Biriyani Boy Ltd in Chelmsford

A really wonderful restaurant with home-style Indian cooking. I thoroughly enjoyed the vibes & great prices.

The starters were very nice but the main was nothing special, microwave rice with a small amount of chicken. Wouldn’t go back or recommend.

Some of the most amazing authentic Indian food around

Delicious food and super friendly service, cannot recommend enough!

Wow. The food is great. So much flavour and traditional so you won’t be disappointed!

Good authentic Indian food and friendly staff.. Loved the desi vibe❤️ .. Also Chicken biriyani is a must try here

Very good place to have Indian food in Chelmsford.I tried the vadapav,it was very tasty.I would definitely recommend this place for good Indian food. Thank you Nidhey Pawar for your hospitality and for recommending this place to me.

Delicious food. I really enjoyed their Biryani and lamb chops.

Every single bit of food we had from here was of the highest quality, fresh and absolutely delicious. We had an Indian curry and a Mauritian curry, as well as other bits like samosas and naan, and everything was incredible. The people there are so nice as well. Highly recommend

YOU HAVE TO EAT HERE! Best food ever! My picture is just the starter, it was amazing 🤩 . Third time I’ve been here in as many weeks!

It was a lovely experience and lovely food.

very good food and lovely staff

Amazing Biryani and Great Service Biriyani Boy is a gem for South Asian cuisine lovers! The biryani was delicious—perfectly spiced and full of flavor. Sana and Joshua were fantastic, helping us choose the best dishes. Their recommendations made our experience even better. Highly recommend this place for anyone craving authentic flavours.Thanks for complimentary special pakoda's❤️😇🤗

Very good food and nice staff with excellent service. :)

We throughly enjoyed our meal. They have a great choice of dishes and a menu for children. They were extremely hospitable and kind. We had vegetable pakora, gateaux piment/daal vada, chilli paneer, and chicken seekh kebabs for starters, and chicken biriyani, daal, and naan for mains. Dishes were excellent value with a special deal on Thursdays and Sundays. They can cater to your spice level. Portion size was amazing. The owners were very friendly and helpful. Highly recommend. Will be returning. Must try!

Disgusting biryani I ever had. Biryani, onion n glasses all were smelling worst. It was just rice with tomato gravy. You can't name it biryani. 10.50 £ biryani n only 2 small pieces of chicken. Worst biryani.

A lovely and clean Indian-style atmosphere. It was a Sunday and the service was extremely slow - we, a table of 5 were the only customers but food took about 45 minutes to arrive, aside from a couple of takeaway orders. This may have been because one of the chefs was not on duty. Biryani - the restaurant's namesake was unavailable as were some of the other dishes. One of the dishes we had ordered, the server forgot to tell us it was unavailable. We only learned after 45 minutes when all the food had arrived. The food was great though - served piping hot, everything was cooked well, and the flavours were spot-on. One of the best Indian takeaways I've been to in the UK, in terms of flavour. (P.s. I'm Indian). The lamb chops tasted nice but the pieces weren't, - they didn't't have a lot of meat on them unfortunately. Recommended dishes: Pakoras, masala chips and chana chaat

Food was cold and not flavorful. Was stuck in the microwave which isn't great for rice. Pretty sign...no quality. Vegetable biryani had reheated frozen vegetables and was waterlogged. Samosas were all spice and no flavor. Was thrown away after taking some evidence pictures.

Disgusting food . Paid 10.50 for a Biriyani and it was stodgy rice with unseasoned chicken. Just tasted like a packet mix . Not authentic at all!

The food was absolutely amazing. I loved the chana chaat and the chicken biryani. Sana was super friendly and provided such an incredible service. Thank you.

Josh was an excellent host from start to finish. The food was tasty & flavoursome. Portions were ample with the lamb chops for starters unbelievable. The staff are friendly, polite & advise you to the menu. The wife & I will be coming back to this delicious food. Well done chef or chefs.

