Indian Zaffran — Restaurant in Tías

The Best Indian I've Ever Had!

So you've read the title and you're probably thinking that I'm exaggerating. Let me tell you, I'm not. I've had hundreds of Indian meals in my lifetime and this beautiful little restaurant in the old town of Puerto Del Carmen tops the lot. We visited for my fiancé's birthday and the restaurant really went the extra mile to make the meal so memorable. I had lamb tikka for starter. It came on a sizzling cast iron skillet with loads of onion, peppers and coriander. The lamb was beautifully cooked and extremely tender. My fiancé had prawn pakora, another outstanding starter. For the main course the waiter/manager/owner gave us really insightful information to help us choose our dishes. I went for the deluxe butter chicken. This was a different take on your standard butter chicken. It was unbelievable. I'm salivating just thinking about it. My partner had chicken tikka masala and enjoyed every bite. The mushroom pilau rice was also very tasty. I conscious that this is a very long review but I can't emphasise enough just how amazing this restaurant and its staff are. The day of our meal I reached out to the restaurant on Facebook to see if I could drop a cake and candles into them to surprise my fiancé. Unfortunately I couldn't locate a cake and messaged the restaurant to let them know. I was gobsmacked when a member of staff offered to try and locate a cake and candles for me, 1 hour before we were due to arrive. It was an amazing gesture and the cake was fantastic. We will definitely be returning when we come back to have our wedding in Lanzarote. Please see...

Sorry, you were deffo the correct one, oppo Drunken Monkey, 1 lad had chat, was really dry cut up chicken tikka, I had puri, asked for it hot, wasnt was very bland and you brought out green chilli, the only lad that enjoyed the food was the one who had the mixed grill. the rest of starters and mains were not very tasty at all watery and bland, I asked from mine madras hot, again no take you just brought more green chilli paste, please don't blame others or say that its a competitor writing my review, it wasn't I see you have a lot of good reviews, but this was our experience, To say you didn't have tables of 8 booked just shows you are trying to avoid the feedback and push on to others, the same night alone, had a table full of asian ladies, that table maybe 8 to 12, then us at the same time. Maybe instead of blaming others and me making a mistake, perhaps you should say, OK it may have been a bad night. usually out comments are very positive. The only good thing about the experience, was a) your staff, very polite b) very...

Really nice bloke taking my take away order. Read all the previous reviews and decided to give this a try. Well, I’ve had some curry’s over the last 35 years… some good and some very bad. Ordered a Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi… full price, not the 10 euro taster menu .. well, the chicken was nice and tender but oh my god the sauce was vile.. sorry to say this, but it tasted of burnt old oil.. with a hint of nutmeg.. the Nan was straight from Aldi or Lidl.. you get my point.. dire, sorry but it was awful 😞

Edited as I can’t seem to reply to your response.

Thank you for a quick reply.. I noticed the open kitchen and was really impressed. I mean no harm to your business… but seriously and sincerely the meal wasn’t good. Perhaps people have different tastes, but a supermarket curry would have been better. Possibly just a bad choice of meal, or the Nan bread didn’t see the oven on this occasion. It was yesterday around 8pm.. it honestly tasted burnt or bitter.. with a strange nutmeg sort of taste.. all...