This brand new Indian Restaurant is definitely worth the trip to Ballymena. I had the pleasure of…read moreattending the official launch of Sanjha. This truly authentic Indian restaurant is the brainchild of Head Chef Sanjay and Front of House Manager Pawan. The team have put a lot of effort into this place. It is ideally located and has plenty of car parking and seats 85 people. The ribbon was cut by the landlord and then Sanjha opened for business. There was a Prosecco aperitif on arrival, followed by popadoms and chutneys. Starter for me was a mixed platter of chicken, salmon, shami kebab, aloo tikki and onion bhaji served with spaghetti salad and chutneys (mint and mango). The starters were amazing and set the bar high for the mains. The main course duly arrived and consisted of butter chicken, Rogan josh, saffron rice and nan. The taste was so real it was as if I was sitting in India and eating it!!!! There is an extensive wine and cocktail list- which looked very appealing!! The staff and owners have really got a winner here.....I would thoroughly recommend paying a visit, I know I shall!!

What a surprise to be in such a lovely Indian Restaurant . Great ambience and a great host is the…read moreowner having worked at the India Habitat and at the Taj Palace New Delhi . We ordered a variety. Dhall makhini , mix veg , raita , butter chicken. , paneer masala , chicken tikka . NaN and rice . 6 of us and we licked it clean. Absolutely great food . A must visit

The food is cooked to perfection!, very very tasty…read more You can park outside across the road with no drama The waiters were friendly and nice

Food was fabulous! I would highly recommend this restaurant. I called in a takeout order. The food…read morewas ready on time, order was correct and the food was delicious. I was staying at the Galgorm so the restaurant location was very close to the resort.

The best indian food ive ever had. Proper Asian food prepared in a traditional Asian way..... Great…read moreportions & gratis prawn crackers & sauces with all main curry meals. Ive had many great indian meals from Londons famous Brick Lane curry houses & this was even better than anything ive had there. The only gripe i have is the fact that the cooks do not wear hats & it would be so easy to end up with a lovely long hair in ones chicken madras! And if that happened id never return !!!!!!!!!!!!! Update 05.12.14 The food and service is as good as ever & now the staff wear hair nets. Did they read my review i wonder. One particular girl who works in this restaurant is just lovely, very pleasant & always has a nice friendly smile.

I'm probably going to stop reviewing this place for a good while as I was the last person to leave…read morea review just a few months ago. It's very simple for me. The food here remains top notch and the portions generous. I phoned the order in which is unusual for me; I usually just turn up but it saved me waiting 25 minutes. Has they still been on Monaghan St and Maya cafe was open I'd have gone there for a great cappuccino. This time we got the meal deal 3 at £24 but it was topped up by £2 due to my order choices (no fish just chicken based mains) but I've give. Up arguing over price hikes. I suppose I was inclined to do a review here having just recently experienced a truly dreadful Bangladeshi restaurant in Letterkenny. The latter deserves promptly closed down with the former deserving of support in this most challenging of times.

Unreal food. Kebabs are banging and the rice is great. The staff are kind and are keen to explain…read morefood ingredients and specials. Great place and great food

We had yet to have Indian food on our Ireland trip so I was excited when I saw this was one of the…read moretop rated restaurants in Derry on Yelp. We went for an early dinner and the restaurant want better crowded when we got there. We were seated right away. This was probably the best Indian food I've ever had. We did two meal deals (starter and main course for 17 pounds). For starters we got the Chicken Pakora and Vegetable Samosas. The Chicken Pakora was just ok, but the Samosas were very good. For our main courses we got the Karahi Curry with lamb and the Makhan Tikka which came with chicken. Both were incredibly delicious. I think I preferred the Karahi Curry only because the chicken was a little dry and the lamb was much better, but both sauces were very good. For our sides we got rice and cheesey garlic naan. I highly recommend the cheesey garlic naan -- it was delicious. Our food was a little slow to come out, but our service was good. We had two different servers recommend the dishes we ended up getting as our main course and we were very happy with them. I would highly recommend coming here if you're in the area!

Not as good as I was hoping it would be, unfortunately. The mixed kebab appetizer was really…read morestrange and full of an incredible amount of spices that literally made the meat neon red like I've never seen before. It was not good at all. The rest of the food was lacking any kind of real spice and was all very bland and most of it came out lukewarm. Didn't seem fresh in any capacity. The cocktails were very nice, though, so that kept us from complaining too much during the meal.

