Bengal Cottage in Horwich has pretty much taken the Bolton restaurant scene by storm. In the unit…read morewhich was formerly 'The Red Onion' and then 'HaLay', when the signs first went up for Bengal Cottage - opening soon, the residents of Horwich pretty much thought "oh great, another Indian restaurant", but never have we been so happily wrong! Welcome to flavour country, folks. The first thing I must comment on is by far the food. If you've been to an Indian Restaurant in recent years and been underwhelmed, go to this place to have your passion re-ignited! The chef (pictured below) knows his cooking and service, and quite rightly has been voted Curry Chef of the Year 2012-2013! The food quality alone is superb! It's fresh, tasty, and jam packed with flavour! Even though they also Tweet about contenders of their "hottest curry" challenge over on their Twitter, the focus generally with their offerings is definitely on delicious flavours and high quality ingredients rather than trying to blow your head off with spice. Even the simple naan bread pictured above was deliciously fresh and warm. The chef and the other staff are superb when it comes to customer service! Friendly, warm and engaging, they are happy to help you choose what may be to your taste, or what they may recommend. The chef himself is often on the floor speaking to customers and making sure everything is okay. He even came over to our table to personally wish my mother a happy birthday and wish us a pleasant evening, as he remembered that I had booked a few months before to bring my mum to Bengal Cottage for her birthday. About that though, I'd booked a few months ago for "5pm", and was told it was fine, but the restaurant actually opens at 5:30pm, which we didn't know. However, when we went there at 5, although the restaurant wasn't 'open', we were able to enter and sit in a comfy seating area by the bar, until a friendly staff member came over to assess the situation, and even though we would've been happy to go for a wander for half an hour, they were happy to seat us, put the music on, and effectively open up early... just for us! That's service, folks! The venue is small but not cramped, and is modern and stylish in its décor and furnishings. Pleasant Indian music plays in the background, or the flat-screen TV shows big glitzy Bollywood musical numbers, which I loved. The menu is large but not over the top. Each section is clearly explained and displayed, and all terminology is elaborated upon. They also have some amazing offers. We went on a Wednesday night for my mum's birthday, which was 'banquet night' ... 5 courses for £9.99 each! Sorry, let me just repeat that... FIVE COURSES OF FRESH INDIAN CUISINE BY THE CURRY CHEF OF THE YEAR, FOR LESS THAN A TENNER!! Got that? Good! It's easy to miss Bengal Cottage on Horwich's busy Lee Lane high street, especially as both Lee Lane and Winter Hey Lane are packed full of take-aways as it is, so you might see the small outside of the restaurant and mistakenly think it's another take-away, but even though they offer a take-away service, this is no run-of-the-mill Horwich take-away. It's one of the best Indian restaurants I've been to in years, and I highly recommend you visit soon!

We ate here a couple of nights ago. The restaurant was recommended by the local pub and they were…read morespot on. Its a small place we thought was a takeaway at first. But on entering you can see it opens out towards the rear. There were a few tables taken and we ended up at the back which was fine with me. The waiter brought us a couple of drinks and menus and said just give a wave when you want to order. We started with papads and dips which were the usual suspects and fine. Chicken madras was very good but I would have liked it with a few more chilli's but it was a good sized portion with quality chicken. Sharon liked her butter chicken, we shared saag aloo and tarka dhall for sides with a naan bread too. Couple of drinks and the bill hit 35 quid, how bad is that ? I expect to be back here in the future.

Attended here on a Tuesday evening for tea with friends, plenty of tables available - not always a…read morebad sign! We were immediately greeted by the friendly waiters and offered a drink. We ordered 3 diet cokes which unfortunately were served warm and flat! Foodwise, a little unusual that they don't offer a set menu option like most indian restaurants in the area! Food was served in a timely manner, presented well and very tasty. For poppadoms, starter and a main with 2 drinks it came to around £20 each which is more than reasonable. Overall, this is a nice little restaurant - only downside is limited parking outside! Nice booths ideal for larger groups - I will no doubt be returning in the near future!

