Rose of India in Chelmsford

Had our work Christmas meal here last night and what a wonderful meal! THE BEST Indian food I've ever had , the poppadoms were perfect (always a good sign of what's to come!) All the food was delicious, plentiful ,hot and well presented by attentive ,organised staff. Had a doggy bag as couldn't eat it all and it was just as delicious the next day. Will definitely be my go-to Indian from now on . Well done!

First time, and I'll be back again. Great food & friendly staff.

Excellent choice of food, great personal service and a very friendly atmosphere. Pricing is very reasonable for the quality of food too. I have been staying at the County Hotel across the road from the restaurant for two months and visit here every week. Every meal has been great!

Decent Indian restaurant. The fact that it has been around in various incarnations for the last 40 years (that I know of) is a testament to the consistency in food and service. We had a 7pm table booking on a Saturday night, and it was BUSY and therefore noisy! Every table was occupied, and as soon as a table cleared, it was being dressed and occupied by another group of diners. Food selection is good, and the quality is excellent. It took slightly longer than usual between courses, but given how busy that could be expected. Price for dishes are where they should be, and overall, the experience was enjoyable. Would recommend

Great food every time visiting. Staff are friendly

Probably the best Indian restaurant i have ever eaten in. Great friendly staff who answer any queries you have about the food. The food was excellent and the service great, all at a good price for a meal.

Best food around. Great service. Highly recommended.😊

Amazing food, really good range of meals and very helpful with allergies. Friendly staff and reasonable prices.

Got our order a bit wrong, but good food. Staff crowding round close to table was a bit strange when having a private conversation. But overall good indian meal.

Definitely one of the best curry house options in Chelmsford if you're near to the station. Good service, food is spot on and not bland or too oily like some Indians in town. Highly recommend.

Most delicious food and value for money.

Surpringly good. All of service, quality, quantity and value good. Some items on the menu new to me and looked interesting. Very generous portions of well prepared and tasty food. Atmosphere a little bland but it was a Monday evening so not expecting a full-on rave

We came in after work as a pre-booked table of 13. The service was impeccable & very friendly. We gave the staff a heads up we’d all be paying separately and they were very helpful, patient, and accommodating. Very rare to get a no-stress meal when a large party pays separately but they handled it brilliantly. The food was fantastic!! Really great all round experience! Thank you Rose of India!

Great time to spend with my daughter and good food

Best Indian restaurant in Chelmsford. Great food, service and atmosphere. Varied menu of dishes. Our fave for eat in or takeaway. 😋

I don’t write a lot of reviews but this is the best Indian I have ever had try the garlic chilli chicken best thing I have ever had :) got a customer for life

For a food lover, the best quality food is everything to them. And mainly selection of best restaurants. Like that, I am also a food lover. For my food, I have selected Rose of India. It is one of the best Indian traditional food in Chelmsford. The food quality is just excellent. The environment is fantastic, and the customer service is outstanding—unique curry with their own spices, which makes the food better.

Best Indian restaurant in Chelmsford

I've used it many times, but the last couple have been disappointing. It's always great service, but the food seems to not be as good.

This was our first visit after being told it was the best Indian restaurant in Chelmsford. We had such a lovely meal. It was all perfect! Great service, attentive, friendly and extremely polite without being intrusive. The food was delicious and beautifully presented. It was busy even on a Wednesday night so I would definitely recommend booking ahead.

I have eaten in many Indian restaurants, but this place has won me over. The food is full of flavour and well proportioned. I can highly recommend the Pepper Lamb starter. I have visited many time since my first visit, yet always treated with the same respect that I have witness every guess receive. They are able to cater for the single person or any large party. The staff are friendly and always willing to assist whenever they can.

Great food, great staff and comfortable restaurant. I love the place! And nothing is ever too much trouble. Visited again after being away and once again their menu has been expanded and the food is fresh and exciting.

Always 5*, above and beyond. Popular place and rightly deserved X love this restaurant ❤️

I had a fabulous meal here last night. As soon as I walked in, the service was outstanding. The food was delicious and served piping hot. Truly excellent and, of course, I'd go back.

