Saffron Tandoori in Rochford

Great food, great service as always. We will be back.

The staff at the Saffron were very polite and welcoming, food was amazing, we had chicken Pakkora for starter and a lovely Madas, best curry I’ve had for sometime. Will certainly be back again!

food arrived cold and stunk of tobacco smoke. straight to the bin!!!!

I walk past the restaurant 3 days of the week and everyday my nose has the best time! My only Indian takeaway!

Our order arrived on time and driver was friendly but the food was really disappointing. It was luke warm and tasted so bland. Mostly sauce and hardly any meat. Naans were wet. I’m sorry to say I won’t be ordering from here again.

Delicious curries, authentic flavour and fragrance. The Chicken Makhani was excellent, rich flavour and great texture, the korma sweet and light. Top quality meals.

Saffron Tandoori is an absolute gem when it comes to Indian cuisine. From the moment you step inside, you’re greeted with a warm and inviting atmosphere that perfectly complements the aromatic spices wafting from the kitchen. The menu offers a fantastic selection of traditional Indian dishes, each prepared with incredible attention to detail and bursting with authentic flavors. I had the pleasure of trying their chicken tikka masala, and it was hands down the best I’ve ever tasted. The chicken was tender and juicy, while the sauce was rich and creamy with the perfect blend of spices. Their naan bread was also a standout—fluffy, perfectly cooked, and an ideal companion to the main dishes. The service at Saffron Tandoori is top-notch. The staff are friendly, attentive, and always ready with great recommendations if you’re unsure what to order. Whether you’re a long-time fan of Indian food or trying it for the first time, Saffron Tandoori offers an unforgettable dining experience that will leave you eager to return. Highly recommended!

Visited here on the 31st of May with another couple was shown to our table sat in the bay window which was nice restaurant was a bit busy but good vibes for a Friday but that’s as good as it got Once we had ordered our food we had to wait a while I understand if your busy but our food was cold the portions seem to have got smaller but the prices have increased I said to our friends did they want to send it back but they had traveled 5 hours and were very hungry and just wanted to eat there meal Not at any point did a member of staff ask if everything was ok so I don’t know if it is under new management but the saffron I remember wasn’t like this My wife popped in to the restaurant on the Sunday evening and all we was told was oh sorry I used to order a takeaway from here but as from now I’m sorry I won’t be spending my hard earned cash in this restaurant if this is the service I’m going to receive

I recently visited the saffron on the 31st may the food was at very bad quality. The food was cold. I had to keep getting somebody’s attention to actually get out older and get another lot of drinks. They never asked us if we were happy used to always have takeaways from there, but I thought just for once I’ll try it inside, but I don’t think I’ll ever be going back there

Very bland luke warm food and was early evening so very disappointing made worse as I was meeting up with a friend haven't seen in a while and they were in a rush to get our mains ordered and get us out as they wanted the table, 1st time there sadly won't be going back

amazing food. fresh, tasty and plenty of it.

Wouldn’t come back! food is just edible.Service is terrible took 1 hour for food to come and 1 hour for them to take a food order.They got orders wrong multiple times rather just of stayed at home!

Food lovely as always & staff are very friendly

Amazing food, fresh and plenty of it! tasted beautiful!

4th visit , never disappoints. Food , excellent for vegetarians , staff so polite & caring .

Went here with my partner started our poppadoms me being very disabled went to the toilet and got asked to leave they thought I was drunk I had my crutches with me I tried to explaine but they was so rude it's really upset me my advice never go there if your disabled as for the food never got that far to try it

Disappointing. The food here is usually great. Ordered via just eat and was prepared to wait because it was a Saturday night. Unfortunately, it took over 2 hours. The app pushed it back. When the order finally arrived, the food was stone cold. Called the restaurant as directed by the just eat App and was advised to call just eat. Just eat have no numbers I could find in the app. Googled just eat only to find the automated number cut you off even if you said you were a customer or the restaurant

rice was nice. korma cold and very watery and only 6 pieces of chicken bits. barjees cold so was bombay potatoe . won't be ordering again

Unfortunately food was cold and we had to microwave, other than that tasted ok.

Great lamb balti this evening. Best curry i’ve had in a very long time:)

Cold/late, did not taste as expected and small portions

Was an hour and half late and was cold. Called the restaurant 3-4 times to be told it’s on its way when it obviously wasn’t

Food was nice just took 2 hours 30 minutes from ordering it to eating it

Great quality, delivered on time, will order again

Been here on numerous occasions & never had a bad meal.

Food was amazing, lovely restaurant, but I only had 1 gripe but that's just me, worth a visit

It was a an very spicy chicken tikka mandala.

Great menu with great flavours and well presented.

Really bland taste. It was like the herbs and spices had been missed out of all of the dishes

Wonderful evening, great food, welcoming atmosphere, polite and precise staff give a professional experience along with great tasting food.

Food arrived hot and fresh by friendly driver. Very tasty

Great food, only one criticism, we would have liked a big fluffy nann instead of a very thin and crisp one. Will definitely be going back.

