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Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Woodleyclaret » Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:26 pm

Staying in Rawtenstall for a few days can anyone recommend a good Indian restaurant

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by NewClaret » Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:28 pm

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:26 pm
Staying in Rawtenstall for a few days can anyone recommend a good Indian restaurant
Gate of India do a mean king prawn tikka Rogan Josh!

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by The Quattro » Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:31 pm

We love the Indian Harvest, which is just up the road in Crawshawbooth. They have a lot of choice and one or two dishes that I haven’t found anywhere else.
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Tall Paul » Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:35 pm

Nila always used to be really good, but I haven't been for years.
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Thehistoryteacher » Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:36 pm

Nila or Indian Harvest as above

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:23 pm

Nila...no contest.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Steve-Harpers-perm » Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:29 pm

Third vote for Indian Harvest!

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Thehistoryteacher » Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:38 pm

Steve1956 wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:23 pm
Nila...no contest.
Yes we like it not been since New Year’s Eve 2019/2020 but it was great
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:42 pm

Thehistoryteacher wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 7:38 pm
Yes we like it not been since New Year’s Eve 2019/2020 but it was great
I havnt been in since we beat Middlesboro on Boxing day in 2016...it was great then and if I went in tomorrow I know it would be just as good....a brilliant Indian restaurant.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Top Claret » Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:59 pm

Not been to Rawtenstall for 40 plus years, but the Blue Sky was excellent on Bank Street.

Remember treating a bird one night hoping for the leg over only to get knocked back, then the following week reading in the free press that the place was over run with rats. She obviously knew something I didn't
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:10 pm

Top Claret wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:59 pm
Not been to Rawtenstall for 40 plus years, but the Blue Sky was excellent on Bank Street.

Remember treating a bird one night hoping for the leg over only to get knocked back, then the following week reading in the free press that the place was over run with rats. She obviously knew something I didn't
:lol: Forty years ago I was sat on the table across from you pulling the same stunt....I got knocked back as well,she knew about the woodlice in the rice bin!
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Steve1956 » Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:20 pm

The craic in the Blue Sky on a Friday night was the highlight of the weekend packed out to the gunnels with plssheads the abuse those waiters used to get...christ knows what they were doing to your food from the short walk from the kitchen to the dining area.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Sutton-Claret » Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:15 pm

Is Samrats still going?? Used to be a favourite of mine after a skinful - 25 years ago

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Tall Paul » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:46 pm

Sutton-Claret wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:15 pm
Is Samrats still going?? Used to be a favourite of mine after a skinful - 25 years ago
It closed a long time ago, now a Chinese.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Dodobdobodobo » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:46 pm

Another for Indian Harvest in Crawshawbooth. Untouchable 😋

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Aclaret » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:52 pm

Can't go wrong with either Indian Harvest or Nila.
Havn't been to them for a while, but friends and family have been recently to the Harvest and said it was really good.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Venkys4eva » Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:41 pm

Ashoka by a mile

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Thehistoryteacher » Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:42 pm

Venkys4eva wrote:
Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:41 pm
Ashoka by a mile
Yes you can tell by the permanently empty car park - always a good sign ;)

To be fair I’m only joking I haven’t been is it a good one ?
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Venkys4eva » Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:37 pm

Thehistoryteacher wrote:
Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:42 pm
Yes you can tell by the permanently empty car park - always a good sign ;)

To be fair I’m only joking I haven’t been is it a good one ?
It was the best but apparently at the start of the pandemic they got into difficulties and its now closed. Their king prawn rajistan was fantastic, 2/3 years ago you couldn't get on the carpark and to be honest thats the last time I went. I tried the one near the post office sorting office last week (cant recall name) and it was awful so i binned it.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by fatboy47 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:12 am

I scored a few trays of absolute grot from that dump by the old Bishop Blaize earlier in the year.

Must have had 12 hours of 'ring sting' the next day.

Ashoka never disappointed mind...the local ethnics tended to use it....always a good sign.
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:11 am

fatboy47 wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:12 am
I scored a few trays of absolute grot from that dump by the old Bishop Blaize earlier in the year.

Must have had 12 hours of 'ring sting' the next day.

Was everywhere else closed?

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by DocFoster » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:06 am

Top Claret wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:59 pm
Not been to Rawtenstall for 40 plus years, but the Blue Sky was excellent on Bank Street.

Remember treating a bird one night hoping for the leg over only to get knocked back, then the following week reading in the free press that the place was over run with rats. She obviously knew something I didn't
The Blue Sky sticks in my mind for a great piece of graffiti.

