Shagor in Southend-on-Sea

Buffet is good value though can lack in quality and menu dishes are good. Problem with Shagor is they seem reluctant to provide a super hot spicy dish like many of the local Indian restaurants even when you order a vindaloo. I am off down to them tonight as a solo eater and I presume nothing will change. Staff and surroundings are good at a fairly reasonable price.

We have been to this restaurant twice, last night 14th June 24 and about a year ago. Went for Buffet. Hardly any choice for starter this time round only tandoori chicken, tiny onion bharji's 2p coin size and quite hot spice veg samosa. No mint sauce offered which took ages to arrive and not very tasty. No labels but a list 10 feet away and couldn't identify if the dished matched the wording. The best dish was the bright red vegetarian sweet curry which was probably tikka masala sauce with onions and peppers. The lamb was very tough I tasted one piece and didn't bother. Tasted my friends lamb and also though it was tough. Naan was nice but plain. Not much choice for vegetarians which 2 out of the 6 of us were.Definitely won't be giving this a 3rd chance.

Friday Buffet and our first time visit in the early evening. Lots of choice on the serve-yourself Buffet. Included Chicken Tikka Masala, a Meat Jalfrezi, Vegetable options and Naan. I think that the Buffet options change every week? Staff were very friendly and the restaurant is deceptively large inside with lots of tables and space. The Buffet itself was good value at around £13 each but the spicing overall was very mild, which actually might suit a lot of people!

First visit to this restaurant to try the buffet offering. Quite disappointed to be honest. None of the dishes were labelled and as we had two vegetarians in our party it wasn't easy for them to select their food. When we did find out what was veggie friendly the disappointment increased as their options were very minimal meaning they definitely did not get value for money. The other non veggie options were all very bland and had no hint of spice at all the one type of naan offered was dull and soggy. We left disappointed and won't be returning. Sorry

brilliant delivery time...AWWSOME food! thank you 😊 x

food and service as good as always

Food late, they didn't read my order notes and the "meat" was so tough it was inedible. First and last order from here.

We live nearby but had never tried the restaurant. Was pleasantly surprised with a good buffet and great value for money.

The food arrived 2 hrs after I paid for my food. The food was stone cold. I called the restaurant and they just said I was too far away!…….I live 20 mins away! This restaurant should not have accepted the order in the first place if they can’t deliver.

The Thai fishcakes tasted like fried spam

Order arrived wrong, phoned the restaurant and was told they were sorry and next time to speak to the manager and they’d give a free meal. Phoned up next time to try and claim the free meal and was told that they don’t do that and they won’t do it. The manager was extremely rude and we will unfortunately not order from here again. Shame as it was one of our favourite places to order!

Food arrived lovely and hot.. Will definitely order again

I upgraded my naan breads only to receive the plain ones then to be told. I had to wait because they were busy, even though they do this every week, so I went in to collect myself received them and then they were burnt, and was told I would get a partial refund, and I didn’t. I was offered a free drink as well and I didn’t get that. I’m extremely disappointed with this service. I order all the time I felt like they just didn’t care this time

Food was ok not fantastic a bit tasteless,but only lukewarm which I can’t understand seeing it didn’t come that far away.

Honestly don’t bother. Booked a collection only to arrive at the time for the manager to laugh and say it would be at least another 20 minutes because it was a “big order”. Restaurant empty and the watched him then bag up 3 other orders waiting to be delivered. Manager then started shouting at me to sit down, despite me explaining I’d rather not sit. I doubt he’d have spoken to a bloke in the same way. Another member of staff came out and apologised for the manager saying he was “stressed”. Foo

The food was flavourful, and arrived very quickly. But it was slightly cold. And we ordered a Bhuna and Do-piaza, both which are supposed to be medium/hot. But they were very mild. I understand not everyone wants mega spice, but a bit of warmth would have been good. Due to this I most likely wouldn’t return. But I reckon this would be a good place to order from for a family who like to try others curry’s and don’t like too much spice.

Food was not good at all which is unusual for the shagoor but it was very watery and lacking in flavour, not good at all

Food was much spicier than normal, couldn’t eat the samosas….

Great taste, great portion size, just what I wanted. 5/5 stars thank you

Lovely ordered something different to usual was nice , delivery man was nice

Fast delivery. I enjoyed the food and will order again.

Very very bland poor quality oil no flavors

Steaming hot, fresh and tasty couldn’t ask for more and never get any less. fantastic

This was actually the worst Indian I have ever had which is really annoying as I was looking forward to eating it. The Tarka Dal and Veg Curry were not even full portions as they went just over half way on the tins. The taste is what the worst part was. They also got my order wrong. I ordered a vegetable Madras and they gave me a Vegetable masala which was thick with oil.

The restaurant let us know it was late, so not a problem. It was a big order. Food was fresh and hot and delicious.

First time ordering and can’t fault it! Every dish was spot on.

Always great food. Was delivered very quickly considering it was Friday as well. Thanks Shagor!

Felt that the vegetables in the curry and Bombay potatoes were a little too underdone for me

All takeaways in Southend are rank

All of our meal was lovely thankyou.

Fantastic delivery. Delicious food 5* from us :)

Delivered early by friendly staff. Food hot, tasty and packed well. Thank you.

I understand delivery was some distance from the restaurant, but I had to put the food into the microwave.

Good hot food delivered on time even though it was late when we ordered. Thank you.

Delicious food, the labelling for two curries were the wrong way round though (which we only discovered after starting to eat them, so toolatetoswap).

Very enjoyable lots of meat and excellent portions Thank you

Good quality and hot and plenty of it.

I always order from here however this time the chicken was quite tough and woody!

