The best restaurants serving Indian food in East Midlands

Absolutely disgusting, my initial reservations and Expectations are almost met with these Indian places, but unfortunately always in the worst possible way, I reluctantly order kebabs + samosas Kebabs should hit the spot, spicy succulent and quite dark, first look, completely red disgusting things how is that kebab? Other thing is it should smell nice, have a fresh garlic/ ginger/ coriander aromatic smell to the food, I took 1 bite, almost about to throw up, i wouldn't give that to a dog, even a dog would refuse that, absolutely disgusting, about to try samosa again same thing, worst cheapest stinkiest meat used and stank, instantly had to bin it all It winds me up this does, why is it there not 1 place in Leicester for Indian food , but also where the food doesn't stink Our people working in restaurant/ takeaway joints no clue whatsoever about cleanliness/ hygiene, smell and how food looks is so important then it's the taste, here it's 0 marks on all 3 areas Has anyone got any idea about 1 decent place? Absolutely ridiculous, so annoying because it's time, money and you left hungry Its disgusting... literally throwing anything out to whoever , with 0 clue about cooking, i can cook 100 times better than all these restaurants put together Atrocious really is

I came this restaurant on my bro birthday party we r all together 24 people. The service is Very nice no waiting of food they lady on bar r look after everything wht we need . Nice food . Nice place to dine with family

Excellent service, delicious food, still the best Indian restaurant in Nottingham.

Ate here last Wednesday, and it was a massive let down. First we had to ask glasses for our drinks The one starter arrived minus any cutlery, the other starter arrived after I had eaten mine. This was quickly followed by my main meal, We asked for condiments and sauce/dips only to be told, that the choice was either chilli sauce or ketchup, no mango chutney or anything like that. My meal arrived minus the chips, and instead of a mild chicken tikka, I ended up with the spicy version, which for me was inedible. My wife's meal arrived 10 minutes later and was a very sloppy butter chicken, which she dunked a couple of her chips in, so she had something to eat. The best of it was there was us and another couple in the restaurant, and they had the same issues as us. For something which I was looking forward too, was an utter farce and £40 worse off. I definitely will not be going back even if it was free.

The worst place ever. Didn’t even turn up.

I ordered at 6pm and it came at 8pm!!!!

order arrived over 20 minutes late,on arrival the pilau rice I ordered wasn't packed,I phoned the restaurant,I was told mistakes happen,I accept that,I was told that it would take 10 minutes to cook and 10 minutes to deliver,50 minutes later I phoned the restaurant to see where the pilau rice was,I was told 5 minutes away, around 10 minutes later the pilau rice arrived, the evening meal with my partner was spoiled by the actions of the restaurant , just be honest with how long I should wait

I have ordered many times before, however today I had a terrible experience with my food delivery. The roti was torn into pieces, and the gravy had a strong fish oil smell even though I ordered a vegetarian meal. The food was also spilled in the packaging, and I had to bin the gravy straightaway due to the foul smell. Extremely disappointed with the quality and care put into this order. Sorry, I will never order again.

Editing my review from 5* to 2*. Similar to other reviews, I have no idea what has happened to this place. It has become almost unrecognisable; dirty and unkept. Staff are seriously unbothered. No welcome, no thanks and long waits. Used to really enjoy coming here but it has really gone downhill! Food is okay. If you don't believe it - go and check it out yourself.

was absolutely delicious as always...fresh great quality food, and pipeing hot on delivery highly recommend 👌

A great place great food staff amazing 👏

Came here last week at 5pm; were the first ones in. Greeted well by husband and wife team. Ordered: onion bhaji (came out in bits like it was meant to be 'deconstructed'?) and shockingly, only a small amount that you can fit in one mouthful. Also, my friend had the veg. samosa - two tiny triangles that you can eat in two bites. I had hoped that the mains would be a lot better. My potato and aubergine curry was fine, quite greasy as I think the aubergines were deep fried before adding the curry and potatoes. The garlic nan had a lot of burnt areas which I had to discard. It was also very dry as there was hardly any butter on it. My friend's veg. jalfrezi was very hot and he found it was more chilli than flavour. The pilau was served in a small dish, that was only half the portion of his curry. For afters, we wanted coffee, but they didn't serve plant based milks, so we only ordered one at a cost of £4.50. In the end, the bill came to £55. I couldn't believe they had the cheek of adding 10% service charge. I knew that it was a min. spend of £15pp, but to omit this from their menu was not on. We shan't be going back which is a shame as the owners clearly were quite nice and welcoming.

A group of us went yesterday evening. It was my first visit. In terms of positives – very attractive decor in the restaurant and a general nice vibe and feeling to being there. The food was enjoyed by all of us to varying degrees. Portions were generous also. Though, for me, I would prefer to eat Indian type dishes in a more traditional environment and way of presentation. The flavours were good enough, but they just lacked the intense and varied ones I have enjoyed in other restaurants offering this style of food in Nottingham over the years. I don’t know if the kitchen staff at Mowgli Street Food Nottingham preparing the food are of Asian heritage, but front of house, I didn’t see any, and decor wise (however pleasantly done) there was no connection for me that I was in a place that sets out to serve south Asian type cuisine. Call me old-fashioned, but a visual style relevant to the geographical origins of the food is what I prefer. The real disappointment, initially at least, was the very poor service we received after being seated. Greetings were fine but then we were left basically to our own devices for a considerable amount of time (possibly 15 to 20 minutes). Nobody came over to offer us a drink or to check if we were ready to order. It was left to a member of our party to go and find a member of staff to take our order. I find that incredibly disappointing in a place that appears at least to be offering attentive service, but in our case wasn’t. A further positive for the restaurant was the price of the meal which I thought was very reasonable when you take into account two bottles of wine were included in a total of around £160 for four people. On leaving, I didn’t notice any staff thanking us, or saying goodbye, and we walked past several, both where we had been seated upstairs, and then on our way out of the restaurant downstairs. Another negative touch that probably gives some connection to the very long wait we had to be served finally. It is both a nice and expected touch to have somebody front of house working to connect with you on leaving, and thank you for your time and your custom. And that didn’t happen here in my hearing at least. Would I recommend Mowgli Street Food Nottingham to others? Depending on what you are looking for, yes, on balance? But I wouldn’t do so to people of a similar mindset to myself, who are expecting the kind of intense flavours of cooking that you are used to encountering in a good south Asian restaurant. The food was just too generic for my liking, and I doubt I would return – particularly bearing in mind the disappointing level of service we also encountered there.

Thank you so much to Abdul and the team for always making our group of drama Queens, Luvvies and general reprobates from NQSC so welcome every time we come.

Went for a date today was delicious!! Will be coming back for sure. Waiters were very lovely and polite 10/10 recommend. Yummmm