Royal India in Hackney

The best place by far! Passionate about their cooking. Been going there 20 years . Can't recommend it enough.!!!

Food was okay. Manager was quite adamant we pay in cash (I think you can guess why) but after we did withdraw from the ATM he was very friendly.

I love this restaurant's food. Always delicious, flavoursome and fresh! I've been in a couple of times and the staff have always been attentive, ensuring you have all you need for your enjoyable meal. I think this stems from the owner, who, from my knowledge, is the chef. Each time I eat from here, I can tell that the person making it has a love for food and fresh ingredients !! I love the food here! From vegetarian to meat dishes .

Ordered a take away via Royal India's own website. The lamb dish was excellent - meat was moist; paratha was lovely and flaky. I haven't been to the restaurant, but for the food, I recommend them.

The interesting menu, (I urge you to try the dish of chickpeas with Asam tea leaves) and wonderful food here make Royal India a joy to visit. The 3 fish dishes I tried were marvelous, both the quality of the fish and its preparation are of the highest quality. The skills in the kitchen, and ambition of the menu display that Royal India is much more than a simple everyday high street Indian restaurant. Plus the calm atmosphere of the eat in experience even in these difficult times makes for a really enjoyable evening, and autumn/winter night. Thank you to all involved in the lovely meal that my husband and I enjoyed last night

Had some really tasty food here. Really good Biryani - rice and herbal spicy vegetables. Also had a very nice side dish with spinach and soft cheese. Food was super quick in like 20-30min after crunching some poppadoms. Waiter very friendly and knows alot about the food, helping out with the meal suggestion. Apparently they are planning on bringing out some new dishes. Good size portions too. We took some home for next day lunchtime snack. I really like the Indian fabric wall decoration it gives a nice feel. Planning to come back with more friends. Definitely one of my new favourite places on Church St.

Worst meal in a long time. I now understand why this place is normally empty. Inordinate delays; our party of 6 waited 90 minutes for the food to arrive. When it came, two main courses had been left off the order. The waiter was aggressive and unprofessional. My son found hairs in his food. The meals we ordered all seemed to based around the same oily sauce. Mahi fish had strange jelly-like consistency and was full of bones. No track and trace, no hand sanitiser by the door. All in all, a grim experience. Avoid

In brief: if you can collect it, the food is great, but do not order for delivery.The food here is absolutely amazing, whole spices, good meat and really tasty. The problem is the service and the delivery, the first time delivery was an hour and a half- no warning on ordering and when we called to check in they endlessly said 5 more mins and then blocked our calls. But the food came and was hot, albeit very late in the evening. The food was that good we ordered again but anticipated the super long delivery time. The third time we ordered they said (25 mins after ordering) the delivery cost to then (north London to North London...) was £15 and too much so we could collect (we have no car), pay another £10, or cancel. Obviously we cancelled and won't order for delivery again.

Absolutely beautiful food! Good staff, great service will be back here as soon as I’m Back in stoke newington. The best chicken from an Indian restaurant ever in my opinion, 6 stars!

Had been here before and the food was great. Tonight, we didn't get the pleasure. Arrived and seated and ordered, however nothing arrived. Around 15 minutes later a more senior member of staff took our order again, including the basics of a glass of water. More time passes and we are only presented with a warm bottle of white wine, with the option of red wine "as it is more Romantic". An extra star for the previous visit, but I'd go prepared for disappointment if the service is having a bad day.