High Wycombe town centre has a growing number of different eateries, giving foodies a wide range of different cuisines.

But there is an Indian restaurant that aims to keep bringing customers back to classic dishes.

Bombay Palace, in Crendon Street, is everything you could want in an Indian restaurant. Like any good establishment, the service is offered with politeness and a smile.

The staff are engaging, know their menu well and are able to offer suggestions to suit different palates and tastes - including for us as vegetarians.

They not only know the menu, they know many of the regular patrons too. Their personal touch gives you a great sense of welcoming.

However, if you’re going to have regulars, then a friendly smile will not be the only thing to bring them back. This is where Bombay Palace really sets out to make its mark. Most Indian restaurants offer the standard fare of four or five different sauces to go with chicken/lamb/fish/veg, often doing a decent job of over-doing the oil.

Bombay Palace creates many of those same dishes but focuses on the spices used, not going for all out warfare on your tongue but rather giving you a meal that keeps you enjoying every mouthful.

My wife and I started with a mix of chilli paneer (£4.95) and paneer tikka pieces especially made for us as a vegetarian dish, alongside an appetising collection of samosas and bhajis.

The paneer was firm and well cooked, and the sauces used were a nice mix of spicy and sweet.

This was complimented by a lovely tamarind sauce and mash potato - an especially nice touch to the course.

For our mains we went with saag paneer (£3.95 as a side dish but can be ordered as a main) and a mixed vegetable karahi, along with tarka daal (£3.50 as a side dish).

The flavours used in the curries were tasty without being overpowering, allowing us to enjoy the dishes rather than fill the gaps with gulps of water.

When you get a curry wrong it can be horrible, but when you get it right there’s sometimes nothing better. Bombay Palace definitely went for the latter option. The daal was our favourite part of the meal. It was wonderfully spiced without being over-flavoured.

Desserts included mango kulfi, truffe to chocolate and a selection of sorbets – sadly we had filled up on starters and mains, and left no room for dessert, but if we went back we would definitely give the truffe to chocolate and kulfi a try.

The simple décor of Bombay Palace makes it feel down-to-earth, with a friendly and gentle atmosphere giving it an unpretentious quality.

But it’s the food that takes it to majestic ascension, making it the perfect place to enjoy a curry.