The Village Massala in Denbighshire

We visited today for Sunday lunch. We did not pre book and judging by how busy the restaurant was, we thought we might be turned away. We’d walked in and were seated straightaway. We went for the Sunday lunch menu and were not disappointed. We started with the poppadom and pickle tray, followed by the mixed appetiser of onion bhaji, chicken tikka, samosa and sheek kebab with salad garnish, both were excellent and hot. We were asked to choose our main and side dish. Both curries were beautifully cooked and the meat so tender. Service through out was top notch and we enjoyed it very much. It was great value for money and will recommend to everyone I know. Will definitely visit again

We come here often, nearly every week in fact. We love a good curry, and this place is hard to beat. The meat is so soft and succulent, and the sauce is banging !!! I love fahl hot where as the misses thinks brown sauce is spicey haha 😝 So she just gets a plain chicken and curry sauce, But that’s still full of flavour, (although I do have to taste hers first) Starters are really good too. They do a wicked deal on a Sunday. £13.95 for popadoms, mixed starter, curry and a side dish either rice chips or naan. It’s the same excellent quality any day you go. I haven’t tasted anything this good on the planet for this kind of money. I’ve NEVER had an item on my plate I didn’t like, And I change my meals nearly every week. This place is delightful, if in the area or a 20 mile radius, you must try it !!!

Good food friendly staff nice place to relax and enjoy a good curry.

This restaurant has been consistently excellent for at least the last decade. Great owners, friendly staff, excellent service and brilliant food

Been coming here since i was like 4 years ols, still the best indian restaurant in the UK. Absolutely delicious and it always has been.

Great food, so much flavour, fabulous staff

Just went for a main with all the trimmings ! Which for me was as chicken balti, mushroom rice, onion bhaji and a cheese naan ! Food arrived quickly and waiters were very good. Highly recommended

I wasn’t going to bother writing a review but after our visit on Friday night and the second day of intense stomach cramps and rushing to the toilet I just had too share what was the worse Indian experience I’ve ever had. The food here was not right, it just didn’t taste right, hard to put my finger on but overwhelmed with the salts used in all the meals. I’ve had a serious bout of food poisoning from this place and it’s the first and last time I’ll ever go here.

Please don't listen to the bad reviews. We are in Wales for 5 days, planned to look for an Indian one night but ended up going twice. Food is excellent, one of the best we have had, tailored the order to our needs, fast and friendly service, nice atmosphere and price was really good (although we are from expensive Essex). Cash only for takeaway orders, but not a problem for us, nice to see somewhere that's not card only! Will definitely return if we come back to this part of Wales and would definitely recommend! 5*

Evening meal and we decided to go with the set menu. I have to say we were not disappointed. The food was delicious. The price for the amount that was served was very fair indeed. 3 sauces chosen and a selection of lamb, chicken tikka, kofta amongst the selection on the plate. Excellent meal

Firstly I would only ever write honest review, I was truly disappointed in the food onion overload !!! Too much onion not enough meat! There was barely any difference between my curry balti & my husbands jalfrezi , a shade difference in colour that was it, & again overload with the onions, We have eaten curry in so many places takeaways & inside, this was a take away & we know different places do it differently, but this was lacking the authentic flavours, lack of meat too much onion off putting huge chunks as well !

Ate there today as we're staying in Premier Inn just opposite there. Great service and great food. Everything was fresh and tasty. We enjoyed the food so much that we've booked a table for tomorrow evening too. Staff were really friendly too.

Always a great service and food is excellent.

Great Indian meal. Good service and friendly Staff. Busy so advise booking especially at weekends. Great menu and all well cooked.

Good food, a couple of unusual dishes. Good service and atmosphere. Will definitely visit again.

Went in today with my family and ordered prawn jalfrezi and chicken chaat. I have no idea how the restaurant got such good reviews but then again looking at the majority of the customers being non Asian, they’re clearly getting scammed for their money. My prawn dish had the equivalent of two onions and two tomatoes with a few prawns so not sure what happened there. Think the manager was trying to get rid of his onion stock or something. Everything tasted bitter as if they used old onions in all their dishes. Total order came to £80+ which was a right rip off. As a Bengali myself eating Indian dishes since birth I can tell you this was far far far off from being anything near Indian. My mate being the awarded the best chef award for West Midlands was with us too and he knew straight away the food was not on point. Oh and don’t ask for a lemonade, you’ll get a zero sugar sprite instead. Goodluck

Great service and really tasty food. Would highly recommend!

