Raj - Brentwood

Delicious food and loved every part of it, definitely recommend. Our waiter was so kind and friendly and couldn’t have asked for more.

Whilst this restaurant normally receives good reviews these have changed recently. My friends and I chose to ignore this 'downward trend ' (well a few unhappy customers could all visit within a quick succession can 't they) but we were wrong to ignore the signs. To be honest the starters were fine but the main courses were average at best and the paratha are best avoided (they weren 't anything like the ones I 've ever experienced in elsewhere and were pretty stodgy and thick). Don 't get me wrong, the food is edible, you won 't go hungry but there 'll be nothing memorable either. However it didn 't help that the staff were so surly. There was no shortage of waiters but we felt like an inconvenience (rather than paying guests) and one of them kept banging down the dishes on the table. It 's quite rare for me to post a poor review and I am conscious that everyone needs to make a living. However I don 't think that I 'll be returning to this particular restaurant.

I have been using The Raj with a group of friends for over 15 years and sadly standards have slowly declined to the point that we question whether to go there or not. Last Friday I ordered a King Prawn Pasanda which arrived looking like a bowl of custard, which I questioned, but was assured it was pasanda because they could see the rose water . The prawns were not cooked properly and the sauce tasted disgusting. After much ado and being told that it was a Korma (which I can assure anyone that it wasn 't), they bought another dish to the table which tasted a little more like pasanda, but not a lot. When we got the bill, it was full price despite being assured by the Manager that I would not be charged for my dish. I questioned this and was told you have had your meal so pay , so when I asked for the manager, the Gentleman told me he was the manager and the older man had gone home how convenient that the managers change to suit. Frankly, I found the staff rude and couldn 't care less about the customer and they were prepared to fob me off with a dish that they knew was not right. Unfortunately I do not know what was in the first dish but I was up several times in the night with sickness and diarrhoea. The whole experience spoiled an otherwise lovely evening out with friends and subsequently wiped out my weekend. We will not be returning, but judging by their attitude, I doubt they are particularly bothered.

Take away order not delivered. I rang The Raj and asked them if they could help and they said no, nothing to do with them, not interested. I advised that I have had a weekly delivery for at least 5 years but they repeated they were not interested. So disappointed never using them again as they do not value regular customers.

Recommended by our cab driver, so gave it a try, vast array of dishes you name it they do it. Nice decor, and quite cheap for what we had. Set meal for 2 people £32, more than enough food, although the onion barges were overdone and just fell apart. Few people in there for a Wednesday night