Empire Indian Restaurant

Absolutely amazing food! The staff were mega friendly and welcoming. We turned up early as well and one of the staff let us come in which was great as it was so hot outside. We weren't long waiting for our food and there were no complaints. I highly recommend and would definitely go back. I wanted to lick the plate like a cat it was so good. I didn't leave a crumb:) They even gave me a china bowl to take home as it was my birthday!

**food sent me to hospital, do not eat here**

Within 10-20 minutes of eating my food I started violently throwing up & had to spend a night in hospital. I was treated but it’s now day 3 and I’m still being sick on & off, can’t eat etc. I’ve lost so much weight because of it, it’s crazy. It’s really not worth it to eat here.

Everything also tastes like a rendition of a korma, really sweet and sickly.

Amazing food with friendly service. Me and my partner visited here for the first time last night and will definitely be returning. Food was very tasty, waiters friendly and efficient. We had the 2 person set course which was a great price and a great ice breaker as we wasn’t sure what to try first.

I came here with my family for my birthday meal and was overly impressed with the attentiveness of the waiting staff. (I’d like to take a moment to send praise to Saiam, he was an exceptional host.)
The food was phenomenal! From starter to main, not one of us was sad with our dishes.

First time at The Empire Indian, won't be the last.
Pleasant welcome when we arrived and taken directly to our table offered poppadoms and drink order taken immediately.
The waiters were very good & attentive.
We had Onion Bhajis for starters, instead of the normal 2 large Bhaji you get 4 small Bhaji presented well on a long plate with salad and a small ramekin of sauce. The Bhajis were delicious, shame there was so little sauce, larger ramekins of sauce would be an improvement.
Main courses were, Chicken Jalfrezi, Rogan Josh and Lamb Bhuna with pilau rice, Garlic & Plain nanny, all were excellent, spiced perfectly and we all cleared our plates.
Only reasons why The Empire didn't get 5 stars was the toilets were cold with no hot water, very small portion of sauce with the Bhajis, slow bring the bill.
A Very good Indian worth a visit

We came to the Empire on 30 December to celebrate my nephew’s birthday.
There is always a warm welcome, the staff are attentive, the food is fresh, and always cooked and served to a high standard. My sister was undecided on what to order, so Sami asked the chef to make an off menu curry. It ended with the restaurant providing a small cake to sing happy birthday and a gift for my nephew. We won’t go anywhere else for Indian food.

It was a really poor experience first time we came to Cardiff and looking for good Indian food but when we came for dine in it literally takes like 1:30 hours to serve our food. Literally I haven’t seen any bed service like this. And the staff is really annoying and unfriendly…
I suggest if you have a whole day for your food than you should try.

Visited restaurant with family for a birthday celebration16th december. Table of 8 Waited an inordinate amount of time for our meal. Restaurant clearly couldn't cope with demand of people in restaurant which was obviously too overbooked whilst concentrating on takeaways as well. Lack of any attentiveness to us unfortunately. We did manage to have a meal and starter at the same time and eventually got home.😒😒🙄