Bristol Raj (Naan & Co) — Restaurant in Bristol

The Bristol Raj has now re-opened. This was our first visit after the easing of lockdown but we have been many times before. Firstly, they have deep cleaned and have removed the table cloths so they can wipe down between customers. They wear face masks when serving you and have a visitor book running as required by the policy. The restaurant was sadly empty and needs your support.

The food. Sorry to hear previous poster had a bad experience. Honestly, apart from Nutmeg in Clifton, which is significantly more expensive, we find Bristol Raj to be the most consistent and flavoursome. You just need to find your favourites and then you're in curry heaven!

We had the Raj Murgh. Yes, it didn't quite meet the description and was sweet, but was full of large pieces of marinated chicken beast and had a tamarind based sauce with fenugreek finish. It has mango chutney in to thicken, not MSG, and tasted lovely. It was mild, not the 2 chilli rating, but they can easily fix that.

The best for me is the King Prawn Chilli Chingra Murg (I think it's called that). Large succulent prawns, beautiful sauce laden with finger chilli, it's like a chilli minefield! My fave yet.

Drinks. They have Kingisher on tap and also have bottles of other drinks. They are also fine with you bringing your own!

In summary, we think the Bristol Raj is far better than others locally. It's a very basic venue but the prices reflect that. You'll get very good quality food and a...

I'm really not a fussy eater, but given that the order came to a total of £31, we expected the food to atleast seem fresh (even if not), hot, returant standard quality & packaged semi-neatly.... we wont be buying from here again, here's why:

Tandoori selection did not look half as fresh as the image on the app & the texure was dry as if it was over cooked or reheated. Also, a good handcul of onions covering the top, to the point we had to remove the onions to know what it was.

chips were soaked in oil and cold.

salad came in a small white plastic bag with the handles tied (a small version of the kind of carrier bags you'd collect food in from a takeaway); and only included one single, quarter slice of tomato, 1 slice of cucumber, quarter lemon and plenty of grated iceberg lettuce.......

the curry sauce tasted watered down and could clearly see a layer of oil - too much oil, again!

Chicken Biryani rice texture was like value supermarket rice... I assume it was probably reheated, and perhaps why the texture seemed so cheap...

This was our first visit, i wasn't sure what to expect but from the get go it was a very welcoming experience and the service was super attentive. Its a family run business and you can feel it in the atmosphere and the care for the customer and the food. We had the papadoms which were served with very generous servings of sweet chutney, a soothing mint and corriander sauce and some fresh raw onions, tomatoes and cucumber. Then for mains we had the vegetable korma and tikka chicken masala which were both good portion sizes and very flavourful. For me personally i thought the chicken tikka was a bit too sweet, and would be paired better with something salty, unlike our pairing of peshwari naan wich was also sweet but delicious. I think the garlic naan would have been a better option. Other than that its very very nice and i highly recommended if you feel like being taken care...