Mango Lounge - Rochford

We found the staff very rude. We believe they don’t have to be polite as they put service charge on bill. Will not be going back.

Turned up for our 8.30pm dinner but we were told the restaurant was running late so we didn’t get seated til 8.45pm! Very busy and loud when we went. Lots of Christmas parties! Food once it arrived was delicious and flavoursome. I feel as thought the restaurant should have hired more staff for the busy Xmas period. But overall a nice experience and I’m sure on a weekday it’s not like this!

I heard great reviews about Mango Lounge so wanted to check it out for ourselves…Wasn’t disappointed in the slightest, everything seemed to be excellent from the service to the tasty Chicken Bhuna to the excellent Gavi wine. Really impressed and will definitely be back.

Great atmosphere, pleasant staff and mouth-watering food! The best indian in Essex if not the country!

Heard a lot of people on the local Rayleigh FB community page saying this was a nice Indian so thought we’d drive over (Myself, partner and baby daughter aged 20mths) as we love Indian food and eat it regularly The restaurant is clean and tidy and our order was taken quickly. Popadoms were nice with the chutneys and salad which aren’t complimentary and total for them was £6. We had 2 soft drinks, 3 starters which were nice too but it was the mains that were pretty poor. I always order Chicken tikka vindaloo with vegetable rice and would say I know a decent one when I get it. This just wasn’t up to scratch! The rice tasted too heavily of cumin and the vindaloo was very sour which tasted heavily of either lemon juice or vinegar. I know the traditional recipe uses vinegar or lemon juice but it was over bearing and i ate half of it only because I was hungry. My partner had a chicken tikka bhuna with veg rice and she only had 2 mouthfuls and left it as it was again overly spiced with cumin. When the bill came, the total was £78 plus £7.80 for a service charge that we refused to pay. Not once throughout the meal did any of the waiters come to ask if our food was ok. Wouldn’t normally write a review but we know a decent Indian restaurant when we eat out and sadly this wasn’t one of them. If you’re looking locally for a good Indian, go to Indian diner or The Raj in billericay. Much nicer food. Won’t be returning to Mango lounge