Long established award winning restaurant. Food is excellent and service is prompt. Seating is OK…read moreand privacy is enhanced by the use of fixed fret-screens throughout. Music was traditional Indian and played at a nice ambient level. On the downside, the waiters came across as disinterested/pre-occupied with other matters, which spoiled the evening a little, hence only 2 stars from me. An occasional smile from just one of them would have helped. Don't get me wrong, as I said, the food was excellent, and the service was prompt with no mistakes in getting the order right. Maybe I just caught them on a bad night, but I can only tell you what I experienced. Maybe on a future visit, things would be better.

I wont be going here again. I asked for a Chicken Tikka Masala and instead I got something that was…read morea Korma but red. It tasked like Korma and didnt look like it was mixed well. I also had to mention 4 times I didnt want vegetable rice and that I wanted plain. In the end we ended up with an extra rice. For the price you pay you expect to get what you have ordered.

These chaps arranged a table for 32 people on my stag do in Kendal and somehow managed to deliver…read morefairly promptly a fantastic feast of starters and mains. Great food, pleasant (and tolerant) staff. Excellent!

A fantastic little restaurant. The food was top quality and the staff brilliant. We just landed on…read morethem 12 of us and they fitted us in and made the whole meal ace.

We were AMAZED by this place!…read more It was probably made even better by the most recent one we had being poor too, and also, thumbs up for 5* hygiene rating (yes, I'm one of those people who checks). Eleven of us ordered food, including enormous tubs of rice, giant and entirely amazing onion bhajis (definitely get some of these- big scotch egg sized tasty globes). Everyone had something different, and there was a bit of sharing too, everyone was happy. The hotter ones have a reasonable kick, and a surprisingly good one was the shampan- picked out of morbid curiosity, with mozzarella cheese on top, and not swimming with fat. We were all very full, and the Naans still tasted nice the next morning!

This is a well trusted Indian restaurant which ticks the right boxes for me especially by opening…read moreduring the day and I suspect this is the only one open at this time. The food is top quality and always consistent and therefore we have never had a bad meal. I have only been here during he day and it is always very quiet as we are often their only guests thou this does not surprise me as I cant see much call for an Indian restaurant in Penrith during the day anyway.

My hubby is an expert on Indian food and when he says the food is top then the food is top!!I…read moredragged my hubby into the restaurant for a takeaway while we were camping and he ordered a Chicken Madras, he was then given a complimentary beer and when his order was ready the chef even gave him free popadums and a variety of dips. Not many of takeaways do that I can tell you!!We order every Friday night from our local and have never received anything free!!The walls in the place are covered in pictures of the owner/chef with celebrities who have eaten in his restaurant and one of them has even signed saying it was the best Indian in England.

Very good curry, and very nice staff. Great flavours and a…read moreclean pallet excellent, recommended

Really enjoyed my night out at Rifiks. Great menu for good & drink, food came within 10 minutes,…read moreexcellent service & my meal was delicious 10/10

Not a bad little venue at all. Final night in Scotland needed somewhere local to the hotel…read more Preferably withing walking distance which it was. The venue was well lit inside giving atmosphere and was busy. Always a good sign. Food was adequate portion sized but good tasty food. Fair priced too. Didn't feel rushed. The food was not like any regular balti I've had but was tasty and full of flavour. Not a bad little place if need a quick fix.

Have ordered from here for years now, and never once had a problem with anything. The food is so…read moretasty and the staff are nice. Delivery time is also super quick.

Came here on a recommendation for curries. It was very average and the service was extra slow. We…read moremade a reservation in advance and got some seats upstairs which may be why we were forgotten. The crispy bread was good. The chutney selection was okay - nothing to write home about, and small servings. The bhuka masala was also just ok, very tomato-y, kind of sour. The lamb was on the tough side. The mushroom rice was flavorful but dry. We asked them if they could help us with calling a cab and they were very bothered by it. Unfriendly and said "we called. Nothing until 11pm" Not the best place in town to eat.

We tried chole paneer here which were quite good. Dal was below average and naans were okay…read more I was not happy with the host though. We called in at 1:30 to check what time does the kitchen close as their closing time was 2:30 pm online. We were told that we could come in anytime until 2:30 pm. We reached by 2:15 pm. The host hesitatingly let us in, even when the open sign outside was on. Then he insisted to look at our phone to see where we had called. On seeing that we did indeed call his restaurant and were told to come by 2:30, he was okay with having us there,but I wasn't too happy with this incident.

This restaurant was called The Anamika until late 2011. The ownership, and name has now changed…read more The food is good and there are dishes on the menu that I haven't seen anywhere else, which is always nice to find. One of the dips that came with the poppadoms was a delicious red sauce which was new to me. Unfortunately, the waitress was unable to tell me what it was! The price is very good. It only cost us £35 for 4 people, and that included 6 glasses of coke. They have different offers on each night. When we visited it was free rice or nan bread with each meal. The only thing that lets them down is the lack of atmosphere. Bland decor and English pop music playing (why do Cumbrian Indian restaurants do that?). We were the only customers from 7 till 8.30 which made it feel a little odd!