ROYAL BENGAL — Restaurant in South Cambridgeshire

It's a Friday night and 4 of us went down for a standard meal (poppadoms and a main) which was extremely delightful.

We had heard many a good review but a consistent one bad thing about it.

We've heard curry wasn't hot enough when it comes out separately (most places do this). I can tell you now, ours was bloody boiling, mine even came out in a frying pan, still sizzling. So unsure what these people where talking about.

Two of us had chicken tikka masala with white rice and a plain nann and all of that was pretty much devoured part from a bit of rice from and older person.

A chicken madras with plain nann and pilau rice, he said its the hottest (spice) he's had for a very long time and devoured it all.

I had a lamb gurkha which was very nice, mildly spiced (prefer it that way) with onion rice and garlic nann, I too devoured it all.

Was a lovley quiet night there (7pm) and the staff were excellent, a bit shy, but lovley and professional and we paid on 94 quid for 4 of us all included.

The only reason I put 3 for atmosphere, is because it was quiet and I didn't experience a busy night. But I'm not letting that ruin it and all 4 of us said well...

Nice, easily accessible place with free parking. Nice seats and tables. Friendly folks and reasonable service.

Food, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. It's just average, functional "Indian" food. Portion sizes are on the smaller side although I don't mind it, however, it may not be enough if you're a big eater. Mixed platter was the smallest and the driest I have had a in a while. "Biryani" seemed to be of short grain and its greasy texture reminded me of chippies in town!

Oh, one last thing: any restaurant that puts green tea on the menu would do well to get anything but generic and horrible tasting Tesco -- or even cheaper -- tea bags! Also, green tea doesn't respond well to boiling water; 80-90 °c is where...

Lovely flavours. The staff will try to accommodate all requests . Highly recommended. For ages, my favourites were the Gurkha chicken and Chicken tikka balti, but the Vegetable and Paneer Kasmiri is fantastic. Paired with mushroom rice , Bombay potatoes and a Paneer Shashlik , and a few pints of Kingfisher, and every night here becomes a joy. Genuinely . Great people . Great food . Great beer . A finalist in the recent ‘English Curry Award’ competition and let’s be honest , they should have won….

They’re so friendly and make you feel at home.Honestly they deserve multiple awards for it super child friendly and the food is impeccable .

Ps:The second part and photos...