The Bombay Stourbridge — Restaurant in Dudley

This was my first experience of a proper curry (ashamed, because I’m nearly 30) but due to allergies and past experience going wrong I have avoided curry houses.

It was brilliant! Me and my partner sat down and were greeted kindly, showed to our table straight away and offered popadoms and drinks order taken instantly. After our popadoms we were asked to move tables as a large group came in and we were a table of two sat between to large empty tables.

No problem at all! We were actually moved to a better table and given a free round of drinks for the disruption. We would’ve happily have moved without the free round of drinks as we understand hospitality can be hard work and unexpected things happen all the time.

We ordered the garlic mushrooms and chicken shashlick to start and it was SO tasty. Fast service. Tasted fresh. Presentation was great.

Our mains came out promptly, we had the lamb bhuna and Bombay garlic chilli chicken. I asked the lady who served us, what the spice was like - she told me it comes in two varieties (I chose the hotter less sweet version) and it was beautiful. Hot naan bread which was cooked beautifully.

We were treated perfectly. After our courses, they brought out free Khufi and a shot of baileys and then offered fudge and toffee too.

It was a feast for the senses and amazingly kind and attentive staff. I am really looking forward to eating there again!

The only reason I’m putting 4* for atmosphere is because we had a really rude and loud table next to us who I think treated the staff poorly. And I didn’t like that. Not at all the restaurants fault! But it put us a bit on edge and the table the other side agreed.

Like I said - not at all the restaurants fault! But because if the close proximity of tables it’s hard to avoid the energy coming off...

The hidden gem of Stourbridge. Just visiting the Midlands for the weekend, for a visit to West Midlands Safari Park, and was looking for somewhere to eat before returning to our hotel. Stumbled on this Indian reastaruant from a search on Google maps and was drawn to it for the name. Then looked at the number of reviews and saw that it was a top rated restaraunt (4.6 stars from 1043 reviews at the time). Decided to make an impromptu visit and was not disappointed!

Nice staff, nice atmosphere and had a constant flow of new diners/ delivery drivers throughout our meal. (We arrived soon after it opened for the evening, and from the number of visitors we felt confident in our choice of resatarunt).

The food was extremely tasty, we opted for the mixed starter, poppadoms, chicken tikka masala and chicken tikka biryani. The poppadoms were top notch as were the accompanying dips. The starter came with the chef's signature salad which was really good, fresh with just the right amount of spice. The mains were really good, slightly smaller portions than our normal Indian restaraunt but the quality made up for it.

Had little to no wait times between our food and drink orders too which is always a positive.

To top it off at the end of our meal we received a complimentary small ice cream each, shot of baileys, piece of fudge and liquorice toffee. We left feeling happy and comfortably full.

Would recommend and if we're ever back in Stourbridge we'll be...

Overcharged by £9.00 for a meal we had ordered for collection. When queried about the bill, the staff told us that they had new prices. Well, if you dont update the website with your new prices then you are essentially misleading customers, and should really have the humility to apologise and charge the amount that was stated, not stand firm and refuse to admit your mistake, irregardless of your recent price hikes. One meal in particular had shot up in price by £6!! I should really have stood by ground, but in a busy, intimate restaurant where others are enjoying their meal you tend to feel forced to leave them to get on with it, to an extent. Food itseld was not bad, but not great. The meal I ordered was nothing like what I would usually get when ordering from the balti houses I normally go to - far, far too much coconut puree and no edge or any of the rich authenticity which I am normally used to. There were some nice touches, particularly in terms of presentation, especially for a takeaway, but for me its trying too hard to be avant garde/fusion, when I would prefer traditional, classic Indian balti. I suppose they reckon they can charge more if its appears fancier, but I'd argue they're missing the point of what a curry house really does. If you like korma, butter chicken or chicken tikka masala and dont mind paying over the top prices then you'd probably love Bombay Pickles; but proper curry lovers -...