Aakash - Cleckheaton

Had dinner at this restaurant. The buffet was okay, but there was an overwhelming amount of chicken in nearly every dish. Recently, the restaurant has decided t... read more Had dinner at this restaurant. The buffet was okay, but there was an overwhelming amount of chicken in nearly every dish. Recently, the restaurant has decided to stop serving alcohol permanently. However, there is no information on their website or at the restaurant notifying customers of this change. The spices used in the dishes seemed to be toned down to cater to a child's palate. I wouldn't recommend this place unless it's for a kids' party.

The service and food at this restaurant were terrible. People were smelly and I was charged for food that was not suitable for human consumption. read more The service and food at this restaurant were terrible. People were smelly and I was charged for food that was not suitable for human consumption.

Aakash is the largest Indian restaurant in the world and I live within it's delivery area. Although, even if I wasn't within it's catchment area I'd still make... read more Aakash is the largest Indian restaurant in the world and I live within it's delivery area. Although, even if I wasn't within it's catchment area I'd still make the effort to travel into Cleckheaton, just outside Bradford, to taste their food.The huge restaurant is big enough to have it's own coffee shop in the entrance, along with two big function rooms. The food is exquisite, every dish I've tried from Aakash has been a wonderful experience. Cooked to perfection, the portions are generous and the flavours ooze out of every bite. The staff are just as attentive of take-away and delivery orders as they are in the restaurant. If there's any confusion or delay you'll get a phone call to clarity, no need to chase them. Not that they make a habit out of arriving late, the friendly driver almost always gets here on time. There's complimentary popadoms with every meal, and if you want to order a basket you'll get a bag to share with the neighbours! You even get the obligatory after dinner chocolates delivered with your meal. Aakash has become a regular on my families dinner plates over the past year, and for very good reason. Give it a try if you're in West Yorkshire. It is really worth the visit.

Glad to hear this place is finally shutting down! They literally took food from the tables at my sons 1st birthday party early and packed it into plastic contai... read more Glad to hear this place is finally shutting down! They literally took food from the tables at my sons 1st birthday party early and packed it into plastic containers so they could serve it later in the buffet. No wonder so many people complain of food poisoning. When I complained I was met with a wall of silence as others have experienced. They had no intention to make things right after the event and denied any wrongdoing claiming they had to remove the food to make provisions for the next event later that evening. Good riddance, as they say, what goes around comes around!

Update, I 'm glad to hear this terrible place is closing down, you reap what you sow , the owner here should take a look at all the truthful negative reviews an... read more Update, I 'm glad to hear this terrible place is closing down, you reap what you sow , the owner here should take a look at all the truthful negative reviews and learn to have more empathy towards the people who feed him.All the rip offs and all the food poisonings along with blatant bill hikes and the wall of silence has contributed to this closure news.If I could give a zero star I would, not impressed with the terrible customer service.We came in as a group of 18x paying Adults of £14.95 each and 3x £8.50 paying kids(Advertised outside at £13.95 per person, but inside as £14.95)Our bill should have been £294.60, but for some strange reason they asked us to pay £307.50.After wasting about 20 minutes manually calculating to see who was correct, it was decided that we indeed were correct, even after that shocking admission the Manager sent a message to the person who had given us our bill stating he was too busy and couldn’t come over, and that we should pay the £307.50.After a few trips back and forth between us and the Manager, the person serving us with the bill stated that it was ok and we wouldn 't have to pay the rest, that’s after we had already gone over and paid them £302.Normally we wouldn’t have demanded the £7.40 that we had paid extra to be paid back, but on this instance we decided we should play fair and ask for our rightful change. It was refused on the grounds of being too busy, shocking excuses were made about the software not adding up totals in the correct manner. We left it there after the person serving us the bill decided he should use a bit of emotional blackmail by stating loudly a few times so that all could hear us to “get us the Manager if we really wanted them to give us a tenner back” we left it there due to losing out in spending quality time and not wanting to make a scene with our group who had travelled from the South of the UK and the North of the UK to enjoy a meal with us.Terrible experience, food less than ok, but better places to eat in Bradford.