal to have fresh zingy flavours with things like fresh onions and capsicum , alas that didn't happen . the sauce for my lamb Bhuna must have come out of a tin - it was just a mess of bland puree and the lamb came complete with lumps of fat and sinew . yuk. my wife's Chicken Tikka Masala was no better , the chicken falling apart (re heated?) in a sauce the colour of old white emulsion paint . anyway , you get the picture . Sorry Royal but we will never darken you door again

Very disappointed with our takeaway tonight. Arrived cold, chicken stringy. Just not up to the usual standard. We have used this place many times, sadly not good tonight.

First time trying the Royal Indian and ordered a takeaway for four people last Friday evening (25/10/24). It was delicious! It’s been years since I had a Chicken Korma that good, the rice was lovely and separate grains instead of a congealed lump and the naan breads were enormous. I will definitely use them again, and it looked so nice in the restaurant I will be going for a sit-down meal there in the not too distant future. Above all, the premises were welcoming and clean and the staff very helpful, phoning me to let me know my order was going to be ready earlier than I expected, which was perfect. Highly recommend.

it was brilliant best curry i’ve ever had,10/10 service

Highly recomandable! My best indian food ever!

The food was so tasty! Would definitely recommend & will be coming back. The people are so lovely & welcoming.

Great curry house. Viv and team are very friendly and keep a great atmosphere here. Food is consistently good. Would recommend. Free parking only a minutes walk away

Brilliant as always , thank you

I popped in for a takeaway on Saturday night. The food was great and fast, it only took about 15 mins to be ready.

Last week had a meal in the restaurant service we brilliant, food even better. Staff very polite helpful and knowledgable. Viv always helpful and happy to advise on the menus if you are feeling like trying something new. Today a take away with friends. Great food made our evening meal at home with friends very special. Fully recommend The Royal Indian in Hailsham if you are looking for great service and food.

Really enjoyed our meal, great food. Very attentive service which made for a great experience overall. Definitely recommend!

We came here last night for a friends birthday. Food was absolutely brilliant one of the best Indians I’ve had and service also very good. Cant wait to come back!

We came here last night for a friends birthday meal and the food was absolutely brillaint. Service also very good and can’t wait to come back!

This is by far our favourite restaurant in the area. The food is amazing, the restaurant has a lovely atmosphere and the staff go above and beyond. We’ve been here several times before and hopefully many more times to come.

Absolutely brilliant food again Viv!

Great first impressions for a Indian restaurant with already good reviews. This was my first time here and certainly could see why the reviews were so good. From the service to the meal myself and a friend could not find fault I can honestly say one of the best Indian meals to date and certainly will be returning in the future.

By far the best Indian restaurant in Eastbourne and hailsham, well worth the drive. Full of great flavours, good quality food and a wonderful team ! Every time we have been it has been consistently great, great, great!

Fantastic evening, food was fabulous, great atmosphere

Lovely food, lovely servers and nice atmosphere 👍🏻

Absolutely superb restaurant. The menu was fascinating with new and old dishes. My wife chose golgappas and then everyone tried them as they were so delicious. All of the food was excellent. Whilst we were far too full to try a dessert, again a fabulous choice. Highly recommended.

Food was amazing as always. The quiz just made it a brilliant evening - so many laughs and a lovely crowd of people. Thanks to Viv for hosting and quizmaster Paul.

Great service and lovely food, what more could you want!

Really good quality food pleasant and prompt service in stylish surroundings

Very good food, and excellent service

This is the one for a great Indian take away. By far the best Indian food for miles around. We have just had the set meal for two, plus a few additions. Quality food at a really good price, backed up by friendly service. Many thanks Royal Indian. ;-)

Always a delight to tickle your taste buds. Strongly recommend both the food and the service.

We ordered a takeaway, as a result of a family recommendation, which arrived hot and promptly. That's the good news, now for the bad. We ordered two Kurmas, and the chicken was tough and overcooked. The pilau rice came in a glutinous block, and the onion bhajis were far too spicy with little real flavour. I'm afraid we didn't enjoy our meal.

The food was delicious and beautifully served. This restaurant is awesome.

Absolutely fabulous dining experience! Great atmosphere, wonderful service and West End quality food. Highly recommend: chicken tikka korma, chicken bhuna and bombay potatoes.

Fabulous place. Great food and such friendly staff and owner.

Simply the best authentic Indian restaurant in Sussex by far ! Spotlessly clean lovely staff and management delicious cuisine and choices...well done owner and everyone involved 10/10 Neil Winstone Alfriston

Always a pleasure coming here. Thank you 🤗

Absolutely stunning food. Fast friendly service. Just delicious 😋. Thankyou so much .

