India Villa in Uttlesford

Order was 40 minutes late from the original time, and the food was cold! But it had a nice flavour.

Was nearly an hour late. Couple of dishes were cold. Missing two bags of papadams/popadoms. Shame because normally really really good.

great service and food was lovely defo recommend dining in!

Amazing quality and service great local resturant we’ve dined in and had takeaway from here both were lovely. Highly recommend dining in

Came soo early was great! Always amazing delivery times from here. Food was lovely and hot still.

Nice service and great food! We love this place and diffently will visit it again. Great tasting experience! Lovely people. Good price!

Great quality delivered early and piping hot delicious.

The order never turned up and very rude on the phone

Food is distinctly average for an Indian, nothing special at all, but the service is APPALLING!! We waited 1 hr and 45 minutes for our meal, and only received it then because we reminded them several times. They were very rude and unhelpful and I felt sorry for the young, inexperienced waiters that were left to fend off the hoards of disgruntled diners. The management kept out of the way and when we did manage to speak to them (at the bar, to pay 🤑!) They we’re extreamly rude with a ‘we don’t care’ attitude. It appeared to me that they were trying to grab as much takeaway business as possible, which came at the expense of the dining customers. I would suggest a little more customer service and a lot less money grabbing!

Fantastic Indian, always use these guys for takeaways. Quality of the food is superb, they ALWAYS deliver quickly even on a weekend and the food is always delicious. Best takeaway around Saffron Walden area.

Never had a bad meal here. Lovely little Tudor building in arguably the prettiest village in Essex. Maybe not in keeping with it's origins, but gr at authentic food and good service

Great Indian not much to compete within the area nevertheless very tasty

Items were missing from my order

Absolutely delicious every time.

Absolutely delicious and the staff are friendly and kind. Couldn’t be happier.

It's been two years since I've eaten here and it's completely changed for the better

Had a great night solo and staff were great recommending dishes The popedom's came with 6 dips a extra coconut and spicey red yogurt to the usual 4 dips you get, so popedom's were near breaking point with every bite. coconut rice was great never seen in other restaurants had the Silsila Mossala Chicken lovely sauce spicey and something different.Planning revisit next week

The food is always good and delicious. The quality of food is good and the delivery time is good too.

The food was fantastic as always, once we got the food. The manager was brilliant but the delivery driver literally let the company down tonight.

Unfortunately the staff were prioritising the take away side of their business which meant that we were more or less abandoned with very very poor service.

Always had a good tasty meal from India villa, every time I have ordered it’s also been delivered before estimated time, Thanks from carver barracks

Not impressed. Despite many staff to wait on us, making ourselves and what we wanted understood was difficult, leading to questions about where some of them come from and how. There did not appear anyone in overall authority. In all my years I have never been to an Indian restaurant that does not offer vegetable versions of the standard curry menu with no flexibility to please the customer. Service was quick but over attentive. We couldn’t complain about portion sizes but the fare was nothing special. It is inexpensive but this always leaves one wondering what corners they cut for this. The establishment is cramped, faded and seems stuck in a 1970s time warp.

Really great food as always but missing a mushroom rice.

Really tasty food, definitely be ordering from them again!

Really disappointed with how late this order came. The food was cold.

Every time Im in thaxted, I must stop there and buy me self a Lovely curry

You took 90 mins to deliver our meal AND you missed one of our starters: Chicken Tikka (which needs a refund) and a mint sause for the Lamb Tikka main (which also needs a refund)!!!

Superb Indian! Lovely delivery drivers always polite and friendly.

Very happy with the food tonight. Perfect.

Always a quick service with interested and attentive staff. Large menu as you would expect. Internal decor unusual even by Indian restaurant standard's. Friendly staff with tasty reasonably priced food. Where else can you buy a dessert for only £3:95 in this day and age?

A table of 8 was booked - I arrived to join them 1, The waiters were not welcoming and I had to prompt him to take me to the table 2. The chair I sat in was continually bumped by the clumsy waiters 3. Drinks were served quickly 4. We sat down at 6pm and the menu took 30 minutes to arrive 5. We then had to wait 40 minutes for the food to be served 6. The hot plates were not hot and the cutlery was freezing as was the whole restaurant, we had to keep our overcoats the entire time 7 The food was tepid, tasteless and I had 4 small prawns (King?) in a bowl of rice and a bowl of lacklustre vegetables 8 The waiter stood at the head of table and told us to pass our dinners down the line one by one, school dinner fashion. 5 people handled my food before I got it on a cold plate 9. The whole experience was appalling- I have no idea how anyone could mark it more than one star. Perhaps they were having a bad evening?

Another great takeaway was delivered quickly from India Villa. Really enjoyed every dish.

