Eastern Express in Staffordshire Moorlands

This place has gone downhill. I used to enjoy eating from here and the food was great, but since the beginning of the year its gone downhill rapidly, the food tastes horrible now and is usually burnt. Won't eat from here again.

The food they serve is quite simply vile, the meat tastes strange and the chips have such an awful taste to them.

The only place I eat when I go to Alton Towers! Top tier theme park food and the best chicken tikka wraps - always nice service too. Highly recommend!

This restaurant lacks even basic hygiene, and it shows in the quality of the food, which to be blunt, is disgusting.

They offer food that is simply vile. I ordered a wrap from here and wow, I have never eaten such rubbish in all my life. Only ate half of it. The two people I was with felt the same way. It's not good enough , extremely poor quality.

Unexpected delicious lunch! Had the Chicken Tikka and thought it was super tasty. It was great value and surpassed my expectations (so glad we didn’t bring a packed lunch)! Would defo recommend!

I ordered a downer kebab wrap with onions. I ate about 2 percent of it because the onions were burnt to cinders, and the wrap was 85 percent burnt. The meat was vile and had a horrible taste. The chips were cheap, oven cooked ones with no taste. It was incredibly overpriced too, but I couldn't be bothered to get a refund. Avoid this place, presumably these reviews are all fake, because this was the worst food I've ever eaten in my long life. Disgusting.

The chips were cold and mushy, homemade oven cooked chips are ten times better and actually edible. The sausages were a rip off of an actual sausage as they contained absolutely no traces of meat and were also not any better than frozen sausages. The workers also have no clue about the restaurant/takeaway they’re working at as they confused us multiple times about prices and the menu options. Would definitely not recommend but rather encourage you to bring your own lovely and way more edible halal food from home. Alton towers you can do better with your halal options. Yours sincerely, a secondary school student who just wants edible food.

Great food and reasonably priced. Situated not far from the Wickerman ride. Qe had wraps and chips and the food was great. Highly recommended.

We went Alton Towers for our daughters birthday in June. It's not always easy to find halal food at theme parks. We enjoy going eastern express for their fresh mixed wraps. Meat is juicy and tasty perfect for the adults. Good options for the kids too. Would definitely recommend going for lunch.

I visited Alton towers last week with my family and I was very pleasantly surprised to find not only an alternative food outlet (to the usual burgers etc) but one that was also halal. I had the chicken wrap which was delicious and my wife had the seekh kebab wrap! The kids were happy with their hot dogs and a healthier option of a jacket potato for my toddler. Overall a very pleasant experience with accommodating staff. We will definitely visit again and wish they had one on Thorpe Park!!

Food was lovely price is what you would expect for a theme park food would definitely use again when next at alton towers theme park

£7.99 for an extremely low quality, bulk purchased, bland and tasteless 'sausage' on a baguette served with fried onions. Looked nothing like the displayed picture of this thing. Absolute rip-off, even the ketchup tasted like it had been diluted. Wasn't aware that this food outlet is independent of Alton Towers, first and last time I'll ever buy from here. Much better offerings from the Alton Towers own outlets. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask! I cannot understand why Merlin allows such awful outlets such as this on their property as it surely reflects badly on them?

Its a theme park, I expect to pay through the nose but not for quality this bad. Dry, tasteless, awful food. Counters were dirty, order came out slowly in piecemeal and order was slightly wrong. Possibly the worst fastfood picture Vs actual result I have experienced.

Love the chicken tikka wraps very flavourful and something a bit different to usual park fare. Very fresh and tasty with plenty of sauce.

Pictures look so good and its the only halal place on park unfortunately and food is well below average. Very dry meats lack of sauces overpriced and don't accept any form of staff discounts. Better off starving yourself or just getting chips elsewhere

Lovely, clean and delicious wrap from here for our lunch and felt somewhat healthy! Loved it thank you.

Ate here for lunch today went to the takeout bit though and the guy who served us was incredible he was cracking jokes and looked very happy to be there. I would highly recommend the donner meat wrap as it is probably the best food available at Alton towers and is very fairly priced. It is situated near the wicker man and the aquarium so if you can pay it a visit one of the people I was with had a hotdog instead and regretted it after also this 100% beats the rollercoaster cafe in value and quality.

