Masala Cottage in Havering

Been here a few times now. Lovely food always good size portions and great night out with friends. You won’t be disappointed.

Went on a Monday and found we were the only customers. The chef and waiter greeted us with big smiles which was a good start. Told him we had a Wowcher, No problem. Got our drinks and the waiter gave us five mins to order our starters. When we got that out of the way he gave us another five to sod around choosing mains. Got to say that some of the items on the menu I,d never heard of before(will get back to that later).The starters came up a little on the small side but were quite nice. The mains(one Passanda, one Korai and one Tikka Mossala were reasonable sized but all three were very different from what I had ever had before!!! They just weren,t what we were used to. They were very nice, and I think reading between the lines and the strange items on the menu led me to conclude that Chef might not be your average East End/Essex Indian restaurant chef. Possible he is from some obscure part of the Asian Subcontinent. Plus points...... good flavoured mains, nice rice and sides. Friendly geezers. Minus points.....small starters, Peshwari nans came up plain. No draft beers(despite at least two pumps at the bar). That's why it,s only three stars. Just remembered none of the phone numbers work so had to take a chance they were open

The worst decision I’ve ever made was going into this restaurant . Should have know as was empty but we thought (give it a go) well we waited and waited for our starters( 45-50 minutes ) still being the only two people in there we thought must be very fresh as taking a while . Well we thought wrong, salad on starter looked like last weeks and the meat was so over seasoned it was like they we’re trying to disguise it , also the dips for our poppadoms were dried out and nasty looking . Needless to say we didn’t wait for the mains ( could have been there all night !) Don’t be fooled by the nice decor or low lighting this is not worth your time or your money .

Do not order from this place. The delivery driver has now stolen things from my porch twice, and was caught on my ring doorbell. Also items of food have been forgotten a few times and not replaced.

Food always good, staff always welcoming