Blanc NRI in Stafford

We’ve been visiting this restaurant since it opened as Blanc NRI and Bengal Lodge before that..we booked for New Years Eve 2023 and loved it, the food was amazing, so were more than happy to book again this year.. unfortunately, the food this year was terrible..firstly the dips for the poppadoms were just watery and tasteless, then the mixed starters were very dry and we felt they’d been cooked much earlier and blasted to heat them before serving..the mains were utterly bland and tasteless, the daal was like dish water, rice was ok and naan breads good. This was such a shock as we’ve always enjoyed the food here...I even said that I thought perhaps a chef hadn’t turned in and they were in a panic, but I've since heard that there has been a change of management, so this might be the reason for the deterioration..not sure, but it will be a long time before we try again..could have done without wasting the money to be honest..we did tell the waiting on staff when we were paying that the food was “very disappointing” but no one came to see us. It’s such a shame as it’s close to home, has always been excellent previously and we’ve always had a good night.

…we were hugely dissatisfied..we’ve been big fans since they opened..and regular diners..this years New Years Eve was a disaster…dips for the popadoms were like water and pretty unpleasant …starters were dry, uninteresting and poorly seasoned…the mains simply tasted poor…the Dahl was like washing up water…all for over £45 per person…a real shame ..it was fabulous last year…hopefully it’s just a glitch..unfortunately feedback from the table at the time got zero reaction….maybe things have changed???

Recently visited this restaurant for my Christmas Day meal. As per my previous visits here, the food was delicious and the portion sizes are very generous. The staff are always attentive and make you feel really welcome. The Christmas Day menu is comprehensive and much better value for money than what most other restaurants offer on Christmas Day.

Food was impeccable and service was great. Gave us a complementary drink as a lovely christmas gesture! Converted family members who previously didn’t like the Indian cuisine and they now love it. Will be dining again very soon!

wonderful food atmosphere, everything was a most enjoyable experience thank you

Food, service, atmosphere, was fantastic. Will be back!

Great meal, 5 of were out having our works meal. Great food, quality service. Definatley recommend.

Amazing Food and service. Thank you so much for looking after us.

Came here for an evening dinner on a Wednesday and was really supersized at how busy the place was! The food was lovely and staff were great, everything was well presented and good choice for wines and cocktails too.

Worst customer service I’ve had in a long time! Wanted a gift voucher for a sizeable sum £ - won’t post, done have a digital one and won’t even send me an email confirming the spend £ and use by date on!! Apparently can’t do any of these - voucher was to be part of my parents Christmas present - the lifetime loyalty value you’ve just lost from the phonecall just now is beyond belief all because of your abysmal customer service.

Great food. Good Service . Super Atmos fear. .

Great ambience with the warmest of welcome and impeccable service that was prompt and attentive. The food was fantastic and portion size was just right. Lovely dinner and we will be back for sure to sample the other menu items.

Good food, friendly service. A bit quiet on the night but it was the day before payday on the run-up to Xmas. Usually busy.

Dined here last night for the first time. Wow. What an experience. From the moment we walked in to the moment we left. Nothing was to much trouble. The attention to detail in the service gives it that fine dining experience and the atmosphere and decor tie in lovely with that. The food is out of this world and wouldn’t hesitate in returning. Staff really helpful when giving advice picking the food and drinks. Thank you so much for a great experience. See you all soon. Dan

Food superb as is the service. It was a little cold but we were in early and I like more traditional music rather than ambient- but this is very personal

Warm welcome on a chilly food was excellent service was excellent could not recommend this restaurant enough.

I love this restaurant everything about it is fabulous and can’t recommend enough. We bring our friends and they all love it. Well worth a visit, it’s in our top 5!

Fine dining at its best. The dishes taste like no other curry I’ve ever tasted. I asked why this was so different and was told it was because they use finest mixture of spices to make authentic curry. I’ve had lots and lots of curries in my 55 years and nothing comes even close to their authentic tastes. Complimented by wonderful surroundings. Such a treat for us. Like I said in my opening statement… if you want to taste authentic curry, then this is fine dining at its best.

The service was wonderful. Food was great and pricing very reasonable.

