Deniz Restaurant in Basildon

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED; We’ve been to Deniz several times for the past 7 years, amazing food (fresh & authentic), super friendly staff, they are also professional and caring at the same time. We’ve also ordered takeaway. Since they remember us, they leave us a lovely message and a lovely surprise for our son, we absolutely love Deniz. It feels like we are there even it’s takeaway! We recently moved to Southend and miss them so much, planning to go back there soon; we miss the food and every single staff working at Deniz.

Best adana kebab around essex,meat was so quality,waitresses and managers was polite good service great food definitely recommend will be back

Came here for dinner with friends on a Saturday evening. We were warmly welcomed & shown to our table. I can highly recommend the lamb shish iskander & the lamb kleftiko. The food was very good & reasonably priced. Service was good too. We will definitely return.

Friendly staff, excellent service, food was outstanding, I had chicken shish and it was beautifully cooked and tender, the salad was really fresh. Would definately go back.

Around one hour delay to get food after ordering

The staff are attentive but not overbearing and the food was delicious. Even the kids meal was wolfed down

Always amazing food and service. Staff can't help enough. Regularly take out but dined in this week. Best Turkish in Essex by a mile

Food was nice and fresh. 5* hygiene. I liked the seating inside and interior. The floor was very slippery though as raining outside but I nearly slipped twice so definitely a hazard. Chicken shish was nice and succulent. Would have like a grilled tomato or chilli on the plate like other restaurants. The food was lacking in spice mainly. If the red sauce was more spicy then could be overlooked, but that too was very mild. Rice, salad and started were enjoyable Overall: 7.5/ 10

The dining experience with the oriental taste is more than wonderful

Ordered Adana kebab and lamb doner.adana was as usual high standard but unfortunately lamb doner was dry rubbery non consumable.as I was in same industry I know the doner was sitting in the hotpot for ages and the staff who packed the doner didn’t bother to make a fresh one but instead choose to ruin my dinner after days hard work.

Nice restaurant pleasant staff .Good prices .

Absolutely gorgeous food which is priced very reasonably. Large portion sizes ensure you will not leave hungry along with great staff. 100% will be returning in the future. The Turkish sausage starter also deserves special praise as it was wonderful!

Been going to this place since it first opened however in the past few weeks the food has really gone downhill. The quality is shocking. They’ve changed some dishes to doner instead of chunks of lamb or Adana. The Adana is now very thin and quite dry. I really do hope the owners see the recent reviews and listen to them. It was always good to have a decent Turkish in Basildon but this is now a disappointment. Dinner was ruined. We actually ended up reordering dinner but from somewhere else!

The quality of your lamb doner is disgusting. It used to be decent cuts of lamb, now I would not feed it to my dog. A real shame.

Donna kebab was cold and undercooked. They changed the dish without issue, but not the best choice by me

Just had a delivery for the first time and loved it! Freshly cooked, very good value for money. £47 and plenty to feed 3/4 please.

The food is very tasty, the quality of service is high, and the hospitality is unique. A great restaurant. I will definitely bring my friends next time. Kazakh and Turk are of the same birth. Turkish brothers, may you have many guests. 🇰🇿🇹🇷

The restaurant is wonderful, the barbecue is delicious, and the service is very nice. Our Turkish brothers. Halal food is all 👍👍👍👍

I drove past it it looks like a nice place to go and eat when it's finish

Absolutely love this restaurant. The staff are so attentive and happy to please. The food is brilliant and you get lots of it. I have tried pretty much every special they have to offer and each one has been simply perfect. Highly recommend this place to everyone who hasn't been here before.

Always great, good service location and food is fresh

Great place to eat and enjoy a good drink 🍷🍻

Lovely food and staff. Also great price lunch time deal. Had a lovely lunch with my partner.

Three of us came here, had a superb meal, great food and service!

The good wAs delicious,the bread was delicious

Highly recommend food was delicious.

Very nice food portion size was good service was nice and friendly could not fault

What an amazing place. Brilliant staff. We went here for my son 18th and they catered to our every need. There was 14 of us, ranging from 1 year old to 71. Nothing was too much fuss. I can't rate these high enough. Beautiful decor, loved seeing the chief cook. Service 10/10. Cleanliness 10/10. We will be returning. Thank you for making our special evening great x

went for an 18th birthday meal. food and staff were amazing. highly recommended this place for a meal out or takeaway

It was reasonable value. The food was pretty good and the Service was efficient and friendly. Competition is thin on the ground in this part of Essex, they should do well with passing trade

Visited a couple of times now for lunch and dinner and experienced nice food and good service with a nice atmosphere for a good price.I would recommend.Thank you

One of the best restaurants In the area, food is so tasty, service is excellent

Love this place. Excellent food , massive portions, great atmosphere and great service. Staff are friendly and welcoming

Lovely tasty food & a great price.

