Gulshan Tandori Resturant in Southend-on-Sea

Korma is watery Masala was so bland and contained sultana's, I'm not convinced any spice was added at all. and the chips which weren't for a child looked discoloured bruised and not fit for anyone but the seagulls, we have been loyal customers of the Gulshan spending huge amounts of money £80-£100 orders many times throughout the year have sadly we won't be ordering here anymore

Simply fantastic food fantastic service just fantastic value for money

Excellent service excellent food

The meal was barely warm , it was totally devoid of taste , very bland with no spices whatsoever.

Fantastic flavours and plenty of well cooked meat

Food was cold watery and had a weird twang. I will not be ordering from here again

Late but well worth the wait. One of the best places locally.

the dinner was absolutely delicious and there was so much food, best Indian in southend without doubt

I asked for 7pm and it turned up at 6. Food was utterly amazing as always I love it so much. Best Indian in Essex for sure but just need to take a look at the delivery time

Absolutely blinding. Wife and I both ate too much because we didn't want to stop. Usually order from other places, but tried this on a whim, will be sticking with this from now on.

Worst Indian I've ever had. Had the Sunday buffet was horrible. Dust everywhere place needs a good clean. Food bland and curries watery.

Several dishes were cold, the meat was hot enough but the sauces were tepid aat best. the naan seemed stale, the colours of the food looked way too full of artificial colourings and there was no real flavour, normally with a curry you get at least a hint of the spices but nothing with any of what I ordered, it was very bland.

Ordered a Curry for delivery and i've used these before, sadly this place has gone right downhill, to start with the rices were cold so was the sag paneer, our order turned up very quickly just after they opened so you'd think nothing should be even slightly cold, the meat in the curries were hot but the sauces were cold, the colours of the sauces were very bright and artificial looking and tasteless, you were getting no tatstes of any spices very bland also the naan tasted stale. definitely wont be using these again

great driver had to bang on the door bell not working

Great food tonight and great delivery service.

food great as always. set to be delivered at 7, turned up on time. problem with what was delivered. sorted without problem. food great as always.

The food was delicious 😋 and it delivered hot. Would definitely recommend it to friends and family. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Food arrived too fast which raised questions, bland dishes no flavour, watery sauces accompanied the meats which were dry and unpalatable, rice one plated left sitting in a puddle of water , naan breads tough and poorly filled with stuff, lots of colourings used in food I.e green dyed almonds an the colouring bleeds out , very displeased, would have been cheaper and better tasting to purchase a microwave curry etc from a supermarket that rhymes with riddle and begins with L

No matter what everytime I get an Indian takeaway I will forever come here, so amazing! Sadly hoping that it was just a small one night fluke but my lamb korma was quite fatty which was unusual as it’s always even perfect other then that amazing food and amazing people!

Crap food no taste watery and staff are all ways standing around watching you feel very uncomfortable

Always excellent at the Gulshan

Lovely selection of food included in the vegetable thali and tikka mixed grill. We will order again!

Food was cold and chicken was dry and very chewy

Been ordering from Gulshan for couple of years now, always good food, never disappointed.

I haven't ordered here for years but I'm glad I did tonight, nice big pieces of chicken, starters lovely, mains lovely, just overall a really great meal!

Food wasn't very warm and needed to be warmed up in the microwave

So disappointing it’s unreal. Used this place lots over the years. Both take away and sit down. Unfortunately this experience left us so annoyed that we will not be back. The food took over 2 hours to arrive. When it finally for arrive it’s was wrong. I called the restaurant to rectify this and they tried to palm me off and said we’ll make it right next time. No. Absolutely not. Someone has to go without a meal because you didn’t read to special notes?? Unacceptable. Not only that the food was nowhere even close to the standards they would usually provide. It’s was watery. Bland. And worst of all stone cold when it arrived. We had to reheat our dinner. Absolute joke. You may as well have just come round and stolen my money. I don’t know how you even had the cheek to send such cold shite to a customer. Tbh I wouldn’t have even paid for it if I had know what horror was hiding inside those delivery bags. Loyal costumers for 5 years at least. Lost. Really don’t know how this place went so bad after years of good quality. I can’t even imagine it being an off night as everything was cold and crap. The best part of the service was the driver. Polite and apologetic.

it was tasty but the meat was all fat I had about 2 mouthfuls that were ok

Was looking forward to a peaceful dinner with family but the attitude shown by the staff manager was appalling and ruined the entire experience, my advice for any non native folks, if you want to experience prejudice and unequal treatment, pls visit this restaurant and for you English folks, if you like genuine service, pls avoid this restaurant at all costs, food was not bad but the service is of frighteningly low standards.

