The Topa Balti — Local services in Leeds

We have been buying meals from Topa since we moved to the area and are always happy with the food and service. They offer good value for money in terms of food quality and portion sizes, especially for the price point. The burgers and kebabs are good takeaway staples for a Friday night (or a Saturday morning). However, the chef really excels at Indian dishes and he clearly takes pride in these. He is always happy to talk through the menu and make recommendations. We have been particularly impressed by the home made chapatis and naan bread. The range of curry dishes is also excellent. All of the food is freshly prepared and there is a real focus on flavour. Some of the curries are served, perhaps, with a little too much oil. However, this is a quick fix as it can just be skimmed from the top of the container to suit personal taste; a cold spoon works best. The oil does carry a lot of the spice flavour so we tend to leave it in. Our highlight dishes would be the chicken tikka starter and the karahi curries. These offer real value in terms of portion size, flavour and quality. In summary, this is an excellent, local, home grown curry house and we intend to remain...

I rang to ask about set meal for 4 as it only had 2 popadoms so he said he would give me 4. I also questioned why 4 meals only came with 1 rice to be told that one included rice, 1 included naan, 2 included chips and last one includes 2 chapatties. Fair enough so far. Then I asked if 4 soft drinks and naan could be substituted for extra starters and accepted his offer of 2 extra onion bhajies and madras strength chicken curry. So far so good and must say that food was good apart from tiny sized samosas x2 and all 4 curries came in plastic tubs which were only half filled. If they had been filled I would have given a better rating review. I also ordered XL special Donna kebab for £10.50 which certainly didn’t look extra large. Total spent £42.50 which is considerably cheaper than eating out nevertheless. Cash only payment accepted on collection even though it states they accept card...

If I could give less than 1 star..I would. Placed an order online, expected delivery time 50 minutes, an hour later, I phone to see where they Are... They tell me the driver is on his way, a further 20 minutes we're still waiting, we call again and get told the driver had got lost. The driver then phone's me to ask where our house is.. He is down the road, can't speak a word of English to save his life, then hangs up on me.. finally the food arrives, everything was freezing cold, one pizza was burnt to a crisp. We paid for 2 lots of dip and they both leaked in the bag and in the pizzas. So we're left with cold soggy food. Good job I have a friend who is a food critic and have photo evidence of the tripe we paid for.

Probably won't order from this joke of a company again.

Actually.. defiantly won't order...