The best restaurants serving Indian food in South East

100% authentic Indian Bengali food. Lovely owners who have made it their mission to provide authentic Kolkata / Bangla cuisine. Must try dishes - Mutton Kosha Mutton chop Bengali Pulao Fish fry Koraishutir Kochuri Bhetki Paturi Bhapa Ilish Tomato Chutney Mishti Doi Can’t go wrong with any of these! All brilliant!!!

Great food, efficient service, and quality ingredients. Try the King Prawn Rogan and marvel at the wonderful fish. Top marks for Balti Tandoori!👍

Were intending to eat at the local pub but they were quite expensive. It was actually cheaper to have a meal and a dink here and glad we did. The food and the service was fantastic and a good price

Wow! What a fantastic meal. Pappadams isn’t your usual Indian restaurant. Its’ pared- back, simple interior belies the beauty and sophistication of the dishes on the menu. Don’t be put off by its somewhat sparse interior since the welcome is as warm as the dishes are fine. This is an Indian restaurant of the first rank. We came here as a group of eight for a post work meal and were amazed at the variety on offer. Every thing has a fresh and exciting twist, from the relishes accompanying the warm poppadoms to the braised meats of the main courses. Alongside the familiar favourites there are some really interesting options beautifully made and presented. We had a mixture of vegetarian and meat dishes where the standouts here was the chicken biryani, exquisitely spiced and beautifully moist, and the mutton curry - the sauce was amazing alongside the freshly baked naans. We had a wonderful night and left full and happy and so will you.

The food and service is utterly disgusting. We booked in for the 30th September. However, when we arrived we were told that our table was given to someone else and that we'd have to wait another 10 mins. 10 minutes passed and we were told another 15 minutes. If it wasn't a birthday meal we would've left and gone to the Shaan Restaurant. When we sat down, we asked questions about some dishes on the menu only to be responded back with, "you're white, stick to the mild dishes". I was gob smacked with the waiter. I requested for the manger but the waiter had already stormed off muttering "honky" under his breathe. Disgusting and racist. I got up and immediately left with my family. Never again.

Invest in your business and upgrade your business decor You have great staff and decent food but it all looks broken . Food ok service good . Would only return if they upgrade restaurant .

Been to The New Shad many times for family meals always happy, staff are excellent and food the best I’ve ever had from any of many Indian restaurants. My favourite dish is Lamb Rogan Josh with Mushroom fried rice, called in last night to takeaway the mentioned dish to take home to Sittingbourne and after heating up when l got home l enjoyed as much as eating in restaurant. Great Chef thoroughly recommend

Open take away kitchen. The food is great, cooked fresh to order and a few new curries to me and a few sides I've never heard of. Had Madras, Jalfrezi, Tikka Massala, Pathia and a few others. All were excellent and can be adjusted to taste if required. Good breads and rice. The guys are great, really friendly and happy yo modify recipes according to taste. The Jalfrezi is nicely spiced, I had on normal and another extra spicy, both excellent. The madras had loads of sauce and well spiced, hot and fragrant with moist chicken. Pathia is also quite spicy with lots of flavour. Chicken tika Massala was plenty of sauce, rich and creamy. Paratha are moist and buttery, nan warm and moist, perfect Peshwari nan! Highly reccomended for a good tasty take away, full of flavour, fresh...

We turned up to get our pre-booked table and the staff were unwelcoming and didn’t smile. I ordered a Carlsberg and got a Cobra and when I queried it, I was told they didn’t have any even though it was on the menu. We ordered starters which turned up luke warm. The main course was ok but nothing to write home about. My wife had the lamb achari, which she said didn’t have much flavour. I had the lamb malayan and if it wasn’t for the pineapple in it, it would’ve been completely bland. The staff need to show they are bothered about their customers and perhaps smile a bit more. The restaurant was just over half full and there was very little atmosphere. I wouldn’t recommend visiting this restaurant. The only plus side is that they forgot to charge us for the drink each we had. They never asked if we wanted another drink even though our glasses were empty half way through the starters.

Well what can I say other than excellent food excellent service and excellent staff. One of the best curries we’ve had. Would highly recommend

Restaurant is no longer trading! Looking forward to visiting after having read the reviews so was very disappointed to see an estate agent’s. sign outside the premises when I was staying in Wantage on 19th July.

Great place for a curry with the (old) lads. Always top notch! Welcoming staff, amazing curry great beer what more do you need!

I ate alone as had just finished work on a Saturday. Firstly the positives: I had a tasty Lamb Rogan Josh, with freshly prepared rice & a light Nan bread. The pops & dips we’re good although I would have liked some chopped onions. The draught kingfisher was also v good. The only negative is they do not offer a discount off the menu prices for collecting a take away. Their competitors do offer min 10% off if you collect. I found the staff friendly and attentive.

We visited to celebrate our 37th wedding anniversary this evening and every aspect of our experience was outstanding. Even the most simple dish was a culinary masterpiece and so beautifully presented. Every staff member was attentive, courteous and exceptionally well presented, however wish to mention Inder who made our evening so special.

I had been working away in Epsom all weekend, so popped in on spec, having not booked a table, and I was fitted in no problem. Pleasant staff catered for me very well. The food was excellent, I had a vegetable Pathia, and poppadums, with mushroom pilau rice.