Clay's - Hyderabadi Kitchen in Reading

Best food in Reading and such lovely staff never had a bad experience here. Cannot recommend it enough

Lovely food, great staff.Little disappointed with the lamb clay pot biryani, it was lacking flavour. The rest was great.

We really enjoy Indian food from the more traditional curry houses through the Michelin Starred restaurants in London. Since moving to Reading, we have struggled to find something to match up until we tried Clay's on recommendation. It must be one of the best Indian restaurants in the country.The quality of the ingredients and the way they're treated mean the flavours are so powerful yet refined. The menu reads as quite unusual but the flavours are very familiar. Finally, the service was simply outstanding from the whole team.Highly, highly recommended!

It was nice visit had some great authentic Hyderabadi dishes but very limited.Starter were soo good.

The food here is absolutely amazing. We started getting their vacuum packed meals during lockdown and they were so good we were excited to go and eat in the restaurant. We were not disappointed. The menu is creative and so tasty. The service is informal, warm and friendly. Genuinely an incredibly pleasant dining experience. This is my top recommendation for dinner in Reading.

Visited after reading all the positive national reviews and wasn't disappointed! Delicious food and incredibly warm and welcoming service. A brilliant experience.

Highly recommend trying Clay’s; if you like Southern Indian Cuisine with a modern twist. I would suggest booking a table in advance; it can fill up quickly and is popular for locals (also open 4 days a week).The ‘clay pot lamb biryani’ is a must to try. Along with the ‘Bhuna venison’ and ‘John’s mixed basket of paratha’.Overall great service and also the owner/chef was welcoming to come and greet the customers after the meal; nice touch.

Excellent service and food. Not the typical curry house menu but good to get a change. Rice crackers are a nice start. Cauliflower, pork and prawn starters very good. Definitely going back.

What a gorgeous place! Such unique flavours and dishes but all the spice and warmth that you’re used to from the Indian cuisine. We went for the pork belly, fried chillies, crab and chicken fry starters. The pork belly was sweet and aromatic and very good, but the winner were the fried chillies. Such a unique dish, never had anything like it! For mains we had village style lamb in a clay pot and paneer curry. Both absolutely gorgeous in their own way, the lamb was rich and earthy, the paneer curry was creamy and aromatic. Nothing was disappointing! Will come here again soon:

A trip to Clay's feels like a pilgrimage that everyone should undertake at least once. We were strongly recommended this restaurant by a good friend, subsequently ordered several meals via their nationwide delivery during the pandemic. With restrictions finally easing we undertook our little pilgrimage to eat there in person, it was worth the wait!The wine list is quite fascinating! Though it didn't have varieties we best enjoy with Indian food we found an Alsatian Pinot Gris that sung with Clay's food. We didn't know where to start with the dishes, thus took the recommendations from our friendly waiter. The mirchi chat and prawns to start really set the scene, but by golly, did the beef mahikhayla and chinta chiguru steal the show. Please visit, you will not regret it.