I know it’s a big claim but the butter chicken at Blanc NRI is the best curry in Staffordshire. Service impeccable as always. Keep it up!

Cracking food brilliant staff can't say a bad word about the place, my favourite restaurant in Staffordshire highly recommend, still the best place for a curry been tonight for a family members birthday love this place

Absolutely lovely food. Went where with 6 of us and it was lovely. Only downside is say is the tables at a bit cramped when there a few of you. Will return 100%.

Loud and noisy , not recommend the desserts .

Fantastic place highly recommended the food and staff are lovely and we will be back again soon very soon with family and friends

Its a nice looking little place with good parking and nice atmosphere but a bit small inside and dark. Waiters are polite and smartly dressed. The food is not all that though, just dressed up nicely. Portions are small and menu very overpriced for what they offer. You are charged for Poppadoms and condiments separately at a silly price! A TINY bowl of Basmati rice at £3.00?? come on! at least give a bigger bowl for that price! Not for me and wouldn’t recommend to my friends as their wallets would take a hit.

5 out of 5! Bhapi was amazing guiding us on what to choose on the menu to suit our palete. Good wine most; lots of options and price points. Don’t let the location put you off ask the staff to arrange taxi and benefit from their preferential rates!

Amazing, stress free experience! We hired the private dining area for our wedding ceremony, the manager was so helpful and made the whole experience stress free so we could enjoy the evening! Food has always been 5 ⭐️ here, the atmosphere was amazing and our guests enjoyed it thoroughly 🙌🏽

First visit. Will not be our last. Great staff very attentive. Great food in a great environment. Will be back

Amazing fresh food, service wonderfully attentive but not overbearing. Thank you

Flawless. A great example of what a professional restaurant should be… creative, daring, high quality, detail oriented and attentive. Lucky to have this on our doorstep.

Incredibly dark and difficult to read menu. Food quite nice, nothing special, but quite overpriced. Restaurant was empty but staff not very attentive and forgot to bring drinks over twice. Toilets were quite dirty too - particularly the cubicle. At the end of the meal, we received the bill and we were charged £21 for 3 glasses of orange juice and lemonade. The first was ordered at the beginning of the meal and came in a really large glass, the second two came in 300 ml glasses. Told us that they charge for two drinks for orange and lemonade (£3.50 x 2) - never informed us that this would be the cost or that they do this until we received the bill which I think is purposely misleading and untrustworthy behaviour. Clearly pulling a fast one as staff were incredibly rude when asked about it and quite defensive. Didn’t see it as unreasonable either charging more for orange and lemonade than for a beer. Food nice but nothing amazing, rude staff and overpriced. Wont be returning primarily due to the staff.

Since the maharaja in hurst street b’ham closed we have not found this level of Indian food until now Blanc Nri have achieved this and having visited recently can now say “Best Indian food available in Staffordshire! Many thanks ,will soon return on a regular basis

Superb standard of service as usual. Exceptional food. A variety of vegetarian tasty options. The starts are the best of the best.

We’ve driven past a hundred times.. Finally made it in, and we were not disappointed. Great Menu, lots of options, all knowledgeably explained by the courteous team. First Indian restaurant experience for our 10yo, who had a ball too. We’ll be back!

Lovely experience and friendly service. The sea bass starter was to die for! Would recommend. Thank you.

Another absolutely amazing meal and lovely evening at Blanc NRI. I don't know where to start totally recommending this Indian restaurant. The food is absolutely fantastic and authentic the whole restaurant is immaculately clean and the staff work so hard for you and are amazing polite and friendly. This restaurant is not i repeat NOT a chicken Balti and chips establishment it is Indian fine dining and if that is for you and i must say as well reasonable prices then it's the restaurant to go. Both my wife and myself thoroughly enjoyed are evening there and will be returning very soon.

Absolutely fantastic - love the music and the restaurant smells amazing. Food is superb!!!!

amazing food. TENTEN. late night out with the lads on sunday and was met with the best service you’ll ever get. ray went above and beyond to let us feel welcome and the food was even better. run to blanc nri stafford not walk because them lads really do have something special going on. food is worth dying for. butter chicken and lamb chops was my fav!

