Bombay Blues in Southend-on-Sea

excellent food and Great quality

Food was not nice, one item missing, still not delivered nearly 30 minutes after calling. Worst Indian I’ve ever had. Will not be ordering again

Oil had leaked all over the bag, Curry was so oily I opened it and actually poured a bout 3 tablespoons worth of oil off the top. It arrived luke warm. let down this time.

Goan chicken is the best curry I have ever had, delicious 😋

I ordered the set menu for delivery with what was supposed to be a chicken bhuna but not sure that is what I got. The curry was just meat and sauce and the sauce is like Ford radiant red, if you Google chicken bhuna none of the images are this colour. The flavour is not unpleasant but has ZERO spiciness and tastes sweet like a korma. The pilau rice is not particularly flavoursome and comes in hi vis luminous green/yellow. The Bombay potato actually looked as it should and was a good portion but a bit cold but tastes nice. I ordered a spicy poppadom which came folded and I'm not sure why. All in all it wasn't terrible but I definitely wouldn't ever order again and would tell people to avoid unless you like your curry looking like someone went mad with a paint set and despise spice.

You have charged me twice I would like my money back

Will only ever get my Indian takeaway here. Never had a bad meal. Nowhere else comes close in my opinion

Food wasnt very hot and the onion baghees were missing. It was 20 mins late. Just eat are refusing to refund the onion Baghees so I am not happy! I wont be ordering again.

Best Indian I've had for a long time. easily rivals more expensive options. Really lovely quality

The delivery person was friendly and the food was good

The curry was tasty and there was plenty of it the only thing I would like is the last two times I had it it was only warm could do with being a bit hotter

It was really nice. The popadoms were soggy but apart from that it was great x

The Food was really bland other than the mint sauce and the portion size of the starter was a joke ( 4 small pieces of chicken that didnt even fill up the pot it was stored in) I dont think ive ever witnessed a smaller portion size over all.

Excellent food and delivery, would recommend

Quick service, lovely takeaway. Its also good that the they read the note of where to deliver and driver thanked me for the note of where to deliver to.

Arrived cold. Ordered at 19:00, arrived 20:37. Said it was out for delivery at 19:40, the restaurant is a 6 minute drive away.

food was of bad quality and taste, most likely the worse curry weve had. Me and my wife couldnt even finish it and was so annoyed as weve waited for 2 hours from the time we ordered! food was over a hour late and restaurant didnt really care!! Don't say food is coming in a certain time frame then deliver it hour later. Very disappointed as we used Bombay for years before then moved away and now we've come back and the food and service has gone down hill dramatically!!

This was the worst Indian I have ever had most of the food was inedible due to it being extremely spicy even though they are not a ‘spicy’ dish. Most of it went in the bin! The chicken tikka masala which is normally a mild dish was extremely spicy, missing the mango chutney off our order and we was send a garlic nann instead of a plain nann. Will not be ordering from here again

Always a wonderful meal. Never disappointed

Food was delicious and piping hot. Definitely recommended

The food tonight was excellent.

We spent £30 and almost all the food is in the bin. Where do I start? All dishes were swimming in half an inch of oil. My starter contained two prawns, my main course contained four tiny pieces of fish. The sauces (and the prawns and fish) were flavourless, just hot. The naan breads were burnt on the outside, thick, stodgy and inedible. There wasn't a single redeeming feature - this is the very worst takeaway I've had in my life, and I have enjoyed many over the last 30 years. If you enjoy a lovely curry don't have anything to do with Bombay Blues.

only 1 dish from 5 was edible. meat tandoori starter. the outher dishes were floating in oil and the prawn dish only had 3 prawns. to finish with, the nan breads were too thick causing them to be burnt on the outside and not fully cooked on the inside. mostly now in the bin

rude staff bad environment wont recommend to go here and bad food also

alway good from bb. not your best tonight. lamb all gristle very fatty. should be entitled to a refund!

