Royal Raj Winterbourne — Restaurant in England

Recently moved to Winterbourne with my partner and with everything going on, we wanted to have a treat and have driven past the Royal Raj numerous times. We rang to place an order for collection, the gentleman taking the phone call was incredibly friendly and polite, read the order back to me, and told me it would be 25 minutes. I drove down to pick it up and was greeted with a warm welcome by two guys, and had a bit of a chat with one of them whilst I was paying, and the other staff member went to get my food. I was sent off with a friendly goodbye and 'enjoy your meal'. Upon getting home, the food was still piping hot, everything was correct, and the portion sizes were great. My partner had the Lamb Saag which was cooked incredibly well. The lamb was melt in the mouth, and the flavour profile was excellent. I tried the Sundor Bon, which was absolutely incredible (this will easily be my go to dish from now on). The mixture of mince, with the chicken, tomatoes, and rich, medium sauce was excellent. Mopped up well with a peshwari naan (will be trying the Keema next time) that was soft, warm, and just the perfect sweetness.

Overall I highly recommend the Royal Raj and will be a regular customer for years to come. Keep up...

Visited on Wednesday 6/10 for the first time with my colleague...came highly recommended. We are both from the Birmingham area so I thought it will be good..

I had Prawn Puri and Lamb Channa with vegetable rice. The consistency and sauce was the same for each dish..tasteless - Apart from the burnt garlic taste in the channa! Vegetables in rice were very small and again tasteless.

We weren't once asked how our meals were. However, it was clear they 'favoured' the 'regulars'..

The following morning I had a 'jippy tummy' which has never happened to me before.

I think the speed the food came there was no way it was 'cooked from fresh'.

My honest opinion; Yes, it's in a lovely part of south Gloucestershire, 'a long way from anywhere' for a decent night out. Know I shouldn't generalise but it's likely some of the locals may be limited in their expectations of what I consider to be excellent food.

However I am spoilt as my partner is an excellent cook with 650+ cook books and can genuinely cook anything he puts his hand to!

I usually leave a tip, but not this time.

Would I 'go again' or recommend? A...

We visited here last night for my dad's birthday we were a party of 7, 5 adults and two children. I want to start by saying the food was absolutely amazing we have zero complaints about the food as it really was delicious. The service however was to be desired, some of the staff were very abrupt and bordering rude. The guy came to the table to take our order litrally 10 min after us arriving we had barely had time to look at the menu, he was quite abrupt and rude about the fact that we weren't ready to order and proceeded to stand at the end of the table waiting for us. When the food came out the dished were almost thrown at us and the names of the dishes shouted at us. When it came time to ask for the bill which was a considerable amount we were told quiet abruptly that it didn't include a service charge. We did tip and to be honest it was more of a tip than they deserved as the service was awful. When the guy came to get tip he opened it up at the table, tutted and walked away. It's such a shame because the food was really lovely but the service was to be desired. I'm not sure we will be back...