Thank you so much for helping with my daughters 30th we all said the food was outstanding and very good portions staff so friendly garlic chicken balti was the best I've had so tasty and so was all our meals thank you so much again quality all round well done

Lovely food and great service. Family of 7 visited and had each had the lunch time special. Everything was amazing. Will be back again

Good food and nice atmosphere, with polite service

Booked a table for tonight whilst staying at a nearby campsite who recommended to eat here and so glad we did,. Popadoms and chutney tray were exceptional, only gripe the popadoms were not as crispy as they should be. Mixed kebab starter was so tasty and filling and served piping hot. Chicken tikka roganjosh ,so full of taste and flavour. Balti chicken tikka patia ordered but I think I got just Balti chicken tikka . Not disappointed in anyway as it was delicious. Possibly the best service ever, the waiters were so attentive.

Did takeaway food from them. Pathetic taste. No flavours. Don't know how they call it as an Indian restaurant. Most of tha £70 food went in bin as has never eaten such an unhygienic food before. Oil was oozing out like anything.They don't know what vegetarian means and put egg omelette on top of Vegetable Biryani. Eat here at your own risk. Reviews are definitely fake as don't know how anyone can recommend this.

One of the best Indian meal I've had in years .. fresh chicken and lamb very tasty indeed 😋

Had a lovely meal here with a large group. I and one other person are vegan, and the staff were knowledgeable and helpful. We ordered a mushroom balti (it’s on the menu as mushroom masala balti, ask them to make it vegan so not masala as that uses cream) and vegetable balti with rice. Really good value for money in my opinion, we thoroughly enjoyed the food, and the staff were brilliant.

A lovely little establishment. A very intimate setting. The staff are lovely and go above and beyond to make your visit special. The food is beautiful, so tasty! Will definitely be coming back. Thank you for making our visit special.

this is the second time that we’ve tried to have a meal here, both times phoned at 9.30 for a table and told to come now (closes 10.30), we did arrive the first time and waiters stood over us until we finished, this time we’ve decided not to spend our money with them. Disappointed!

Excellent food great flavours Highly recommend Served piping hot and good portions Great service Will be back soon ############

Polite and excellent service went early in evening and definitely going back

Disappointed to say the least. It was my partners birthday, we were visiting the area on holiday. I'd booked a table for 7pm via their booking online service a while back. I hadn't received confirmation so phoned a few days before to confirm my booking, all was good. We turned up to be told they couldn't find our reservation but they found us a table anyway. They were very busy. Our table had a vacuum cleaner right behind us, that shouldn't be there. We ordered drinks and food. Had a shared starter which was really nice. My main came out, chicken balti and my partners a keema pathia. Mine seriously lacked flavour, it honestly tasted like chicken cooked and added to a jar of sauce. My partners was full of fat. During us eating this we were asked 4 times if we'd finished. Yes 4 times! Once after about 10 minutes of it arriving. Seriously I couldn't believe it. Finally when we had finished they asked if the food was OK. I don't complain, and didn't but I think it was very apparent by my shy answer saying it was ok, he asked us to be honest for feedback. I told him I felt mine lacked flavour. He said they could have made it hotter if we'd asked. I didn't want it hotter, hotter is not flavour. We also mentioned about so much fat on my partners dish. The keema naans, the keema was uneven and also bland, it tasted like lamb mince and onion with no spices. We paid and left. I love a curry, it's probably my favourite food of all times but sadly not this time. When staff were clearing a table in front of us she wiped all the bits on the floor which was not pleasant. Then another lady came along and cleaned the bits from the floor with a dustpan the first lady had wiped and collected the crumbs up it would have saved the second lady an unnecessary job and would have looked more professional. We for sure won't return here.

We have been a number of times and it's always fantastic. Visited again tonight and it didn't disappoint. Lovely food and really nice staff. I noticed their Sunday lunch menu looked great value too.

Always superb food and service.

We have been using the village massala for the last 9 years ever since we have had our caravan, the last 2 weeks we decided to get a takeaway due to the weather, this is the second bad meal in the last 2 weeks the worst meals we have had from here and we swear bye the place thats why i hate writing this, the starter was great as usual but the chicken in the mains were like eating a leather boot, really hard and tough, the chips smelt like they were cooked in dirty oil, the rices were dripping in oil, and the poppadoms were not crispy, im not sure if they have different chefs for eat in or takeaways or the takeaway meals are precooked and cooked again but this is not the standard we are used to from here,

Popadums and starters were good but main courses were awful and didn't taste like they should. Never again. I seriously think the good reviews were written by their staff.

We have been here quite a few times recently and the food and service has always been amazing. The Sunday special is excellent value. Sunday 12-5 £13.95 per adult, poppadom and chutneys, mixed starter and a choice of main with either rice, chips and naan bread.

