The best restaurants serving Indian food in Colchester East of England

Pinky’s food is beautifully wholesome created with so much love and time. I wish I could eat it every week. Fragrant and tasty ….. simply divine!

Amazing food, very tasteful, staff members were very helpful and friendly, good presentation in the restaurant and also the food.

Based on the recommendation of my nephew who lives in town, I tried this place. Without doubt, it is the best curry I have had in a long time. My partner is not really a fan of Indian food, and although I have dragged her to Indian restaurants in Bratislava, Kraków, Paris, Valletta, London and even Casablanca, she has never enthused about her meal. Bees converted her! For the first time she fully ENJOYED a curry. I don't live in England, but will be back to Bees - absolute quality!

⭐ 1 Star Extremely disappointed with my recent experience at Maharani. I placed a takeaway order (as I regularly do) and waited over an hour and a half before calling to check on it. I was told they attempted delivery but got no answer—this is completely untrue, as I was sitting in the living room by the door the entire time with the TV off. No one came. They then tried to claim I had entered the wrong phone number, which I know was correct. When I called to clarify, the woman on the phone was incredibly rude, hostile, and hung up on me. After calling back, I was promised a refund, but it was never issued. I’ve now had to dispute the payment through my bank. Avoid this place unless you want to risk being scammed. Terrible customer service and zero accountability.

Ordered online. Delivered in less than a hour. Phone me ten minutes before it was delivered to reception at caravan park. Great food, well cooked, good price. Shour out for delivery driver, she was spot on with timing.

We ordered take out from here. Arrived a few minutes after told to and we were made to wait for another 25 minutes. The food was good. But we were charged twice for an item and now can’t get through to them on the phone to resolve.

Al llegar nos llevaron a una mesa con no cubiertos. Un miembro del personal, literalmente tiró 8 cuchillos y tenedores en la mesa para establecer allí. No hay servilletas o cualquier otra cosa. Nos quedamos muy impresionados por el comportamiento grosero. Nos levantamos para ir al buffet y me dijeron a sentarse y que íbamos a ser traído entrante. Un poco de comunicación hubiera estado bien! El primer plato era dos cubos de pollo cebolla un duro correosos bhaji samosa y un pequeño. No me gusta la cebolla bhajis o samosas, así que cuando voy a un buffet es porque me gusta elegir lo que quiere comer. El buffet no era mejor. Fue limitada y la carne era duro y difícil. No volveremos muy pronto. No podía salir de allí lo suficientemente rápido.

Im not gonna lie - the food is delicious. We went 2 weeks ago and loved it so much we came back week after. But the following day I got the most savage food poisoning ever. I ordered the chicken Balti. My partner and child were thankfully fine as they had a different dish. I was unwell for 4 days and lost 2kg (at least I got rid of the Christmas belly I suppose…)! Gave me the worst fear of Indian food!! Will not be having it again anytime soon 😭😭

A long time customers of review on recent patronage on SONALI SERVICE: ridiculously slow- 1+ hour even at opening hour FOOD: inconsistent quality- sometimes fantastic sometimes overcooked and cold STAFF: awful rude older man possibly the owner We won’t be returning, thank you

Good food, great value, solid menu and cracking service. Always busy!

Tandoori king prawn shashlik - 4 prawns for £13.95 !

Very bland flavours and not great portions. Definitely wouldn’t order again as I know of better Indian takeaways in Colchester

Wow my takeaway amazing best Indian delivery ever eaten will 100 percent be ordering every week

We ordered collection food, tried so many Indian places and wanted to try this one as my Indian friend used to order biryani from there. Masala and bhuna were both too spicy(might be our fault as I agreed to masala being medium spice but never had spicy masala before) it didn’t taste like traditional ch.t. Masala at all, rice was tasty, Bhuna was little better but had some chicken that was not lean and my husband spat it out, he then also found some onion skin in there. The naan bread was small and probably the worst we had in colchester

Booked for a party of 16 for a Saturday night, absolutely hassle free. When I had a query for the restaurant I received prompt and helpful email replies and was very happy with the customer service I received. On the night we were seated in an area away from the other diners which was rather nice, seeing as we were a fairly large party. The service was prompt yet relaxed — at no point did we feel as though the staff were trying to rush us through our meal. Considering the number of our party, food and drinks all arrived promptly and were of excellent quality. I have used Yak & Yeti several times in the past and would always recommended their butter chicken. The food portions are very generous and all have a rich flavour. Some of the spicier dishes with a little bit of a kick have a nice warming flavour. My friends and I ordered a selection for of main dishes to make sure we had multiple options to try. We all left with clean plates that night! Everything was delicious and wonderful to eat. The staff were amazing and very attentive — they regularly checked up on us and the manager came to speak with us a couple of times to make sure that everything was okay and that we were having a good time. When we settled the bill the staff were very patient with us, as our party wanted to pay separately and they showed us an itemised bill which enabled us to work out what we should pay with ease. Overall we had a very enjoyable night at Yak & Yeti Colchester. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a decent curry with a slight difference due to the Nepalese influence in some of the flavours. Whether a small group or a large party, I have found Yak & Yeti to always be excellent and would definitely return over and over again.