Sahara Grill in Redbridge

Saad was very good. Just the food and menu needs a revamp. Same old menu since 2010 or something.

Steak was nice. But a bit small in size but overall good

Food good but too expensive. Plus chicken steak is very tiny. Service great. They need to make the portions bigger for the price paid

We had an amazing experience at Sahara Grill, Cranbrook Rd, Gants Hill, Ilford IG2 6HW, thanks to Nazrul’s exceptional hospitality and customer service. From the moment we booked our Iftar dinner, he ensured everything was seamless and well-organized. His warm and welcoming attitude made us feel truly valued as guests. Throughout the evening, he was attentive, accommodating, and went above and beyond to ensure we had a wonderful dining experience. We truly appreciate his dedication and professionalism. Thank you, Nazrul, for making our Iftar so special! Highly recommended Nazrul’s service with dedication earns him a well-deserved 5-star rating.

We had an amazing experience at Sahara Grill, Cranbrook Rd, Gants Hill, Ilford IG2 6HW, thanks to Nazrul’s exceptional hospitality and customer service. From the moment we booked our Iftar dinner, he ensured everything was seamless and well-organized. His warm and welcoming attitude made us feel truly valued as guests. Throughout the evening, he was attentive, accommodating, and went above and beyond to ensure we had a wonderful dining experience. We truly appreciate his dedication and professionalism. Thank you, Nazrul, for making our Iftar so special! Highly recommended — Nazrul’s service with dedication earns him a well-deserved 5-star rating.

I called Sahara Grill to make an order and I specifically asked them to put the three orders I made in separate bags as 2 order was for another family and 1 was for me. After, I then went to collect my order and made the payment of £126.85 and they mixed the orders together so I went home with no iftar.

Review for Sahara Grill (Visited on Thursday, 27th February 20:30): Our visit to Sahara Grill on 27th February was fantastic from start to finish. We were greeted with a warm welcome by the manager, who has been working there for over a decade—his experience and hospitality really set the tone for a great evening. Our waiter, Nazrul Bhai, was equally exceptional, ensuring we had a wonderful experience. He even arranged additional portions of freshly cooked fried onions for all five of us—a thoughtful touch that added to the meal. The food was outstanding! The BBQ beef burger was juicy and flavorful, and the mutton chops were tender and smoky. Every dish was cooked to perfection. While the prices are slightly high, the quality of the food, the manager’s warm welcome, and waiters like Nazrul Bhai’s excellent service, make it worth it. If it were more budget-friendly, I’d visit more often! Highly recommended for a memorable dining experience!

We visited last night with family. We ordered half chicken with rice and fries. Chips portion was good so rice. I found rice was very plain. They can make it bit flavourful. Rice was was not warm.

I ordered the Sauté Combo, and the portion was good. The meat was tender and tasty. You can choose between rice or fries, but I think both should be included—without them, the dish feels a bit dry. A pita bread on the side would make it even better. With extra rice, this meal is great for two adults and two kids to share. The service was good, and the staff was friendly and helpful. I’ve also been to Sahara Grill Leyton, which felt a bit fancier. Ilford could improve on small things, but overall, it was a good experience.

Always enjoy here, whether it be steak, burgers or satay. 👍👍

I am sorry to say but what’s the hype about this place ? I had a good burger over 10 years ago which was good I remember. But this time I visited with friends and ordered a sharing platter. The rice was good, the grilled chicken pieces were not freshly cooked, you can it from look and taste! The four wings were rock hard which clearly cooked at least few days back and refried again , out of four chops one was so tiny! Only good thing was some sort of chicken pieces with gravy sauce! No salad or sauce that comes with food! Like you get with other grill places. I would recommend everyone Nando’s or any Turkish grill restaurant other than this ! Not going back anymore!!! The only thing was fantastic is the service!!!

Lovely food, amazing staff and hospitality, Nazrul took excellent care of us. Would highly recommend. Also have a spacious Prayer room which is perfect!

Me and my family of 4 just ate the Sahara original chicken steak and was so good. There portions are good sizes especially the fries and coleslaw. We were served by Nazrul today and he was very kind and attentive and very hospitable. We had a great time there. There Halloumi cheese with sweet and sour sauce was great not salty like other Halloumi cheese.

