As part of our ongoing Curry Tour, we visited the Delhi Lounge in Sundon Park, Luton, but wish we hadn’t! There are not enough words in the English language to describe how bad the food was at this restaurant, but awful, terrible, nasty, vile, rank, dire, dreadful, horrible seem fairly appropriate! The restaurant presents fairly well and appears relatively smart from the outside. Inside however was cold and we had an electric heater plugged into a scorched plug socket next to our table. There were no other customers in the restaurant at all – we should have taken this as a big warning sign. We ordered a couple of poppadums whilst we started to look through the sticky menu and these arrived almost instantaneously. I wish that they had disappeared as quickly as the poppadums were stale and chewy. They’d certainly been hanging around for a while! The ‘pickles’ were as equally disappointing. At this point I suggested that we pay and leave, but was persuaded to stay to see if things improved (Spoiler Alert: They didn’t!) We went for the ‘Banquet Night Special’ which states in the menu that it includes: Starter, Main, Side, Naan and Rice for £18.95. We started to order and were told on various menu choices we made that ‘those dishes were extra’. The choice on the so-called Banquet was actually pretty limited, especially compared to other restaurants in the locality offering full menus as options. When asked whether or not the Onion Bhajis were made at the restaurant, the waiter assured me that they were made in the kitchen. I didn’t catch his name, but let’s call him Pinocchio. It was very apparent that both the Bhajis and Samosas were bought in frozen and refried. I’m pretty sure I have seen bags of these at C*stco. They were bland, tasteless pap. The salad also on the plate was somewhat ‘limp’. Mains arrived… …we really should have just paid then and gone to the Subway next door. Everything was just absolutely terrible. The vegetable Dhansak had no lentils in it, despite being a lentil-based dish! The other chicken main (which we paid extra for as it was ‘not included’) consisted of curried Bisto and 5 small pieces of cheap chewy chicken. Even the small amount of chicken in it was left as it was so bad. The Sweetcorn Bhaji side was a tinned sweetcorn with a bit of onion mixed in. The Bombay Aloo was so greasy it was inedible. On a small positive note, the plain pilau was OK, but how can you get plain rice wrong? Naan breads were probably the nicest bit of the main course, but the rest was so bad you just didn’t want to eat any of it. If this was a French restaurant, it would be described as ‘merde’ The comedy moment was when the waiter asked if everything was OK… …he was like a rabbit in the headlights when we told him that it was actually terrible and probably the worst Indian food we’d ever had. His response was that other customers like it. I think Pinocchio didn’t realise that the other 2 Indian restaurants close by (which we have also visited) actually HAD customers. Now we know why! The highlight of the entire meal was the After Eight mint that came with the bill. Drinks were exorbitantly expensive too – a diet coke and a bottle of Cobra was over £10. We both believe that this is probably the worst Indian Restaurant that we have visited throughout Bedfordshire. Avoid at all costs. Eating your own earwax would be more enjoyable.
Dan Cooper-Thomlinson
Ordered a takeaway from Just Eat. Onion Bahji missing, mixed grill was cold, rubbery and tasted awe full (clearly past its best). To top it off, I found wire in my Lamb Dansak. Reported to Just Eat, who took nearly a week to respond to be told there was nothing they could do. DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE - exceptionally poor food hygiene standards! Will report to EHO.
Sharmin Lindemann
Delivery came on time and the food tasted amazing I will be ordering
Moniruzzaman Rahat
"Food was average.Delivery driver was so rude .Could the restaurant owner came to deliver this food .Misbehaving with me .Made me wait for food then when i came was being so rude that he got so many order to deliver this and that.Why he take so many order at the same time as i paid for my delivery.If the owner is like that how he gonna run restaurant like that.Don't have minimum respect for customer.Never gonna order from them againNever recommended
Manuj Bansal
My worst take out ever - "They call themselves Delhi Lounge, unfortunately the taste of the food was a billion miles away from Delhi. How can I tell you this?Because I'm from Delhi !!Ordered very first time from this place and the food we found was extremely hopeless !! It's some Bangladeshi folks trying to fake and mint on the glory of great Indian taste and that too from the very capital - Delhi! I ordered several things just for dinner, amounting my total bill over £45 for three of us!Guess what- All the food went to the Bin !! I wouldn't recommend this to my enemy too !! It's better to sleep hungry than having a take out from here!! My sincere request to the owner-please change the name of your outlet to Dhaka Lounge or best "Dhoka Lounge" !!!"
