The Lloyds Indian Restaurant

Reviews

• Ben C.

  star star star star_border star_border 20 September 2026

  The Lloyd's Indian Restaurant has had more than its fair share of the limelight. It's favoured by footballers and local celebrities AND it featured on Channel 5 news as a search for Britain's hottest curry. You see, The Lloyds use the Bengali Naga Bhut Jolokia chilli for their hot dishes. At 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce its going to pack a punch. As I found out with my Chicken Naaga.
  
  It came in a thick sauce and wasn't hot for hot's sake. But boy, it was hot. Apart from the heat of the chilli I could taste its unique flavour that is different to say curries cooked with bird's-eye chillies.
  
  For those with tastes for milder dishes these are on offer too in the shape of Kurmas and the classic Brit favourite Chicken Tikka Masala. All dishes were well presented by smiling staff.

• Peter M.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 1 September 2026

  10/6/14
  
  This was recommended by a colleague who was due to join us, but had to cancel at the last minute.
  
  So me and an ex-colleague decided to still meet up.
  
  Let's start with the positives:
  
  Lovely place inside, and nice table dressings, friendly staff........
  
  I made a reservation by e-mail and it was responded to very quickly.
  
  Before I go on further, my colleague said 1 star, I was going to give 3 stars, but compared with other places that I have given 3 stars, I went for 2 stars.
  
  Now the problems
  
  I thought it was generally overpriced.
  
  First issue.  Ordered popadoms, and starting eating and almost immediately the starter arrived which we were going to share.  It was a meagre portion.  I aid if this was for £9.95, then I am truly disappointed.  When I got the bill I realised they had misunderstood, and given us the mix kebab starter, rather than a Tandoori mixed grill we were expecting.  Nevertheless, for £4.95 it was still a very small portion.
  
  I dislike the starter coming before I have eaten the more of the popadoms.  Never had this encounter before, and I can't believe they could cook the food that quick.  It was also very bland.
  
  We had decided upon one chicken dish, and one lamb, both cost £9.95 each.
  
  The chicken dish they recommended it to us, as per a previous review it was the Chicken Naga.  This was extremely bland, they even asked us to smell it,  but it smell of anything in particular.  There was barely any chicken.  If I said it was half a breast, then that would suggest too much.
  
  The lamb was tough, and regular slices that you find in supermarket packet.  It was served in a shallow round pan, and again had little flavour.
  
  The rice was boiled rice, and we had a plain naan and a keema naan.
  
  No alcohol, Just ST water.
  
  Total Cost £39.60
  
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  The colleague who couldn't make the meal knows the place very well, and will pass on my comments.  He's wondering if they have a new chef.
  
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  As an aside - if the celebrity fraternity do frequent, then I can't quite work out what is wrong with their taste buds.  Is it a question that the prices are high so it must be good?

• Qype User (sammar…)

  star star star star star_border 29 August 2026

  Dined here with friends. The food was excellent - we all sampled each other's dishes and all were very well made (I had a lamb tikka pasanda and the sauce was delicious, one of the best pasanda sauces I've ever had!).
  
  Service was attentive but not intrusive. I would certainly go to The Lloyds for a repeat visit if in the area again.