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Where to eat Indian food in Romford: The Best Restaurants and Bars
Find out what Indian restaurants to try in Romford. Romford is a large town in east London, and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located 14.1 miles (22.7 km) northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a market town in the county of Essex and formed the administrative centre of the liberty of Havering, until it was dissolved in 1892. Good road links and the opening of the railway station in 1839 were key to the development of the town and the economic history of Romford is underpinned by a shift from agriculture to light industry and then to retail and commerce. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, Romford significantly expanded and increased in population, becoming a municipal borough in 1937 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. It now forms one of the largest commercial, retail, entertainment and leisure districts outside central London and has a developed night-time economy.
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10. Knights Tandoori
Overall Ratings
5 based on 34 reviews
Holder of the Gold Award of the Guardians of Quality Ltd Award for Excellence. Knight's Tandoori has been stablished in 1989 and since then, we have tried to do our best in providing the highest quality food because of our true passion for Indian food. We
Reviewed By J1755HCmarcb
always provide great food, Walied is very knowledgeable asked for something not on the menu and had the chef make it up. They also make up food with no extra oil or gee, great for slimming world.
9. Mustard Indian kitchen
Overall Ratings
4 based on 389 reviews
We aim to be the best Indian Restaurant in Hornchurch our food is prepared with a lot of love and based upon the tradition of the Indian Kitchen. Our food is inspired by authentic Indian cuisine at its best using fresh ingredients and expert knowledge of
Reviewed By Jan S
I've been here a handful of times now and every time it's been of a consistently high standard. The owner is wonderful - always welcoming and remembers who we are (and our children, even though we've only taken them once).The restaurant is a nice size - probably seats around 30 people. The food is always freshly prepared and tasty.A place we will keep going back to.
8. Delhi Live
Overall Ratings
4 based on 96 reviews
Delhi Live Eat Healthy. Eat Tasty. Eat Stylish Delhi Live is a brand new authetic Indian Restaurant in Romford Town. Fully refurbished with a stylish bar and a ravishing Ice cream Parlour. A place to come with families with young children as we have lots
Reviewed By Sanja R
Terrible takeaway. Ordered through Just Eat. Food arrived an hour late and staff were rude on the phone and blamed the delivery driver. Delivery driver said the restaurant were late with the food and it wasnât his fault. Food was way too spicier than usual.
7. Radhuni
Overall Ratings
4 based on 77 reviews
Serves Indian and Bangladesh cuisine 01708 739292
Reviewed By Margaret S
Took the family to one of our favourite Indian restaurants. Mondayâs and tuesdays there is a set meal for £11.95. A great choice of starters, mains, sides and rice or naan. The food is always served piping hot by very attentive polite staff. Service is great as is the portion size. Back again soon.
6. COSMO Authentic World Kitchen
Overall Ratings
3 based on 947 reviews
Reviewed By jynga b
It's nice and always busy restaurant buffet. Eat as much as you want. The price for 1 person is worth that money. Recommend.
5. Aroma Indian Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 148 reviews
Aroma restaurant in the heart of Romford wants to give you the best Indian experience possible. The contemporary dining room has a relaxed ambience with smart creamy walls, classic pillars, regal upholstered chairs and white table linens. The menu include
Reviewed By davidtS168YR
Always go here itâs such. Lovely meal and staff are very nice and polite even get a rose for the lady Itâs the best Indian in Essex
4. Ginger Spice
Overall Ratings
4 based on 252 reviews
Ginger Spice, a pioneering sophisticated and authentic Indian restaurant Opened it's doors in March 2015, Ginger Spice offers it's patrons a delightful range of refined, fine food, which remains faithful to the best culinary traditions of the Indian sub-c
Reviewed By Q6739LUdannyh
Our first time to Ginger Spice and we were not disappointed, service 10/10, food 10/10 presented beautifully and you could see a huge investment in the fit-out, the restaurant was comfortable and we were not rushed a very pleasant evening with friends, made better by our friends choice of restaurant, Iâm looking forward to my next visit.
