Whitley Lodge Tandoori Takeaway in North Tyneside

I suppose I’m going to be biased but, the business is being built up from the ground. Everything had to go back to basics and 12 months under this new ownership has seen us get to a point where we believe we can carry on to the next level… really glad to bring the experience and knowledge from the Gate of India with my dad in Tynemouth for so many years; here to Whitley Lodge. Excited about 2025! This place can only get better!

Can’t recommend this place enough the customer service is outstanding. There was an issue with my initial order which is unusual for them but they were quick and professional at sorting it out. I had another meal today and it was back at it’s amazing usual self. Thankyou

Don’t usually review food but I had to for this one. Absolutely amazing food, got the munch box on delivery never been so impressed for the price aswell!! You get a lot of food and it 1000% feeds two or more. 100% honestly recommend it. Recommend getting the garlic chips and masala .

Do not order from here! The WORST takeaway experience I have ever had. Ordered online for a pick up of 7:30pm… still in the place at 9:10pm! Without any food! Asked for a refund and they didn’t say a word of apology or that the food wouldn’t be long. Obviously hadn’t even started making it! The staff were verbally arguing in the kitchen. The most unprofessional kitchen I’ve ever seen. I think we’ve dodged a bullet!

Lovely food and excellent service! Will definitely go again! A hidden gem of an Indian in the north east!

Again for the second time in a row ordered 2 currys both top quality. Lovely food. So easy. So quick. Really tasty food. And very easy to order over the phone. Very nice person to take your order. Well done all the staff at whitley lodge tandoori curry house 9 out of 10

Wow! First time trying Whitley Lodge Tandoori😍 Absolutely amazing, went to pick the food up, staff was friendly and attentive, food was gorgeous! We will be back!

This was are first order from this curry house. To be honest the food was really good very tasty. Food could have been a bit hotter though. but I would definitely recommend the whitley lodge for a quality curry we will be ordering again

Staying at the park dean caravan resort and called to see if delivery possible, couldn't have been any more helpful over the phone, tried ordering online but wouldn't accept the 5 course special so called up, took order details over the phone and 34 minutes later, delivery arrived at reception. Food was outstanding, possibly the best rogan josh I have ever tasted, and there has been many, the tandori lamb was amazing, naan bread was soft,.fluffy and full.of garlic, 2 starters, 5 course special, rice amd naan, all for 40 quid was well worth it, I would even travel tbe 3 hours from home to have this induan, absolutely amazing

absolutely mind blowing try this place!

Woow takeaway food was amazing, under new management, would recommend king pr bhuna and spicy garlic chips. If not hungry get a wrap they are huge!!

Woow got a takeaway from here a couple of weeks ago via their website, fancied a light snack, got a jalfrezie wrap/ roll with and onion bhaji with spicy garlic chips! Safe to say I was a stuffed bunny from the wrap and chips itself!!

This is a great local Indian takeaway although there can sometimes be a delay to the time stated for collection. The food is always lovely and tasty and the staff are friendly. One recommendation is that they really need to improve their thick, heavy doughy nan breads (they should try one themselves from the Ahar to see the difference!) but generally good and would recommend.

Under new management but poss same team? Tried the Chefs Superior Thali, which was really nice and cooked to perfection. Will definitely use again but perhaps 2 Rice and 2 Naans is too much for only two dishes with sauce. I would suggest that the keema nann was changed to a Vegetable curry/bhaji and that would be perfect!

10/10 best Indian takeaway around!

Woow takeaway was unbelievable, you can honestly tell its under new management, loved my king pr and spicy garlic chios, found my new takeaway thank you!!

First time getting food from the lodge, the food was is very yummy 😋

Tried this Indian for a change as it used to be good, But turned out to be the poorest Indian meal we have all had including mushroom rice and tikka nan and main meals. The first time i have had very little and thrown left over out,Very disappointing.

Ordered a chicken tikka roll very nice and hot also huge.Amazing prices would definitely recommend also halal. Very cool 👍

Fantastic food every time, wouldn't go anywhere else.

I think it's because I went on a Sunday but my Keema naan (which was also super bland and slimy) and mixed grill tandoori were not hot all the way through. Maybe not put through the microwave enough. The rest was hot/ok but don't think I'll be rushing back.