I would like to see going to Sahara Grill feels like having a Premier service. Nazrul is always extremely polite and helpful, and at your service he will make you feel very important and and is always polite and very professional he works extremely Hard and I wish he can always be recognised for his hard work and hospitality

Cranbrook Rd (Gants Hill) Branch - Great tasting food as always. Thank you to Nazrul who demonstrated excellent customer service!

The food was great and service too, Mazhar

Lovely service from Nizzar made us feel welcome and was very polite and helpful. Food was lovely too

The food was delicious and the service from Nazrul was amazing. I would most definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone in the area because of the excellent food and service provided.

Great service! I accidentally dropped a drink and our server Mazhar kindly cleaned it up and gave us a new drink on the house. The food came quickly and was absolutely amazing!! Thank you for having us :))

I went today, but it’s very disappointment not nice food at all very very bad

Food amazing and lovely service from Nazrul.

The service by mazhar was excellent. Food was very nice and the experience welcoming.

The food is good and Mazhar's service was on point.

The food was delicious. I’d say one of the best sahara grill branches I’ve been to. Great service from all the staff. Very pleased. Special mention to Mazhar who was very kind and went out his way to bring my takeaway bag to me as I forgot about it and almost left it behind. Thank you

Nazrul very nice and care guy thanks for everything

Mutton chops with chips was my meal, flawless.

Great customer service by Fahim. Food was delicious. Highly recommended.

Amazing service offered by all. Azhar was outstanding with how he served us. Thank you

Thank you Nazrul, fantastic service

Great food and absolutely amazing service by Nizzar, will definitely be back again!

Hey guy’s, seriously! You need to visit this place! The good is amazing and the service 5 star. Nazrul really looked after me and my family, very professional, he made us all feel welcome, he was personable and highly attentive to our needs. Nazrul and the whole team, thank you so much for facilitating a perfect afternoon. Special thanks to the Chef, the food was cooked to perfection and tasted amazing.

Amazing food and phenomenal service from Mazhar, he went above and beyond to make it a great evening.

Excellent service from Nizzar. He was absolutely amazing and continuously made sure everything was going well and made us feel comfortable. Food was amazing and fresh. 5 starts all the way

Food is good for Spice Lovers , me & family don't like spicy food. The restaurant environment and service is good. After finding the spice , they have changed our food.

5 star food and 5 star service from Nazrul

Service food everything was great thanks especially to my brother fahim the waiter

Great food! Quantity and service are amazing. Mazhar was quite friendly and great customer service. Will definitely come again.

Beautiful experience.Well presented tables and staff who are extremely attentive. Great welcome by chef in a gleaming service area. The only thing I never like there is the light cutlery; heavier ones would enhance the status of the best grill in a run-down part of my home town Leyton. I had the traditional fish n chips as I'd had before and wanted my companion to see the high quality at a good price. In the past I've had the lamb. There's plenty time to try the whole menu. The crumble and custard is a firm favourite every time. Need some cheaper dishes for pensioners. Bravo. I'll be back.

Excellent food. Excellent service from fahim.

Had a fantastic dining experience! The food was delicious, the atmosphere was great, and the service was top-notch. A special thanks to Fahim for his excellent service—friendly, attentive, and made the meal even better. Highly recommend!

It was a great experience here. Fahim gave us a wonderful service.

Great place for dinner, service was excellent - Mazhar was extremely helpful and professional!

Fahim was amazing, very polite and went out of his way to make sure our request was met

Lovely food and nice atmosphere, great service from Abdur-Rahmaan. - HIGS Solutions

We're four friends visited last night In the Sahara grill in Cranbrook road. The food wasn't as good as expected. The Chicken was over night cooked, smelly, clearly showing the sign of not freshly cooked, taste funny. Lamb chops has barley meat in it, cover with lots of onions. chicken wings very very tiny. Not recommended,👎

Had a wonderful experience, the restaurant was clean and the food was fresh. Fahim our server was very professional and provided and excellent service. Should definitely consider coming back.

Excellent food and Nazrul was exceptional in providing service. Very respectful and friendly!