Tasty , quality bhaji's every time

Fresh and delicious as always. My favourite Indian will never order from any where else

Nice food but very little chicken in the chicken biriany I mean very little difficult to find it .

Very tasty and delicious food, we really enjoyed. Thank you!

Another nice takeaway from Shagor.

Arrived 30 mins early and piping hot

Would expect at least 1 poppadom when spending £40 but oh well

Disappointed. Tasteless and watery Massalla sauce. Less than than generous sized nann bread. Wouldn't rush to go back.

Stunning food, my go to Indian! Never been bad from here, ever. Thank you.

Best onion bhajees we’ve had in a long time!

Food arrived cold, cold curry isn’t nice. The popadoms were stale, so stale I could bend them without them cracking. The chips were wet and soggy. Disappointing because the chicken itself in the bhuna was soft, it fell apart, it was just cold so not the best. And items missing. Won’t try it again unfortunately :o(

Usually have no problems but this time they didn't pay attention to the written request and sent the wrong thing for one of the dishes. Really disappointed

First time i have ordered from Shagor, Everything was lovely we really enjoyed it

Worse Indian I’ve ever had, so oily and the rice was mushy! Most of it went in the bin

Love Shagor, always the go to place if we are getting Indian, eat in or taken away is the same - lovely

Good delivery service, and great food

Delicious food and the staff are always very friendly and helpful. Always my go to for Indian food.

When the food arrived it was outstanding as always from the shagor just a shame it was delayed

Always great food from the Shagor, delicious and hot.

Amazing food, quick delivery and friendly service

Food is always good, good portions and tasty, what happened to the days of complimentary poppadoms... 50 quid spent for 3 people...

Lovely takeaway, great with allergies. Food was delicious and wasn't too long to wait. Will definitely order again!

Bhajis a bit soggy, portions a lot smaller than previously, did not get the lime pickle of onion salad ordered :o(

Food was delicious and delivered promptly And hot

Lovely will definitely order again

Food was late and also had bits missing

Our order was on time, hot and delicious.

Always fantastic food on time hot tasty and thoroughly enjoyed by all

Lovely food !on time , reasonable portions

First time trying and wow! Amazing and will be ordering again. Thank you

Small portions only few pieces of chicken so disappointed

Lovely food, but I knew that as I've eaten in-restaurant before. I got a call when it arrived, as the delivery lady doesn't do lifts (I did put on my order that I'm in a tower block!) and I had to go down to collect it. On asking if it wasn't her normal job, she said that she was just helping out on her way home(?). If it happens again, I'll order elsewhere.

Delicious, best Indian I’ve had for ages.

The sauces were watery and very bland, very disappointing.

This restaurant is so good. I have been going for nearly 20 years, salad has changed recently and it's better. Delicious all round.

This place never let's me down. Great grub.

Ordered a chicken jalfrezi. It used to come with a lot of chicken, onions, peppers, and chillies. This was way less chicken and nothing else but a tasteless sludge for a sauce. No spice whatsoever. I gave up after a few mouthfuls. Such a difference to the past. Must be an off day.

Really very good, will order again soon!

New to trying this one, unfortunately food was very very greasy and lots of watery liquid on the plate, few items were cold, everything taste the same could not tell the difference between the curry and the potato’s bit disappointed won’t use again.

Tasty. The most flavoursome chicken.

Not the tastiest curry I've had. Lacked the freshness and punch that a dhansak should have. But not inedible. Seemed tastier when I had previously at the restaurant. Today's was take away.

Absolutely lovely food , it's my first time ordering from here food was hot and delicious delivery lady was lovely , I will definitely be ordering from here again

Fast delivery and well presented. Really didn’t tingle my tastebuds though. Dish lacked salt and flavour,

Always order from shagor but the prawn on puri was not up to their usual standard. The pancake was well over cooked it just crumbled

Unfortunately the order arrived without the 2 portions of onion bhajees. We called the restaurant and by the time they arrived (only 1 and a half portions) we had finished the meal. How do I arrange a credit for the missing bhajees?

The Manager put the phone down on me when i nicely explained my mains came in a small dish. I could understand the confusion between a main tikka and tikka masala but to arrive in a small container with max 5 pieces of chicken is NO way a large tikka. Rude and will not be returning. £8 for that. Well that was for my children to share but will stick with our usual place. Will be sharing this experience

Vegetable curry had chipped potatoes in it

Been using Sharon for years, both delivery and in the restaurant. The most consistent, top quality food. Never a bad meal, great staff, friendly delivery drivers. Guaranteed a tasty fresh meal.

Like many, my family Christmas was cancelled last minute due to covid and I had no food in! This meal made my Christmas. Delicious food, super fast delivery and a really lovely delivery driver. Thank you! :)

Food always good hot and quality food thanks again

We always have our curry takeaways from the Shagor and yet to be disappointed.👍👍👍

Food was outstanding. Very happy with the quality and will definitely order from here again.

The food was great,but the delivery guy was utterly rude.

The food was absolutely delicious

Best Indian takeaway around. Always tasty and hot. Thank you.

Really great service and food as always!!!

Fantastic food as always! Very tender meat and amazing food all round

Really disappointing . We ordered meat samosa for starter & onion Bhanji for starters . Very greasy . Tiny portions . Thought it was a mistake to be told when I rang to complain that they are the portion sizes . Not very helpful & certainly not good customer service .. won’t be rushing back there for a take away or going to the restaurant any time soon .

Great service very satisfied went like clock work food was piping hot and delicious as always thank you 🙏

Always quality food & great service from the Shagor.

Very nice food, will order again

Opened the bag to a tray of madras smashed everywhere and one popadom to the three pots of dip ordered Usually really good but this was pretty poor