Bengal Cottage in Harlow

We drive all the way from Cheshunt 2 Harlow just for the good food

usually really good ,unfortunately this time was awful. lamb was like lumps of leather in the biriani so pretty inedible. the egg in the chicken dish was rotten. I ordered early hoping it would be freshly cooked but instead it seemed like yesterday's leftovers. very unhappy🙁

Really good food, fantastic helpful and friendly service . Would absolutely go again

great food , delivered on time

Best Indian food around, the staff are very welcoming and more than helpful. A must try experience!

Our fifth visit to the Bengal Cottage under its new team now, and we have found it to be consistently excellent in all respects. All staff are welcoming, polite and professional with an eye for detail and that happy knack of instantly noticing, if your glass is empty. This evening (New Year's Day) was a bit quiet but we were greeted like old friends and the food (Fish Bhuna & Lamb Korma) was piping hot and served with care.

Food quality was excellent collection was on time the only downside was a dish was missing I had to return to the restaurant to collect it

Pre ordered as it was Christmas Eve food arrived within in the time frame only downside was the food needed reheating as it was lukewarm but the quality was excellent great taste just needed to be warmer but will definitely order again 🙏

Had a wonderful Sunday get together at the Bengal cottage. Staff are very attentive and food is fabulous! Thank you for making us feel so welcome xx

Consistently good food from the Bengal.

Delivery was early really nice food polite delivery driver would definitely order again

It’s always excellent food and great service at the Bengal, and the staff are always friendly and welcoming. The best Indian restaurant in Harlow!

Great vegan curries they made for us and Bombay potatoes and veg fried rice with chapati and dips. Fantastic tasting service. First class.

Beautiful vegan curries for my husband and myself. Fantastic service, first class.

Went for an early evening dinner with friends, lovely people who run it , very friendly, really sorry to have to say but the chicken seems always low quality, always hard so not sure if it’s the best you can get. This makes a big difference, please improve.

Such a lovely Indian the food really nice and staff so friendly and helpful. Definitely our favourite

Beautiful food, great service, reasonably priced, me, my husband and youngest daughter visited late on a Friday night and were pleasantly surprised, we had a lovely meal and good drinks. We all left happy, we'd highly recommend.

Great selection of curry :) Food is super tasty

very expensive for such small portions of food. would not order from here again.

We were seeing a friends band in Harlow and wanted to grab dinner, so we popped in here. Firstly, it’s brighter than the Stansted runway, so the atmosphere isn’t what you want in a restaurant. However, we just wanted a nice quick meal, so we sat down. I ordered Poppadoms, Special Fried Rice, Plain Naan, half Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Tikka Balti, Chicken Pathia, between 2. The poppadoms were borderline stale, no crunch. The chutneys with the poppadoms werrr heavily coloured. The rice was delicious. The Naan was ok. The half chicken was also ok. The balti was not as full of flavour as I am used to but the meat was tender. The chicken in the Pathia was extremely dry and overcooked, and the sauce was coconut based, and nothing like the pathias in most restaurants. When the waiter asked me how my food was, I was honest, particularly about the dry chicken. They took it away and then 5 minutes later, came back to the table to tell me that they had checked the chicken and that I was right, it was dry and said their usual chef was away and apologised. I eventually asked for the bill, and waited 10 minutes as 4 waiters hang around chatting. When the bill arrived, I was shocked to find the chicken dish still on it. Not only did I say it wasn’t great, but they had taken it away without saying anything, when half of it was still in the bowl. I paid the bill, and I couldn’t be bothered to get the item taken off as we were now in a bit of a rush. This is really not how to run a restaurant though. Very poor and no way I would ever go back.

Really delicious food, and reasonable price.Excellent service ♥️

Top of my list. the food is top notch along with amazing customer service. Feel like home atmosphere perfect for any occasion. Highly recommend Bengal Cottage for best indian curry and cuisines in town.

The starter was almost cold, the mild Balti was the spiciest / hottest I've ever had, which I didn't manage to finish. Clearly I've been sold hot as mild, because I've ordered the same dish from them before and it was not like this.

Best curry in Harlow 100% !! prices iswell 👌🏼👌🏼

Gorgeous food just very expensive for a take away!

