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    Le Raaj

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    Ministers Restaurant

    Ministers Restaurant

    4.3(4 reviews)
    1.0 km
    £££

    Ministers has now changed hands, and has become an Indian restaurant…read more Although the menu has changed, the service and staff are still very pleasant. This is one of the poshest Indian restaurants I've ever been to. If your looking for a posh Indian, this is the place to come.

    This place has been popular for years. It got it's name because it was one of the Tony Blair's…read morefavourite places to eat when he came home to his home constituency. At that time the food was traditional english cuisine and it was very difficult to get a table. The place is now under new management and is an Indian restaraunt. When I first went along I was very surprised. I expected the usual run of the mill Inidian restaraount but this is something very special. I wish I had booked a table in advance as it was very busy and judging by the quality of the food I doubt this wil be unusual. The menu was very varied and included a lot of dishes which I had not come across before. The vegetarian and fish selections were particularly impressive with some dishes offring whole fishes such as tandoori trout. The decor is tasteful but authentic. No flock wall paper or cheap prints of elephants. Sophisticated and impressive. The service was good. Despite being busy we didn't have to wait long for food or drinks. The only negative comment I could possibly make is that there are steps inside which may prevent some disabled access. This is a shame. There is a parking area outside for quite a few cars but I think this is shared with neighbouring bed and breakfast places and bars. There are other parking areas close by and on street parking is allowed close by. Quite a few bars within walking distance and also a taxi rank. You could make this part of a whole evening out in a very senic village.

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    Bengal Lounge - Free popadoms and dips brought straight to our table

    Bengal Lounge

    4.5(2 reviews)
    8.3 km

    OK, finding this place was a real challenge. I was visiting the area on business and asked google…read moreto find us a nice indian restaurant close by. After driving in circles a few times we saw the delivery entrance in an alley and parked at the first opportunity some distance away. We could see the place on the second story of a shabby abandoned shopping mall, but we couldn't work out how to get up there. We wandered around for quite some time looking for a way in, all the while getting increasingly frustrated and cursing like sailors. Finally we gave up, walked in through the delivery entrance and found ourselves in the kitchen. The visibly surprised cook we encountered didn't speak english, which is usually a good sign in my estimation. A nice young man who i summized was the manager appeared and shood us into the seating area. I later determined that you need to go to the very top floor of the car park and find a small unmarked door leading to the shops. A sign would have been a really nice gesture. I don't think visitors are very common (or particularly welcome) around here. Once we recovered from the misadventure, we did manage to get a really nice meal. There is an extensive menu and a full bar. Apparently there's a buffet on Thursdays for those who are into that sort of thing. The manager taking care of us was very nice, although notably disturbed about how many Bacardi and Cokes my travel companion was knocking back. I explained that we were from Wisconsin but i don't think he had encountered many Americans (probably because no out-of-towners could ever find the entrance). Everything was tasty and appeared to be freshly prepared. I was a bit surprised when i asked for a sweet lassi that it wasn't a thing there, nor was there any raita. They brought me a big bowl of yoghurt on the side so that was enough of a foil for my spicy lamb curry. My colleague ordered a mixed tandoori grill and he said it was quite good. I was surprised at the amount of food we were served and neither of us managed to find room to eat all of it. The bill was really quite reasonsble, especially considering the number of drinks on our tab All things aside i will definitely return next time i have to visit. I took one star off for the aggravation of having such a hard time finding our way in so maybe next time things will be less of an adventure.

    It's good food, a meal typically costs in order of £9-12. The service is friendly a prompt. This is…read moremy second visit.

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    Bengal Lounge - 2 delicious curries! Bengal special and lamb saag

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    2 delicious curries! Bengal special and lamb saag

    Le Raaj - indpak - Updated May 2026

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