The Last Viceroy

When I first set foot in here I thought it was a bar… then I got confused as the nice man in the doorway told me I needed to go downstairs. I still thought it was a bar… so anyway, I went downstairs and froze in fear… I seriously thought I’d gone the wrong way and was entering somebodys home!
The layout of this place is utterly horrible… it really is just like somebodys home and you’re not quite sure where it’s going to lead to or what it is…
I was happy when i got to the bottom of the stairs and winding corridor to find a striking looking restaurant. All black and dark with spotlights… I liked!
The food was lovely, the service was… s-l-o-w…not bad for a relaxing meal though!

Funnily enough, despite appearances this is not a pub. You soon discover this when, like me, you wander in for a pint and find yourself confronted by an Indian restaurant instead. Never one to shy away from a challenge, and feeling rather peckish, I decided to embrace this unexpected turn of events and settled in for turned out to be a rather good curry. I liked the way the veggie dishes were mixed in with the meat on the menu — having to turn to a special section always makes me feel like I’m missing out — and there was a good choice for both myself and my carnivorous companion. The bengan alloo (aubergine and potato) karahi was exceptionally good, and the fruit chaat — something I hadn’t seen since travelling around India — was just as tasty and bizarre as I remembered it. The bill came to about £30 for two with drinks, which considering how full we were when we left felt like pretty good value to me.

The Last Viceroy is a fancy curry house on Horsforth’s New Road Side that offers wonderful food but shabby service.
Despite the fact that the place is rarely packed to capacity, it is renowned for its overly laid-​back staff. I had been warned, but went to see for myself, and I was soon frustrated by the slow, careless young waiters and the wait we had for our drinks.
Thankfully, the food in this place more than makes up for it — the pakora starter (£3.50) and chicken dopiaza (£6.50) I had were both among the finest Asian eats I’ve ever had in a restaurant — flavoursome, zesty and fresh in equal measure, the Last Viceroy has stolen a march on the competition in terms of distinctive flavours –if only they could sort their service out, (and do something about the dodgy décor) Leeds would have the perfect curry house.

I heard very good things about the Last Viceroy before i went. I wasn’t disappointed! We went on a tuesday night so it was pretty quite. When we sat down there was complimentary poppadoms with chutney. Usually have to order these so it was a nice touch. We followed them with a mixed grill starter that was really tasty and some chickpea dish which i cant remember the name off but was nice. Had 2 different curries for the main course with one naan and a chapati. The curries both had very distinct flavors (sometimes they can all taste very similar depending on where you go) and were great. The lamb was very tender and the chicken was juicy.
The service was good when we went, but as there was only about 4 other tables you would expect it to be. Id recommend going but maybe in a quiet night.

I was dissapointed by my first ever visit to The Last Viceroy as I’d heard good things about it (well my mum and dad had said it was nice!). The food was really nice, especially my grilled fish starter but we waited 20 mins to be seated at our table even though we’d prebooked and the restaurant was empty. We had to pinch some cutlery from another table as all I had was a spoon, the young guys serving us didn’t seem to care at all and left us sat without drinks so we had to go and find someone to get us some more and even then it took ages for them to bring them. Then we had to wait another 20 mins for our bill and again had to ask them where it was. I’d say overall its a nice place, not really my kind of Indian restaurant as the décor is all fancy with mirros and shiny things and the food was served on square plates which I find a bit out of place in an Indian! I don’t think I’ll be going again though which is a shame but at least I can cross it off my list of places to try!

the food here is really really tasty, and you get a good sized portion! however the service was really poor, there were two young lads who couldnt be bothered really, we had to ‘borrow’ cutlery from the empty table next to us as we didnt have enough. it took us 20 mins to be taken to our table and took nearly half an hour to get the bill! it really let it down. best to get a takeaway and then you will be able to enjoy the really tasty food without the poor service.