This place is the best- chicken dansak-chips-rice- pompadom -rice and chicken tikka starter- Everything was really tasty- first time using this place after seeing them on Facebook— I can’t wait to order again-this is my go to Place from now on- I used the delivery service -absolutely spot on thanks👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

First time ordering from Whitley bay lodge tandoori and it was absolutely lush- chicken dansak- chips-rice- plain naan - pompadom and chicken tikka starter - everything was lovely- it was 20minutes late but definitely worth waiting for-I Can’t wait to order again from here- This is my go to Place from now on- very nice thankyou 👍

Dull atmosphere, the food suits the ambience.

Pre-ordered online at 1615 for delivery at 1815. Got a receipt for the card payment and a note on the page that the status of the order was 'Pending'. It was still 'Pending' at 1835 so I rang the number. 'Oh the money didn't come' he said, as though that was good reason just to ignore. There was no message to say there was a problem, no attempt by any method to get in touch with me, though contact details were given. 'Do you want to reorder?' 'Forget it' I said and ordered somewhere else. My Card account subsequently showed 'Paid in full' followed by 'Refunded'.

Have ordered from here in the past via their app. At first it was ok then it started to go downhill. The delivery times never met and the worst was a 3 hour wait for delivery and 5 calls to be told each time it was on way, so I gave up and started to order from elsewhere. Tonight I thought I’d give it another chance as it had been a while. I ordered at 7.10pm for delivery at 8pm. No order received so rang at 8.20pm to be told it was on the way after a terrible conversation with a man who hadn’t a clue, then passed to another who asked what I’d ordered and to be told ah yes I remember that it’s on its way!!It finally arrived at 8.30…cold!!! When I opened the door the delivery driver looked sheepish and said oh sorry, looking at the receipt, have you paid?? I said too damn right I have. Never again will I order from here the service and delivery are terrible!!

Thou it was a late delivery it was well worth waiting for, excellent all round meal, will definitely order again thank you best curry ever.

Great, if you don’t actually want to order anything from the menu, which offers Muchie boxes, Specialty pizzas and more…….which they chef can’t make!

Previous visit was much better. This time the lamb was well overcooked in the starter and the plain naan turned out to be a keema/kebab naan, with flat kebab meat inside!, not enjoyable and only warm so might have been cooked a while, although arrived for collection at the agreed time. Main courses were ok. The 20% reduction for app use was welcome as would otherwise have been expensive.

I don’t write reviews often as I am never satisfied 😅, but I have to say If I could give more stars I would .. we ordered on the website, the meal came on time .. was hot and everything looked and smelt amazing .. I had lamb pathia , onion rice , and tandoori chips , salad and two dips with popadoms , fella had lamb kurma and plain pilau Bombay potatoes and it tasted out of this world, and we weren’t left feeling bloated it was really refreshing none greasy 👌🏾.. price was also really reasonable .. I am so impressed here I am leaving this review 🥹..

Never a bad meal from here, experience made even better now they serve Indian Fusion Pizzas. Pathia Pizza - Solid 10/10

Main course missing, turned up half hour late after a few calls.

Top dollar scran poppadoms are out of this world

Service was amazing, and pizza was quality!

Its gone from a catering equipment junk yard to building site in construction. Whilst waiting to order enjoyed the pantomime staff shouting at each other and regular 'just eat' being quoted, phone being answered with "he's nearly there" and then shouting into the kitchen. Ordered a meal for two for 8.15 and expecting a delay went for it at 8 30. At just after 9pm... abruptly given a bag which on getting home contained nothing like what had been ordered. Certainly did not begin to consider returning and navigated our way through our tandoori 'lucky bag'. Was ok when you are hungry but tinged with a feeling if guilt wondering who's meal this might have been....

Excellent pizzas and very good service overall! Would definitely recommend 👍

Do yourself a favor and visit this lovely Indian takeaway in Whitley Lodge and try out the New Indian Pizzas on the menu, Best Pizzas I've had to date (We went Chicken Chat Pizza). The service is unmatched. The staff truly cares about your experience. The food is absolutely amazing – everything we tasted melted in our mouths. Absolutely the best takeaway we have had in while in.Highly recommend!

I have been a customer for a number of years and would not go anywhere else for delicious Indian food! Wonderful staff, great delivery service and consistently good tasty food. My favourite Indian takeaway! Love it!

