Wilstead Tandoori in Bedford

Our family have been using this takeaway for a number of years. We have been very happy with the quality of food for most of this time. However, I believe the place has changed owners recently. Unfortunately the quality of their food has gradually deteriorated over the last 6 months or so. Because we had previously been very happy with the food we thought to give them benefit of the doubt last few times but not anymore. Our last takeaway a couple of weeks ago was the worse we’d ever had from Wilstead Tandori so we will not be using them in future. I can only describe the food as “odd” because it was tasteless apart from all the popadoms which were stale or had been cooked with over used cooking oil. I’m not sure if the delivery driver works directly for WT but he’s so miserable I wouldn’t have him working for me as he gives a bad impression for the business.

Two hours late. Someone called and said they were stuck in mud and I could go collect it from them as I was only 8 mins away ☹️. Ten mins later someone from the restaurant called and said it would be with me in 40 mins, which it was. Usually good.

Been ordering from here for years, never had a bad meal. Every dish is full flavour; good sized portions and excellent value for money

My curry was absolutely delicious piping hot and taste amazing

Rice uncooked. Ordered 4 popadoms, got 2. Everything else good.

The restaurant didn't deliver everything we ordered (and paid for) and they won't answer the phone. We've tried multiple times. We won't be ordering again.

Have enjoyed Wilstead Tandoori for 6-8 years, but unfortunately since new takeover in past 1 year the quality is seriously degrading. I’m one to not judge on one bad curry but after numerous ones over the last 6 months alone I thought it was worth a review. On the hope this constructive feedback will drive some improvements. Lastnight our order as an example was incomplete, the Naan bread was tough and wife & daughter couldn’t eat it, rice containers 25% empty so where I’d normally split a rice between our 2 daughters, this wasn’t possible. The chips were hard, hollow and tasteless. Mixed grill starter was swimming in grease, unfortunate I missed a further review below who had a similar bad experience with that dish. On calling up to challenge the missing item, they told me it was a bad signal, but they didn’t feel the need to check the order back with me ?!? They also agreed to send a new rice. Upon getting the missing item and new rice, the rice was wrong again !!! My wife on her birthday was left watching us eat our meal to have hers 40mins later, with rice she wasn’t keen on and cold naan. Hope situation gets better..

Nice guys but food was terrible … way to much sugar in the curry and mix veg curry is like a Dahl.. disappointing meal unfortunately

Not all of the order arrived and it was late. I want a refund

Food wasn’t the best, quite disappointed. All tasted quite bland.

Delivered on time, hot and fresh 👍🏽 Portion size are big and good value!

New to the area so I feel sad for saying this but it’s based on my order of two kebabs. Very little meat. Chips were dry and didn’t seem fresh. They came with the tiniest of a salad bag between us. For £15 I felt I had been severely done. Some may say “but you ordered a kebab from an Indian takeaway. What do you expect?” I would reply “If you can’t do it, don’t put it on your menu then”. If you can’t do something right, don’t do it at all otherwise you’ll lose your customer base.

Another great meal from Wilstead Tandoori! Always a treat, I'm very grateful to have them as my local Indian takeaway!

The food was excellent. We were disappointed that the curry portion was small. Other restaurants fill the container but this one was only 3/4 full. We can usually share a curry between two of us and this didn’t seem to be quite enough. We’ll be back though as it was so good. Really friendly gentleman at the counter.

Arrived late and food was stone cold

Food was absolutely delicious and they threw in free papadoms and dips which was a lovely touch

Great food, great value well recommended

Great service, great curry. Wouldn’t order from anybody else. Always 10/10!

good food arrived bang on time 😁😋

food was lovely, hot and bursting with flavor

lovely food and an excellent service , thank you.

Friendly service Tasty food Happy to personalise to your tastes

Food was excellent, good quality and not too heavy. Had to make slight amendments after order went through and restaurant were happy to help. Service was fast and quicker than expected. Driver was able to locate our new build home with no issues.

The food was nice but the lamb was not edible, extremely tough to chew and kinda spoiled it for me

Food has been excellent from here before but tonight was dry and overcooked

Great food and great value for money live the dip pots

Recently tried Wilstead Tandoori and was impressed with the food quality and portion sizes. Always fresh & hot, Great to order when guests are over & lovely friendly staff.

what can I say . that as the best food iv ever had. first time iv ever ordered from here and was not disappointed. definitely be ordering again. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ordered tonight for me and my partner . We really enjoyed our meal the spicy korma was very tasty and the Bombay aloo was lovely . We loved the flavours of all our dishes. The food was high standard and we hope it continues with our future orders as you now have some loyal customers :)

Spot on every single time. Thank you once again. Awesome food delivered hot and tasty. This company has excellent customer service.

Absolutely delicious 👍🏽 Delivered on time, very hot and fresh. Good portions and nice delivery driver, she was very friendly. Thank you for the poppadoms.

Delivered on time and hot. Very tasty 👍🏽

Food was alright but unfortunately very greasy and oily from donner to starter

Murghi tikka masala and garlic naan were perfection, probably my go-to. The portion of prawns was quite small.

Would highly recommend this Indian it was hot and very tasty best one I have had in a long time thank you will be ordering again x

amazing. spicy rice was delicious

The food was cold and really not the normal quality.

Best Indian food I have had since moving to Bedford. My husband and I have tried different Indian restaurants in the Bedford area and have never been happy with the food. We were really impressed by the tast and quantity of the food given to us by Wilstead Tandoori.

Best curry house around. A genuine tandoori oven which is hard to find in the UK.

