Masala in New Forest

Called up with questions last night, had answers very quickly and more info very polite service. Ordered and delivered within half an hour to a difficult location, very nice delivery driver too and the food was the best Indian I’ve had in a couple years. Nailed my chicken pasanda (my local Portsmouth takeaways never quite do) reasonable price, banging dinner and excellent service. Highly recommend and also £1 delivery to my location whilst on holiday was very good too. Love it all!

After a not so great first order back a while, we decided to give it another try. Took well over an hour and was cold when it did finally arrive. The Ceylon was REALLY salty, ruining the whole thing.The mossala Poppadoms arrived in bits and the veg curry was very oily, which was disappointing, and was not very flavourful. The only plus was the nanny bread, which was lovely.I have contacted Masalla about this but no reply and so the 10% incentive for us to return has certainly not worked.

Something terrible happened tonight, my favorite Indian takeaway made "only edible food", normally the curry's are rich in flavor and thick but tonight I was delivered 2 curry's both bland in flavor that seemed to be watered down and drenched in oil, I had to use kitchen roll to soak it up before I could attempt to eat it. Not only that the minimum order for delivery has gone up making me having to order more food than I wanted, I wouldn't of complained about ordering more if the quality was as it use to be but it was truly underwhelming. Writing this review has made me sad.

First visit so first impression....the food was very good and we will most definitely return. Generous portions and very tasty. Love the fact that they have a 5 out of 5 hygiene rating. The young man who took our order was friendly and efficient, he took time to tell us about the changes that they are making to the business. All in all an extremely good experience and I am sure I will be giving a 5 star rating before long.

Whilst in the last 3/4 years that we have had meals delivered I must say that the food, delivery and experience has always been of the highest order and deserves ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I have given a lower score due to the fact that when my wife placed our order she was not appraised that a £2.50 delivery charge was being imposed for deliveries outside of Ringwood. The menu flyer still states "Free delivery on all orders".I rang Masala to query the difference in costing for the order and was then informed of the now imposing delivery charge. I was also informed that a new menu is being produced which will show increased food costs as well as a delivery charges.

In all the years I have been coming here for delivery they have never failed, delicious food alongside top class service. Deliveries are always correct and on-time despite living outside of Ringwood. Long may it continue!

This is an exceptional Indian takeaway. My partner and I enjoy an Indian at least once a week and will fit one in wherever we travel. This was our second Indian this week and if it were not the 200 mile journey it would definitely be our new local! We'll definitely be back when we're next down this way.

I love the food. Sadly paying full price for gradually less and less amounts of it. We ordered a masala sauce tonight and there was definitely less in the container than usual.

Literally just finished our meal and yet again was lovely, today was just outstanding. Planning a family get together at the end of the month and are planning to introduce the entire family to the delights of Masala in Ringwood, keep producing food like this and we will keep coming back to eat it. If you have never tried this place you really must you've no idea what you're missing.

Ordered a Lamb Biriani and Chicken curry this evening. It was the best takeaway for ages, plenty of meat in both and delicious. Plus not full of lumps of onion like some. We will be back.