Royal Tandoori Scarborough

If I could give this No stars I would. New year's eve ruined. Booked a table for 7pm. ( I cannot eat late) Waited an hour ! For starters. My daughter was brought the wrong starter which was replaced then my starter came and they weren't actually that nice ! I ordered tandoori chicken. What came was chicken tikka !!! Rather than wait any longer I decided to eat it. We then waited and waited. Nearly another hour. Other ppl were complaining. My husband asked to see the manager but one of the servers came over and said the food was ALMOST ready and kept smiling as if everything was good ! We were told they had too many takeaway orders !!! Restaurant customers obviously come second then !. This after nearly 2 hours. I told them not to bother as it was too late for me to eat. I walked out. My husband and daughter soon came out.The staff tried putting the food on the table but my husband told them to forget it. 2 hours is way too long. He paid for the drinks . We were rushed into ordering from the very beginning then having to wait that long was totally unacceptable. I would not recommend this place to anyone. It's disgusting. UPDATE. The owner has replied and obviously doesn't even know that we came on NEW YEARS EVE ! which was wednesday so half price Sunday doesn't come into the equation ! A couple of poppadoms were hastily placed on our table with a tray of sauces that were obviously left over from someone else as they weren't full and one was completely gone !!! You actually Told us that you'd had too many takeaway away orders ! Which. When you've waited almost 2 hours isn't what you want to hear. Yes we left because that was totally unacceptable and we didn't even have an apology. I'm also posting on trip advisor.

We have come to Scarborough for a few days and decided to spend our last bit of money on a cheeky Indian. We ordered from here to a caravan resort. We phoned the restaurant as we arnt at the reseption 24/7 and asked if they could call us when they’re near by so we can meet them. He said “ We can’t do that as it’s busy, the delivery driver will ring you when he’s missed your delivery thanks BYE” slammed phone down without letting us reply. Not listening to what we had to say. The food arrived an hour after, a second phone call was needed though. The curry is water. I got a korma which is unedible. I am a chef myself and this was unacceptable. The chicken tikka is water with 4-5 chunks of chicken. We got no popadoms. Asked for a cheesy nan. Got a normal tiny one. All our food was half full. The bombai potatoes are canned aswell as soggy and just not nice. Vegetable rice and chips was the only thing edible. I have never complained this is my first one ever. And I expect a refund but it’s obvious I won’t get that. As staff was rude already without a complaint. seems like no food for us tonight as it’s going in bin. Dirty

Possibly the worst Indian takeaway we've ever had. Both curries were just slop with random little bits of chicken in. No depth of flavour at all. Would have been better having a Charlie Bigham curry. The rice was OK but the naan was like shoe leather.

Visited while on a weekend break....wow one of the best Indian/Bengali meals ive had for ages.... the food is old school, well cooked and tasty. It really made a change from some of the awful stuff that is passed off as Curry in some restaurants.... To the chef and waiters, thanks for a great meal...I'll be back!!!!

Nice place, staff are very friendly and polite. I had lamb biryani (£14.5) and tandori king prawns (starter £7.5) - they both tasted very well. However, the prawns were a bit too pricey, and the beryani was a huge portion (enough for 2), a waste really, while one could pay less for a more reasonable portion. Overall the place is very good and I'd recommend it. Expect a long wait (15 mins at least after ordering) if visiting on wed/sun as the place is so busy due to 50% discount on those days.