Wonderful people. Amazing large portions. Beautiful food. Lovely friendly staff and atmosphere. Would 100% recommend. They only open Thursday to Sunday so keep in mind whilst trying to book over the phone.
Toby Holland
I live locally and decided on going here for a meal. I've eaten in hundreds of Indian restaurants and lived in Birmingham for 25 years. Have had take away from here before but thought we would try the eat in experience. We had pre-booked a table for 4 earlier in the day. First impressions from outside are not great. The place looks run down and unkept. To be honest the inside isn't any better. Not a picture on the wall, no music playing and cold. The place felt soulless. When we arrived at 7:30 there were two other tables of two. We ordered poppadoms and dips. These came after about 10 mins. We ordered our starters and mains next. These came after about 10 mins. The starters were nice and fair size portions. As we were half way through our starters a table of 19 came in. They had pre-ordered their food. So the wait for our mains was quite a long time. When the main dishes were nice but mine was a little tepid and the cheese naan was very greasy. The food presentation was good. While we were eating a member of staff was bringing big boxes of pre cooked poppadoms and other things through the restaurant to the kitchen which personally isn't very good practice. I decided before I left to use the toilets which was a big mistake. The toilets are really bad. Smell of urine. There is an open drain in the floor of the men's toilets which the urinals and basin empty into. To be honest they smelt worse than a festival toilet. Avoid using them if you can. Overall I was disappointed with the whole experience. The food was nice but everything else let the place down. No atmosphere,cold and dirty. I wouldn't recommend the eat in experience. Oh.. and it's cash only. Which in this modern age I can't quite work out why???
Becky H
Booked a table for my mum's 70th surprise birthday meal the staff was really friendly looked after each of us made sure we were all happy with our meals the food was fantastic really good size portions and price wasn't too bad.
Lorraine W
I think they should anwser there phone if people are trying to book a table been ringing for over hour still no anwser
Theo Stewart
Had looked online for the opening hours and found them on the restaurants own website. Used the Web form to book two days in advance, showed up to the restaurant only to have a 'closed' sign on the door and amended hours stuck in the window. Despite booking, we were not told they wouldn't be open and have had no form of communication from the place, who have been unreachable by phone for three days.
Sharon J
said it was open on the website only to find out when we called it was shut but they answered! shocking
S C
My sister and I are from London, but we've been coming here for years so the staff know us by name. Very friendly, welcoming staff. Affordable food.
John Rickerby
Excellent Indian food and friendly service
Short1910
This was a great meal, enjoyed by all of us. Good menu with lots of choices and it's BYO. We would thoroughly recommend this restaurant.
Paul Ridpath
Tonight was our first time having a takeaway from Saffron....EXCELLENT! We will be ordering again as our food was first-class from start to finish.Good portions and nice to have a dish that was actually filled with meat unlike some places that may allow 4 pieces of meat per portion and leave you with a sea of sauce instead.Support your local business and when stuck for something to eat then try the Saffron.
The takeaway menu sounds like the restaurant cares both about its food and its customers. Sadly, my first-hand experience bore no resemblance to that impression. I had to email twice before getting only a quick, one-line reponse that did not even begin to answer a clearly stated question regarding a small selection of specific dishes regarding allergies. Two further attempts at getting some more information failed. This despite the restaurant's statement that they can cater to dietary needs. Sadly, I never even got to the stage of actually ordering and sampling any of their food, which is disappointing because this was going to be a family treat. Feel very let down.
Peter Naylor
After what had been almost 18 months not having a take away from Saffron, Knighton, I walked in and was immediately welcomed by my first name. Brought a smile to my face! Friendly, warm and welcoming, Saffron also doesn’t let you down when it comes to the food. 7 main dishes and 5 sides all tasted great, especially the King Prawn Exotic, a particular favourite. The team is always happy to chat and welcomes customer engagement. Recommend this restaurant highly. P
Peter Foggin
Freshly cooked top top top indian food
Jess Fellows
Good food and great flavour. Always enjoy whenever I have a takeaway. The only thing that stops this from being 5 stars is the fact that they NEED to change their opening times on google and their website as it states it open Tuesday and Wednesday but it’s not.
