Raj of India in Havering - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Have been coming here since it first opened as a takeaway in 1977. Pop in from time to time as it's my local Indian restaurant and has always been excellent. Went in last night with my daughter and had a fantastic meal at a reasonable price. Had a new dish on the menu, lamb, sag,dal and it was delicious and tender.

We visited this place on a Saturday night, they managed to book us in for 8pm when I rung at 7pm! (Last minute plans). So we were very grateful for that. The people who work there are lovely and so attentive, we got our drinks and poppadoms straight away. The food is lovely and they have halal chicken for my friend who is Muslim! It was another tables birthday and they brought over a cake with a candle, the atmosphere was lovely. At the end of the meal they give you a shot, they gave my friend a non-alcoholic shot and I thought that was incredibly thoughtful. I would definitely recommend visiting here for dinner!

Great Indian, one of the best around. Food always exceptional quality , friendly and welcoming staff wether you eat in or takeaway.

Excellent place for a good Curry. The staff are polite and make time for you.

Easily the best Indian restaurant in my opinion The food is always fantastic. Staff all very nice, We have never had a bad experience in this place. But if you plan to go on the weekend expect a long wait for your food. We normally go mid week but attended on a Friday night last week. it’s was very busy and we waited probably 1 hour 20 mins for the meal. But no complaints the food is well worth the wait.

Always happy to see us and food always great. What more can you say!

My mum and I tried out this restaurant upon a recommendation from her friend. We were both hankering a curry and I have to say the food here was DELICIOUS! I ordered the chicken bhuna and I can categorically say that it was the BEST chicken bhuna I have ever tasted. Chicken cooked to perfection with a lovely thick sauce alongside a lovely peshwari naan and pulao rice. Really wonderful and attentive service. We spoke to the older gentleman who mentioned that the restaurant was established in 1977! We will definitely be returning customers. A huge thank you to the owner and all the staff!

Excellent service and a brilliant starter and mains - so close to being 5 star but the desserts were sub-par at best. Portions were decent (not the largest) but the flavour from the food is top-notch. Would highly recommend to anyone but maybe avoid the desserts.

Great food. Superb service. Highly recommend. Thank you for a lovely evening

Have ordered food from this restaurant for years and always really decent food. Had a takeaway tonight and it was very poor. Watery sauce on the chicken pasanda and was tasteless. Chicken Ceylon watery and tasteless. Everyone in our group always rated the food from this restaurant, but after tonight we would not risk ordering again. Maybe ownership has changed and standard with it?

Excellent food, served by friendly, efficient staff. Really good value

Dined this evening with two friends. Personal service, outstanding meal and very reasonable prices.

There is not enough Gold stars to give this restaurant, one of the best in Hornchurch.

Food was good. We had the prawn grill as a starter was lovely a c chicken dhansak with pashwari naan as a starter. Waiter was a little forgetful, it was a sunday!

Lovely food, fantastic customer service, and definitely value for money.. have been here twice in the last month and will be coming back again. Not many businesses go above and beyond, but the staff at the Raj of India make sure they deliver true quality to detail which is very fair these days.

1st visit, really enjoyed this, food and service excellent!

I went to this restaurant with my friend for the first time last night, and let me tell you, the food was absolutely incredible! 🤩🍽️ The flavours were so delicious and the presentation was top-notch. The service was outstanding. The staff was attentive, friendly, and made us feel so welcome. I can't wait to go back and experience it all over again!

Very bad food even no any test. Very bad very bad. Who is your master chef? Please change master chef.

Best Indian restaurant, I cannot explain the joy we get from the food at this restaurant , it’s streets ahead of any other, and we’ve tried a lot from different areas. Indian food isn’t generally my favourite , but the food at this restaurant is the best. Would give more stars if I could . Hats off guys!!!

Food was decent, service was excellent

We use to order from here every week, until one day they forgot the chicken shashlick and chicken samosas…. They said they will bring money round and put it through the letter box, they never did. The following week when we was ready to order again, they kept making excuses to give the money back , even said they’d bring the food that was missing but never. In the end my partner told them to forget about it! We lost £14 and they lost a loyal customer!

Been going here for years and the food seems to getting better and better absolute 10/10 also very friendly staff .

Had a delivery from here, the way the red packed the items was ridiculous. They packed the heavier items on top of the curry’s, which all got squashed. What a waste. And the people on the phone were absolutely of no help at all.

One of the best Indian restaurants I've been to in London. A few steps away from Upminster Bridge on the district line. Amazing food and service

Delicious food.Service excellent.

