Saffron - Tendring

Really disappointing. First time customer. I ordered an early evening take away delivery. It arrived over 35 -40 minutes late in a carrier bag, not the usual insulated bag. So all the food was luke warm. No updates either that the delivery was going to be late. The onion bhajis were really tough on the outside. The king prawns in the balti curry were also really tough and clearly over cooked. The curry itself had minimal flavour and just a generic sauce. The aloo gobi was basically a sauce of mashed up potato and cauliflower. I realise that this restaurant has had a lot of positive reviews, which is why I choose it for the first time. Sadly I won’t use them again. Sorry.

Our first visit to Saffron. We will return over and again, everything was delicious and beautifully presented. The staff were attentive and helpful. We highly recommend a visit to this outstanding Indian restaurant.

We are new to Clacton and after a bad experience in the local Italian came here. I cannot complain, the service was exceptional and they go above and beyond for the customer, also can have some good banter. The food I would describe as adequate, nothing spectacular, but reasonable. It’s a solid option if you don’t have time to pick a restaurant and just want a low key meal near the town.

I'm sorry to have to write this review but my experience was absolutely dreadful. We ordered a takeaway to be delivered after 2 hours we phoned to say it had not been delivered and was told it would be 15 minutes. Still no food so we called again to be told driver had just left. After half an hour we called again but then the food arrived hooray we thought but the wrong order had been delivered. So we phoned to complain (cut a long story short) after 2 hang ups we were told that they would refund us and let us keep the meal that had been delivered but that was inedible as the food was way too hot for my taste. So three hours later we went to MacDonalds!! The refund did come through but the evening with my family was spoilt, I will never order from here again.

Mohammed Ali served me (not the boxer) but if he put the enthusiasm into boxing in the same was he puts it into hospitality I’m sure he’d be as equally successful. They do a great variety of food and are open to requests so I’d 100% recommend a keema naan with added cheese! Worth the drive, however, beware that it’s free deliver for orders over £20, up to 4 miles. Something I wish I realised living 3.9mile away. Subsequently I got the 10% off collection discount.