Indi-Yang — Restaurant in England

My wife and I visited on the 15.8.24 to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. We were taken to our table and served drinks promptly. Drinks weren't overly pricey but we were a little disappointed that the restaurant didn't serve cocktails despite their advertising photos showing a range of them.

We ordered starters of poppadoms, dips, onion bhajis and chicken gyozas. These arrived promptly and we're absolutely delicious. The gyozas were crispy, flavoursome and came with a small salad garnish and a sweet chilli dip, the bhajis were crispy and full of flavour and came with a mint dip, and the poppadoms were light, plentiful with no grease and partnered with mint yoghurt and mango chutney dips.

The mains came out around 10 minutes after our starters had been cleared away. My wife ordered a mix grill with a bhuna sauce and naan bread (slightly disappointed in the lack of flexibility regarding the naan choice - my wife requested a cheese naan but was told there was no changing the garlic/plain option - we wouldn't have even minded a small surcharge to have this changed but this wasn't offered). The meat on the mixed grill was beautiful, the lamb melted in the mouth, the chicken was moist and well spiced, the kofte had some suitable kick, tasted delicious and looked wonderful, the wings were full of meat and again well spiced. The bhuna sauce was the perfect accompaniment to this selection. I ordered the North Indian Fry curry with Lamb and Pilau Rice. This was a really well balanced sauce, again the meat was melt on the mouth and the rice was cooked to perfection. Portion size was spot on and I thoroughly enjoyed every mouthful.

The bill came with gratuities included but it was made very clear that this was voluntary. We were happy to pay this as the staff were attentive, friendly and approachable. Overall, a very good dining experience only slightly let down by the lack of cocktails and lack of flexibility in the options. We would be happy to revisit...

As a local I have always wanted to visit this restaurant and I booked a table. I am sure we will not be going back after our first visit. The food was very disappointing because the rice was come out of the microwave from a packet. The owner came out and re-assured me that the food has no colouring it and all is natural. The owner lied in my face. What comes out of him mouth and what he presented on the table are 2 different things. They charged £7 for a cobra beer. The menus has many food choices you don't know what to order even. Korean, Chinese and Japanese food menue. How can food stay fresh with so many options on the menu. ( We still got indigestion from this restaurant 4h post meal). The poppadom was all small chopped up came out of the packet from the supermarket, not home made as claimed. There was no onion chutney at all and the other chutney came out of jar from supermarket , again not home made. The rice was 4 spoonful charged at £4. The rice is the one comes in the microwave packet. The rice was not pilau rice. They sprinkled a few cumin seeds to portray the authenticity. The deal is the world worst deal I have ever tasted. How can these people don't know to cook a deal?? This place serving you food as if we don't know anything about the food or how food should taste. Other people were blissfully unaware of the food they were eating. Seemingly dissatisfied. This restaurant thrives on the culinary ignorance of others. The bill was over £100 we had enough food to come to this conclusion. The owner is full of himself. He claims to be the head of UK Asia food fusion union whatever claim to fame.

Save your money and buy a pot noodle. At least that will...

We've used Bombay Express several times over the years when we've visited from the Midlands and always had a unique and fabulous experience. When I booked, there is an option to add a message/requests etc...I had booked the table and added the message it was for my husbands birthday, this never got acknowledged. So a waste of time adding a request I thought. Unfortunately this time we both left disappointed for the following reasons.

Firstly, when we asked for 4 poppadoms with the mint yogurt and onion salad. We we're advised we couldn't have 4, and recommended the set poppadom selection off the menu. Really quick for these to arrive, I asked for the mint yogurt and onion salad, I was surprised when I was told these weren't available. This must be the first Indian restaurant where we haven't had them.

Secondly, when we ordered the mains I asked for a chicken tikka, mushroom balti (not a difficult request in my opinion and one I'd had here in the past) the waiter told me the chef couldn't do this and I had to order off the set menu.

Again, the main came out really really quickly, the meal itself was lovely and tasty. I was asked by a couple of members of staff if everything was okay. I expressed my disappointment about the lack of bespokness which we had experienced many times before.

Finally when we had the bill, no hot towels (could be due to covid!) just a couple of mints.

As I've said, the meal was lovely. We don't like the set menu (personal preference) but if others wanted curry's/baltis tweaked to their own taste you won't get it here unfortunately. It was also the quickest meal I've had, in and out in...