Prince of Bengal in Suffolk Coastal

Went to collect a takeaway. Poor food and service - think it's now permanently closed?! We have had problems previously with missed dishes and long delays (up to an hour).

After my friends funeral both myself and a friend ordered online then got a call asking us to go pick up the food I explained both myself and my friend had been drinking the man carried on trying to convince us to go anyway we did not then when my food had been an hour I rung back to be told the driver broke down and they would refund me this was the to late to order from any where and I had nothing in.. So we went hungry! The next day u get a call asking me to go collect the money or wait 3 - 5 days I said I'd wait it's now 10 days and I can't get them to pick up the phone so I've had to contact my bank I had used these for over 4 years and they were great but the last 6months or so gone sooo down hill and now this I will not be back ever!

For the last 3 deliveries we have placed we have been called up and asked to go and pick our food up with no explanation as to why. Today they have left us waiting over an hour for our food to then cancel the order without a phonecall letting us know this. Will not be bothering with this takeaway again

Service not great - 20 mins to serve soft drinks. Waitress very sweet, seemed to be quite new. Did not inform us until after our meal that card machine was not working. A bit dirty there, needs to be spotless. Nice thick carpet but needs a goid vacuuming, and regularly. Friends food not nice, mine was okay, not the best. Understaffed.

The first time I’ve ordered a takeaway from here since 2021. I was disappointed back then but decided to give it another try. I’m really not one to complain but after tonight’s experience I had to write a review. I ordered on line and was told it was a 30 minute wait, fair enough for freshly prepared food. I arrived after 20 minutes only to be told they had only just received my order and was told to go across the road for a pint as their beer pipes were dirty. Anyway 25 minutes later I picked up the food. I really don’t know where to start when describing the food. Ordered 1 Nan and 1 paratha. The paratha was just a slightly more cooked nan. King prawn tikka massala contained about 5 small shrimps. The mint dip was obviously something that had been marinateding some other dish in previously. Need I go on…. In 50 years of Indian takeaways, without a doubt the worst I’ve ever eaten.

We didn’t go in the restaurant but had a takeaway. First of all the papadams weren’t in our delivery with the salad, paid for them but never got them. The prawn puri base was soggy as and where were the prawns? The prawn dhansak was tasty but again where were the prawns? Chicken tikka masala was like ok but again where was the chicken? 5 pieces? The mushroom rice was actually nice, the only food in our takeaway to be honest. The garlic naan was a soggy uncooked piece of dough. I have photos of the dough! All in all……SO DISAPPOINTED WITH THE TAKEAWAY. Not being funny Saxmundham Indian, it’s expensive enough but to have food that was put in the bin is not good enough. Sort it, we will definitely not order again!

Avoid this restaurant. Ordered a takeaway on Friday 28th , absolutely disgusting. Korma sauce just liquid tasted terrible. Hardly any chicken, rice cold, popadoms greasy and obviously from a packet from a supermarket. Will never go back.

Terrible food so disappointed. Greasy, same sauce on everything and some dishes disgusting. Really gone downhill- such a shame.

Really annoyed, we don't get takeaways very often and as we have recently moved into the area we haven't tried many places to eat. We had some friends over and thought of trying the Indian. I got a chicken balti, with Bombay potatoes. My partner got a tikka. The balti tasted sour, not sure what they put in it but it literally tasted like vomit, couldn't eat it. The potatoes were sweet and had a tofu consistency and shape. The tikka which is normally one of the most basic dishes was extremely red and really sweet. The rice ended up being the best part of the meal. We were really looking forward to a nice treat and yet most of it ended up in the bin!! Don't waste your money, we won't be getting food from them again!

Our meal was very disappointing. We stick to our favourite dishes because we love them. However, the last 3 takeaway meals weve had were very disappointing. The dishes didn’t look like, or taste anything like they usually do. What’s going on?

