Bayleaf Indian Takeaway in Uttlesford

I recently ordered from Bayleaf Indian Takeaway, and I can't recommend them highly enough! From start to finish, the experience was fantastic. The service was top-notch! The friendly manager even went out of his way to check if everything was to our satisfaction — a really nice personal touch that shows they genuinely care about their customers. The food itself was absolutely delicious! The flavours were rich and authentic, with every dish cooked to perfection (the Jinga Dum Achari was a personal favourite). Whether you're a fan of mild curries or prefer something spicier, there's something for everyone on their menu. The portion sizes were generous, and everything arrived hot and fresh. Delivery was prompt and efficient — our order came right on time, and the driver was polite and courteous. It's clear that Bayleaf takes pride in providing excellent service in both collections and deliveries. If you're in the mood for some truly great Indian cuisine, Bayleaf Indian Takeaway is the place to go. I will definitely be ordering from them again. Highly recommended!

Ordered a takeaway at 5.32pm for home delivery and told 20-30 mins. Fine. . Chased (6.55pm )90 mins later and told he’s leaving in 5! Called again at 7.35pm to be told he was in little Dunmw and 2 minutes away. Called again (7.53pm) and told oh we have wrong address and oh you wanted to collect. Which is it? Appalling service and an extremely rude manager who thinks he is right because “I own the takeaway”. Well….we will be taking our custom elsewhere! …..AVOID.

Been using Bayleaf religiously for 14 years. Always friendly and great good. Couldn’t recommend them enough

Food always spot on , reasonably priced , very friendly owner & staff , well worth the journey we make from great Leigh’s 10/10

Just had a delicious takeaway. The food was so fresh and piping hot on arrival. Each dish had unique tastes and were cooked skillfully- as unfortunately so many restaurants these days cook dishes that all all taste the same. The staff are also very polite. Best takeaway in dunmow for us!

I ordered from here once for a change and didn't like it at all. I had to wait in the lobby for a few minutes as there was no one present. Curry was bland and watery.

Edited. 2/3/24 Thought we’d give it another try as thought you may have been an off night. Sadly, we definitely won’t be using the Bayleaf again. bland curries, containers half empty and a 2 hour wait. I’ll be collecting from Pride of Sylhet in future. Normally our go to takeaway, but recently, and especially last night (30/12/23)the food has been bland and watery. Wrong items sent and over 2 hours for delivery when told only a hour. Shame food is going down as we use them weekly and they’re convenient with their delivery. Would seriously consider ordering again.

Standard Indian takeaway. Nothing special

Perfect indian food, have been ordering here for years! Staff are wonderful, food is always piping hot very tasty and very good price! High recommended

Our go to Indian in Dunmow. Always good.

Best Indian in Dunmow, by far! Over 10 years now and never a bad meal. Great people and great food.

Ordered a takeaway food delivered on time and hot Had meal 2 deffo worth the price filled the family up and they all enjoyed it so we will be using you again thank you staff team

We have had many meals and they are always lovely

Excellent quality and service. Highly recommended

Food was nice enough but they sent us a couple of wrong items, which was go getters' error, not theirs. However they admitted that they forgot to send out the onion bahjis and wouldn't do anything about it. Customer service could have been better.

Out of a few in UK liked this one on top list.great choice.generous size and fan customer service.been fee times with friends as solo or group meetings.DRI ks great too

Been to the Bayleaf in dunmow for five weeks running and every time is better than the last outstanding this Saturday and unlike most of the other Indian restaurants in town they have a five rating for hygiene

Not a bad one yet... Quick tasty hot food.

Just had the best meal of our life! Wow, check out this restaurant/takeaway it’s amazing! The delivery people are also so lovely, thank you so much.

