As a party of 5 who went on Christmas Eve as a family spending over £200 we found that the food was mediocre, the table service was appalling. One man with no hair was particularly rude, grunted when we spoke to him and had little in customer service skills. There are a lot of staff whizzing around and the bar staff were friendly admittedly but given that they brought out the wrong dish, the grumpy man who made us feel uncomfortable, the two round tables pushed together for a party of five that made us feel disjointed and the rice which was not very hot is why we’ve given the review accordingly. We did leave a tip (after all it was Christmas) and we hope this review helps them to improve their service. Such a shame we had the experience we did.
Steve F
Excellent service & excellent food ... as usual. Dower House is always spot
Shane Smith
I love the curry's ?? at Dower House!I visited on a Thursday night recently, a small group of 3, around 18:45, there were a few tables available and it filled up towards 8pm.I booked online ? and it took 24 hours before they replied. So I'd say if you wanted to make sure you're booked in contact the restaurant and book ?.You enter through the side door ?and arrive at a check in desk, if nobody is there continue through and left onto the bar and they'll seat you from there.A nice pint of kingfisher ?We had a couple of poppadoms each and a pickle tray, it was all really fresh and the lime pickle was easily the best I've had in ages! ?I had Chicken Dansak for main, a nice sweet curry ? ? and some pilau rice and a garlic chapati (not on the menu but they were happy to make it - it was really garlicky ?)It all tasted great ?We all had a starter and a main, + 1 garlic naan, 1 rice ? 1 chapati - 2 pints 1 pint of coke and we had white coffees ☕ to finish. It came to just over £100 which I felt was reasonable for the quality and service.The place was clean and tidy and the staff were all friendly ???My photos didn't come out very well, I only managed the starter! Pakora photo, which tasted great.I can't wait to go back again ?Parking: 2-3 pounds for a few hours, card or cash at the pay machineWheelchair accessibility: Access ♿ into the restaurant seemed ok, but please not this when you're booking. I'm not sure if there is a downstairs toilet, there may be for disabled.
BENJAMIN JONES
Lovely service and food....cheers to Ronnie the head
Jeff Deveaux (HG)
NIce place to visit and has quite a few free parking bays but there doesn't seem to be any Blue Badge spaces. The inside is tastefully decorated. The the staff are friendly and make you feel welcome, atmosphere was relaxed, the background authentic music was at a level where you could converse with ease. Good menu to chose from with reasonable prices. Our party of 12 was attended to in a timely fashion, the staff appear to be a well oiled chain! People that smoke may find it disapointing that there doesn't seem to be a covered smoking shelter. Wheelchair users would find it challenging to navigate inside. Toilets are on first floor which is OK for the fit and able :-) Everyone in our group enjoyed the food, no compliants.
Eira Guest
We ordered for a group of family and friends as a takeaway from these guys-they went out of their way to be helpful and managed me calling and changing and rearranging things a few times - will definitely use them again as the quality was fantastic - everything was well balanced and fresh, and left a “curry savvy” group of folks all singing the praises of both portion sizes , flavour and quality of ingredients. Impressive. It rounded off a great day for everyone. Thank you!!
Mike Douglas
A really nice curry house. Good selection of food and drinks. Prices very reasonable. Thank you ?
John Hawkins
Very disappointed by the whole experience, lack luster ser ice , average food and over priced.
Adele H
We visit this indian restaurant on a regular basis and the food is consistently good and always amazing quality. The ombience is good and the team very accommodating! Highly recommended
Tony Hockey
Dower house for me is the best indian in Doncaster.. fresh food, good atmosphere and great service.
We have not been to the Dower house for a long time. Like many other restaurants it is not as good as it was. We will not be going back.
Ed Schofield
Amazed to read some of the negative reviews. We had a takeaway last night. The food was ready 2 mins after we arrived to collect. Probably one the best curries I've had!
David Oates
Lovely place, felt like a nice place to be.A good bubbly pintThe currys were not to my taste.
jonboy123456
Food is reasonably tasty but all that comes with it is not. Our 9pm booking was moved to 8.30 at their request. We arrived 8.32 and sat in the drinks area for 57 mins until our table was ready. Main courses are £2-3 more than they are down south- what the hell? There must be better available elsewhere
Azzfirth
Just a bit poor. Error on bill charging us for drinks we didn’t have. Service as unbelievably slow. Like order a drink once one has landed. Food ok but I’m in no rush to go back.