Really good food, great atmosphere, great, quick service.

Quality food. Ideal for all occasions. Clean restaurant, polite staff and quick service. Highly recommended.

First time visit. Next time we're in Basildon we'll head straight for Deniz. Food & presentation amazing, thoroughly enjoyed our lunch which was plentiful and excellent value for money. The staff were very attentive and helpful which made our lunch even more enjoyable.

For a restaurant in the town centre it's great. Plenty of seats. Service was friendly and the food freshly cooked and large 👍.

Fantastic food. The charcol grilled live food is fabulous. Tastes superb. Good portions. Had a combination of kebabs. Three combination is for a real good eater. 😁. Nice staff.

Lovely food,I usually go in the day time with friends,good food reasonably priced.

Not bad at all but very average!

A very nice evening and nice food and drink and very good service.

Always the stuff so gently,and the food it's just perfect

Had the Ali nazik, absolutely delicious 😋😋

My experience on this restaurant is amazing they have gone above and beyond to accommodate me and my friends and family the food is amazing very good prices the staff are so friendly so good food and friendly staff is a win win for me I always eat here highly recommended

Excellent meal out at Deniz restaurant, service was brilliant too! Highly recommend the sarma beyti!

High quality food and amazing taste. Easily the best Turkish kebab restaurant

Our first time at Deniz and recent reviews had me feeling a bit apprehensive. The restaurant wasn't overly busy and service was prompt and polite, food was delicious. I would most definitely be coming back. Could not see what the previous reviews were about 🤷‍♀️

Supberb, hot, fresh, delicious what more do you need, service was top quality..

We like this place! The food is freshly cooked and tasty. The staff are friendly and helpful.

Chicken is too old and cooked multiple time caused allergic. We not looking for refund. Complaint is raised with Council Heath department.

Pretty much everything was unseasoned. Asked for chilli sauce, got something that’s more like salsa. Get a kebab from your local instead.

Great value, quality food. Ideal for all occasions. Clean restaurant, polite staff and quick service. Highly recommended.

My second visit in only a few days, the service, and food is perfect. Easily some of the best shish I've had and I've had alot! The bread is out of this world

The food was delicious and would recommend.

We had platers but no wings! What a shame! Even inside of the restaurant was so clod! They don’t keep the restaurant enough worm inside! Not enough food on platers! Not highly recommended!!

My Greek salad was full of parsley, the wine rolls are from a tin and the mix cold appetisers nothing special. The lamb kebap had 50% of bread in it which is ridiculous, dried chips, no Coke Zero available so nothing but water if you are diabetic. I left half of my food there.

Literally more bread inside my Sish kebab than actual meat. Also everything salt less. Nice place to come in but not to eat. From our table of 5 peoples not even one would come back here

I recently dined here because it was all that I could go to at that point in time. clearly my desperation resulted in my demise. My experience was incredibly disappointing and frustrating. First and foremost, the service was abysmal. The staff seemed disinterested and were slow to attend to our table. We had to repeatedly flag down waiters just to get basic requests fulfilled, and they appeared annoyed when we did so. The food was a letdown as well. The kebabs we ordered were overcooked and dry, lacking the juicy tenderness that is characteristic of authentic Turkish cuisine. The portion sizes were small for the exorbitant prices we paid, and the taste was mediocre at best. We were also served stale bread that tasted like it had been sitting out for hours. I believe there were hairs in my friends sauce that really put us off. Furthermore, the restaurant's ambiance was far from pleasant. The seating was uncomfortable. The restaurant lacked proper ventilation, leaving us feeling suffocated by the heavy smell of greasy food. To add insult to injury, when we brought up our concerns with the manager, they were dismissive and unapologetic. He was very rude and showed no interest in addressing our complaints or making amends for the subpar experience we had. In conclusion, I would not recommend going here to anyone seeking an authentic Turkish dining experience. The service was terrible, the food was disappointing, and the overall ambiance was unpleasant. Save your money and go elsewhere for a truly enjoyable Turkish meal. overall its mid.

Very good quality food and service 👌

Lunch deal was very good value for money! Starter of whitebait and main of chicken shish was lovely! Waiter was very friendly.

Have been to deniz restaurant a few times now, and every time has been a great experience i always book a table in advance , great tasting food, fast service and friendly staff, i recommend this restaurant. Look forward to my next visit.