The flavour of the food was fine, but because it was late it turned up cold! The driver was friendly! Such a shame as previous deliveries have been really nice!

Always amazing food! Still very hot and was so good!

If you want to pay £22 for a vegetable curry make sure you order a king prawn biryani. 1 King prawn in 1 meal and 3 in the other which were more like shrimp. Communicating was pants.

Lacked flavour - food was bland

Lovely food! Arrived really hot! Keema rice and garlic naan is soo good so is the tandoori half chicken!

Fish time ordering from India village and have to say I will definitely be ordering again! Food was amazing Thanks guys!

Absolutely delicious food! Super hot when it arrived and everything was perfect!

Lovely old school restaurant. Great staff and lovely food

On a recent business trip i was Staying at The Swan Hotel in the picture postcard Essex village of Thaxsted i managed to book a table at this Indian restaurant which is a few minutes walk from the hotel. Staff are polite & friendly, pleasant modern Indian background music gives an authentic feel to the place, but the most important thing is the quality of the food & service. I had Pompadom’s with lime pickle & a few other nice side pickles Onion Bargi Chicken Tikka Jalfrazee Mushroom Rice Tarka Dall Peshwari Nan I rank this as the best Indian meal I’ve had in 2023! Everything was so amazing My curry had whole fresh green chilli’s with succulent chicken tikka spiced to perfection My Tarka Dall had a baked Red Chilli So much wonderful spices in every mouthful i can not wait to visit here again. 5* Plus

Amazing food this evening. Loved both currys.

Vast improvement in the food quality since we last ate from there. Well done, really enjoyed it.

Lovely food, good quality just needed heating up.

Never disappointed by the service or the food . Excellent menu.Quietly attentive and always happy to meet customers requirements.Recommend.

Best curry we have had for years! Everything beautifully cooked & very good portions. First visited last weekend, and was so good came back this weekend too! 20 mile trip from home but well worth it. Delicious Highly recommend.

Very tasty Indian food. Quick service. I like how the menu had symbols to show how spicy each curry was. This helped to find interesting different curries that were full flavour but too spicy.

Unbelievably high-quality food and service especially considering the lack of competition. Thoroughly recommend.

Excellent food this evening. Loved it.

The food was delicious and Hot.

Not being local to the area, tried it, loved it 😊

Belt fed is the only explanation for our visit. We called a head asking if it will be ok to sit down at 9pm, with a response of ‘that’s fine as we close at 10pm’. On arrival we were seated followed by poppadoms, then asked for our main course straight away. We felt obliged to order, within minutes we was asked if we were finished but I still had a plate with food on, again ‘felt as if I should finish, even though I hadn’t’. Instantly the main arrived, so we got stuck in and made a bit of a joke that the check back will be in thirty seconds…..low and behold, the check back happened within the first two minutes (he was stood watching us eat). I was pretty annoyed that we were being rushed. We both ate a bit more and decided being watched and rushed wasn’t the evening out we wanted. Asked for the bill, that arrived quicker than a letter from the HMRC! Over all, rushed, rude, Lukewarm food but flavoursome. If you are planning a visit, the male and female toilet doors are wedged open so people entering can see you doing your business. When using the gents, mind the wall tiles that are on floor! Verdict, never again…..unless I was passing through doing a marathon and felt a bit peckish!

Disappointed, food quality was not as good as usual and a small portion. Obviously did not read the notes accompanying the order

The food was ok but the service was bit slow

Terrible experience, we don't treat ourselves to a take away very often but it was our wedding anniversary so thought we'd treat ourselves. We ordered the food online, said it would take 55minutes which is expected on a Saturday night. However this time came and went so we phoned were told it was on it's way, great !! well, after several phone calls many which did not even get a pick up we finally received our food 2 hours late, which is 3 hours after we placed our order. My wife is Diabetic and was on her knees by the time it arrived because of taking her insulin and not even an apology. Even on the phone they really did not care, they were busy!! We definitely will never use them again, no apology and not even an extra poppadom.....

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Food took 3 hours to be delivered and was cold

The man was rude and dismissive on the phone and said he would call me back and didn’t bother.

Delicious and arrived nice and hot

Lovely food once again, could have been a tad warmer but was still really good

Will definitely be ordering again

Ordered for the second time from here in the last few weeks. Great food and lovely delivery driver

Food is amazing, the only Indian takeaway I would order from locally. :)

A great place for a great meal.

Great food and fast delivery. First time here and will be back

I ordered a takeaway. Service was polite and reasonably quick. When I got back to my hotel I was extremely disappointed in the food both quality and quantity. The curry was a very few chunks of meat in a non description sauce. The veg curry was dreadful. A minute amount of peas and sweetcorn and an unknown something in runny gravy. The Sag Aloo was acceptable. Expensive too. Won't go again

Ready to collect when I arrived, all the food was hot and tasty as always, thank you very much!

