Cafe India South Shields — Restaurant in South Tyneside

Back to an old favourite first time back since 2017. Greeted by the door by a first class Gentleman first time in a long while since I saw him last. Food cooked to perfection the place lively suggest people come down to Ocean 🌊 road 🛣️ and sample the various restaurants on offer but make Café India your port of call first once you have been here you will always Go back to Café India 🤝🙌👊✊🙌.I would also like to say the Staff at Café India do look after you always asking if everything is ok and if the food is nice. To me the best Indian on Ocean 🌊 road the place had a revamp since we where in last time a few years ago and the place looks absolutely fabulous. So we will be coming back 10 out of 10 service with a smile in a nutshell to all those folks visiting Ocean 🌊 road 🛣️ and wanting to try an Indian restaurant come into Café India you won't be disappointed it's TOP Notch food is to Die for...

I find it hard to believe the 4.7 rating here. We went as a family of four for a celebratory meal having eaten fantastic food along Ocean Road for 40 years. Starters were fine, however the mains were absolutely abysmal. The paratha was hard, and like no paratha we've seen (either in the UK or India). The korma was gritty and the Masala was the worst I've ever had, overly sweet with no spices or flavour and an unpleasant texture. However the worst factor was the staff response. They argued it was fine and asked "Have you had chicken masala before", then argued they wouldn't take it off the bill, before taking less than half the value of the meal off the bill and trying to argue we should be paying for the rice (despite there being nothing to eat with the rice). Overall an incredibly disappointing experience, and a restaurant to avoid...

We'd never came here before, but tonight we'd booked a table at zeera but when we got there we basically had people sitting on our knees and i got overwhelmed so walked out and went to cafe india instead. And I am SO GLAD we did. It was the best curry weve had on on ocean Road, the peshwari naan was so good I could have just eaten it on its own. I didn't see a Sri Lanka on the menu (I might have just missed it) but they made it anyway and it was delicious. The wine was decent priced and honestly the best pickle tray we've had. After trying all the curry houses on ocean Road this is the one we'll be making our regular. The resturant itself is nicely decorated and cosy, the spaces between tables are nice and music volume is perfect 👌 Staff were lovely...