Joy Bangla - Bangladeshi Restaurant — Restaurant in Broxbourne

I don’t understand how a place can call itself ‘Bangladeshi’, when they churn out absolute garbage like we had tonight. I was really hoping to like this place after moving to Goffs Oak last year, but, alas. We ordered a takeaway of the tandoori wings; which was poor quality chicken, evident by the big black veins; the ‘special’ lamb and potato; which was abysmal - the lamb was super chewy and not cooked long enough, the spicing was non existent and the sauce weirdly had red food colouring or something ?! Not to mention the spuds were boiled beyond recognition. My boyfriend ordered a jalfrezi, which was just meh and carried the same characteristics of my ‘curry’ above. I personally think I could make a better curry at home and I’m sorry I parted with my hard earned £35 for 2 ‘curries’, a rice and naan and a starter. Really...

When we ordered our food the onion bhagee didn't turn up. As I was ringing, I began to eat my chicken tikka balti and the chicken was very chewy - when my partner ate his chicken tikka biryani it was exactly the same. When I mentioned this to the person who answered the phone he asked what he should do about it because no-one else had complained. There was no sorry and he was rude. We were very disappointed with our meal and the way we were spoken to was...

Had a takeaway. Delivery guy called on the phone having a go at me for not answering the door stating he has other orders to drop. Only to note he was at the complete wrong house. Both korma curry sauces were split and watery. The Bombay potatoes tasted like boiled potatoes with no flavour to them. The popadoms were stale and the lime pickle sauce was incredibly salty. Not to mention the rice portion was tiny. Will not be ordering from...