The food here is consistently exceptional, really can’t rate it enough! The service is perfect, warm and welcoming, attentive and efficient. Been coming here for years when I visit Chelmsford and will be coming back for many more to come I suspect. It can be a little noisy in there sometimes but nothing too bad at all. Would definitely recommend.

I oiled say that the Rose is probably the best Indian in Chelmsford and the surrounding area. Food is of high quality and staff are friendly and professional. Money well spent.

Excellent Indian Restaurant in Chelmsford. Menu choice was great. Each dish was delicious. Service very good. The waiter took his time to explain how the dishes were freshly made including the Mango chutney that accompanied the Poppadoms. Good wine and beer choices too. As always we'd ordered too much and were kindly offered the remaining food to be placed into containers to take away. I would recommend this restaurant.

Order a takeaway for me and the partner after being recommended by friends. Had a wait of 50 mins but was well worth-it as Food was hot and tasted great . Id recommend the bangla patiala in lamb full of fantastic flavour .

Food wasn’t good at all it really didn’t taste nice at all I was disappointed as I had heard so much hype about it

This was a great restaurant. We loved our meals as they were very different to the normal Indian food available. Service was friendly and prompt on a quiet Monday evening. The chicken shashlik was especially nice. So was the chicken tikka korahi

Food alway fantastic and services 100% one of the best in chelmsford well worth a visit

Fantastic. I precooked the Kurzi- leg of lamb cooked for 8 hours. It did not disappoint and was delicious. The whole meal was a feast for a special occasion They looked after us and were attentive, especially with the food needs for a guest. Great meal, lovely staff and always a good experience

Restaurant is very clean, light and bright. Very welcoming and attentive throughout. We did not have to wait too long for food to arrive. Food is delicious and extremely tasty.

This is Not my first visit nor will it be the last. I love this place. The menu is great with many options and food is always excellent. The staff are amazing , always very friendly and attentive. The Best in Essex

The Rose of India is a fantastic restaurant, would recommend very highly. The food is top quality and consistently excellent. The service and attention to detail is brilliant 👌 Jim and Russ

Very attentive staff, good food, good prices. We were visiting the area and fancied a meal out. We chose this venue at random and was really pleased with our choice. If we are ever in the area again we would certainly pay a return visit.

Walked in; Massive stained Carpet! Hope the Jan2024new refurb/frontdoor renovation fixed that?!;lol ITS A BANGLA* Restaurant, NOT AN INDIAN restaurant firstly :)) *Bengali/Bangladeshi, respectively <3 The food was... well, British ppl like it - this is their target audience/remit/comfort zone as it brings in the dough - the rose is always packed thats good - genuinely, I love that its always rammed/full! :-D But authenticity, re: Indian food, it aint. all the best- a chelmsford visitor 2023

Nice food, everyone enjoyed their meal. Only downside was the extremely long wait - we had starters but arrived at 7 & didn’t get main course until 9.

Great Indian cuisine, will be back for more

The food is always excellent here and the service is the best in Chelmsford.

Offered to cook anything we fancied, but took their recommendation and loved every mouthful, already telling my family and friends about this place. Anything not on the menu, they said they would cook. 4 pints made it over £35 a head but still worth the good food and staff.

Best curry establishment anywhere. As I vegan I'm always given VIP treatment.

Takeaway! Religiously order here but tonight the food we collected was cold , and the lids not on properly! The currys have the sauce and the naan bread flat and hard. Absolutely AWFUL sorry to say but not on having cold food when we waited over an hour!

Incredible food at a very affordable price. Their tandoori mix grill is a must! Our go to place for Indian food in Chelmsford!

Takeaway as restaurant full. Garlic nans are very small and not the nicest , bit flat and hard rather than pillowy. Rice was fine, popadoms fine too. sag paneer was really poor thin and watery one of the worst I have had. chicken tikka moist and good chunks, tarkha dhal was pleasant but bit bland , my tandoori chicken curry was ok but bland and lacked depth. Overall alright but it was expensive and don’t think we would order again.

