The food was awful! I have eaten many chicken tikka microwave meals in my time and this tasted exactly like them. All the rice was clumped up together as if it was microwaved, the chicken was very chewy and tasteless and the sauce wasn’t creamy or thick like you would get in a proper Indian restaurant. It’s also extremely overpriced. You’d be better off buying a microwave meal from the shop.
Graham Bignell
The food was absolutely amazing and it came incredibly fast. It was our favourite meal at centre parks.
Chloe Brett
Really good food its not like what people have said in the previous reviews. Ignore them when looking into going. Really friendly staff and really tasty food. It's a bit expensive but worth having a night out here !
Katie Bradley
We've been to this restaurant twice, once at Nottingham and once at Elveden. We've been disappointed both timesThe vegan options are terrible, no protein in any of them, just a random mix of vegetables. It feels like they just use whatever vegetables are left over.I had a bhuna this time round and a quarter of the dish was taken up by an uncooked tomato. I finished my meal in about 2 minutes because the portion was so poor. And it cost over £20, which is disgusting.I didn't have a naan bread this time because the vegan naan bread was so bad at the Nottingham restaurant.My partners food as a non-vegan has been average, never worth the incredibly high prices.It's a huge shame because the staff are always very nice, although service is generally slow. And the restaurants are always beautifully decorated. I dont think we'll be returning.Vegetarian options: There is a good selection of veggie and vegan dishes, but they're practically all the same mix of random veg in a different sauce
David Dixon
If you're expecting atraditional Indian restaurant then this is not the place. Very over priced, naan was under cooked, very doughy. Rice hard like it had been microwaved. Very disappointed with the food, the only thing that was good was the service from Katy. We won't be going back next time we visit centre parcs.
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Like surprises? Go for this place.Order a main curry and get it served in tiny little side bowl. In fact order a curry worth £17.95 and get an item with fresh (uncooked and raw) tomato sauce. M&S ready meals have better tasting curries than 5/5 curries we ordered including some veggie sides. I’ll give them the mediocre tasting mushroom curry side. NOTHING other than that was curry like, tasty, or flavourful at all.Food: I’d rate the naan breads and Pepsi max as the best tasting items of our order. Rice was left in the microwave far too long so got the plastic beads in form of rice. Jalfrezi was brownish black curry with raw tomato zing. Potato side dish was roast potatoes skin on, swimming in oil and herbs. 30-60ml of oil at least. Starters wise samosa were barely fried. White and light coloured pastry on samosa is a first sign of bad Indian chef. Paneer tikka with raw paneer again no attempt to shallow fry, roast or cooking was made. I’d say that’s acceptable as some places don’t cook the paneer BUT the sauce is expected to have salt, spices and not just canned tomatoes churned mixed with heavy cream.All in all they’ve westernised what they think is Indian food to a point of no return.At 9:30 we were told kitchen was closed without prior notice. We did place a massive order at 8:45 and did notify the waiter we would order more to which the response was ‘yes of course’. Come 9:30 the kitchen was closed. We were way too hungry to try elsewhere. So ended up ordering naan breads the only thing available to order and had them with Pepsi max.Ambience: The music is on point. 10/10 for authentic Indian music playlist. Staff were overall friendly BUT not happy to be at work by the looks of it.Service: Quick efficient service but you’d expect that when they’re serving food that won’t be sniffed by our four legged friends.Would not return, food this awful, prices unjustifiable and attitude of the business was overall not worth your money or time.If you’re at Centre Parcs, take time to drive 5miles to town and there’s far better Indian options we tried the next night.
Hannah Welch
Was sat down to table & within 5 minutes witness the manager telling all the staff off at the front bar. If anything like that needs to be done then do it out of sight of customers. The manager just walked around with a bad vibe, could see other people not very happy either. It felt awkward & tense. Food was average. Popadom platter starter was nice but all main meals ok; nothing special & really overpriced. Only had a sharing starter, 1 main each & 1 drink each & still paid about £40 per head for 6 people.Katy our waitress was lovely, very helpful, kind & provided recommendations for our starters. Hence the 4 stars. Was a bit busy so service was a little slow otherwise would have given 5 for service. Not Katy’s fault obviously.Wouldn’t recommend coming here; probably the same quality curry if you went to the shop & bought a microwave meal.
Lorraine
Had a lovely meal here this week. Gorgeous food, excellent service despite being last booking. Sandra S was outstanding!
