Balti Cottage in Barking and Dagenham

I am very disappointed. I’ve ordered exactly for the reason that I live close and I wanted to support local businesses. The order came earlier but the lamb curry was completely tasteless and the meat was hard. Chicken tikka masala came sweet 🙄, special fried rice was not special at all only pease in the rice. Sag paneer was nice and the nun bread.

Superb food, lost count on how many times I’ve ordered and will certainly do so again!

Hot nice food. Very low cost buffet eat as much as you want... They have a "sweet chilli sauce" in the poppadom area. OMG...took some home last night just had some tonight... can't wait for my tea tomorrow so I can have the rest.

Excellent as always, fantastic food!

Absolutely amazing sunday buffet with a wide selection of dishes at a fantastic price. We aren't local to the area but think we just found our favourite Indian restaurant. Very highly recommended.

Didn't bother eat in, I went round the back because I have a friend that lives round the back of balti cottage. As I walked round I see the back/kitchen of balti cottage. Not nice scenes I tell you that. @whatwehavingnow - on instagram for our full review & more vids/pics. (Like, comment, follow)

pipeing hot n great sized portions.

Delivery driver was rude to my Son because he didn’t ring the doorbell properly so no one answered first time. Won’t be ordering again

Love this place great food and great prices

Lovely little restaurant, paid £11.95 for an all you can eat and there was so much choice. Food was fresh and hot, staff were polite. Will defo be returning :)

Always good and large portions!

We travel from canvey Island to come to balti cottage , nice

lovely service and always good food!

Unfortunately my second bad review. Exactly the same as my previous one. Just disgusting and inedible. Not sure if there’s a specific chef as usually my orders are lovely. But I can’t even explain how horrible tonight’s curry was. Very disappointed

Me and my family ate here and it was better than expected. Everything we ate was lovely, staff attentive and seating great.

always a great meal at a acceptable price.

the balti offers a good value mix in its "all-you-can eat" buffet with a selection of dishes that is mixed to cover all strengths of spicyness according to taste (and it's clearly marked, which is good) and with a beer or other drink, value for money.

Food wasn’t up to scratch was cold

Having been my local restaurant since I was younger when living nearby. To be able to get a delivery a few miles away all these years later is amazing. Thank you.

11 of us went for the buffet last weekend. The total bill was £180 with drinks, with 7 being bottles of Cobra, for the price, the food is very good with a reasonable selection of around 6 curries, couple of rices, dry tikka, samasos, onion bhaji, bombay potato's, potato pakora, chips, poppadoms and salad. For the cost per person it is great value.

sent wrong item very unhappy with the service

Very good place to eat and they do deals on the food

the was rock hard a lacking flavour will not order from tham again

Very bad food. I ordered chicken tikka briyani but the condition is very bad. Bad smelly. The mixed vegetable is full of gravy no vegetable without tometo and mushroom.very ridiculous. Avoid the restaurant

there was smell in keema naan unable to eat that

Excellent value for money buffet. I have always rated their food highly. The staff are friendly and polite albeit not overly interactive, I think their English is not great. I feel the only let down is the atmosphere, I have been attending the restaurant for absolutely years and it really could do with a refurb as it feels old and slightly dilapidated,

Buffet is lovely. Could do with more vegetarian options.

Clearly end of night they just used the left overs from buffet defo avoid this one

lovely food for a good price chicken is tender and I have lots of left overs try the set meals really good 👍

Just mediocre and the naan was very cold

It's a small family restaurant, been around for years. Can't fault anything, value for money and friendly. Eat, drink and go.

I have been here on a number of occasions and must say the food is normally very good with friendly staff but this time the food was shocking tasted terrible so much oil and grease don't know if they have a new cook but if so definitely need to get rid of him

Lovely place. Staff helpful and pleasant. Food is lovely, and good price. Although I have eaten here, I like to get a take away on Tuesday or Thursday, this is when they do 50%off, so I buy for 2 and pay for 1......does not include drinks, deserts, so check first.! Food is always lovely, delivery staff are pleasant. No complaints from me.

Food is good. Staff are friendly.

I’m really sorry but I order from you guys fairly often but tonight’s meal was awful. I couldn’t eat it. It just tasted wrong. The rice was mushy and tasted horrible. And the curry tasted completely disgusting. I’m so sorry to leave this review but I am so disappointed when usually the food is lovely. Something must have just gone wrong tonight in the kitchen with my meal sadly

My order was over an hour late and the food was awful, i wont be ordering from here again..!.

