Light of Asia in Test Valley

Very average for an Indian restaurant. The dishes did taste great, but unfortunately just way too much oil for my liking. The pilau rice also used tinned vegetables. The service was also a little slow and inattentive. Great with the current discount, but not sure I’d be happy paying full price.I’ve since been a second time, eighteen months later. Nothing has improved. Still using frozen/tinned vegetables and still using too much oil. The vegetable curries are unexciting, mostly using frozen peas, carrot, sweet corn, plus some tomato and onions. And no after eights, which is sad!

Really good high quality food. Definitely recommend.

Had a great experience last night, food was incredible and well priced, I would recommend this restaurant to anyone.

Fantastic food and great service and friendly staff

Waitress was super friendly, food was lovely, sadly they ran out of Cointreau for the coffee, otherwise nearly 5 stars

Food was TERRIBLE4 tiny pieces of meat for £13 - what a scamThe so called 'lamb' was definitely not lamb - was extremely tough and inediblePrices ridiculously high for such a poorly decorated restaurantWould not reccomendExtremely disappointed

I used to have fond memories of Light of Asia but unfortunately since the younger generation took over, the quality has dropped. I had the duck tikka as a starter, for nearly £6 to get 4 small chunks of duck and the rest to be onions and sauce is down right insulting. I got the king prawn korai only to find 75% onions and tomatoes then some processesd curly tiger prawns. Like curly fries but prawns, wouldn't be so bad if it was prawn but I'm really not sure what it was. Consistency of brittle rubber. The sauce was tasty though. At nearly £13, completely ridiculous. As a former chef I know full well how much this dish cost to make and what they are trying to gain in profit, unfortunately the cheap ingredients used do not justify the hefty price tag. Next was the paneer tikka. Very very dry, extremely bland and again, does not justify the hefty £9 price. £2 for a soggy chapati, a tandoori roti that was as bland and soggy as the chapati and a peshwari naan. Would have been nice if it was more naan and lest extremely sweet filling.This is my second experience since the refurbishment around 2 years ago and I'm afraid to say, I can't see me going back. Good flavours, great service but extremely over priced with dishes reducing the main expensive ingredients to be replaced by much cheaper products. If i could i would have given 2.5 not 3 but I think 2 is too harsh so 3 it is.

Chicken Tikka starter luke warm and swimming in oil. Cauliflower Bhaji was more like Cauliflower storks, with the 1 bit of Cauli which was rock hard. Delivery was 25 mins late.

A really good meal. Value for money and great service. Social distancing rules are in place but they're not making a big deal about it but will remind you to wear a mask when they need to. As with most places, just use common sense. Good menu choices freshly prepared by staff that clearly care.

I ordered a takeaway last night for a family birthday and everything we ordered was great and enjoyed by all. The staff are very helpful and courteous and I can’t wait to be able to eat in the restaurant. In the meantime I’ll be ordering all future Indian takeawaysfrom the Light of Asia.