Well this all started with a bit of a dilemma here, our favourite curry provider in northfield…read morehappens to be take away only so we thought we'd venture onto the high street and try Omar's after receiving a pretty good takeaway from them previously. Why did we wait so long? The decor insode is flush with blue and purple soft lighting and drapes, the waiters were very polite and straight on hand to help with your every need. The menu, well, we'd promised it was a quick bite but starters, mains sides and a forced down desert argued with that one (doggie bags for the left over mains were a life saver!). A range of unusual chefs specials suitable for both veggies and meat eaters alongside the standard brummie curry choices (dopiaza, rogan josh, tikka, bhuna etc...) meant we needed an extra 10 minutes to narrow it down from one of everything on the menu to what we actually wanted! As a sample menu example my choices consisted of: poppadums with mango chutney, mint yoghurt, lime pickle and tomato chilli mixed tikka starter for one Keema meatball curry with extra green chillies (just wow!) garlic pilau rice cheese and chilli naan and a pistachio kulfi to finish (only because we could, there was no room left at this point!) Cobra and Tiger beers were readily available alongside a small selection of spirits. A repeat trip may well be needed to sample the mango lassi here (I'm sure there will be no complaints if the rest of the experience is as good as this vist was)

Best Indian food in the Midlands. Attentive, friendly staff and unrivaled atmosphere in this small,…read morestylish restaurant.

Hard to fault this oasis of goodness in otherwise dreary area during the beast from the east snows…read morethis year. Staying at the nearby Travelodge (and therein lies another story) we were snowed in and looking for some warming dinner. The Bangla Lounge had some food reviews and so we booked, walked through snow and sleet, then got there to an empty restaurant. Felt a bit silly but within 30 minutes the place was chockers. Not silly after all. Menu was good but large - hungry and cold we over ordered and couldn't clear the table but left groaning full of curry goodness. The naan was awesome, and honestly all the curries we had were fantastic. Then a free shot of Bailey's for the ladies and something sherry-like for the men with the bill. Awesome! Definitely worth a look folks.

Absolutely rubbish meals swimming in grease tasteless meals x 3 =£39.50…read more5 broken pieces of prawns with no flavour in a spinach mush 5 bits of meat in both lamb dishes + plenty of onions & grease asked for them to collect all meals as I wasn't happy, they weren't interested after 5 mins they told me to complain to just eat even though they weren't the problem it was the meals. Just Eat hadn't cooked the meals They hung up Just Eat offered me a £20 credit on next order Sorry J/E it is Bangla Lounge Halesowen that are at fault not the delivery. I wont order from here ever again. VERY BAD customer service. Will recommend on Facebook that you are wasting your money using this restaurant.

