The best restaurantsof indian in Westmeath

09/01/2025: I visited Silver oak after having ordered the food online to collect a take away. I was very enthusiastic and looking forward to ordering food from their. Whereas, the type of service i recieved cannot be catogerized as any service a person should recieve. From not even being talked to and being ignored after asking for the menue 4 times, i was treated as if i was asking for some free food. I think the whole experience hurt me and saddened me deeply to the point where i questioned each meal i had ordered before from the restaurant. Not understanding the reason for the treatment i recieved from the restaurant i slept hungry having some milk and biscuits. The whole experience hurt me deeply

29/12/2024: The food here is good, just normal North Indian food and South Indian curries but the service and atmosphere is great. Very friendly staff and great ambiance makes the dinner worthwhile and the food is good just not anything extra ordinary. Highly recommend for when you’re in Athlone.

03/01/2025: I have been eating here and have had food delivered for a few years now and up until my last experience I've always found the food to be very tasty which can be seen with the review I left here about a year ago. That said, the true value in service and customer oriented business is found through adversity. I have mulled over whether or not to leave this review for a few weeks now considering if II should put the despicable treatment and service I received from the manager down to a once off, bad day experience. However, I have decided now to update my previous good review since some of what the manager said to me cannot be out down to a once off, particularly charging staff for food which was not packed correctly and using this a reason to explain why they must receive the food back. I would posit not advising customers of this when requesting food which had fallen to the ground and subsequently binned would be a better approach but now knowing why the manager insisted the food be returned and the restaurants position on charging staff for food loss leaves an incredibly bitter taste in my mouth and sense of staggering disbelief a restaurant would treat their staff like this in this day and age, especially given the issue may have occurred with the delivery service and not the staff who packed the order. My issue began when the food myself and my partner ordered arrived and I tried to lift the paper bag containing the food out of a plastic carrier bag. The food at the bottom had leaked out of its its containers and soaked the paper bag so badly it ripped and the food fell through the paper bag. As I was holding the plastic bag in one hand while using the other hand to lift the paper bag out of the plastic bag the food hitting the plastic bag caused it to drop on one side with food falling to the rug on the floor. Nearly all of the containers had opened and given its Indian food the sauces ran out onto the rug quite quickly. My partner and I cleaned up the mess and threw the food in the bin in the kitchen. I called the restaurant to explain what happened and on this call the staff member said they would resend the food to us and it would take half an hour. A couple of minutes later the manager of the restaurant called me back and reiterated they would send the order out to us again but he wanted us to return the food to the restaurant. I advised the manager the food had fallen out of its containers and was now in the bin. The manager reasserted he would need the food back and explained he need to see how it was packed so he could take it up with the staff member who packed the food and take the cost of their wages since food costs are now so high. I explained again the food was in the bin and most of it was not in the food containers stating it will not help him figure out how it was packed incorrectly. As he insisted on having the food back I advised I would give the whole rubbish bag from the bin to the delivery driver when the food was being delivered again and I also told him I would invoice the restaurant for costs incurred with cleaning the rug since he was adamant about docking the staff members wages the cost of the food. The manager stated he would want to see the rug but as things were getting heated I decided to leave things there. The food was delivered but I refused it at my door advising the delivery driver to return it to the restaurant. I advised the driver the restaurant manager wanted the food back from the first delivery back and pointed to the rubbish bag containing it but the driver didn't take it, unsurprisingly given it was clearly messy inside though tied tight at the top. The manager's approach to the whole matter was appalling and I can categorically state I will never darken the restaurants doors again and will never order delivery from them either. It's massive shame because I never had tasty Indian food until I tried this restaurant but Spice India do do a very tasty Lamb Tikka Masala, naan bread, chutneys, etc so my business will now go there instead.

22/12/2024: Very bad Currys they haven't got a clue how to cook very rude staff avoid at all costs I promise you find somewhere better mark my words AVOID AVOID AVOID