The best restaurants serving Indian food in England

We first visited this restaurant in November 2023 during an all male yearly trip to the Forest of Dean, it was that good we went again on our way home! We visited again last night and cannot reccomend this little gem enough, that's coming from someone who cooks and grew up in the trade! Great food, enjoyed always by all the group. The service is just incredible with it being a famiy run establishment, they really do go above and beyond and make you feel so very welcomed! Long may Curry leaf continue and we look forward to visiting again every November as a tradition!

Great naans, that's about it! On the surface it seems to be all right, but when you ask for anything there is a problem. They were out of larger, they were out of lemonade, they were out of prawns etc The gents toilet had a sticker on it saying 'out of oder' And then we came to the bill, they said card machine was not working1

Visited tonight with my dad, great food and great service! I would definitely visit again. I had a lmab dish which was perfect and my dad had beef, we shared a chicken rice which was perfect!

Niet druk, maar prima betaalbaar en het was best lekker en meer dan genoeg. Ik had een soort limonade erbij...

Have been to this restaurant many times and I’ve never had a bad meal. Food was fantastic, service was great and staff were very friendly. The host is a total gentleman as usual and makes you feel welcome as soon as you walk through the door.

I had a t/away about 6 30 saturday night and it was busy. Nice new carpet, friendly staff. So what about the food? (I had a Chicken Methi madras hot, boiled rice, plain nan & onion bhaji). The bhaji was v good as was the nan, great portion of fresh rice. The methi was hotter than expected but I liked it apart from it being a bit salty. Good quality of meat). 2 pops & dips on the house. The draft kingfisher was excellent. Overall v good

I had not been to my regular Indian/Bangladeshi for a long time due to Covid. I tried their take away tonight. Very nice prawn puri starter and lamb tikka main + excellent sag aloo. Old reliable.

Delicious food ! Decided to give them a try on a Saturday evening. Ordered the chicken vindaloo , special rice , papadoms, chutney , pickles and mint . Everything was so good . Just have in mind the vindaloo is very spicy 🌶️. Very nice staff and quick service, totally recommend!

I am going to write a fair review here. . The food was great. Very good. We really enjoyed it. However, had a really bizarre experience which I am not quite over.. we ordered a chicken tikka dansak vindaloo hot, but was served a chicken tikka masala vindaloo hot which does not really work. We told the staff that it was incorrect and one of them basically as good as said no it wasn't, we ordered that and kept saying "just try just try". We argued it but was not really being heard. He then offered to replace the meal but would take 15 - 20 mins so this was declined as our friend did not want to eat alone and wait. We would have been nearly finished. He did not enjoy the curry and left most of it. One staff member tried to make a joke and say " oh couldn't handle the chillies " in which we responded, no, the curry was wrong, we don't like it. We were ignored. The bill then came and we decided that due to the good food we would just pay for the wrong curry and not cause a fuss. The bill included service charge. We changed our mind when the staff member tried to get us to round our bill up to a "round number" despite already adding service charge. This is when I snapped. The attitude about the wrong curry was so so poor. As a response to me saying actually no, service is included and you've served the wrong curry etc etc he became very rude and aggressive. Told us we were wrong, it was what we ordered. We then asked to remove the service due to the shocking attitude and aggression. He even began to argue this. Other staff just watched. He was not happy at all and aggressively shoved me the card machine and receipt. Such a shame.. I can see some reviews below, and I think we might all be referring to the same rude, man. Will not be returning.

The service and restaurant was amazing! But the food was not good unfortunately the curry them selves taste like sweeteners and artificial and taste like the sauces were taken from a industrial packet and not home made. Good price though. Please invest in decent sauces and home made spices.

a very simple small room with good food and helpful service. An enjoyable experience but it becomes noisy as it fills up. No soft surfaces to absorb the sound of diners and drinkers and table tops are not well wiped. The one toilet directly off the dining room via the washbasin is dirty, neglected and off putting. It needs constant cleaning of all surfaces. It should be obvious to the manager.. if not it should be reported. Perhaps a woman should be in charge. ?

Excellent service and great food. I’d highly recommend everyone to come here. Very family orientated. See you next week guys

We had a family take away curry from here last night and never again. The food was so bland, tasteless and dry it was so disappointing. I would never recommend and will not revisit.

Excellent food, prices and staff. We have been going for years changes are made but always for the better. Totally recommend the chef specials.

Tasteless,oily and small portions