The best restaurants in Braintree East of England

Dodgy people avoid dodgy hygiene avoid dodgy food avoid , A total waste of space ruining the area pentlows loss only served to ruin the area with a bent landlord

Jay- absolute s**t food and p*ss take prices- just trying to earn a quick ££- (please see pics) - charged £10 for each kebab!

terrible order chickien shish supposed to be large the kebab roll was bigger the pitta bread was crispy in places there was no box it was wrapped in paper and the paper was stuck to the pitta bread will not order again

We visited the Braintree branch on 16th November to collect a takeaway and on this visit the normal bad service excelled itself. We placed our order and drove to the pay window and then on to the collection point, where things really went downhill rapidly. My wife was handed the ordered Mcflurrys and was asked to pull over and wait for the rest of our order, when she declined to take the ice creams she was told that head office has commanded that the ice creams must be handed over immediately for people waiting, she refused stating that by the time we get home they will have melted. Eventually the rest of the ordered arrived , excpt the three large fries which only arrived after further delay. On arrival at home it was discovered that the Mcflurrys were only half full and hardly any chocolate pieces. Most of the staff at this branch are at best sullen and at worst plain rude, they have no concept of customer service and fast food is an alien term to them. Although this branch is ten minutes from my home I will never use it again, I would prefer to go twenty minutes away to Chelmsford or Stansted airport, also Stansted has a Burger King drive through. The service at these establishments is much better and the staff project a positive customer focused attitude in their work.

Second take away from this establishment, first was a sponge - nothing too special and to over priced BUT. just had New York cheesecake and I’ve never had such a fake tasteless dessert . I’ve had many New York cheesecakes but its got to be the worst Sorry!

Really nice Salt & Pepper Squid, wasn't over done or cooked with soggy batter and flavourful. The thick chips were really fresh

Couldn't be more stupid if they tried!!! Ordered and selected pay by cash. Driver brings food and says its already been paid for. So were honest and tell him bill needs to be paid. Driver doesn’t have change and apparently cant bring change back either as thats clearly a challenging difficult request!!! So takes food away. WTAF!!!!

Had a great night at the bingo night. We loved the food and the atmosphere so much that we came back again the next night for the quiz nights! We didn't win this time but will be back. Lots of cash prizes and great fun with our family.

Before I start, I'll just get 2 details out of the way. Firstly, I always leave honest reviews, which is why I have at present over 6.8 million views on my reviews, and I'm in the top 10% of reviewers globally. Secondly, I REALLY hate to leave poor reviews for a local business. However, I've really no choice but to say what I need to. I have used this chinese takeaway for 19 years, and sadly, I've seen the food be excellent and hot to not so great and tepid. Last night, however (8.3.25), it was the worst ever. It was ordered and collected at 8.30pm, so it is not late or overly busy. We ordered sweet and sour chicken balls, plain chow mein, and chicken chow mein. It was just plain awful at best, cold and tasteless. The noodles tasted like plain spaghetti and the 6, yes. 6 pieces of chicken in the chow mein were also bland. The chicken balls were overcooked on the outside, looking as if they'd been re dipped, and the chicken was slushy and not chicken meat consistency. Sorry, but this was worse than poundshop fakeaway. Only almost £20 was considered a waste of money. On the subject of money, they will only accept cash. The reasons for this are contrasting as last December they said it was broken and awaiting the bank to replace it but yesterday's excuse was everyone who went there only paid cash and therefore the machine was never used. Whereabouts these masses of people walking around with only cash and no bank card or smartphones is beyond me, never seen them. There's really only 1 reason takeaways, etc. Take cash only is very clear, and I think we all know it. Would I be going here again, never. Would I recommend, not a hope. I'd only recommend you go elsewhere out of the village.

Was delivery. Had items missing yet again. So bad I have been banned from claiming back refunds from Uber Phoned restaurant this time around and short story was accused of lying and stealing. Good job KFC 🤬

The food was sh** don’t ever ever in your life go to this place absolutely abysmal they should be shut down for lying and fake advertising and being incompetent disgustingly behaved people! Stay away if you value your life!!!!

I went through drive through and it have to say I'll never go back this is worst KFC I've ever been to No staff long waits and half order missing but worst this is they leave tissue out so forget eating in car I payed and then just threw it in the bin Avoud

No te molestes si tuvimos hambre! ! ! ! Allí esta noche pop como dice fuera de cocina de 12:00 a 9:00 cada noche! ! ! Llegamos allí a las 6. 30:00h y nos dijeron que no estamos cocinando como una broma es un pub para beber no es un comer uno! ! ! !

Once again all the shutters were down on the fridges and chiller cabinets and part of the frozen section was closed off this is the 2nd time in a few weeks. What happens to all of the food behind the shutters? I won’t be buying anything in the lines of fridges freezers or chillers in the future. Disgusting