Ordered at 6:26pm with an estimated delivery time latest 7:40pm. At 8pm we made the restaurant aware that the meal was late and they apologised and gave us a delayed time of 8:15pm at 8:26pm I then called them to find out where the order was, after the guy constantly talking over me stoppe, he advised they were short staffed and they would arrive soon. By 8:50 i had to cancel the order to it then turning up whilst we were out getting food elsewhere at 9:10pm. Safe to say I will not be ordering from them again.

Whilst in the area we went to eat at India Villa, had the most amazing meal, the food was absolutely first class. The staff were helpful, friendly and knowledgeable and the atmosphere was great. We were so impressed we went back hhe following night and were not disappointed.

Excellent as always, fast, hot and very tasty

Been going to this Indian for 4 years it is amazing, food is always amazing. Best Indian locally by far!

Despite giving our phone number, giving details on where we are, and having been a regular monthly customer for over a year, once again, for about the 4tv time, the driver wasn’t given the information, and got lost, resulting in late, cold food. Upon phoning the restaurant, standard ‘we’re busy’ (don’t take the order if you can’t fulfill it) ‘new driver’ (pass on the information you ask for) ‘we’ll discount your next order’ (heard that before, never happens, and would rather just have hot food) Such a shame, because we really like the India Villa’s food, and most of the drivers are lovely, but this will be the last time we order from them.

Have always liked this restaurant. Food can be quite variable between visits, but always freindly service.

Great food, and quick delivery. Would order again.

Great food, delivery and customer service

Nice food but 45 mins late and cold

Another great meal from India Villa. We order from here all the time and I don't normally leave a review, but it's almost always fantastic. This time was no exception. Full of flavour and the heat is just right for our tastes. Whilst we have had at least one disappointing meal from here, the vast majority have been delicious. Some of the dishes can be a touch oily, though I've noticed this less lately. It's always delivered quickly and drivers are friendly.

Best chicken pathia I have had in a long time and my in-laws couldn't stop saying how nice the food was

This was our second visit to this well maintained restaurant set in a beautiful historic small town, and it was still all round excellent. The staff were so friendly and helpful. The menu is very interesting with many different choices from the usual. The quality of the food was excellent and prices reasonable.

Beautiful decor, classy service and delicious food! I would gladly return. Very professional, and convenient to where I was staying.

Food is good as it is every time and was delivered in a good time

Friendly service. Decent food. One main is enough to share if you're on a budget or don't like to leave anything on your plate.

Have had good takeaways from India Villa before, decided to eat in the restaurant tonight. Hadn't booked but no problem, welcomed in. Plenty of choice on the menu, all our dishes arrived promptly and hot. Everything very tasty from the butterfly king prawn to chicken korma to mint ice cream. Staff were polite and attentive, joined in with the banter. A thoroughly enjoyable dining experience.

We went to the Villa twice. The first time it was outstanding due to advice and the service from one of their waiters. The second time it was not as good. This shows the importance of good employees.

Perfect food, once again. Never had a bad meal, and that’s what brings us back time after time.

Excellent service, my meal arrived 15mins before the earliest estimated time. Food was amazing, good sized portions. Will order again for sure!

Lovely well maintained cosy restaurant in this beautiful historic village. The staff were very friendlly and offered good service throughout our visit. The menu is very interesting and offered dishes I had never seen on other Indian restaurant menus. The prices were also very reasonable. The restaurant is split into three separate eating areas.

Food was amazing will definitely use again

Tikka Marsala was very liquid-y and no garlic to the garlic naan but otherwise, very quick service and a tasty meal.

I was sent the wrong curry and it was runny and full of oil…

We moved to Thaxted in February 2021 and were warned off India Villa, we decided last night we would go against that and give it a try. So glad we did! the food was lovely, really tasty curry. We had it delivered and it arrived quickly and piping hot. Perfect local takeaway.

We love the delivery guys, our food is always good quality, and always on time.

The food was excellent. We booked for 12 people. They were very helpful.

Very good food and fast delivery

We visited on the 24th of May .The staff were brilliant nothing to much trouble. The restaurant itself is very pretty with lovely views of Thaxted. The food was superb 👌 Best biriani I've had for a long time.

We order from Indian Villa regularly, the delivery staff are always lovely, and the food hot and delicious. Highly recommend

Really tasty but little late and wonder whether that’s why it had cooled down a bit too much.

Rice was hot, chicken super tasty and was all on time. Really really nice would definitely order again.

Delivered earlier than expected. Once again it was a fantastic meal, full of flavour. Great value for money too.

Great quality food, excellent customer service, delivery drivers always polite and friendly.