Curry Cottage Indian — Restaurant in East Devon

Decided to visit this restaurant last night as had seen many very positive reviews. My partner got a chicken and lamb Bhuna which he said was very good. However for a night out it was very disappointing as they do not sell alcohol. Having a drink with a curry is all part of dining out experience for us. Additionally, looking at the alcohol free drinks menu I was going to resort to ordering a sparkling water but this was more expensive than the fizzy drinks and the alcohol free beer! so not ideal. I wanted a vegetarian meal and the choice here was minimal when I asked the waiter he suggested I select a side dish as my main - not ideal. I ordered the vegetable curry which had a hot option but what I received was not at all hot - not a chilli in sight. This was partly my fault as I didn't emphasise what I wanted but equally the waiter never asked for clarification. On a positive note the onion Bhaji were delicious. I won't eat in this restaurant again next time it will be an order from their...

We have been using this place since it opened, but saddly it has gone downhill, largely due to a lazy attitude of cooking as much as possible in advance and re-heating to order. Last night we had one chicken and one lamb tika, usually cooked to order in a tandoori oven. Both dishes were clearly pre-cooked and refrigerated, then reheated in a frying pan (?) resulting in tough, over-cooked meat that was coated in oil, all on a bed of soggy limp onion slices. To cap it all, they haggled over the discount (15% when collected) and tried to charge for mint sauce, after telling me on the phone 'tika comes with.' £30 I will never get back; sorry guys, but we have to work very hard for our money these days, and cannot afford to waste it on hugely disapointing meals like this. We eat indian once a week bit will not be...

Having been a frequent customer of Indian Ocean previously we thought we would try Curry Cottage.

The food was great. Nice amount of meat and it was good quality pieces. Nice tasting sauce. Glad to see they’ve gone with the white mint sauce and skinny chips now like days of old. Overall very happy with the food. And 15% off too.

Only issue we had was one of our main dishes wasn’t in the bag on delivery. We called up to explain it was missing, and instead of being apologised to, the first thing they said was, you didn’t order it, you didn’t pay for it, both of which were wrong. That was disappointing. However. The big boss man decided to drive the dish to us himself and apologise which was a top class response so can’t...