The meal was exceptional; I recommend the lamb chops and ribeye steak. Mazhar provided excellent and courteous service, contributing to a very pleasant dining experience. From Jawhar

Amazing food and the service from Abdur-Rahman eat exceptional. He kept us updated about the slight wait as it was busy but well worth it.

Amazing food and excellent service by Nazrul

Sahara Grill in ilford, I highly recommend this place. Staff are always great and provide a good service. Nazrul was very helpful and prompt with our order today. Great service 👍🏻.

The food was amazing. Fahim helped us throughout. Best experience ever in sahara grill.

We regularly visit Sahara Gants Hill (family of six with infant). Today we were met with an exceptional new member of staff . The young lad (Mr Abdur Rahman) went above and beyond looking after us. We would like to thank to you with a five star review and hope to be served by again in the near future. Thank you bud ! 🙂

I am a regular visitor too this place and cannot fault either the food or service . On this occasion was served by Fahim who's service was impeccable. Highly recommend.

Great Food , and a thank you to Nizzar

Food was fresh and very tasty topped with excellent service from Mazhar 👍

We had lunch and found the food to be excellent. The service was good. We were served by Mr Nazrul who provided excellent service. He was very polite, hospitable and courteous. He also displayed excellent customer service and PR services. We throughly enjoyed our luncheon experience.

I came to Sahara grill Gants Hill and was served by Fahim, just want to say he looked after us amazingly. Everything we asked for was on point and he was really quick to serve our food and really quick with any requests that we had. Great customer service thank you Fahim!

Nice food, my son loved the burger and chicken sautee. Shout out to Nizzar who has provided great service with a smile

The food was amazing .Special thanks to mr Nazrul for splendid service .hope to visit the place soon

Amazing food amazing service by waiter Fahim, would definitely come again and would definitely recommend to others.

Mazhar was amazing very good attention to detail and exceeded our expectations

Very good customer service by Mazhar . Will definitely come back gain

Lamb fillet steak with picante gravy was out class 10/10 herbi wing was delicious as well and service from mazhar was excellent 10/10

Great food and nazarul hosted us very well

food was good but the service from nazarul was even better. impeccable customer service from him.

Mazhar provided excellent customer service he was very polite, understanding, and very hospitable. He was always on hand and waited on us the whole time we were there.

Mazhar given excellent service from start to finish. Very helpful and attentative. I love the portion size taht they give and there picante sauce and chicken sauce is very complimentary to the food. Will alway recommend sahara grill

Really enjoy the evening with my family here on Wednesday. Have to leave a review for great customer service by Fahim. Highly recommended.

Nazrul gave amazing service and hosted us really well. Food and especially the service was 10/10

We come quite often and always have a wonderful experience. This evening Nazrul really looked after us and we will be coming again.

Food was delicious and portions of the sharing platters comfortably accommodated three adults and two children. We had the buffalo wings, the sauce was spicy and piquant, really delicious. We also had the saute combo sharing platter and beef fajitas. Salaam cola was also on the menu, so of course we grabbed the opportunity to have an ethical cola. We were also given a complimentary house chilli sauce. Which was hot and delicious a great accompaniment to the dishes. Bathrooms were pleasant and clean (always a big plus), the hand soap was attached a bit low but we managed to use it fine. Last but not least, service was amazing, Nazrul was kind and pleasant, he went out of his way to ensure we had everything we needed. The main attraction for the kids was the robot waiter which bought the dishes to the table, she spoke and got annoyed when other customers stood in her way! All in all we left stuffed and happy.

Ordered a steak, tenders and sautéed steak. Tasted delicious as usual. The only place I know the taste will always be amazing.

Fahim provided a great service and the meal was excellent. The food was cooked fresh - steak was cooked perfectly too!!!

Great food, especially the dynamite shrimps, Mazhar provided some great recommendations!

The Lamb Shank and Beef Burgers were absolutely amazing, and had a very welcoming experience from our waiter Nazrul. Would definitely come again soon.

Thank you Nazmul for your excellent service and attention. The food was wonderfully and service too.