Ordered a takeaway while visiting the area. £8 for a chicken patia which was runny tasteless sauce with 5 small pieces of chicken in. Onion bhajis put in a plastic container so they were soggy not crisp….dont bother…

We have been using this restaurant for at least 20 years and have always been reasonably satisfied with the quality and value of the food. Our latest takeaway however was extremely disappointing. Very little good to say about it. I barely know where to begin. Looked and tasted like badly reheated, frozen and then microwaved food. You could get better in the supermarket! It has clearly changed hands and needs some serious improvements. I won’t be going again and will drive to Framlingham or Aldeburgh instead. Massive shame.

Worst Indian I have ever had over spiced tandoori chicken the prawn purée was shrimp popadoms was shop bought out of a packet 70p each taking the pis we won’t be go back

Our meal was very disappointing. We stick to our favourite dishes because we love them. However, the most recent takeaway meal we had was very disappointing. The dishes didn’t look like, or taste anything like they usually do. What’s going on?

Went for a girly night out, which we were all looking forward to but only to be very disappointed. Firstly, place was cold we needed to keep our coats on. The food was so awful, rather spicy for what normally are mild dishes, food very oily, especially in the rice, not presented well. Naan bread was covered in greasy oil like cheese, disgusting. Also found a hair on the plate which immediately put us off. The service was very poor, only one person serving, we had to remind to bring cutlery and plates. The last straw was when our food arrived we were told no card machine and was cash only!! So we had to find a cash machine to pay our bill. Honestly we should of refused to pay as it was so bad. Sadly we will not be returning, had several takeaway months ago which were great. What has happened to this place? Do not waste your money nothing nice to say at all sorry!!

We ordered a tandoori mixed grill starter and the chicken thigh was uncooked inside!! This is such a dangerous food hygiene issue that we wold not consider ever eating here again.

Very nice food, however, portion sizes were extremely disappointing. Containers were half full and Nan bread was the smallest ever. Can no longer justify the cost of a takeaway from here for the amount of food we received.

As per the title great place used this place for sitting in and takeaway. Great for both. Would recommend

First time I ordered from here it was outstanding food was delicious highly recommended delivery so fast ☆☆☆☆☆

What a great place to eat. Friendly staff. Great tasting food. Excellent service. I high recommended this restaurant. 5 star

Away for a few days for a friends birthday, thought we would spend our last evening chilling with a takeaway.Ordered online, very easy and looked promising with good reviews.Food arrived 30 mins late, after chasing.Salad bag cooked and wilted due to being next to hot food. Called the restaurant however unable to offer refund!Final straw found a hair in the chicken tikka masala Put off and unable to finish - disappointing to say the least

Good food and nice services. We often ordered online during the pandemic and we went to the restaurant when it was possible. Everything was perfect!

Ordered veggie samosas and one of them was meat. Being a veggie I do not appreciate a mouthful of meat. 👎🏻

Just had a delivery, it was super fast! Absolutely spot on, thank you so much. Will definitely use again and again!

We’ve ordered here loads and loads of times with no problems. We’re local customers and they always deliver with excellent service. We always spend between £35-50 so it’s a fair sum of money.Tonight, we places an order, they know we’re local and order a lot, however, they just cancelled our order and wouldn’t deliver.Totally unexceptable, and very disappointing. We shall not be ordering again. They’ve lost a regular local customer.

Ordered from here several times with free delivery as it states on the website when ordering. Once ordered, they rung up to say we need to pay £5 delivery. Drinks and sides where forgotten with the order and they refused to come back with what we had ordered and refused a refund! Very rude and not good customer service! Wont be ordering again!

We're so pleased that you are now doing home delivery to Snape. We have found your app very easy to use and are impressed with the reliability of your delivery and quality of food. Our prawn dhansak and chicken tikka dhansak were yummy. Very nice delivery driver too. Five stars.

We have a take away from here - from time to time. Always delicious. Great food. Prompt and efficient service. A really good local restaurant

Tasty food, very enjoyable and great choice for us veggies. Ordered online with a timed delivery that arrived on time.

