The best restaurants serving Indian food in Castle Point East of England

What can I say, fantastic food and service, never disappointed, staff and owners couldn't be anymore welcoming, thank you

Excellent food - great service too

Really superb food. Best Indian meal in Essex. Very kind and caring staff. And surprisingly not too expensive... I even got my left overs boxed for lunch the next day! A lovely restaurant. Bob Gail Rob Kim Lee Kath

We attended on Xmas Eve. There were 9 of us and we had booked a table in advance. Upon entry it was clear they were not prepared for us as no table was set. After staff pushed three tables together and hurriedly fetched some napkins we were able to sit. This restaurant does not have an alcohol licence so you bring your own alcoholic drinks. Popadoms to begin and then straight to mains. We waited over an hour for our mains. When they arrived the food was good quality, tasty, hot and nice. When it came to the bill my party was paying with cash and card. A staff member came over and my wife asked for the card machine. He huffed, rolled his eyes and plodded off to get the machine. We had obviously inconvenienced him. Overall it was a nice meal which took a bit too long to serve and the staffs customer service left a lot to be desired. Sadly, although I enjoyed the food, I will not be returning again due to the staff rudeness and the delay in receiving our food. Those two issues spoiled an otherwise enjoyable night.

It was a delivery ordered on line but waited 1 hour 45 mins for even though it's at the end of my road then the order was wrong I didn't complain as it took so long we were hungry.

The best takeaway in and around Essex we travel from stevenage Hertfordshire just to have the best curry food around they have just won an award for best takeaway and they well deserve this award as the staff I.e molly and the manager make us want come back we go there once a Mth

You can walk into The Spice Lounge & be seated quickly, or you can book in advance, or order a delivery. I felt completely safe eating in, as the restaurant currently has seating spaced to adhere to Covid restrictions. The food & service is amazing, even though they are curently running a mid-week deal, meaning you save a lot of money off the bill. When I ordered a delivery I was pleasantly surprised, as normally deliveries from any restaurant is never as good a quality as dining in, but the quality of the deliveries from The Spice Lounge found the food to be equal quality as dining in, which is very unusual for most deliveries The service for deliveries is also as good as it is when you eat in & I was surprised to find that the owner delivered our food, I know the customer should always be right, but these days that doesn't seem to exist, but this place will mix up the menu if required, they have a huge selection for meat eater & vegans, they cater for allergies & although they do not have soya milk they have no objection to you taking your own with you. On Sundays they do an amazing buffet, again very reasonably priced. The staff & owner do their best to make you feel comfortable & were really good with my autistic son. I cannot fault his restaurant, the food, or the service, as nothing is any trouble for them & it's done with a smile

No longer the mayflower Indian restaurant, its under new management as a Bangladesh restaurant, wild ducks. Second night so a lot of learning on the job...... Food ok, tasty , with different foid offerings but rookie errors ie. Music to loud, Food not served at once, cold plates , lights very bright so lacking ambiance. However, staff welcomed feedback so hopefully improvements will take place . Pricing very reasonable in these inflationary times, sizzling wild duck and chicken Kathmandu particularly tasty. Will be back.

Curries are OK when a certain chef there bit hit n miss at other times

We visited Amala this evening for Valentines, and must say we were very disappointed with the food & service. We had booked for 7.30pm, when arriving we were given poppadoms before being offered a drink…. We then waited 40mins to order our food. We didn’t receive our mains until 9.30pm and the quality was poor! We had no apologies at all for the delay in service. We hardly touched our food for waiting so long. The waiters seemed more interested in their continuous telephone orders than the actual customers in the restaurant, we overheard them telling another table that they had 71 orders for takeaway! They only had 2 front of house staff, one being continuously on the phone and the other was running food and not really talking to anyone. The chef himself delivered meals to a table in his chef whites a couple of times. They also told another table that they had no deserts this evening. We won’t be returning anytime soon due to this.

We have been using this place for years. We have to collect our food as we are just outside the delivery zone but it's worth it. Of all the restaurants and takeaways that we have tried which are more local to us nowhere comes close.

Had a takeaway. Tasted more like a ready meal from a supermarket. Curry was bland and powdery. Would not recommend.

Great food and courteous service

Beautiful food , first time ordering from here and will defo order again

I was randomly looking for somewhere to buy dinner from when I moved to the area 4 weeks ago and discovered this beautiful place with delicious food. I have been a fan since then and recommend that everyone that come to Benfleet.