The Saffron Indian Restaurant in Stirling

Simply outstanding, I am so glad I live near enough to this that I can go more often in future.

The best Indian I have ever had, delivered to my lodge , staff were very helpful, 10/10

Nice owner... food could be better, wouldn't rush back.... sorrrrrry.

Like daal and bhindi Far from home got home taste Love the pokoras

Wife and I visited, food was lovely and the main guy serving was charming. It was busy with allot of takeouts

Fantastic food - ate here twice in the one week we stayed in the area. The garlic nan bread is fluffy and drenched in butter & fresh coriander, the 3 types of curry all v tasty. Great value, friendly service and funky, genuine retro decor.

We had the Bombay chicken to begin with it was good but personally wouldn't say it's Bombay chicken quite flavourful and spicy then had chicken tikka and chapati, we asked for mint sauce to discover they had none which Is very odd for Indian restaurant considering tandoori dishes are meant to be served traditionally with mint sauce, the server was not very attentive as chatting to someone regarding personal matters and had to get up at one point for attention and at two points I gestured politely for his attention and was ignored both times but I can't fault the food just really bad service.

Tarry and staff supplied pakora and sundries for small house party and it was delicious. Freshly made and delivered on time. Great servic 5🌟

Great local takeaway, friendly staff, decent portions and good quality food - on par with some of the more popular spots in Glasgow. Note you can ask for spicier curries!

Excellent food and delivery was reasonable despite us being pretty far. Very pleased these guys are in the area as there is nothing else around here.

Very disappointed with this place. We were staying at a friend's in Aberfoyle and decided to order in. When the food arrived it was luke warm! The chicken chasni only had 7 small bits of chicken in it and drowned in a bland sauce. Was also charged £11 for delivery!! We are only 15 minutes away!!! In my home town south of Glasgow this doesn't happen its a £2 delivery and the takeaway is 20 minutes away. Utterly shocking. Definitely will not be using this place again!!

Chicken pakora is the best I've tasted. Friendly staff. Would recommend

Went here for a quick takeaway tonight- ordered the saag Baji (spinach and chick pea curry). It was very oily, had uncooked white onion in it and tasted of nothing except raw Chili, in edible and waste of £8.

Most amazing food and service experience

Took my family out for a meal tonight the worst experience I have had in a long time the 3 meals wee had were all bland chicken tika chicken tika chasnia. the cheifs platter was very basic the serve was poor they did not even serve the chicken tika on the hot plate so it went cold it also over priced and a waist of time and money you would not even give this to your dog this is one so called restaurant I will never go back to

Avoid absolutely disgusting food

10/10 for prawn jalfrezi, fresh, spicey and delicious! I think the best I’ve had. Great delivery service. Highly recommended.

First class meal and service. Food was fresh and hot on arrival. Staff were friendly. Would definitely order again. One of the best Indians I’ve had in a long time.

Great curry. Great service. Reasonably priced. Recommended

Restaurant was pleasant enough and the staff were friendly. The food, however, was (mostly) edible at best. The dish I had, for which I cannot remember the name, tasted and smelt just like tomato soup with a few flavourings added to alter the taste slightly. Another dish that was had was a Korma which had absolutely no taste. The worst bit was how horribly overpriced the place is. The mains we had were £14 without rice, a child's meal regardless if they had a curry or chicken nuggets & chips is £8.50 and then charging for each of the accompaniments for poppadoms was £2, something that's always been included with every other Indian I've ever had. As I am just visiting the area I cant compare it to any other local establishments but, based on my other Indian restaurant experiences, I cannot recommend this place

Food was delicious. Easy parking outside. Customer service was incredible. Would recommend.

Great curries, lovely staff. A favourite

Pleasantly surprised, great choice, great food and staff were first class

Great take away in Balfron! The curries are delicious, and the portion sizes are very reasonable. I would recommend and will be back.

We had ordered a delivery from here while having a romantic weekend away nearby (cabins 6miles away) to save my husband cooking and I’m so glad we did. The customer service was perfect, the meals were delicious (South Indian garlic chilli chicken and chicken tikka chasni + accompaniments) the delivery time was a respectful hour wait and the delivery service was impeccable! We were informed of how long delivery would take roughly and where to meet for delivery, which was the car park a few metres from our cabin…the food was piping hot and tasty, the driver was friendly and polite. What more could you ask for.

Don’t be fooled by the entrance , we love this restaurant, excellent service and delicious food, what’s not to like.

The food wasn’t the best. It was edible! Everything was over powered by ginger ! Couldn’t taste garlic in anything. Very disappointed with our meal and a waste of £55. Won’t be going here again. The best part was our drinks.

