The best restaurants serving Indian food in England

When the poppadoms aren't cooked well you know it's not going to be great! Service is awful - seem to concentrate on takeaways rather than seated customers. Food not fab either - luke warm. And to top it off they added a service charge which we didn't pay. Won't return

Good range of tastes, level of spices, and food types ... clearly named. Particularly impressed with the quality of the freshly prepared/cooked chicken. Friendly, attentive, courteous service from all staff. Good atmosphere even when busy. Great value. We will be back!

Highly recommend the Takdir. We have visited this well run, long standing family establishment several times, over many years, and are never left disappointed. The staff are continuously genial and attentive; the food is always lovely and never lets down, authentic homemade curries, washed down with Cobra or nice wines. Special thanks to Aayan; a confident, approachable, and friendly waiter, with a great personality, and like all staff, happy to help, with a smile on their face. Whitley Bay is spoilt with a plethora of outstanding curry houses, and Takdir is definitely high up the list to go too.

My husband and I have visited the Balti Hut a couple of times recently and both times the food has been really delicious. We first visited on a Wednesday in August and dined at 7pm.We were the only diners in the restaurant. We thought it was maybe because it was midweek and we dined early so our next visit was in a Friday at 8pm. Again we were the only diners which results in a lack of atmosphere. Such a shame. They deserve to be busy. Perhaps they are at 10/11pm but that’s too late for us to eat. 😢

Fabulous find , lovely attentive staff, good atmosphere, excelkent value and food was delicious and really good portions. My chicken Tikka was delicious . Wish we lived closer

Was impressed with this place when I first started going here but the tenderness of the meat recently has been disappointing. The lamb and chicken is not as tender as it should be. I feel like the meat should be falling apart. The chicken always seems tough, as if it's been cooked too quickly. Always a turn off for me.

I’d like to thank Raj and his whole team for the service and fantastic food for my partners 60th the function room held 18 off us all hungry, plus a busy restaurant with lots off folks eating, we was all was served promptly with hot delicious food, my partner really enjoyed her evening and her family have all promised to visit on there own, thanks was a fantastic evening

Would not go here again. Food was way below par. The home style chicken mains was awful. Definitely not home style at all. The on the bone chicken was hard and dry. The chapati was not soft and crumbled. Spoke to the manager who's best response was 'this is how we cook it'. Wasn't clued up in customer service skills. Sent most of the dishes back. Avoid!.

Brilliant service, delicious freshly cooked food. An excellent evening. Many thanks to the staff and kitchen. We will be back.

Love driving over here from a curry. It's not our closest curry place, but it's worth a bit of a drive. Staff are so friendly and sweet. Coconut dishes are brill.

Without doubt our favourite Indian restaurant. Very friendly staff, who go out of their way to make sure that young children are included, and amazing food.

I asked the owner for a recommendation what to have to eat for the main course. He Recommended the Goa chef special with lamb. It certainly did not disappoint. Lamb was cooked perfect. The taste was amazing. Will be going back for the same again. Highly recommended.

Saturday night supper. Five of us. The food was excellent, from the poppadoms through the starters to the mains. The staff were fantastic and the bill was incredibly reasonable. A must visit when in Lyme. They just need to look less shocked and surprised when one turns up on time, having made a reservation weeks in advance, and have one’s table ready! 😉

First time here in popular restaurant with friendly staff and great food, made very welcome and as previously stated not the usual standard Indian food but much much better with a fantastic choice all presented well and cooked to order. We look forward to returning in the future.

A lovely experience. The food was packed full of flavour and portions were more than generous. Amazing service, nothing was too much trouble. A really enjoyable evening, looking forward to visiting again soon !!