Takeaway was poor. Naan was burnt, chicken was very dry this is second time running now. I can’t believe it was sent out very disappointed.

Displayed as open when we arrived at 09:00 pm and the restaurant timings shows open until 11:00pm. Not sure why, as soon as we entered including kids, they asked as to leave saying the restaurant is closed !! Other local customers inside the restaurant were feeling sorry and commented why they had to say it is closed while another 2 hours they should be open !!

The best Indian restaurant for miles. Very friendly, competent staff and the food is excellent and fantastic value for money. We’ll be returning soon 😋💕

Very Very bad behavior. At 9.30 pm on hotel board it is open. There staff say they clossed. Waste time

It says open and not letting in

Our 2nd visit in a week to this great restaurant. On our first visit my sister and i were so impressed with the food and service. So took my daughter and grandsons this evening and we had another wonderful meal. Highly recommended

One ofmy favourite restaurants. Never had a bad meal or poor service. Definitely recommend ir

Never ever realised that we will have such awful experience. We were 15 people and were looking for an Indian place for a dinner party. Ended up spending £360 app. I truly don’t understand why this place is falsely reviewed with 4.5 which made us believe that it’s the best in town. Except popaddum and Naan bread, we truly didn’t like any of the dishes. I generally don’t give such review however I believe the review rating is completely wrong. It has misguided us and I’m sure there are/will be many who will disappointment. None of the food is Indian to be honest. They don’t taste Indian. The spices aren’t cooked properly, lamb and chicken was chewy and hard which means they weren’t cooked up to the right temperature to bring out the flavour. Prawns were ok’ish but not Indian again.. Pulau rice was just coloured rice less boiled and hard. When we came out, we even realised that it had 3 food hygiene rating out of 5 which was a much poor rating and we generally avoid going to such places. Staffs were friendly. However I must admit that it was full and I believe it’s because the restaurant is branded as Indian which gets the audience. The food doesn’t speak for itself. Will avoid and will not recommend for people who like Indian food. We don’t eat such poorly cooked food. #Edited- Post response from Restaurant ————- Wow! Great response to a customer review. I really don’t bother as a customer as I’m not doing business here and you’re the one. Let people decide seeing at your response unless you delete it.. Btw do you think we gonna spend money again visiting the place to have such tasteless food? You better enjoy cooking them and serving your loyal customers. We will definitely stay away from it. Check out our review for Indian Buffet company in Rhyl. I’m sure you will enjoy 😉 And we try and give genuine review as a foodie and at least know what Indian food is🥘.

Takeaway Tasty. Fresh. Reasonably priced. Good portion sizes. Nice and spicy on request. Very much recommended Surprised by some negative reviews.

We had a lovely Sunday date here! We will likely make this a weekly thing now as it was a great experience with delicious food for great value.

Very good food and large portions. 😃 I was surprised that the rice was not included in the main dish. It was also a shame that chai was not available, and I was offered PG Tips instead. 🙂

Great place to eat lovely food, amazing staff!!!

Had a takeaway and have to say it one of the worst I've had for a couple of years. The order was ready ready in 5ish minutes so that did make me suspicious. The dansak had scarggly pieces of chicken and lots of clumps of lentils. The tikka masla was laughable, bright red sickly sweet soupy sauce with again scraggly pieces of chicken. Nan breads were passable and popadums acceptable. Cash only now too which I find curious.

Decided to try this restaurant for a family birthday meal after reading good reviews. However on arriving there was no warm welcome just ushered to our table. We were asked if we wanted drinks before we had finished sitting down. We then ordered drinks and our choices from the menu. At no time did the staff attempt to converse with us. We started with papadums but our starters arrived before we had finished eating them. As soon as our starters were finished warming trays were bought to the table for our mains so we had to request a break of 10 mins. The mains were of generous proportions but lacked spice and were very bland. Rice was over cooked . The bill was put on the table before we had all finished our drinks with staff seemingly 'hovering' around the table waiting for payment. All in all we were in and out in less than one hour, we felt rushed and unwanted. No complaint was made at the time because we didn't want to ruin what was left of the persons birthday party. The large poorly repaired hole in the ceiling did little to add to the experience. Will not return and will not recommend.

We were thrown out of here this evening because I wrote a negative review over 12 months ago. We decided to go again tonight in the hope of a better experience. They seated us, took our drinks and poppadoms order. Next thing a waiter appeared saying we were not welcome. When we asked why he said the last time you was here you wasn’t happy. Instead of trying to improve on it they asked us to leave. We were shocked to say the least. When we tried to state our case they ganged up on us threatening us. It was a shocking display. Absolute thuggery!!

