Village Tandoori Restaurant & Takeaway in Reading

Polite, friendly staff. Enjoyable food, tasty. I used to eat here when it was a restaurant and not a takeaway only. I haven't used it as a takeaway until I thought why not grab a bite on my way home. The restaurant is a real shell now, which is sad. But staff were friendly, food hot and enjoyable. Shame they are not open as a restaurant again, because with the Raj being closed I think they could do well. Will get takeaway again having tried them now. Prices were good too.

Goodness me….. First time buying a curry here… absolutely delicious… so good… plus generous portions and even gave me a 10% discount for collection… Thank you so much, I will be back 👍

We have tried many different Indian restaurants in Reading but this has been the best so far. Quality of the foods has always been top notch and felt vey fresh with vey authentic taste. We ordered both veg and non veg dishes many times and the quality of the food was always top class. Highly recommend this place

This is a great local spot. The prices are brilliant and the quality of food is also up there. A small family run operation. Collect for an extra discount. Thanks for some great food!!!

The Village Tandoori is now a takeaway only. They also deliver, but not the Take Away Meal deal available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, which is a very good deal anyway. The food is very tasty and great value.

Always great food and service.. Been the same for year's culco can cook,bless him

Used to be amazing, I rated them 5 stars. Just recently their service has fallen off a cliff. The last order I had was 1.5 hours later than they said and the person who answered was exceptionally rude, he even hung up on me. This is sad as the food is so good.

Our food arrived late, cold and part of our order was missing.

The food was just how I remembered from when I used to regularly eat there 15 + years ago. The vegetable dupiaza is my favourite!

The Village is now takeaway only, but us still in the family. The food is just what you want. Never had an issue. And it’s only a few steps from the White Horse, so you can have a beer while you wait. 🍺 Village or Raj? Village wins for me.

so sorry the worst tandoori i ever eaten, cold tasteless, samosa onion bargi bought in ,dipping sauce was horrible.prawn madras one big slop, chicken was so tough it was added to the sauce, not cooked in it.never again, when we complained they didnt want to know£34 down the drain.

Not impressed with the food from here & wouldn't recommend. Food was not tasty and didn't taste freshly prepared

Lovely food and very nice staff

Absolutely beautiful food every single time. So much flavour, tender meat hot and fresh. Staff are amazing. So much variety of dishes there really is something for everyone. Oh and the best samosas ive ever had. Would highly recommend!

Brilliant service, reliable and wonderful tasting food.

We have been using the Village for years, always good and tonight's takeaway was exceptional. Chicken Achar, Chicken Pathoia and Lamb Madras all delightful.

Delicious food, friendly business owners and staff and good value.

Highly recommend this Indian. I like all the Indians around Caversham but this is my favourite. Chicken Tikka and Lamb Tikka were awesome.

Have been using them for over 25 years.Very friendly and good food!! you can also take your own bottle with no corkage.

Great local tandoori with reasonably priced, quality food!

Great food and service. Not been there for a few years now certainly did not disappoint 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

My husband and I enjoyed a few drinks to celebrate our anniversary and were intending to go to a different restaurant, but it was raining and cold and we haven't been in the Village tandoori for years. So we popped in there and they had a table available. The gentleman was very nice took our order and served us our drinks. The poppadoms came out they were fresh/crispy and the sauces were very tasty. We then didn't have to wait to long for our mains ! They were so tasty, portion sizes were just right and the bread just melted in your mouth ! After we had finished we then had to go back into the rain but we were warmer and well fed for our journey home ! A lovely unexpected meal Thank you Village Tandoori!

I don't come from Reading,my partner lives there and what I've gathered from the numerous amounts of restaurants we've been to in Reading is that you don't have any decent ones or ones that compare anywhere close to what we have down in Hampshire. The village tandoori was very average food and the decor, Jesus come on! I actually thought my partner was joking when we walked in.

Delicious food and lovely staff.

Great food Friendly & efficient service

I've been coming here on a almost weekly basis for 4 years, food is very good and always no problems. Friendly owner and staff, they are extremely attentive and nice to chat to. Also you can bring your own alcohol which is great.

Great food and able to take own drink saving a ton of money.

Set in between the Black Horse Pub and the White Horse pub in Emmer Green, bring your own drink, Does a 5 course menu on Tuesdays 12-95 very friendly owners. good food, give it a go

We've been coming to Village Tandoori for well over 10 years and the food is always so tasty and great value. Our meal this week was delicious as usual. It's great for takeaways too. A cosy restaurant, with an extensive menu. They have a meal deal on a Tuesday and you can bring your own alcohol, or buy it at the restaurant. I've tried other Indian restaurants, but Village Tandoori is my favourite by far.

Friendly service, very good food and nice cosy atmosphere

Visited with some friends the other night, great poppadoms, main courses pretty standard but byo is a big plus, would go back.

I have been coming here on a regular basis for 3 years, never any complaints about the food or staff.