Food is always amazing and the staff are so friendly.

Loved our meal @blanc nri . Food was amazing I had prawn starter which were the best I've ever had - on a steaming plate for a bit of wow , my partner had the seabass which was equally as delicious. My lamb bryiani was so nice very nice garlic nann and lovely potatoes , my partner had a chicken tikka dish - no chilli warning on the menu and it blew her head off and had to ask for yoghurt to cool it down - so my warning is to ask if you don't like it spicy We didn't have any cocktails but they looked amazing . We throughly enjoying our meal and would 100% recommend

A great experience from start to finish. Food was brilliant, the staff friendly and attentive. Would highly recommend.

Wonderful venue and friendly staff. Curry very hot a spicy but beautiful and tasty

Absolutely fabulous service and exceptional food. Nappies Amon and Adi. Super hosts Made to feel like millionaires. I can not recommend this restaurant enough 5 stars. It should be more.

Best local Indian. Lovely staff, great service and properly good food

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and great food. Happy to recommend.

We wanted to try something a little different and this place exceeded expectations. Great service from Rayhan, a relaxed atmosphere and the food was beyond any other Indian cuisine we have tried elsewhere. Excellent!

Always come here , amazing food and service and atmosphere is perfect 👌

We came here to celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary and we had Excellent service, food was exceptional, decor and surrounding was excellent we had a great experience and would definitely recommend to others

This resturant is fast becoming one of mine and my husbands favorite places for an amazing Indian dining experience (with a difference) the staff are very friendly and knowledgeable about the dishes and the decor is very relaxing. We absolutley love the food here and will continue raving about it to all of our foodie friends. Thank you Blanc NRI for your service and the exceptional food

We stumbled across Blanc NRI on our travels from the potteries, the reviews looked good so thought we would give it a go. To start with the staff we're really welcoming and friendly, but the food was exceptional. I opted for the Malabar prawn starter and my wife had the salmon, both were delicious, I would put the prawn in the top 5 meals I've had in 50 years, all together the food was amazing, the mains were excellent too. Highly highly recommended

We stumbled across Blanc NRI on our travels from the potteries, the reviews looked good so thought we would give it a go. To start with the staff we're really welcoming and friendly, but the food was exceptional. I opted for the Malabar prawn starter and my wife had the salmon, both were delicious, I would put the prawn in the top 5 meals I've had in 50 years, all together the food was amazing, the mains were excellent too. Highly highly recommended

Really great meal for all 6 of us, great service would definitely return!

Amazing experience and delicious food! Thank you

Lovely atmosphere and excellent food. Blank is a step above the norm, the staff are superb. It may be slightly more expensive than usual but you get what you pay for. We will definitely return.

If you looking for a nice Indian I would definitely recommend they go above and beyond for there customers. The staff are so helpful and polite and the food beautiful every time.

Amazing food as always here. Service is brilliant. Whether we eat in here or have a takeaway the food is always exceptional

Incredible incredible food. Top top Indian restaurant. We come here all the time and they never disappoint. Very professional service. Parking out front. My favourite dishes are: Tiger prawn Labab and chicken tikka labab. One of the best restaurants in Stoke, hands down.

Fantastic meal thank you ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Excellent food The portion sizes was just the right amount The guys looked after us and recommended an excellent lamb dish and the price was very reasonable. I was expecting it to be more money 👍🏽

Absolutely fabulous food, atmosphere , service and staff . Definitely going again soon and would recommend to family and friends

Great atmosphere, food and service. Very friendly staff

Blanc is fantastic. The quality of the food is excellent and one of the best Indian restaurants in Staffordshire in my opinion. The service is always efficient and the atmosphere is relaxed. Any dish in this restaurant is top but try the chicken chaat on puri as an appetizer. It’s great!

Amazing food and great service from friendly servers.

2nd time here. Love it. Emon and the team were great and food is top notch.

Firs time here, food was amazing and both waiters are very polite and friendly. Would definitely come back again.

Excellent food and service. The staff were extremely friendly and attentive. The restaurant setting/decor was also beautiful.