Went back after moving away .not as good food anymore.disapointing .hardly any chicken for my tikka Madras. Tarka Dal was more like soup . And food was 5 pounds increase from last visit. While chicken was 5 small pieces and tarka Dal like water .to be honest I'd be happy to pay more for really special meal. There was no fresh tomatoes in sauce or coriander garnish like the good old bayleaf days .and you use to get free salad and raitha .😔 I reccomend the owner tries a Aldi gastro pub or extra special range jalfrezi. Its £3.95 .so much chicken and fresh tomatoes and coriander on top. It's to die for .I'd never believe a supermarket curry would Beat a curry house !

Always have good food from here have never had a bad meal. Delivery waits can be a long time so best get in early. Collection is quick and easy and can park outside premise to collect. I am gradually going through the menu to try all the different meals.

I felt the need to write a review, so everyone knows how good the cuisine is. I have lived in Dunmow for six years now and get a delivery from the Bayleaf once a week. We have never had a bad experience. The food is delicious. Sometimes I have to wait up to 1 hour, but it is so worth it. I have tried other local Indian restaurants, some not bad, but none as tasty. Thank you Bayleaf for keeping up the standard and service!!

This food was absolutely superb. I usually always go for a Chicken vindaloo when I have an Indian but decided to try something different. We ordered as a group at work and oh my. I had the Jalfrezi and chicken tikka biryani and some onion bhaji. Every thing was so delicious and we will definitely be ordering again. Can I just say, the naan bread as well was so succulent.

Food was watery and very bland like it was frozen was up all night being sick and bad stomach cramps, called to make complaint and guy basically laughed down phone to me! Whilst being quiet rude and shouting at me! Won't be using again

Have been going here for over two decades, the finest curry around. No matter where else you go, you will say” it’s not as good as a Bayleaf”..

Good food. Large portions Delivery on time Prices reasonable

Food is ok but they are sneaky with money I have used for a while and had to pay by card once. They charged me £2 to use my debit card and increased the meals so cost me another £7 I questioned it and was told prices have gone up... requested a new menu with my food and didn’t. Decided to order again the following week and surprise surprise price was back to normal as paying my cash and they gave me a menu that time and was the same, so they completely lied to me.

Extremely reasonable and the food is very good

Started using Bayleaf as I was working in the area. It has now become mine (and my colleague's) takeaway of choice whenever we are here. The food is excellent, good value and fresh. The service is superb (and friendly) and, as I've spent the last ten days in self isolation with Coronavirus at a local hotel, they have been an absolute life line with hot food (otherwise I'd have been living on bread and butter. Seriously). Very highly recommended.

Don’t bother ordering from here. Food is fine but delivery terrible. Quite often well over 1 hour and sometimes nearer 2 hours late on delivery. They should not take orders they cannot fulfil.

We have used many times and always delivered late. Tonight took the total mick. Rang at 17.59 food arrived 20.25! Food cold. Curry disgusting.

Curry was disgusting and watery even the dog turned its nose to it.

First time I’ve used this as it delivers, was told an hour to hour and a half wait, 2 hours later no food, if this isn’t the best Indian ever, will not be goin back, I’ll stick to the queen Vic,

We ordered a delivery at 6:20 and arrived at quarter to 9. I understand they were busy, however after Calling to see where our order was, we were told 10 minutes. 30 minutes later and still nothing so we called again, where they told the driver has just left. Once our order finally arrived it was cold and we didn’t enjoy it at all. A real shame as I have enjoyed many great meals here, and normal delivery times. Definitely think it will be ordering my Indian delivery from somewhere else now.

I have used this curry take away on and off for about 15 years, usually its good not great but good. My son and I had Chicken Tikka Masala, Pilau Rice and a Keema nan each. The chicken portion was tiny 80% sauce and 6 small pieces of chicken tikka, rice was watery? Once rice and curry were combined there was a clear liquid which kept seeping through, which has never happened before. The keema nans were both raw the bread was not cooked. We ate what we could but overall it was tasteless and nasty. It was cheep at just £21.60 for both meals, but it was a awful and thoroughly unenjoyable. I will never go here again. I have never experienced a curry so bad. I'm so sorry as I've used it many many times before. As I say in the headline, what has happened!

