Roomali

Nice looking restaurant. Ample parking space and the food isn't too bad. The Lamb Chops were not the best as they toughest I've ever had and I wouldn't be surprised if it was mutton and not lamb. The curry wasn't the tastiest compared to other popular places but nonetheless it was good enough. Service wise it's hard to find anyone when you need them, in fact I had to go looking for someone when I wanted to order additional things. My worst experience was when I ordered a takeaway to take home with us when we finish and to our surprise the waiter came up with the takeaway food and the bill too without checking if we wanted any desserts or tea/cofgee. As a result of that we decided not to stay for desserts. Visited with family and overall everyone enjoyed it. They need to sort out the service side before I can give 5 stars. Will definitely visit again. There's also a prayer room with wudu facilities which is really good and makes it easier to perform your Salah on time without having to rush the food. Definitely worth a try.

Ordered takeout chicken nimbali, I’ve had from them previously, however once I got home, I was speechless the portion size was half the container, if not less , rang up and was told that is the portion size for week days it may be different at weekends, what a lot of nonsense,For the price changed you would expect a decent amount of food, but not according to the staff at roomali , some what very disappointing!!

First time came here with family and we had an amazing time and the service was just spot on credit to Asif who was just an incredible host. He went out his way to look after us. I will definitely be coming here again and the food was absolutely amazing too could not fault a single thing. It was really busy and to have the level of great service we had when it was jam packed along with tasty yummy l food what more do you want. Can’t wait to come here again.

Great food and highly recommended.Outstanding service by servers and the manager himself.Nihari is the one of the best I've had till now.Great environment as well for a peaceful and relaxing dinner.

Friendly staff, food was nice and quite a variety offered. It was quite cold in there though and we had to kept requesting to have the heating turned up.

Roomali is a traditional and classical Indian restaurant. If you love your curry’s and biryanis, then this restaurant in Blackburn is a place to try out.Plenty seating is available over two floors. The decor of this restaurant makes it feel homely with modern wallpaper, black diamond studded chairs and carpet flooring. Not something you see in your everyday restaurant.For our starters, we ordered the Prawn Tempura. These are lightly battered succulent prawns, coated in Japanese breadcrumbs and served with a sweet chilli relish. We were served with only three large prawns with some salad. We did like the prawns however.For our mains, we ordered the Roomali Special Biryani. This is described as the finest basmati rice cooked alongside tender chunks of lamb, chicken, and king prawns. It is fused with Roomali’s special spices and garnished with fried onions. We did enjoy this dish, however it was a small portion for what you pay for.We also tried the delicious Karahi Gosht. To truly extract the flavours of India, the meat of your choice is stir-fried with onions, tomatoes, chillies and garlic. We had this with freshly baked hot naan and this was our favourite dish of the evening.There is prayer room available upstairs and also a small car park. Roomali is HMC certified, so you can be at ease. They also accept table bookings.If you’re in Blackburn and love Classic Indian food, then it is worth shortlisting Roomali. Our Rating: 7/10

New Review May 2022 1 Star:I have to say i am very disappointed came for a table of three and was told we could seat upstairs as it was very busy and they got rid or half the tables downstairs to do cleaning. Why they doing that on a busy weekend day im not sure. Lady did tell us there was a party happening upstairs so would be noisy. We went upstairs and the noise was loud but it didn't really bother us at all. What bothered us was that they put on a dirty table and on the seats and table was broken glass. Which we told the waiter who just flicked it off the table straight onto us. Secondly we were sat at the table and got no menu given to us for a good 5 to 10 minutes when staff upstairs were just stood there doing nothing but watching the magician. After this we decided to leave and left the restuarant, this is very disappointing to say last few times we had good experience and was looking to make this our regular indian spot, but you have let me and my family down who traveled 1 hour for this. Ended up going to Raj's just 5 minutes away and had amazing time. Sort your stuff out or the customers won't stay around as theres plenty other options in blackburnOld Review 4 Stars:Came to eat on sunday was difficult to find at first as the maps take you to someones house i have updated the map location so nobody will get lost again haha. I think that was the old location of the place and now they have moved into the bottom floor of the woodlands building. Parking was very good as there was plenty. The restuarant decor was beautiful, staff was very friendly, owner seemed very caring too, was quite busy for a sunday night, i had this restuarant on my want to go list for nearly 1 year and finally i come and i was not disappointed. The food was amazing, the samosa chaat starter was superb, the chicken karai was excellent, my sister's butter chicken was a bit too spicy but mistakes happen it is fine. My little brother loved all his food, the mocktails were very nice too, i just wish i could have tried the red one my brother got but the restuarant ran out of ice to make mocktails with, which is understandable as it used to happen at the place i worked at years ago haha, we were moved tables to help accomadate some extra guests on a big party's table, but that was fine by us as we were asked nicely and on top of that the owner gave us 1 free mocktail as a gesture of thanks. Food and drink prices were pretty decent, shame i was full very quickly when eating my main meal haha, hopefully when i come next time with my cousin i will be able to finish my food. Only reason i have left a 4 star instead of a 5 star review is because of how hard it was to flag down someone to take our orders and clear our food and stuff or get the bill, but i did see a help wanted sign so maybe they just understaffed, hopefully will be better next time i come and then i will update with 5 stars. Thanks for the food and for looking after us, will be back soon inshallah