Some wit had painted in large letters down the side of the building "BLUE SKY AT NIGHT, RED RING IN MORNING".
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Stayingup » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:18 am

Tall Paul wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:35 pm
Nila always used to be really good, but I haven't been for years.
Ther best one.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Juan Tanamera » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:35 am

Anarkali.
10 minutes drive from Rawtenstall at the old Farmer's Glory.
Been there 3-4 times and never disappointed.
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Steve1956 » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:45 am

Woodleyclaret wrote:
Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:26 pm
Staying in Rawtenstall for a few days can anyone recommend a good Indian restaurant
Which one did you pick Woodley,did you enjoy yourself in Rawtenstall........definitely a town on the up.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Stayingup » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:06 pm

It always puzzles me why people like Indian curies so much. They are OK now and again. They nearly all the same colour and many of the sauces taste the same. In India (and Leicester) my experience is that there is much more variety in the Indian cuisine (its mainly Bangladeshi hereabouts) than whats on offer around here. An old army friend of my fathers, who served on the sub continent, reckoned the food was so highly spiced because the meat was poor and it 'hid' the bad taste.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:08 pm

Stayingup wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:06 pm
It always puzzles me why people like Indian curies so much. They are OK now and again. They nearly all the same colour and many of the sauces taste the same. In India (and Leicester) my experience is that there is much more variety in the Indian cuisine (its mainly Bangladeshi hereabouts) than whats on offer around here. An old army friend of my fathers, who served on the sub continent, reckoned the food was so highly spiced because the meat was poor and it 'hid' the bad taste.
If that is your experience of Indian food, i'd suggest you need a better Indian restaurant/takeaway

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Billy Balfour » Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:53 pm

Juan Tanamera wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:35 am
Anarkali.
10 minutes drive from Rawtenstall at the old Farmer's Glory.
Been there 3-4 times and never disappointed.
One of the best in this area.
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by BFCmaj » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:41 pm

Juan Tanamera wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:35 am
Anarkali.
10 minutes drive from Rawtenstall at the old Farmer's Glory.
Been there 3-4 times and never disappointed.
Another vote here for Anarkali. The owners are lovely people as well!
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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Local cricketer » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:49 pm

Stayingup wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:06 pm
It always puzzles me why people like Indian curies so much. They are OK now and again. They nearly all the same colour and many of the sauces taste the same. In India (and Leicester) my experience is that there is much more variety in the Indian cuisine (its mainly Bangladeshi hereabouts) than whats on offer around here. An old army friend of my fathers, who served on the sub continent, reckoned the food was so highly spiced because the meat was poor and it 'hid' the bad taste.
If the meat is that poor then surely I’d end up with stomach upset everytime I have one? I’m going for one tonight so I’ll let you know how I get on

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Top Claret » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:59 pm

Sutton-Claret wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:15 pm
Is Samrats still going?? Used to be a favourite of mine after a skinful - 25 years ago
The head waiter at Samrats now owns the Indian Harvest in Crawshawbooth, he has been there for nearly 30 years.

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Post by Stayingup » Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:10 pm

Local cricketer wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:49 pm
If the meat is that poor then surely I’d end up with stomach upset everytime I have one? I’m going for one tonight so I’ll let you know how I get on
And whereabouts are you in India?

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Post by tim_noone » Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:58 pm

Stayingup wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:06 pm
It always puzzles me why people like Indian curies so much. They are OK now and again. They nearly all the same colour and many of the sauces taste the same. In India (and Leicester) my experience is that there is much more variety in the Indian cuisine (its mainly Bangladeshi hereabouts) than whats on offer around here. An old army friend of my fathers, who served on the sub continent, reckoned the food was so highly spiced because the meat was poor and it 'hid' the bad taste.
He could have a point... and on another matter discussed today .... why are Nearly all Curries red? In the nineties a Madras was never Red..brown in colour and gee floating on top was how it Looked with proper Chapatis served... my last two Curries from different takeaways as got me Thinking Someones Taking the p!ss .. .what has been a favourite dish of mine for years is way off the Mark.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Jakubclaret » Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:09 am

Regarding curries I think all people like different tastes & styles & strength requirements, i go to Bradford for a proper desi 1 when I’m in the mood & I can be arsed to travel.

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Post by Thehistoryteacher » Fri Jul 23, 2021 6:14 am

Venkys4eva wrote:
Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:37 pm
It was the best but apparently at the start of the pandemic they got into difficulties and its now closed. Their king prawn rajistan was fantastic, 2/3 years ago you couldn't get on the carpark and to be honest thats the last time I went. I tried the one near the post office sorting office last week (cant recall name) and it was awful so i binned it.
North Street ?

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Post by Local cricketer » Fri Jul 23, 2021 7:31 am

Stayingup wrote:
Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:10 pm
And whereabouts are you in India?
Goa

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Garnerssoap » Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:17 am

I love a curry but agree most restaurant/takeaways are dogga. I have taken to including home cooked curry as part of my fee from Asian clients to get the real deal. The scruffy gaff next to the Millstone pub in Manchester is the exception.

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Re: Best Indian restaurant in Rawtenstall

Post by Billy Balfour » Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:51 am

In my stoodent days, I used to go to the one on the corner just across the road from there. It used to be cheap as chips and very good too.
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Post by Garnerssoap » Sat Jul 24, 2021 10:24 pm

It’s the same blokes lol - they had to move to premises across the road . They should get a Michelin star those chaps

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