25 minutes before earliest delivery time. Read delivery note. Despite coming so early all of the dishes were luke warm at best. The samosa/vegetarian starters needed more cooking. Lamb pasanda had very little lamb. Quorn tikka was best dish. 4/10

Great food, incredible price, speedy delivery. I’ll be ordering again 👍

everything was rather banned other than the bhuna and the madras was extremely hot it was even un eatable even tho it said mild and the lamb was super fatty

the delivery driver called my phone rather than buzzing my intercom and asked me to go down to him which isn't a problem. but when I went down he had left the stuff on the door step and was driving away.

The potion sizes are so small, didn’t get all my items, food was rubbish and salty, will not be ordering from here again

Excellent quality of food, would recommend and arrived early - thank you

very pleased delivery was great . . food was fantastic

WHAT THE HELL DID THEY DELIVER ME - NEVER USE THIS INDIAN - CHICKEN TIKKA SAUCE WAS LIKE WATER TINY SALTY CHICKEN BITS - OVER CHARGED ME - WRONG FOOD - NAAN BREAD WAS NOT COOKED DOUGHY IN MIDDLE AND BURNT ON OUTSIDE - LAMB DISH WAS PURE FAT - NASTY NASTY FOOD SWIMMING IN GREASY SALTY COLD FOOD

Hot and tasty Indian cuisine, thanks Bombay Blues!!

Super food, very tasty and delivered nice and hot

Ordered a madras, I’ve had hotter kormas. Not usually this mild, not sure what happened. Hopefully a one off

Great flavours. Good sized portions. Very tasty.

My favourite delivery chap. ~ My son answers the door but I always listen for the "Luverly juberly" in an Asian accent . He makes me smile 😃 ~ Love him!!

Best Indian restaurant food 100% good 👍

Amazing food as always. Thank you so much ☺️

Delivered very quickly. Great food as always. Thank you.

Terrible service, late is understatement was more than an hour, changed the delivery date from 19:32 (when I ordered) to 20:20. We ordered this over two hours ago and have only just got it. They lied about how long it will be said the driver would be 5 minutes and 30 minutes they showed up. Ended up having our food rushed and didn’t get what we ordered. We got the wrong naan bread orders. Naan was burnt. Not satisfied at all. We were lied to when we kept calling them. As if they forgot the orde

delivery was confirmed an hour before it arrived and they never answered the phone good luck people

All dishes tastes the same and so salty not very hot. The garlic nan was just garlic chunks thrown on top of a naan

Very dissatisfied with Asar lamb dish ,tasted chemical and very chewy the lamb had to discard and request refund .Absolutely disappointed and let down .

Food delicious as usual highly recommended

Always great food delivered quickly.

excellent food 😋 and excellent service 👌

I love everything about the food and service. Amazing food, great delivery time and always looking forwards to the next time.

I had a chicken tikka marsala and lamb dopiaza, both were delicious. I'm looking forward to the left over's.

My favourite delivery chap ~ He makes me smile every time ~ Bless him x

Food wasn’t great was warm when it turned up and very oily the chips I paid £3.50 I got about 12 and they was undercooked and soggy not happy when I paid £25 to just be thrown away

Meat was burnt and dry, both curries tasted the same, veg was stewed.

Lovely Indian, great for vegetarians too. Arrived within 10 minutes of ordering!!

Always great food and delivered quickly.

Had a takeaway last night that we had to wait nearly 2 hours for my other half called them said it was delivered to and address near ours so I knocked at door as know the people had not received the dinner so they lied when we stated that we would be leaving a poor review the person on other end of phone stated he cared not as they have lots of followers his arrogance was overwhelming shame used to order here and never had drama before don't know if it's new owners but won't be back shambolic service and even worse rotten attitude no care for the customer and they tell lies

Don't even want to give this restaurant a 1 star what an awful food. Was uncooked and tasted rank. Spent alot of money just to put it in the bin

A very good vegan menu always welcoming and friendly staff Would recommend

Great service. Delivered quickly. Lovely food.

Awful delivery driver. Verbally abusive to my neighbour - an elderly lady battling cancer. Left our food on the wet ground outside whilst arguing with our other neighbours too! I’m honestly shocked at what happened. Will not be ordering from here again.

