Indian Dream - Solihull

This meal was possibly the worst I have ever had! The poppadoms were stale, the sauces seemed to be reused, the food was bland and watery, the chicken pieces were obviously processed and the overpriced naan bread at $3.40 had hardly any cheese on it, no garlic or chili topping. It was terrible. We couldn't help but wonder why we were the only customers in the restaurant.

We started off by purchasing a bottle of wine at Tesco for £5.00, only to find out it was being sold at the restaurant for £25.00. When we questioned this, we were dismissively told to accept it or leave it. The food eventually arrived, but one of the dishes out of the four we ordered was bland. When we mentioned this, we were completely ignored by the staff, showing a lack of interest in addressing our concerns. We requested to speak with the owner, but he refused to speak with us and instead deferred to his manager, who was unable to resolve the issue. Ultimately, we left the restaurant feeling frustrated and dissatisfied with the overall experience.

We ate here a couple of times several years ago and it was awful.... we arranged to meet friends Friday early evening we were waiting for our friends to arrive we were asked if we wanted popadoms , we said yes they arrived within 2 minutes and tasted stale and what confirmed this was as soon as we dipped them in the yogurt dip they literally turned to mush.. never had that happened before.. the tray with the relish and dips on were very watered down. No taste. As soon as our friends arrived within a minute of them sitting down we were asked what we wanted to order. The staff seemed to be constantly hanging around we definitely felt rushed ,yet there were many empty tables and I now know why... I ordered lamb pasanda my usual choice OMG it was terrible ,very watery sauce and about 7 small tough chewy pieces of lamb and it was just tipped onto my plate and a small helping of rice in a bowl. They way these meals were served was very odd ,my husband and friends meals came out all served up on the plate ,no dishes to serve up your own portions , not one meal was nice , both friends said they tasted either dry and chewy or watery . We travel a great deal around the uk eating at different Indian restaurants when we get the chance and once again the food here is as bad as it was before and possibly even worse... staff hovering around the table and taking plates off whilst others at our table were still eating , so rude ,you definitely felt like they were rushing you. And reading other reviews it appears that they have not taken on board others similar complaints. After 30 years and to this day there has never been an Indian restaurant to beat the ELLORA in knowle ,outstanding food and service... they just get everything right....go to the ELLORA and see the difference.

Ordered a takeaway on Saturday. I know there’s football on and after 70 minutes called them that order hadn’t arrived. Stated food ready and waiting on driver to deliver it. 15 minutes later, food arrived cold. Contacted them and the member of staff laughed when I stated the food was cold. I’ve used these for years but not anymore.

This evening my son and I decided to catch up over an Indian curry. We arrived at 6.10pm. We left at 7pm! In this time we had poppadoms. Starter each. Main course. Coffee and night cap. Prebooked visit. The other than approx 6 other people the restaurant was empty We were shown to our table I hadn 't taken my jacket off, my son hadn 't sat down. We were asked how many poppadoms we wanted. We answered. Next what drinks would you like? We hadn 't even had a chance to look at the drink/wine menu. So we both said drinks off top of our heads. They missed out on a bottle of wine order! My son said 'do you think they want us out asap '? We hadn 't even started eating the poppadom when they want our order. Again we both went with starters and mains off top of our heads. I had just about looked at the first page of the menu. We started the poppadom.. one between us. Our starters arrived. So we left the poppadom to eat starter. Next the half eaten poppadom and condiments were taken away. We ate our starters. Within 5 minutes our main meals came out. We were chatting and eating I put my cutlery down to pinch a couple of my sons chips. The next I know a hand reached over to take my plate. I did snap I 'm afraid and said I hadn 't finished my meal. We felt so rushed. As soon as one waiter took out plates another came over with a pudding menu. We asked for 10 minutes to let our food settle. But no with a couple of minutes the waiter was back at our table. We opted for coffee and a whisky each. Before we had sipped our coffee the bill was on the table! The food was lovely but could have been better had we been allowed to relax and enjoy it. We won 't go back again. We hadn 't caught up as we planned we were rushed and it spoilt our time together. If you want a fast curry this is the place for you. But don 't plan on a relaxing meal here never again