Caernarfon Tandoori Restaurants

I enjoyed my outing to the highly rated Caernarfon Tandoori restaurant. It was jam packed on the last evening of 'Eat out to help out' and rightly so. It's a pleasant place with smart decor and clean facilities. The staff were friendly and helpful at all times. The menu seems good although a few more vegetarian Chef's recommendations would be a good idea. My food was very tasty, albeit a little too salty. The other dishes were good and the Naan bread excellent. There are three Indian/Bangladesh/Curry restaurants in Caernarfon I visit and all of them are definitely worth a visit. The unlicensed ones are great if you prefer your own choice of alcohol and it keeps the cost down too. Recommended 👍

Not much choice for a decent sit in place around Caernarfon. This place looked appealing from the outside and the posters of TripAdvisor's recommendation gave me the impression it would be great. Have to say this is average at best. Portion sizes were tiny across all the dishes we ordered.
First time I've ever been charged for tap water at any restaurant. Would suggest sticking to the takeout joints if you're looking for a half decent halal joint. Cafe 36 which is close by would be one to try as an alternative.

Excellent restaurant even when extremely busy over the Bank Holiday weekend. We ate here twice and would highly recommend it for great food and friendly staff.

Chicken tandoori was 1/2 onion very sweet also lamb so a bit forgot we ordered 3 dishes ha a tablet than we cancel last dishes

Have to say had a very strange experience at this place. As soon as we sat down the 'owner' said "we can order only once". According to him he had had previous experiences with "Asian people coming in and ordering every two minutes creating chaos" which just sent very wrong vibes to begin with. We wanted to leave then and there but then all the other places were fully booked so we were not left with much choice. But when we later asked another waiter, he said he had never heard of such a rule which made all our faces drop - to hear of such blatant racism! Food was average at best, the rest of the staff seemed pleasant though.

Me and the wife went on Saturday 10th December, booked a table for 6.30 (good decision as it was full, which is a good sign)
The lad that served us was polite and friendly, gave us a glass for our beer (you have to take your own alcohol).
Poppadoms with a pickle tray to start, then the wife had chicken tikka shaslick with jalfreizi sauce.
I tried the 'kalia', after it was recommended by the waiter, both dishes were excellent.
The young girl who cleared the table was lovely, as were all the staff.

Next time we're in caernarfon, we will definitely return

Staff were pleasant and tentative during my visit here.
So before I begin it is worth pointing out that this place does not serve alcohol and by the looks of previous reviews, not served them for some time but you can bring your own.
Served by a young lady and rather order my usual safe meal I asked her if she could recommend the mains for me but emphasised that I do like not overly hot spicy meal, like a vindaloo, I was duly corrected that spice and heat were two different things which is right....silly me.
She recommended Kalta Lamb but would ask the chef to make it slightly spicy...sorry hot for me, great. I also ordered King Prawn Butterfly and some poppadoms with pickle tray, Chilli Naan and egg fried rice.
The poppadoms were well poppadoms what can you say, the dips were a nice array of dips with different tastes but would loved it if it included spicy onions.
So after a light starter, my starter starter were the Butterfly King Prawns coated in breadcrumb with a sprinkle of Coriander leaves and garnished with lettuce tomato and cucumber (and a wedge of lemon). Come on what's with the garnish...sooo old fashioned. Ok I was hoping the KP coatings had some spice through it, but no. Thank goodness I still had the dips. On their own they taste like any ordinary fried KP. they were juicy and tasty enough but could had added spice to it or an India spice dip!!!
Main course the Kalta Lamb, a very tasty dish. So since I have never had this meal before I cannot really compare it to anything I have had before but it was very good. The lamb meat pulled apart so easily and tasted fantastic-melting in my mouth. The sauce, in my opinion, reminded me of rich gravy with onions through it. Personally I thought it lacked spice and heat (even though she later confirmed she had asked the chef to add heat into it). I used some of the chilli in the naan bread to add some heat. The naan bread was good, nice fluffy and gorgeous to chew.
I also ordered a portion of egg fried rice, possibly one of best egg fried rice I've had in an Indian.
So negative points....Men - don't go to the toilet before having your meal. The place looks like a pub conversion judging the looks of the urinal. It still has the appearance and odour and looking at the wall, as its what I'm staring at at the time (lol), I see traces of dried blood...remains of a bar fight?
The lower walls had chunks in it which could had been repainted during the restrictions. Anyway its all about the food and staff which is all good. I would come back but maybe avoid the toilets.

We enjoyed our meal here as a group of 4. Everyone thought their food was excellent. Tasty food, excellent portion sizes and top service from Fahim.