Can't believe waited over 2 hours for delivery this is not the first time will never use again offered discount after 5 phone calls on next delivery!! didn't even ring to apologise

We have been very pleased with the service and food in past, but tonight we have been discouraged to go back. After ordering a takeaway we waited 40 mins for the deliver and when we called back we were told we would have to wait a further 1.5hours. The individual who i spoke with was rude and aggressive and rather than being helpful he would prefer to cancel the order. is this a service one would expect? I am disappointed with the service and will not be going back.

Really great food, very tasty and good value for money. Will definitely be ordering from here again in the future

The food is good, but it could be hotter, so i dont have to heat it up in the microwave

We have been frequenting this fine establishment for over twenty years and it has consistently been the best Indian food around.. We have, over the years, tried every other take away in Essex, but only ever seem to say “it’s not a bay leaf”no matter where we go.. Always great vegetarian food.. Cannot praise highly enough.. Mr Lee

Took 2.5 hours for delivery to turn up when quoted 1.5 hours to delivery. Food very average, 2 prawns in the prawn purée starter. Delivery driver showed zero interest, telling me it takes 20 mins to drive the 4 miles to get here. Don’t bother.

I have ordered from here many times and not had any issues, but I ordered tonight and some of my order was missing and when I was half way through eating my chicken curry I crunched on a bone. We were told to call them when the second half of our delivery turned up but got no answer after 4 tries. So my other half when down there, to see that he was sitting chatting on his mobile phone, the young guy that delivered our food came out and said that she had been trying to get through and he had told them she was going to call, with that he then replied, “I know I have been ignoring her call” and then he said that “chicken comes with bones and to get over it” he offered another dish and she asked for a refund because it put me off, he slammed £5 on the counter and said that’s all you can have, she asked for the full amount back for the tikka and he them slammed £2 on the count and told her to leave. For a place we thought were so friendly before, we will NEVER be going back there! Very rude and disgusted the way he spoke to a lady. Please avoid

Brilliant food at brilliant prices, friendly service

Bland watery food, can only assume it had been previously frozen. Delivery was very late..... certainly won’t be ordering from there again!

The food is always absolutely delicious, the timing is great (always piping hot) and the staff are lovely!! Been ordering from them for 10+ years and never had a bad meal. Couldn’t find a better takeaway anywhere! Thank you Bayleaf!!

We have been using bayleaf on a fortnightly basis for 16 years. They are the best (Bangladeshi/Indian) takeaway in Dunmow by a country mile.

We always collect our food from Bayleaf. The place is nothing glamorous to look at, but the lovely food speaks for itself! We've ordered a variety of dishes from here and it's always been very good. If I'm being picky the garlic naan could be a bit more garlic-y. Would highly recommend! 👍

Lovely take away. Food is perfection.

Have used Bayleaf for a long time and the food is always good... however... delivery service on a Saturday is awful. The last two times we’ve ordered on a Saturday we’ve been told it will be about an hour and it’s actually taken two and half hours!! Even when chasing the order I’ve been told it will be 15 mins, but it doesn’t turn up for another hour plus!! If you have guests and hungry children it’s a really embarrassing situation.

Food was good had to wait over 2hrs for delivery and Items missing, had to call 3 times to find out where food was. Not returning.

Used this takeaway for the first time recently, good service, short wait and really tasty food, will definitely be using again.

Beautiful place for take away food. Home delivery too. Thank you guys.

Arrived late, curries were watery with little taste and didn’t send any popadoms like the other Indians in town do. Won’t be ordering again.

Moved to Dunmow about 4 months ago and keep returning to the bayleaf. Very nice Indian and very reasonably priced. Proper dishes not just a sloppy mess. On par with bellwaris in Sawbridgeworth.

Order missing key components, food warmish, contacted immediately and told we would be looked after next time when I said not good enough they came back out and made it right in the end.