Manuj B
My worst experience ever!! "They call themselves Delhi Lounge, unfortunately the taste of the food was a billion miles away from Delhi. How can I tell you this? Because I'm from Delhi !! Ordered very first time from this place and the food we found was extremely hopeless !! It's some Bangladeshi folks trying to fake and mint on the glory of great Indian taste and that too from the very capital - Delhi! I ordered several things just for dinner, amounting my total bill over £45 for three of us! Guess what- All the food went to the Bin !! I wouldn't recommend this to my enemy too !! It's better to sleep hungry than having a take out from here!! My sincere request to the owner-please change the name of your outlet to Dhaka Lounge or best "Dhoka Lounge" !!!"
Clement.Michael Kiely
The staff were very friendly and helpful. Food was excellent. Good customer service. Good food selection.
Gordon Higgins
Just couldn't get served
roo0007
Ordered takeout from here on a recommendation. The popadoms were fresh but that was about as good as it got I’m afraid. In particular, the curry’s were awful.Tasteless and just swimming in oil! Most of it went straight in the bin. I will not be ordering from here again.
Nope don't do it! The reviews that say the service is appalling and rude staff are all true.They also add charges to your bill without telling you the item is chargeable .We had poppadoms and they brought them out to us with dips.We assumed the dips came with the poppadoms as complementary seeing as we didn't order them.When the bill came we saw we were charged £2.50 for the dips.The waiter never mentioned they were a chargeable item in addition to the poppadoms as we wouldnt have bothered with them.Other restaurants give you the dips for free when ordering poppadoms.The dips were also very bland and tasteless.The food is mediocre too .A vile sneaky underhand way to charge customers extra for items they didn't ask for and other places do for free.The place was completely dead and had just 1 other customer aside from us , now I understand why.....I would never go back.
Lucy Waterhouse
Genuinely one of the best takeaway curries we’ve had in a while. Hot and tasty food delivered on time with a smile. We’ll definitely be ordering again ??
Andrew Wilson
Very quite place, when go there is only us or a few others, I think they do alot of takeaways, the food is always really good and the service good,
my-estate richie
Me and the team had dinner here and was amazed at the service and the food!Highly recommend to all !
Janet DENNISON
Spent a couple of hours relaxing and dining with friends. Have been here before and once again was very happy with the food and friendly service. Highly recommended.
Went for a family meal. Staff attentive and food
As part of our ongoing Curry Tour, we visited the Delhi Lounge in Sundon Park, Luton, but wish we hadn’t! There are not enough words in the English language to describe how bad the food was at this restaurant, but awful, terrible, nasty, vile, rank, dire, dreadful, horrible seem fairly appropriate! The restaurant presents fairly well and appears relatively smart from the outside. Inside however was cold and we had an electric heater plugged into a scorched plug socket next to our table. There were no other customers in the restaurant at all – we should have taken this as a big warning sign. We ordered a couple of poppadums whilst we started to look through the sticky menu and these arrived almost instantaneously. I wish that they had disappeared as quickly as the poppadums were stale and chewy. They’d certainly been hanging around for a while! The ‘pickles’ were as equally disappointing. At this point I suggested that we pay and leave, but was persuaded to stay to see if things improved (Spoiler Alert: They didn’t!) We went for the ‘Banquet Night Special’ which states in the menu that it includes: Starter, Main, Side, Naan and Rice for £18.95. We started to order and were told on various menu choices we made that ‘those dishes were extra’. The choice on the so-called Banquet was actually pretty limited, especially compared to other restaurants in the locality offering full menus as options. When asked whether or not the Onion Bhajis were made at the restaurant, the waiter assured me that they were made in the kitchen. I didn’t catch his name, but let’s call him Pinocchio. It was very apparent that both the Bhajis and Samosas were bought in frozen and refried. I’m pretty sure I have seen bags of these at C*stco. They were bland, tasteless pap. The salad also on the plate was somewhat ‘limp’. Mains arrived… …we really should have just paid then and gone to the Subway next door. Everything was just absolutely terrible. The vegetable Dhansak had no lentils in it, despite being a lentil-based dish! The other chicken main (which we paid extra for as it was ‘not included’) consisted of curried Bisto and 5 small pieces of cheap chewy chicken. Even the small amount of chicken in it was left as it was so bad. The Sweetcorn Bhaji side was a tinned sweetcorn with a bit of onion mixed in. The Bombay Aloo was so greasy it was inedible. On a small positive note, the plain pilau was OK, but how can you get plain rice wrong? Naan breads were probably the nicest bit of the main course, but the rest was so bad you just didn’t want to eat any of it. If this was a French restaurant, it would be described as ‘merde’ The comedy moment was when the waiter asked if everything was OK… …he was like a rabbit in the headlights when we told him that it was actually terrible and probably the worst Indian food we’d ever had. His response was that other customers like it. I think Pinocchio didn’t realise that the other 2 Indian restaurants close by (which we have also visited) actually HAD customers. Now we know why! The highlight of the entire meal was the After Eight mint that came with the bill. Drinks were exorbitantly expensive too – a diet coke and a bottle of Cobra was over £10. We both believe that this is probably the worst Indian Restaurant that we have visited throughout Bedfordshire. Avoid at all costs. Eating your own earwax would be more enjoyable.