As a party of 5 who went on Christmas Eve as a family spending over £200 we found that the food was mediocre, the table service was appalling. One man with no hair was particularly rude, grunted when we spoke to him and had little in customer service skills. There are a lot of staff whizzing around and the bar staff were friendly admittedly but given that they brought out the wrong dish, the grumpy man who made us feel uncomfortable, the two round tables pushed together for a party of five that made us feel disjointed and the rice which was not very hot is why we’ve given the review accordingly. We did leave a tip (after all it was Christmas) and we hope this review helps them to improve their service. Such a shame we had the experience we did.
Excellent service & excellent food ... as usual. Dower House is always spot
I love the curry's ?? at Dower House!I visited on a Thursday night recently, a small group of 3, around 18:45, there were a few tables available and it filled up towards 8pm.I booked online ? and it took 24 hours before they replied. So I'd say if you wanted to make sure you're booked in contact the restaurant and book ?.You enter through the side door ?and arrive at a check in desk, if nobody is there continue through and left onto the bar and they'll seat you from there.A nice pint of kingfisher ?We had a couple of poppadoms each and a pickle tray, it was all really fresh and the lime pickle was easily the best I've had in ages! ?I had Chicken Dansak for main, a nice sweet curry ? ? and some pilau rice and a garlic chapati (not on the menu but they were happy to make it - it was really garlicky ?)It all tasted great ?We all had a starter and a main, + 1 garlic naan, 1 rice ? 1 chapati - 2 pints 1 pint of coke and we had white coffees ☕ to finish. It came to just over £100 which I felt was reasonable for the quality and service.The place was clean and tidy and the staff were all friendly ???My photos didn't come out very well, I only managed the starter! Pakora photo, which tasted great.I can't wait to go back again ?Parking: 2-3 pounds for a few hours, card or cash at the pay machineWheelchair accessibility: Access ♿ into the restaurant seemed ok, but please not this when you're booking. I'm not sure if there is a downstairs toilet, there may be for disabled.
Lovely service and food....cheers to Ronnie the head
NIce place to visit and has quite a few free parking bays but there doesn't seem to be any Blue Badge spaces. The inside is tastefully decorated. The the staff are friendly and make you feel welcome, atmosphere was relaxed, the background authentic music was at a level where you could converse with ease. Good menu to chose from with reasonable prices. Our party of 12 was attended to in a timely fashion, the staff appear to be a well oiled chain! People that smoke may find it disapointing that there doesn't seem to be a covered smoking shelter. Wheelchair users would find it challenging to navigate inside. Toilets are on first floor which is OK for the fit and able :-) Everyone in our group enjoyed the food, no compliants.
We ordered for a group of family and friends as a takeaway from these guys-they went out of their way to be helpful and managed me calling and changing and rearranging things a few times - will definitely use them again as the quality was fantastic - everything was well balanced and fresh, and left a “curry savvy” group of folks all singing the praises of both portion sizes , flavour and quality of ingredients. Impressive. It rounded off a great day for everyone. Thank you!!
A really nice curry house. Good selection of food and drinks. Prices very reasonable. Thank you ?
Very disappointed by the whole experience, lack luster ser ice , average food and over priced.
We visit this indian restaurant on a regular basis and the food is consistently good and always amazing quality. The ombience is good and the team very accommodating! Highly recommended
Dower house for me is the best indian in Doncaster.. fresh food, good atmosphere and great service.
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We have not been to the Dower house for a long time. Like many other restaurants it is not as good as it was. We will not be going back.
Amazed to read some of the negative reviews. We had a takeaway last night. The food was ready 2 mins after we arrived to collect. Probably one the best curries I've had!
Lovely place, felt like a nice place to be.A good bubbly pintThe currys were not to my taste.
Food is reasonably tasty but all that comes with it is not. Our 9pm booking was moved to 8.30 at their request. We arrived 8.32 and sat in the drinks area for 57 mins until our table was ready. Main courses are £2-3 more than they are down south- what the hell? There must be better available elsewhere
Just a bit poor. Error on bill charging us for drinks we didn’t have. Service as unbelievably slow. Like order a drink once one has landed. Food ok but I’m in no rush to go back.