It’s bad enough they give themselves an hour to cook a curry but to be 30 mins late is unacceptable

Excellent food. Very enjoyable atmosphere for a group meal.

The meal came 30 minutes late and had to reheat the whole meal, driver said late due to it raining 😣😣

PoppAdoms stale. Rice cold and food not as good as it tastes when you are in the restaurant.

I just wish there was more cauliflower in the aloo gobi but otherwise completely satisfied

Tasty food and delivery on time. Perfect!

Lovely food, great service, and a lovely atmosphere

Can't fault the staff, as very friendly. However I'm a big lover of salt and found all the dishes overpowered by it. My husband who doesn't have much salt because of blood pressure had to leave all of his. I found the salt content so high that the next day I had a headache and was drinking copious amounts of water. As I said I love salt. The place is lovely and the staff friendly though.

Delicious takeaway as always. Highly recommend

Great restaurant, the food is always amazing and the staff are friendly and provide very good service. Recommended.

Best Indian in Rayleigh. Lovely food.

Still the best Indian around. If you’re looking for quality food that’s value for money this is the place to go. Friendly staff and the bottles of kingfisher/bangla/cobra are ice cold!! I had the mixed grill for a change was best I’ve ever had.

Great food and quick delivery :)

Tasty food and delivered on time.

Not very good. First time I’ve ordered from here. And as for the Tandoori Sabzi it was disgraceful. £4-95 for a very small piece of broccoli. An even smaller pepper. 2 slices of small carrot. A little bit of onion and about half a mushroom. Looked like leftovers. Don’t think I’ll be ordering again. Sorry

Was late on delivery but worth the wait, always get a tasty meal first class!

Great food and quick delivery 👍🏻

Nice but very little cauliflower if aloo gobi

Always great food from Saffron! Lovely meal, thank you!

Great food, great delivery time

Really tasty and lots of it Thank you

We ordered for my daughters birthday and we were very disappointed about her main meal and the dish she revived was not as expected if was £4 I think for a leg of chicken that was mainly bone and fat no chicken to actually eat she could there for not eat as she has a phobia of eating bones We rang The restaurant to ask for a refund as says nothing about having bones in and said food quality was good they said they would refund but I needed to bring the bone to them. This was not possible as I do not drive and nor did him the way and customer service here was unacceptable he was quite rude in the end I gave up and he hung up mid call Not coming back here

Such a shame. The food was really good but had gone slightly cold. This is of no fault of the Saffron as when I called they stated they were waiting for a driver. Really confused that the app showed my food delivered at 20:30 hrs even though it was not even on route!

Been to the Saffron twice and on both occasions it was a pleasant experience, the food is good - although the portions are smaller than average, which may not be a bad thing as we did not waste any - the prices are definitely more reasonable than other local Indian restaurants I've been to, and the staff are very nice and welcoming. The only downside was that we didn't have much room on our round table and I could not push the chair back as there was no room to do so, this was a small gripe but all in all a very nice restaurant and I shall be returning.

Always liked the food you get from the saffron, can't think of a bad meal from there, so very happy to order from there!

Best restaurant in Rayleigh, delicious menu.

As a vegan this was really lovely. It is hard to find a variety of delicious options at times for Indian cuisine with these dietary requirements, it was nice for once to have an alternative of a dish I used to have growing up; a lovely chicken tikka masala. The alternative 'chicken' was soft and the sauce you would not be able to tell the difference. I look forward to trying the other vegan chicken and lamb options.

I am so disappointed with my takeaway last night. The estimated delivery time was 8.05pm- 8.25pm but the food didn’t ultimately arrive to 9.10pm!! There was no update on the app and I had to phone twice and to be honest I felt that I was being fobbed off. When I called the first time they said it would be another 10-15 minutes but that wasn’t the case. I called again at 9pm and told 5-6 minutes. Still not the case. When the food ultimately arrived it was luke warm at best. The chicken tasted burnt and was very chewy. I ordered 2 poppadoms and got about 7 but they didn’t taste fresh, they were chewy. I also had a second nann bread thrown in- luckily I checked what it was as it was a keema nan and I don’t eat lamb! I am so disappointed at the service and quality of food. This is the only Indian restaurant I have used since moving back to Rayleigh in 2021. Unless this issue is rectified I will not be ordering from here again. I expect to get a full refund. I would never have ordered the food if I knew it would take so long and the quality be so poor.

The food was cold when it arrived and took a long time to arrive. The Naan bread, onion Bhajis, and portions of rice were much smaller than in the past. The samosas were greasy; overall not as good as this restaurant used to be, we won’t use it again as there are other good Indian takeout restaurants in Rayleigh.

Love this place. Great food Staff very welcoming and friendly. One of the best Indian restaurants around.

Best curry i’ve had in a while. Genuinely satisfying.

Lovely food, unfortunately forgot chutneys

Driver left the restaurant but took ages to arrive. Food was cold as a result.

P have not received it yet and informed by the restaurant it will be aboy 19.30 now

Driver followed instructions. Good quality food.

Simply it was good food delivered quickly to a Premier Inn, save the day.