The food, the staff and the service were all amazing! It was so great to try so many new dishes that we’ve never had before. Their vegetarian options were really great and they went above and beyond to cater for me and my boyfriend! 10/10

Delicious meal tonight at Biryani Boy. All the food is cooked fresh from a limited menu of tasty regional dishes. Great and friendly service. Will be back soon!

This was a very authentic restaurant. We enjoyed the food the atmosphere and most importantly, the love that they put into the food is very evident when you taste it we have been to many I write this in the top 10 food experiences Sana & Joshua ❤️ keep it up and continued success!!! I know great food ! This is it!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

The manager was very rude and did not provide a refund after their driver delivered only 50% of my order. The way I was spoken to was atrocious, so much so I was in complete disbelief, the manager cut the call following my request for a refund. The food that was delivered has made me physically sick. I'm so disappointed with this service and will not be ordering again.

My friends and I had dinner here and loved it, soooo tasty! Good music too. Can’t wait to go back or get a takeaway

Meal tonight to celebrate our son finishing his exams. Rather than get a takeaway, we thought we'd eat out and gave Biryani Boy a whirl. Very friendly atmosphere, no rush on ordering and lots of advice about items on the menu. We went for a lamb kebab in chapati, chicken kebab biryani, lamb biryani and the lamb tapas. All very flavoursome, well presented and decent sized potions. The only reason for a 4* rather than 5* on the food was too many sides on the lamb tapas - chapati, samosa, pantras (I think - like a spring roll) and lamb kebab, plus the lamb curry and lamb biryani. One less side and something like a dhal would have been more balanced. But that's a minor complaint. We had a great meal in a restaurant with an atmosphere I can only describe as like going around to someone's house for a meal - just very chilled and friendly.

I was looking forward to trying this place but ended up throwing away almost everything. I tried the fish biryani and lamb kebab biryani, both smelt off and didn't taste right (take it from someone's that's had a lot of biryani's). The rice had no flavour and did not have a consistency you'd expect of a biryani, it was alot more watery. The pakoras were overcooked and way too crispy. Overall this is NOT the place to go to for biryani or any south Asian dishes.

I was looking forward to trying this place but ended up throwing away almost everything. I tried the fish biriani and lamb kebab biriani, both smelt off and didn't taste right (take it from someone's that's had a lot of biriani's). The rice had no flavour and did not have a constinency you'd expect of a biriani, it was alot more watery. The pakoras were overcooked and way too crispy. Overall this is NOT the place to go to for biriani.

I have eaten lots of Indian food in lots of places around the world and I have paid lots of money to very little money, but this restaurant has to be one of the best I have ever been to. It was like good home cooked food that your mum would make. Eating here tonight took me straight back to India and to the amazing dishes that you get when you're over there. The menu is small but the quality was stunning and so was the taste, which quite frankly left me wanting more even though I was full. Highly recommend that you try this place.

I had to go and pickup the order…even then the pakoras were really dry and dense, the butter chicken was rich at all with 3-4 pieces of chicken and the white rice was plain and not like the picture. I don’t think we will be going back.

I thought I'd had good biryanis before but this one was on another level! Definitely the best I've had. Would definitely recommend.

Very authentic Indian food. Very nice staff

Great freshly cooked homemade food. Super tasty. Highly recommend the chilli cakes for starters and Mother-in-law's dhal with a biryani. Fantastic and friendly service.

Thank you for the delicious meal this evening. It was utterly delicious, cooked from scratch as we chatted over a Bombay Bicycle Beer (or two). We'll definitely be back.

This is not your standard, three pot British Indian restaurant. it has a relatively short menu of cooked from scratch modern Indian dishes. The lamb chops are absolutely stunning, the biriyanis delicious and the pokoras tasty and unusual. Great range of beers, modern decor and cosmopolitan music playlist.

rice and chicken barely enough half empty containers last time I use them.

Very small portions for the £52 we paid. Only 2 pieces of chicken in the butter chicken, with the smallest amount of dahl and the naan was honestly the size of a chapati and pretty tasteless. I don’t see how you can charge such prices with such tiny portions and very oily food.

