Benfleet Tandoori — Restaurant in Castle Point

Slow and sloppy service, I visited this restaurant several times a few years ago and the service and food has always been good. However recently revisited the place and standards have definitely slipped. The group ordered drinks, when we asked where they were 20 minutes later, we were told that the waiter who took the order did not speak very good English and that the drinks had not been placed at the bar. After ordering and receiving some Poppadoms we had to wait another 5 minutes for the sauce dish, when it did finally arrive there was only one, considering that we were a large group we should have had two dishes. The waitress said we should have had two dishes when she came over to the table, after we complained that the sauce dish that we had received looked like another table used it and passed it to us. We never got a second sauce dish for the Poppadoms.

After a while the waiter who first took the drink order came over to the table and said are you ready to order food we said no to him just in case we never got our food like with the drinks. We managed to get another waiter to take the food orders. One member of our group has a nut allergy and clearly stated that he did not want Almond nuts on his dish. When the food arrived it had Almonds nuts on it.

Overall poor service and it's not...

This place has got to be the worst tasting Indian I have ever experienced. Couple that with the worst dining experience of my life. Dined as a table of 11, service was slow, 90 minutes between starter and Main. After 5 mins of eating food it was like I hadnt eaten anything (no flavours in mouth) Got more flavour from a packet of crisps. Whilst asking for an itemised bill, the Owner called he's co worker (Daughter) a C**T in earshot of many customers. Much so to one womans disliking she started to shout at him uncontrollably. Whilst this was not an excuse the bill was paid and then settled the day after. At this point it was noted £85 of food was added to the bill which wasnt ordered. It was a clear error as there was 15 mains on the receipt and 11 people. The owner was SHOCKING, did not want to know at all. There was no talking to him. AVOID lilke the plague unless of course you just dont like yourself or your fellow diners. Its only a 1 star as I...

Came here randomly on a double date after spilling out of the pub across the road on a Friday night; albeit the behaviour of the company we kept the waiters were very pleasant and patient, food was prompt and delicious. I was apprehensive about another Indian meal in Essex (London girl), but I would fully recommend this one! Loved the paneer (whichever one is your preference), onion bhajis (they were stunning, you get two large bhajis), and my go to is, and was that night, king prawn jalfrezi. You won’t be disappointed! Watch out for the slippery floor by the toilets if you’ve got heels on!...