Heyer100
Brilliant family meal - Ashleigh our server was great, friendly and very helpful. The portions were huge! Excellent choices for Vegetarians in our family, plus gluten free options.
Di D
This was truely awful, it was £60 for a meal that should have cost £25! I ordered a vegetable curry and it was in a side dish size bowl!! It was £15.50, centerparc, I know you are expensive but that is stealing from your customers!
The staff were lovely and service was great. However I think this was the most expensive microwave meal I've ever eaten in my life ? The poppadom platter is nice though.
129ashs
Do not eat here if you love a curry with spice & flavours . There is no authenticity here nor is there if you order a takeaway. Imagine ordering a takeaway curry at home & it comes from McDonald’s .
mjgman63
Expensive, but then this is Center Parcs. A few people have said the food isn't authentic Indian and they may be right, but we found it all tasty enough even though we went for the less hot dishes. The kids' menu has a nice mix of traditional children's favourites and "starter" (eg very mild) Indian dishes for those new to Indian food. One of our side dishes was on the burnt side (which we did mention) so a bit more quality control on food coming out of the kitchen would be good. Our only gripe was having to politely ask a waitress when our mains would turn up 45 mins after we had ordered them. To be fair, the front of house guy was straight on the case, getting our mains to us within a few more minutes and providing a complimentary round of drinks (which we hadn't asked for or expected). So just one of those things which can happen and which was sorted out very amicably and professionally. Would happily go back for another meal next time we are at Elveden. Have given it a 4 but for us probably somewhere between a 3 and a 4. .
Richard Dewhirst
Overall it's not great, not terrible. It's everything you'd expect from a center parcs - a safe, inoffensive family friendly menu.Food itself was average quality.Prices are very high - £17.50 for a Lamb Korma is bonkers. We paid nearly £100 (including the deposit and the service charge) for three mains, two rices, two breads and the poppadom platter.Staff were lovely and attentive throughout.
Bilal Miah
Incredibly disappointed with the food, none of the chefs had any knowledge of Indian food. For an Indian restaurant there needs to be somebody who has experience of cooking Indian food the correct way. The biryani tasted like cheese, the lamb curry was sour. The only way you could tell that the food was Indian was because of the name. I would not recommend eating here as the other restaurants are much better. However the service was good and the staff were incredibly nice its just a shame the food was so bad. For the food to be so expensive I would have expected better and not curry that tasted worse than something from Tescos, especially when we spent £500.
The food was awful! I have eaten many chicken tikka microwave meals in my time and this tasted exactly like them. All the rice was clumped up together as if it was microwaved, the chicken was very chewy and tasteless and the sauce wasn’t creamy or thick like you would get in a proper Indian restaurant. It’s also extremely overpriced. You’d be better off buying a microwave meal from the shop.
The food was absolutely amazing and it came incredibly fast. It was our favourite meal at centre parks.
Really good food its not like what people have said in the previous reviews. Ignore them when looking into going. Really friendly staff and really tasty food. It's a bit expensive but worth having a night out here !
We've been to this restaurant twice, once at Nottingham and once at Elveden. We've been disappointed both timesThe vegan options are terrible, no protein in any of them, just a random mix of vegetables. It feels like they just use whatever vegetables are left over.I had a bhuna this time round and a quarter of the dish was taken up by an uncooked tomato. I finished my meal in about 2 minutes because the portion was so poor. And it cost over £20, which is disgusting.I didn't have a naan bread this time because the vegan naan bread was so bad at the Nottingham restaurant.My partners food as a non-vegan has been average, never worth the incredibly high prices.It's a huge shame because the staff are always very nice, although service is generally slow. And the restaurants are always beautifully decorated. I dont think we'll be returning.Vegetarian options: There is a good selection of veggie and vegan dishes, but they're practically all the same mix of random veg in a different sauce
If you're expecting atraditional Indian restaurant then this is not the place. Very over priced, naan was under cooked, very doughy. Rice hard like it had been microwaved. Very disappointed with the food, the only thing that was good was the service from Katy. We won't be going back next time we visit centre parcs.