Chicken Biriyani - I didn't like the taste. Personal Opinion, your taste is different from me. Try yourself.

Food overall was fairly good...BUT this Naan bread cost £5!! And looks nothing like the image on the takeaway ordering website. So, 2 stars

The worst experience of my life was waiting for half an hour, after which I paid for my order and left. It was truly unbelievable; cooking for myself or my family doesn't even take that long.

VEGETARIANS BEWARE I was given BEEF samosas instead of VEG. I will have to pick apart any food I order in the future. Deeply offended

Best food in Chelmsford. If you want to taste authentic and flavoured food, this is the place you should try! Awesome service as well! Loved it!

Great food had by myself and work colleague

Lovely meal here. We loved the combination of flavours including Mauritian cuisine. It's a really lovely change from the usual Indian restaurant food. Very friendly service, we'll definitely be back!

It was a very good experience. Visited there with family. Nice food, Good Ambience, perfect family time. Staff is very polite and humble. Excellent service. In and all, must visit place if you want to spend a good quality time with family and enjoy good food. Cheers!

Had a fantastic time here celebrating our friend’s 50th. Food was delicious, staff were welcoming and friendly. I felt like one of the family ! It’s my new favourite restaurant and can’t wait to go again xx

Great vibes, top-notch location – it's like the GPS coordinates for a good time! The lamb biryani was so good it made me question my commitment to vegetarianism. The cardamom tea was like a warm hug in a cup. With a rating of 9/10, it's basically the cool cousin of restaurants. Bonus points for having a washroom – because let's face it, nature calls, even in the most awesome places!

nice food+friendly Mga's-both, the Chef+another kitchen staff member; rec'd free Pakora's+offered free Dessert too, as a rare move, had to sadly decline as we were already full from all the food we ate! lol Will return!! <3 - Do visit this gem of an Indian restaurant! Kitschy, Indian pop culture on the walls, colourful, bright, I wish they were open moreso and from the taste of the food and from the staffs level of warmth - I hope this cool lil restaurant [2 floors!] are most known of and subsequently, more busier! <3 :D foa manager's - reply to feedback :) - sometime 2024.

This is a gem in Chelmsford. Authentic Mauritian/ Indian food. Small menu but excellent food. The patrons are friendly and all the food is made fresh.

A wonderful, authentic meal with such accommodating staff. We came with my cousin who has sensory needs and they provided plain naan, plain chips and plain rice for her. The wait staff were so so friendly and made sure we had everything to make our visit perfect. Just a shame some of the items on the menu weren’t available but I guess they must be popular!!

Really oily food. Shame as sounded lovely. We loved the chips!

Great food, authentic and way beyond your regular ‘Indian’. Lovely staff, warm and accommodating.

I visited Biryani Boy and Sana was a wonderful host and Asif assisted by helping us choose our dishes. The food was amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed my experience. I would totally recommend.

Such a beautiful little restaurant. The staff are so wonderful and it’s the best curry we’ve ever eaten whenever we’ve visited. A must try

I had a delightful experience at Biryani Boy in Chelmsford. The Biryani we ordered was not only delicious but also accompanied by excellent service. Sana and Asif, the staff members, were exceptionally friendly. To make up for a slight delay, they even treated us to complimentary pakoras, showcasing their commitment to customer satisfaction. In summary, the food was flavorful, the service was top-notch, and everything about our visit to Biryani Boy was just right. Highly recommended!

Absolutely delighted with my experience at the biryani boy! The aromatic blend of spices in their biryani was a true delight to the senses. Each grain of rice was perfectly cooked, and the meat was tender and flavorful. The portion size was generous, and the service was impeccable. A must-try for any biryani enthusiast! The staff especially Sana and Asif were amazing.

