Indivala — Restaurant in England

Disappointing; the food was just poor. On the up side, the portions were huge, so you can eat very cheaply here. The service was very attentive - actually too attentive and eventually scared us off as we just didn't want the waiter standing over us.

The food here is a real mish-mash of cuisines. It's form all over Asia without a hint of focus. As someone who has worked in India, this wouldn't be acceptable there. It's a bit like going back to the '80s when we didn't travel as much and curry houses had the UK version of the real curries. The spices are all dried with the heat coming from the harsh hit of curry powder. The two dishes we had were almost identical with one having a hint more tomato puree than the other despite being described as totally different.

OK - let's get into the details. Papadums were fine, but who doesn't put lime pickle on the chutney tray? That was extra... One of the chutneys had seen better days but all tasted fine. Good start. We were slightly surprised that paneer tikka was on the meat starters and not the vegetarian ones, but were assured that this was correct but no answer to why.... odd (paneer seems to be conspicuous by its absence in the menu as a whole) We went with onion bhajis; they were ok, but very greasy. However, FOUR per portion means this must be one of the best value dishes in Cheshire.

The mains were the main disappointment. We'd ordered two completely different curries but they were almost identical. Quite lacking in taste and the heat came in the harsh bitter form that you get from dried curry powder as opposed to the slowly cooked fresh spices that you'd get from modern curry houses such as K2H in Northwich. The paratha was the size of a pizza but instead of crumbling apart like it should had a consistency closer to a pizza stone. Portion size was, again, large. We left the majority of our mains - we could have taken them with us, but I really didn't want to face it again. ...

Well we have been here lots of times and food has always been first class, however tonight no no no. We asked for a tikka chicken makhani but a bit spicy. The guys told us it’s a mild dish which we know however we always ask for this meal and they always make it spicy at our request and the staff said it would be spicy. We got the meal home and the starters were lovely however when saw the makhani tray it had written on the lid chicken makhani mild !!! We never asked for it mild and never would. We specifically asked for it spicy. The sauce was very sweet with no taste whatsoever. I contacted the shop and they were sorry and said next time they’ll get it right. Not the point. We paid for what we were expecting. My hubby took the meal back to the shop and the staff said it’s meant to be like that. Yes we know that but we asked for it to be a bit spicy and you said it would be. Begrudgingly you offered our money back. We didn’t want our money back and just wanted what we asked for. Anyway thankyou for refunding our meal. We didn’t want you to do that but you honoured it. My hubby told you because of your attitude and the way you dealt with us, despite supporting you through lockdown that we wouldn’t return and would go elsewhere. You said do whatever you want that’s fine. In the last 14 days we spent £72 with you.times that by twelve and that’s what you have lost over the next 12mths from us and I imagine quite a few of our friends. Please don’t forget Tarporley is a very small village and the people who live here are your bread and butter customers. We’ll be going to the Rasoi from now on never to...

I’m surprised at the great reviews that this restaurant gets after my own experience of a takeaway from this place. The lamb was dry and chewy, the rice was the same as the one used for the mushroom rice which had no taste whatsoever, the aloo and bindi came with the exact same tasteless baby food sauce which is not the normal accompaniment. The poppodoms didn’t even arrive with the usual accompaniments, but the naan was alright. Tasteless, not one fresh spice nor rich delicious aroma when it was delivered! What more can I say? I had been warned against patronising this restaurant and I just wish I’d listened. For me, it ended up being a total waste of money; I threw 90% of it away the next day after double checking that I’d not been too hasty! Such a wasted opportunity for this...