NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME
Aneesa Balti Cottage

Aneesa Balti Cottage

12A The Midway, Newcastle-under-Lyme I-ST5 1QG, United Kingdom, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME

Seafood • Asiatic • European • Vegetarian


"As a doctor working through the COVID Crisis at the Royal Stoke, I decided to order in today from Aneesa for the first time. I have never been so utterly disappointed. The Chicken Tikka main had 138g of chicken for £7.95. It looked like 1.5 cubes of chicken had been cut into 8 to 10 pieces! I have taken photographic evidence of the measure. I called the restaurant and they said that they counted 10 pieces in the small container. the spinach paneer DOES NOT have paneer, its cheddar! the food was due to be delivered at 6.25pm and arrived at 8pm! the food was cold and it seemed microwaved with microwave burn and dry!! Their 'Mixed Grill ' was £9.45 and had an Iceland esque vegetable samosa in it and no chicken on the bone. There were two cocktail prawns in it and dried up, and 1 smashed up piece of charred to death chicken tikka piece Net weight 160g!!! The so called butter chicken was bland and had three pieces of dry rubbery chicken in it. This was an insane experience for me and when I called the restaurant to complain, they said they have always done it this way. For a Muslim run restaurant, they set a poor example of Islamic hospitality and honesty in business. What a genuine disappointment. The food was so cold and bad, it went straight in the bin. I had frozen pizza today. Thank you for making my day Aneesa. I will tell everyone about you. I applaud you for the way you treat your key workers on the front line of this fight against a life threatening disease. I would like a full refund. I do not have the time or the heart to discuss this experience any further."

The Rifleman

The Rifleman

Nelson Bank, ST6 4QL, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, United Kingdom

Meat • Pubs • Steak • Tapas


"Not visited in a few years but heard the Sunday roasts were worth trying. We booked in the afternoon and although thete was a specials board on offer and the full menu available we decided on sticking to the roast, which very reasonably priced for one two or three courses. With a choice of 3 meats, you can pay extra for a selection. Choose from turkey beef or lamb with roasts yorkshire and gravy. All arrived on a large plate with veg, which was carrots peas and cabbage, cauliflower cheese and bolied potatoes as sides. Absolutely ample potions, its great value for money. We were shown to our table and offered a choice of sitting in the bar or restaurant, both clean and warm the open fires were lit. This isn't fine dining or a modern pub but warm, friendly with traditional charm. We weren't drinking although a good choice of real ales were on offer at the bar. We had soft drinks that were served to our table by a pleasant waitress who took our order. Everything arrived as ordered and we were offered sauces. I love peas, although not with my roast dinner, cauliflower cheese was delicious and a frozen yorkie but for the money we didn't mind, although lovely they are a faff to make and not everyone eats them, maybe offer stuffing as an alternative? All in all excellent value for money. If anything we thought too much choice, I don't know how they manage the menu. Might be trying a bit too hard and could do really delicious dishes if they narrowed the menu down to focus on a few specials and Sunday roast. Although the people who ordered the burgers may have been disappointed because they did look good, and huge! Also the chips looked to be homemade, always a crowd pleaser! We will definitely go again and try the pub menu on a different day. If you are hungry and want good value pub grub you wont go wrong."