Shane Agnew
The yearly ritual trip to Knighton would not be complete without a curry in Saffron. Great food. Note you have to take your own alcohol drinks if required.
Wonderful people. Amazing large portions. Beautiful food. Lovely friendly staff and atmosphere. Would 100% recommend. They only open Thursday to Sunday so keep in mind whilst trying to book over the phone.
I live locally and decided on going here for a meal. I've eaten in hundreds of Indian restaurants and lived in Birmingham for 25 years. Have had take away from here before but thought we would try the eat in experience. We had pre-booked a table for 4 earlier in the day. First impressions from outside are not great. The place looks run down and unkept. To be honest the inside isn't any better. Not a picture on the wall, no music playing and cold. The place felt soulless. When we arrived at 7:30 there were two other tables of two. We ordered poppadoms and dips. These came after about 10 mins. We ordered our starters and mains next. These came after about 10 mins. The starters were nice and fair size portions. As we were half way through our starters a table of 19 came in. They had pre-ordered their food. So the wait for our mains was quite a long time. When the main dishes were nice but mine was a little tepid and the cheese naan was very greasy. The food presentation was good. While we were eating a member of staff was bringing big boxes of pre cooked poppadoms and other things through the restaurant to the kitchen which personally isn't very good practice. I decided before I left to use the toilets which was a big mistake. The toilets are really bad. Smell of urine. There is an open drain in the floor of the men's toilets which the urinals and basin empty into. To be honest they smelt worse than a festival toilet. Avoid using them if you can. Overall I was disappointed with the whole experience. The food was nice but everything else let the place down. No atmosphere,cold and dirty. I wouldn't recommend the eat in experience. Oh.. and it's cash only. Which in this modern age I can't quite work out why???
Booked a table for my mum's 70th surprise birthday meal the staff was really friendly looked after each of us made sure we were all happy with our meals the food was fantastic really good size portions and price wasn't too bad.
I think they should anwser there phone if people are trying to book a table been ringing for over hour still no anwser
Had looked online for the opening hours and found them on the restaurants own website. Used the Web form to book two days in advance, showed up to the restaurant only to have a 'closed' sign on the door and amended hours stuck in the window. Despite booking, we were not told they wouldn't be open and have had no form of communication from the place, who have been unreachable by phone for three days.
said it was open on the website only to find out when we called it was shut but they answered! shocking
My sister and I are from London, but we've been coming here for years so the staff know us by name. Very friendly, welcoming staff. Affordable food.
Excellent Indian food and friendly service
This was a great meal, enjoyed by all of us. Good menu with lots of choices and it's BYO. We would thoroughly recommend this restaurant.
Tonight was our first time having a takeaway from Saffron....EXCELLENT! We will be ordering again as our food was first-class from start to finish.Good portions and nice to have a dish that was actually filled with meat unlike some places that may allow 4 pieces of meat per portion and leave you with a sea of sauce instead.Support your local business and when stuck for something to eat then try the Saffron.
Restaurantji Recommends
The takeaway menu sounds like the restaurant cares both about its food and its customers. Sadly, my first-hand experience bore no resemblance to that impression. I had to email twice before getting only a quick, one-line reponse that did not even begin to answer a clearly stated question regarding a small selection of specific dishes regarding allergies. Two further attempts at getting some more information failed. This despite the restaurant's statement that they can cater to dietary needs. Sadly, I never even got to the stage of actually ordering and sampling any of their food, which is disappointing because this was going to be a family treat. Feel very let down.
After what had been almost 18 months not having a take away from Saffron, Knighton, I walked in and was immediately welcomed by my first name. Brought a smile to my face! Friendly, warm and welcoming, Saffron also doesn’t let you down when it comes to the food. 7 main dishes and 5 sides all tasted great, especially the King Prawn Exotic, a particular favourite. The team is always happy to chat and welcomes customer engagement. Recommend this restaurant highly. P
Freshly cooked top top top indian food
Good food and great flavour. Always enjoy whenever I have a takeaway. The only thing that stops this from being 5 stars is the fact that they NEED to change their opening times on google and their website as it states it open Tuesday and Wednesday but it’s not.
The yearly ritual trip to Knighton would not be complete without a curry in Saffron. Great food. Note you have to take your own alcohol drinks if required.