Really enjoyed the Kebabs, been back twice this year and had one each time, was not disappointed, freshly cooked, flavoursome and a decent size.

Bloody delicious, fast service very friendly give you exactly what you want the kebabs are amazing !!! And not pricey like everything else would recommend 100% !

This is the best value place to eat in the park tasty food ..good for family's with children ! Would highly recommend going here to eat.

It was alright. No AP discount as it isnt owned by merlin..but merlin should really pay to have AP throughout. Staff were okay.. except for one who got our order wrong.. didnt put through chips and when i asked for them.. was not very pleasant. I was going to pay for it obvioualy if he hadn't put it through.. but was a little aggressive. Different team member saw and took over immediately. Maybe he was having a bad day...

Not many places catered for halal food so it was the only option really as vegetarian pizza isn't the best. Food was mediocre, not spicy as expected, very pricey as expected, also I requested something from the staff member to mix options from their menu and they couldn't do a simple thing for example on their curry options they said we can no the vegetarian dishes but csnt mix the chicken and lamb dishes like that doesn't even make sense and why I asked and they just said we can't? Not good but hey like I said o my halal place so it deserves average I guess

Nice to find a quick bite place that allowed us gluten free adults to have something hot and tasty. We both had curry with rice and salad and it did the job of fuelling us to get back into the fun of the park.

After reading a good few reviews online about this place we decided to give it a go today. Me and my girlfriend are both veggie and generally struggle these days at Alton Towers and usually go to Woodcutters Grill. We were both quite fed up of having to get a “brown platter” of fried food every time (good though that is sometimes). So here we are at Eastern Express (it’s actually owned by a local restaurant outside of the park). There’s loads of choice from kebabs and wraps outside (which looked very good cooking over hot coals), chicken burgers, beef burgers etc and a extensive kids menu. They were quite busy when we walked in and there was about 10 people infront of us in the queue. It went down quick and the young staff were working well to take orders and get the food ready whilst waiting for the till. I went for the Lentil Daal which came served with rice and a naan bread. Also opted for the samosas to share (can’t turn down a samosa). My food was about £8 for the meal and I think the samosas were around £3 so not the cheapest food you could get in the park but it was genuinely a massive portion so well worth the money. The food was all piping hot and the daal was definitely restaurant quality served in a fast food style. There was quite a lot of choice for veggies, another vegetable curry as well as most toppings for the jacket potatoes. Seating area is busy and the tables are quite packed in but it’s fine. People would only moan if there wasn’t enough tables. There was constantly somebody clearing trays etc so was pretty tidy. My one downfall for this place is the amount of styrofoam they get through as they serve all of the meals in disposable plastic packaging. Hopefully the trend for ditching the disposable plastic will catch on soon. Definitely the best place to go at Alton Towers if you want a change from the standard burgers, chips, hot dog etc.

This is the second time I’ve eaten here, last year it was amazing, this time around, as awesome as the first visit. I had the kebab wrap, with chilly sauce, onion and yoghurt sauce. It was fresh, tasty the pitta wrap was incredible. What is really nice about this place, it is independent of Merlin. Best value and tastiest food on the whole of the park. The only downside, is being a merlin card holder, we are not entitled to 20% discount.This would certainly not stop me from eating with them again, there are two sites on the park that serve their menu. Keep up the good work.

Eastern Express never fails...always excellent service always excellent portions and more than excellent taste. Darmesh the manager is awesome.!!!!

Kebabs to die for, excellent value, great staff and service! well worth stopping at for quality fast food

Oh we love an eastern express. kebabs, kids meals, sausages, cheesy chips. the staff are always lovely.

£5 for the stingiest, coldest most average kebab ever. It was edible but had nothing else to recommend it.

Got food from here and was disgusting. Food tasted awful chicken was not cooked properly. Have been food poisoned and am never going here again. One of the worst places I have ate from.

Good fast food we fantastic staff really tasty and good value for money a nice place fora warm and sit down

The meat is chewy, chips greasy and soggy and hot drinks that clearly are just poor quality powdered stuff. I watched as the ‘hotdogs’ continuously rolled around and around on the greasy steel tray which I won’t lie, made me want to be sick. I can’t say I saw one person wearing gloves or an apron when handling food either which was off putting. Finally my hot chocolate was bland and watery with very minimal squirty cream on. This is not value for money. My advice? Spend the night extra money and go to one of the nicer places.