Great food as always. Delivered on time

Great Food as usual all delivered on time

Delicious food ready when I arrived. Nice staff. Would definitely order again. Thanks

We've been to the restaurant a couple of times and every time the food has been impeccable! The quality of the food on offer far exceeds other restaurants in the area and is our go to choice. The chicken balti is particularly nice. Cannot fault the staff and would highly recommend for a meal out!

I'm a curryholic.... I love the ambience and attention to detail. I have lots of reviews for numerous culinary delights. These guy's know what a BIR British Indian Restaurant audience expect.

Top service - friendly staff and absolutely AMAZING food! I enjoyed every single mouth full!! I tried their new 'Chotti' dish... OMG!!! You have to try this... so delicious!!! I never write reviews... but I was so happy with the wonderful service and high standard of the food that j just had to. Definitely will be going back.

Regular visitor to HBengal cottage 3 or 5 time a month Was good with the last owners but improved with the new owners Will see you this evening my wife will have her normal

Food was really nice would order again no problems with food service order

Very lovely food workers are nice and helpful would could recommend you to take your family

I actually have take away often, some times go, the best indian, love there onion bajees plus all else, staff always polite and helpful.

Delicious! Really tasty and a lovely delivery driver ! Thank you

Food was very nice. Staff were attentive and everything came quickly Only thing was our table was very squashed next to another table. The restaurant was also very warm inside

wouldn't order Indian anywhere else its No1 for me

My favourite Indian restaurant by far, but, now, with a new menu it is even better. Great Food , Excellent service and always a warm welcome. I highly recommend the new Fish menu. Quality.

Food was amazing. Best meal I've had in a long time. Fresh, hot and tasty.

Amazing food and excellent service. Try the Sea Bass Special. It was delicious.

Top of my list. the food is top notch along with amazing customer service. Feel like home atmosphere perfect for any occasion. Highly recommend Bengal Cottage for best indian curry and cuisines in town.

Amazing food and excellent service.We had a wonderful time. Would highly recommend.

We have been going here for years and it's always been a decent option. Recently the food has jumped up to the next level and so is certainly now one of the best in the area.

Very nice lots of favour very happy with my meal

For long time I couldn’t eat Indian as no where was any good- found this little gem and the food and staff where lovely- will defo be back x

Amazing food and very welcoming atmosphere! Staff are lovely and will definitely be back.

Sumon treated us extremely well. Very diligent and attentive. We always attend here for our Indian food, and will continue to return. Thanks again Sumon!

Sumon was nothing but brilliant, food was amazing and the heat on the madras was spot on. Been going to another local Indian restaurant for the last 20 years and this topped all expectations. Would highly recommend.

Fantastic meal. Really yummy. Great staff, lovely service. Got a lovely pen and a baileys. We will be back. Thank you Bengal Cottage

Fantastic food, service and atmosphere. Strongly recommend the Karahi Lamb, a mouth watering fusion of onions, peppers and tomatoes. They are great with gluten free options too. Brilliant Chef and team!

I'm no vegetarian but the saag paneer is worth ordering on its own. really good food

I can not recommend this restaurant highly enough. Fantastic food... service and great atmosphere... Can't wait to return...

Great food and atmosphere. The chef regularly cooks us specials and they are amazing. If you want something different, they will create a dish for you! Staff are very attentive even when busy. Brilliant restaurant!

Good quality food, ok decent price however for an £80 order no complimentary poppadoms felt a bit tight lol

My favourite local Indian restaurant. Lovely food and always great service.

The best Indian in old harlow easily. Fantastic food and service. Would recommend for sure.

Best Indian I've tried in Harlow. Great selections and great service

Food was amazing and service was perfect. Especially waiter Shumar

Great food and atmosphere, friendly staff.

Lovely food better than the raj 👍

Very tasty meals, very hot, delivery driver very pleasant.

Pretty disappointed. Only one poppadom . The lamb shashlik was well done although asked for it to be cooked soft. The dansak was more like eating a Korma, no heat to it at all. Was looking forward to a nice curry but more went in the bin that got eaten.