3. Tandoori Lounge
Overall Ratings
4 based on 267 reviews
Tandoori Lounge Hornchurch's one and only family-run authentic Punjabi restaurant, offering the delightful flavours of the Punjab, combined with the very traditional spices of Indian cuisine. Using a traditional charcoal Tandoor (clay oven), we bring a ve
Reviewed By Jodene M
It was our first visit to the Tandoori Lounge.We called for a reservation 30 minutes ahead on a busy Saturday night...and I could barely hear over the background noise, which was lively chatter.The restaurant is easy to miss on the corner and the interior is dark. There isn't any parking, so we parked in a side-street a bit further down the road.The restaurant is fairly small and simply furnished...almost to the point of being plain. The dark wooden tables and floors don't do much to absorb the noise - which was almost a little to loud.The menu is regional and fairly simple - not pages of dishes and they don't contain the usual suspects...as I said it's different! Don't go here if you expect Vindaloo, or Bhuna. It does have some staples such as chicken tikka, samosas and butter chicken. We ordered plain popadoms - there are 3 varieties to chose from. The disappointing thing was the accompaniments that go with them...3 fairly basic sauces - mint, mango chutney and one other. For me it was missing a home-made lime pickle, shredded onion etc. For starters I ordered a meat samosa (approx £3.95) and my husband ordered tandori lamb chops (£12.95). The meat samosa was very small and wasn't packed full - it also came with 2 different sauces squiggled accross the plate in a fancy pattern. It looked pretty but I would have preferred it on the side where I could have used it as I wanted. The chops came on a sizzling platter - dramatic for effect but the spices burning in the sizzling pan makes you cough when it catches in your throat...several people on surrounding tables were coughing too. It happened again later when somebody else ordered them. We got 4 chops which were meaty and fairly flavoursome.For mains I had a lamb dish which I ordered medium spice. The difference about this place is your chose your dish and they make it to spiceyness you specify. I'm not sure if this is a good thing as it's probably a stock sauce that they add more chilli powder to get it to heat you've chosen, rather than made that way from the start. My husband ordered butter chicken which he asked for extra hot - he liked it. We ordered 2 nans - one fire-hot chilli and one perswari (it wasn't called that but it was similar)...these were very nice. My daughter (8 years) had chicken nuggets and chips (£5). The chips/fries were luke warm and a little bit wooden. The chicken nuggets were clearly home made, tasted very nice but were a little bit greasy. It might seem slightly pricier than other Indian/Pakistani restaurants but the portions are large - we couldn't eat it all. If you have the Meerket app/deal you can go here mid-week and enjoy the 2 for 1 offer which I would suggest if you want try it for the first time.Drinks - my husband had a pint of Cobra (on tap - approx £5) and I had a sweet lasi (approx £3.95) which was very nice.The service was friendly but disorganised. One waitress took my drinks order, then another would come over a few minutues later and ask to take our drinks order etc. I asked twice if the door could be shut - it rained all day and it was damp and slightly chilly outside. I was told yes, but nobody shut it. This restaurant was OK but the true test is would we go back...and the answer is no. In our opinion it doesn't take the crown from the Indian Ocean..Dear Jodene, Thank you for taking the time to review your visit at Tandoori Lounge. We are sorry to hear you find it difficult to find parking, however our website points out the best place to park is directly behind our restaurant at Fentiman Way car park. It's a public car park open 24hours a day, all you have to do is walk through the walk way to the high street and we are located on your left. Our decor reflects modern day living, chic and simplistic, unlike the typical Indian restaurant decor, of which you have rightly mentioned our food is not, we serve authentic North Indian Punjabi Cuisine, which means you will not find the Bhunas and Chicken Tikka Masala here as mentioned, as you would at Indian Ocean. We pride ourselves in presenting our freshly cooked food, cooked per order, where we are able to alter the spices to whatever you require. Our Popadoms, all come with again homemade dips and we offer a range of which one of them are the Masala popadoms, which come with the onion, tomato and coriander topping also if requested lime pickle would also have been an option.Im sorry you found our service disorganised, however we like to see that every guest is looked after to the highest standard, that's why I came over as the owner after my waitress had taken your drinks order to make sure that you were ok. The door was open for a short while as we had 2 big parties leaving for the evening, however it was promptly shut once the last guests had left.Im glad you enjoyed your food and drink, and even took a doggy bag home, but disappointed that our cuisine did not meet your usual high street curry house standard for you to return.Thank you for your visit, we hope you do give us another try.Owner - Tandoori Lounge
2. Bekash Tandoori
Overall Ratings
4 based on 440 reviews
Reviewed By Roy S
Been a while since I've been in this restaurant but after a particularly boozy session a curry seemed like an excellent idea.We didn't bother with any starters but the poppadoms with chutney / pickle etc. made for an excellent appetiser.I had chicken jalfrezi with boiled rice an onion bhaji & keema nann and all the food was great, it soaked up the beer I'd had earlier nicely.Service was good but the restaurant was more or less empty so that was no surprise really.On reflection today with a clearer head the bill was on the high side working out at roughly £25 a head but then we'd all had a beer and a brandy each so that's probably why.Anyway, very good on this occasion but, from my previous visits, I know this isn't always the case.
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1. Delhi Live
Overall Ratings
4 based on 96 reviews
Delhi Live Eat Healthy. Eat Tasty. Eat Stylish Delhi Live is a brand new authetic Indian Restaurant in Romford Town. Fully refurbished with a stylish bar and a ravishing Ice cream Parlour. A place to come with families with young children as we have lots
Reviewed By Sanja R
Terrible takeaway. Ordered through Just Eat. Food arrived an hour late and staff were rude on the phone and blamed the delivery driver. Delivery driver said the restaurant were late with the food and it wasnât his fault. Food was way too spicier than usual.
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