So dirty. Huge bin bag at the entrance. Good all over the floor. Cheese all over the counter. Just gross! Staff were so rude and not friendly at all. A staff member just dropped tissue on me as he walked past. Chips were fine. Food seems fine. Just not appealing to sit in there.

Chicken kabab. It was cheapish and it was fine. The cookies tho were awful. My daughter took a bite and left the rest. Me and my husband and other all tried it. It wasn't a cookie like a cookie should be it wasn't nice.

Delicious wrap. Spiced Chicken tikka nice tasty and good quantity. clean and good hygiene service. hard working staff, friendly and polite on bussy environment.

enjoyed with my friends chiken tikka wrap and kebabs and lamb we ordered was AMAZING SPICE .its cost very less and fresh n delicious.

delicious chiken tikka wrap enjoyed with friends.good quantity. best spice in alton tower. excellent staff service. its bussy but very good service.

Chicken Wrap.....hardly any chicken and some slimy lettuce in a stale wrap. If that's your thing and you are happy to pay £5 for it then knock yourself out.

Good place to eat at alton towers nice change from the usual burgers and chips we all had excellent curry meals for around £6 plus drinks quick tasty good value not taking to long out if your day

Visited for lunch best food we have found in Alton Towers and reasonably priced. Smells amazing when cooking.

Lovely foods, prices can be better but menu is very good.

The only Halal choice in Alton Towers so we had to go for it. Was very expensive and no taste at all !!

lovely kebab, but portions very small for a fiver, thoroughly enjoyed it though .

The meal of the photo is the Lamb Curry. Photo of the screen doesn't match with the reality of my photo. Horrible meal and really expensive.

You have one takeaway and one with seating offering a number of options from donor, chicken tikka, kebab roles to curries (only in the bigger place). Their chips are very good. For the Asian food obviously caterering for the mass market so not what us Asians are used to but amazing having a halal food option at the park.

Makes a change from the usual bland food offered by these types of places. Kebabs were good, banging chilli sauce and kids were happy with the chicken tikka. Think we had it everyday we was in the park.. Recommended!

I had the tikka wrap here and for what I got I was very impressed with the value. The chilli sauce is quite hot so be careful.

Meat was halal and fine but the mix of the doner was not great. The chips was good. Suitable if you are really hungry!

Perfect for when you're fed up with burgers and need something hot to fill that hole. Located next to the spinning cannons. Curry and chips what more can you ask for.

Chicken time wraps are our family favourite here. One downside is that you don't get the Merlin 20% discount, but to be fair it's not overly priced like some of the other places to eat here.

Had the chicken tikka wrap and was pleasantly surprised with how nice it was. Tasted fresh and flavoursome rather than the usual bland fare you get on park. Would highly recommend

Ate here twice for lunch on our 2 days at the theme park. Great quality much better than I've had at other theme parks. We had three hot dogs and one Donner and onion baguette. All were really tasty. Proper sausages in the hotdogs rather Frankfurter type. Chips were good. All reasonably priced. Large portions and came to about 12 quid for 4 of us!

Perfect for an afternoon snack around the park, especially because it's offering kebab food which most people love. The chicken tikka one in my opinion is better than the lamb one just because it's fresher, but they both taste great with mint sauce and chilli- perfect combo.

I just had a chicken burger but it was lovely friend had a curry which looked very nice place was clean and it was peaceful

The Chicken Tikka wrap was delicious, and very filling. The mint raita sauce was yummy. Made fresh in front of you. Reasonably priced for theme park food!

Definitely the best food in Alton Towers. We both got chicken wraps, one mild and one hot. The hot is very hot. Both very tasty.

Nice wraps for lunch, very tasty and filling. Quite expensive i thought. I had vegetarian which was nice and hubby had chicken, both enjoyed it and was hot and fresh

Expensive and very low quality, had no choice so tried it but won't recommend and certainly won't give it another try!

It’s a fast food establishment that operates a two windows policy, order at one side and collect at the other, normal wait was about five minutes, a little more expensive than outside but you are a captive audience!

We have eaten here once while visiting Alton Towers, and were pleased with the price and the quality of the food. Good to see they have taken more outlets in the park.

