Garden Of India - York

I’ve been to the Garden of India several times now. The food is always brilliant and is matched by the fantastic service.

EXCELLENT FOOD AND SERVICE It’s been a couple of years since we came to The Garden the quality of food has been maintained by Ali in the kitchen his front of house staff are second to none. Tasty, authentic and not to be missed if you live in York or just visiting. Almost spoilt by a knob on his mobile phone why would you have a twenty minute conversation whilst in a restaurant? Clearly no mates or full of his self importance (see you next Tuesday). We will return.

Our first visit here last night with my husband and what a delight. We only live down the road but haven't been before as we have a favourite curry house elsewhere that we have visited for 15 years or more, but we've been let down there recently and decided to try somewhere new. The staff here were really friendly, we could see that lots of the customers were regulars and treated like family (hugging the staff as they entered and chatting like old friends). The food and menu was quite typical of what you would expect and all of a high quality, hot, delicious and fresh. They had an alcohol free beer too, which I always appreciate as there are still some places that don't have them on the menu. The place itself is really cosy, nicely decorated and clean and also really lovely and warm. I sometimes find places to be cold lately, as heating costs are so high and places are trying to save money, but this place was genuinely really comfortable and warm. All of this at a really reasonable price too. We will be your newest regulars I think as we thoroughly enjoyed our first visit. Thank you.

We visited early evening prior to going to the Barbican. I ordered a beef dopiaza and shami kebabs for starter. My friend had a meat balti dish and chicken chaat as a starter. We also had popadoms and pickle tray. We were the only diners in the restaurant. To put it mildly my shami kebabs were very small, awful, dry and obviously warmed up from the previous day. My fellow diner said the chicken chaat was tasteless. My dopiaza was not up to what I am used to, high on onions very little meat content. My friend said his Balti was bland. To top it all a waiter leaned over me and started to wipe the table down while we were chatting and finishing our. Our bill came to over £70. They wouldn’t survive in my hometown of Bradford.

We enjoyed the meal. Fine and tasty. Hot and spicy. Friendly staff and a good evening. We ordered three different dishes and they were all really good. Thank you.