We ordered a lot of food from here as a treat whilst we were staying at DreamCatcher cabins. We loved the food one of the best Indian takeaway we have had. Plenty of vegetarian choices too and food was so fresh and warm when it arrived. The young delivery boy was so lovely too. Thanks all we will definitely order from you again when we are next in the area

Chasni was magnificent! In fact, everything I ordered was superb. Highly recommended.

It has been a very long time since we last visited Saffron, due to the pandemic and the fact that it is far from where we live. We found that the small restaurant had been tastefully redecorated during lockdown and were happy that it fortunately survived the long periods of lockdowns thanks to their take-away business next door. The food at Saffron never disappoints and although I asked for chicken Madras, which is not on the menu, it was prepared freshly for me and was superb. My wife's ginger chicken, however, was amazing, so I plan to have that next time. The naans were served piping hot and every dish was perfectly tasty. We found that the food was rather more expensive than we had anticipated, but costs are rising and our dinner was wonderful. Thank you to the owner, Prashant, who spent time chatting with us and who looked after us exceptionally well.

The food was amazing...had a wee drink while we waited for our order. Friendly efficient staff, and did I mention the food is amazing? 😁

Not often you get a local pub attached to an excellent Indian eatery. Great staff and great food.

Fab curry last week friendly staff would definitely recommend the Saffron

Ordered a delivery as we were on holiday in the area, the food was over an half and a half late because the delivery guy went to the wrong place. Not only that but he asked me to meet him in the rain and dark at a gate because he said he couldn't go any further! He eventually found us, the food was lukewarm and he still took the money off us for a meal that was really inedible. The fish was off that my kids had asked for and my chicken tikka came with a sauce that I can only describe as lentil soup. We ended up being hungry all night as the food delivered was rubbish, wouldn't recommend.

Took a very long time for it to be delivered. 1hour 20 minutes. Delivery charge was very expensive! Chicken pakora was good. The korma was very bland. The chasni had way too much vinegar in it. Chicken in the dishes was a bit hard.£50 very disappointing.

Quick delivery, fantastic service. Great food. We are staying at the loch lomond hideaway and decided to order some food, the person said it could be 45 mins for delivery but we wernt bothered in the time. Once it came, it was amazing. The mirchi korma was the best I've had in a very long time. So good that I was tempted to phone up again and get another sent out. Partner also enjoyed his mixed tikka. We have the award winning Indian restaurant called the sanam where we live in falkirk but in my opinion you guys at the new saffron are ×10 better than the sanam. Its really a shame that you won't be able to deliver to us in falkirk as you would have us as loyal customers. We did phone up about 1 hour 30 mins to order some more things but sadly the delivery driver had just finished his shift but that didn't spoil it, think we were just being greedy. Would diff order again when we come back and we would recommend you guys to friends and family when they come up for a visit. Keep up the good work guys 👍👍👍

Unfortunately very bland. We had a balti and a biryani but there was not a lot of flavour to either.

Only used this place as last resort due to other places being fully booked. Smelt great from car park but was bit bland in reality. Good portion sizes. Just not for us

Delicious food! Great service & friendly staff! Highly recommend!

What a lovely atmosphere at Saffron, staff were so friendly and helpful. Mr Jask and his team made my family feel so welcome throughout our visit. Highly recommend the gulab jamin with ice cream for dessert. Top establishment team. Keep up the good work !

Please don’t buy from this takeaway if you want a creamy curry!! It honestly tasted like macaroni cheese/cheese sauce. The other curry (bhuna) had a weird tang and this is coming from a couple that loves an Indian takeaway! Ended up putting it in the bin and just ate the poppadoms/naan. Overpriced, however friendly staff.

Although we have lived in the area for a very long while, we had never considered using this restaurant,but on the recommendation of a friend, we ordered a takeway meal at the weekend. The order was for a typical mix of Indian starter and main course . The food arrived when we got there, was served in separate containers and kept hot until we got home. Portions were very generous,tasty and quite honestly as good as anything we have had from any other high street indian restaurant. The premises are nothing to look at from the street,it is in an old building,so don't be put off. We will certainly be back !

Discussing service! Don’t order from this place over charge you also! Charged me £9 delivery I was 6 miles away! When I called the shop guy said he didn’t know delivery prices and I had to speak to the driver The driver said I must pay for him to deliver and for his time going back to restaurant, I mean who says this? He was just down right rude and wanted to rip me off, I Food was average Wouldn’t use them again Taking advantage of people horrible delivery guy was rude

Ordered a takeaway from this restaurant whilst staying at a cabin in Gartmore on Monday night. The food was 5 stars and so hot when delivered. Both of us had different styles of curry, pilau rice, popadoms, nan bread and everything tasted incredible. Reasonably priced and will definitely eat here again.