I can’t remember when the last time I had a good Indian takeaway until trying the best at Whitley lodge tandoori! There are lovely meat and vegetarian options, great starters to choose from and even better the staff are nice and friendly! I definitely have an unhealthy obsession of ordering once or twice a week. Even when I’m trying to be good with my diet 😅. It’s protein and good stuff though. Everything on the menu is flavoursome and aromatic, and once the foods been delivered I honestly start salivating. Delivery and customer service I cannot fault. Staff are friendly and work quick to prepare your meals as soon as they can. Which comes down to the delivery, whether early, on time or 10 mins late, it is understandable, you cannot have great food without putting time into it. I can say the food and customer service always makes up for any mishaps, although I’ve never had any at all! Never had a chance to personally thank the staff for the great service, so thank you!!

Worst experience. Was told pizza will be ready for collection in 40 minutes. Went for collection after 40 minutes and literally they hadn’t event started preparing it. Was made to wait for another 25 minutes to prepare and collect it. There was no co ordination and literally no sequencing of the orders being recieved.

Enjoyed the food, good quality food gets better each time, definitely coming back !

Fantastic Pizzas, we had the madras, Balti and Korma, all 3 unbelievable 👍🏻👍🏻

OMG just had 4 pizzas delivered,they were amazing,arrived in the time specified,popping hot and Mmmmmm. Will definitely be ordering again. Thanks Guys🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍

The best curries in Whitley Bay Area, just order, you won't regret it!

Tasty food, quick delivery - overall great experience as a first time customers. Would definitely recommend - also got 20% off as a first time customer which was great, definitely returning. Great job guys!

I ordered a meal tonight from whitley lodge tandoori and I will order from there again definitely. It was the nicest Indian meal I've had in years. Absolutely lovely.

Food is delicious but unfortunately often delivered incredibly late. Often wait an extra 45-60 minutes past confirmed delivery time to receive food. Have also on occasion rang to find out order has been forgotten altogether.

Highly recommend, food is amazing and staff are very helpful.

Amazing, nothing else’s has to be said, the young man in the front with half a beard, legendary worker makes me smile and makes me want to come even when I’m not ordering

Firstly, the food is faultless, the service was quick and the staff are very pleasant. Can’t fault them, would highly recommend.

Order all the time food always tasty never had a problem. Great staff always up for a laugh.

Absolutely appalling service. Avoid at all costs. In summary, our food was 40 minutes late. It was cold, and the driver dropped it everywhere, leaving the whole order in a complete mess. All of this could be excused as a bad day, however the way we were treated by the supervisor cannot be. We phoned up to complain and I was called a liar by the supervisor, who then wanted the food back as proof, because he didn't believe me, even though the driver was able to confirm what had happened. He was extremely rude and aggressive, and clearly out of his depth. despite the driver saying that he would return to replace the order with some hot food that hadn't been spilled all over the bag, the supervisor refused to even discuss a refund until the food had been returned, claiming that we were the only one of 50 orders that had experienced a problem that night. We agreed to give the food back to the driver and whilst we waited for him to arrive, we had to phone a number of times to ask when the driver was coming to collect. I was told that he would arrive whenever he was available. The supervisor then called me back to pull me up on my complaint. He tried to persistently talk over me and told me I was acting like a child. After we hung up on him twice for being rude and abusive, this supervisor then proceeded to text me several times in an attempt to continue the argument. We were highly insulted at the level of rudeness and persistent attempts to contact me. The driver who came to collect the food was a really nice bloke who fully agreed that the supervisor in question was excessively rude and out of order, having had his own experiences by the sound of it. After all this, when the food was returned. the supervisor texted me again to say that he would "except the refund." We await payment and wonder how long this business will be driven into the ground by an incompetent and inexperienced supervisor.

