Eastern Balti — Restaurant in England

The Eastern Balti is a small takeaway and restaurant serving the Eastern areas of Northampton situated approximately 4 miles from the town itself. The premises were originally opened over a decade ago by established chef Abdul Kadir who had worked for many years within the historical town renowned for the boot and shoe industry which boasted one of the first Indian restaurants outside of London dating back to around 1950, since that time the singular Indian restaurant choice has expanded to around a choice of fifty.

Abdul had originally observed that the Eastern area lacked the amenities of an Indian food outlet and opened the premises as a take away but as popularity grew he expanded the business to encompass a small and intimate restaurant seating around thirty covers. The Eastern Balti makes no claims of multi award or fine dine but serves traditional Indian cuisine at a realistic price in comfortable surroundings plus it supplies take away food in express time delivered to your door or it can be collected from the restaurant itself which has a small but comfortable waiting area should you ever have to wait more than a few minutes for your order.

Eastern Balti is smartly and simply decorated in warm spicy colours on a contemporary theme with simple table decorations boasting crisp cotton napkins. On entering the restaurant Abdul showed us to our table and drinks were offered, the restaurant is licensed and there is a small selection of drinks although the facility of taking your alcohol is offered with just a small surcharge to cover the glasses and ice if required. We had gone on a Wednesday night to take advantage of his banquet which offers starters, mains, side dish rice or roti plus coffee or tea at just £8.95 (seafood dishes fractionally more) which is extremely good value for money and an encouragement to return to the restaurant on other nights or order an express take away. We chose a large platter of Tandoori mixed kebabs between us which consisted of chicken and lamb tikas plus sheek kebabs on a bed of fresh salad, all were delicately spiced and tantalised the palette ready for the main courses which were served after a reasonable break to allow the starters to digest. Myself and my partner chose a rich hot and spicy lamb dish called Sylhety, a medium heat Raj Rani Murgi which is a chicken dish enhanced with lamb mince and Egg which is a meal in itself plus Dhal and Saag Paneer, both sides dishes were as expected and we also ordered a vegetable rice and Pashwari Naan. All dishes were cooked and spiced to a high standard and in no way were a representation of the very minimal price which we paid for the meal which was just over £21 which included soft drinks and a mixer to accompany the feast.

Eastern Balti has become part of the community and last year Mr Kadir lent his restaurant in order to raise funds for the Premature Baby Unit at the local hospital which was highly successful raising just under £1000 for this worthwhile charity and I was privileged to be help with the organisation of the event of which I found Abdul, his staff and family a pleasure to work with, we hope to repeat that success in the first quarter of 2014 when we hope to highlight a Bollywood Dance Duo to entertain in this smart but...

Lamb schaslick, coconut rice,peshwari naan for main and chicken pakora for starters. Portion sizes were not small and mingy but we're very well proportioned. In fact the group of 4 of us were so full we took the rest home as a takeaway. Meat was cooked to perfection especially the lamb. I've been ordering from just eat and eating in the restaurant for over 11yrs and I have never had a problem with food or service. When dining in, the staff are more than attentive and nothing is of bother to them. The owner (chef, is more than happy to suggest what may be of interest or to cook something more appetising for first timers, which is a service other Indian restraunts don't offer). Prices extremely reasonable considering the portion sizes and the amount of meat (which isn't factory glued meat but...

3 hours after eating everyone that had, had food was feeling ill and by 4 hours later sick. A naan bread was missing and instead of sending anouther I was told I would be given an extra one next time, well jokes on me because I obviously won't be ordering from here again. I chose to pay cash and the bill was just over £36.00 but when the delivery driver arrived he said it was actually £38.00 and never gave me the receipt to question him.

And when we called to report the health and safety issue with the reasturant, they called us liar's and said it must be our own fault. Even though this was the only meal we had both had together that day.

They said everything was made fresh and that no one else complained, but if everything was made fresh then no one would have eaten the exact same...