Takeaway so can’t judge some of the above. garlic nans very small and flat and hard so not good at all. My Garlic Tamddori Chicken was ok but quite bland and I really miss the tandoori chicken of old which was charred and so flavoursome. Is it cooked different now . Yes sad I am going back a bit but I really miss classic tandoori cooking. Sag paneer watery. Tarka dhal good. Popaddoms nice and fresh. Hubby enjoyed the rose special and he would probably score higher than I will. Bit disappointed as expensive.

Best curry in Chelmsford. Always good service. The Garlic Chilli Chicken Masala is a must have!

Always excellent food and great service. Happy to do other dishes that are not on the menu if they have the ingredients.. Thoroughly recommend this place.

Catered for my company Christmas meal and provided a quality service, we had a large group but they were still able to bring the food out quickly and to a great standard. The food was delicious and the service was spectacular!

The service is friendly and the food nice enough. Not amazing but nothing wrong with it either.

Excellent food, excellent service. The best Indian food I’ve ever had. Whole family really enjoyed the food. Particularly the lamb and naan bread stood out as astonishing. Myself, not even a massive lover of Indian, absolutely loved it and came out full and satisfied. We probably went at the busiest time, middle of December, Saturday night - but the service was still very good and the waiters are lovely and very polite. The only negative would be it is quite loud in there as it was very busy so we had to raise our voices a lot to speak, however I think this was due to the fact there were a lot of Xmas parties ect.

Booked for a large party , we were welcomed on arrival and taken to our table. Prompt service for drinks and popadoms, which were well made. We selected various starters and mains which we shared. Every plate was tasty and the service very good. I had heard it was highly rated and can understand why. Good location close to the bus and train stations, with parking not far away also.

Very attentive service popped down here as I was in Chelmsford to see family. Heard good things and it didn't disappoint. Good portions. Price point is higher than other locals but you get what you pay for. Lovely ambiance too and they have a lot of regulars too which is a good sign.

Very tasty curry shame it was a bit cold

visited for the first time in a long time.. great atmosphere..great staff and great food. its always had a good reputation and is well deserved. we wont leave it so long nxt time 4 very happy very full people . good value too .

Best Indian restaurant in town…great food, great service, great atmosphere!!

Excellent restaurant close to the City Centre and station. the staff were all excellent and the food was timely and very tasty. definitely go again

Simply the best curry I have ever had. Honestly perfect in every way. The food and the staff are first class. I can’t wait to return

Excellent restaurant with extremely high quality of the food backed up by Excellent customer service. Very popular place as we dined early evening and the place was busy all of the time we were there, even for the Monday that we visited.

Went on a Monday night and it was packed, like a Saturday night so that was the first good sign, then poppadoms with the usual dips tho they did have two of their own dips that were very good. The main meal was excellent, fresh hot and the chicken was tender not tough and rubbery like it can be at some Indian restaurants, we'll worth the visit.

Best Indian restaurant in Chelmsford. Great food and perfect customer service

Good food and great service, very pleased

Excellent food, was only takeaway will come back to eat in soon

Wow! The food and service was amazing, wonderful family atmosphere.

Never happened before. Food usually excellent. But lastnight my friend, and I got a take away. It was awful. I had a mushroom biriyani. The vegetable curry which accompanied it was like dish water. With half a potato swimming around in it. My friends Chicken tikka korma didn't even coat the back of his spoon. Very disappointing.

Exceptional food. Never go anywhere else!

We went here based on reviews. It didn't disappoint.

Average, typical "high street" British-style curries, on the expensive side... Lots of sugar and garish colours, little flavour and spice... Chelmsford deserves better

Really used to like it, but the last 3 times the food has been so bland. Like someone has given up.

Top top food best Indian in Essex

Great food, reasonable prices, nice staff

Haven’t been here for a while, tried our luck at 6pm for a walk-in had a table for a couple of hours, food was very good and service very good had to leave early as they required the table which they told us before we sat down so was ok, but would have stayed if we could, next time I will book recommend!!