Lovely meal for a friends 60th, food was excellent, service was very good, value for money, highly recommend

Best Indian in upminster by a country mile, been going here for 30 years,my grown up children go here now as well, service is brilliant and so is the food

We love this place, really friendly staff, they dont rush you to get in and out, ver relaxed, lovely food. Been a few times and will definitely going back

Extremely disappointed with our takeaway. There was no colour to our 3 mains dishes . No spice tasted . A bought jar of curry sauce would have tasted better. Good job they can make poppadoms and chutney. That's all I ate. The one star is for poppadoms. The chicken passanda was disgusting the colour was dirty grey it was just some blob of horrible tasteless sauce no cream no almonds with 4 small chunks of chicken. . If you want a Indian takeaway best come up to the North of England. At least they make authentic Indian food. Think the cooks need some cookery lessons. Rant over wasted £40

Great restaurant very great food Great service

Very Family friendly palce to dine in. Thay provide the best foods whatever you ordered. If you are an Indian food lover you must visit them.

It sounds ridiculous to say that we haven’t been for a good few years, but with Covid and due to the fact that we live in Gidea Park and have four Asian restaurants within walking distance, we just haven't! But, after a shopping trip, and fancying a nice Indian meal out yesterday ................. on the way home we decided to stop at one of our old favourites; The Raj of India. And, how glad we are that we did. We were pretty early, but an hour later, the restaurant was getting very busy. Also, a true testament because regulars were coming in for collections – all in all, a very friendly service and obviously very popular. It was like stepping back in time! Oh, the menu – everything featured, like we use to have, when first eating Indian food, years and years ago – the good old-fashioned dishes! Of course, we started with the obligatory poppadoms, mint sauce, onion salad, chutney. But, a big dish of onion salad and a gravy boat filled with delicious mint sauce! I can’t eat spicy, so I’m not that adventurous, so decided to go for a lamb korma. The lamb was so tender and the sauce was rich and creamy. My husband went for a lamb dhansak, which again, was scrummy. Saag paneer was perfect and the brinjal bhajee was sliced (not in chunks), and not swimming in lots of oil – it really was tasty. To be honest, I could have quite easily have stuck to just the vegetable dishes. Everything really was scrumptious and we were laughing, reminiscing “just how it used to be!” Service was just perfect. And, to top it all, we were greeted by a gent who used to work in one of our local restaurants, what a lovely surprise that was – to see faces from old again – lovely! Top Marks to The Raj of India. We will be back soon. THANK YOU.

Great Service, I went there for dinner. Staff were amazing and food was great. Would definitely recommend this place and I’m 100% going to come again. The food was reasonably priced and tasted great. All in all, a great place that I’d be happy to recommend.

We had my sons weekday birthday meal here and we were so happy! They went above the line of service excepted. Added a fire work candle to the birthday cake, party hats on the table when we arrived, a free tipple at the end of the meal. Super friendly service! The food itself was amazing! Chiken chat like ive never tasted, prawn shashlik was stunning, lamb biriani was so well cooked! We will definitely be returning! Thank you to the staff for being so welcoming and friendly.

Really good food with great service, staff are welcoming and quick to refill drinks when needed, highly recommended

A big thank you for the great service and delicious food from the five of us who called in on Saturday night. Please could you let me know if you could prepare a Gluten vegetable curry?

Take way as well eating in this restaurant. Very buzzy atmosphere with very friendly people. Tasty food and not so expensive. Two min away from the Upminster Bridge Station. Book in advance if you can especially on Friday and Saturday.

First time visitor, but will definitely return. Food was excellent. Really enjoyable.

I have been to the Raj a number of times and it has never served me and my friends a poor meal. Our latest visit was a Saturday night and as usual we weren't disappointed. We often customise our dishes and they have always come up trumps. The menu hasn't changed, with plenty to chose from and prices have remained reasonable. Staff seem happy and polite, willing to share a joke as well. Look forward to my next visit.

Would highly recommend, early dinner for two, walk in, atmosphere and decor was great, polite attentive staff, very welcoming with good knowledge of the menu, extensive choice of menu with tasty flavoursome food, highly recommed the tandoori chicken starter. clean and comfortable environment, will definitely go back. Great restaurant experience

Went here on Friday evening as a group of four had booked table and restaurant was busy. Salad when served had already been out before as had some ones curry sauce already in dish, asked the young waiter to take the dish away he did not seem very concerned that this had happened and did not apologise. Food overall was very very disappointing meat dishes were very tough and chewy. Meat Thali was very poor for price paid. Overall have been coming here for many years but will not be returning too soon as food not now consistent.

Was in the restaurant at opening time with my son and left 5 hours later after lovely lamb vindaloo and duck jalfrezi washed down with numerous cold bottles of cobra. Thoroughly enjoyable evening. Thanks, see you again!!