Very well looked after from the moment we sat down until we left. Thank you to all the staff.

Me my partner and 2 friends went for a meal for a birthday the food was nice although the service was abit slow but the one thing that stood out for us all is one of the male staff screaming at the young waitress bringing the young girl to tears this was very uncomfortable for us to witness and very unprofessional I understand she may of needed guidance on what she was doing but there is a time and a place for this and infront of a busy restaurant in the manner he chose to do this was totally wrong safe to say we won’t be going back there if this is how they treat there young staff 😡😡

Fantastic food, fantastic service from a friendly team. Extensive menu and a good choice of drinks including Cobra and Carling on draft. Would recommend to everyone, especially on a Sunday when there's an offer on between 1pm and 5pm *****

Excellent spot for a casual meal, great service and great food. Everyone was friendly and helpful. Highly recommend!!

First time visit to this Indian restaurant,we had a take away. Superb friendly staff, excellent service. When we got home after the smell of Indian cuisine in the car,we were not let down. The food 10/10. Tasted excellent,we thought we were back in Goa, the food was so good. Recommend this place to all.10/10. Mick Dulson.

We have been using this restaurant for about 20 years. The staff are very friendly, and are always welcoming. The food is always amazing, great quality and great service. This indian is the best in the area

I had the Tandoori mixed grill with nan bread. The nan bread was the only edible part of the meal You could not cut the meat because it was so tough. I choked on a piece of chicken tikka. This is the worst tandoori meal I have ever had. Go to the indian in Prestatyn if you are in the area.

My family live in Rhuddlan and I have a holiday home in Conwy which we all stay at regularly. They quite often bring a takeout from here which we all thoroughly enjoy. Food always gorgeous and plentiful. Highly recommend

Had the Tandoori mixed grill, really enjoyed it.

Stunning food, great choice, staff were fantastic. Hot towels at the end very nice touch. Thoroughly enjoyed everything. Great time, thanks

Best service and food. You won't find a better Indian in North Wales. Ps. Ask for your poppadoms toasted 👍

Unfortunately, this was the worst Indian cuisine I've ever had. We got the vegetarian Thali for two (£40) and the only good thing was the garlic naan. Very little heat, a very bland general garam masala spice mixture that was the same base across four of the curry sample dishes, the raita had curdled, and the onion bhaji was cold, oily, and soft. There were also an incredible number of servers. The first two people kept trying to get us to order drinks, and when we declined and said what we'd like to order for food, we were told they couldn't do it and sent someone else. We interacted with at least six servers during our meal. Additionally, the food was brought out on plastic trolleys and then removed on plastic trolleys (they very well have been two different sets of trolleys, but it felt off). We also noticed the hygiene rating of three (checked on the government food rating website and this rating was issued on 3 Nov 2022). We'll obviously not be back.

We went to the village masala last night to celebrate my dad’s 70th Birthday the food was delicious and the service was outstanding! Nothing was too much trouble they really looked after us and helped make my dad’s birthday celebrations special!! Would 100% recommend 🤩

Sunday special is fantastic, service, food, decor, is 5 stars, would highly recommend,

A bit of a gem of an Indian. Eaten here twice while visiting. Not bog standard as the food is a bit more creative and interesting.

Food is quality, but this evening I had a small complaint! The poppodoms we had were not fresh, slightly stale, but not un edable , I told the guy at the till, he was adamant they were fresh!!! Definitely not fresh, so im sorry but you need to serve FRESH, even for your first customers, wich we were.

The best food I have had in a long time eating out, everything so fresh and hot. Lovely lady looking after us and the rest of the staff were very friendly. Great price and amazing food Thank you :)

This little gem never fails to excel in the quality of their food. Even here 4 times in 10 years........ superb 👍✔️

I went in just after opening and service was second to none. The food was really good not a bad dish at all the chef even took time to come and ask how it was which was a nice touch. Made to feel welcome and even a pack of sweets at the end after a week in Rhyl for work this was by far the best food I had !!!!! Keep up the good effort

We were staying in the area and Googled restaurants and this one took our eye with a good rating. The menu was varied and inviting, we went for the banquet for two and we weren't disappointed. The service was quick and nothing was too much trouble for the staff. We would definitely recommend.

Found via goggle . Went in at just after 4pm so was quiet . Good attentive service . Food not majorly spicy but tasted fresh and good portion size . Good value for money . Free parking. If lived in area would use again . 10 out of 10 Cobra on tap

Never had a bad experience here. Last night the food served to our party was absolutely amazing. Always lovely helpful staff.

First time here food excellent , staff were very good, a large party for a birthday.

