Flavours Of India — Restaurant in Hastings

This was our first visit to Flavours of India. We booked via telephone using buyagift voucher as I was treating my partner for his birthday. The owner lamented his financial difficulties to us when I presented my voucher, saying that buyagift took too much commission and he proceeded to try and convince me not to use the voucher value but instead to deduct what I paid for the voucher off our bill!! This would have meant that I would be paying for items on the bill that should have been included in the voucher! At one point there was shouting and swearing coming from the kitchen as well, the owner left our table quickly and the atmosphere after that was just awful. The food was delicious which was one consolation however I felt uncomfortable and tense and bad for my partner that his birthday experience had been tainted. At the end of our meal we were brought a bill without our voucher deducted and I had to ask a waiter to redo our bill. We were charged for part of our bill that should have been included in our voucher but at this point I didn’t want to make a further fuss and spoil what otherwise was a tasty meal. Sadly, we won’t be returning to this restaurant because of the owner’s greed, dishonesty and lack of hospitality and hosting skills. We were fully entitled to use our voucher and should have been made to feel welcome, comfortable and treated with respect and courtesy, sadly we had a negative and uncomfortable experience. Very...

We have all as a family used flavours for many years we also had recommended this Indian to friends so all in all we have all spent a kings ransom here. We were extremely regular users of not only eating in but take away too. We are creatures of habit and order the same every time so know the prices off by heart. Sadly this time after checking my bank receipt online as didn’t really hear what the man had said when he took my order realised that it was £8 more this time than 2 weeks previous !!! Not to mention sadly the food quality has gone down hill rapidly the onion bahjis that we ordered were refried so much they disintegrated when we tried to bite them. The chicken jalfrezi was bland we are bitterly disappointed 😞. We won’t be...

I came here because it was recommended and it wasn't bad. I had a chilli chicken marsala and saffron pilaf rice. The rice was excellent, moist, with the very faintest flavour of saffron and cloves. The main dish was fiery, as promised, with lots of green chillies. These were insanely hot which rather overpowered the other flavours in the dish, but overall it was very nice. The staff were great, helpful and polite. The restaurant is a little out of the way but seemed very popular with locals, including some Morris dancers, hungry from participating in the Jack in the...