The delivery driver was the rude he harassed my neighbours was aggressive on the phone to my wife

My son always gets the delivery from the door, but just hearing the Asian happy chappy say "Luverly Jubbily" has made my year. I just love him.

Absolutely beautiful food friendly driver Bombay blues is a great restaurant

I ordered a korma and rice which were just okay. It wasn’t the nicest meal I’ve had. The bread was cold and burned and the mint sauce looked and tasted off. Overall, I won’t be ordering again.

I ordered it early I expected it to be on time

Delivery with a smile 😁 Food was great 👍🏻

unfortunately, it was a disappointing experience. The food was lukewarm at best. The flavours were bland, and the overall quality fell short of expectations. Sadly, this experience didn't reflect the delicious Indian cuisine I was hoping for."

Delivery driver was rude and ordered me to come outside of the flat to meet him so he didn’t have to exit his vehicle. The fish dish had far too much onion and very little fish. The Korma was very nice as was the mussala. Very little cheese in the cheese nan. Overall, dissapointed.

The delivery was punctual, and the food met our expectations. Despite arriving slightly cool, a quick microwave and oven reheating resolved that issue. The flavors were decent, just prepare to reheat. We would use again though.

Lovely food, absolutely vile delivery staff. Didn’t ring the bell and rung me to say he will take the food back if I don’t come out now. Rude wouldn’t hand me the bag instead put it on the floor and kept complaining about the lack of house number even though there is one. RUDE I will never order from here again, this isn’t the first time the same bearded man has been rude to me. Delivered 7th December at 18;54

If you want a decent Indian takeaway then stay away from here! My husband ordered takeaway recently and it was fantastic. I oder this evening and was bloody awful!! Firstly, I left instructions to call as no doorbell. We heard someone banging on front door, hubby went and the driver told him to go out to main Rd to bring it in. Husband refused and rightly so. Food was full of curry powder not a decent Jalfrezi, chilli rice was lukewarm and mostly full of onions. Basically it was revolting. I called to speak with manager who tried his best by bring a new prawn jalfrezi and bombay potatoes and informed us that we were the 2nd complaint regarding driver tonight. I argue that I was discriminated against as being female. This was denied. So why when my husband ordered previously it was that good? All of the dishes including replacements were floating in ghee( clarified butter) and as soon as some drained off there was more floating to the top. Obviously they do not need the custom, as no way are we using them again. If we could have left the spaces blank upon ratings then trust me, I would have done. I prefer to write good reviews but sorry to say, not this time.

Food was OK. But leaving out one of the main dishes spoilt the who meal having to wait for it to arrive so the rest was cold and I don't have a microwave

First- I ordered this on way home, it took an hour to get delivered.. However one of the reasons I'm so annoyed is that when it said it was out for delivery- IT TOOK 20MINS TO GET TO MINE!... The restaurant is only 6 mins drive away! Second- Food was only just about warm, nothing was actually hot at all, was waiting on the doorstep for the food and it wasn't even in an insulated carry-bag or anything, just packed into the carrier bag and that was it.. VERY DISAPPOINTING! Third- I called the restaurant twice but NO ONE COULD BE BOTHERED TO ANSWER THE PHONE!! It kept on ringing til it just cut off... so trying to find out what was happening with the delivery (as it was taking 20 mins to get here). So one star for each this time around, disgraceful service which is shocking compared to other times, no apologies either. Next time I'll go back to the other one I order from.

Normally i got to another local to me curry house, however the price's have gone sky high hence trying Bombay blues. Decent amount of curry for three of us for 28 quid... And delivery was bang on time. The quality of the food was outstanding and piping hot!! The vindaloo was spot on as were the prawn puree s! Really jolly delivery man as well.... Definitely be back for more.

Food was excellent. Whole family commented about how good food was. Really nice flavour and nicely spiced.