Whilst staying at Dreamcatchers Cabins, we saw that they recommended Saffron, so we thought we would check it out. The food was delicious, freshly prepared, with great portion sizes. Fantastic customer service and friendly staff.

This was the first time we have used Saffron for a take away, we were impressed as they were very helpful. We had the set menu and our son had chicken pakora chips and Nan - mix pakora starter was lovely and plenty of it. Main was lamb madras and chicken dansak really tasty plenty of meat (good quality) which was great. Chicken pakora was also good and plenty of chicken and son loved the chips/Nan also. Excellent meal.

Good enough to deliver to our accommodation a few miles away. Overall food was just really average and quite expensive for take away. The miniscule prawn puri was basic and not even a small side salad with it. Mains of some kind of butter chicken and chicken korahi were average, saffron rice had no discernible taste and, to be fair, garlic naan was decent. Despite accommodation recommendation it was not that good.

We got takeout from here when we stayed at Loch Lomond and wish we just cooked ourselfs as the rice was hard and almost crunchy the sauce too wasn't even edible. Neither of us eat more than a few forkfulls before it went in the bin.

Came here as a last minute choice for dinner whilst staying in Drymen. So glad we ended up here as the food was absolutely beautiful. We each had a set meal which was amazing value for money and even had to take some away with us. The staff were lovely and the flavours of the food were incredible! Highly recommend!

Good food at very reasonable.prices. Pakora are especially good.

Ordered four different curries and pakora etc. All delicious thanks. Thank you

Good food, good service. Very pleased.

These people are brave and amazing!! We are currently in the middle of storm ciara, tree down across the road one way, flooding the other and they have just managed to deliver our take away!! Thank you

The food was excellent. Fresh and tasty. The staff were really friendly. I could not have faulted the place.

Very nice meal &excellent service. Have been frequently & always enjoyed our meal. We stay near so we can always walk for our meal which is so convenient,

The service was very friendly, the sundries with the pappadums and the naan were delicious. The creamy chicken curries were not great.

Expensive for poor service.Cold!

Good smalltown indian above local pub

There is a decent sized menu with plenty of choice. Food is generally very good, although on occasion the lamb can be quite tough. Sauces and nans are always excellent. Service is usually very good.The place does look quite run down, but worth going to for the food alone.

Great food and very friendly, helpful staff.

Lovely meal & very good service. We had a very enjoyable night. It was for two Birthday celebrations & we visit on a regular basis.

I've been going to the Saffie each time I visit friends for many years. Never had a bad meal there. Have to the spicey Chicken Jalfrezi I had last night with mushroom pillau was top draw. Plus the best garlic naans too. Well worth a visit. Cheers!!

We bit small but great food big tables nice and qwik

Great consistent food with a friendly atmosphere.

Very nice meal with friends celebrating two Birthdays. The food was very nice and we visit quite regularly. The food is very good & we enjoy it very much. Especially Tandoori Chicken which is my favourite.

Great to enjoy a beer while waiting on your takeaway being brought out. Indian quinine pretty good. Staff great.

We wanted to have some Indian food while we were visiting Loch Lomond. This restaurant was close to our stay. Restaurant was neat and clean. The staff was friendly too. We ordered a South Indian curry and to be honest it was no way authentic. They have just used some red sauce for flavour and was no way near to what we ordered. The red colour was in my hands even after 2 days. Think it would be better to remove dishes the chef is not aware of how to cook.

Absolute joke of a place 8 people seated in an empty restraunt. 4 people served and 1 hour later other 4 still waiting for food and had to leave with our food in a takeaway bag it took so long

Ordered 4 different dishes - all came in a red sauce and all tasted the same.

We were staying locally and there’s not much choice in Balfour. Turned out to be a nice curry, friendly service and reasonably priced.

Always use Saffron for a take away really good Asian cuisine . Staff are friendly and polite with a good knowledge of the menu and able to answer any questions which is a sign of a good establishment .

As an Indian I came here to eat something familiar but was not expecting much given we are in a little town. The food and service far exceeded my expectations. Every dish was great and my family and I couldn't stop raving. We are coming here tomorrow night for another meal!

This place i came across just by chance and the food was just fab and not to expensive you can eat in the bar or upstairs in the restaurant they do a curry deal Sunday to Thursday😆

Always a friendly face and great food

Great place to eat always fresh

We were on a short break at Loch Lomond Waterfront lodges and we got a Indian takeaway delivered by a lovely woman who was very friendly, the food was excellent.. highly recommend this restaurant.

