Aakash Balti

Had a fantastic takeaway from Aakash on Tuesday night, especially the chicken garlic balti and garlic & cheese naan which were amazing! Good portion sizes with the curries having loads of chicken! Would definitely recommend!

Desperately trying to find a nice Indian takeaway in Harrogate, and tried Aakash after amazing reviews in Just Eat, only to be a little disappointed. When ordering, Just Eat told us the food would be ready for 5:55. At around 5:40, we were notified it was ready and we hadn't even set off yet. I did ring them and ask to keep it warm as we had issues with our front door not locking, and the man in the phone WAS super nice and said he'd keep it in a heat bag for us which was nice, and the food was still warm when we eventually got home around 6:15. Now, the starters. I ordered a chicken tikka and my boyfriend got onion bhajis. I was aware that the starters came on "a bed of onion", but it was way too much. My chicken was dry once put on my plate and tasted too much of onion and not enough tikka. My partner didn't like how fried his bhajis were and we both said we wouldn't get the same starters if we order online again. The mains were okay. The curry portions were quite small, I barely had enough sauce leftover for the next day (I always eat half and save half for the next day). The containers were small and there was too much chicken in my korma (odd complaint, I know, but I like a lot of sauce to drown my rice.), might just get korma sauce next time. My partner enjoyed his madras and he said it was very spicy which is what he wanted, but his tummy wasn't the best the next day, and he handles spicy food quite well, normally. Finally found a takeaway which has actual pilau rice with herbs and spices which was a nice surprise! I enjoyed that quite a lot, made it feel more authentic as opposed to white rice with colourful red green and yellow dyed pieces. The boiled rice was nice and reheated well the next day. The naans are big! We could have definitely just got the one to share. The garlic was subtle but strong enough. My partner said he couldn't taste the garlic, but I could, but I had a more "middle" piece. Overall, it was nice, however, I wouldn't order again. It was around £41 for just the two of us, which is the most expensive takeaway we've had (normally no more than £35 from elsewhere), and it was almost worth it. We'll deffo save next time as we'll just be getting the 1 naan and maybe not starters.

Friendly staff, great menu choices and at good prices. Well worth getting a takeaway from here.

Great food, I order pretty regularly and I have never had a bad meal. Delivery is always accurate and the drivers are friendly.

GOATs of the Harrogate and Knaresborough takeaway seen. 10/10. love you Aakash x