Bangla Pride 3-5 New Buildings, Hinckley LE10 1HN

"Wish we had read reviews before visiting. Decided to go for an early curry. Greeted warmly and guided to a table quickly. Drinks order was taken promptly and so far so good. We ordered poppadoms, chicken pakora, vegetable sagwala, chicken byriani and naan. My husbands pakora was dry and tasteless but we didn't think too much on it - the mains arrived - presented very well, portion sizes were very generous, and the first few mouthfuls tasted OK as we were hungry but... both dishes were actually pretty tasteless, in fact my husbands byriani sauce was just sweet tomato and my sagwala was mush, the only recognisable veg in it was diced carrot and sweetcorn which appeared to be from a supermarket frozen bag. It was also a little burnt, like it had caught in the pan, been scraped off and then stirred back in. The naan was very nice, but maybe the chef should stick to baking rather than cooking. We only went here because our usual favourite Millennium Balti is closed on Tuesday, but the food wasn't a patch on MB and we won't be returning. The staff were very attentive, if a little too attentive. My husband was questioned as to why he didn't eat all of his byriani, and told them it was very dry, not enough sauce provided and the portion size could have fed 3. We were offered complimentary brandy, but we declined and left feeling underwhelmed after spending £40 on a way below standard meal. Also this restaurant only has a 3 star hygiene rating, which we found out after, conveniently not displayed in the restaurant, which also meant we lost sleep worrying whether we'd be woken by stomach cramps or worse. Never again."

"Whenever we are in Hinckley we use Bangla Pride for takeaways. The menu is good, the food excellent and the service top notch, the only time we ever had an issue was when we received a chicken curry instead of vegetable, after a brief phone call, the driver dropped off a fresh vegetable curry with sundries so cannot fault them. Highly recommended"

"Too cramped and service really slow. The food was ok just average so quite tasty bit nothing to rave about. I appreciate you need to maximise profits by serving as many people as possible but it was just too crammed and not enough staff to cope. We could barely hear each other talk sitting next to and opposite each other."

"Ordered a selection of dishes to cater for our various tastes. We were not disappointed. The food was delicious and plenty of it. I had vegetable biriani and I really think it was the best I’ve ever had. My Bombay potatoes were delicious too, potatoes well cooked in a delicious sauce. My sister and husband will be taking their leftovers home to the North East tomorrow and I will have another day without cooking."

"Lovely place. Thought we'd take advantage of the government 50% off. First time trying this place and would 100% return. They were polite and food was simply great. The picture below is a starter. Salmon Chicken Beef Pakora Timing was a bit off as they were a tad understaffed. But they were all working hard. Credit to them."