Really really nice food. Service is great, very attentative. Good price too. Free parking 2 mins walk up the road. And the bombay potatos were to die for!

Love this place food is amazing everytime never disappointed and the service is excellent

We have been visiting this restaurant for many years now . We always enjoy the food and service. The staff are friendly and attentive. Always feel very welcome. Food is well presented and delicious . Viv will recommend dishes if you want to try something new. We will travel from Eastbourne to collect our takeaways too. The royal is our favourite Indian restaurant by far . Thank you to Viv and his team for.

Just picked up a takeaway, and I can't wait to eat superb food, I would recommend that if you like truly delicious Indian cuisine, you will not be disappointed. Mark

Viv always delivers the highest standard of food and hospitality!! He is just the best!!! Also Special mention to Gana and Alamin who delivered service with a smile and were just brilliant - love this restaurant so much - would recommend to anyone!!! xxx

Fab meal as always, thank you! All staff are amazing 😃

Lovely meal and always a friendly welcome.

Such a lovely place run by very kind people. Amazing food, good portions, and great atmosphere too. Free parking just down the street.

We travelled a little way to experience this restaurant after a recommendation and we were not dissappointed. Great food, great service, great ambience. Free carpark close by for convenience if the road is full. Very busy with lots of regulars which tells a story.

Great friendly service and delicious food!

The loveliest of meals out ive had in such a long time! Lovely waiters made my birthday so much nicer. Recommend to everyone!

We were staying at a large rental property for the weekend nearby and chose this restaurant to order our takeaway from due to the good reviews. We were not disappointed. Because we were a large group (20 adults), I contacted the restaurant in advance. Viv, the owner/manager was so helpful. We ordered in advance and even though it was a busy Saturday night the order was delivered and arrived on time. The food was delicious and plentiful with some free bits included. We cannot rate the service or food highly enough. Thank you.

Booked a table for an evening meal. First time visit, we always enjoy good Indian food, and the Royal did not disappoint. A warm welcome, friendly staff, attentive but not 'in your face'. Had planned a return visit just this week, but circumstances changed, so now overdue.

Delicious food and great service. Four of us all enjoyed the experience. Would recommend without a doubt. Look forward to next visit.

I arranged a birthday meal for my Granddaughters 10th birthday. The food was very nice & hot and tasted fresh. It was very busy but staff were attentive. We were welcomed as we walked in. Good value for money, for very nice food. Atmosphere was very good. Thank you.

Always a pleasure to dine here, excellent food and service every-time.

I have honestly never had a meal - both in the restaurant and as a take away. The food is stunning and the service is fabulous also.

Had a takeaway at the weekend and was very disappointed we found both meals very bland ,poppadoms sort of cardboardy might try again.

My chicken tikka masala was great & the onion bhajis were the best I've had...we WILL return !!

Absolutely excellent, just sorry we didn't go here before. Highly recommended

A great Indian restaurant, excellent quality food and great customer service. The whole team looked after us, made us feel very welcome. Definitely recommend this restaurant and we will be back there soon.

As always great food and great service

Don’t judge this place by the outside … it’s heavenly I side … very clean , modern and wonderful good at brilliant value

I have been dining many times at The Royal Indian Restaurant in Hailsham since 2021 & I want to congratulate the owner, Viv Samuel & his brilliant staff team for their superb curry house. I can truly say that I've never been dissapointed by The Royal, it's an exceptional restaurant that I've recommended to many friends. I've hosted a Christmas Party for over 20 + guests there & took over the restaurant for my birthday last year. Both occasions were excellent, my guests had a really great time & I have lovely memories of both events. Viv is always on hand to give you a great welcome & has that ability to make every guest feel valued & special. The restaurant is most attractively laid out with a warm ambience & spotlessly clean, creating a really lovely dining experience. The menu has been thoughtfully created incorporating some unusual recipes from his family in Southern India. Viv & his staff team are knowlegeable about their cuisine & dishes can be altered to suit their guests individual tastes. The Royal also offers an excellent range of wines & some lovely cocktails & liqueur coffees. If you have spare room after your main courses, Viv also has some delicious puddings. I would be very surprised if you did not enjoy your dining experience at The Royal. Many of Viv's guests come to his restaurant on a regular basis & become old friends. Highly satisfied customers, Val & Ian from Polegate.

Sinner for 7 on a Friday evening. Was a great meal, great service and lovely all round.