Excellent atmosphere, felt very comfortable. The service was great, the staff were very polite and accommodating. The food was also very nice, a step above other Indian restaurants in Chelmsford.

First time here and was not disappointed at all. Fantastic food, service with great atmosphere

Couldn't fault the experience. The service was fantastic, as they catered for my wife, who doesn't like the food too spicy. The food itself was awesome. Highly recommended

If anyone really want authentic indian food this place is not good at all

Avoid. Pathetic food. These guys call themselves as Indian restaurant but they dont know even a bit about Indian food. Worst taste i have ever had in the UK. Avoid

Quite busy for a Tuesday night , was impressed with the quality of the food and the freshness,although service could of been a little quicker having sat there for over 30 minutes. Good front of house and very well priced and considered menu.

Very quiet in there. Food was good but on the expensive side.

I guess it’s decent if you’ve never tried Indian or South- Asian food. There is nothing Indian in the food, it’s very bland and lacks authentic taste. Their recipes are British adaptations, the cooking is disgraceful and if you ask for normal spices in your food, you will get some red chilly powder which will give it some spice just for the sake of it. The fried items have an aftertaste of burnt/ old oil. The staff was nice.

Best Indian in Chelmsford. The food is always amazing and the service is unbeatable

Brilliant and well priced. The best chicken tikka masala I’ve ever had!

A group of 12 of us ate there last night and even though we were a large group the staff were great. Food all came out at similar time, everyone got what they ordered and it all looked and tasted great ! Thank you 👍

Price is rocket high and the staff who took order from me was unfriendly with very bad attitude. Mixed grill doesn't have authentic taste and staff hesitant to take second order from me.

I go there regularly and it's the place for me. The food is very good in quality and quantity, the service is always good and the ambiance sets it apart. Eating there is a relaxed experience. There is plenty of fast food available in Chelmsford but I don't want a curry in a hurry. This establishment has a more civilised approach. The owners have been in the business for decades and that is reflected in their long-term consistent approach to customer service.

Busy but fed quickly. Also staff catered for my particular need of being served a specific time after a tablet. Only fault was a tepid rather than fresh hot naan. Rest of food excellent with good portions. My chicken in particular was spicy and tender.

Amazing night out and great food. There was 30 of us and service was superb!!!

Can not rate this venue highly enough. Catered for my "large....ish" birthday group superbly. Thank you very much

This restaurant could not be anything other than 5☆. One of the most amazing places we visit on a regular basis. The staff are wonderful always attentive and we are now all good friends. We have introduced so many of our friends to this restaurant that it's a regular favourite for them also. Keep up the good work boys. We love you all.

Best restaurant I've been to in Chelmsford, Could not fault the Rose of India at all.

This place is absolutely amazing. the food is divine and the staff and service is wonderful. so much to choose from and is always hot and tastes magnificent. apart from being a bit noisy sometimes, it's such an amazing experience and have been more times to count. would recommend to anyone!!

very Clean,Friendly service, Great ATMOSPHERE, GREAT Food,Reasonable priced

Best Indian Restaurant in Chelmsford by far.

Food and drinks were excellent, unfortunately, there was a group of about 15 males who obviously felt they needed to shout at each other all the time, which meant normal conversation was impossible.

First time at this venue and certainly won't be my last. From service to food was excellent. Chicken was melt in the mouth, flavours were awesome. I have eaten in quite a few curry houses, but this is possibly the best I have been in. I will be planning a return visit very soon!

Asked for lamb got chicken. Wrong rice. Watery madras and a nothing king prawn balti. Had ok/good meals in the past. Complained and offered free takeaway next time but that was such pointless meal. I can cook better than that. So I may just give it a miss even with a free takeaway. 2☆ only because offer of free takeaway. Just an honest experience

it's just the best. been going for over a year , every Friday. Never had a bad meal.

Consistently good. Excellent service and delicious. Dine in experience is better than take away.

Packed six course yesterday evening excellent value

I have tried other restaurants, but in my opinion, the Rose of India is the best around for delicious Indian food. I have eaten at their restaurant and had many takeaways. The staff are always very friendly and most importantly the food is outstanding.