Ordered a takeaway from Just Eat. Onion Bahji missing, mixed grill was cold, rubbery and tasted awe full (clearly past its best). To top it off, I found wire in my Lamb Dansak. Reported to Just Eat, who took nearly a week to respond to be told there was nothing they could do. DO NOT ORDER FROM HERE - exceptionally poor food hygiene standards! Will report to EHO.
Delivery came on time and the food tasted amazing I will be ordering
"Food was average.Delivery driver was so rude .Could the restaurant owner came to deliver this food .Misbehaving with me .Made me wait for food then when i came was being so rude that he got so many order to deliver this and that.Why he take so many order at the same time as i paid for my delivery.If the owner is like that how he gonna run restaurant like that.Don't have minimum respect for customer.Never gonna order from them againNever recommended
My worst take out ever - "They call themselves Delhi Lounge, unfortunately the taste of the food was a billion miles away from Delhi. How can I tell you this?Because I'm from Delhi !!Ordered very first time from this place and the food we found was extremely hopeless !! It's some Bangladeshi folks trying to fake and mint on the glory of great Indian taste and that too from the very capital - Delhi! I ordered several things just for dinner, amounting my total bill over £45 for three of us!Guess what- All the food went to the Bin !! I wouldn't recommend this to my enemy too !! It's better to sleep hungry than having a take out from here!! My sincere request to the owner-please change the name of your outlet to Dhaka Lounge or best "Dhoka Lounge" !!!"
My worst experience ever!! "They call themselves Delhi Lounge, unfortunately the taste of the food was a billion miles away from Delhi. How can I tell you this? Because I'm from Delhi !! Ordered very first time from this place and the food we found was extremely hopeless !! It's some Bangladeshi folks trying to fake and mint on the glory of great Indian taste and that too from the very capital - Delhi! I ordered several things just for dinner, amounting my total bill over £45 for three of us! Guess what- All the food went to the Bin !! I wouldn't recommend this to my enemy too !! It's better to sleep hungry than having a take out from here!! My sincere request to the owner-please change the name of your outlet to Dhaka Lounge or best "Dhoka Lounge" !!!"
The staff were very friendly and helpful. Food was excellent. Good customer service. Good food selection.
Just couldn't get served
Ordered takeout from here on a recommendation. The popadoms were fresh but that was about as good as it got I’m afraid. In particular, the curry’s were awful.Tasteless and just swimming in oil! Most of it went straight in the bin. I will not be ordering from here again.
Restaurantji Recommends
Nope don't do it! The reviews that say the service is appalling and rude staff are all true.They also add charges to your bill without telling you the item is chargeable .We had poppadoms and they brought them out to us with dips.We assumed the dips came with the poppadoms as complementary seeing as we didn't order them.When the bill came we saw we were charged £2.50 for the dips.The waiter never mentioned they were a chargeable item in addition to the poppadoms as we wouldnt have bothered with them.Other restaurants give you the dips for free when ordering poppadoms.The dips were also very bland and tasteless.The food is mediocre too .A vile sneaky underhand way to charge customers extra for items they didn't ask for and other places do for free.The place was completely dead and had just 1 other customer aside from us , now I understand why.....I would never go back.
Genuinely one of the best takeaway curries we’ve had in a while. Hot and tasty food delivered on time with a smile. We’ll definitely be ordering again ??
Very quite place, when go there is only us or a few others, I think they do alot of takeaways, the food is always really good and the service good,
Me and the team had dinner here and was amazed at the service and the food!Highly recommend to all !
Spent a couple of hours relaxing and dining with friends. Have been here before and once again was very happy with the food and friendly service. Highly recommended.