Like surprises? Go for this place.Order a main curry and get it served in tiny little side bowl. In fact order a curry worth £17.95 and get an item with fresh (uncooked and raw) tomato sauce. M&S ready meals have better tasting curries than 5/5 curries we ordered including some veggie sides. I’ll give them the mediocre tasting mushroom curry side. NOTHING other than that was curry like, tasty, or flavourful at all.Food: I’d rate the naan breads and Pepsi max as the best tasting items of our order. Rice was left in the microwave far too long so got the plastic beads in form of rice. Jalfrezi was brownish black curry with raw tomato zing. Potato side dish was roast potatoes skin on, swimming in oil and herbs. 30-60ml of oil at least. Starters wise samosa were barely fried. White and light coloured pastry on samosa is a first sign of bad Indian chef. Paneer tikka with raw paneer again no attempt to shallow fry, roast or cooking was made. I’d say that’s acceptable as some places don’t cook the paneer BUT the sauce is expected to have salt, spices and not just canned tomatoes churned mixed with heavy cream.All in all they’ve westernised what they think is Indian food to a point of no return.At 9:30 we were told kitchen was closed without prior notice. We did place a massive order at 8:45 and did notify the waiter we would order more to which the response was ‘yes of course’. Come 9:30 the kitchen was closed. We were way too hungry to try elsewhere. So ended up ordering naan breads the only thing available to order and had them with Pepsi max.Ambience: The music is on point. 10/10 for authentic Indian music playlist. Staff were overall friendly BUT not happy to be at work by the looks of it.Service: Quick efficient service but you’d expect that when they’re serving food that won’t be sniffed by our four legged friends.Would not return, food this awful, prices unjustifiable and attitude of the business was overall not worth your money or time.If you’re at Centre Parcs, take time to drive 5miles to town and there’s far better Indian options we tried the next night.
Was sat down to table & within 5 minutes witness the manager telling all the staff off at the front bar. If anything like that needs to be done then do it out of sight of customers. The manager just walked around with a bad vibe, could see other people not very happy either. It felt awkward & tense. Food was average. Popadom platter starter was nice but all main meals ok; nothing special & really overpriced. Only had a sharing starter, 1 main each & 1 drink each & still paid about £40 per head for 6 people.Katy our waitress was lovely, very helpful, kind & provided recommendations for our starters. Hence the 4 stars. Was a bit busy so service was a little slow otherwise would have given 5 for service. Not Katy’s fault obviously.Wouldn’t recommend coming here; probably the same quality curry if you went to the shop & bought a microwave meal.
Had a lovely meal here this week. Gorgeous food, excellent service despite being last booking. Sandra S was outstanding!
Brilliant family meal - Ashleigh our server was great, friendly and very helpful. The portions were huge! Excellent choices for Vegetarians in our family, plus gluten free options.
This was truely awful, it was £60 for a meal that should have cost £25! I ordered a vegetable curry and it was in a side dish size bowl!! It was £15.50, centerparc, I know you are expensive but that is stealing from your customers!
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The staff were lovely and service was great. However I think this was the most expensive microwave meal I've ever eaten in my life ? The poppadom platter is nice though.
Do not eat here if you love a curry with spice & flavours . There is no authenticity here nor is there if you order a takeaway. Imagine ordering a takeaway curry at home & it comes from McDonald’s .
Expensive, but then this is Center Parcs. A few people have said the food isn't authentic Indian and they may be right, but we found it all tasty enough even though we went for the less hot dishes. The kids' menu has a nice mix of traditional children's favourites and "starter" (eg very mild) Indian dishes for those new to Indian food. One of our side dishes was on the burnt side (which we did mention) so a bit more quality control on food coming out of the kitchen would be good. Our only gripe was having to politely ask a waitress when our mains would turn up 45 mins after we had ordered them. To be fair, the front of house guy was straight on the case, getting our mains to us within a few more minutes and providing a complimentary round of drinks (which we hadn't asked for or expected). So just one of those things which can happen and which was sorted out very amicably and professionally. Would happily go back for another meal next time we are at Elveden. Have given it a 4 but for us probably somewhere between a 3 and a 4. .
Overall it's not great, not terrible. It's everything you'd expect from a center parcs - a safe, inoffensive family friendly menu.Food itself was average quality.Prices are very high - £17.50 for a Lamb Korma is bonkers. We paid nearly £100 (including the deposit and the service charge) for three mains, two rices, two breads and the poppadom platter.Staff were lovely and attentive throughout.
Incredibly disappointed with the food, none of the chefs had any knowledge of Indian food. For an Indian restaurant there needs to be somebody who has experience of cooking Indian food the correct way. The biryani tasted like cheese, the lamb curry was sour. The only way you could tell that the food was Indian was because of the name. I would not recommend eating here as the other restaurants are much better. However the service was good and the staff were incredibly nice its just a shame the food was so bad. For the food to be so expensive I would have expected better and not curry that tasted worse than something from Tescos, especially when we spent £500.