Food was warm sadly, not very nice on this occasion

I don't like to leave negative reviews as others they may have a great service but this really is the worst Indian takeaway I have ever had. there is no taste to the food what so ever to the point I have taken 5 bites to see if I can manage to get though it but it's so bad that I can't and will be throwing this away. really gutted and disappointed

Shocking. Have used this place multiple times including using the restaurant and tonight was just unacceptable. Took over 2 hours to arrive and when it got here the order was wrong. Notes ignored. When I called was told they’d sort it next time. Well no sorry I requested something specific and it’s still required. Sorry but it needs sorting tonight. I wish I could say that was the only issue. EVERYTHING was cold. We had to reheat our dinner. Won’t be back in future guys

Ordered a takeaway, the chicken curry tasted of nothing and the Korma watery. I phoned the restaurant to be told curry does not taste of anything? How ridiculous that an Indian restaurant are saying curry does not taste of anything, the guy said next time order madras as that is slightly more spicy than bland. There will not be a next time, worst curry ever! Customer service poor, paid nearly £30 for very poor food.

This was a take away, l ordered a curry but ended up with tasteless chicken in a sauce. It wasn’t a curry. Contacted the restaurant to be told curry doesn’t taste of anything? In 40 years of ordering curry l have never heard such rubbish! No apology, just the justification that curry doesn’t taste of anything? It’s like buying a tv online to be delivered a microwave! Customer service abysmal and told to order a madras which is slightly hotter than bland. Thanks for nothing, daylight robbery!

The food was tasty and good sized portions. There was not much difference between certain dishes eg the two aloo dishes were very similar.

really tasty food and fantastic value x we'll done guys!

First time we ate in the Gulshan.Food all very bland,let's start with starters, chicken tikka just warm,pakora soggy and warm,tried the onion bargee ok.Mains most all dishes very thin watery ,Masala and Dansak again watery no flavour stringy chicken no tikka in it ,madras sauce thin no flavour stewed chicken ,same with other dishes .Naan wasn't bad pilau rice was hard all in all very disappointed as read a lot of good reviews it's hard to believe unless that's the only Indian they have ever eaten in would not be going back would not recommend it sorry.Parked in by KFC nowhere to park otherwise.

Ordered from here in the past and has been okay but my order this weekend was delivered late and arrived lukewarm.

Poor quality, food nearly cold. Never again

ate the starter , poppadom and naan this evening. Will eat the curry , rice and bhaji tomorrow. bargain price with the 40% off . superb quality superb quantity, ty Gulshan for a great Sunday night meal .

as ever, fantastic service and food...

Food was freezing cold upon arrival Really small portions no flavour at all the naan bread was supposed to have been garlic and onion and had nothing in it. It was just plain naan bread.dry meat too

As always very good food, never had any issues

Love the Gulshan, always good food, fresh and tasty. Nowhere else even comes close.

Food was far from the worst I've had, but quite far from the best. Price was very reasonable though.

Really generous portions. Great value. Lacked a little seasoning for my taste but definitely order again

Amazing as always… thank you guys 👍🏽

AMAZING!! Probably the best indian we have had from you. Everything was 100%. The King prawn curry was incredible. The Prawns were huge and pefectly cooked. The chicken madras was the same with so much chicken. food was so tasty and hot. Thank you.

tried 2 dishes that we've never had before, chicken tikka Manchurian and chilli chicken. Lovely.

Was yummy and large portion sizes

Tasty food, naan bread not so fresh though.

Visited with family including two children and one disabled member. All were well accommodated . Pleasant experience as always.

Always good value for money. Bit of a wait, but it was Friday night.

Food was so bland… I’m shocked The Gulshan has always been one of my favourite Indian restaurants but everything just tasted like meat stew? It was all barely luke warm too and took just shy of 2 hours to be delivered. Disappointed 😔

Bland, greasy and watery. Only thing edible was the naan, the brinjal bhaji side dish and mint sauce. Popudum was floppy (supposed to be 2 but only 1 came) and rice was wet. Very disappointed.

Food was really horrible. Definitely won’t be ordering again

Excellent food, fast delivery and decent prices. Even received a Christmas card with our delivery which was very thoughtful. Thank you to everyone at gulshan.

consistently good. Forgot my chutneys this time but that's a first. I can't fault this place. Great restaurant.

Food arrived in under 20 minutes from ordering, which made me a bit dubious of quality! Shame because we’ve been ordering here for many years. The food was lukewarm, as if it had been sitting around, then sent straight out and the garlic nan we ordered was delivered as just a plain nan.

The order was in its entirety and very yummy. Delicious food. Would recoomend to anyone who fancies a curry.