My previous out of town restaurant was the Entouraj at Cutnall Green.... The chef has moved from…read morethere and is now at No. 25 - Sudha Saha. I only discovered this the next day when I was doing a bit more research. This explains why the meals were so excellent. I am pleased that we now have a bit of class in the form of upmarket cuisine. I hope the local now support this enterprise. IT IS IMPORTANT I SAY THIS - DON'T LET THIS HIGH CUISINE INDIAN RESTAURANT DIE..... The food standards' rating in November 2024 was a 4. The company was added to Companies House - 14th November 2023 There are two directors and one of those is Sudha Saha. NOTE There are two menus: Eat in and Takeaway. I like the former for it's smaller menu, as i believe small means they cook quality rather than quantity fast-food. The takeaway menu includes the traditional meals, had some of the a la carte items removed. A la carte - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.no25restaurantandbar.com/wp-content/uploads/no-25-restaurant-bar-a-la-carte.pdf Takeaway - chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.no25restaurantandbar.com/wp-content/uploads/takeaway-menu.pdf Alternatively, navigate from their home page. I'll attach the al la carte and drinks' menu here too. Visited 20/9/25 - Daughter's boyfriend's 21st birthday. Originally booked for 8 people, but an extra person was added very last minute. Not a problem to accommodate. Service was excellent. Before our food arrived, we were given an amuse-bouche (see pic). The Bill: 1 x Pint of Madri - £5.70 3 x Pints of Cobra (£5.70- = £17.10 4 x Pints of Coke Zero (£4.25) = £17.00 2 x Pints of Prava (£5.70) = £11.40 1 x Pint of lemonade - £4.25 1 x Bottle of Mountbridge Chardonnay - £26.00 9 x Poppadoms (£1.00) = £9.00 3 x Chutney Tray (£2.00) = £6.00 STARTERS 1 x Harabara Kebab = £6.95 3 x chicken Tikka (7.95) = £23.85 1 x Spicy Khekda - £9.95 NOTE: Bite-sized Cromer crab meat, cayenne and bell peppers, kaffir lime leaf and breadcrumbs (see video). 1 x Tandoori Tiger Prawns - £9.95 NOTE: Some people didn't have a starter. MAINS 1 x Tandoori Mixed Grill (plenty of meat!!!) - £19.95 NOTE: Chicken tikka, Tandoori chicken wings, Sheekh kebab, Tandoori fish, Tandoori prawns. Served on a sizzling plate. 3 x Tandoori Chicken Breast (see pic) (£16.95) = £50.85 NOTE: Chicken breast marinated with yoghurt and spices cooked in a clay oven served with risotto and makhani jus. 1 x Chicken Chettinad - £12.50 NOTE: Free range chicken morsels, cooked with hand ground chettinad spices. 3 x Chicken Makhani (£12.50) = £37.50 NOTE: Chicken tikka simmered in a satin smooth makhani sauce, finished with cream & fenugreek leaves. 1 x Methi Chicken - £12.50 NOTE: Morsels of chicken breast Cooked with dry fenugreek leaves, onion, and tomato masala, finished with cream. SIDES 1 x Saag Paneer - £5.95 1 x Cumin Potatoes - £6.25 2 x Egg Fried Rice (£3.75) = £7.50 1 x Mushroom Rice - £3.75 1 Keema Naan - £3.75 NOTE: the best i had ever had. Not the usual "red" meat inside, but lamb mince (see pic) - Very tasty and you got the flavour of the lamb. 2 x Cheese Naan (£3.75) = £7.50 1 x Peshwari Naan - £3.75 Total Bill (No service charge added) - £326.40. IT IS NOW MY FAVOURITE INDIAN RESTAURANT IN BROMSGROVE FOR ME TO VISIT. I WILL RETURN.

Very good curry on Saturday evening. Chicken Balti an chicken tikka masala. Very good service, good…read morefood and not badly priced. Mini vienetta for pud.

We are using Spices since they have opened. Still the best restaurant, very well mannered staff,…read morerecommend the place to every one. First class service and excellent food, don't change a thing. Well done Ali keep up the hard work. Anktoni

I had been wanting to go to Varanasi ever snice I heard of it 2 and half years ago. Finally on the…read more8th Jan 2022 I went with three other female friends. We were very excited as were going to a restaurant after about six months due to Covid-19. We dressed up. The welcome was very warm and the deco was amazing. The food-some of it was nice. But one of the four dishes was cold and another one was the wrong order. Not a problem, we thought-these things happen. They were busy, so it took us a while to get the attention of a waiter to let them know-during which time a few ended up eating about half the cold dish. Whilst the waiter accepted that he might have misheard the order and hence got the dish wrong they still refused to replace it with the correct dish! As for the cold dish they said it had half been eaten. This was extremely disappointing and very poor customer service. I felt embarrassed, as had been recommending this place to my friends for ages- one had travelled from Shropshire. For the sake of a small bowl of dal, it left a very bad taste in our mouth, has earned Varanasi this poor review and loss of future customer. Mrs Kale ad Friends.

Absolutely wonderful, first time not last time. Can't wait…read moreto come back from New York. Great staff equals great service. Very very upscale!!!

The Ameena. Mixed emotions... The food was PUCKA, we had a decent pint of Carling, and the staff…read morewere friendly. The food was really good although they forgot our popadoms and took a while to serve us (they were busy tho) When i left i forgot my wallet which had over £100 in and i went back, it was all im there, so yeah there honest aswell :)

This is a review after our second visit to this restaurant.The first visit was with a party of…read moreapprox 12 and the service was not good !. We assumed this was due to the size of our party and it was a busy Saturday night. However, we decided we would try it again. The staff were friendly and there was plenty of 'banter' with the locals, but unfortunateley the actual service & quality of food didn't meet our expectations. When the food eventually arrived at the table (we sat at the table approx 8 o'clock, and the main course was served at 9:45 !) it was luke warm and the quantity & quality was not good. We ate what we could & left, never to return.