Never been, sounds good, might go sometime

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Hemos estado buscando un restaurante indio en esta área por un tiempo. El Saffron era el más cercano a donde nos quedamos en Balmaha y qué sorpresa tan agradable. El entrante de carne mixta para compartir fue enorme y delicioso, especialmente el Pakora. Tuve el cordero boaty, que era, de lejos, el mejor plato de cordero que he tenido durante mucho tiempo, una sorprendente mezcla de especias y una buena suerte de calor. El servicio fue excelente y el personal muy amable. Sin duda volveremos la próxima vez que estemos en Escocia, es una pena que esté a 250 millas de casa.

Excellent food and service, one of the best Indian restaurants I've been to. Will go again

Really good food, big portion size and very tasty. Friendly staff and good service. We'll be back. The sharing starter was really good and the meat was good quality & well cooked

Delicious, unique and well-cooked curry; the best I've had since my last trip to Scotland a year ago, incidentally! I would definitely go back again if I found myself in the area. Thanks!

1st time visit to this place was really good, staff were very good,

On way to Edinburgh, we had dinner at Saffron two times. Lot of scope to improve in terms of food quality and restaurant neatness. May be we were the last customers for dinner on that day.

Very good meal also very attentive staff

It is a really good place to go for a meal.

Superb authentic food.. can even have a pint shile waiting on takeaway .. very nice staff too

Mientras la comida está bien, la higiene general y necesita mucho más por este servicio de negocios para tener éxito más que seguirá dependiendo de los tour operadores que lleven a los visitantes. .

Visiting relatives in the area and they suggested a takeaway for that particular evening back in August 2016. Phoned up, ordered, all ready when we called in a bit later. Friendly service. We enjoyed the varied selection we had from the menu.

Tenía un pollo poori, Peshawari naan y cordero korma desde aquí. El poori era bastante normal, nada especial.

Went to here for dinner last night, restaurant was quiet with it being midweek. Service and food was very good. Reasonably priced and we will definitely return.

I am a regular consumer of Indian food and have enjoyed some fantastic meals over the years. This restaurant in Balfron was easily one of the better ones. Was visiting a friend for the weekend last week and we decided to eat here having consumed...

We eat here regularly, often by take-away. Food and service always excellent - never had anything that we have not enjoyed. Last night we had some particularly good curries (the patia and dopiaza are worth trying).

Curry tasted acidic, was missing ingredients and naan was burnt yet also uncooked with an odd slimy uncooked paste on top. Couldn't eat it. Rung to complain and was advised to go in the next day but re box it all to show the manager with possible outcomes: cooking it again, 'the way I like it' (ha ha! How about just cooking it so it is edible?), possibly exploring a refund, or nothing at all. Not impressed, and would not recommend.

Why oh why do we keep going back here, food ok , customer service and delivery shocking! Called 6 pm asked for delivery for 8 pm yet again , 8.21 no delivery, " it left 10 mins ago" NOT!

Having just moved to the area, we were looking for a short notice place to grab some food before doing "the food shop".We found ourselves in the Saffron, and can't wait to go back! Good food, decent prices, and possibly the nicest staff we've met in a restaurant for ages!!

Been here loads of times and the service is always outstanding and the food is always top class. Would really recommend it for anyone.

Having recently moved to the local area, and being great curry lovers, we really hoped that we'd have a decent curry house close by. Sadly we did not find this to be the case...The pakoras were okay, but not great. The curries were terrible; we made a point of ordering two completely different types of curry so we could get an idea of the menu, we also went for pretty fail safe ones to use as a bench mark. The were both exactly the same colour and pretty tasteless, the only way we could differentiate between the two was because one was chicken and the other lamb. Disappointing.I then phoned Saffron to speak to them about the curries. I was advised that if I'd ordered the Desi ones (at an extra £1.50 each) we would have enjoyed them more - why would you pay more money for something which may then be mediocre at best?! Maybe it was a bad night? I don't know, but I won't order from them again, which is a shame as I'd like to be able to support local businesses.

So I just moved to Balfron and was looking for a nice restaurant/take-away so I had heard of the saffron from some locals so i took the family the kids loved it and the food was great the chicken tikka was nice and tender the service was fast and the staff were nice and polite and overall good

This Indian restaurant is in the village of Balfron (about 20 miles north of Glasgow). The review should be under Balfron.The food is good and has a lot of take away users, however in my opinion, to sit in is better. Busy at weekends but quiet, too quiet, midweek.