The Royal Bengal — Restaurant in Scotland

We ate in The royal bengal last night (Hogmanay) to give it a try as Indian food is our thing, coming from Glasgow. We were very disappointed, as much as the staff were nice, the starters & main meal was totally rushed, we had no sooner finished our starters & our main meal arrived. I ordered chicken pakora for my starter, which can only be described as chicken dippers as it did not taste like Pakora, and seemed to be done in chip shop batter. My Husband had lamb tikka for his starter & as much as the lamb was tender, it was tasteless & bland. For my main meal I had a chicken tikka balti which seemed to have a bit more flavour etc but just didn’t have that kick/flavour you expect from a curry. My Husband had chicken tikka shashlick which again was flavourless & bland. The nan we ordered was the tastiest thing. For over £61 it certainly was not worth it in comparison to what we can get in Glasgow, we do not mind paying more as long as the food is decent , which it was not. Presentation was nice but I’m afraid we...

This was our first experience. We had read others' reviews and thought we could treat ourselves as we are on holiday. From first greeting to settling the bill this was a genuinely happy choice of restaurant. The service was quick, friendly and helpful to guide us through the extensive menu. The food was excellent and from the animated chatter from other diners (families, friends, colleagues) it very much appeared that they too were happy with their meals and drinks. Finally the cost..we were about 20 pounds per head - starter, main course, naan and a soft drink each...plenty! Certainly lived up to expectations..perhaps even better. The only minor issue being the tables are quite closely packed and if it had been even more busy (it was about 75% capacity) then it might get a little too noisy and less...

We ate here in early May 2009. We had 4 papddums (with rellshes) followed by a main course each and a naan each (there were two of us dining). We shared a rice and had a cobra beer each. This (relatively small) meal came to £35.55 - a good £10 more than I would usually expect to pay. Now for a top-notch curry I would have been happy to hand over the switch card but none of the food was very special,

The mains had that just-out-of-the-jar taste of a low end curry takeaway, not what you'd expect from a curry house charging this amount of money.

The service was poor. The waiters on shift were far more interested in taking the young ladies of Nairn into the back room or discussing their plans for a night out than they were in actually serving us.

We left feeling...