The best restaurants serving Indian food in England

Love love love their curry - we always order form here because it’s 100% reliable and delicious!!!

I would give then no stars if I had the option raw food starters brought out before mains waitors are clueless

Awful. Been going here for years. Ordered a take out last night. Stale popadums, / mango and onions limp and old. Byriani, well one word. Toxic. Same for the Korai. Overall disagreeable standard of food. Have they got new owners?

Oh wow! What an incredible menu and the service was absolutely phenomenal. The food was out of this world. It was fresh and the flavours were absolutely exquisite well worth the visit.

We haven’t visited Helmsley spice for about 7yrs so decided to give it a go it’ll be longer than 7yrs before we dine here again - the place in non authentic no table cloths no little tea lights nothing as you would normally get at an Indian restaurant- the place is cold and dismal looking an the tables are so close together you get the sardine in a tin feeling ! The food itself isn’t much better lamb chop starter came which was absolutely covered in partially raw onion an I think peppers I had to dig the 2 very scrawny chops out which were again covered in a thick red marinade what are they trying to hard I asked myself ? The main I ordered was meant to be mild an sweet it was so spicy I couldn’t eat it my lips were burning off an I don’t mind ‘ abit ‘ of spice it’s what Indian foods about but this was just too hot - the keema rice tasted of grease an mutton - an then the cauliflower bahji well if you like crunching on soil go ahead an order yourself one ;) oh an the little waiter should remember his smile before going to work ;)

I live alone & have throat cancer so not only do I have to pay £3 delivery charges inwhich I'm only 1.5 miles away but have to spend other £15 as well, think this is extreme racism as they should be no fixed limit

I've tried nearly everything on the menu, and I’d say the most authentic dish is the chaat bombs, also known as dahi puri. I know the staff likely share the same instructions with all customers, but it was amusing to be at the table with my family, all of us being South Asian, and getting a tutorial on how to eat them. We were just thinking, “Okay…” 😂

Used this restaurant for years and it used to be good. This visit was the worst I’ve had anywhere. Booking that was made 5 days before, couldn’t be found . It was not full but then when we eventually got a table and given menus we were then asked 6 times in 10 minutes for our order by one server and no reason for it as it was getting more empty. Starters were brought out and then immediately main courses followed which just made us feel rushed. The manager , who we have known from previous visits, was having an argument with one of the staff and telling them off in view of the customers which is poor and he should know better.and both he and the man at the till were really unfriendly and the serving staff , apart from a younger man , with a beard , were not happy and really moody all the time . The ladies amongst our party described the toilets as filthy and smelly. Would definitely not recommend using this Restaurant! Very poor experience!

Amazing food! We were in the for the first 15 minutes and already had drinks and our food had come over! Food is delicious and so much flavor to it! I’ll be definitely re visiting. 10|10

Had a “date night” about a week ago. Beautiful food as always and the atmosphere is brilliant. Service was instant even though it was packed! I would recommend to anyone

We had a family celebration here for my Daughter's Birthday, excellent food and excellent service as usual. Lovely restaurant with beautiful decor. We will continue to visit this restaurant and use it's take out service as we've been visiting for years and have never been disappointed. Highly recommend.

One of the very best curry’s I’ve had outside out southern India.

Fantastic food and service as always from Mahabarats 🤩 I absolutely can not fault anything from this restaurant 😀 Thanks guys, see you soon x

Had a takeaway from here when staying in the area. Good portion sizes but not much flavour to be honest. I had chicken tikka balti, tiny pieces of chicken but loads of rice. My friend had chicken tikka masala - hardly any chicken and loads of sauce. Not a patch on the curry I get where I live. Disappointing.

Excellent experience at this Very Good, Indian Restaurant. We had a takeaway and it was plentiful and piping hot. 10/10