Dawat Diplus- Indian Restaurant — Restaurant in Great Britain

We walked in for dinner around 7pm on a Friday based on good reviews and the restaurant was completely empty. That said, a large group of young men came in after we'd ordered.

Service was fine, but after enjoying our poppadoms the experience left a lot to be desired.

The butter chicken was quite sweet and coconutty, more like a korma. It was also swimming in sauce as you can see in the picture.

The half chicken tandoori looked like a showstopper when it came out of the kitchen, but was dry and flavourless.

The chicken jalfrezi was far too spicy (I love spice).

It seems like this restaurant has been a local favourite in the past, maybe we picked the wrong menu items but this didn't seem like authentic curry and we won't be returning...

What has happened to my favourite Indian restaurant? Ray the boss has gone and so it seems have a lot of other things. The portion sizes are smaller, the menu has shrunk to the basics, the spice has almost disappeared from the curries. I ordered a Jalfrezi tonight which is usually medium hot but this one was just mild and bland. The rice was only half a portion in the tub. If it was just one of us that felt that things had gone downhill then maybe fair enough but all of 3 of us who ordered were very disappointed to say the least. I won’t be returning and I’m sad about that as I like supporting local businesses but this Indian has lost its way big time. Time for a...

Amazing food. We actually ate here yesterday, the food was so good we had it again the day after. Takeaway both times, but the food was really nice. Very consistent.

The madras is genuinely hot. I like hot and it was warm for me!

The staff are really lovely too. You can tell the place was established in the 70s, as the experience really shines through in the food quality and customer service 👍

I genuinely think you will struggle to find a better Indian in the area. I have tried many others, but it would be extremely difficult to beat the...