Lacto
Indian
Delivery
Take-out
Asian
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Wide range of vegetarian and vegan dishes offered. Only vegetarian dishes are highlighted on menu but the staff are helpful in identifying vegan items when ordering and can give recommendations. Open Mon-Sun 12:00-14:00, 17:00-23:00.


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14 Reviews

First Review by EmilyBemily

AbiM

Points +5221

Vegan
25 Sep 2025

Staff bit meh

We said we were vegan. Waiter said/knew we could have pickle tray without the mint sauce/yoghurt pickle. Why then did he bring it to us? We had a platter of 3 pickles w the popadoms, but only 2 edible ones (lime chutney and a sweet red ketchup-y one). Were we missing out on a third one, did he take something off the tray (an onion one?) we could have eaten?

We wanted another round of drinks. Couldn’t catch the waiter’s eye (it was not busy, a Thursday evening).

Went to pay. Waiter wanted us to eat the after eights. Seemingly still not understanding we were vegan.

cool5cats

Points +602

Vegan
30 Oct 2025

Fab

In a town with very few vegan options, this place is great!! I had the mixed vegetable Balti and it was fab, great spice levels and absolutely loads of different vegetables!! With rice and chapatti and an onion bhaji, a thoroughly enjoyable meal. My mum can't eat spicy food (total opposite to me) and had a wonderful mild spiced curry which she thoroughly enjoyed too and again full of vegetables, hers had bananas in it. The menu is really well designed to show mild and spicy choices!! Staff were so friendly and attentive, just won an award last week for best Indian in Northumberland and one of the chefs won a chef king of the North East award! Very inclusive for vegans and gluten free customers. Sorry no photos taken!

Pros: Great taste and choice, Friendly staff, Reasonably priced

Cons: Serves meat

deadpledge

Points +15030

Vegan
12 Aug 2025

Indian Delights

Very enjoyable dining experience, with fellow ambassadors hack_man and craigmc, where we had the following:

*aloo gobi
*bombay aloo
*tarka daal
*vegetable bhuna
*vegetable madras
*rice
*poppadoms
*pickle tray

All our dishes were very flavoursome and nicely spiced, with the tarka daal, aloo gobi and bhuna my favourites.

Staff were friendly and attentive, and in total our bill was great value at £60.

craigmc

Points +41508

Vegan
09 Aug 2025

Great value

A trip out with the legends Hack_man and Deadpledge.
After a journey across the water for some cake and a session, we needed something more substantial.
A couple of mains and three sides was plenty to keep us going — although Hack_man definitely ate more than the rest of us!
Decent flavour, good variety, and great value.

Pros: Value

Frillykins

Points +657

Vegan
18 Jul 2025

Cheeky Pineapple Side Dish is Fun!

So, this place is kinda old skool BIR. But they do it really well. The absolute highlight were the tandoori Roti's: the BEST vehicle for tackling the base gravy variations. Our curries were great (initially felt under-salted, but that might be because most British Indian Resteraunts over-salt!). The waiter was great: had an encyclopaedic knowledge of each dish. Negotiated our way to some happy choices.

Pros: Fresh Beautidullt Made Tandoori Rotis

RussellCollingham

Points +124

Vegan
11 May 2025

Delicious curry

Lovely meal of veg dupiaza, channa masala, peas pilau, chapati and samosa. Once I said I was vegan the waiter immediately fetched the manager to help, which was very helpful. They mistakenly brought After Eight mints with the bill but did apologise later. The food was delicious.

Pros: Good vegan knowledge, Delicious food

Cons: Watch out for After Eight mints with the bill

keavih

Points +437

Vegan
28 Oct 2024

Knowledgeable staff and delicious meal

Apologies for the poor quality photos however this was an absolutely fantastic meal! The staff member was so knowledgeable and reassuring that even though vegan options weren't listed on the menu that they were absolutely able to cater to us. We had vegetable samosas to start and we were steered away from the onion bhaji which gave me extra reassurance that staff knew we were vegan and not just veggie. We then had vegetable bhuna and dopiaza with chapatis and rice for the main which were lovely! I'm a big Indian fan and I felt the bhuna was quite mild so if you like spice I'd maybe go for a slightly hot/hot curry rather than medium - will definitely return when we are back in the area 😊

Updated from previous review on 2024-10-28

Pros: Reasonably priced, Tasty, Knowledgeable staff

RumDude

Points +320

Vegan
12 Apr 2024

Lovely Indian food

Loved the food. Very tasty & fresh. A good selection of vegetarian dishes with most vegan friendly.
An improvement would be to list which dishes are or can be vegan.
Staff were friendly but the waiter did ask what we did for protein 🤣

Pros: A great selection of dishes, Friendly, helpful staff, Protein in every meal 😊

Charltonchick

Points +101

Vegan
21 Mar 2024

Cosy traditional Indian restaurant

A very friendly Indian restaurant- staff are knowledgable about what can be veganised, and my curry and lemon rice were delicious - huge portions too!

Pros: Decent vegan options , Very friendly staff , Cosy atmosphere

Cons: Add some more vegan options and even better :-)

DonnaC

Points +1724

Vegan
27 Dec 2023

Wonderful Place

We had a fantastic Christmas Day evening meal here in friendly and welcoming surroundings. The food was tremendous and staff were fully knowledgeable about all vegan options. I went for a couple of sides (Bombay potato and tarka dhal) with rice which were both excellent. The pickles and popadoms to start were fabulous too. I’d say this is now one of my favourite Indian restaurants.

boromark

Points +80

Vegan
17 Apr 2022

Great staff and food was great

Definitely visit this place again especially if they have a vegan menu or they go totally vegan! The staff were very accommodating and happy to help us veganise anything on the menu

hack_man

Points +27677

Vegan
31 Oct 2021

Get Magna Carter

Had a couple of really enjoyable meals here in what is undoubtedly the best Indian in Berwick. Not that there’s much competition. The staff are attentive and make sure you are well looked after. When I asked for a hot vegetable madras they certainly made sure it was hot. Just as well I can handle it where others would concede defeat. They will make pretty much anything you ask for even if it’s not listed on the menu such as a mushroom dhansak. The interior is quite impressive and they have Cobra on draft.

Pros: traditional interior, dishes can be made as vegan, freshly prepared

EH90

Points +24

Vegan
23 Aug 2021

Good range of vegan options

Good range of vegan options and knowledgeable staff. Tarka dhal particularly good!

EmilyBemily

Points +109

Vegan
10 Jul 2021

Fantastic takeaway

This was my first takeaway curry since becoming vegan so I wasn't too sure what would have ghee or not, but the staff member who took my order knew the menu really weel and took his time explaining the options and recommending alternatives to my past favourites when I was vegetarian.

When the takeaway arrived, everything was clearly labeled with the vegan food having this highlighted as well.

The food itself was absolutely fantastic. The mixed vegetable chaat was so full of flavour and the vegetables were very fresh.
We wouldn't hesitate to order from there again.

Updated from previous review on 2021-07-10

Pros: Staff are knowledgeable about menu, Quick delivery, Reasonable price

Cons: Vegan isn't identified on menu only vegetarian




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