Absolutely appalling service. Avoid at all costs. In summary, our food was 40 minutes late. It was cold, and the driver dropped it everywhere, leaving the whole order in a complete mess. All of this could be excused as a bad day, however the way we were treated by the supervisor cannot be. We phoned up to complain and I was called a liar by the supervisor, who then wanted the food back as proof, because he didn't believe me, even though the driver was able to confirm what had happened. He was extremely rude and aggressive, and clearly out of his depth. despite the driver saying that he would return to replace the order with some hot food that hadn't been spilled all over the bag, the supervisor refused to even discuss a refund until the food had been returned, claiming that we were the only one of 50 orders that had experienced a problem that night. We agreed to give the food back to the driver and whilst we waited for him to arrive, we had to phone a number of times to ask when the driver was coming to collect. I was told that he would arrive whenever he was available. The supervisor then called me back to pull me up on my complaint. He tried to persistently talk over me and told me I was acting like a child. After we hung up on him twice for being rude and abusive, this supervisor then proceeded to text me several times in an attempt to continue the argument. We were highly insulted at the level of rudeness and persistent attempts to contact me. The driver who came to collect the food was a really nice bloke who fully agreed that the supervisor in question was excessively rude and out of order, having had his own experiences by the sound of it. After all this, when the food was returned. the supervisor texted me again to say that he would "except the refund." We await payment and wonder how long this business will be driven into the ground by an incompetent and inexperienced supervisor.

Went to friends Saturday 25/09/21 ordered a meal for 4 at 6.50pm was told delivery would be 1/to hour and half.Tried calling many times after the 90 minutes unable to get through,we had to cancel our taxi booked for 9.45 as we went to the local takeaway from our friends at 9.30 as we were out the food arrived at 9.50 for which the ladies refused this,if they take your telephone number when you order surely they can ring you to explain the delay sorry Whitley Bay Tandoori will never order again.

Pre ordered meal before I went to work at 11am ordered for delivery at 2100 meal came on time. Lovely and hot very tasty would highly recommend . And fast forward ordered meal last night again pre ordered for 7.30 waited and waited tried phoning but obviously had phone of the hook. So at 8.45 decided I would just cook something, meal turned up at after 9 I sent it back even tho I had paid for it. Shocking service definitely won't be back

Ordered 3 hours in advance for a specific time and still over 45 minutes late. Welldone!

Ordered on a Saturday night so expected a wait, at time of ordering wait time was 50mins-1 hour. However, our meal didn’t arrive until over an hour and a half later. Nan bread was cold and pakora was entirely soggy and went in the bin. Curry sauce was good but chicken in curry not great to be honest. Luckily a few options for takeaways in Whitley Bay as we won’t be back here.

Excellent service and the food was fantastic 👍👍😁

Sad thing is the food was excellent but the place needs a refresh. It's falling apart and the arguing staff in the kitchen and inattentive front of house detract somewhat from the fantastic food.

Disgraceful. Ordered at 6.50pm. Over two hours later - no sign. No answer from the restaurant after multiple times.

Ordered NYE @ 5.55pm and it didn’t turn up till 10pm! Couldn’t get through via phone messaged them and no reply. Had already eaten by the time it arrived and to top it off I noted they had the order wrong! No contact since so can only assume they don’t care about customer service, won’t use them again and wouldn’t recommend them. Very poor and unprofessional!

ordered a takeaway from here at 5.30 on NYE for the family, had a notification it had been delivered at 7pm! It hadn't, then again at 8.55pm, it hadn't! Called at 10pm as nothing had arrived... couldn't get through, absolutely terrible service, will never use again, hygiene rating not that great too!

I'm a weekly visitor here (some times more) and have been for more than 5 years. I can't fault the food and find it very tasty with good/fresh ingredients.

Very tasty food, decent portions

Food is lovely and arrived piping hot. The issue I have is the prawns, they are very tasty but cost a rather hefty £9.45 and there were only FOUR prawns! That is obviously deliberate as both our dishes were prawn and both only had 4...I was hoping to steal one of my partners but sadly not. This is acceptable if the prawns are the big ones we used to get, but they're considerably smaller now. Can we have more prawns for £10? Just to reiterate food is very good so not a negative review, just not adequate potions for price.

We get takeaways from here fairly often and it's always really good, much better than some of the restaurants. Highly recommend their spicy garlic chips.

We have ordered food from this take away for 4 yrs. In general most dishes are really good however they always let themselves down with poor quality old chips.we have now moved to other takeaways who produce better fare. We mentioned the problem every order but back came the same old dried out chips, well i give up im gone.

When on holiday here usually order a Sunday Deal Special. Great value 5 course for £11.95 plus delivery charge.Great service and most importantly food is delicious.

