The best restaurants serving Indian food in England

First impression? We arrived for our meal at 7pm... bit early I guess... and the place was virtually empty, usually never a good sign. However by 7.45 the place was rammed with people who obviously knew a good restaurant. I won't go on too much about the menu... it was full of things I'd never heard of. I started with a prawn cocktail. It was good but nothing out of the ordinary.... For main meal I chose the king-prawn delight.... and what a choice! It was delicious. Also, the staff here were brilliant... We will be back.

Myself and family have eaten in the restaurant and have also ordered take out countless times throughout the years. We run ‘ACHHA’s’ which is a family-run Anglo-Indian food takeout service orientated around fresh, high quality home cooked food - I eat and prepare enough fresh, quality Indian food to know the standard that goes into the dishes at Bengal Raj, we also find them to be very consistent! I have had my fair share of curries over the years and Bengal Raj are steps are steps above them all. As a nutritionist also, I appreciate when a takeout puts a bit more effort into the balance of their ingredients and uses the right amount of oil/salt/sugar etc - I never ever find the dishes are excessive in oil, salt or sugar. In fact, my food never has any excess oil surrounding it which is usually quite common with most indian takeouts/restaurants. Overall, Bengal are hands down the best traditional Indian take out in Bristol, we have recommended then to countless friends and family over the years and there has only ever been positive feedback. Thank you guys for always providing such a great service and delicious food! X

We've been ordering take aways for 8 years now, so let's deal with the high points first.... Flavour...100% Service...100% Value for money ( exl. the naan)...100% Consistency....100% until recently.... So, in terms of their take away mains... absolutely faultless, tasty and good portions, spice level just to our liking. Every bit as good now as it was 8 years ago when we first ordered. So what has changed? The naan breads... they get smaller every year & yes I get that their costs go up bit but seriously? Surely their costs on the naan don't increase that much. But, it's not even the increased costs of the naan which are such a huge irritation and red flag for me... its the quality. We ordered several keema naan a few days ago with our family meal. A keema naan is supposed to be a naan stuffed with a filling....not so..... no filling, instead a wee bit of coloured something or other smeared over the upper side of the naan. Not saying it wasn't keema.... just saying that a smearing on top does not equate to a filling!! It looks like tomato paste on a pizza.... Perhaps this was a one off bad experience, hope so because honestly their take away food is absolutely gorgeous, second to none for taste, but please dont scrimp on the smaller less costly items to you because by doing so you're just spoiling our feeling of value for money which is a shame because you're so good at the rest. But for the naan debacle, I'd have given you a 10 star rating.

Food top notch and cheap plus take your own beer 14 of us £20 each great night

Exploiters of children, avoid at ALL costs. Involved in seedy goings on with underaged girls.

Amazing!! Deffo ordering again!

Super Indian restaurant, which my wife, myself and our friends regularly visit for an evening meal. Large menu of dishes which are always nicely cooked. Excellent service from all staff. Very pleasant atmosphere in which to eat with friends

We had to wait 1 hour 40 mins for our order, no way would we have ordered if we knew it was going to be this long as we had small children with us! When it was plated up it was gross, the chicken korma tasted like a korma sauce from aldi’s…..costing over £100…most of it was thrown away…don’t bother would be my advise

Amazing food! The Paneer Tikka was so creamy and filling and tasted like a homemade one. The Saag Paneer was spicy but not too overwhelming and was nice with the yogurt from the selection mixed in. Good value for money and portion sizes that could leave 2 people with left overs! 10/10

Good place to get a takeaway staff very friendly

First night out after moving here only days before. Great service & food. Reasonably priced. Will definitely be returning.

I’ve used you for years; always enjoy your food. Lastnight, everything was dripping in grease and cold, it wasn’t edible. I called to say we were disappointed to be told it was delivered in good time and whilst I approached my complaint reapectfully and politely, this wasn’t dealt with correctly. Disappointing to say the least!

Last night, prior to going to the rugby, I went to this restaurant. I ordered Tandoori chicken, which was fantastic, beautifully cooked, and really tasty. It came with a choice of a curry sauce, which I chose Madras, again this was spiced to perfection. The service was very friendly and I can highly recommend this establishment.

Great food & service Sizzling chicken dish was fantastic & piping hot naan breads. Lamb Banzara & saag aloo was amazing too.

We had our wedding reception at Hankies and it was absolutely fantastic. The food, the atmosphere and the service all exceeded our expectations and our guests were raving about the food long after the event. A special thank you to Florian who was wonderful to work with – he was extremely responsive, reassured us that everything was in hand and delivered the most memorable event for us. We could not recommend Hankies and the team enough!