Dil Tandoori in Basildon

The Dil has been our Indian restaurant for years but jeeeez has the prices gone up, may have to rethink our go to Indian ?

Was expecting our delivery an hour ago! Said it was on its way 45 minutes ago but still no sign. Tried calling the restaurant 3 times and left a voicemail. No call back and no delivery

Sadly the Dil seems to be under new ownership and the prices have gone sky high. Yes you can still bring your own alcohol, but having eaten at this restaurant for more years than I can remember, I don’t think I will be returning any time soon. The food was ok, although portions seemed stingy. The service was lacklustre, not very welcoming.

Why has my same order from December gone up by £12

Usually one of our favourite takeaways to use but considering the price has sky-rocketed, the quality has dropped, the kebabs were old and dry, the chicken was tough, we usually get free poppadoms thrown in and considering we spent over £50 I thought we might with this order, didn't happen, a shame as the food used to be quality

Awful. Bland curries, hardly any meat and the meat that is there is full of gristle. My lamb bhuna was like a thick paste and no flavour. Hardly any meat in the keema naan bread. Also left out a curry from the order, which they did send out fairly quick. Honestly the worst curry I've ever had I'm sorry. Won't be ordering from again.

curry was amazing as usual . poppadoms were stale !!

always great food from Dil Tandoori

They are saying it has arrived and it hasn’t

Ordered from here tonight until I got told the price £40.25 for two curries two nans 1 rice & two bhajis. Couldn’t cancel quick enough even after being told they can apply a one off £10 discount. Never again

Delivered 1hr 10mins late (in total 2h 10mins after order placed). Order placed at 19:23, ETA was originally 20:10-20:20, was happy with that being prime time Saturday evening. But the delivery time kept moving back, after chasing multiple times and asking for money back our order arrived. Food was nice but cold, but we had gone well past the point of hunger by time it arrived. Disappointed.

Food was great but it was a bit noisy you couldn't realy chat at the table. You take your own alcohol.

Very enjoyable meal, many thanks guys,

Took over an hour to get here and was stone cold

Excellent as always. Delicious, hot food, quick delivery. Order spot on. Love Dil Tandoori, would 100% recommend.

Food portions have got smaller, i e the meat food quality is not the same as usual. Maybe a new cook

I've added the photos of what we ordered and tbh it was poor all round. There was no flavour in the Rogan Josh (pictured 1st) the Vindaloo had 5 pieces of meat and the rest was potatoes. The Sag had no depth of flavour, and the Dahl tasted dusty all in all we won't be going back . The only thing I could taste was the rice which was home made with a star anise and toasted cardamom. I think the photos tell the story watery Rogan no fresh herbs or chilli the tomatoes that were so finely chopped they were unrecognisable , just all round disappointed. The only thing I liked was the way they checked I received all that was ordered. Other than that I was surprised it was even busy .

Only half my order delivered in an hour and a half of my order when i can walk it in 5/6 mins , Never again ,£25 for half an order , Not even a free mint sauce or veg salad.

Food was superb, staff were very welcoming and happy to serve.

Excellent. I’ve used them often and never been disappointed.

For the price of the food it isn’t great, quite bland and dry

Ordered of them again food not as good as it was before it changed owners now chicken tikka masala was runny like water onion baji was small for the price very disappointing as I said before not ordering again from hear

The food is great but portions are really small all sauces and not enough meat the containers are even smaller not really happy the money we paid for the food we got been having take out from the dill for years because food is great but it’s not good value for money not like it used to be used to fill very full but now we don’t and used to have food over the portions are really small think I will try somewhere else now such a shame.

Been eating here for years, always good quality

arrived early and was really tasty as always!

Order was on time and hot very pleased and enjoyed thank you

I ordered food from here on Monday from Deliveroo, and have awful stomach pain and digestive issues now, 24 hours on. Not ordering from here again, not worth harming your digestive system this bad!!!

I must say very good food it's a modern Indian restaurant so bit noisy only small thing prices in menu differ to those on the bill bit dearer about a pound on each item but their prices are cheap.will be back and bring your own drink.

Had to ring the restaurant to find out what had happened to my order, they weren't very helpful or understanding, the food was delivered 35 minutes past the expected time, I understand a little bit late with some updates but I didn't receive any, it was only till I contacted just eat to send me a text message I received some information, upon delivery driver was very rude and food was cold

Great food highly recommend them

Always great, hot food delivered on time.

Delivered on time , hot and tasty

Food was cold and one of the orders was missing 😕

Food was great as always but one hour late delivery isn’t good enough and not so much as an apology. Won’t be rushing to use them again

Food was hot when delivered and nice as always. Delivery man was polite. My go too Indian restaurant I can’t fault it.

Lovely food always cooked lovely big portions

Such fantastic food every time. Best Indian food in the area

Food is always great, but on this occasion we had a portion of rice missing. After calling the restaurant they did get another portion ready immediately. But for this it would have been 6 stars all round.

what a lovely bit of food thanks

Delivery very late. When it did arrive the bag was almost thrown at ne. Not happy at all

Just Eat said delivered. Called said would be 10 mins was another 45mins Waited 2hours in total

I always order food from here. Best place to order from. Lovely friendly service and the food outstanding. Thank you.

Ordered last week for the first time and it was lovely, Ordered again tonight and same quality, hot ,tasty ,friendly service and lovely delivery drivers, thank you Dil Tandoori

I ordered a chicken curry the other night and it was absolutely terrible it was just full of coconut.. and the chicken tikka starter was very burnt. I will not be ordering from this restaurant again the food is bad.

Very tasty food, excellent service. Very pleased with our order and definitely will be ordering again.

Lovely food, great delivery time. Overall very pleased with our order.