Was very busy tonight but staff got food out pretty quickly , only down side was it was far to noisy so could not be heard

a lovely restaurant with excellent friendly and very attentive staff, many great dishes including classic curries to specialities and all ovely

The best Indian Restaurant in HAILSHAM - SUSSEX - ENGLAND-THE WORLD! Viv and his staff provide brilliant food in stunning surroundings.

Magic restaurant, can't fault it 👍

Myself and my family went for dinner to The Royal Indian Restaurant for a birthday and couldn't recommend this place any more! Fantastic service, lovely atmosphere and the best curry we had ever had. The staff are so polite and professional. We use this restaurant for takeaways and have never been disappointed ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Visited this Hailsham Indian restaurant with my mother and partner . The service was OK not as tentative to make sure the drinks where topped up as they where to clear the table whilst we were still chewing!. Living in a more affluent town I would expect my local restaurant to be more expensive. Not the case I found the prices a bit greedy. No standard prawns offered only king .. A king prawn jalfrezi priced at a whopping 16.95!! - compared to my local restaurant 12.50 - offering a 8.50 for normal prawns . A very basic korma with chicken 11.25 Again my local only 8.50. 6 papadums and a few basic dips 9.50. A ok experience and food was okay .. a bit overated I think and definitely overpriced for the area . A couple of drinks each and a dish each £92 .55. Bit overpriced for the area and just ok I would say .

We have been going to The Royal for many years and are so glad that this restaurant is on our doorstep. It is simply - The Best. This evening, a Thursday, we ate early and by the time we left with full tummies the restaurant was almost full. Tonight was a special evening as we got to see the staff all kitted out in their new uniforms with a little splash of silver found in their scarves and cummerbunds. They all looked very sparkly! The interior of The Royal, as always, was welcoming and immaculately dressed with crisp white linen and a fresh yellow rose on every table. Such pride is taken in providing such a welcoming environment and the warmth and friendliness of all the staff adds to the whole dining experience. Super menu which is not ridiculously extensive. There are the good ‘British’ dishes - expected and loved- alongside dishes that sound intriguing and call out to be tried. This evening we were very privileged to sample 2 main courses which Viv and his expert chef have developed and which will be featuring delightfully on the new Royal menu. Delightful they were. In fact we both stopped talking and savoured the utter deliciousness of succulent chicken marinaded in cream and cardamom and cheese and chilli - I kid you not about the cheese - try these skewers of delight when they appear. The second new dish planned for the menu was a lamb and chilli dish rich in spices and a gravy that danced about on our tongues releasing the joys of their expert blending in waves of yumminess. The naan was fluffy and full of mopping powers which we used to scoop up our green beans with coconut and cashews. Our cauliflower bhaji would have stood as a curry in its own right - perfectly cooked, perfectly spiced, perfectly enjoyed. SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF IN HAILSHAM WITH AN EMPTY RUMBLING TUMMY GO DIRECTLY TO THE ROYAL FOR THE AREAS BESTEST CURRY DON’T BOTHER WITH THE OTHERS THEY ARE MERELY CHAFF THERE IS NO BETTER CURRY THERE ARE NO BETTER STAFF THE LIGHTING SOFT AND GENTLE THE LINEN WHITE AND BRIGHT AND VIV AND TEAM WILL ‘ROYALLY’ PROVIDE A SUPERB NIGHT!!! Go team Royal xx

We had read the reviews so thought we would give it a try. The staff were lovely and friendly and the food was delicious. We started with poppadoms and chutneys. Had two starters and two main courses. Everything was lovely and hot and full of flavour. Nice size portions and pleasant surroundings.

Dined here before and we came in on Friday and were not disappointed. From the warm welcome, to the excellent service, and the great food it was all amazing. We shared our starter, tandoori platter, and was on two plates and was delicious. We both had chicken dishes, korma and makhani, with some peshawri naan, rice, and green beans poriyal all washed down with some beer and wine. It was all fantastic with generous portions so we were not able to have a dessert! Thanks all for a great meal and a great time.

So clean, staff so polite, food is excellent- can’t be faulted. I looked out to find this place and loved everything about it .

This is one of the highlights of Hailsham, food is allways great quality, service is impeccable both eat in or takeaway - would 100% recommend their house specials.

Absolutely top notch, best Indian takeaway/restaurant in hailsham, I cannot praise the food enough, I was greeted by the staff on arrival and felt very welcome

Well it closes at 10pm and at 9pm you can't sit in as the kitchens closed . However you can still order a takeaway , presumably that must come from a different secret kitchen . Don't waste your time

What a fabulous find. Being recently disappointed with the Indian restaurants in our town of Heathfield I found this by chance and read its incredible reviews. We were so impressed with the quality of food, pleasant and efficient service, cleanliness and atmosphere of this Indian...