A very nice Indian restaurant with a lovely atmosphere. The restaurant is surprisingly bigger than expected with comfortable and well spaced seating. The food was very good and well presented. Free car park next to the restaurant.

Great food, lots of it. Very good.

Very good, the food was very nice, if there was one thing too rant about would be the price of a pint of larger being £4.50

We went here a big party of us for my daughters 40th. On 16/9/23 Fantastic food the service was great and every member of staff was so pleasant and helpful. Nothing was to much trouble whatever we asked for. The food was so lovely and plenty of it. Lovely place would definitely recommend to anyone. Keep up the great work you do . You were amazing.

First time I had a takeout over the weekend…. Absolutely gorgeous food

Great service and the food was delicious, and to top it off a spectacular view of Rhuddlan castle..

My experience is not good in this place. They try to force you order drink. Which we ask they don't have it. Not good restaurants for vegetarian people. We ordered 2curry ,1 dal ,4chapti In main. We ask 1extra chapti. He say let me ask . Like really . Samosa was cold

Our first visit whilst at our holiday place in Wales. Very good service and food was excellent with plenty of choice and good portions. Very clean and well laid out with plenty of room and tables. On this visit it was cash only, hence point loss.

Called in yesterday as we have been past a few times, friendly greeting we had lamb curries from the tandoori menu. Came with rice and sauces very well cooked tasted lovely, for starters we had poppadoms which had 3 sauces and onions again very nice. Relaxed atmosphere not rushed definitely recommend and will try more curries from the menu

We always visit here when we're in the area. Food was amazing and reasonably priced. The service wasn't as good as it has been previously in my personal opinion. We will return none the less when we are back in the area.

Excellent food, great service friendly atmosphere. Would recommend.

A great modern Indian restaurant. We visited this place when on holiday for the weekend near by. We didn't book and it was busy when we arrive but they was able to accommodate us (table of 7) after a 10 minute wait. The place was clean and modern, Great taste dishes, and friendly staff and the draught beer was good. It seems a very popular place that can get busy. Definitely worth a try if your in the area.

A place we visited many times before but what a shame today. The place had very loud Indian film on tele. But the worse is the service. Three waiters came to us and almost forced us to order drinks. When we asked for soup and the main menu all of them left us telling they will be back in a min or two. Never to return. We suspected the kitchen had issues and the management was trying to buy time. Had no choice and left never to return. Will not recommend.

Got a takeaway and food was excellent like always. Best Indian around

Tried for the first, food was excellent, staff were kind and friendly, would defo be going again in due course. Thanks to all staff.

Lovely atmosphere. Lovely food the staff were very friendly and welcoming. Will definitely go there again

Got there quite late had an idea they might shut early as every where else has this week as it is not busy anywhere. Had poppadoms to start they were nice my son had one of the chef's specials and I had tikka masala both with pilau rice. Couldn't fault the portions loads of chicken and tasty as well. We were the last ones in but they never rushed us in any way price was average it's worth a visit

Delicious food, friendly staff, excellent service, nice decor and furnishings, clean too, would highly recommend

We had a great evening, service was excellent and the food was, will definitely be going back often.

Chicken was fresh and freshly cooked. Delicious

We attended for the Sunday special served between 1 and 5pm. The food was of good quality and the staff seemed friendly however I chose a nagra curry after asking advice and the curry being described as 'not too hot'. I have since found out this curry is hotter than a vindaloo and is made with one of the hottest chillies in the world. Therefore my dining experience was ruined because the curry was far too hot. Could you maybe indicate the hotness of your curries with the chilli pictures to assist others? We also felt rushed during our visit and would not be likely to return.

A friend recommended me to eat here while in north wales and she was spot on the food was awesome, very tasty, not oily and plenty of it. Thank you

We went to Village Massala yesterday afternoon (18th June) for a family dinner. The decor is gorgeous, all staff are very friendly and helpful and the food is AMAZING 🤩 Can’t wait until our next visit 💕

Great friendly service. Amazing food. Would recommend 👌

Good selection of great food Friendly, helpful staff Large car park

Absolutely lovely meal been visiting Rhuddlan for years but never been here before ..we will definitely go again as it was delicious .

Previous takeaways were good but recently ordered the banquet for two which was really poor. Meat was overcooked and dry and really low quality. Chutneys were small and only 3 were delivered. 1 small rice and small portions of starters. Looking for local alternatives for next time. After this poor experience the manager contacted and we were offered some complimentary starters with next order. We had a really great selection of starters and mains and can’t fault the manager and the food. Definitely recommend

One of the best Indian’s Iv had . Will definitely be back . 100%