I have walked pass this restaurants many times, and it's warm bustling atmosphere has gotten me…read morecurious - it was always packed. Now I know why! The portions are humongous, service is quick and friendly and I can't remember any other time I wanted to lick fingers after having a meal!! I will definitely be back! One small drawback - you can't make reservation online, but don't let it stop you, the meal is definitely worth the effort

I have wanted to go to Elif since it opened as it smells so darn good!! You can smell it a few…read morestreets away and it always smells so delicious!! Last night I finally went there with a friend. We went in on a Saturday night on the off chance there was a free table. The restaurant was obviously busy but they accommodated us. We were shown to our table, presented with menus and our drinks order was taken. We both ordered a Karisik, which has a mixture of chicken, lamb chops, Sis and Adana. When it arrived it looked amazing. It also came with some bread and a side salad which was delicious in itself. The meat was cooked to perfection and every mouthful was amazing. Even the rice was perfectly cooked and delicious. The toilets are small. The ladies toilet is a single disabled toilet and the men's toilet is a single toilet. The toilet was clean, tidy, and had a variety of toiletries to use. The only negative thing I can say is that the waiter didn't come over after our meals were served to check that everything was OK, but the restaurant was full to capacity so we can forgive that. This was the nicest kebab type dish I have ever had and the best restaurant I have been to in a long time. I will definitely be going back.

Formerly known as Ayesha, the restaurant was refurbished and reopened under its new name…read more The focus however for those who frequented the previous restaurant remains on serving quality food and offering good value for money. The restaurant does have more of a family feel to it. The food is good, although I'd be lying if I told you it was out of this world. In all honesty I have had better, but decent it is. The lamb chat kora comes highly recommended by staff at under £9, it's worth a gander. Personally..I'd go for the tandoori chicken uri though as something a little bit different. At the same price the dish consists of seasonal Bangladeshi green beans, barbecued chicken and coriander. If not a great option a decent one instead!!!

My wife & I (we are from Sydney) stayed with a friend in Liverpool, and she mentioned that she…read moreenjoyed the food at Khalisa Restaurant in Childwall. We decided to visit this restaurant and we were very pleased with our visit. The ambience was pleasant, the staff were helpful & polite, it is a fully licensed restaurant so there wasn't any problem with our drinks. Once the Manager (owner??) found out how much I liked Indian / Bangladeshi food, and that I liked the curries to be 'genuine' curries, not produced for a European palate, he made sure that the food had the taste of Bangladesh. Each dish was just right - my wife's and our friend's dishes were less spicy, but just as tasty. It is a shame that only infrequent visits to Liverpool will allow us to try this restaurant more often.

On arrival we were greeted by what was a very impressive looking feature wall and no customers at…read more6:15pm on a Friday night ? A sign of things to come : not that much Seated in a small window booth overlooking the beautiful view of wilko. There is a menu online and it shows one price then another on the actual menu in the venue. They were off by a few pounds ! Anyway staff seemed relatively attentive when they weren't busy cleaning cutlery that had already been clean or pacing the laminate. The style of service felt to me that this was a relatively new venture as they had a cloud of staff appear throughout us eating to ask the usual questions ( is everything ok etc) . Just pick one serving staff and stick to your table The menu showed us a Friday and Saturday night set meal so we opted for that considering the price would have been higher ordering normally Starters of falafel and hummus was very nice and the bread was excellent ! But when it came to the main for the price you pay 1) you expect a sauce nf not to have to pay and extra £5 for two sauces. 2) it not to be thrown on the plate with rice all under the edge of the plate 3) it be on a HOT plate - basics really and finally 4) the food to be served together so when we ordered our mains and they arrived. Unbeknown to us we got a small side salad with BBQ onions but these were served about 6/7 minutes after our meals had arrived The meat and rice were nice but the Adana pictured was very greasy and felt like needed longer cooking All in all I rate this place as a 2.5 Points ; Price to high Cold plates Need a consensus of who serves who! Will possibly return but will bide my time !

Booked at half 8 and only received the mains at half 10…read more The food was dry and cold. The rice looked like packet uncle bens rice and for £15 really wasn't that good value for money. When we complained the owner became argumentative about his positive reviews??? Work that one out. The majority of the staff were nice enough however one waiter did not have a clue about diet coke and normal coke. We were given 10% off the bill which was a nice gesture however doesn't stop me giving my review I won't be going back and I recommend other alternatives. Not a good start Yasmin

On walking into this Indian restaurant I was amazed at the presentation, modern deco and elegant…read morestyle to the whole restaurant. The service was excellent and the all round feel to the restaurant is up-beat and welcoming. The menu was typical of Indian cuisine but I would highly recommend the special dishes giving you a quad dish of four taster dishes. The food was very tasty and surprisingly well priced. The only negatives that I must mention is that the chips (if you chose an this option for a side dish) are you poor deep-fried quality you would expect from a street takeaway not a restaurant. All in all a great evening at a good price (typically £6-10 per dish)

Best lamb vindaloo I've had in ages. Attentive service. Smells wonderful and the menu is reasonably…read morepriced. A terrific place for a curry!