Service was ok but the food wasn’t great tonight I’ve been coming here over the years every so often but don’t think I will return to be fair the prices are fair on the food and drinks . also what was off putting was what looked like mice traps under the buffet area just a bit off putting seeing them. Also they love hanging around you when your up filling your plate up they are trying to make you feel uncomfortable so you don’t take as much food .

did not receive my food? terrible so far waiting aged

Food over cooked and mostly cold. Not sure what the main meal was, I ordered chicken curry but it was reddish in colour and not very nice

Food over cooked and then reheated tasteless would never order from here again I Didn't eat it whole tandoori mixed grill and meat biriani in the bin

Speedy delivery for a Tuesday.. food good, but some items missing put a dampener on the meal...manager has resolved my issues and will continue using this restaurant as usual..

I don't like giving bad reviews but if u want tasteless food- this is the place

Very quick service. Food tasted nice also. Recommend a try.

Good value as always. Don't expect the last word in cuisine, bear in mind that it's not expensive and it's an open buffet so you can eat what you can! My only gripe was that they no longer had their Meat Dopiaza in the buffet. That was delicious.

The food was outstanding so yummy would definitely order from here again!!

Service was excellent. But food was not fair. Chicken was burnt and taste like odd also too much food colour in all dishes..

The customer service was nice but the food was of very poor quality. It was full of food colouring and burnt. The food wasn't seasoned properly and it was overly priced. Meat in the meat biriyani was undercooked and the tandoori chicken was fully coloured and not cooked properly.

I have ordered Reshmi kebabs as a starter. One of the worst kebabs I have ever had. I would strongly recommend to avoid this place. Full of misleading information when I called them about my orders.

Food was cold and horrible and tasteless will not be ordering from this place again

Absolutely stunning food the delivery guy was a bit grumpy but I'll definitely be ordering again 😀

GREAT EXPERIENCE - YUMMY FOOD 😋😋😋 We ordered chicken tikka balti, lamb bhuna and 3 different naan fillings to have with the family. Upon delivery a gentleman not only handed us over the food we ordered, but also gave us extra pulaw rice and coconut chicken korma. We really appreciate the kind and thoughtful gesture. We will definitely be back to try the buffet sometime soon. I definitely recommend trying their dishes ☺️

Poor quality taste not good, containers leaking and popadoms seemed stale

The lamb rogan was watery and not how it’s supposed to be cooked. Maybe they have a someone covering the chefs day off but that was terrible. I hope they fix up.

The food was really good and the service was great, just need to start taking card payment.

My order was supposed to arrive between 19:05 and 19:25 but didn’t arrive until around 30 mins after the end time. That was after a call and text to the restaurant. It’s a shame because the food was lovely but just took too long to arrive.

Excellent value and great food but does need furniture curtains etc updating

Last two times I've ordered the food has Been cold I am a regular customer and this doesn't normally happen

Food was luke warm. The driver didn't say a word, not even to apologise or acknowledge me. Didn't get a complimentary item wad the late arrival...

I ordered £50 worth of take away. The Garlic chilli chicken, the poorest one yet. Mostly oil. Hardly any chicken. I could go on however, my wife's main was missing. I called the restaurant. I never received an apology, just that they will send another. Starters were nice but everything else was cold by the time the missing dish arrived. We are not rich and this was a special treat. Have they got a new chef perhaps? I would normally rate this place 4-5. Not today. It was a schoolboy error and mostly, below average food.

Food was cold on arrival and really late normally don’t have problems with them but it was a joke

Food was excellent and the staff were very friendly. Nice atmosphere.

Great food again, good delivery

Our family really enjoyed the food here. We went on a Sunday afternoon, it wasn't busy. The food was plentiful and fresh. The staff were friendly and helpful. We would go back.

Vegetable samosa had green chilli in it which is too spicy and unexpected in a samosa

I eat there quite often and most of the times its nice but today i have ordered take away chicken tikka. It went straight to the bin so hot and spicy no flavour just chilli. Horrible

No sure why this place has 3.7 stars but the food is amazing and the staff are very helpful, polite and welcoming. Definitely would come again. Great prices great food. Love the chicken tikka masala.

I dont know why the reviews are so low, i love this place. I went during lockdown when it was 50% off and i came again yesterday for my sisters birthday. I was pleased on both occasions. Ever since i went in 2020 i have been eager to come back. The whole family was happy and the service was great. Drinks and deserts came quick and we were able to pay easily. The only downside was on the very last onion bhaji i ate, it was not cooked all the way through but other than that the onion bhajis were beautifully made as well as the curries (i had chicken tikka masala and the jalfrezi). I would definitely come again, its great value for money. Do not listen to the reviews, try it out for yourself.