Whilst the food was OK we was sat at a table with a table cloth full of holes in it which didn’t look nice.The menu felt sticky so I didn’t want to touch it as didn’t feel like it had been cleaned and whilst one waiter wore a face mask to serve us the other one wore it round his neck! The delivery guy kept coming in and out and never used hand sanitizer once. So did not feel totally safe in there during this pandemic and it desperately needs soft back ground music as you could hear a pin drop which makes me very very uncomfortable in a restaurant.

Best Indian we’ve had for a long time. The food was delicious and very tasty. The staff were excellent and very accommodating. Will definitely be coming back. If u are looking to go out for an Indian please make sure u visit.

Ordered and paid via the APP at 6.30pm Friday night and food was ready to pick up at 7.00pm. Food was very tasty and flavoursome. Good value for money and will definitely use again and recommend to others.

We were staying at a holiday cottage in the local area and this was the closest Indian. Really easy to order and pay online. Initially we asked for delivery, but were told we were too far out. This wasn't a problem. It was easy to park outside and the meal was ready. It was extremely tasty and not too oily. Really good value for money.

So disappointed in this restaurant having been here once before last year. The Main course took an hour to come out and the wrong dish came out went back in for the missing items to be added ( one of each) microwaved and brought back out. The starter Onion Bhaji's were tasteless cardboard microwaved to death. Surprising as they seemed to have an abundance of onions which made up the majority of my dish.I won't ever be going back there

due to covid-19 we order takeawys, as normal the food is brilliant and good service. very helpful. the restaurant servic previous to pandemic was also brilliant and very helpful staff. highly recommended

Another really good takeaway on a Saturday night. Food is full of flavour, hot enough to know you have had a curry, but not such a burn that you cannot taste the different flavours. Good size portions, and delivered piping hot to the doorstep. Very happy to eat in the restaurant or have the takeaway. Friendly staff, hot food, cold Cobra, excellent.

Moved here recently this Indian restaurant came up on my Facebook so I thought me & my wife would try it, it was a delivery service coz of the covid virus, the service was fantastic the food was wonderful & On the time they said it would be delivered, cost was very reasonable under £40 for 2 of us there was so much food I’ve got a 2nd dinner today with last night leftovers lol brilliant, thank you very much boys will definitely be ordering again soon stay safe. 5 ***** place.

Excellent service in these lock down times. Great food speedily delivered, within 25 minutes, after ordering.. Very easy to order via their App. Would thoroughly recommend!

We often have a takeaway meal from this lovely restaurant and always enjoy the food.Staff are friendly and the service is prompt and courteous.Our recent takeaway meal included:Chicken tikka - just deliciousSheek kebab - again - so tastyPilau rice - excellentVegetable curry - superOnion bhaji - always goodThe food always arrives home hot and in its containers.

Very disappointing. Burnt onion bhajis and watery, tasteless curry with fatty lamb, some of which I found inedible. A pity because I’m local but I won’t be recommending this restaurant and neither will I be returning to it

Stayed in a cottage nearby, had a fab take-away. Food was excellent. Shame they couldn't deliver as under-staffed.

We have used this restaurant regularly for over a decade. The last year or so it has significantly declined. The portions have shrunk, the flavour has gone and the service is surly. It used to be fantastic, but tonight's takeaway was the last straw. Tasteless Chicken Tikka Jahl Johl, (normal chicken definitely not tikka), bland dal and missing naan bread. We won't be using POB again

This is a very nice restaurant in Saxmundham. The food is lovely and the service is very good.. I love Induan food and this was up there with other restaurants I have eaten in.. Well worth a visit..

Staying with friends in Darsham and ordered a takeaway. Ready for collection 20 minutes from ordering. All the food was hot when we got it home and really tasty, first time our friends had ordered from here and they will definitely order again or dine in.

A lovely meal enjoyed by the whole family. Quick service and friendly staff. We would definitely visit again.

Dropped into our local Indian Rest to save cooking.Was a bit deserted, including staff, but somebody did surface to show us our table shortly.Obligatory poppadoms and pickle, be rude not too!, followed by chicken rezala, Bombay potatoes, peshwari naan, basmati rice and chicken passanda.Obviously all washed down with a couple of Cobra!!!!Good meal, served in good time.

