Bilal's Eckington

Wow! Staying at the Ibis Hotel not too far from here and decided I fancied an Indian. After looking on Google I saw the very high star rating for Bilal's so thought I would give it a try.

I can honestly say from what I had this is the best Indian I have had in my life! I had Bilal's Special Tandoori and the flavours were immense. It has a large portion of all the good stuff that goes into a mixed Tandoori which are flavoured and coloured to perfection with a tub beautiful sauce which boosts the flavours to another level. Included is an onion bhaji which is hands down a perfect bhaji. It is incredibly flavourful and very moist (i know, I hate that word too but can't find any other appropriate word)! 😉

I grew up in South London, have lived in Essex and now live on the Isle of Wight and I have not come across any other restaurant that does this dish to this stunning standard. My last evening is tomorrow and it looks like I will be having Indian 2 days in a row now 😁

Curry night with friends. Good food at reasonable prices. It's a bring your own wine / beer venue which makes the night out seem really good value. We'll go back

Worst passanda I've ever tasted. I'm not even sure what I'm looking at. There was a thick layer of oil on top and the curry was neither creamy or sweet. No taste of coconut or almonds, the curry is ridiculously grainy and rammed full of roughly chopped onion. It doesn't resemble a Passanda one bit.

The only possible explanation I see is that I got the wrong curry?

The worst curry - indian takeaway meal ever had!

Both curry meals that we ordered were tasteless and just watery. They seemed as if they had been frozen beforehand or reheated up in a plastic container in a microwave before being delivered.

The water / moisture had made the currys taste just totally bland, as well as our plates literally swimming in water when served up, needless to say both of them went in the bin as they were inedible.

A real shame as Bilal's (in Eckington) indian takeaways used to be really nice, probably the best in the area.

A takeaway curry from any of the supermarkets is far better at the moment than what was delivered by them with our order.

Maybe the owners of Bilal's should try a curry from Aldi, Co Op, Morrisons, any other curry restaurants and compare it to their own?

Fingers crossed they improve things soon and revert back to the service they used to provide.

Best takeaway curry I’ve ever had, the flavours, consistency, meatiness. Absolute banging curry. Highly recommend.

Lovely food freshly prepared , friendly, polite staff, would highly recommend.

19 of us all had great New Year's meal at brilliant place and good value staff who couldn't be more helpful . Xx

After moving to Sheffield I tried numerous Indian takeaways, after about 6 or 7 I found Bilal's and haven't been anywhere since. They know their stuff, beautiful food every time, I'm a harsh critic so if you go elsewhere it's your own fault!