I don't normally write reviews but I had to on this occasion. The food is so good, I stopped eating to write. Just wow. 5 stars all round

Food ok delivery service to long not enough delivery staff on a weekend.

Good quality, friendly service.

We use this place regularly. Always top quality takeaway

Never had a bad meal from them. Delivery can be upto an hour when busy but worth the wait. It’s quick if you want to collect.

Can never remember my drinks with my order, I like to drink with my food not half hour to hour later. Food was nice the first couple of times but this evening was terrible, swimming in water and a very questionable saag aloo which I'm pretty sure is meant to be cheese but I could not see or taste any. Phoned up to see if the head chef has been changed and was met with rude abrupt staff. I said you've lost a customer here to which the response was laughing and boasting "how we make customers and don't lose" well my money will be spent elsewhere even if I have to drive out and get it. Will never use again.

Just had an Indian delivery from here on the 12th August and it was absolutely delicious,I waited an hour but that was fine as I ordered at 5pm when they had just opened,really great value too,5 stars👍🏻

My wife and I use the Bayleaf for a takeaway about twice a month and are never disappointed with the quality of food and service. If you haven’t used them before you should give them a try.

Never had a rubbish meal. Always tastes the same good portion size. Scored on the doors show a hygiene rating of 5.

This is my first time ordering from Bayleaf. I had a chicken tikka madras, mushroom rice, onion bhaji and chilli naan.

Best curry in Dunmow and great value

Great food and excellent value! And no, i don't work for them!

Very good fast service driver in blue car very friendly

First time using Bayleaf, food was very fresh and hot. We really enjoyed it and will order again. Paul

Had a couple of takeaways 1 collection & 1 delivery , both good could do with a bit more authentic flavour but good honest grub !!

Good food and good delivery service

Ordered three times and each time enjoyed the food.One can wait or return after 15 to 20 minutes enjoyed

Always friendly and never had a bad dish, been using them for around 3 years! Free dish when spending over £20 is also a bonus. Their mixed grill is amazing!!

Very reasonably priced and the food is great 😊

Cheap, very tasty indian food, fast service and very lovely friendly people! This has become my regular takeout spot :) highly recommend as they do deliveries too

Nice food, brilliant prices and definitely one of my top 5 take aways👌

Had a take away from here and was one of the best I have had for a long time good flavours and portions really good

Excellent service, tasty dishes, speedy takeaway. Having tried others in the area for takeaway this is by far the best.

He utilizado Bayleaf Indian llevar por un largo tiempo. Nunca he tenido una mala comida desde allí. a un precio muy razonable, el personal muy servicial. Siempre dispuesto a explicar acerca de los platos, cuando los pedidos algo nuevo. Siempre ponga un plato gratis si pasar una cantidad determinada. entregar gratis si lo desea. altamente recomendable.

Bayleaf es por lejos la mejor tienda de comida hindú en Dunmow, hemos probado todos! La comida es siempre muy buena calidad y una buena relación calidad-precio. Tan acogedor y reconocer a medida que repiten. El menú tiene una gran variedad y algunas buenas ofertas. También brindan lo que es una ventaja. Bayleaf de amor

Very comprehensive menu served as a buffet style, quality good but lacked atmosphere. Quite slow in serving, would probably go somewhere else next time

Hemos estado utilizando el Bayleaf durante años y nunca nos ha decepcionado con la calidad de la comida y el servicio. gambas Dansak, pollo masala muy fría y un cordero pathia les encanta.

And they do home delivery as well, the food is always well cooked and decent portions, liked the home delivery, dislike the long waits at peak times as it is so popular

Always consistently great food. At a good price won't go anywhere else for home delivery. Great job guys

Great Authentic Food, everytime we have a takeaway from here its great. The Jalfrezi is exceptional and the food was not greasy like some takeaways

Go off menu and ask for recommendations - excellent! Also fab for vegetarians. If you're after a delivery just make sure you order early as they get very busy.

Lovely food each time we order- fast delivery and always plentiful portions! thank you for many great take aways