*** Update July 2022 *** We enjoyed a lovely family meal on a Friday night. We had booked the table 24-hours earlier, but the restaurant was still accepting walk-in customers during our meal. It was very busy, but the staff were very attentive and polite. The meal was lovely, full of taste and cooked fresh, to perfection. At no point did we feel rushed even though most tables were taken, we almost felt impolite requesting we pay the bill so we could leave. Still our favourite local Indian restaurant. Would recommend to anyone. We have a 4 Indian restaurants within 100m of each other, but the Raj of India is the best local Indian restaurant. Great food, full of spice and taste, and their prices are competitive. Recommend for a great evening meal.

Lovely Indian. Little pricey but nice non the less

Great food and quick service. Fab.

Not one to give bad reviews but the food was tasteless although the peshwari naan was ok.

Enjoyed dinner here on 16 March 2022. A most enjoyable well cooked tasty, meal. There was a good range to choose from on the menu. The waiters were polite and attentive. Seemed to be reasonably priced.

Enjoyed dinner here on 16 March 2022. A most enjoyable well cooked tasty, meal. There was a good range to choose from on the menu. The waiters were polite and attentive. Seemed to be reasonably priced.

Must have new cooks since the last time I went there. Meal was really nice, will go again.

Top marks!! We arrived an hour early. Not a problem. Lovely romantic seat as requested. Excellent atmosphere. Very polite and welcoming staff. My Wife had Thali, I had Mixed Shashlik and a Naga Chilli Sauce. A couple of rounds of Kingfisher later and our perfect Valentines was over. Great food. I highly recommend The Raj of India to anyone who loves a curry. Traditional family run business that has been the over 30 years. Don't listen to the negative reviews. You can't please everyone

Top marks!! We arrived an hour early. Not a problem. Lovely romantic seat as requested. Excellent atmosphere. Very polite and welcoming staff. My Wife had Thali, I had Mixed Shashlik and a Naga Chilli Sauce. A couple of rounds of Kingfisher later and our perfect Valentines was over. Great food. I highly recommend The Raj of India to anyone who loves a curry.

My friend and I visited here a couple of weeks ago. Excellent food, fantastic service and good value. Will definitely visit again.

Very pleasant and friendly restaurant. The foods nice. Both times a late decision and visited without prior booking.

We were there last night fantastic food,and a great atmosphere will definitely go again

12 people in our party were looked after by the staff of The Raj restaurant. Good food nice atmosphere.

Amazing food and friendly staff. Not too heavy on the wallet either

Great food on a great night out out!!

Superb food and a great atmosphere and the decor was old school/traditional with Indian music.l recommend that you visit.

Insane food, insane service, oh ah up the raj

Had a very nice meal here on 27th june,service friendly and efficient,food of a high standard,no surprises on menu or fancy stuff, thank goodness!Just good old tried and trusted dishes.Food was fresh and tasty,The meat thali i can personally recommend,Will def make it our regular from now on .

Been there donkeys years and still turning out a lovely bit of Indian food. Well done the raj!

I recently ordered a takeaway from The Raj of India, all I can say is that I was extremely disappointed. I ordered their vegetarian curry and motor ponir with veg biryani and chapatis- I can certainly confirm it was truely unpleasant and 'ponir' was awful - Paneer does not melt shredded or not, paneer remains firm. They use normal cheese and not authentic paneer. Food is not authentic and the quality is compromised - for them to call themselves an authentic Indian restaurant surprises me..! Well many westerners may enjoy their menu, it certainly does not cater well for customers who are familiar to authentic asian cuisine.

Always good food, friendly staff. Good value

Good food. Good service. Felt safe with well distanced tables and waiters with visors kept on. A really nice evening. Would go again!

Always a friendly service from the staff at the Raj. Food was spot on,had the tandoori mixed grill,beers on offer was a good choice. Ate in and have also had takeaway,only place I would use in Upminster.

Been going to the Raj of India for over 20 years and I'm pretty sure that food wise it hasn't changed at all. I mean that as a compliment, the food is as good as ever.

Best indian in the area, Foods fresh and the staff are great! The vindaloo and bhuna are so tasty, the prawn purée is spot on and and the naans are lovely... ask for a jamie naan keema chilli and cheese... so good ! Will definitely be going back

attended for the first time in the new year this week after coming regularly, about once a month. Always greeted well with hand shakes etc from the lovely gentlemen who run the establishment, always helped with coats etc, food is brought promptly and together, once the food is eaten we are never rushed out to make room for more customers. Always get tia and cream before we go! Always great food and always a fantastic service with very reasonable prices!

Food is outstanding & good value. I eat there regularly when travelling on business

Not up to its normal standard .portion size smaller service was slow everyone as an off day hope it's not permanent.

Always a lovely meal and friendly service

Nice food, that night to many noisy children. We were paying good money to eat in a good restaurant with good food and nice staff. However, book large groups with children earlier. Thanks.

Excellent food and service, well worth a visit

This place is very local to me and I know it well. Food is excellent and extremely good value. Lamb dishes are the best. The staff are just so wonderful and so kind. Nice variety of food. Great vegetable dishes too.