One day I ordered dinner and gave my credit card details for home delivery. They failed to deliver in-spite of that when I called they asked to come and pick up and I said we ordered for home deliver and there is no one at home who can drive to the store . I was told rudely that some one have attempted delivery and they gave strict 10 min to come and pick up when I say no they refused to deliver or refund and when I go there they alread closed . That’s how I lost money and no food that day. I had to make a dispute from my banker. So unprofessional

I don’t know how this restaurant has low reviews. The veggie options are great and it’s rare to find that around southend for similar restaurants !! 10/10

Our over was over an hour late. Called the restaurant twice to be told it would be 3 minutes and it still took 30 minutes to arrive. Food was stone cold and popadoms like limp lettuce! I have been a customer for year but will not be ordering again. Incredibly disappointing.

Not all my order, late by 30 mins even tho a road away wouldn’t mind but over £50 order. Won’t be back

Just moved here so trying out an Indian ..Not very nice... Chip portion size wasn't even enough for 1 person and for £3 not worth it at all. Biryani the lamb was just fat and the jalfrezi chicken was soggy chicken and didn't taste right. Spent £37 not worth it at all don't rate it at all.

Great Dansak, this place does the best in the Southend area

Food as always was delicious. However, i ordered an hour in advance of the delivery time and it was still half an hour late.

I think the driver got hungry on the way because we only received 12 chips in a bag... Curries were very good flavour wise and sauce was good but very stingy on the amount of quorn. Kashmir & special rice both very nice. Naan nice and fresh. Sagg Aloo whilst a side was the star of the whole meal... No poppadom or salad given. For a first time order 6.5/10

The food as always was lovely, however I did the pay with cash option, the driver literally handed us the food and vanished so fast, he was on the phone obvious to anything.He left we checked to make sure it was cash and hadn’t paid by card not realising and it was cash. He didn’t come back or call. 24hrs later he bangs on our door telling us we had to pay which I had no cash on me, he then wanted to come back. Called restaurant who didn’t seem bothered how rude this was! Won’t be using again!!

Reasonably priced delivered on time and hot. Shame that the food was not as good as when we ate in the restaurant a few weeks ago, unfortunately some of the lamb in the dhansak was rather tough

We have always ordered from here and always ordered the same but this time around we’re really disappointed with the quality and taste of our meals. The chicken didn’t taste right, the whole dish was off. Really disappointed. We won’t be ordering from here again.

Food was cold and oily. Missed items even though it was ordered they messed up and wanted us to pay more. No option for 0 star otherwise that's what they would of got!!! Very poor.

Made an order over the phone.. they didn’t take our order correct.. when he re read our order back he said it so quick that I didn’t hear him only charge for 1 items when i actually asked for 4. The food was cold, greasy just not nice at all.. I called up to complain about the missing items for him to tell me that I was wrong. Yet he was in the wrong. If I could give 0* I would……

First time using Bombay Blues - happy to use again and try other dishes!

Food extremely late. Rang the restaurant twice. Apparently the driver had taken multiple orders. After the second call they said they’d ring the driver then call me back. Not only did they not call me but then wouldn’t answer the phone. Food finally arrived was almost thrown at me by the driver who was not apologetic in any way. Food is so cold and may have been in the containers for 40 minutes or more. I had to throw it away. Absolutely disgusting service and atrocious food. Will never

I never received my food Waited 2hours

Food was an hour late, stone cold and the store said to call back and they will sort it and of course they are now not answering the phone

Order from here alot, normally it's lovely. But this order in particular was unpleasant at best.

Great food was delivered quickly.

Food was cold and too much oil and grease. I ended up throwing it away!!

Was very nice. Big portions. Recommended

Great food was delivered quickly.

We always order from Bombay Blues as they are consistently excellent.

We made a large order and received a main dish we didn’t ask for, and didn’t receive two main dishes. Upon calling the restaurant the manager was rude, dismissive and made me out to be lying about the incorrect delivery. It’s a shame, as we’ve been loyal customers for decades but after the way we were spoken to we won’t be ordering again. A shame, as the food that did arrive was apparently tasty as always and the order was slightly early!

The food was amazing, nice portion size and great flavours. Well worth the wait.