Stopped for a quick bite to eat and to get out the rain. The food was better then expected and very tasty and had a wee bit of heat! The cost was what you would expect from this type of restaurant.

Most of the variety has been taken out of the Alton Towers food offer due to the cuts of the last few years. Choice is mainly restricted to burgers, hot dogs, fried chicken or other american style food of varying quality.

Stopped off here on opening weekend which was snowing so came in here for some cheesy chips absolutely nice great portion sizes too.

Always try to head here if time allows when we visit the park. Its the best food, and decent value in all of the park.

Great food and friendly service here, but like most eateries on the park, too small for the number of guests who are allowed in. People almost fighting for tables.

Great staff and wonderful Fast Food with a difference. Did not expect to see the range of curry dishes on offer, which tasted just great

I love this kiosk! We go every time we visit the towers - food is fresh tasty served to order quickly and very reasonably priced ! Don’t change!!

This was very nice and nan bread was cooked fresh with each order. They had a large menu from Jacket Potatoes to curries.

Lamb curry was pretty good. Service was fast and efficient. Finding an empty table was more of a challenge but...

we had the chicken kebab wrap and it was so tasty and filling, fast service. the only reason I've rated...

Food was average-good. the staff were not friendly , they don't smile!!! and we didn't like the idea that they...

A pleasant surprise to find a halal place in Alton Towers.. hungry and wet after a rainy day and the rapids this really couldn't get such a bad review could it...?

Eastern Express is one of the better places to sit down and eat in Alton Towers now that they've gotten rid of the chains and done everything themselves or subcontracted to a smaller company.

Food is fresh and nice . Staff is ok as well . But expensive but good . Chickn tikka rap was nice . I will recommend it.

An Asian fast food Restaurant and take away with a limited but nice menu, including chips, chicken nuggets, hotdogs etc. No frills and situated onsite at Alton Towers like the rest of its eateries prices exploit a captive audience.

Good selection of authentic meals, chicken tikka wraps, good selection of starters, decent kids meals. Not enough seating though!

I had the lamb doner wrap at £4.95 with my partner having the chicken tikka wrap at £4.99, faultless and delicious!! Inside dining is available also

Had a chicken tikka wrap from the outdoor counter. Chicken was nice on it, went inside and sat at a table and ordered a childrens meal and a selections of samosa's etc which were nice. Also do jacket potatoes and chips.

Couldn't decide what to eat and spotted a picture for a lamb and onion baguette from eastern Express, asked the man behind the till if it was actual pieces of lamb as shown on the picture and he agreed it was, paid and waited. What I was given was a pale baguette with pale kebab meat, I argued and pointed to the picture, the manager appeared and insisted it was the same and that they were pieces of meat - yes kebab meat not chunks of lamb!! They wouldn't have it and they don't actually do lamb pieces. As the kids were all ready seated and had their lunch, I had no option but to accept it. It wasn't great and I wouldn't go again, there were a lot of people around arguing that they were being given different food to the actual pictures. They either need to update the picture or just say they are sold out, don't lie and try to pass off a different food!

Suffer from coeliac and the restaurant staff refused to serve just the chicken without the pitta! When we explained why we just wanted the chicken and that we had no problem paying the full price they proceeded to offer us the full wrap as normal and said we could pick the chicken out ourselves! No clue at all about allergies, how they affect people and about cross contamination! I don't except people to be all clued up on allergies as it gets complicated however restaurant and catering staff as a bare minimum need to be aware of what's in the foods they are serving and how it can affect their customers!

My daughter has nugget and chips which was £4.99 and tasted horrid - she refused to eat it. I had a jacket potato which was large but again tasteless even with cheese and beans. Eat somewhere else - there are plenty of other options. They also don't do Annual Pass Holder discount which makes it really expensive.

For alton towers, a £5 kebab that tasted brilliant is defenitelty a price worth paying as it was so nice!

Food was decent with quite a variety. Ample seating inside. Opted for the chicken tikka wrap which was nice but a little over -priced compared to any local Takeway but I guess that's expected in theme parks anyway. Overall I would visit again.