Red Peppers Out for our usual on a Saturday night and we…read moredecided to give R.P. a try, purely because we couldn't park near the Bangla Lounge but could park very close to Red Peppers; what's in a location? It wasn't an impressive start, less than tasteful signage takes you through an uninviting doorway above a derelict shop. Up the tired carpeted narrow stairs we were pleased to find a clean and freshly decorated relatively small restaurant. Not the cold contemporary style so common these days but a warm, carpeted and softly decorated restaurant with a relaxed atmosphere. It was 7.00pm on a cool evening and it was about half full, not a bad sign. The staff made us very welcome and were efficient throughout. We sat in a recess; the tables are quite close so there isn't too much privacy but I suspect they don't do much in the way of large parties. It is fully licensed but you are welcome to take your own although not unreasonably they do push their own drinks. There's a fair choice on the menu and overall the prices are very reasonable which includes most of the specials. The popadoms and selection of dips were typical with the onion salad tasting fresher than usual. The onion bhaji & sheek kebab arrived after a little wait. The kebab came on a sizzler with fried onions but I don't think it had seen a tandoor more likely the microwave, surprisingly however it tasted much better than average, juicy and very nicely spiced with a fresh side salad. The main courses also arrived after a short wait. The generous portion of chicken tikka naga was very good being both hot and tasty. My wife enjoyed her chicken tikka dupiaza which again was tasty. One minor criticism is that the chicken in both dishes was a fraction dry. No complaints with the garlic fried rice, garlic coriander nan or the frozen chips which were all very good and the two table warmers kept everything warm. Surprisingly we found room for a desert and shared a coconut ice cream unfortunately I couldn't see my favourite banana fritter. In my opinion worth 3.75 stars which gets rounded up. Unless I'm wrong, I think a tandoor would earn it a genuine 4. Don't be put off by the entrance, it is well worth a try and we had a very enjoyable evening with no complaints at all.

My husband and I have been in kidderminster for over a week visiting friends. Our hosts suggested…read morewe go to this restaurant since we all love Indian food. This was truly the best Indian restaurant we have ever experienced. The food was well seasoned, gorgeous presentation, and an exceptional value. The staff were friendly, attentive and personable. They helped make our last evening with our friends a meal we won't soon forget. It's a must. Thanks.

Fantastic Indian food served with a smile. Staff are always very knowledgable of the menu and ready…read moreto make a recommendation when you ask for one and tell them what you like. Takeaways are always top notch too which is great as sometimes I find takeaway curries from some places don't always live up to the quality of sit down menus.

Seen a few reviews for this place which were good and they were not wrong. When you first walk in…read morereally welcomed by staff got to choose where we want to sit, we had our drinks within minutes. Really fast good service by the staff. Food was really good. To start we had the mix started which was lamb chicken tikka and shish kebab. The only bad but was the lamb was abit tough. Always found that wherever I have had this starter the rest was lovely. For main I had a chicken balti which was really nice . Partner had a pathia said one the best he has had. Overall good restaurant friendly staff and good food. Only reason don't get five stars just not a child friendly place, the only thing you can get for kids is chicken nuggets and chips. Will be visting again soon.

The interior of this Indian restaurant always reminds me of Biff Tannen's apartment in Back to the…read moreFuture II. It is very eighties nouveau-flash-trash, with black and red leather, neon lighting and artworks of questionable taste. There are glass tables and mirrored walls. I always find myself distracted by the indoor fishpond. The food is really good, apparently the chef used to work for Indian royalty. I love the King Prawn Puree to start and the Chicken Tikka Dansak is reliably delicious. The Alachi is licensed, which makes a welcome change to some of the other local curry houses. The Alachi really go all out, pitching themselves a cut above the standard curry house. They have monthly themed evenings with live music and you can even hire their private limo for transport to and from the restaurant. Take-away is also available.