The Empire Restaurant in Cardiff

Had a really excellent meal with my son on Friday., we did have to wait a little while for our table, the manager dealt with it in a very professional way explaining how he had a number of staff having not turned up on the night. On Sunday night I realised I couldn’t find my wallet After having ripped the house apart I thought it might be worth ringing the Empire on the off chance that I had left it there. The manager asked me quite a few security questions about the contents of the wallet and when he was satisfied he said “ yes you did leave it here” so this was the first time that I have used the Empire but after that experience it certainly will not be the last.

The best food in Cardiff. We moved away from Cardiff and as we were in town visited on Monday. Great welcome, remembered us and standard still first class! Fresh delicious meals x

Excellent meal. Very attentive staff. Not over priced. Will definitely go there again

I can't believe that I have been visiting the Empire for such a long time and never written a review... All I can say is food is out of this world, staff and service is amazing, you are made to feel so welcome, I almost feel I am part of the Empire family. Thank you Sami, Si, Ne, Aslam, Mo, the chefs and all staff. See you soon. Sue. Xxx

Great food and great service. The menu says 3 chilli hot should be a vindaloo level. I had a 3 chili dish, laal mas, and it tasted amazing but was very mild. Also I got constantly bashed by every person to and from the toilet on table 13. I also tried my wife's traditional tikka masala. Very fragrant with good quality chicken.

Thanks Sami for being a great host for us. The food is always amazing. All our coaches had a great evening at Empire 👏👏

Eaten here more than once or twice over the years, and never been disappointed. We had a family meal to celebrate wife's birthday. Lovely starters, my lamb chat puri was incredible, and son was extremely happy, because he was accidentally given the wrong starters, and promptly was offered the right one on the house, even though he was very happy with the "wrong" starter. Wife declared her fish curry the best she's ever had, daughter (who is a slightly fussy eater) discovered there and then she likes Indian food and demolished her Tandoori prawns, my Jalfrezi was delicious, as was son's Naga chicken.Very friendly and chatty service, very well paced. The restaurant was impeccably clean, nicely lit and with appropriate music played not too loud. The bill came to just under £120, and for starters, mains, a few sides and a couple of rounds of drinks for the four of us I consider that a bargain for food of this quality. We waddled home very contentedly, already looking forward to our next visit.

First time in Wales and we visited one of the best Indian restaurants we’ve been to in the UK. Great food, highly recommend the King Prawns dish. Lovely service too! The staff was friendly and made sure the customers had the best dining experience.

Sterling service and a great curry to fit. Highly recommend Empire, visited in the week day with my partner and had the set meal for two. The waiter was very, helpful and chatty.Food was great and can’t give it any faults. Seating was cosy and had a great atmosphere.Will visit again

Very nice restaurant with a relaxing atmosphere. We ordered poppadoms with mango chutney, mint sauce, vegetables and a surprising coconut chutney (which was actually coconut flour mixed with something red, but it was good). Then we had meat samosas, onion bhaji, lamb pasanda, chicken masala and chicken korma, with pilau rice and lemon rice. The food was very good, apart from the lemon rice that was very strong and sour and we couldn't eat it. 4 stars just because we felt a bit rushed.