Stanwix Tandoori Express
“After over forty years of successfully running our Indian restaurant and providing takeaways, we've seen how much life has changed, with people busier than ever. That’s why we’re excited to introduce Stanwix Tandoori Express — a new way to enjoy our restaurant-quality food delivered straight to your door. Whether you're in Stanwix or anywhere in Carlisle, we’re here to bring the authentic flavours of our kitchen right to you. While we’ll continue serving our loyal customers for dining in and collection takeaways at the restaurant, however Stanwix Tandoori Express allows us to welcome new customers with the same dedication and passion for great food, all delivered with convenience!”
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About Stanwix Tandoori Express
Stanwix Tandoori Express is an Indian takeaway on King St in Carlisle, launched by an Indian restaurant that has been running in the city for over forty years. The Express service takes the restaurant's kitchen to customers in Stanwix and across Carlisle, so people can eat its cooking at home. The menu runs through Indian curries, with onion bhaji as a starter and chicken balti among the mains. Naan, including garlic naan, comes with meals. The original restaurant continues alongside for dining in and collection, and the takeaway side has its own separate express pickup.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention garlic naan, chicken balti, feast box and onion bhaji.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention garlic naan, chicken balti, feast box and onion bhaji.
Featured reviews
- S C
“I reluctantly ordered from here again against my better judgement. It used to be great so I thought I’d try again even after having much better experiences elsewhere. Watery bland tasting food sauce. Dansak not spicy, flavourless, awful naan, hard, overcooked bad quality chicken. Tough meat. Overpriced for the quality. Real shame. Doesn’t measure up to the local competition anymore, unfortunately.”
- Mohammed Ali
“I ate an onion bhaji before I took the photo! The feast box is amazing value and it all tastes as good as it looks. The donner is the best I’ve tasted in Carlisle. I can’t beleive how much you get for £20.”
- Michael Partington
“We ordered early on just eat, the app said predicted delivery will be 1840, at 1930 I called up and eventually spoke to a man who said “we are waiting on a driver” fair enough I thought. 30 minutes later the food arrived, unfortunately I suspect the food was prepared long before the driver arrived as it was cold, bland and tasteless. Not a cheap order either, we won’t be ordering again”
- Pamela irving
“Ordered early on a Saturday night (6pm). Food was delivered within 45 minutes. Loads of food. It was so good there was enough for us to save and have for our tea the following night. Highly recommend 👌.”
- Hazel Carruthers
“The worst takeaway I've ever had. The naandwich was a tasteless red soggy rice with 4 prawns in it wrapped in a naan which in turn went soggy . I gave mine to the dog. Not recommended and we wont be going back”
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Customer Review Summary
Reviewers split sharply, and the generous portions are the clearest draw. The feast box, the doner and a chicken balti with naan and rice earn praise for taste and quantity, and the garlic naan is called very good even in an otherwise disappointed review. Most complaints centre on the cooking: a runny balti sauce, tough chicken tikka, soggy chicken biryani, a flavourless dansak, a passanda said to taste like a jarred sauce, and hard onion bhajis. One reviewer found the naandwich soggy, with only a few prawns inside. Delivery and collection draw repeated frustration too. One order arrived cold and bland after a long wait for a driver, and at a busy collection, customers waited past their times while some left asking for refunds, though the food was hot when it finally came. One reviewer suggests ordering from the restaurant itself rather than the express service. Another got so much food that half was saved for the next night's tea.
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