Food was great. Unsmiling service. Needs strong improvement.

Food was excellent, but you need a huge appetite! Service was unsmiling and didn't make us feel very welcome although quite attentive. No real atmosphere to speak of but the food makes up for what is lacking. I would suggest that you order your starters and main meal separately as our main meal arrived as we literally took the last bite of our starters.

Love it here, especially the lunch 3 course deal.

One star is not enough for the horrible treatment we just received. If I could give this restaurant 0 stars I would. My food was cold, chicken was dry and unseasoned even though they claim to be seasoned. The server or manager, was a short, impotent and balding man who was very rude and this did not lessen the blow of their already terrible service. If you value quality food and quality service for the price that you’re paying, don’t come here!!!!!!!!!!!

Very disappointing food, would not come again

Food is ok but the service is very poor. Our waiter was unfriendly and rude. Never be going here again.

Love Deniz food always fresh and very moreish! Kebabs are amazing, Great variety on the menu, highly recommended 👌 never disappoints.

I recently visited a restaurant and was disappointed with the quality of the fish and halomi. The fish had no flavor and the halomi were plain, with no seasoning. Additionally, I was not given the option of having fries or rice with my meal. On the bright side, the borek was delicious and the olives were exceptional. However, I do not feel that the overall quality of the food was worth the price of 30 pounds. I would not recommend this restaurant based on my experience.

Politeness and good food always. no more to say.

Went with my partner today food was good but only thing ruined the whole experience was the waitress, she seemed not happy to see us and looked so moody for some reason? She was polite sometimes then other times looked like couldnt be bothered which isnt pleasant experience. Even whilst giving the bill seem to just chuck it without even eye contact.

Superb quality and value every time. Never had any cause for complaint.

Very tasty food, nice and professional staff, and prices are good... they have good lunch offers

Great food, great lunchtime deal, two courses 8.95, coke 2.40. great value

Booked a birthday meal for 17 people here, everyone loved the food. The staff where extremely friendly and the service was outstanding. Extremely good value for money. Will definitely be going back here.

Beautiful food. Brilliant service will definitely be returning

Very polite, and very good food. I would highly recommend.

Good people, good food, good location and above all an affordable price for both individual and family

Lovely meal food was very good and staff very polite

A must the lunchtime menu. A starter and main fir only £8.95 food is huge portion and very tasty cant fault staff amazing kind and friendly and service is so quick a definate must..cant wait to go again

Bread wasn't very fresh. Small portions.

Very friendly staff. Nice food Excellent atmosphere Really great

Our favourite Turkish, great food and service ❤️

Strange business sense, if you order on-line with collection you get a 10% discount but if you call and order then collect and pay on arrival you don’t get 10% discount. Order through the food app site. Crazy!! When I asked on collection and spending quite allot of money they wouldn’t honour the 10% discount even though I’m collecting as per the web site says.

Awesome atmosphere and delicious Turkish food. Highly recommended

All ways good food and service 👌

Excellent food as always at a reasonable price

Excellent service and very friendly. Food was very well presented and tasty. Nice atmosphere and would definitely recommend this restaurant.

Our favourite restaurant we love the food

Good experience of food and drink

We enjoyed a lovely family meal. Lovely friendly staff

Lovely food, served in a timely manner. Very pleasant staff.

Absolutely love this little hidden gem. The food is outstanding and the staff are so friendly!

Lovely staff. Food reasonably priced. Food tastes good. It's good compared to other Turkish restaurants, but I wouldn't say it's like top 5. Price wise however it is not that expensive compared to other Turkish food restaurants I've been too.

Excellent food great service lunch menu really good value highly recommended

Great food, amazing beer, can't wait to go back!

Avoid this place at all cost. We had visited this place 3 times before in the past and it was very nice. Went back for a anniversary meal and I was extremely disappointed, the staff was so rude. We was left to be seated by ourselves. The waitress had no clue what she was doing and could hardly speak English. We was in there for 20 minutes before even being asked if we wanted a drink. We ordered our meal and it was so dry and tasteless, when the bill came they had charged us an extra £5 for chilli and garlic sauce (what a rip off). When my husband challenged it the staff was so rude and basically said they didn’t care and that it was in the menu (yeah it’s in the menu but for 80p) anyways my husband paid the bill and the scruffy guy behind the counter snatched the money out of his hand. Bottom line avoid at all cost - very clicky place.

Food quality is very bad and staff is rude. Unbelievable behaviour....

Just had a really amazing meal here. Mixed cold and hot starters chicken and lamb kebabs for the sprogs. Great food. Really good friendly service. Thank you for being so lovely. We will be back x