Went with a friend on Saturday, my 4th visit. Wonderful food & excellent service. Highly recommended. Thanks to all

I ordered a karahi lamb an got a karma instead Also I ordered coconut rice an it was not gutted

Rice , Nan bread and tikka masala very lukewarm, had to heat up in microwave, also , tikka masala portion small compared to other Indian takeaways 🤷🏻‍♀️

First time in this restaurant, pleasantly surprised, good food and service in nice surroundings.

The restaurant was clean and staff polite . Food was nice but found a couple of dishes such as cauliflower bhaji not so good . The most disappointing thing about the restaurant was the space every time someone walk behind you they kept knocking your chair and I found that quite annoying when I’m trying to eat.

eaten from here for 13yrs it's THE VERY BEST !

Not like Bengal Cottage, but very late and cold food due to lateness

Food really good and tasty. It was good that the food came early. The driver was helpful and very friendly

Wonderful taste. Highly recommended 👌

Excellent service. Excellent food.

Visiting from up North. Fantastic curry for the 2 of us. Ejji in particular was very personable. If ever on Harlow again, we will be revisiting.

Delicious fresh flavours as always

Love this place; our perfect date night adventure. Food is always excellent f and staff are wonderful. Cannot reccomend enough

lovely takeaway meal and delicious. delivered a bit earlier then timeslot said but that was even better as was getting hungry.

Lovely food, tasty and nicely prepared, though one of the main courses had less meat than I would usually expect.

Excellent! Perfect temperature and lovely quality! Will definitely be ordering again!

Even though a tree had come down on the road and blocked it. The driver managed to find another route. Above and beyond the call of duty. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Great tasty food as usual and very friendly delivery Thank you

Worst curry I have ever had! The chicken tikka pasandee curry sauce was watery and just tasted of grated coconut and sugar. Chicken was hard too. Dreadful. The sag aloo was bad also, partial cooked potatoes and runny sauce. Awful! It didn’t help that it arrived nearly cold and heating it up made it more runny. What a total waste of money as it went into bin 😡

Food freezing cold despite collecting at the time I was told to - poppadoms stale for 3rd time

Great tasting food. Thank you.

The food was great we really enjoyed it and will be ordering agen

Had many meals here both as a couple and a group. The food and service is always brilliant. Also had Christmas lunch here this year, absolutely superb. Many thanks.

Waiter was absolutely amazing tonight Know josh and daisy xx Food was was amazing x Atmosphere was lovely xx Highly recommend x

Had my company work do there the other night and we have been going here for a while. I can’t express how great the service and food is. Never have a problem and even if I did I’m sure the guys at Bengal Cottage would be more than happy to help. Rashid especially looks after me every time I’m there. I was back in there tonight it’s that good. See you all again soon lads. Thanks, from Chris

Fab food and brilliant service. Will be back

Lovely food, Sumon was a great waiter.

Very Good, I had my office doo there. Staff were attentive and effective even though there was 23 of us and merryment was afoot

Went last night for a lazy Monday dinner The service and the food was amazing the chef really knows how to cook up a storm it was beautiful And they were so kind to make a smaller portion of curry to take home for my mum And a big thanks to Sumon Will definitely be returning. Thank you so much

We have visited a few times and each time say how lovely the food is and how good the service is. Would always recommend bengal for an Indian in old Harlow. Sumon our waiter was as lovely as always!

Fabulous takeout from Bengal Cottage tonight. Highly recommend it.

Food is fantastic and staff are amazing i definitely recommend 👍🏻

We went on Monday night for the 1st time and I am so glad we did. I cannot believe I haven’t tried this place before the food is absolutely amazing, so fresh and tasty and most importantly authentic. The naan bread was gorgeous and the food wasn’t greasy at all. The staff were very attentive and the draft beer and wine was very nice. We have now finally after 8 years found a fantastic local Indian restaurant, we will be back!

Have ate at the restaurant, so decided to order on just eat. Arrived 30 mins late and cold, so popped it in the microwave. Not sure what caused the delay but just be aware. The food as always was excellent.

Top quality dishes at Bengal Cottage, amazing service by Sumon and the team - highly recommend!

Great staff, great food and great service their complementary sweet is awesome too. I would recommend to visit.

Full of flavour, definitely recommend.