Asha

I am so pleased to have a decent Indian Takaway so close to my house.
They are really great with me (fussy vegetarian who doesn’t like spicy things) and they let me order off menu. The chef made me an incredibly delicious Paneer Pasanda. It was delicately full of flavour and fruity and mild which was exactly what I was after.
My husband goes for the total opposite with spicy green herb chicken and the hotter the better!
The garlic nan bread is great, but beware it is very very garlicy indeed that you will keep vampires at bay the next day too!

Let’s start with deliver. Quoted at 45 minutes (not unreasonable). To have to wait a total of 1h 15m is unreasonable however, particularly when it is not accompanied by any explanation, apology or useful estimated ToA. The phonecall made TO the restaurant at 15 minutes after the quoted deliver time was met with confusion and the stock, «it’s on its way. Be there in 5 minutes».
When it arrived most of it was way too cold (unsurprising given the length of time it was probably in transit). The starters were odd. The Chicken Pakora was unlike any I’ve had before or wish to have again. It consisted of thin, flat strips of tough, overcooked, deepfried chicken, coated in what appeared to be breadcrumbs, certainly NOT what was described on the menu. Tasteless, cold and unpleasant. The Onion Bhajis were cold, soggy & greasy rather than warm and crisp.
Our main dish was Chicken Tikka Dupiaza which was reasonable if unexceptional. Side dishes were Mushroom Bhaji and Aloo & Pea Bhaji. They were actually quite good on their own. The Basmati Pilau Rice was decent enough.
Breads were Plain Nan (doughy, damp, stodgy & cold) and Parata (their spelling) was greasier than most. Why do some restaurants insist on packaging breads in those foil-​lined bags though? They ruin the texture of Indian breads! Nan should be light, dry and fluffy. Paratha should be flaky and buttery but not greasy. I think both are best served and eaten hot but where that’s not possible, at the very least they should retain their correct texture. I’d rather them cold than getting lukewarm soggy breads delivered in these daft foil-​lined bags.
All in all, not very enjoyable. Not expensive but who cares when it’s this bad. I wouldn’t consider it good value even if it had been free. I can see I’m in the minority in this opinion but my experience from start to finish was so bad, I won’t be giving this establishment a second try.