Viceroy

Wow. What tasty food this restaurant serves. A small and elegant Indian restaurant situated in the heart of the Jewellery quarter, this place delivers on food, service and surroundings. A selection of beers, wines and spirits available from the menu. We had poppadoms on arrival as standard with selection of dips. My starter of Tandoori Lamb was simply tender, succulent and flavoursome. My main of king prawn Madras was again very good with perfect flavours and spice to my liking. A decent portion size too. The giant king prawns were very juicy and tasty. I had garlic naan and mushroom rice as sundries. To accompany this amazing meal i enjoyed a cold bottle of Mongoose (indian beer). Unlike most restaurants that only use lamb, chicken or seafood, this restaurant has beef and duck dishes. The prices are on par with most fine indian restaurants. I highly recommend a visit here.

A friend of ours in the states bought a gift certificate to the Viceroy so it could be a nice treat when we moved here. Our experience was absolutely delightful. We booked a lovely dinner for two and were treated with some of the best customer service I’ve seen. Our waiter practically doted on us.
The décor is posh and cosy. A nice little window shows a view to the kitchen so you can watch the chefs work their magic. The presentation and cooking style really showed their artfulness in crafting good food.
We ordered a variety of dishes and shared: bombay aloo chat, cabbage kofta bhuna, matar paneer, papadums, and peshwari naan. The papadums come with a caddy of some of the most delightful sauces and toppings I’ve ever had. We scoffed down almost all of the sauces and ordered a second helping of papadums just to smear on more mint sauce. We didn’t expect the bombay aloo chat to be so fancy. Most places just present a small bundle of fried onion/​potato cakes. These were larger and presented with a lovely salad and sauce on the plate. One recommendation I’d make is to order the small option for the entrees. We split two small orders and were stuffed! Couldn’t imagine how much food would have been in a large entrée.
The music and lighting were perfect. I will definitely be going back!

This restaurant is ok. I decided to have a takeaway and give it a go. The first thing I noticed is the price, it is almost twice the price of competing restaurants. So, I was expecting something above and beyond in terms of quality compared to many others, however it was not. It was fair, but not good. The menu is also very limited, so many people may not find their regular dishes here. Also, the order lacked many of the extras you’d normally expect, such as papadoms, salad, sauces etc.

Since I’ve lived in the Jewellery Quarter a few businesses have opened up on an odd little stretch just at the end of Warstone Lane on the corner of Carver Street. Unfortunately none of them have lasted too long and when I noticed a new Indian restaurant opening in one of the vacant units there I was intrigued but a little apprehensive — especially as it seemed to take a long time to actually open.
But open it did and we ventured down for a friends birthday (by this point a couple of people I know in the local area had recommended it to me). I’d perused the menu online beforehand and while not cheap it’s nowhere near the price tag of local favourite Lasan.
After deciding on a nice bottle of viognier, Vicky and I went for the banquet menu for 2 — it seemed like the best way to try the maximum amount of dishes for the least money! At £20 a head for 4 courses it provides a lot of bang for your buck.
An initial course of popadoms were delivered along with the standard array of dips but all were absolutely delicious and had much more depth of flavour than your standard selection from a takeaway. Then a wealth of starters were brought out — a fine selection of lamb skewers, paneer and chicken liver. By this point I was getting a touch full but then the mains were brought over — rioja lamb, methi chicken, king prawn, saag aloo and a dahl served with rice and naan. The rioja lamb was absolutely delicious, tender chunks of meat in a surprisingly creamy red wine based sauce. We polished this all off with a cup of coffee — which I certainly needed after consuming that much!
All members of staff that I spoke to were fantastic — friendly, helpful and quite understanding of the noise we were making due to being a large group. One of our party did have some issues with her main course but this did seem to be resolved fairly swiftly and the cost of the dish was waived.
I would highly recommend this place to anyone in the city looking for fantastic Indian cuisine — there is a huge selection of dishes and an extensive wine list that should suit all budgets.
Hopefully Viceroy Tandoori is a sign of things to come in the JQ!

Visited at the weekend for a friends birthday. Having checked the menu before arriving, I had high expectations, and was not disappointed. There are a number of unusual dishes on the menu as well as the staples which made it a little difficult to choose, but I eventually settled on a dansak. I fancied vegetable rather than meat, and although not on the menu, they were happy to prepare this for me. It was a good choice, turning out to be one of the best vegetarian curries I’ve tasted, with generous chunks of veg including aubergine and okra in a rich, tangy sauce. Rice and naan were also both very good.
The only downside was that as we were a very large group, one friend’s order was forgotten, but when flagged, the staff were incredibly apologetic and offered her dish for free, and it was brought out very quickly after that. Other than this, the service was impeccable and overall a very good meal. Would definitely return.

Hmm. really had to think about the star voting on this one!
I visited the Indian restaurant for the first time this weekend for a friends Birthday. The place had only just opened apparently and it certainly had a clean, smart appearance about it.
Our waiter was very friendly and attentive and we ordered our drinks quickly. I noticed very good wine list, along side an interesting selection of beer. I couldn’t decide between a bottle of Sancerre, for £18 or the bottled Icelandic Beers for £4.
Alongside the traditional dishes you would expect — Bhuna, Kormas etc there was choice of other meats such as duck, which I was tempted by and a really good banqueting menu (£20 for two I believe). Everyone loved their food-​different flavours and spices then anyone was expecting… except me… they forgot my meal. i was not happy. I was so hungry I felt sick:(To get to the point however, my meal eventually came after they realised their error and the manager was very apologetic and gave me the course for no cost. We also all got free teas and coffees.
Overall, despite the hic-​up everyone had a great evening. I will try it again though before I decide to give it four starts or not.
–They also do take-​away apparently:)

As I have lived the JQ for around 5 and a half years, I am always interested to see new businesses pop up in the area. When I spotted that a new Indian restaurant was opening around the corner from my house, I was both excited and curious to see what they would offer.
Viceroy is located on Icknield Street, which I always considered to be a bit of a cursed area for food establishments. There has been a string of takeaways open up in this location, but none of them seem to last very long… Judging by the amount of people in the Viceroy on Saturday, maybe a business has finally found a way to buck the trend?
The exterior of the venue is smart and clean. With large glass windows and dark wood frames, it doesn’t give much away on first glance. On entry, you can start to see the work which must have gone into prepping this venue. It’s airy, clean and has a fresh modern look. I particularly liked the seating arrangement in the venue and the flowers on each table were a lovely touch.
We were warmly greeted as soon as we walked in through the door. Once seated, our drinks orders were taken fairly promptly (we opted for a bottle of Viognier at £13.50 — very reasonable) and we were bought our bottle of wine in an ice bucket (another nice touch). Once the discussion had taken place around the food, another server arrived to take our orders. Me and Dan G. opted for the sharing menu for 2 (at £20 a head for four courses), as it seemed good value for money for the amount and variety of food included.
It certainly was the right choice. I only remembered to get a photo of my naan bread, but there were 2 different kinds of poppadom to start (with a selection of sauces), followed by a starter plate (including divine lamb kebabs) and then 3 different meat curries with 2 vegetable sides and naan bread. To say there was a lot of food would be an understatement!
Me and Dan managed to valiantly eat our way through all of the food and then enjoyed a cup of coffee as our 4^th course. Everything on sharing menu was delicious (including the chicken livers) and we didn’t feel aggrieved at all at paying £35 each for 4 courses and 2 bottles of wine (including a small tip). We will defiantly be back again in the near future to try more of the menu!