I've been wanting to dine at Biriyani Boy for a while now, but was let down. The food was good and seemingly cooked from scratch - this is great but not for people in a rush (even though we were there for 2 and a half hours...). The service, however, wasn't great. 1 person in our party of 4 wanted 3 of the starters to be served as a main - instead of having a curry, Biriyani etc. That being said, they were served as starters and almost 45 minutes before everyone else's mains. When the starters were delivered, we had to ask for cutlery. We asked for tap water which was given to us in a jug (no problem), but we then had to ask for glasses. The worst bit of the service happened when we were paying...We were originally given a bill that was missing one of the starters (unknown to us), which we calculated our individual totals off. The waitress soon realised this and provided us with an up-to-date bill including the missing starter (totally fair!), so the person who had this starter added it to their total. We were all paying separately, but when we started giving our totals to the waitress she didn't believe we'd added the missing starter to this - so she got her calculator and started adding it all up. Our totals came to the one on the updated receipt... Food was good, but not good enough to think about eating here again...

Ate at Biriyani Boy Chelmsford tonight. The food is 10/10. The place is relaxed, cosy Indian fusion cool and the staff are down to earth, genuine and happy. The chilli Paneer and Chana chaat starters was fresh, so tasty and the biriyani the best we have had. Our NYEve visit was excellent. Highly recommended.

Had the most amazing Biriyani Boy experience last night. The distinctive flavours of the delicious and authentic food, coupled with the extremely friendly, warm and attentive service made this a unique Chelmsford dining experience. Couldn't recommend highly enough.

Taste of biriyani - Sad, the lamb felt like pellets of rock. Overall, dry and bland. Delivery - On time, good. Opinion - First time ordering so would be sceptical to order again in the future.

Such lovely food, very friendly staff. Would recommend.

Definitely recommend they gave us complimentary pakora!!!

Amazing place with great customer service

Highly recommended food eg freshly made puris! Really delicious. Lots of exciting Mauritian dishes. But, because they're done from scratch it takes time. Not for people in a rush.

Nice staff and great atmosphere, highly recommend this restaurant. Yummy noodles and roti canai, both me and my vegetarian friend enjoyed it, Malaysian food and chef Elina both are amazing, Highly recommend Malaysian cuisine on Monday and Tuesday @biriyani boy

Ridiculously small portions. Not worth the price. Better to buy white rice at a reasonable price somewhere else.

Amazing food and service. Dilpreet was a wonderful chef and very attentive. Will definitely pay a visit again soon!

39 pounds for white rice, 1 very small chicken drumstick, 1 fried piece of chicken and 5 mini pieces of lamb. A joke

We visited Biriyani Boy the other day and were warmly greeted. Chef Dilpreet served us lunch and it was amazing! I highly recommend this restaurant to everyone.

They host a Malaysian kitchen on Mondays and Tuesdays and it's fantastic - had the nasi lemak with chicken and egg prata (which is rare, those who know) - taste was very authentic to Malaysian style. Worth your money and time, i would say.... the chef takes pride on her work and does drop in to check on your food. A must try and highly recommended....

We had a wonderfully authentic dinner here last Tuesday evening. Beautifully presented food with full-on flavours. The staff were all helpful, pleasant and polite. The chef was happy to discuss her ingredients and tips which was a rare treat! We will definitely be back! Highly recommended!

Very good management, staff and food.

Very bad food don't waste your time and money.

Went to Biriani boy for Malaysian food by Kampungku Malaysian Bites and the food was 10/10. The chef Elina was very helpful and her food is amazing. Thank you!

They host a Malaysian kitchen on Mondays and Tuesdays and it's 100% authentic. We had Nasi Lemak, Chicken Rice and Roti Canai. So happy to finally have good Malaysian food in Chelmsford. Will be back to try their Char Koay Teow and Mee Goreng next.

Had Malaysian food . Roti chanai - the best I’ve ever eaten in uk ,better than roti king in london . It was very light , fluffy and crispy .We also had curry mee which was delicious with lots of ingredients, tofu , fish balls, large prawns, chicken and egg . Really great . The char koay teow was good but obviously not like the Penang char koay teow . My friends enjoyed the nasi lemak with lamb rendang . Would highly recommend this place if you want to eat Malaysian hawker food . The owner is very friendly and amicable . At the moment you can only get Malaysian food on Monday and Tuesday . Sorry no photos as we were too keen to eat and forgot to take pictures of the food . Next time .