Night out with the boys yesterday - for £12 decent munch not so many selections. Food was ok nothing spectacular but decent. Overall good service was good. Good spot if Ur hungry and Wana stuff your self 😜

Food was mediocre not the greatest Indian food, too sweet for my liking but I put that down to the area it's catering to and for the extremely low price you pay to eat here. It's very cheap and there are lots of parking nearby. The waiter we had was great though.

The food was really nice. Peshwari naan was the best. Chicken tikka pakoras weren’t that great. Needs more cooking and more batter.

I called takeaway to ask to make it hot, but it came sweet, the waiter then lied and said that he saw the chef put half a spoonful of chilli in, it was sweet and had uncooked garlic in the curry, then when I asked to get me another he declined and said we will look after you another time, never order from this place unless you want to be lied to and want bland food

I ordered delivery on Uber. Restaurant said delivery too far and to cancel. They are stating that i cancelled after they had started cooking. Unless their foid is reheated then total nonsense. Tgey told me to cancel. Still charged me almost £30.

Sag aloo ,,potatoe was like mash, hardly any spinach, & did not have any taste, was very disappointed

STAY AWAY!! Do not compromise on quality over cost! I ordered a takeout from this place and regretted it as soon as I opened the container, what was staring up at me is what I can only describe as melon in a disgusting orange sauce, what I should’ve been looking at were Bombay potato’s, with anticipation I began to look at the Naan bread I had ordered it looked dead it was grey and had a bad smell, it’s safe to say that I didn’t bother opening up the rest of it i threw it all in the bin. I can’t believe they think it’s acceptable to serve people this awful food They should be ashamed of themselves.

Missed an item in the set menu - but no drama perfect as always

First time I have ordered and can't thought anything The food was absolutely amazing and the staff was well mannered and very helpful We will be ordering again

Excellent service and the food was lovely just a bit pricey for what you get

Fantastic as always, highly recommended!!

First time ordering but the onion bagees were cremated no rice with dhansak meal unlike other Indian restaurants absolutely disgusting will not order from this place again would not recommend

Worst for ever, food was smelly and tasteless!! Avoid going, and save your money!!!

Upset my order was wrong, I ordered chicken dansak and was given 2 chicken kurma

Order never turned up can’t contact restaurant to busy

Punctual delivery but awful food. I ordered three dishes (chicken tikka bhuna, lamb tikka starter, and saag paneer). All three dishes were ludicrously salty to the point I needed a drink to consume the dishes. The saag paneer tasted metallic and had no substantial amount of paneer in it. The chicken in the bhuna had a watery/rubbery texture - like bad quality frozen chicken that has been quickly defrosted. The lamb tikka was burnt around the edges and so chewy that it was hard to swallow. A decade or so back this place was decent. Now it’s just awful.

2nd time here and excellent food / service

I have ordered meat biryani which is terrible taste it’s old and meat is chewy also. Chicken tikka masala if terrible is well

Loved the food thanks. It was nice, hot and decent portion size.

Worst food taste in terms of taste and quantity.

Always good food. We have it at least once a month. Only four stars as the prices have gone through the roof.

Missing items, everything looks like it was cooked days ago then stuck in a microwave, this place has gone downhill bad

Haven't ordered here for a while as the last order was a big disappointment. However, on this occasion, they were spot on.

Not many in at the time so we got some really attentive service, great food also

G pic was cold wasn’t made with love

Food was cold when we got it it came super quick it. Wasn’t prepared with love like usual

Food is amazing staff are kind and just in general amazing always leave a top there they deserve it

Amazing food, incredible value for money. 5 stars

Ordered King Prawn purée and they cut 1 into pieces dreadful awful

Ordered takeaway this evening at 19.55, told delivery would be 45 mins, after hour called back and said driver was given incorrect door number by staff and that they had called my number 10 times with no answer, my phone was with me, I must assume number recorded incorrectly as well! Was told driver on my road still and food would be with me soon, 20 minutes later called back again and told would be here soon, as a regular customer at least once a week, I think I should be regarded a little better, it's now 21.30 and I have told them I do not want the food on this occasion, real shame but just another example of poor customer service.

Food was sub standard and bland, not very enjoyable at all for me. Samosas just seem liked the frozen type, not worth the money even with the discount.

I have been dropping the kids off the to the pool morning til night for 3daya.

All with red base gravy, tastes the same all round.