I ordered my meal at 18.32. The website said it would be delivered in 40 - 45 minutes. As soon as payment was taken I had an email to say it would be an additional 40 minutes. So that’s 1 hour and 20 minutes or thereabouts. 1 hour and forty minutes later and I’m still waiting. It took 11 phone calls to get a response and I was told the driver had left 5 minutes ago. No apology whatsoever. To be fair my food arrived about 10 minutes after my phone call, but 2 hours and 5 minutes for what was promised to be a 40-45 minute delivery isn’t acceptable. The food was ok but don’t order a delivery from here if you’re hungry!

After payment for a take-away I got an immediate reply saying they were running 35min late. Two phone calls later it arrived 2hr 10min after ordering. No apology or refund was offered. This is not the first time they have done this so I will never order from them again.

If I could give no stars I would. Waiting for a meal to be delivered over an hour and a half since I ordered. Can’t get through to ask where it is as the phone is constantly engaged. Will not be ordering from here again.

Lovely dishes from this take away and great service however do not order chips they are awful dried out and old.

If you live in the area I thoroughly recommend you give this takeaway a try. Fantastic food, great chicken Dansak and their pilau rices and poppadums are fab! Since lockdown we have been on the hunt for a really good takeaway and Whitley Lodge has definitely ticked all the boxes and I would definitely recommend

We have lived nearby for 9 years now and have tried numerous Indian Takeaways and have had some nice ones over the years but nothing with the WOW factor .On Easter Sunday we thought we would try Whitley Lodge Tandoori, didn’t even know it was there, but saw it on Facebook and it looked nice and got great reviews .We pre ordered the food online and the food arrived on time and it was AMAZING .Normally we have a curry every 3 weeks or so but Sundays was that nice we couldn’t wait to have another one so we ordered another last night , 6 days later .It was delivered early and it seemed nicer than last weeks , if that was possible .The Chicken Tikka was out of this world .I messaged them on Sunday morning to thank them and they answered straight away to thank me . They are obviously very nice people too , who genuinely care about their customers.I would recommend anyone in the area to give WLT a try and I guarantee that you won’t be disappointed and it will become your regular Indian Takeaway.A massive thank you to Whitley Lodge Tandoori and see you soon guys

HiBought a set meal 3, a meat thali and a few additional extras. The food was good but a lot of it was missing!No onion bhajis, no mushroom pilaw and no nan bread with the set meal 3!!!The thali has bits missing too. It really wasn’t until we’d eaten and my daughter started accusing us of eating her bhajis and rice we realised things were missing.Well, I spent £39.10, quite a lot for a takeaway and I would have liked to have got what I ordered.It’s a shame because I doubt I will go back. I didn’t ring because I couldn’t be bothered to go all the way back and we had finished our meal any way.No real way of checking before you leave because it’s all boxed and bagged upBut, rice, bhajis, poppadoms, nann bread, salads, pickles etc all missing I really felt conned!Sorry guys, no excuse for missing all of this!

Normally reasonable food for take away but tonight was really poor! Got order wrong and madras had no spice in at all. Very disappointed won’t return... not cheap either!

We made a order for delivery from here and part of our order was chicken Tikka (pieces) which tasted like GAS or some sort of CLEANING CHEMICAL neither myself or partner could eat them and when we rang to explain this they just acted surprised put us on hold then came back and didnt seem to care at all. We explained the rest of the food was ok but they dismissed our comments and didnt offer any kind of response or resolution - one to avoid.

Placed order online, immediately got a text saying it would be 20 minutes late. I arrived at 20:10 as suggested & had to wait another 10 minutes. The Vegetable Singapore Curry looked & tasted like it was from a can with off colour veg & no spice whatsoever. The Chicken Tikka Main was dry, rubbery & largely tasted of charcoal. Even the rice was inedible. I have literally just wasted an hour & half of my life. I might as well have put £20 in the bin as that's where the full contents of the meal has just gone. I will never frequent this establishment again & urge others not to suffer as me & my wife have.

Ordered on the restaurant’s app. After waiting an hour and 40 minutes, rang to chase the food up. Lady on the phone had no idea about our order. After a protracted conversation with someone in the background, i was told there had been a problem with my order. I was then told I’d have the food in 20 minutes. They obviously hadn’t even started it.

