The food in this place is excellent, efficient polite staff who are more than happy to tailor a…read moredish to your requirements. What lets this place down is the dull exterior and plain interior decor. I personally don't give a monkeys about this but some people like a nice posh restaurant just for the snob value. I have tried nearly every Indian restaurant in the area and this has to be one of the best for quality of food.

Not tried the eat in, but family members say it's OK…read more Take-away / delivery I have used a few times. Food always great. BUT very v e r y slow.... like tell you 45 mins and takes 2 hours. Latest time said 1 hour, took 3 hours. 5 telephone calls to the place just got fobbed off with we are busy, or it's on it's way or we'll cll the delivery driver. food was apparently on it's way for 75 minutes. told them I'd reject the food if cold or just warm. FINALLY turned up, was warm ( still had to put in the oven for a while to reheat ). Probably won't use them again for delivery, plenty of as good / better ( and worse! ) Indian places in prescot / Rainhill / Whiston / St.Helens to use.

This is a great place. The Coach and Horses pub used to be a reasonable pub with an OK atmosphere…read moreand ferry level food and now it has very good ales and the Spice Inn attached. The Spice Inn is what is being review here and it is simple very good curry. Last year it won the award for best curry house in St Helens and unless there is a gem I do not know of, it must have won it easily. The food is well priced, about six to nine quid for a main course (excluding sundries). The curry is very good, and the service was charming when I went, it seemed emotionally important to the waitress that we did not have to wait on our ale. The drinks are taken care of by the attached pub. The Merlot was very good, the ales included Jennings and Black Sheep. Very nice indeed.

Duke St is Quite famous in St Helens I'm told by Amanda H , for that's the St where the music is…read moresuited to the golden oldies amongst us and more pub than bar ! I'll set the scene Bank Holiday Monday table booked for 9 so they were expecting us ! An order was taken for starters and mains yet it took 1hr35 minutes to get our starters and another 30 mins for the main course which from first dish to last item took 15 mins and we were next to the kitchen ! Was not impressed and when the bill came no discount or anything was offered as an apology ! Will take a while for me to return to eat in , the food don't get me wrong was quite tasty ! But due to the wait we just didn't want to eat it as we were past being hungry ! Will update in the near future when it's Amanda H turn to pay ;)

This is an excellent place to eat, The take away is as good as the sit down meal…read more whenever we go it is always the same "excellent". The staff make you feel welcome and bend over backwards for you ( you know what I mean). My fav is king prawn Jalfrezi. Give it a try you will not be dissapointed

Attended here on a Tuesday evening for tea with friends, plenty of tables available - not always a…read morebad sign! We were immediately greeted by the friendly waiters and offered a drink. We ordered 3 diet cokes which unfortunately were served warm and flat! Foodwise, a little unusual that they don't offer a set menu option like most indian restaurants in the area! Food was served in a timely manner, presented well and very tasty. For poppadoms, starter and a main with 2 drinks it came to around £20 each which is more than reasonable. Overall, this is a nice little restaurant - only downside is limited parking outside! Nice booths ideal for larger groups - I will no doubt be returning in the near future!

This place has been open for years and the quality of food hasn't changed a bit. Friendly helpful…read morestaff and if it isn't on the menu they will make it for you. Excellent quality food and they accept credit cards which is rare for a takeaway.

Told to pick out food up at 5.30 ok that's great no one appeared at the counter for 20 mins told to…read morewait really that's great customer service and eventually at 6.10 the food arrived 40 mins after being told it was ready total joke poor customer service and to be honest the place is a dump would not have ordered if I knew it looked so run down was really worried about giving the food to my children. Went in the bin when we got home

Consistently a 5 star food take away, similar to the restaurant. In lockdown has been a real…read moresaviour. Back outside lockdown the actual environment of the restaurant needs investment re decor but no complaints re food or service. Thank you all

I'm not from St. Helens so perhaps I just expect a little something different from an Indian food…read morerestaurant. As other reviews mentioned, the servers were friendly, personable, and chatty, but they were not good at serving. Every drink order we placed had to be re-requested at least once, and they had it easy on the food orders because 4 of the 5 of us ordered the same thing. The Dopiaza was too tomato-based, and the king prawns were over-cooked. Nobody from our party was ill or anything, but it just wasn't that great. The interior decor was hilariously out-dated and all the booths and carpet were disgustingly filthy. Sorry St. Helens, but I'm never coming back.

I had dinner here earlier this week when I had a craving for some curry. It's not much to look at…read moreand it's next to an Aldi's with parking right up front. They have a pretty good menu with a good variety and the portions were okay. There were a few other tables with customers which looked like were enjoying their food. I might check this place out again next time I'm in town.

My husband and I eat quite regular at this restaurant we would not go anywhere else. We have taken…read morelots of our friends who also have the same view as us. One of my friend came from just outside London and she said it was one off the best currys she has had for a long time. R and S

Visted the 'Sitar' St Helens tonight on the reccommendation of my daughter…read more Waited more than 15minutes to take order. Waited another 30 minutes to receive popadoms & pickles. At this point 2 men arrived and pestered the manager about advertising. They were showing him literature and taking photo's of him and the building. He should have told them to go and concentrate on his customers. The single wiater & chef could not cope with the influx of 2 hen parties. A couple who arrived after us left after 30 minutes having not even been offered a drink! Continued to wait another 60 minutes to get starter...pleasant food with fresh salad. Waited another hour to get mains. These were vile. I had the Sitar 'Special' Tastless chicken in an overpowering, bright red sauce. Everyone else had various meats in the same bright red sauce. We asked for different types of rice - they were all the same. The best & freshest item was the Naan bread. Best point is that the Sitar is 'Bring your own alcohol'. Left most of it and told the waiter the food was most disappointing. Best advice ....don't go if you expect to get authentic Indian food....best cook it yourself at home. Look for a copy of 'The Indian Housewife's cookbook' and learn to taste real Indian food.

Nice food and can take you own alchol as they dont have a leicense. got some good deals on like the…read morebeat the clock and sunday night curry night

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