Eaten there, and had take aways from this restaurant for over 30 years, can't fault the food, and great portions to, lamb jalfrezi is a must!!

Driver was polite; arrived when it should. However, meal itself was not good. Chicken mega dry and sauce/masala was very runny. Was so thin, it was dripping off the chicken as id pick it up. Shame

Food was awful 😖 No way near what we have eaten in the restaurant. Korma sauce like water with barely any chicken, bhuna was greesy and floating in oil, onion bajees tasted off. Will definitely not be reordering.

I was definitely disappointed with the korma it was not right. The sauce was more like watery. Didn’t taste right. Which made me worry about the quality of the rest of it really. Pretty disappointing to be honest. I’ve had takeaway from you before and it was lovely but not happy today. I’ve also eaten in your restaurant before and that was lovely. So it was not good.

It was my mum an dads 51 st anniversary so I bought them an Indian. Thay said it was absolutely 💯 lovely 😊. Thanku. Xx

The estimated delivery time is nothing like the actual time and unfortunately I found this out after checking some time later on the app. No advise given in the confirmation email.

Delicious food and great service. We will definitely use again.

Enjoyed everything Nan a little small though

Very obliging with specific requests. Excellent food. Thank you, Saffron!

Cold slop ........ that I waited 2 hours for !!! Marked as received on the app however not received, had to call the restaurant to be told a driver has not been delegated but they use there own driver?..... poor quality of food ,wrong nan bread received and prawns where chewy !!!!!! I won't be coming back,

The food was still nice and hot at delivery. Lovely Indian food. Polite delivery driver Delicious. Really enjoyed our food. Thank you. Great service.

Group of 4 had an excellent meal here and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Great food with the only minor grumble being the naan bread size and type.

We’ve had good meals from this restaurant before and we like eating in. However, not only did it take nearly 90 minutes for the food to be delivered, but it was all cold. After we had the starters we reheated the rest in the oven. Shame.

Awful awful service, won’t be ordering from here again

Fantastic food as always, ready when requested.

Food was hot and on time. Aloo gobi tasted very strange and could not eat it. Lamb bhuna was fatty and had no flavour. Onion bhajis were soggy.

Booked a table for 10 of us on a Monday evening. Upon arrival we was greeted with a warm welcome by friendly staff. Drinks orders taken and swiftly brought over, we then ordered our food. The food was lovely! All cooked fresh, flavoursome and hot. Servers were attentive. A few of us also ordered desserts and coffees. We will definitely return as it was so nice, friendly and welcoming. Thank you ..

Have always had a great meal from this indian restaurant but tonight this fell way below the usual service. Not very good at all.

Came here saturday for a nice meal out with friends. There was 5 of us so we ordered poppadoms,10 of them.They came out after about 5 minutes and they was awful.When you break a poppadom they usually crack in half,no these didnt.They was obviously stale because they just ripped into pieces.They took them away and brought out new ones but these was only slighly better than the 1st lot.REALLY YOU CANT MAKE THEM FRESH.The mains all came out and one of my lot said hes was the best indian meal he has ever had,he loved it.Then another shocker happened,the galic nan bread was stone cold,not even tepid.Also my coconut rice didnt even taste of coconut.It is cheaper here than the other one i usually go to up the road but would i come back again,probably not,didnt even ask us if everything was ok with our food

Went here on a Friday evening. Restaurant was busy with a nice atmosphere. Service was good and food was excellent. Definitely on the up and is now my favourite Indian restaurant in Rayleigh.

The food from Saffron was absolutely amazing, by far the best Indian in Rayleigh

On time delivery, delicious food. The tadka dal was amazing, along with the biryani and dansak curry. Will order again soon! Thank you.

This was one of the best Indian meals I've ever had I've never really been to this place before but we was in rayleigh so we thought we would try this place I was amazed by the food it was all so beautiful even down the the lime pickles The service was spot on everything was perfect really I can see why this is the top Indian in rayleigh I've been to a few different Indians lately but I will be coming back here every time now

Chicken dhansak no good. Won't be ordering agsin sorry. Change chef 👨‍🍳

Lovely food...would definately order again.

I ordered in advance with a few hours notice, and was delivered right to my hotel room door, rather than be called outside etc... the lamb was lovely and tender and spiced wonderfully. I was only staying locally with work and the hotel had no chef.

We ordered chicken korma, chicken bhuna, prawn puri, chicken masala and coconut naan and it was all delicious, good quality and all nice and hot.

I have lived in Rayleigh for many years but never visited this restaurant until recently. I have been missing out. What wonderful food and atmosphere, friendly service and very good value for money. I will definitely be going again soon.

Food was very nice and hot. Great quality. Very spicy curry!

will only use them, top quality

Monday night we both agreed we had the best Indian Meal that we have ever had. We ate in and it was just delicious. The tastes were exquisite and my mouth is now watering thinking about it. I would highly recommend the King Prawn Suprise and the Amiri Pilau Rice. Wow fantastic!

Really nice food. One of the best chicken tikka sauces I have had ever. Portion size was also good.