Got a take away on the 04-11-23..collected it and had to re-heat everything as it was luke warm at best (only live 5mins away) food was very bland chicken was dry and tough bombay potatoes had zero favour poppadoms were soft and not crispy at all...I certainly wont go back.had much better food at other indians than this.Poor and wont go back!!!
Tom Hindle
Lovely food, they hadn’t got any alcohol unsure if a problem that night or changed from licensed, there is a close off licence so wasn’t too much of an issue for
Tania Maloy
Havent been out to eat for a long time but tonight my family & i went to India Gate & had a warm welcome from the owner, followed by superb service from a polite, smiley & friendly young lady & the most amazing food. We were so pleased we chose to go there. Overall it was excellent! Thank you India Gate ?
John Or
2 stars is a bit strict but I couldn’t give 3.About the service I can say it was relatively quick but our waiter didn’t seem pleasant at all. The decor is very dated and the atmosphere is alright. My partner’s chicken tikka was delicious but my curry was mediocre at best and gave me gurgling belly.
OOK_Librarian
Just had an excellent takeaway birthday meal. All the dishes were hot and delicious, mains, rice veggie sides and breads. Lovely little touch was sliced lemons and shredded lettuce for garnish, as well as complimentary pots of raita. Too quality Indian food .
LIZ CASWELL
Meal was inedible. Our vegetable korma tasted off and the chicken in the tikka marsala was not cooked properly. One of the onion bhagis was literally just a few bits of onion. Incredibly disappointing not up to the usual standard. We threw it away. Waste of money. Rang to complain but they weren’t interested. Won’t go back.
682grumpyj
The one thing you can say about this restaurant is that it’s popular. Why? That’s another matter about which I have no idea! Very old carpet and decor outside and inside gives the place a tired look and the menu is about as tired. Nothing inspiring in the food, some of it was ok (how do you ruin a tandoori mixed grill?), but some of the other chicken dishes had chunks that were inedible. Everything looks very similarly sloppy and very brown and didn’t have much flavour. The service was incredibly slow and not very good natured. Even getting a jug of water for the table was impossible after three requests. Their priority appears to be getting the take away orders out once they’ve got you sitting in the restaurant. Staff appear to come in randomly off the street and look decidedly shifty, not even dressed for restaurant work. Overall, I think you’d do better to get a cheap microwave curry from Tesco; this was really disappointing.
Stephen Davies
The best subcontinent restaurant we've visited since moving to East Anglia.This part of the world is not renowed for this sort of cuisine but this place is pretty good.It won't win any awards, but we will be eating there in the future.Just one point: please Mr manager, don't try to hurry people out the door by presenting your customers with the bill before they ask for it!Parking: Adjacent to restaurant, free after 6pm
andrewsS9290GZ
A great curry, although very busy, the service was excellent and we had a wonderful evening. Thank you.
Stephen O'Donnell
Easy parking, good service and decent food. The best in Beccles
Not as spicy as we expected tired decoration, dirty carpets and air conditioning
supersnooper44
Our First visit here and well worth hunting them out.The building and decor could do with a major facelift but the staff and food was above our expectations. An extensive menu and the food was served promptly, hot , tasty and large portions considering the very reasonable cost. We enjoyed it and will visit again next time in Beccles.
Trevor M G Cairns
They seemed more involved with there takeaway side then the restaurant customers been there three times In the last few mounths been the same every time, wait wait wait.they need to do one or the other takeaway or restaurant they can't manage both .
Jeremiah V
Great food! Very tasty! Excellent chef and excellent waiter! Gave us a great service and experience.
ToniW-B
WE were staying in Beccles for the evening and our host did not want to go out for a meal, so we headed into the town to the India Gate. The reviews are mostly correct, it is a small restaurant which cold do with a good overhaul decor-wise. The small reception area is very busy with folk collecting take-aways and delivery drivers collecting their next assignments. However, the welcome was nice and friendly (I believe her name is Jo). We ordered our meal and enjoyed a very nice bottle of Rioja. Our meal was delivered to the table by a very brusque waiter who probably never learnt to put a dish on a table gently. However, we could put up with that. Then the problem started... It was a very cold day and we were seated just the other side of a dividing screen between the reception and dining areas, so close to the door. Just after our meal was served, the afore-mentioned brusque waiter stormed into the reception and wedged the external door open. I think there was an issue with smoke from the kitchen. As a result, we were now sitting in the cold wind from outside. I got up and closed the door. No sooner had I sat down again, the brusque waiter stormed through again and threw the door wide ope. He turned and asked who had closed it. I indicated that I had. He then stepped towards me and in a very threatening manner told me that I should have asked to have the door closed and not to interfere. So I asked him to close the door as it was blowing a cold wind across our table and, given the fact that we hadn't even touched our cutlery yet, it would soon be too cold to eat. His answer was to tell me that perhaps I needed to eat less anyway! Now I know that I am a big guy, but I do not need to be spoken to in that manner by anyone. So we decided to leave. We asked for our bill and Jo, the Maitre'd, said she would take 20% off the bill as we had not eaten the meal and she apologised profusely about the manner of the brusque waiter. My wife paid the bill using contactless and we left, only to be chased out of the restaurant by Jo and another tall waiter who said that she had been sent out as the payment had not gone through and that she had been told to charge the full amount. So, £70 for one very nice bottle of wine, for a meal uneaten and for the pleasure of being insulted by a very rude waiter who obviously has "little man" issues. Overall, the place is in need of renovation, the food looks and smells good, the wine is very good, the front of house very welcoming, but the service is atrocious and the customer care diabolical. My recommendation? Go elsewhere.