We enjoyed our family curry to celebrate the end of the school year, taking advantage of the bring your own booze option although they do serve drinks. The veggie vindaloo, while not looking very authentic, tasted great if you like it spicy and my family enjoyed their lamb pathia and chicken tikka masala plus a sag paneer side. It was unusually noisy this Friday night due to one group who we moved away from. Some lime pickle with the papadams would have been nice but otherwise we enjoyed the usual swift, friendly service and great tasting food. Opens at 6pm and provides a popular takeaway service.

That was an excellent lamb saag! Simply gorgeous

The people and food are great at this restaurant, my family and I love visiting. The restaurant is like sitting in someone's living room, the added bonus is that you can take your own alcohol. So if you prefer a certain type of wine etc. you can take your own at no extra cost. Been there so many times, our go to restaurant for our family get togethers! Love it

Don't let the dated interior of the place put you off - the food is great. It's very small, as others have noted, and at times the service was a bit slow. However, just go with that as it's a nice friendly place where you can take your time and enjoy your evening. We were a group of ten, a couple of whom aren't that sold on curries, and everyone of us found the food excellent. The curries had a lovely balance of spice and richness, no matter which one we'd chosen. The naan bread were doughy and tasty. Lastly, the option to bring your own drink meant that this was a good value night out.

Really well cooked and presented food, just because its Emmer Green don't think that means boaring and bland, really nice to eat

Always consistently good. I have been here for nearly 20 years on a weekly basis and it never disappoints.

Small but pleasant curry house. The food is of a good quality at a very reasonable price. Although it is licensed you can bring you own without corkage charges. Fast and efficient service. Cannot complain.

Para celebrar nuestro hijo terminando la primaria decidimos un viaje a nuestro restaurante favorito local estaba en orden. Amable, relajado y gran sabor y normalmente con una de las 6 mesas disponibles a corto plazo. Mi vegetariano tikka jalfrezi con aloo gobi y masala lados paneer eran sabrosas y mi familia también disfrutaron de su pollo tikka masala y cordero pathia. Junto con arroz y chutney papadams, y algunos lemonades, era razonable relación calidad-precio en 46 libras por 3 aunque también llevamos nuestras botellas de cerveza o vino, que está permitido. También puede llevar a casa lo que no comer y hay una oferta de comida de lunes a martes por la noche que volveremos pronto!

Food was drowning in oil and had to wait an hour for our food. First time for a long time that have thrown curry away, about half of it. Naan bread was stone cold.

Had our first meal at the Village Tandoori tonight .. excellent value and you can bring your own beers; good food, great service Monday and Tuesday night £ special price !

Popped in here with friends on recommendation, superb service and food. Looking forward to returning soon!

I've been coming here for 20 years and the consistency in the food is amazing each time, staff humble and of great character.

Good food, & service! Reasonably priced, for a pleasant meal. Good variety of dishes on offer, and the ones we had were the right amount of spice! Served hot & with lots of taste. Will go back again soon!

Un restaurante pequeño, donde tuvimos una comida estupenda última noche. Una cálida bienvenida, un excelente servicio, buena comida bien cocinada. ¿Qué más se puede pedir? Añadido a que tienen una oferta especial los lunes y los martes por £11.95 - Elija un plato de entrada, plato principal, plato de verdura y arroz desde el menú estándar, e incluye con la usual, etc. pompadoms pickle y pan caliente. Fantástica relación calidad-precio, y más de lo que podía comer. Sólo sirven refrescos, pero puedes tomar tu propia vinos y cervezas, y no botellas. (Sólo 4 estrellas porque no como uno de los platos que elegimos - mi culpa!). Increíblemente cordero tandoori tikka tierna que no dudaría en volver a tener nuevamente. No puedo esperar!

He estado en este tandoori durante años, precios increíbles, la calidad y precios para la comida. El propietario de su personal es muy acogedor y encantador para hablar, y le recomendaría sus platos favoritos y nos encanta hablar de la cocina india. Yo recomendado ir a el restaurante de comida para llevar en lugar de haciendo un tandoori porque tiene un ambiente encantador. La comida para llevar son excepcionalmente rápido y la misma comida de calidad del restaurante. Sin duda el mejor tandoori en Reading.

Siempre disfrute de un viaje familiar al pueblo, no con mala relación traer su propio vino (40 libras para una comida para 3), deliciosa comida y un servicio amable.

Maravillosa bienvenida como llegamos, aseos impecables, siempre es una buena forma de empezar!

Good wholesome food, busy evening. All taking advantage of the special offer 3 courses for around £11. But food was plentiful, served hot and good flavour.