Visited here after being recommended by a local holiday park we was staying at on holiday. Great food and with great service. Thanks

Visited here with friends and all our kids and we all enjoyed. Super tasty Biriyani and the rest of the group enjoyed their curries.

We had a party of 9, including 3 kids. They had set up the table for us and everyone seemed satisfied, except one who ordered a coconut based dish which she said tasted different to the one at home.

Great little find. Not had a curry this good in 11 years of looking! Food cooked with proper knowledge and flavours and fantastic prices boosted by great personal service in a clean environment. Will be back very soon

It is now 13 years that we have been using the Prince of Bengal. The food has had it’s ups and downs but is usually fairly consistent. The problem this week was not the food, which was very good, but the service. The service was very bad. The popadoms were plonked on the table and we had to ask for the pickles because the staff were busy talking. During the meal the two servers were talking and kissing behind the bar, which is not acceptable. We were the only two people in the restaurant so their lack of service was very noticeable. The lad who is the main man is so full of himself that he gave us a cold hot plate and cold towels and when we asked why he seemed aghast that we had asked. It is a great shame that the previous head waiter is now in the kitchen, because he was always very good.

Went for a family meal today. Food exceptional - Lamb Patia was exceptional and chicken jhal jhol was divine. Would highly recommend.

We felt unwanted here despite being a group of 10 but none the less the food was good but service could be more organised

Been here lots of times I have noticed lately that the service isn't what it used to be. There was always an older gentleman serving and when he does its great and I want to go again. When the younger guy is on his own I always feel like I'm in the way. He spends lots of time looking in the mirror, very rarely smiles and gives me the impression that he just doesn't want to be there. He could do with watching the older gentleman and learning.

Our fave Indian restaurant in the area. Garunteed to get a decent curry here for sure. It is very reasonably priced & with a decent portion & decent flavour.

We were not having much luck in finding a place to eat on Easter Saturday evening and so turned up in the hope that the Prince of Bengal in the High Street in Saxmundham would have a table for two. They did - right in the window which was OK.

The was food was beautiful! I have the chefs special and it was absoulty excellent! The service was excellent the staff were really friendly! Im looking forward to my nwxt visit ! Thank you Prince Of Bengal

Visited on Friday evening at beginning of April. Hadn't booked but no problem getting a table for 2. Food was good and reasonably priced. Friendly staff.

I had good time here in curry house. Food lovely. People lovely. cant wait to come back. Keep it up!!!

My takeaway Chicken Tikka Madras, Pilau Rice & Keema Naan were absolutely lovely tonight. Well done and please keep it up :-)

So we have just moved from Ipswich where we had plenty of choice & we did have our favourite there. So it's always good when you can find somewhere that lives up to your expectations.

A good choice on menu for takeaway service. 10% disc on order over £20 Really quick service (although it was early evening on a Saturday) Friendly & helpful team.

I’ve had 2 evenings here recently.. after a year or so of giving it a miss, due to some ‘ not so good meals ‘

Just couldn’t wait to visit The Prince of Bengal in Saxmundham .

Went for a meal on a Sat eve. restaurant was very busy and only just got a table. Service was a little hit a miss to be honest. They had run out of samosa starter so had to pick again. The food was nice enough and came hot. The portion sizes are a good size and prices reasonable.

The service was average and the food was very bland. I have had tastier, spicier meals from my local M&S;!

Eat here twice last week. One in and one take away. Both meals were fantastic. Full of flavour. Service was very good. Prices were very reasonable. Next time i am staying in the area i will 100% visit again.

Poor place. Sauces like baby food : can’t be an Indian chef surely. As for the consequences the morning after , the clue’s in the title . Only consolation is that we went for the milder options. I dread to think of the consequences if we had gone for a anything hotter. Avoid.

Had a fabulous meal here would thoroughly recommend it. The food had no floating oil which we've experienced in other Indian restaurants. Staff were friendly and helpful.

