The Royal Indian Restaurant And Bar in Leicester

Our group ate at this food stall on Saturday 4th June at the Riverside Festival. 6 people out the 8 (across 4 different households) all had Chicken Curry and Rice. Woke the next morning with diarrhoea. One was also being sick. As 2 of us who ate somewhere else were fine I messaged the owner to let him know of the situation. He was completely dismissive and it was absolutely nothing to do with them! This was no coincidence as was the only thing the 6 people had in common! Clearly a hygiene issue or something to do with serving food that’s been sitting a long time / luke warm food ?!

Great food but the service can be so slow!

I tried the vegetarian food here and it is 10/10 I really like the amazing and delicious food . They have a wide range of variety for vegetarians food that I haven’t seen anywhere else. Will recommend friends and family.

A standard practice of a restaurant is to get the basics right; which is food, service and pricing. Service subpar; no knowledge of what the item is (had to google half of the menu).Food; eh everything is dry how do you expect a small peice of chicken and half a leg to cook at the same time.Pricing, this is the most ridiculous thing about the whole ordeal, they have put different prices for the same items on justeat, ubereats and deliveroo. And they even have different prices on the same items when you call them directly for takeaway or delivery. They charged us as per their convenient prices which is not professional in any way whatsoever. The food is subpar at best but not worth the hassle really. Won't order next time.If you can't get the basics right, stop and invest your money in something you're good at such as garbage disposal services.

Fantastic food, when they actually accept your order. Had my order rejected three times in a row. Won’t be using again.

UPDATE: Went back for a family meal in September 2021 hoping that there had been some improvements but sadly not. We had a new waitress who could not really help and was not being supported. Manager who spent more time taking phone/online orders (even whilst taking our order). Ultra-slow service - we waited an hour for our lacklustre main course. Also the food is underwhelming. I will not be going back I'm afraid....Previous review - We reserved a table on Saturday night in the ground floor seating area for a group of 12. We were really looking forward to an authentic Indian meal after hearing some good reports of The Royal Indian. This is quite a modern-looking narrow restaurant. Our hopes of a good meal and service were dashed quite quickly. Lacklustre (unattentive at times) service, errors with orders (how could you get a naan order wrong?) and a kitchen that could not cope with a busy Saturday night did not help. Starters were mediocre at best and way too spicy. Avoid the Mixed Grill. It is too dry and lacks flavour. We waited for over an hour for our main course.... What you would expect was a simple order of an "on the bone" chicken curry came to us as a boneless curry. When we raised this, they said they could rectify this quickly.... Indeed our dish did return quickly but after closer inspection we saw that 2 or 3 on the bone pieces had just been added to the original serving bowl. The Kheema Peas was just boring, plain and watery. This was a tasteless under-spiced main course. I am sorry to write that this was a truly unimpressive restaurant and meal. They really have some hard work ahead of them if they wish to improve their offering. Worth avoiding and worth going elsewhere I'm afraid.

I think the people who left positive reviews must have got paid to, because this is one of the worst restaurants I've been to. No atmosphere, no music no service and nasty toilets. Why would u pay to come here and eat. I made that mistake please don't make the same. Go somewhere else avoid this dive... thank me later..

Great little Indian restaurant very small and cosy inside. We ordered the handi dum lamb briyani which takes 40mins as mentioned on the menu.I was not disappointed one of the most best briyani's I have ever tasted !! Great staff loads of options on the menu that you don't find in many Indian restaurants.

Food was amazing and so tasty. Vicky and Gaurav are very friendly and accommodating

Really nice tasty food. Well worth visiting!!!!