Stars are rated otherwise. I'm sure there were more than these dishes listed, but I don't remember those were. But my experience here was something that I won't forget. Don't remember if I had come here before. We will isA come again.

Been here twice in the last month. We thoroughly enjoy the food and atmosphere.

Amazing service from nizzar best member of staff at sahara gants hill

Went there yesterday with my friend and it did not disappoint. Food was great and very good customer service from Nazrul.

First time in Sahara grill. Had a wonderful time with family

Visited with wife, mum and aunt. Great food as always - Nizar was a standout waiter.

I recently dined at Sahara Grill, and it was an exceptional experience! The steak was cooked to perfection—juicy, tender, and bursting with flavor. The lamb chops were equally impressive, beautifully seasoned, and grilled to just the right level of tenderness. What truly elevated our visit, though, was the outstanding service from our waiter, Abdurrahmaan Saqib. He was attentive, friendly, and went above and beyond to ensure we had a memorable dining experience. His recommendations were spot-on, and his professionalism added a personal touch to our evening. I highly recommend Sahara Grill for anyone looking for great food and excellent service. We’ll definitely be returning soon!

It's ok food. Not something I would yearn for but good enough nonetheless. A little pricey though compared to alternatives in the area.

I visited this restaurant with my friends and I saw a short chubby man who was eating of everyone else’s plate whilst serving them. One other person also noticed this and addressed this. I think this is unacceptable and I’ve never witnessed this before in any other restaurant. I think next time we will be visited the Leyton branch. With no disrespect I’m assuming he loves his food which is fine but you CANT EAT OF CUSTOMERS FOOD PLATES. Please can the management of Sahara grill speak to him and issue him with a disciplinary. Thank you

Order: 114263 Server: Nazrul I visited the restaurant today, 02/01/2025, at 14:29 hrs with my family. As expected, the service was outstanding, 5 stars. I have been a customer for over 15 years, and my experience has always been great. Especially today, Nazrul went the extra mile. Nazrul, thank you for serving us; your efforts have been appreciated. Best wishes.

Order: 114263 Server: Nazrul I visited the restaurant today, 02/01/2025, at 14:29 hrs with my family. As expected, the service was outstanding, 5 stars. I have been a customer for over 15 years, and my experience has always been great. Especially today, Nazrul went the extra mile. Nazrul, thank you for serving us; your efforts have been appreciated. Best wishes.

Nizzar provided excellent service and the food was delicious MashaAllah

Me & my husband coming here for over 10 years. Food is always amazing - fresh, beautifully served and flavourful. My all time favourite is Sahara chicken steak, but I love everything I had from there. Service is always on point as well, but we feel extremely welcomed when Nazrul is there. He’s very professional, welcoming, attentive and friendly. Nazrul is always greeting us with the kind smile and nothing is too much for him to make our dinning experience special every time we are in Sahara grill.

Good food and fantastic service by Nazrul really happy kids also love the food.

Food was tasty. However, we realized that service was bad as waiter wahab is treated like strangers and he did biasness with us and other customers.

We went as group of five people for a Christmas evening out meal. We ordered Sahara Feast platter & Sahara chops and fish bites. After reading good reviews, we were disappointed with the quantity and quality of food considering the high price we were charged. The table didn’t even have a tablecloth and the quantity of food was disappointing. The bill came to about £96. The mutton chops in our sharing platter and on its own, were a miniature size, never seen such small chops before in any of the restaurants I had visited. They even gave us the wrong fish dish, because it wasn’t in breadcrumbs, they gave us a what looks like a half a small sea bass fillet. God knows who is leaving all those excellent reviews because all five of us concluded that we would never go back again.

My wife and I visit this restaurant every couple of months and leave happy every single time. Today we came and were treated well by Nizzar, the food was served quick and of high quality.

Food was excellent and Nazrul provided great service

Banging steak, one of the best at a reasonable price too.

Excellent food, excellent service by Nizzar. Very courteous and prompt!

This place never disappoints! Thanks to Abdul Wahab for the great service

Served by nazrul. Incredible food, lamb shank was divine! Service was so good especially for our large party of 20!

Food was great. Service was on point. Mazhar was an excellent host! Great service. Will be back!