Shahbaaz Curry Cottage has been a favourite of mine for a good few years now - being a minute away…read morefrom my parents house, it also doubles up as our local Indian takeaway. The restaurant is, as the name suggests, in a small cottage that has quite recently been extended to cater for the demand for a good curry house in the area. There must be no more than 15 tables in the entire place, which makes it nice and cosy - which I like. I have been here countless times, and each time I cannot fault the service. The waiters are friendly, and the same guys have worked there for years, so if you're local and go there frequently they remember your name - which is always nice. The food is authentic Indian food, with a varied choice of curries on the menu. One of their starters - Prawn on Puree - is my favourite and I often order this as larger portion for my main meal, which they are always more than happy to do for me. The prices are very reasonable here, and if you like them on Facebook they'll often post print-off vouchers on their page for customer discounts and freebies. They also run deals on certain nights, where you can get 3 courses and a beer for £15. Last week when I visited, the service was abnormally slow.. And something I haven't experienced before. Granted it was a busy Friday night but maybe they were a waiter down or something. The service is usually faultless - this must have been an off night but I wouldn't like to mark them down for it. I'll continue to go here, either with family or with friends - and if you're in the area it's definitely the best place for Indian food for a good few miles.

Love the Shahbaaz! Great food. Lovely staff. The 3 courses for £9.99 they offer on Weds & Sunday's…read moreare well worth the money & they're very accommodating on alterations to the menu. Highly recommended!

I've tried many Indian takeaways/restaurants in Bolton & I'm yet to find anywhere better. The…read moreChicken Jalfrezi is a personal favourite and with an abundance of chicken, your never left disappointed. After collecting an order and returning home, we realised an item was missing from the order, rand up and one of the lads was round within 5 minutes dropping it off. Tremendous customer service !! Friday/Saturday nights obviously get very busy and delivery can take upto 2 hours so my advice is to either order early or drive and collect where it's usually ready within 30 minutes.

Spice Island was recommended to me by a work colleague (cheers, Martin) when I first came to Bolton…read more10 years ago, and since then they've done very good business with us. The reason? The food is great (try their Chingri Jhol or their Murg Charga if you like something a little bit hotter than usual), the service efficient (rather than friendly, perhaps) and the prices are very reasonable. I like the fact that you can see the food being prepared when you pick up your meal -- it gives you confidence there's nothing untoward going on. All in all, top nosh -- and good value too.

Great place to eat, the best for curry and spicy food, not to expensive and worth going for the…read morevegetarian curry! they are delicious they sell them in the afternoon worth looking out for!

This is an OK enough curry café and kebab shop near the centre of Bolton, doing takeaway but also…read morewith plenty of covers to sit in. For those of us in the know, 'rice and three' is about as clear a business name as you can get for a curry café! The pricing here is 3.50-5.30GBP depending on whether all or none of your three chosen curries are vegetarian. Rice was A-OK, as was the fresh tandoor chapati. And I'm starting to realise the importance of serving fresh chapati or naan on a basket rather than a plate - put a slice of fresh toast on a plate to see how one soggy the downside becomes and you will get my point! As a Muslim-owned place, vegetarian choices on the bain marie are as usual playing second fiddle to the 'main dishes'. However, red kidney beans were one choice when I visited, with my other two choices being channa and spinach (from tinned spinach). There was also a potato curry, and I see online references to a Friday aubergine curry. All of what I had was OK, but I continue to feel various gripes with curry café offerings - not enough vegetarian choice, generic sauces as opposed to a feeling of the component fresh ingredients shining through, and heartburn for the rest of the afternoon from the chili powder. However, this is a tight ship as curry cafés go. It seems to be a lively Arab hangout for everyone from young dating couples to grandparents. It's clean, including plenty of toilets (each with lota!) upstairs. Maybe I will go back on a Friday for aubergine curry. Maybe if you like meat kebabs and curries or are Muslim in Bolton this could be a regular place for you. Good luck, Rice N Three!

Took a friend here for a treat, staff were helpful at first, but as we started to eat, we werent…read moreasked if we wanted more drinks etc Once we had finished our main we where given hot towels, no one bothered to ask if we wanted deserts or coffees despite us ordering a 6 course meal (Inc Drinks & Deserts) - Told Manager I was not happy with the FULL PRICE bill and he got very rude and abusive telling me I was NOT the kind of customer they wanted and it was OUR fault the staff had not offered us our deserts WTH?? I am happy to say that I run 2 very successful businesses and was looking for a new place for business meetings, this dump will NOT be getting of my future business!

food not the best ive had was ill the day after wont be going there again.staff okread more

While I love the food here, the biggest thing that's a let down is the customer service!…read more Unless you are one off there weekly regulars then you often get ignored! Don't get me wrong the food here is fantastic and tasty however the staff need to learn to smile, ok so they maybe overrun sometimes especially on the mid week deals however this is there own fault if short staffed so they should be a lot politer to there customers, Its not just the once this has happened with poor service but I've been four times now over the years and each time it's been the same! I've even got to the end off my main meal , that's popudoms, a starter and a main meal , before the drinks we ordered on arrival were delivered! And when asking why our drinks were taking so long at the end of our starter we were harshly told we only have one pair of hands :/ I for one was really annoyed by this.

I absolutely love this curry house. Infamous from Phoenix Nights,it is an essential in Bolton. The…read morestaff are really friendly and remember you when you return. You feel like you receive a real personal service. The food is beautiful and they will adjust it to your tastes. We take our baby twins and they make them a lovely creamy korma!! Fantastic place!!

We went late on a Sunday evening and both had the buffet. £9 each for all you can eat Indian food…read moreis pretty incredible. The place was quiet, and very well presented.The only issue with Leena is that it wasn't very good. The food was dry and had obviously been on the serving plate for hours, I was charged £2 for a pint of flat Coca Cola out of the bottle, not from draft, and the selection of food was mislabelled and not particularly varied. The staff were very pleasant, but stayed at the table chatting to us whilst we were trying to eat. Leena redeemed themselves somewhat by bringing us fresh rice and naan. The fresh food was great. After I had finished, we were offered fresh curry, but it was a little too late as I was already full. Had the food not been dry and old I would have rated much higher. I will visit Leena again during the daytime and review again when they're at their best. After the recommendations I've had in the past, I can only assume that my experience at Leena was them at their very worst.

excellent food would recomend chicken ticka saag and stuffed pratha. prices on same par with…read moreanywhere else these days,but id ont mind paying when its this good