We have been to this restaurant quite frequently over the last 2 years both by ourselves and with family and friends. Last night it was busy again and had a good atmosphere too. The food was excellent as usual and you don't get stung by exuberant prices either. The staff are friendly too. For a small town Indian eatery it is very good indeed and we fully recommend this restaurant to all.

Have used this restaurant for a good few years, and hasn't been to bad food wise, it has slowly slide down the scale for quality and taste, stopped using them completely now. Staff are hard work to strike up a conversation with, food is just your basic Indian menu, pleasant enough to take the pressure off finding somewhere else to frequent.. we have now so no need to return until it improves in the future.. :(

We were driving from a Day on the beach and came across the prince of Bengal. We loved it, friendly and quick service, delicious food and family friendly. They also were able to cater to our vegan diet. Will definitely stop there again. Many thanks

Had a lovely meal, we went on a wednesday when they did a special deal, buy main meal get the other one free,very good deal!!...

Had no idea what it would be like, we were only in Saxmundham for one night and not much choice there. The place was very quiet, but pleasant enough atmosphere. We ordered two different starters, two different mains, a couple of sides and a naan bread. All of the dishes were really good, with the exception of the vegetable biryani sauce which was made up from the frozen vegetable packets. The rest however was lovely, and the prawn dish had lots of prawns. We thought the service was fine, wine was decent, would definitely go back when back in Saxmundham.

I am afraid I won’t be going back here again. The food was poor by any standard and the service was attentive but surly. No effort was made to make you feel welcome. Such a shame as Saxmundham could do with a class act.

We have had a takeaway from the restaurant on several occasions and the food has always been good.

Nice enough little restaurant attentive staff, had pompadours to start got half eaten chutney tray from another table! Ordered Chicken Balti for main tasted nothing like, looked nothing like any Balti I have ever had? Bombay aloo same taste same colour, almost like a 1970s Chinese curry taste and colour! Rice was nice as was the Nan bread.

Where do I start ? Absolutely amazing service tonight! I haven’t had an Indian for ages and I tell you what I wish I came to the Prince of Bengal ages ago ! My meal was absolutely wonderful ate it all ! The staff were amazing! And it’s nice to see the Restaurant employing teenagers , who gave us an enjoyable evening! I would definitely come back and would suggest that you go and order your Indian/ Bangladeshi food from this wonderful restaurant!

Had a meal here after staying at the Bell across the road. The service was fast and the food was very tasy and filling. Would recommend this for sure.

It was truly the worst Indian food I have ever tasted. We had 3 different types of chicken dishes all of them tasted like sugary custard with chicken in - the korma was the worst, but they were all terrible. Mentioned to the manager that it did not taste like Indian food, his comment back to me was that this was an 'English' Indian restaurant! Rather go for the premade Indian food in Tesco or Waitrose if you are in Saxmundham - would be impossible to be worse.

Ah, Tarka Dhal and rice.. Since the sad passing of Abdul Hamid and his restaurant's move to Saxmundham, I have taken great interest in his students cooking. Tarka Dhal was Abdul's greatest dish, and today was the first one I have had which equalled his skill. Rich, a wonderful nutty aftertaste, and a fantastic aroma. Not only that, but there is enough for my lunch tomorrow as well, and all for £5.25. The rice was also excellent, also aromatic and lightly cooked..

I popped in her whilst staying at the nearby Bell hotel. There was nobody in there as i entered except for a member of staff on his laptop at a table. I was greeted nicely enough and given choice of any table. Once I sat down i removed my jacket but i had to put it back on withing a minute as the place was freezing. Placed my order and it was brought out within 10 minutes. i think the curry itself wasnt too bad but it was a thin waterer sauce, had it been thicker i'm sure it would have been nice. The only saving grace was that it wasnt exoensive at all. It wasnt the worst meal in the world but i certainly wont return

Neither the food nor the decor are anything out of the ordinary here. Everything is just as you would expect from a small restaurant in a small country town. What sets it apart is the service which was excellent.