Tasty, good portion size and good food quality... very satisfied.

Very good food and on time. Definitely order again

This was our first time ordering from Gulshan, and it was great! Food was tasty and hot such good value for money too. We ordered starters, mains, rice, naan and poppadoms for two and there was enough for 4 people! I made a request in the comments box and they called straight away to discuss it. Lovely personal touch with it being delivered in a reusable material bag and a Christmas card too. Will definitely recommend to friends. Thank you

Tasty... good amount of meat in dishes.... food delivered hot.

Very Nice Would Highly Recommend

Food is always amazing. It was late but when we called to see where it was, the man on the phone was super apologetic as they had been busy. We didn’t mind though as we order all the time and it’s never late. 10/10.

The food was very tasty and plenty of it they put it in a nice black bag and put a Xmas card in it as well that was nice of them

Amazing food and my tiny dogs massive bark doesn’t worry them 😂

The food was taste less curry was watery the biriyani was plain rice no spice and the tikka chicken was not nice at all gutted not had Indian in long time my first take away in in months it was terrible

ordered a few different dishes , all just tasted like tomato and meat, very bland , not even sure if it was what I ordered , even though one of the lids was labelled correctly, shame l, as years ago they were great , will not be returning

The Gulshan is always spot on. 10/10

Food was ready 5 mins early which was great until we got home and it wasn’t hot. Second time we’ve ordered from here and it’s been luke warm and we only live a couple of mins from here.

Great timing, tandoori chicken was great. Wouldn’t recommend the madras, was too sweet. Will stick with Jonaki

Dishes tasted and looked the same! Very disappointed!

always love the Gulshan and have been using them for years! great value and great food! thanks guys!!

Delicious food as always and great customer service from friendly staff. Thank you so much.

Never had a bad meal from here.

Good food quick preparation and collection but food was luke warm, would have been better if was hot.

Second time I’ve ordered from this place food was spot on yet again definitely worth the money. Me and the Mrs. Enjoyed it. 💯

Overall the food was OK. Bombay potatoes were lovely and rice was good. However, the tandoori chicken had absolutely no flavour despite it being such a bright red colour and looking really tasty. Also, the pathia was ok… pretty average nothing special. Definitely would not have been happy if we paid full price but luckily we did it on a 40% off deal. Wouldn’t order again from here.

Once again excellent service with great quality food.

food was disappointing tonight. Poppadoms were stale, Chicken tasted weird & onion bhaji were tasteless.

cost me 20 quid to find a rude / disgustingly rude infact man at the end of the telephone. Will never use again

Unfortunately the food was tasteless . Came hot and on time but no flavour to it at all.

The biryani rice was hard, and the meat pieces were tough and chewy. The curry containers were only around half filled, and the meat pieces were again very tough and chewy. The curries tasted bland.

Cold, hard rice. stale poppadoms, rock hard and cold onion Bhaji. Chicken Tikka Masala, bombay potatoes, mushroom Bhaji and chicken pathia had absolutely not flavour. We have been using this restaurant for years and this was inedible.

Food could of been a little hotter, both in heat & spice. But there was plenty of it.

Tasteless food, no flavours at all, not freshly cooked, late delivery 1h30m, puts you off indian food completely and after over a year not ordered an Indian takeaway maybe we won't order again for another 2 years unless we will find a better one,

Best Indian in Southend by far and we have tried many.

Authentic Bangladeshi/ Indian food. Top chef, he needs to work 7 days a week, we know when he has a day off by the taste of the food. lol

Great food and very accommodating to our requests. We have tried many Bangladeshi Indian restaurants, this by far is the closest to authentic Bangladeshi/ Indian food. You have a great chef.

Very accommodating to our requests. Great food as always!

Blandest Indian food I've ever had. Korma for the kids was the only thing with any flavour. Tikka Balti, Sag Paneer, Chicken Chat all with no flavour at all. Chicken Chat didn't come with a pancake, poppadoms didn't come with any salad like most Indians. won't be ordering here again

The food was good and hot and there was plenty of it

Happy with early delivery and fantastic food, as always.

Attended for the buffet on Sunday also to buy a take away so disappointed it was like eating meat in flavoured water will not go again and would most definitely not recommend The take away meal at £16.50 went straight to bin

All very tasty and good VFM…delivery was super quick! Been using these guys on and off for years!

First time ordering and found the food to be very tasty, hot and of good quality. Arrived on time and will order again.

Not a tikka Masala I've ever known. Not 'creamy' - & the chicken overcooked/dry. Sag aloo ok. Late arrival so travelled around for a while before we got it luke warm. Bought on a good discount but, on this evidence, wouldn't try again.

Excellent service, food arrived hot and tasty