Ordered salmon, long hair found in food, disgusting, will not be ordering from this place again, shame as use to be fantastic

Probably the best take away meal I have had and I have had plenty. Ordered by phone delivered to the minute

Good service and always spot on food.

Really nice food. Top value for money

Haven't had a takeaway from here in ages so tried it tonight. Onion bhaji poor and chewy as if warmed in a microwave. Half tandoori chicken tasted old. Chicken tikka korma same sauce as Malaysian chicken. Will stick to Ahahs.

We’ve been regular customers since we moved here 2 years ago having a curry most weekends. We used to rate it... lovely people, good value and we like to support local businesses. Sadly over the past few months it’s got worse and worse, portions not so great, curry’s not so spicy and then there’s the DELAYS. We order for collection and they’ve always said 45 minutes when they mean an hour but it has become ridiculous! We are regularly waiting an hour and a half early evening when it’s been quoted 40 minutes and we’ve tried a couple of others locally. Last night it was snowy and we didn’t want to go out so we ordered for delivery. We ordered 30 minutes before they start delivering but they wanted an hour. No problem. Our food arrived after TWO hours and was stone cold. The management are fully aware of everyone’s dissatisfaction and arrogantly carry on taking orders they can’t fulfil. It’s our final time. Plenty of choice locally. Sad that they treat their customers with such a lad of interest

Returned to this take away after a considerable absence. Front of house very good both on the telephone and arrival. Food ready on time. Chicken tikka starter was ok and the meat was juicy. The special chicken tikka dupiaza included some uncooked onion and large raw chilli. Unpleasant. Once again the meat was good. Decent man bread but overall the feeling was just average or a little bit better.

Been several times and the friendly staff have delivered consistently! I would highly recommend the chicken tikka wrap!

Lovely food and the app is great as you can pick your own time came on time the 3 times I have ordered off the app and can pay cash on arrival and always piping hot definitely recommend 😀

Travelled over from north shields to get a couple of box meals they were advertising on facebook and their website only to be told when i got there they had stopped doing them the day before. No apology or anything. Visited around 1800 on 23/09. Still being advertised so be wary of any offers before you trek over like i did.

This evening, at 7.15pm, I placed an order on the Whitley Lodge Tandoori website - it was supposed to arrive at 8pm. I immediately (after I had paid - how annoying) got an email and automated telephone message saying it was going to be 40 minutes late. Therefore it should have arrived at 8.40pm. It actually arrived at 9.50pm by which time I was (a) furious, and (b) tired and was really beyond hungry.I called at 9pm to be told that it was 'on its way' - strange that a journey of approximately 3 minutes took 50. It was clearly a lie.The initial delay of 40 minutes was only conveyed to me after I had paid - very poor. No contact from them to apologise. Food passable, but not particularly good - certainly not worth waiting 2-and-a-half hours for.Absolutely do not order from here if you expect prompt service or good customer service.

What a wonderful girl Az-Zehraa is Can not think of anyone else who could match her beauty and quick wit She makes the meal a delight

We used this Indian take away while staying at Whitley Bay caravan park.

I had my first meal today and I have to say it was delicious. The lamb was tender with just the right amount of spices so you could enjoy the flavours. The rest of the meal went down well and my poor dog was left wondering why we didn’t leave her any. Sorry Sandy mam and dad might get you something tasty next time. Thank you for a lovely meal.

Beautiful food and even better service from Nadia & Az-Zahraa. Regualar customer love the balti dishes!! Best dish I’ve ever had!!! But the service is the best. Will continue to come here as long as I live!!!

We Live in Monkseaton and have tried most of the takeaways in Whitley Bay and Whitley Lodge is by far the best. The food is excellent and the two young Girls at front of House Nadia and Az-Zantaa couldn’t be more friendly and helpful.

First time i have used this takeaway enjoyed my meal

Top food at a great price. Saw on Facebook first visit. Had meat Thali £11.50. Definitely worth the drive from Blyth to Whitley Bay

I live in Whitley Bay and this is my favourite tandoori take away.

Excellent takeaway, good value for money, I am a regular customer and wouldn’t choose an other takeaway for a curry, also the staff are very polite and friendly.

Love this place used it for years always good food whatever I have. Thank you to the Staff front of house Az-Zahraa and Nadia always pleased to help me in deciding