Slice Of India - Derby

Went last night for a friend’s 30th celebration and there was around 40 of us. The table was dirty with only a fork and a spoon set up. As for the food, was absolute garbage especially considering it was £40 for two of us on a Friday evening(!!! plus a pint and a coke for £8. The food was tasteless and the curries reminded me of the Uncle Ben’s out-of-a-jar stuff. Though it was admittedly edible enough for me to have a feed plates trying to try out everything, I ended up leaving a fair bit of it on my plate. The environment was crowded and screaming kids everywhere. If you want a decent, relaxing meal then Slice of India is really not where you ought to go.

Food was varied and good quality. The Young lady clearing our table Regika ? (not sure how you spell it) was an absolute star, a credit to your restaurant.

We arrived ten minutes before our booking and we're seated immediately. Very lovely girl on reception who explained how it worked. The server arrived promptly to take our drinks orders, then we tried the starters. Most were fabulous, my favourite was the chilli cauliflower outstanding! Hubby loved the chickpeas. All were hot, and starters were being replenished as they got low. They don't appear to do a massive quantity each time, which makes sense if you want to keep the quality of the food. For my taste, the paneer had far, far too much cardamom and it was unpleasant to eat. The mains were very good. Hubby had the lamb dishes and he was very happy with the quality of the meat. He also had the fish curry which he enjoyed. Both of us were hugely impressed with the rice, but felt the naan was a little dry. The Vege curries were great, especially the saag aloo! Wow! However, again the paneer was dominated by far too much Cardamom rendering it inedible. The fresh noodles were outstanding. The chef cooking did it to absolute perfection! He was polite and friendly, as we're all of the staff. Desserts were plentiful, lots to choose from. Highly recommend the Gulab Jamon and the mango rice pudding luscious! I really felt compelled to write a positive review as the previous reviews seem very unfair. For a buffet , this is fantastic! Of course there are some dishes that weren't outstanding/ not at all to my taste, but there were loads that were. For what we ate, and the excellent, friendly service we received, this was incredible value. We both left very, very full and very happy. This is the first time we have eaten here and will definitely return and recommend. Hubby is British Indian and over half the diners in tonight we're Asian origin, so I'm not sure at all where the other reviewer was eating at?

I used to love going here, despite living an hour away. This was our first visit for some time, though, and I think it was probably our last. The quality of the food is really poor now. It's just not worth the cost and the long journey. The staff were brilliant. Service was good. The starters were nice. Desserts were also alright but there's very little to choose from now. The chocolate they now use in the chocolate fountain is awful. Really cheap and nasty. The stir-fry was burnt but undercooked. The guy didn't use enough oil and didn't cook it for long enough. The curries were really bad. The sauce is alright, but the meat was awful. One contained only bones and bits of skin. No actual meat. The others had really chewy, rubbery pieces of chicken. The lamb was just fat. They were really horrible. How can you eat that? The curries are the main meals and they can't use proper meat. And that's what you're paying for. I don't know why businesses cut back like this because why on earth would anyone go again after a poor meal like that? Whenever we used to go here, you'd always see lots of Indian families in large groups, but I don't recall seeing any on this occasion. That speaks volumes. I don't think it's worth the hour's drive for us anymore, so we'll give this a miss in future. Which is a shame because it used to be amazing.

Gone downhill. Staff on reception were lovely and welcoming. Served drinks quickly and again staff were polite and overall good. Food was awful. Starters were dry and tasteless. We had 4 curries and none were that great. We had been before over a year ago and has really enjoyed it but the food was nowhere near as good. It always did feel a bit like a canteen but had been ok when food was good. Unless reviews improve we would not go back.