The New Rose — Restaurant in Guildford

It's Expensive but different. I paid about £10 more than my local takeaway average for the same dishes - a starter, two main dishes, one rice and two breads (naan and chapati). Had I known the price would have been this high, for a collection order, I would not have ordered.

That said, the food was not the traditional Indian restaurant fare with the typical base gravy. The usual British Indian restaurant base gravy was replaced with a more traditional curry gravy that would have been brilliant had it not been too salty for me.

The lamb kebab starter was however very good and, again, very different: flat pieces of lamb marinaded in a not too salty curry paste.

The salad was also fresh and contained a range of salad leaves adding different colour and texture.

I have no doubt that the quality of ingredients used here, and especially the meat, is well above the local norm.

Despite the high price, the fact that I ordered takeaway and collected, there were no complimentary poppadoms. I should have checked but at these prices I really would have expected at least one complimentary poppadom.

My biggest criticism is that my main dish was too salty for me to the extent I couldn't really enjoy the flavours that seemed to be lurking underneath. This is subjective but less salt and more chilli would have turned the experience around.

Very interesting and very different, including really good wholemeal flour use in the chapati. The lamb was unusually tender and, I think, of a superior quality to that served by the majority of Indian/Bangladeshi restaurants. The fairly high price, lack of added value for a takeaway and too much salt for me in the main meal means I probably won't...

I’ve been a customer for 10+ years and have loved this place eat in or takeaway. Tonight however, it didn’t go so perfectly as usual.To begin with, I was being quite a difficult customer, challenging them to a spicy, but creamy curry I hadn’t had before. I was recommended an extra hot Murgh Makhoni.

However the food when it arrived was the wrong order! Then after calling, it was confirmed it was a mix up. They picked up the wrong order curry and I patiently waited for mine. However another 45 minutes went by. So I called back to confirm I wanted to cancel for a refund as I was worried the food would be cold. They reassured me another was being made fresh as we spoke, as my original was sent quite far, and would definitely have been too cold.

And Boy, when it turned up was it fresh! It was piping hot, and made to perfection. It was honestly the BEST curry I’ve ever had. Naan bread was perfect, the Murgh Makhoni extra hot was unbelievable. The Red Rose team pulled it out the bag tonight in the face of adversity. Great job guys and...

Two friends and I recently visited The New Rose for the first time since it reopened. Immediately struck by the much improved appearance in side the restaurant. Sadly we were one of two parties that earl in the evening so there was very little atmosphere, but the staff compensated with their friendly and attentive welcome. When re reviewed the new menu we were surprised at the high number of choices, including lots of dishes we had never heard of. On arrival the food was beautifully presented and tasted even better. I had chosen a side dish of baby. Aubergines. When visited India several years ago I fell in love with the way these were cooked, but have never found anything to match back in this country. With my first mouth full of this restaurants fleeing I knew I had found the genuine artical. We all agreed this is now our new favourite Indian...