The best restaurants serving Indian food in England

We did not visit the restaurant, so we could not judge from previous experience. We chose it from a well known delivery company website. It was local and strangely rated quite high! It was only chosen because our regular restaurant did not appear to be offering takeaways at the time. We ordered 2 kebabs for starters and 2 curries. Starters were bitty, not particularly well spiced, and coarse in texture, not sufficiently minced. The salad provided was barely enough for one person, one slice of lemon between two! Tight or what? Chicken curry was extremely poor. Meat was dry and tough, as though it had been precooked. Certainly not fresh. The curry sauce was oily and not particularly appetising. A very poor meal overall, and not cheap. So, we picked a poor one this time. It is hard to believe this restaurant rates as 4 star!

Firstly, the food was incredible so the 3 stars is a reflection of food versus service. I had a couple of the vegetarian sides and my partner had a lamb rogan josh. Absolutely delicious. From arriving to leaving though we felt rushed. We arrived early evening and it was very quiet but we had £13 cocktails that the staff tried to take before we’d finished. Staff, including the manager, constantly hovered by the table clearly with the next sitting in mind. Twice they tried to take the plates away when we had not finished. We were close to saying can you please leave us alone. At £100 for two people, you expect a higher calibre of table service. Please treat us more like valued customers not cattle.

We visit this restaurant on a regular basis, visited last night with friends and as always had a fantastic meal, we all ordered different meals everything was hot fresh and tasty, definitely one of the best Indian restaurants around, waiters professional and friendly, nothing is to much trouble, will continue to visit and would not hesitate to recommend.

Ordered a delivery for a special dinner for 10 on friday and Saffron really delivered ! It arrived early piping hot and no dish was a disappointment Fab food & service could not fault them, thank you Saffron Mershram

I have been here a few times now. The food has been really good. The hariyali panner and the fish pakora were really tasty. The restaurant is pretty, nicely decorated, the staff were ok too but it’s been freezing everting! Because of how cold it has been I have stopped myself going a few times.

Great little takeaway. Authentic menu and great service

Went here once when it opened after being the currywala. The new owners were false advertising offers to bring people in and we felt conned. We spent about £20 on a Peri Peri Chicken and a curry with rice as a take away. When we got it home the consistency was glue. The chicken Peri Peri tasted rotten as though it had been marinated for a month in a bucket. I had to contemplate calling in the Environmental Health department as it was so disgusting. They even had a kid manning the reception taking the orders to get people to feel sorry for them and stay when duped into going in there. I love Indian food and this visit made me heave. They have now closed as Spice Bengal and a new name is being put over the door - make sure it is not the same people or you could be sorry.

We moved to the area about 8 months ago and we discovered this Take Away in our first week and have ordered from here many times since ! Food: excellent! Welcome : Fab ! Prices : reasonable ! Value for money : spot on ! My wife likes to try different mains and tonight she chose chicken Patro … she says it’s the best Indian dish she’s had in years !!! Thanks Chef !!

Staying in an Airbnb 5 minutes away so I popped in last night to grab some food to eat back at the cabin. Friendly staff. My home town is full of Indians and they are all very disappointing. Tried this place on the off chance and we were very happy. Well cooked, incredibly well priced. If you’re in the area - stop by!

I ordered a take away ti be delivered. Customer service was very good and friendly. The quantity of the food was my problem. I'm glad it was only ordered for myself as there was only a half full container of the main meal. I don't mind paying the prices but I do expect a reasonable able amount if food for the price. The food itself was very nice, just stingy.

After using Manzil for over 20 years it is with a heavy hart I write this, I would say that they have been either bought out or are using a very different Chef. It was my Daughters Birthday Saturday so ordered almost £100 of food when it arrived I asked "why we was not ordering from Manzil's" only to be told that it was, the chicken tikka main, consisted of 5 very small pieces of chicken, which were dry as a bone, no onions and if there was any juices from the chicken id say it had drunk it!! the whole meal was totally un edible and id say the vas majority of the food went in the bin, I tried 4 times to get through by phone to no answer then when they finally answered the phone was put down straight away After over 20 years of ordering at least once /twice a week I will never order from there again the food was worse than a ping and ding from Aldi and 10 times the price !! sorry Manzil but you've missed the mark here

Quite disappointed! Tikka pakora wasn't cooked through, tikka masala was very tough barely chewable! Waste of money!

Tried to do a £70 order for delivery, they declined it twice with no reason didn’t answer the phone when we called up not happy with the service of the restaurant and now will no be ordering from here again.

A genuine honest little place, consistently the best classic Indian takeaway in Folkestone for me. Easy ordering, decent value, friendly driver, tasty food. It's the little things - poppadoms perfect and pickles/salad are nicely balanced, Bombay aloo always solidly delish. Order often comes with random bonus poppadoms so feeling happy before starting the actual curry! Highly recommended 😋

Simply isn’t very good.. I’ve had a few great meals in the Clay Pit but I’ve had as many poor meals too.. I’ve just eaten a chicken korai which on the menu is listed as Spicy and it simply wasn’t.. to me it was a poor medium chicken curry with added green peppers and onions. Sorry guys it was less than ordinary.