This restaurant was a great choice for dinner whilst on holiday. The outside is deceiving it looks nothing special but once inside it was a completely different place. The restaurant and tables were both spotlessly clean, the staff friendly and the service great. Food was brilliant, four meals all absolutely delicious. Wish this restaurant was nearer to home we would be frequent visitors! Thank you.

People might read the title , and think this is some sort of joke ; an Indian restaurant in a small town , close to a railway station , amongst a rank of unprepossessing shops. But I’ve been to restaurants throughout Britain for 50 years...

We had a takeaway from them . Very good food. The staff were very helpful. One of the best takeaways I have had for a long time. Will order again

I’ll keep this short and sweet as we have already left a review upon our first ever visit here… and nothing has changed since our initial review - this place is still amazing! We’ve ordered a fair few times from here since - and have...

Great food, best Indian we have had in a while, good portion sizes using good quality meat/ chicken, plenty of sauce in curries. Good service although we only had take way.

This place never disappoints. Have been coming here years, the food is phenomenal, the service friendly and always come away feeling full. Hands down the best Indian restaurant in Eastbourne and the surrounding area. The cocktails are great too! What’s not to love.

This is our only go to Indian reastuarant which we have been driving too for the last ten years (20 mile round trip) in all this time the food and service / amazing staff have been nothing other than perfect

Delivery as scheduled..first time using take out service but food as delicious as if we were in the restaurant..always a MUST for me to eat here when visiting family

Excellent consistent restaurant with fabulous food flavours and ambience. Staff brilliant and extremely welcoming indeed. Always first class service.

First time visit, food good, service ok, just a little disturbing when a server reaches across a guest and the table, thought they served from the left? Reasonably priced in current climate.

The best dansak I have ever tasted! I would highly recommend this restaurant. The staff are very friendly and the cleanliness is excellent.

Reviews do work and promote business. We drove pass and not knowing The Royal Indian Restaurant, checked out the reviews! And WOW they were so right! Warm welcome (we had not booked) Reasonable prices Good service Excellent food We will be back for this above average, more gourmet Indian delicious food THANK YOU

We visited following a recommendation and were incredibly impressed. The food was delicious. Hot and fresh. We will definately be returning.

Great evening at The Royal. Excellent service and food as always. As a vegan, there were plenty of options. My husband tried some of the new options on the menu and was not disappointed. Although busy, we were not rushed, but allowed to enjoy the...

Great service, amazing food and perfect atmosphere. The new starters are well worth trying. The fried calamari was mouth watering and we cannot recommend highly enough. We thoroughly enjoyed all the food, both the fish and the chicken mains were lovely. It was very busy...

It has been a while since I last reviewed this consistently good restaurant and I feel compelled to write again after this evenings visit because since my last meal here there has been a few new additions to the menu. Tonight we tried the starter...

Another cracking meal at the Royal, tried 2 new dishes from the new menu, The “Masala fried Calamari “ was execellant as was the “Chicken Narangu” I wasn’t sure about citrus chicken, but I went with the owners recommendation and really enjoyed it. Great food...

As always the meal was fantastic. Good produce, well cooked and great value.

Fantastic service, friendly atmosphere, impeccable service, the food was fantastic, full of flavour and the meat melts in your mouth.

Another great evening at the Royal Indian last night great service as all ways and the food was fantastic

The food, the staff and the restaurant made for an excellent evening. Already recommended to family and friends.

We approached Royal Indian, on the basis of good reviews, to supply takeaway to a family House party for 22 Adults. Vincent was very helpful. He advised on menu and on amount of food. Delivery was on time, food was fresh and hot. Amount was...

Well, this was just delicious! I am writing this review pretty much instantly after finishing our meal as we was pleasantly surprised! This was our first time trying The Royal Indian, it’s a Saturday evening and the Royal Jubilee, so we fancied treating ourselves to...

Lovely meal. Lovely, friendly staff.

Despite a busy saturday night the service was good and the food was lovely and had lots of flavour a not just meat smothered with sauce. Definitely going back.

A busy Saturday night with small and large groups. Served in good time, good selection of drinks. Starters were excellent I had the vegetable samosa and an onion Bhaji split with my mum. Both were good sizes, tasted lovely, presented well. For mains I had...

We visited for a family celebration the staff couldn’t have been more helpful, and the food was delicious.

Easy to understand menu with delicious vegan options. We each ordered something different and each tried each others. Lovely buzz around the restaurant with every table sounding like they were loving their food and leaving with happy tummys. I’ve rarely had a vegan curry better...