Got a take away on the 04-11-23..collected it and had to re-heat everything as it was luke warm at best (only live 5mins away) food was very bland chicken was dry and tough bombay potatoes had zero favour poppadoms were soft and not crispy at all...I certainly wont go back.had much better food at other indians than this.Poor and wont go back!!!
Lovely food, they hadn’t got any alcohol unsure if a problem that night or changed from licensed, there is a close off licence so wasn’t too much of an issue for
Havent been out to eat for a long time but tonight my family & i went to India Gate & had a warm welcome from the owner, followed by superb service from a polite, smiley & friendly young lady & the most amazing food. We were so pleased we chose to go there. Overall it was excellent! Thank you India Gate ?
2 stars is a bit strict but I couldn’t give 3.About the service I can say it was relatively quick but our waiter didn’t seem pleasant at all. The decor is very dated and the atmosphere is alright. My partner’s chicken tikka was delicious but my curry was mediocre at best and gave me gurgling belly.
Just had an excellent takeaway birthday meal. All the dishes were hot and delicious, mains, rice veggie sides and breads. Lovely little touch was sliced lemons and shredded lettuce for garnish, as well as complimentary pots of raita. Too quality Indian food .
Meal was inedible. Our vegetable korma tasted off and the chicken in the tikka marsala was not cooked properly. One of the onion bhagis was literally just a few bits of onion. Incredibly disappointing not up to the usual standard. We threw it away. Waste of money. Rang to complain but they weren’t interested. Won’t go back.
The one thing you can say about this restaurant is that it’s popular. Why? That’s another matter about which I have no idea! Very old carpet and decor outside and inside gives the place a tired look and the menu is about as tired. Nothing inspiring in the food, some of it was ok (how do you ruin a tandoori mixed grill?), but some of the other chicken dishes had chunks that were inedible. Everything looks very similarly sloppy and very brown and didn’t have much flavour. The service was incredibly slow and not very good natured. Even getting a jug of water for the table was impossible after three requests. Their priority appears to be getting the take away orders out once they’ve got you sitting in the restaurant. Staff appear to come in randomly off the street and look decidedly shifty, not even dressed for restaurant work. Overall, I think you’d do better to get a cheap microwave curry from Tesco; this was really disappointing.
The best subcontinent restaurant we've visited since moving to East Anglia.This part of the world is not renowed for this sort of cuisine but this place is pretty good.It won't win any awards, but we will be eating there in the future.Just one point: please Mr manager, don't try to hurry people out the door by presenting your customers with the bill before they ask for it!Parking: Adjacent to restaurant, free after 6pm
A great curry, although very busy, the service was excellent and we had a wonderful evening. Thank you.
Easy parking, good service and decent food. The best in Beccles
Restaurantji Recommends
Not as spicy as we expected tired decoration, dirty carpets and air conditioning
Our First visit here and well worth hunting them out.The building and decor could do with a major facelift but the staff and food was above our expectations. An extensive menu and the food was served promptly, hot , tasty and large portions considering the very reasonable cost. We enjoyed it and will visit again next time in Beccles.
They seemed more involved with there takeaway side then the restaurant customers been there three times In the last few mounths been the same every time, wait wait wait.they need to do one or the other takeaway or restaurant they can't manage both .
Great food! Very tasty! Excellent chef and excellent waiter! Gave us a great service and experience.
WE were staying in Beccles for the evening and our host did not want to go out for a meal, so we headed into the town to the India Gate. The reviews are mostly correct, it is a small restaurant which cold do with a good overhaul decor-wise. The small reception area is very busy with folk collecting take-aways and delivery drivers collecting their next assignments. However, the welcome was nice and friendly (I believe her name is Jo). We ordered our meal and enjoyed a very nice bottle of Rioja. Our meal was delivered to the table by a very brusque waiter who probably never learnt to put a dish on a table gently. However, we could put up with that. Then the problem started... It was a very cold day and we were seated just the other side of a dividing screen between the reception and dining areas, so close to the door. Just after our meal was served, the afore-mentioned brusque waiter stormed into the reception and wedged the external door open. I think there was an issue with smoke from the kitchen. As a result, we were now sitting in the cold wind from outside. I got up and closed the door. No sooner had I sat down again, the brusque waiter stormed through again and threw the door wide ope. He turned and asked who had closed it. I indicated that I had. He then stepped towards me and in a very threatening manner told me that I should have asked to have the door closed and not to interfere. So I asked him to close the door as it was blowing a cold wind across our table and, given the fact that we hadn't even touched our cutlery yet, it would soon be too cold to eat. His answer was to tell me that perhaps I needed to eat less anyway! Now I know that I am a big guy, but I do not need to be spoken to in that manner by anyone. So we decided to leave. We asked for our bill and Jo, the Maitre'd, said she would take 20% off the bill as we had not eaten the meal and she apologised profusely about the manner of the brusque waiter. My wife paid the bill using contactless and we left, only to be chased out of the restaurant by Jo and another tall waiter who said that she had been sent out as the payment had not gone through and that she had been told to charge the full amount. So, £70 for one very nice bottle of wine, for a meal uneaten and for the pleasure of being insulted by a very rude waiter who obviously has "little man" issues. Overall, the place is in need of renovation, the food looks and smells good, the wine is very good, the front of house very welcoming, but the service is atrocious and the customer care diabolical. My recommendation? Go elsewhere.