Indian Ocean

What an enjoyable experience and we'll definitely be back if we're staying in the area again. the staff were welcoming and efficient; there was a good choice on the menu and all of the dishes were extremely tasty. it's a little on the expensive side but we enjoyed it all but probably over ordered for just the three of us! highly recommended

2nd review (may 2023): having been here before, thought we'd visit again. food ok, atmosphere ok ... but service terrible. was served by an older asian guy who i assume was the manager/owner? not particularly talkative & very abrupt. asked for his menu recommendations but wasn't inspiring about anything. was very much a 'get what you're given' attitude from a mr bazil fawlty of indian restaurants! partner's 'pilau' rice was plain rice with just turmeric (only!) added. it wasn't saffron & yes, we did notice!! food unceremoniously dumped on the table. central european(?) waitress was the only one who showed any sign of customer interest and actually smiled. will definitely find somewhere elsewhere next time. 1st review (march 2023): staying at a nearby hotel & wanted an indian meal but were apprehensive having read some of the poor reviews. waitress who served us & the atmosphere great + the food tasted absolutely excellent. in fact, the vegetable biryani i had was one of the best i've ever tasted. can recommend. 👍

Impeccable service, great ambience, delicious food. i reached out to the restaurant at around 8.30 pm. with my family. since we were not having a booking, we had to wait around 20 minutes. the manager was very accommodating, and he managed to give us a table. thank you for looking after us 🙏. we will be back soon again.

Great service and great food. we’ve been visiting bournemouth from london over the past 5 years. usually we have had takeaway from the restaurant but yesterday we decided to dine in. customer service was spot on. the waiter explained the menu to us very well. alcohol is served on the premises but the owner brother shamon looked after us and offered a private section to sit and eat seeing that we were a muslim family and i observe the face covering niqab. the head chef cooked our food to a perfect standard with consideration of our needs. drinks were served chilled to our liking and the waiter even came to check on us to see if everything was ok with the meal. overall environment was happy and positive. thank you to the team. :-)

A nice indian restaurant. we booked a table, but there still tables free if we'd been a walk in. gets very busy on a friday night. offered both kingfisher and cobra beers. some previous photos had shown red and white chairs, but i didn't see them (fortunately!).