I will give this place a preliminary 5. I had the lamb vindaloo with garlic Naan. The Naan was…read morefreshly made with loads of flavour. Unlike other places I have tried where they pre made the Naan. The Vibdaloo was very spicy and full of flavour. A decent portion of lamb was found within the copious amount of curry. I will return and try all of the fishes they have here as the selection is quite varied. Many of the dishes on the menu are brand new to me. It will be a wonderful exploration of flavour I'm sure. The staff are friendly and service is quick. My take away order was ready within 10 minutes of placing it, though I would allow 15 as the kitchen seems quite busy. I will post more reviews as I visit again...

We are visiting from Los Angeles. This restaurant was near our hotel. Absolutely authentic and…read moredelicious food. Starting with the crispy bread appetizer and dips/spreads, we were enchanted. The lamb Marsala and Tandoori chicken were perfect. It's small and intimate. The staff is quite friendly. I strongly recommend it.

Had several take aways from here since moving in to the area. Lovely food, good value and generous…read moreportions. I had a dansak which was hotter than I'm used to but not unbearable and lots of lovely flavour. I've had chicken bhuna lots of times too. Lovely smooth curry. The chicken is always really nice and tender s obviously freshly cooked. The best curry in the area. Great staff.

This is the best Indian restaurant on this area. I love chicken madras it's so lovely flavour +…read morechicken beryani keep coming back even I leave far far away London. I use to leave near by. Always freshly cook. And the staff are all friendly and I love there poppodom. Best restaurant ever.

Authentic home cooked Pakistani food with great decor and service. Authentic home cooked Pakistani…read morefood with great decor and service. Authentic home cooked Pakistani food with great decor and service. Authentic home cooked Pakistani food with great decor and service. Authentic home cooked Pakistani food with great decor and service.

I have heard a few people describe this place as the best Indian restaurant in Brighton. Whilst I…read moredon't think I've eaten in enough to warrant corroborating that statement, I can say I ate here recently and it was pretty damn good! What I particularly like about Shahi Tandoori is that it is split into two quite separate spaces, one side is the restaurant and one is the takeaway. This is genius! There's nothing more annoying than people wandering through while you're eating to pick up their order, letting a draft in and spoiling the ambiance of the restaurant. Well Shahi has it covered. Food-wise, the side dishes are all great...I particularly like the Bombay Aloo, the Sag Paneer and the Onion Bhajis- delicious! I can also recommend the Vegetable Balti and Chicken Tikka Masala. Since this place is just around the corner, we often pop down to pick up a few side dishes to go with a home-cooked curry and they never look at us funny, despite our paltry order! I like them.

You can never have enough good quality Indian restaurants (so says I), without doubt Shahi Tandoori…read moredeserves to be added to that category. It's located in an odd place at the bottom of Ditchling Rise, because of the location you might never have come this way, I really would recommend it though. 'Shahi' is a little bit cheaper then the more central Indian restaurants (and take aways, they do both). The food is also of a very good quality; I had the rogan josh and passanda, both of which I could eat 7 days a week. The area isn't the nicest, the decor is a little dated, but it's a fantastic place filled with Indian charm (and food).

Food is excellent service brilliant Highly recommended must…read moretry Taste for pakistan is the only place where you can taste the taste of pakistan..

Loved it! Amazing food! We came from America, and this place was highly recommended! We went there…read moreon our second night in UK and blown away from the taste. The big naan was the family fav!

Good food, a little more formal than The Hassain, do not offer a discount night, had some good food…read morethere. Very Busy Fri / Sat evenings, the Lady always gets given a red rose... nice touch Might want to re-think the name though... # ;-)

Poppadoms, garlic chicken, rice, peshwari naan, brinjal bhaji, sag bhaji..it's all very tasty here…read moreindeed. This place gets packed out at weekends, so service can be a bit slow as they seem to be rushed off their feet. One of highlight for me is that ladies get given a red rose when leaving the restaurant. It makes me feel special!

Ok, where shall I start?!…read more After just coming from lunch there, about an hour ago I am still dizzy. The MSG is still affecting me from the chicken. It hit us about 10 minutes in to lunch. My wife and myself watch our diet: we stay away from sugar, wheat, starch, preservatives, except VitC (ascorbic acid), E-numbers and aggressive lectins such as in eg potato. It means that we have great skin, have stable personalities, clear vision, high vitality... all the perks of being exceptionally healthy. Most of the time, if the restaurant we are visiting has a capable team in the kitchen, these factors can be met with incredible ease! If a restaurant (like Joy) does not aspire to making marinades, preparing sauces, cutting fresh veg, then they can hardly be called a restaurant. ...since the art of cooking is essentially why a restaurant even exists! Our experience today showed clearly that these topics overwhelmed the staff considerably. The single one positive was the effort made by the waiter that finally understood what we were talking about. The downside of that was a recommendation for chicken and lamb tikka and vegetable curry that was really lacking any substance of flavour. I didn't dare ask how long the veg had been frozen for! I mean seriously!! Rice flour to make pappadums?! Wheatflour in the sauces!? Sugar in every sauce!? (all explained by the staff after questioning the kitchen!) This is by no means a good standard of food preperation in any way. Any chef that knows what he/she is doing does not cook (main courses) with wheat or sugar period, let alone chemical additives! I really feel that the previous reviews dramatically distort the quality of food and services on offer. Definately a "no-go" if you want well prepared indian food. The one-star is because we liked the water, the clean glasses and warm plates.

The food has always been very good, wide selection to choose from. Its not the cheapest for…read moretakeaways, but we've never been disappointed. Can be a little slow with delivery.

Family run and amazing food! We were visiting Oxford for 3 nights and came here twice for dinner…read more Everything is fresh, made from scratch and with love! It's absolutely worth the trip outside the city center to try this wonderful place. I guarantee you'll feel like you had a culinary hug!

I'm not exactly the biggest fan of spicy food or Indian food, but I was still pleasantly surprised…read morewith the food at this place. I was visiting my brother in Oxford and we decided to come here for a family dinner. I'm used to American portions and seating so by comparison to American standards- the portions are rather small and the seating inside is pretty small- but nonetheless it's still a good place to come for dinner. We had a few different items that we all wanted to try, butter chicken, chicken tikka, both plain and garlic naan and some appetizers. The waiter tried helping us with our order to make it what we were expecting and asked about our spice tolerance as well. This was my first time trying 'poppadum' which was a fun appetizer, I highly suggest trying it if you haven't had it before. The food didn't take too long to come and the flavors were spot on!

This is one of my fav place now a days. The food is really awesome. Best place to try real Indian…read morefood. Great work chef. Well done.!!

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