Not bad for a theme park, we had chicken In a pitta with salad and chips ....not bad at all and only cost a little over a fiver each, service was quick and efficient and the seating area and tables were clean and well kept

We ate lunch here during our visit to Alton Towers in July 2016. Normally when we've visited theme parks there's never any halal food options so seeing this restaurant in the park was great. The flavours were nice and the food was all fresh. We had a chicken and kebab roll which was made in front of us. The prices were reasonable would definitely recommend it.

We came to Alton Towers for a overnight stay and fancied something different to eat from fried chicken and burgers. My partner had a lamb curry which he said was really tasty and I had a chicken tikka wrap which has got to be one of the best I have ever had.The prices were reasonable and the food cooked perfectly and the cold drinks were cold.Only downside was that the eating area was not very clean. But apart from that I can't fault it.

The best food and value for money.We had our lunch here and we highly recommend it.Food tastes quality

My daughter is unable to eat gluten or dairy so it's quite difficult to eat out but nothing was to much trouble for the manager in here, they were superb and came over at the end to make sure everything was ok, food was lovely and we will be eating here again, I didn't catch the gentleman's name bit think he was in charge but he was great.

Very very small portions but it tasted nice. I was not aware it was halal till I got back to put in a review. I would not have eaten here had I known this and would prefer if it was advertised on the outside of the premises. (if it was I did not see it and I look).

It's the only halal restaurant with proper Indian veg options on the menu in Alton towers. Food was very good and staff was very much nice. Though seating area was not that clean, perhaps most of the staff was focus on handling customers at the counter. Overall good experience. I didn't tried the non-veg so can't say the taste of it. I tried both veg options and it was very good in taste.

One of the cheapest places to eat at Alton Towers and it is good food for what you pay. There is a wide range of food available here and is great for a quick meal when you just want to get on the rides. Would recommend eating here, there's also indoor seating.

Had a lamb doner baguette with fried onions, was a nice quick option and reasonably cheap compared to other options on the park.

Great food at a very busy theme park... No idea why people are complaining about having to wait to sit as on a busy weekend if you don't get a seat then that's life as its not a seated restaurant... Ate here the two days we visited over scarefest and the kebabs were amazing. Had chicken tikka and mixed kebabs and they are the best value for money on the whole park... Have previously ate at the chicken restaurant near the smiler and the burger chain and they do not touch this place!!! Chilli sauce is the best

Had my family with me but there was far too few tables and chairs at this restaurant, there were people having to stand over each other waiting for them to finish eating so they could get a table.To be fair the food did taste good and some things were reasonably priced but others were expensive such as a portion or a small tray of chips costing £2.50 and 2 small spring roles, salad and mint sauce costing £4If I do go to Alton Towers again I will come here but will try and get a table before I order my food. As there was so many people the place wasn't as clean as it should have been.

We come to alton towers at least once a year and this is our favourite stop off ..loads of curry choices (dairy free) with rice and salad for myself and hubby supplied with naan bread, and chips and sausages for the children...one of many choices...the staff are always efficient, the place is always clean and the food always delivered to a high standard...health and food safety is adhered to (which you don't see at the other alton towers vendors!) Only down size is not much seating...but we managed! Filling tasty food, to suit all sorts of tastes..even wraps etc if you want Street food...

Good food, costs around 8.50 for drink wrap and chips which isn't too bad considering the location. Halal food was an added bonus

Very average food and high prices. Don't get a discount with annual passes either so disappointed with that.

Every time we visit Alton Towers we eat at the Eastern Express I love the lamb curry the lamb is always tender and full of flavour. My children love the chicken tikka with rice and Nan my youngest also enjoys the chicken nuggets with chips the staff are always friendly and welcoming.They also provide chicken tikka raps mixed and lamb, all very tasty.Well worth a try if you like Indian food.

After wandering the park for quite some time trying to decide what to eat, we made a decision and settled on Eastern Express. We were served almost immediately by three members of staff, all of whom didn't seem overly interested and had to repeatedly ask us to remind them of our order. I then jumped out of my skin as the gentleman serving up my curry suddenly shouted over to the counter at the other side of the room asking a man to prepare our naan breads. We were handed our food and told to go and get our naan from the other counter when it was ready. This never happened as we were never informed it was ready and when I finally went to ask about it, the queue was too large and I was too hungry to just stand waiting.The food itself was good, none of us had any complaints on that side of things. The service really should have been better, however. I felt like a burden and after such a great trip, it felt like we ended our day on a downer.