Five Rivers

In Deutschland ist das mit den indischen Restaurants nicht so ganz einfach. Hier hat man in den meisten Fällen noch nicht entdeckt, dass auch der indischen Küche der Einsatz von frischen Kräutern und anderen, hochwertigen Zutaten wirklich weiterhelfen kann. In England dagegen hat man aus Kolonialzeiten bessere Beziehungen in dieses Land. Und da kann dann auch indisches Essen plötzlich ein Genuss sein.


Schon die beiden Dipps die am Beginn des Abends zum Brot gereicht werden, sind sehr nett: Einer auf Tomaten- und Zwiebelbasis und dann noch ein grüner Dipp mit Minze. Es folgen diverse, gemischte Vorspeisen, frittiert, aber mit weit mehr Geschmack als dem nach Bratfett, was in Deutschland leider so oft bei Somozas und anderen indischen Spezialitäten dominiert. Bei den Hauptgerichten fällt dann zwar auf, dass Currys sich immer etwas ähnlich sehen, aber im Geschmack unterscheiden sie sich doch erheblich. Man sollte also immer mal beim Tischnachbar klauen und vergleichen.


Eingerichtet ist das alles ohne den üblichen Indienkitsch, hier im Five Rivers ist es schön hell. Eine Spiegelwand vergrößert den Raum optisch, so dass es hier etwas großzügiger wirkt, als es eigentlich ist. Der Service ist manchmal leicht chaotisch, aber die große Runde, in der wir hier sind, macht es ihm auch nicht immer einfach. Acht Gäste mit sieben verschiedenen Muttersprachen sind einfach eine Herausforderung.


Leider fehlt mir ein vergleichbares Restaurant in Berlin, dort würde ich bestimmt regelmäßig hingehen.

This is the second time I have visited this restaurant, however the menu has changed since I have been here last October. However they still offer the traditional dishes that I have become familar with. The waiters are friendly and attentive, and are happy to recommend dishes to you.

We did not too long to wait for our food, considering it was a Friday evening and the restaurant was busy. My chicken tikka masala was spicy (but not too spicy) and authentic tasting. My friends also enjoyed their food. There are a number of vegetarian dishes available, which is a bonus if you are a veggie.

They offer an executive 3 course lunchtime buffet for £10.95 which is great value!

You are able to book a table via their website - www.fiveriversrestaurant.co.uk A restaurant that I would be happy to return to time an time again.

Attention all: For £5.95, you can all you can eat curry lunchtime buffet! And the food is really really tasty. Only problem is avoiding eating too much :P

Worst Indian takeaway delivery ever!
Maybe it was due to us calling up 20 minutes before they were due to stop taking delivery orders for the night, but they were fine to take our order (and money!) so we still expected good food!
What was delivered was quite possibly the worst example of Indian food we have ever seen. It looked literally like they had just gathered together what was left at the end of service for that evening and shoved it into cartons. It tasted distinctly odd and quite unpleasant. The Tikka which usually is accompanied with nicely cooked onion, was instead sent with RAW slices of onion, the chips were barely cooked, it all just looked rushed & cobbled together. We ate some, but left a considerable amount uneaten. Yet we all developed upset stomachs!! Would not get a takeout delivered again.

Best indian in the town. Great food and super service. I have tried all the the Currys houses in leamington. But currys of this place are different and best from all of them.

Five Rivers is a modern Indian restaurant situated on a street full of curry restaurants. It is a little more upmarket than most of the others here, but naturally this is also reflected in the price. It is a popular choice with Leamingtonians, however. The food is tasty, although they can be a little stingy on the meat. They offer the usual range of curries, and a few dishes that are a bit more unusual. They offer a lunch time meal deal which looks very reasonable, and they also do take-away. Clean, modern decor which makes it an appealing place to eat.

Excellent Indian restaurant -- probably the best I know. Lovely service and really good food.

best service and food i have had in a long while! :)