A lovely restaurant with really helpful and polite staff. A word of warning though, I had the Railway Curry which had a rating of ‘one chilli’ on the menu. If it had been any hotter I couldn’t have eaten it, it was definitely not mild. Very tasty though!

It’s amazing I recommend. You should go on a Monday cause it’s quite nice and chill. I recommend I think you should go and treat yourself it’s AMAZING

Very good food, great service. Adil was taking great of us. Definitely coming back to see his cute smile. Recommended for celiacs....

Always have an amazing meal at Blanc. The new chilli and garlic tikka masala is sooooo good

What a lovely evening we had celebrating a family birthday. The food was amazing and the staff we're very attentive. Would highly recommend.

Everything was perfect. Food and service exemplary. Atmosphere was great as well.

amazing place, Exceptional service and brilliant food! i would recommend this indian to many people. very authentic and perfectly presented !

Always our favourite place to come for a curry. Great food as always and always great service. Would definitely recommend.

Staff was very rude while we were eating they came and asked if we werefinished 2nd time they did the same like they were trying us to rush i won’t be going again

Fantastic great food very welcoming devenetly be back

Fantastic food, service and atmosphere!

A great night, friendly service and great food

Great, service, food abd atmosphere. Will come again for sure

Great service and excellent food!!

Great restaurant with superb food and friendly attentive staff

Great staff and fantastic food. Will be coming back. My father is in love with the sweet Naan. And will love the recipe.

Amazing food, favourite place to dine

Went on spur of the moment, party of 5. The service was excellent, the food was delicious and we were thoroughly satisfied. This was our 6th visit and we have always been satisfied.

Delicious food in a great atmosphere with excellent service.

Delicious food. Best curry n stoke on Trent.

Stayed in Stoke for 3 nights on a visit. Had food in several chain pubs and wanted something different so we looked on the net for a local restaurant and the Bkanc NRI came up with good reviews. Food was excellent. Genuine flavour, not just the regular curries restaurants churn out. It was very enjoyable and, we felt, very good value. I would recommend a visit.

Delicious. My wife has a nut allergy and the whole menu is nut free so perfect for us. Will be back soon

Gorgeous food, different options and great recommendations from the menu off Taj. Highly recommend! Than you

Beautiful food and great service. Staff are very knowledgeable about the food they serve and care about your experience and will tailor the food to your taste.

Been a few times, however, the food or service wasn't as good on our last visit, and the portions are tiny especially the rice. Was always a special place to go, something different, but they need up their game with so many curry houses in the area

Some of the best Indian food I’ve had. And I was in India two weeks ago. Thanks to Taj and Unam for excellent and witty service. The lamb biriani was amazing. What a lovely place. I’ll be back.

Exceptional food and service. A thorough delight. Interesting and authentic dishes, beautifully prepared with Incredible depth of flavour. Some of the best Indian food I've ever eaten anywhere. Highlights: Aloo Chat Puri, Lamb Shank Biryani (exceptionally good), Lamb Kadahi Khurchan.

Just had the most amazing curry I have ever had fantastic from the popadoms to the desert .I had chicken lollipops for starters and my husband had crab cakes then we both had the king prawn curry it was amazing . The service was so nice made to feel special Taj and Bappie were so nice and helpful when we were choosing our main course they couldn’t do enough for us . Thank you for making our night so special Janet and Kev Parker

Very relaxing and awesome place to eat. The staff go above and beyond to ensure your visit is yhe best it can be. Food is second to none and I had the best Pina Colada's I've tasted in years. I will surely return and recommend to friends and colleges.

Staff here are rude I don’t know if they want a picture or a pair of binoculars so they can look at me and my partner closer or what but they seem to just stand there and stare at you. We were the only ones in there and we just felt like they wanted us gone only thing that makes this a 2 star is the food.

Food was fantastic and all the staff were great. Would highly recommend going.

Absolutely outstanding... A must go to! The food is first class, as is the service. Nothing to fault at all. Will definitely be back!

Absolutely wonderful restaurant and the food was amazing and piping hot one of the best I've been too. The staff could not fault them, they were brilliant and restaurant itself is beautifully decorated. Can't wait till we go again.

I had my birthday meal at Blanc as my first time going. Food and service was fabulous! Atmosphere is lovely.