Lovely food, great portions, reasonably priced. The meat was succulent and tender and the salad was fresher than at some places.

Was not very hot in temperature, my wife had the tandoori king prawn masala dish at £14.50 and there were only 5 prawns in the dish so not very impressed with that, I had the chicken jalfrezi which was good.

First delivery didn’t have full order, had to request for this to be delivered again and received this after another half hour wait. Food was great though.

Delivery was 20mins later than expected BUT, food was PIPING hot and super fresh, very tasty so well worth the wait!

Ordered a coke and Fanta which came in cans and was warm. Half way through main meal and found a hair!! When disputing it he wanted to ‘reassure it wasn’t from them’ I’m sorry but I have long blonde hair and a strand of brown hair definitely didn’t come from my head!! Definitely wouldn’t return, we should’ve left when our drinks came out warm and warm such slow service.

Lovely food as usual and delivered right on time

Not particularly cheap and not particularly good.

Ordered a coke and Fanta which came in cans and was warm. Half way through main meal and found a hair!! When disputing it he wanted to ‘reassure it wasn’t from them’ I’m sorry but I have long blonde hair and a strand of brown hair definitely didn’t come from my head!! Definitely wouldn’t return, we should’ve left when our drinks came out warm and warm such slow service.

I do like a curry and this was one of the best I've had in a long time.👍

Our first time ordering here and will definitely order again. Food was delicious not like all the other Indian takeaways in Basildon. We generally don’t order Indian takeaways from around here as they are always greasy and just not enjoyable but we decided to give this place a try and I’m so pleased we did. Will definitely be ordering again.

No salad with my tikka but dissatisfied I always order from here

Its a favourite that a friend shared with us. The food is so tasty. Me and the wife definitely recommend it. We come here whenever we get the chance

Nice bit of food .only down side was the onion bahgi.it was a little crispy .apart from that I would totally recommend

Had a fantastic takeaway 2weeks ago and thought we would order again. Order arrived late and was cold. One of the dishes was burnt. We will try again, maybe it was because its a bank holiday.

There food is by far the best in the area!

Love this place, amazing food and great customer service 👌

good food , good quality service , delivered when they said it would be

Food didnt taste as fresh as it normally does.

Great food, delivered bang on time

Absolutely amazing! Probably the best Indian food I’ve ever had, definitely recommend the chicken shashlik! 10/10

Food very nice but poppadum was missing and we payed for them, Naan bread look like it been dropped on floor all in bits, rang up about my poppadum and was told will take off next order, I won’t be ordering from here again

I must say had this for years and normally have some left over smaller portions and the chefs special we always have only had one prawn very disappointed so sorry not happy will not be having a Indian takeout again so disappointed also didn’t get the free bottle of coke with order this has happened a few times now

All the years we have been too the Dil, Never had a bad meal/take away but last weekend food was not good, no flavour, no spice ect ect just not good paratah burnt. Really disappointed 😞

Great food and friendly staff. Take your own drinks. Makes a great night out

Very clean, good service. Food was average. Small venue with no heating or music. Also be prepared they have no drinks licence which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Only leaving 3 stars due to nearly an hour & half wait for delivery but apart from that, lovely food, will order again just hope next order doesn’t take that long for delivery.

Food was amazing was hot and order was all there food tasted amazing best Indian I've had and brilliant service 100% recommend

Ordered for collection for 19.15 ,finally left with it at 19.55,not really worth pre ordering?

Have been to the Dil dozens of times and multiple takeaways but last night may be the last. Waited 2 and a half hours for meals to arrive and then only 5 out of 6 turned up. The sixth one arrived as the other five finished. No apology, no reduction. Shameful and very disappointing. Another table of 12 walked out after 2 hours because no food was delivered

Very disappointing, we order from the Dil regularly and although the food is delicious the delivery time was a joke! We ordered at 6pm and it came at half 8!!!!! The food was also a little cold this time so really disappointed with this order.

Recently moved to the area, 6th curry house I have tried and this is 100% the best. My search is now over and won’t be going elsewhere … 10/10

Our Local and favourite, been using these Guys for years now and they never disappoint

Went last night for the 1st time, will definitely be going back, food was amazing, spotlessly clean, and staff so friendly,highly recommend it. Kim Thorby

Delicious food as always. Correct order, delivered hot and fresh and on time. Our go to place every time! Love the food.

always use the Dill... they are very efficient at taking the order over the phone and explain if deliveries are running late..

Our meal was outstanding very happy

Good service, food good, good value

Food was really tasty and delivered on time.

Didn’t read the notes on the order, asked to add onion and lettuce salad but this wasn’t included. Disappointing when our order was £37!

Stunning, everything was spot on, had the Manchurian Chicken, very nice!

Best Indian around. I have been going here for many years and I am yet to find an Indian as good at this one. The food is always amazing and service is always friendly. Always recommending this Indian to others and will continue to come here.

As always dil never lets me down, the food is always hot when it arrives and of exceptional flavor and quality

Happy that the driver was aware of the note left for driver

Food was piping hot so knew it was fresh. Butter chicken was lush! Onion bhajis weren’t swimming in grease. Not our first order from here and definitely won’t be the last, very pleased

Lovely food piping hot on delivery

Very nice and hot food Delivered with a smile

Always amazing food, fresh, piping hot the only Indian we order from as the quality is just amazing thanks again

One of the best Indians in the area

Food great but 1 item was missing

Delicious food my mum loves her curry from here

Always good quality food. Thank you

Always excellent food every time... Delivery can be late occasionally

Waited 2 hours for our food to arrive. Original delivery time was 19:30. The food ended up arriving 1 hour after this! Very disappointed

Food was great but the delivery wasn't great due to a box misplaced which lost most of the oily sauce messing up all the other stuff.