The best restaurants serving Indian food in England

We called in late on a Friday night and they would have been quite within their rights to turn us away but stayed back to serve us a beautiful meal. One of the 3 of us has coeliac disease, but was catered to without any fuss and was quite well the next day still. I would like to go back... hopefully soon!

Called in early evening made very welcome as usual. Staff very attentive nice and clean interior. Varied menu will call in at a later stage and book table rather than a take away. Can see why they are nominated for the British curry awards.

Had a nice dinner with friends , service was a little slow and food wasn’t to bad, drinks where slow and food was good portions

Went there for our anniversary dinner. The service and food was excellent. The king prawn tikka masala and king prawn biryani were to die for. A lovely setting for an intimate date. Highly recommend and will defo dine there again.

My takeaway was delivered on time and nice and hot. Tasty food with generous portions, will definately be ordering again.

The meal came out too fast . Luke warm . Had to send it back to reheat . Been many times but tonight was dismal . £35 . Not with it

Got a set mael for two. Ordered Saturday 21st September at 16:48, delivered at 17:07 allthough when ordering instructions were 55 mins wait time for delivery. On delivery it was obvious that the food had been reheated, most probably left overs from the previous day. I'm far from happy as this is supposed to be the best Curry house in Penrith. Once bitten twice shy. I will not be ordering again, everything went in the bin.

Fantastic! Such friendly staff and fantastic food. Always a go to locally! They have a sister restaurant called The Dilli in haslemere which is also 1st class! Thank you Bayleaf!

We decided to book a family Diwali meal which was booked over the phone. When we arrived we were greeted by a lovely waiter who took us to our table. The tables were separated which we were a little annoyed about as this was not mentioned before. Another waiter came out and abruptly told us to be seated so we can order our starters. I explained we were waiting for one more family to arrive. Within minutes the same waiter came and said exactly the same thing! I was quite shocked and to be honest we should have left at that point. The rest of the family members arrived and a nice waiter took our orders. The food came out and dishes were mostly different however they had the same sauce and tasteless. Curries had big chunks of green chillies. The chicken curry was awful. The portions were small. We went on to order desserts but were given one menu between 14 of us! After a few minutes past, the same rude waiter appeared and asked us to order our desserts now as they need the tables. This was the icing on the cake for us, we paid the bill and left without ordering desserts. This is not how you treat paying customers. On top of that, the food is not great at all and we are shocked with these high rating reviews. Shocking service, shocking food and shocking communication. The only good thing was the young waiter that treated is with respect. I wouldn’t bother people with this place, we will stick to where we know!

Had a fantastic night food is brilliant we have been a couple of times now same standard every time thay do not rush you on an out staff are really helpful

Great food, great atmosphere, fantastic staff

Brought a mate here last week(Sept 2023)for a meal on a Friday night and it was Delicious we had a sizzler starter to share, a main course and rice each,and one naan bread,My Chicken Madras was Amazing! Used to eat here many years ago when it was The Spice Merchant.Nice decor and lighting too.

Had takeaway delivered to tunnel pods camping last night. The food was absolutely amazing all dishes. I had the chicken chilli garlic. Excellent Probably the best curry ever had. Top marks to the chef. Thank you.

Wow! We took advantage of the Sunday All You Can Eat buffet - all freshly cooked off the menu. The food was delicious! I loved the garlic mushrooms, onion bahji, seekh kebab, chicken tikka, meat samosas. We got to enjoy a variety of starters … because you can order whatever you want. The portions were small, which encourages you not to waste food and you can order again. The mains were also delicious. It was chicken or vegetarian options - but it was all beautifully cooked. We’ve even tried some Bangla Beer - for the full Bangladeshi experience. Thank you so much. We’d definitely come again!