Bengal Balti, Indian Restaurant, Salford

I looked at the reviews before I booked this. Went for the early £16.95 for 5 courses. Starters I had the mixed starter and the wife had onion bhaji. This was excellent, fresh and very tasty. For main I choose lamb tikka biryani and the wife had chicken tikka masala with garlic rice and garlic nan. Omg, the food was first class and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this restraurant. Food wise the best indian restaurant I have ever been. You really need to come here and try this. well and truly worth every penny.

Ordered takeaway from here, food was delivered (suspiciously) very fast on a Friday evening. The Good: chips and naan. The Bad: The curry. Watery, oily, bland curry. Ordered a Prawn Karahi and a Chicken Balti. These curries were 99% identical in flavour, watery and oily. No spice or any hint of Indian flavour. Essentially the curries are all from the same pot and then dished with the odd extra flavour added before being sent out. Indian curry sauce should be bursting with flavour and thickness. If you like your 5am oily drunk take out go for it. They clearly just want to churn out cheap food by essentially batch cooking and watering down the food, as I used to be able to pick up an Indian takeaway in Manchester and the sauce would be individual to the curry and thick. Now they all look the same like a watery off yellow (almost more like a Chinese) bland dish. Don't bother reading the menu, I'll explain the process. You want a Balti? Sure here's your bland watery dish slopped out of the vat in the kitchen with curry powder added, tadaaaa "Balti"! *chef kiss* Fancy a Bhuna?! Sure, off we go to the same vat in the kitchen and scoop some of that Balti, oops I mean "Bhuna" slop (wink wink), nailed it again. Better option, get the meal for two takeaway boxes from Tesco (other supermarkets are available) they actually have the consistency of sauce you would expect, the curries will taste different from each other, for the fraction of the price. I even think if this takeout did the same thing and watered down a version of a Tesco Balti to serve 100 people it would still have more flavour and consistency then the slop they served up.

Very bad smell, and the worker are very unprofessional and the food was not good. I’m very disappointed in a waste my money better than I same amount I will spend in the Istanbul restaurant which is I prefer five star but Bengal Balty I hate I never recommend don’t waste Money and the visit this branch very high rate atmosphere not good service zero food zero must be closed. This job is better for the students not for the dining as a couple or a family honest review.