First starting eating at the Raj in the mid 80s when we lived in Upminster been back many many times over the years,so dinning at the Raj for over 35 years tells you something.

Outstanding. I have been here many times ovee many years and have never been disappointed.

Food was lovely staff were very friendly

Really good food here. One of the top Indian restaurants in the area. Service can be slow and it can get very busy here so always book a table. But can't fault it.

First time here and to be honest a bit disappointed. Decor nice and good ambiance. Poppadoms were lovely but mains were very average. My friend had a chicken dhansak which she requested not be too hot, however, it was extremely burning to the mouth (I tasted it and I love hot spicy food but this was just burning to the tongue!) . They took it back and brought back same dish toned down, but this time incredibly bland and tasteless. Others in our party had chicken tikka masala - very strange over sweet sauce, definitely wouldn’t recommend! Actually my dish - the King Prawn saag was very nice and I would recommend that! The banana fritters for dessert were yummy! Would I return? No, as there are too many other Indian restaurants to try in the area!

Booked a table, got there and they didn't have a clue what I was going on about! Made my feel bad in front my partner that I couldn't even book a table though ringing when they was first opened so make sure I got it and then said at the time given. Their kebab rolls are over priced and you can get much better!! No stars

I have been looking for a good Curry house since Spices closed down and I have now found it. The food in here is great and the staff are very pleasant. Another good sign Is it always seem to be packed.

Met up with some business friends for a meal before going on elsewhere. This is a traditional curry house that hasn’t changed significantly for a long time and that is a good thing as the quality of food and service is very good and excellent value for money. It is really well placed next to Upminster Bridge station. Will always go back if in the area.

Not the most extensive of menus, mainly the old favourites, but perhaps that was why the food was so good.I had Murgh Masallam and my wife chose Chicken Pasanda. Both were excellent.Bit of a wait for the food to come,but they were quite busy and at least it was being cooked as we waited.Friendly and attentive staff.Our first visit but it won't be our last.

Lovely food, will be going back again hopefully at a less busy next time though.

Just eat here with my husband (magic man) and my inlaws. We choose here all the time as the food is faultless and the staff are all so lovely and efficient.

Great indian very good food and service

Have eaten here with mum wife several times and each time it is enjoyable. Book mind, as they get busy! I've eaten a variety of dishes and all have taste - the staff are friendly and polite and the owner always thanks you and shakes your hand (nice touch).Will go again of course!

Came here on 27th October with a party of four people, service was very slow due to the restaurant being full and two many people coming in for takeaways. Starters arrived after 45 minutes wait when we arrived at 7.30pm and our main didn't turn up to 9.05pm, the food we got was poor standard, the chicken Madras was all watery due to them rushing in the kitchen with orders they couldn't cope with and the same for the Chicken Shaslick was not chargrilled at £9.50 a dish. This was a lot of money for a poor meal, this restaurant used to be good but I wouldn't recommend on a Saturday night.

First time for me,and last time,chicken KoraI absolutely awful tasted like prison gruel,rice ok ,onion bhaji shaped like a beef burger please, give me strength. ...

Been to every local Indian in town but by far this one beats the lot. Not too oily, nice portions of meat and really clean and friendly.

First time at this restaurant with friends who had been before. We received a warm welcome at the door and first impression was good. The place looked clean which is always good.

Excellent case always. Great Service.

Food- Very good tasty food, proper spice and heat and definitely different bases, closer to Indian taste than most restaurants. Great staff- Attentive, quick and good service. Atmosphere- Soft lighting and rustic. Cost- Good food at affordable price. Enjoyed dine in and take out several times.

Although I hadn't been here for a while, the food and service are excellent as ever!

Visited the Raj late Saturday night despite staff about to close we were let in 6 of us had an excellent meal good service. Have been before and certainly would visit again.

The Raj of India is a very nice restaurant, it is always full on a Saturday night.

Myself and my family came to the restaurant a few days ago. We are all vegetarians and opted for three variations of paneer curry, which were on the menu. We were given a curry with a square piece of melted cheddar cheese on top....definitely not paneer, as paneer doesnt melt. We know this as we cook with paneer frequently. I queried this with the waiter and he spoke to one of his colleagues, then came back to tell us that it was shredded paneer and 'this is how we do it here'. This is completely rediculous as we were mis sold a dish then lied to about the contents. I would not recommend as the meal was more than underwhelming and the curries were incredibly bland and full of oil.

Thought we would try something different from our usual and unfortunately wasn't very impressed, although service was good the food was a little underwhelming.

When I ring them they are always polite and fit us in for a meal at very quick notice. Excellent food!

Great old fashioned restaurant. Waiters are attentive and know their menu. Will always give advice on food if asked. Prices are low to medium.