We have just moved into the area and a big take away family and tonight opted for local Indian restaurant and what a disappointment.minimal meat content I need all of the dishes and completely void of taste and to be honest would have got more of a taste kick from a microwave meal.

Had decent expectations for this place but sadly was literally the worst curry I’ve ever had in my life no flavour what so ever before even unboxing it to eat you could see how watery it was and the prawns were really hard and chewy absolutely awful which I could go back in time and burn my money instead of eating it. Sorry.

Middle of the road, but exellent servie. Was very empty when I went and don't know if this means anything

We popped in with the kids to eat in the restaurant. The service was so slow our youngest two got tired and hungry and starting being noisy, so we took the choice to get take away to save our sanity and the pleasure of the other people eating. Why it should have taken 45mins and still not have staters is beyond us. They seemed more interested in answering the phone and dealing with take away collections than us!

My partner and I visited the restaurant on a Sunday evening and were surprised to see how busy it was. I had garlic chicken balti which was delicious and I highly recommend it. Service was very good and staff were attentive despite being very busy. Good value for money and very tasty food.

Problema al estar ubicado en Daxmundem que ha sido obviados por un bypass.

Este es nuestro restaurante indio local y hemos disfrutado de muchos excelentes comidas allí.

Un llamado para llevar mientras que en la zona en un corto descanso. El personal es muy amable. Para ser honestos, no esperaba nada especial. Me crió en curries bradford y tiende a encontrar ofertas desde el sur de Birmingham para ser generalmente aburrida. Sé que hay excepciones a cualquier regla, y este es uno de ellos. Tuve la masala de paneer con chapattis y fue excepcional. Lleno de sabor, un montón de queso y espinacas. Si estoy en la zona de nuevo sin duda volveremos.

Comida y servicio increíble Pollo Tika masla es el mejor que he tenido desde aquí buffet del domingo es una excepcional relación calidad-precio

Una visita improvisada en una noche de viernes. Una cálida bienvenida. Servicio atento. Buena comida. No podíamos haber pedido más.

This was the busiest Indian Restaurant we have encountered for a long while so they must be doing something right! Maybe the Wednesday meal deal has something to do with it? Our order for a takeaway was promptly noted and we were immediately offered a drink while we waited. There was a quite corner with papers and magazines to wile away the 20 Minutes or so we had to wait. We had ordered starters and mains for four and were staying a 10 minutes drive away. We were therefore very disappointed when we unpacked the food to find that there was no vegetable curry with the lamb biryani. It was clearly not practicable to go back and complain. In all the years we have been enjoying takeaways, this is the first time this has happened. I suspect that this was due to their being so busy. Having said that, the food was excellent, if we are again in the area, we would go back. The restaurant itself also looked like a pleasant place to eat.

Went here for a Curry after work with two colleagues. Obviously being midweek the restaurant wasn't busy, but seemed to be doing a brisk takeaway trade. The food was good, quite plain actually and not at all very spicy, my Jalfrezi, was very mild. In all it was nice, service was good, but there were only two covers in.

Orderd a takeaway lovely starters mains chicken madras very tasty lovely soft chicken not to hot a nice find staff friendly not much in village best Indian in village would definitely go back

Takeaway for four, collected on time, very tasty food, can especially recommend the Dhansak and the vegetable side dishes

Only 6 covers the whole evening, dated decor and poor service. The food wasn't well seasoned. Wouldn't recommend.

Went there on Saturday with family. All 4 of us had currys with sides and drink and it came to £64. Staff very polite and attentive, will certainly go again!

Were camping overnight nearby and Saxmundham was the closest decent sized town. In fairness there weren't many places to eat and this Indian Restaurant I noticed had a few less than good reviews. However, we thought it was great. Staff were very friendly and welcoming. seated us and brought menus straight away and took our drinks order. Asked us if we wanted poppadoms and brought them quickly. Good choice of food, all the usuals plus a few different things. Excellent quality, great service, couldn't fault it. Would definitely recommend it!