Brilliant food and friendly atmosphere. I have eaten and had takeaway and have never found fault with the delicious food! Will alway go back

We have used this restaurant on a regular basis for over 20 years. It is small and has been under the same management for all of those years. The chef always prepares the food to a high standard and you can bring your own drink. No corkage charge either. We love it there

Very welcoming, good value family-run curry house in Emmer Green/Caversham. You can bring your own wine and Monday/Tuesday have meal deals. Really good veggie Dhansak and my wife and son enjoyed their Lamb Pathia and Chicken Korma. I've had better Saag Paneer but overall we really enjoyed our meal and will definitely be back for the tasty food and friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

Thank you Village Tandoori for a lovely meal this evening, delivered on time and at a reasonable price.

Food is very good - piping hot and bags of taste. Staff are very friendly and will offer advice if asked. Really good service and a fixed price offering on two nights a week that is hard to beat for value. Highly recommend this place.

Comfortable, friendly, homely, excellent service, really good food with lots of variety and options. No silly prices or being pushed to buy more alcohol - just attentive and discreet professional service delivering top food. Highly recommended.

A small, traditionally intimate restaurant with friendly staff and tasty, great value food with an option to bring your own wine/beer. Monday and Tuesday offer pappadom/chutney, starter, main, side and rice/naan for £11.95 each and you can always take home what you can't manage.The pickles were simple but well flavoured and the Dal soup was warming on a cold winters evening. We shared veggie Jalfrezi and Pathia with Aloo gobi and Mutter paneer sides (good but I prefer Saag paneer I think). Overall we enjoyed our meal. It is a shame that their website is unavailable; this is a great local curry house that I recommend.

On a Monday and Tuesday night they offer a fixed price meal for £12 and you will not be able to eat it all. But crucially the quality remains high.And you can bring your own drink, so it is incredible value.The décor is out of the 1970's but the owners are very friendly and can't do enough to help, so this adds to the charm in a funny sort of way.

Our local for Takeaways - we love it. Unpretentious, not expensive, homely. Restaurant is like eating in someone's front room - very comfortable.

Enjoyed our meal with a bring our own bottle of wine which made it good value at £23 for papadums, 2 mains, side, rice and chapati. Relaxed atmosphere and friendly service. The mains (veg tikka Jalfrezi and Pathia) were tasty but a bit oily. Walked back and enjoyed watching the space station go over while supping Brandy like last year (but meteors not until next week)!

The Village Tandoori popped up when searching Tripadvisor for restaurants where you bring your own wine which is a great saving in the current economic climate. The reviews gave a good rating so for a change thought lets give it a go rather than our regular Wednesday Chamy cheap night out at Mitas Indian Restaurant in Twyford which is also BYO wine.First impressions can sometimes tell you everything but it would be wrong to make conclusions upon what you see when you first arrive. A neat shop front with a Dutch Canopy above giving the restaurant telephone number with a dialling code that disappeared in 1995. Was this going to be a step back in time or a visit that we would regret. Upon entering there were two other customers, well it was a Wednesday night which is not the busiest anywhere so no conclusions to be drawn from that. The general feel was of a tired restaurant that had seen better days in need of some TLC but what the hell we were here to eat not to admire the view.After pappadums followed by starters of Chicken Chat and Bhoona Prawn Puree which were ok, but nothing special, we had Chicken Shashlick, Nawabi Akbori Chicken, and Chicken Tikka Pathia. The Shashlick was chosen as something we have wherever we go and the other two dishes as they were something we had not tried before. It was whilst eating these that we understood why previous reviews had been so good. The Chichen Tikka Pathia was as stated on the menu, hot, sweet and sour which was excellent as was the Nawabi Akbori Chicken which had a refreshing hint of citrus and the Shashlick sizzling away just as it should be. When the dishes first arrived I had horrible reflections of a visit to Miah’s Indian Restaurant in Spencers Wood where four dishes of chicken and lamb all arrived at the table looked identical and even the waiter could not tell them apart and they all even tasted the same. That was a visit never to be repeated.Upon looking at the Nawabi and Pathia dishes it was impossible to tell them apart but the taste of each was much better than had been expected. One disappointment was the Peshwari Nan which was given on the menu as being stuffed with ground nuts which was a slight over statement as there was just a smear inside.During the meal there was a steady flow of people coming in for takeaways and their delivery driver was in and out quite a few times so it is obviously well supported locally. Overall food wise a good experience but do not expect too much by way of ambiance.

We thought we'd try this small Tandoori restaurant in Emmer Green as a change from Caversham and had a very pleasant evening. Inside is small which makes for a relaxed, intimate atmosphere with friendly and informal service. The food was excellent (we had Veggie Dhansak, Lamb Pathia, Sag Paneer and Aloo Gobi, our usual favourites) and because you can bring your own wine made for good value. We'll come back here again!

I have been going here for 15 years on a regular basis both to sit down and also for the regular weekly takeaway. The food and value is excellent and the staff are really good and like family friends.Mike

A proper Indian resaurant that cooks from scratch and doesnt use buckets of sauces bought from Pataks. Good selection of standard curry house favourites well cooked, takes a while as it is all fresh, Indian is not fast food! Try it.