Great ambience and delicious food. Really liked the service and quality of food. Would certainly…read morerecommend.

If there is such a thing as a 'classy' Indian, this would be it. The building itself is old English…read morewith plenty of character. It's been very nicely decorated and furnished. The staff are very warm and attentive. The menu is a little unusual, but with plenty of great choices. Between us we tried a varied selection, and everything exceeded expectations, the food was VERY good indeed. Highly recommended.

I have been to this restaurant several times as my co headquarters is not far. Though I have to…read moreadmit most of my Indian food experience is NYC USA, I do appreciate very much my UK trips when I can get a better selection. Blue ginger is a great option in this area and better than what you are likely to find in the states even in larger cities.

It's the closest to home and we use it quite a lot. Good value (especially when you collect with…read more10% off) and tasty favourites. We're not very adventurous with the spicier Indian food so can't comment on those, but things like Korma, Tikka Masala, Biryani etc. are all tasty and substantial. Usually a couple of free popadoms thrown in for takeaway too which is nice.

Whenever I'm back in the UK I have to have at least one curry, what with Vancouver not being…read moreparticularly blessed with decent curry houses. Despite working in Abingdon for many years, I had somehow managed to miss this place - it is rather obscured from view round the back of a small collection of shops squished between the Ring Road and the school grounds. It was recommended by a colleague, who believes it to be Abingdon's finest. I had always given that title to the Dil Raj, so I was intrigued. The atmosphere is what I like to think of as mid-90s revival curry house. It's not your original flock wallpaper, dark style - it's cane furniture, light colours and large, round tables. The staff were somewhat cold in attitude - the waiter who greeted us made it clear that in eschewing the buffet and choosing to select from the menu we had made the Wrong Choice. It also took rather too long to get the bill and settle up at the end. The food is pretty good. There's an extremely densely packed menu with all the standard choices as well as some extras like a selection of duck curries. My benchmark for a curry house is the King Prawn Puri and this one was very pleasant - the puri was tasty and not too greasy, the prawns were tasty and firm and the sauce was a rich coconutty zinger. We ordered a selection of main dishes which were generally tasty, spicy and distinct, although the Korma (which I would never usually order) was more than usually bland. The best of the dishes was a creamy, almondy duck thing whose name I can't remember (sorry) and the Chicken Jalfrezi which had just the right number of bright green chillis to cause the kind of mild discomfort that makes curries worthwhile. All in all, it was a good place to have my ration of Indian food for this trip, although it will not stop me from trying somewhere else next time in the never-ending search for curry heaven. I still stand by my judgement on the Dil Raj, too.

Spice Valley is our favourite Indian restaurant in Abingdon because their service is so much better…read morethan everyone else's. Whether you're eating in or ordering a take-away, they treat you with respect and are very efficient. They have a varied menu, with some dishes you'd be hard pressed to find elsewhere (venison curry?), but as a bit of a curry lightweight I find most of the things on the menu a little bit on the spicy side. Although they do have milder dishes on the menu, they can be a bit bland and disappointing. If you've got a reasonable heat tolerance though, you won't go wrong at Spice Valley. And they do a buffet on Tuesday evenings that is very good value (and popular - you'll need to book).

Delicious food and great service. We ordered a takeaway…read morefrom AL-TAIF as we've recently moved to Kennington and wanted to check out the local takeaway restaurants. The service was great from the start - easy to order online. Prices seemed a little too cheap to be honest - cannot believe the value for money! We phoned to confirm delivery and they said they'd call us back when it was about 5 mins away (which they did) so that we could walk over to collect. Friendly staff, used our name which added to the personal feel, and the food wasn't sat in a bag waiting when we arrived - they asked the kitchen to prepare it in a bag from the hot plates which meant it was still very hot when we got home. We had onion bhajis, pilau rice, saag aloo, peshwari naan, lamb passanda, and lamb rogan Josh. All the food was excellent with delicious meat and vegetables in the curries. The naan was packed with flavour. Nothing was greasy or over-salted. Some of the best Bangladeshi/South Asian food we've had in a long time, and nice to support a local business - particularly right now. Highly recommended and we will be going back for dine-in once restaurants open.

I think they forgot about us…read more We ordered at 8.30pm on Friday evening and I was told our food would be with us shortly. Usually that means 30 minutes. After 50 minutes I called to ask where the food was and was told. "Oh yes it's here, we're just waiting for the driver to come back from another delivery" the food arrived 20minutes later so and hour and 10 minutes wait. It was all delicious. It came with free popadums but weirdly no free salad unlike every other Indian place I know. Good food - but the long delay puts me off ordering from them again.

Great pub - very friendly atmosphere. Sunday lunch for the family is always great, they really do…read morego above and beyond. Usually a few good ales on the pumps as well as the usual pub selection