Absolutely delicious, loved the paneer & dahl

Ordered a few times and the food has been great. Unfortunately the food was awful this time, which was disappointing. Also late and some of the food cold.

I'm new to the area so thought I'd try my most local establishment. So glad I did. One of the nicest Indian meals I've had 10/10!!!

Amazing as always! Never disappointed with Wilstead Tandoori.

excellent food, love the chicken tikka roll

Great service and excellent food piping hot, never had a bad experience with Wilstead! Well done as always guys

Some dishes good, some not good. Also order clearly not looked after by delivery driver as an oily dish had leaked all over the other dishes making it a right mess to clear up before even being able to serve up. Disappointing really.

There was onions in the tikka which I requested not to be there.

Ordered 2 chicken tikka masalas and the chicken was dry and tough, onion bhaji was oily and the free bombay aloo Had spilled in the bag over everything else, Ordered a keema cheese naan and only received a keema I'm a regular customer and this is the worst meal I've ever Ordered from here

Cannot fault the food here, hot and delicious every single time

Food as always was lovely. Little later than expected but kept up to date via the app. Worth the wait !!

Very fast delivery, Food is excellent 👌 had some freebies included AND the Onion Bhaji is fantastic 🤩

Lovely food as always Hot and fresh Good portion sizes

Amazing traditional Indian curries. Never fail to disapoint. Very well priced aswell. Must try.

Quick delivery and food top notch as always

Quality of the food is absolutely great. I tried their chicken Zale Zulu twice. The taste is constant. Hope they will maintain the same taste.

Quick delivery, quality food and friendly staff. Been going here for 3 years never a issue.

Amazing as usual! We got it delivered to our friends who were new to WT and they are now convinced. Wonderful food as usual 10/10

Had another great meal, thanks guys

Ordered with an estimated 20-30 minutes delivery time from Just Eat. Was given an estimated 40-60 minutes after I paid. They cancelled after 45 minutes.

Excellent as usual getting boring now 😃

Great food. Will definitely order again.

First order from wilstead tandoori. It was quite nice, decent sized, so would use them again

Piping hot, delicious food. Can’t fault it xx

Nice food good delivery time will order from here again maybe have a more mild veggie korma option

The food here is amazing every single time.

One of the best takeaways I've had around Bedford for a long time

Best curry we’ve had since moving to the area 2 years ago. Definitely recommend

Wonderful meal and good portions

Superb food. Fresh ingredients, cooked to order, delivered hot and super tasty. Highly recommended!

Always hot and on time, food good as always and won't go anywhere else for my Indian takeaway

Was my favourite place to order from when I lived in ampthill 3 years didn’t realised they deliver to me. Absolutely the best still! Piping hot and generous with portions thank you!

Food was absolutely delicious! Thank you to the driver who said happy birthday to me and my bottle! A great place to order food, love it 💙

Food wasn't that warm (we live 3.5 miles away). Tandoori was quite bland as was the korma. The free cheese chilli nuggets weren't tasty. We spent £46 on meal so were disappointed. Unfortunately, won't order from them again.

Yuck! Dishes were cold,full of sugar and salty. You need to up your standards. Would not recommend. Feel as though I have thrown my money in the bin.

Everything was really nice apart from the chips! They were definitely not cooked fresh, really disappointing 😔

Great food, great prices, lovely people. Highly recommended 👌

I pre odered my food and it arrived on time however it was one the worst I've ever had. The pilau rice was dry, the chicken korma had massive slices of breast in it like from a carved roast chicken. I expected the korma to contain small chunks of chicken thigh and fresh coriander. The tandoori chicken was also dry. Basically everything tasted old and reheated. Definitely not fresh. Rank!!

Another great meal from Wilstead Tandoori! Never been disappointed!

Lovely authentic food, great menu choices

Fantastic food, very tasty, huge portion and great value.

Really enjoyed our food tonight. It’s been a while since we last ordered from here, but we will definitely return

I placed an order a few weeks ago. I ordered a chicken tikka masala which was lovely , however jalfrezi wasn’t very nice and I was confused as to why it had jalapeños in it.

Hot fresh and as tasty as always!

Quick delivery response and food was excellent very tasty

Very tasty food. It was a bit late, but at least they let us know. Onion bhajee should be sold in singles, we had to bin 2.

Excellent 10/10. One of the best in Bedfordshire.

Very good food, delivery guy very friendly

Brilliant take-away, amazing staff and superb food. A real gem! Very impressed, keep up the great work boys.

Really quick delivery. Food was fabulous. Very good range of dishes and the kids loved it. Excellent, will definitely use again

Top quality food, both taste and quality wise. Thank you for my taste buds being so happy 👍

Lovely curry as per usual but only gripe is the poppadoms are greasy and the bhajis are really stodgy

Absolutely disgusting! Food quality was shockingly bad. Arrived cold, we live 5 mins away. Items missing from our order. Terrible never takeaway. I wouldn’t even give it a 1 star but unfortunately you have to!

Very watery, sent wrong items, not hot temperature

First time I've used Wilstead Tandoori and I will definitely order again. Great food, large portions, reasonably priced and delivered on time Brilliant!

The rice had no taste and the korma tasted awful. Wasn’t happy about the order

The food arrived quickly. We got everything we ordered still nice and warm. It was very tasty and I would definitely order again.

Wonderful food, bang on time, what more can you ask for.

Best quality Indian food around. We have tried a few but this is delicious

Very poor food, meat dry , sauce was lumpy, bad stomachs that evening ,delivery came all crushed and sauce over everything, won’t be frequenting again!

The last two orders the food has been tasteless, nothing like how it used to be (been using this takeaway for the last 8 years)