Best Biryani in Chelmsford! I'm such a fan and keep coming back again and again for the biryani here! So much flavour, spice and meat within the dish. I always end up trying something different each time and it never disappoints! The pakoras are beautiful also!

I ordered the biryani by 9.15 pm , I liked the taste of Biryani Boy biryani and they provided a good amount of chicken pieces as well. The problems are Biryani and the curries are too oily and the Biryani was spoiled 😡so we had to throw them away

We haven’t received our order but it says it was delivered

Lovely resteraunt, went for a Malaysian night and the lamb Rendang was melt in the mouth. Attentive staff and friendly atmosphere. A welcoming first night in Chelmsford thank you.

Sooo muchh oill! The food is soaked in oil. Half my karahi chicken box was just oil.

We had the most delicious fresh tasty food here! Fantastic pakora, delicious Mauritian chicken curry and a lamb biryani. I wish we had this near where we live. So tasty!

Food was expensive comparing to london and other restaurants , we had yo wait for nearly one hour to eat.

Food was delicious and the instructions I gave to make everything spicy they too on board . Would definitely order from them again.

The quality has gone down so much its actually sad. The special lamb chops are so bad now. They made smaller portions and it's completely different than how it was. The veggie biriyani was uncooked a d still very wet and hard. Disgraceful really. They were the best and my favourite but now it's just trash. It's like a completely different restaurant with just same name

Finally a fantastic indian restaurant in Chelmsford food is just so delicious and great service. So hard to find good authentic Indian dishes and such a variety I will be back again more often.

Had there food from the stall which was nice, but the dishes from the restaurant were amazing! Genuinely tasty and authentic dishes and drinks, worth a visit

The food was excellent. It tasted really freshly made and was piping hot.

Great service and food had a nice heat. Very tasty and moorish

Chips and a samosa missing. Tiny portions. Rice tub only 3/4 full, all food was cold. Expensive for what we got.

Visited this restaurant this evening with my two daughters and granddaughter and have to say such an amazing meal,even catered for me being vegan, food, service, and atmosphere were ten out of ten will definitely recommend to family and friends, thank you Biriyani Boy,first class.👍😊

The food was stunning before, the best Biryani I've every tasted, but now they've added a Thali menu (small plate/tapas style) and this takes it to another level. I love it here for eat in or take away/delivery. If you eat in you get such a warm welcome, and if you run into the owner he will be able to tell you the story of how they started out, where some of the dishes originate, oozing his passion for his business and his food.

All the dishes we ordered were extremely tasty, piping hot and of generous portions. We will definitely be back 😊

What a lovely find! Love the decor & ambience. The pakora & vege samosa were the best I’ve ever tried, amazing flavours - crispy on the outside with a medley of moist flavourful veg inside. The lamb in my briyani was tender & cooked to perfection. Look forward to trying the famous lamb chop & perhaps curry the next time. The rest of the family loved their dinner too. Service was really friendly. A must try!

Cheating on the atmosphere, as i ordered a takeaway, but the others were great, so why not be generous.

A Indian with a difference, not the usual fare, be willing to try fresh street food and not the normal menu... Service, very friendly, but bit erratic, chill n go with the friendly home approach... Different.

Smashing food, well cooked and very tasty. Brilliant food and service. Very reasonable prices. Cannot fault this place at all. Would definitely recommend and hope to be back when next in Chelmsford.

Very impressed with Biryani Boy. The food was delicious and portion sizes were generous! I really liked the size of the lamb samosas. The lamb biryani was beautiful. Tasted very very good and the amount of lamb I got and made me happy. I would definitely recommend trying out biriyani boy.

Staff very welcoming but unfortunately very limited menus, no naan bread even though stated on groupon