The best restaurants serving Indian food in Dronfield North North East Derbyshire East Midlands

Visited on a Thursday night with my brother. We arrived approx 9.15pm and only one table eating. All staff sat down chatting so had to ask if they were still open and serving. We were seated and served drinks. Waiter popped over about 10 minutes later and said ‘have your ordered’. No hello, no how are you. Ordered our dishes which arrived quickly and the food was ok. The other table sat behind us left leaving only us in. The waiters then proceeded to get a vacuum out and started vacuuming around us while we were still eating. We felt rushed and were asked to move to a sofa when we finished our food as we were still enjoying our drinks. The owner or barman then said ‘we are closing, can you leave’!!!! All the lights were turned off around us so quickly finished our drinks and left. In hindsight we should have gone to Ayeshas or the Samad cottage as these restaurants value customers more than the Mint leaf who made us feel unwelcome and a bit of an inconvenience. Won’t be back.

Missing items in our order, replaced with items we didn’t want and the curry’s we ordered were lacking in flavour. The lamb biryani tasted more like mutton, extremely chewy. The nans were broken up and tiny for what they charge…Overall, extremely dissatisfied and would not recommend.

We had a take away, once again ( we travel 10 miles) yes there are quite a few nearby but ayesha’s are worth the visit. Firstly, ‘ Elvis’ who is on front of house greats you with a lovely smile and if asked, a little tune? We had tandoori chicken starter, tandoori chilli Bhuna, tikka biryani, mushroom rice, garlic naan. Absolutely delicious , fresh , tasty, until next time… ah haha .

We ordered a variety of dishes all were very salty which spoiled the meal and overpowerd the flavours