Exellent food, excellent service. Could not be more pleased!read more

By far the best restaurant in Monaghan! The food is absolutely amazing here and never disappoints…read more The menu has so many great options and the prices are extremely reasonable. Its always busy here so it is worth reserving a table before you go. The decor is really lovely and very comfortable. The only downside is the service can be very slow probably because the staff are always rushed off their feet.I didn't remove a star for this though as the staff are always so nice and they almost always throw in a few extra side dishes and a drink on the house. I've eaten here both in and takeout many times and never have been disappointed.

Always great food and huge portions. Great service and friendly staff. We eaten there many times…read moreand have become regulars! Highly recommended.

This is a 1st class restaurant. The service is superb and the food is always so well presented and…read moretastes just perfect.

I love the Tamarind!! This is my local Indian and I eat out of here at least once a week, maybe…read moretwice if I'm being naughty!! They have sit in, take out and delivery so there's no excuse for not trying out this gem of a place! They have great little offers on their take out brochures which often result in us getting nearly a tenner of our bill when there's a few of us ordering. my last visit here was for delivery as my dad , brother and sister were visiting and we are all massive fans of Indian food! We ordered three vindaloos, my Jalfreze, a tikka massala, four Onion Bhajis, tow bombay aloo, two saag aloo, naan and popadoms! phew! It cost £52. Absolute Bargain! The food came quickly, was delicious and there was plenty leftover from their huge portions!! Great, great place with fantastically friendly staff!

This is a terrible restaurant. Not any stars at all. Please see the results "Filtered" by yelp, for…read morereasons unknown, as this is a genuine review from an incredibly dissatisfied customer.

It was one of those evenings where I felt the Gods were conspiring against me. We'd planned to go…read moreto this place early evening for the first time on a living social deal. My date, my wife of 36 years. I couldn't get the coal fire to light at home, I'd left it late eventually succeeding just in time to add slack to back the fire up, close the air vents and leave for our meal. I blamed Andromeda; now I wasn't looking for the temperature of the nuclei of the blue snowball planetary nebulae but a shade above 15c would have been nice before we went out into 2c. Anyway as ever I digress; this deal was about £20 for two. The rating reflects this fact: we were the only diners and had 4 four excellent, fresh cooked, plain poppadoms with 3 fabulous dips; mint, spicy & mango chutney, the dips remained on the table to use with the two mains, two portions of rice (boiled & pilau), two side salads, two naan bread (garlic & Peswari) and a choice of two glasses of wine or beer. My wife took both quarter bottles of white wine on the deal (menu price £3.50 each) I had a 660 ml of ice cold cobra (£4.75). I'd be much happier had there been real ale choices but realistically this place is in a small village in the countryside and probably has no demand for my predilections. There were a few meals not on the deal - steak (I wouldn't have steak in an Indian) and tandoori king prawn dishes: fair enough. We both opted for the mixed grill served with vegetable curry. So rather than two veg curries we asked if one could be korma, this was no problem. They use a gas tandoor. The naan breads were very good, the two sauces were good with both containing similar vegetables, a mix of fresh & frozen vegetables. The mains were above average to good with a quarter of skinless chicken, tandoor chicken and lamb pieces and a piece of seekh kebab. The main alone would be a score of three. Being picky: the chicken quarter should have been deeply scored with a knife to allow the spice flavours to penetrate the meat to the bone, some lemon juice and garlic shards should have been added to the marinade as these make a big difference and add extra fresh lemon juice just before serving (or put a piece of lemon on the dinner plate), cut down on the red food dye and on a positive note, the balance of salt and spice in the lamb seekh kebab was just right. The quality of the naans, willingness to let us choose our sauces, the friendly attentive service and the cracking deal warrant excellent. I wouldn't have liked to pay the near £14 full menu cost for the mixed grill main as it would have been expensive for what was on the plate and I'd have been less generous in my rating. Then out to freezing point; a clear dark sky with Andromeda plain to see, as was Alpha Andromedae on its North East edge. The car radio came to life, radio two with a charming Michael Ball, as we drove off to 'Perhaps Love' John Denver & Spaniard Placido Domingo (means peaceful Sunday) one of our all time favourite songs. Then the angelic tenor Art Garfunkel singing 'Bright Eyes'. This was No 1 when our first son was born. Andromeda was smiling on us after all, lighting our way and our memories home over wet country roads. All we needed to top this winter night was John Denver singing 'For You' so at the push of a button off went the radio and on came John. If you have never heard either of these two songs go on you tube. They really are worth 10 minutes of your day and play loud. And home to a warm fire. Thanks after all Andromeda.