The best restaurants in Halstead St Andrew's Braintree East of England

Disappointing. Went as a walk -in so wasn't expecting immediate service but to be fair they were fairly quick and the food was OK. But when I order a mixed kebab and all I get is meat, no salad despite the pictures on the wall I'm a little disappointed. And my order of houmous which turned out to be rice was just, well. Wrong. Add this to the ongoing and very loud argument behind the counter as I waited and it made for a most uncomfortable experience and I won't be returning. Let me be clear, the food I had was lovely, it just wasn't as advertised and the houmous was rice. I'm sure others will have a better time there.

We only use Curry Cottage because its refreshing nowadays to actually find real spices are used such as Fennel seed, Cardamon pods and Cinnamon sticks etc. We have tried other Indian restaurants in Halstead, but have found their food quite bland in comparison.

The Star of India is a fantastic discovery hidden away in the middle of Halstead. The food we ordered was delicious. Huge portions too ! And even better, 50% off our total because we collected our order. What a bargain ! This place is a little treasure. Highly recommend.

great take away, and good size portions

Customer service is good within the Hook, I always find myself disappointed whenever I receive food from them. When ordering a portion of cheesy chips typically they will wrap the portion in the paper which gets stuck on the chips. I find that their portion sizes are on the smaller size, especially when the cost is so high for ordering from them. The food itself is good which is the only redeeming quality, otherwise I would struggle to rate this business anything more than a 2*. The main feedback I'd pass onto the owner of this establishment is to review both their portion sizes and the packaging of the food.

This place is so good I can almost just vote 5 stars for all and be done with it. Seriously good! I've been using them for about 8 years since they were in the old building at the top of the hill. Had multiple birthdays here, multiple takeaways (I mean a lot). I have never had one issue at all. Every time I go back I'm blown away how good the food is, I'm almost like "do I remember it being THIS good?". Not oily, not heavy, perfect flavour, great choice, one of the only restaurants that actually make the Tikka masala properly madras hot (unlike others that think you can't take it and don't even make it that hot). Staff are like friends you've always known, service is fast. Atmosphere in the new place is to a really high standard. I could be here all day. Eat here with confidence, you will NOT be disappointed. Oh and did I mention the prices are very reasonable too. 5 stars all day long! Thanks guys!!

I have ordered take out before and it is great, the one time they forgot some of the stuff i ordered and when i complained just offered free garlic bread on my next order, recently I tried them again and enjoyed the ice cream, I walked there and the front door was opened I ask the man in there if i could buy some tubs of ice cream, i had to repeat that 3 times as he could not understand me, rudely told me no and that they were not open. I understood that they were not open but that is not how you speak to people let alone a customer. Could have just said politely that i could come back when they were open or something however i dont see the issue with letting me buy a couple of tubs, so will not be ordering from here again, very sad.

This is our regular place for takeaway, and usually the food is okay however i ordered fish, chips, battered sausage and curry sauce and the fish tasted like chemicals and so synthetic, including the batter. the battered sausage had been cut into so many times and i assume been left for so long that it was rubbery and cold and the chips were powdery, dry and cold. the only good thing was the curry sauce but even that was overly amazing. We’re usually happy with it and can actually stomach the meal however we barely made it through a couple bites. Really disappointed

I am visually impaired and a friend and I visited the Bull for lunch on Thursday. I was overwellmed by the consideration and help given to me by Ben. On top of which the food and service could not be bettered.

Recently celebrated a very special milestone birthday and was greeted by lovely friendly & happy staff that always go above and beyond for us when we visit! Even the Manager Marc bought me a drink for my birthday 🥂 bless him! Can’t fault the service at all, top notch! Thank you, you wonderful lot!!

A very disappointing visit, despite the efforts of our friendly and accommodating waitress. In the past I've had a few lovely meals and buffets in this venue, but have since moved away. Yesterday met up with my sister and the two of us were very disappointed at the menu choices. We ordered starter and main, only noticing afterwards the huge specials board sitting in the fireplace right next to us. My sister enjoyed her prawn cocktail. My tired looking whitebait was just about OK served on a bed of dry shredded lettuce, no dressing and no dip, just a small wedge of lemon. Mains of scampi and a burger (served without bun as requested) were very mediocre. I had a pud , rhubarb crumble with custard and ice cream, and that was DELICIOUS! I don't recall ever using the loos here on previous visits, but my goodness they are pretty awful and in dire need of upgrading.

Sat down and ordered. Food good but before finished drinks told that they were shutting straight away. No chance to order cake or another drink. Never told us that when ordered otherwise would have gone somewhere else. No wonder so quiet if that’s how customers treated

This was our first experience of a cat cafe. Menu extremely limited, we tried to look up info on what sort of food and drink was served ahead of visiting but there is no mention on the website or social media of what to expect. For anyone thinking of visiting there is a range of tea and coffee options with milkshakes and soft drinks, food options are all pre package sweet treats like brownies, flapjacks and cookies or you can have packets of crisps. This is probably done for expediency as the sessions are limited to one hour so there is no time to prep food. It was clean and relaxed environment, when you are welcomed in there a few simple house ruled largely about not stressing out the animals which are all fair. Overall pleasant experience.

Went for Sunday lunch and ordered roast beef and asked for it to be cooked pink, the waitress said it will be served rare, waited and a waiter turned up with very well done meat, we said we ordered rare, he went back to the kitchen only to return with the same put it on the table to say that’s all we have!!!!!!!!!! An older man appeared and blamed the young waiter, we then got up and walked out as nothing else was offered, never go to this pub with staff attitude like that because they don’t care about customers, worst pub experience ever😡😡😡😡😡

Effective at least. Lousy acoustic conditions