Bayleaf Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in England

My go-to for Indian takeaway, never had a bad experience. If anything they have a tendency to deliver earlier than expected, in my experiences. The bhajis are massive and the saag based starters are very good. There's a vegetable dish called Chuka Sabji Daal, which is delicious and I almost always have. They also do delicious paneer tikka as a starter or main, as a starter it's great, as a main doesn't really work so well for me because there's no sauce and gets a bit dry, if I could request anything it would be that this is turned into a paneer tikka masala. They could also do more of the existing sauce based dishes as a vegetarian option for variety, but what they do have for veggies is delicious, and ordering a saag starter, tikka paneer, one main and rice I still end up freezing half for another day. PS yes, if you're collecting, the postcode takes you to the wrong place, check the map first, that's not the restaurant's fault, in fact the first time I ordered to collect, they actually tried to phone to offer delivery as they were out near me anyway. As for the review that complained they don't include cutlery, it's not a fast food restaurant, you provide your own crockery and cutlery for a takeaway and I'd be annoyed if I found single use disposables with...

Order: 1 Lamb Tikka Biryani and 1 Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi for delivery.

Lamb Tikka Biryani - The Rice was actually a "Pulao" and not Biryani as claimed. I was expecting some char flavor in the Lamb Tikka (as it ought to be cooked in a tandoor but I think it was grilled on normal flame. To my surprise, there was no coating of yogurt on the lamb (which actually is a base of any tikka dish)

Chicken Tikka Jalfrezi: Even though claimed as "hot" dish, it was awfully bland. The veggies accompanying the dish were not thoroughly char-grilled and I could smell the rawness of those veggies, specially capsicum. The same was the case with Chicken which was not thoroughly grilled (it was hard to chew, not succulent at all) and again yogurt coating was missing.

The only saving grace was the veggie gravy accompanying the Biryani which was just okay.

Yes, I understand that dishes might be tweaked to cater to a certain platter; however, I would suggest to call that out (contemporary just does not make that cut / give that impression).

Overall, based on what was delivered to me, I would not recommend this place for the food.

PS: I'm an expat from the region these dishes are predominantly from so well versed with how these are made; not an...

Have been a customer here for years and normally recommend this place to friends due to the food being of good taste and quality. However we have noticed a gradual reduction in quantity over the past months and whilst we somewhat accepted this it was at its worst today. Amongst other items, we purchased a lamb vindaloo that actually had seven tiny pieces of meat and just floating in sauce, and a Sag Aloo that was only potatoes with a negligible amount of spinach. I telephoned the restaurant immediately and after speaking to one person, was passed on to the manager. After discussing the above with the manager, his reply was "we are cutting down and now only putting seven pieces of meat per container and he didn't know what happened to the Sag Aloo". His entire attitude was unexpected and even though I said that we were effectively paying a lot of money for curry sauce and potatoes, which is liable to end our custom, he was like 'ok' with no consideration whatsoever. Sadly after many years being a loyal customer, we will no longer be visiting or recommending this...