THE best curry house in the city, as far as I'm concerned. In a prime location for students (just…read moredown the hill from Liverpool and JMU guilds) and with bloody decent prices, you can't complain! Ok, when you get inside it may look a little dicey, as the decor hasn't been touched up for quite a while and it's mainly filled with booths with the curtains drawn across. But that adds to its charm once you get used to it, and is especially handy if you're on a date. Once you're sat at your table (there are also some banquet tables for larger groups), you're given a fairly standard Indian menu, with the usual 'foreign' beer choices like Cobra etc. Don't do what my friend did, and say that because he was starving he wanted 10 poppadoms with all the trimmings before the mains arrived. We struggled to get through them, and then he insisted that they bring the curries out straight away, as he didn't want them to go cold or be sat on a hot plate. This of course meant that I couldn't finish half of my curry and could barely look at the beautiful peshwari naan. I've never had a dessert in an Indian restaurant, because the food just fills me up so much. I remember another time in the UnI when I was in a fairly bad state due to alcohol consumption and actually had a debate with myself as to whether I should go and make myself sick so I could eat the food that I hadn't touched, due to aforementioned alcohol. I know most people say a curry is a curry, but these are damn good and worth being sick for!! Another time my idiot friends decided to order fahls, which are apparently the hottest curries in the world. Being a strict korma fan, I watched in amazement as they sweated their way through. I mean, what is the point? Surely they couldn't taste anything beyond their tastebuds shrivelling and dying? Anyway, I digress. The UnI is fab fab FAB for curry and is affordable and quite quirky. I wished I remembered to go there more often, instead of always ending up in Shiraz!

We went there to use a groupon voucher. Overall, it was a nice experience, good value for money…read moreusing the voucher. Feta cheese and spinach parcels were amazing!! The main dish (I had ottoman chicken) was really nice too. The service is very friendly. I have to mention that the tables were very sticky. So sticky the waiter had a trouble of removing paper menu from the table!

This place is super stylish and full of atmosphere!…read more Al la Turka is a very lively restaurant I would defiantly recommend this for a night out with friends! Al la Turka is a Turkish & Mediterranean restaurant there is lots to choose from, Turkish mixed grill(s), kebabs (posh ones), seafood dishes, risottos/rice dishes and much more. Your totally spoilt for choice. Your spoilt for choice with drinks too, they have a wide selection of ales, lagers, wines, champagnes and cocktails. They have two bars a main one in the restaurant and one on the third floor which they call the "loft" which is nice to depart to once you've finished your meal - they also have a terrist which would have been nice if the weather was more pleasant but hey this is England and it's a bank holiday weekend - the weathers not going to be nice..... But it's an excuse to go back when it's a little warmer to try that terrist out. So we were sat at our table pretty promptly however we had been there a while and several assistants had failed to offer us the menu and drinks (but they were very busy) in the end we had to ask. They also missed a friends meal off the order and they didn't realise until they brought ours out but one, the meal was delayed for quite sometime - would have been better to delay all of our meals so we could eat together (however we understand this is just a mistake, things happen) Despite the wait the food was worth it and so were the drinks! It was Delicious, I had humous to start and the scallop risotto for main - oh so creeeeeammmmy, it was my first time having scallops and oh my god, why have I not had these before? I love them! My partner had the Turkish mixed grill it was really nice and the presentation was very good. It was not disappointing. Despite the hitch in service we were very well entertained throughout the night the music is very good, the atmosphere is brilliant, we had a group dance with a belly dancer who attempted to show us a thing or too but when you've no stomach muscles or rhythm in site this proved quite a work out - Hilarious as you can imagine, it was light hearted and good fun ! I am rating this place as a 4star purely due to the service it could be better overall great place. TIPS ----- - certificate of excellence by trip advisor - - Stockton Heath is a really nice part of Warrington there are some great bars & restaurants - - I would recommend booking weeks in advance as we struggled to get a table that was booking 4 weeks in advance, clearly a popular place -