Tandoori Cottage - Waltham Forest

As I am writing this review I must say how dissatisfied and disappointed I am trying this Indian dishes. I have ordered a take away on a Sunday evening that consisted of Butter Chicken and a portion of Pilau Rice. It is unbelievable sweet, please believe me this dish would have been ok as a dessert but not as a main dish. Called the restaurant back immediately to tell them and the o ly answer I got was “this is the way we do it” …. Very very disappointing.

Ordered a takeaway two weeks ago. Opened one container and struggled to identify its contents. The hard, black object resembling a small tree branch turned out to be fish! Had to use quite some force to break it open to discover that it was indeed cod, but not like I'd ever seen. It was grey, hard, dry and totally inedible. Rest of the meal gloopy, dry, quite tasteless and very badly cooked. Waste of £30 and hugely disappointing to my friend especially, as this was the first meal she hadn't cooked herself since lockdown.

This is our 4th visit in just over a month, we travel from Loughton missing out on all the other curry restaurants, just to get to Tandoori Cottage. The food and service has always been excellent. The very pleasant new owner, took over the restaurant in September last year 2018. The restaurant is cozy and comfortable, old school, with seating booths on the right, regular tables on the left, white table linen and napkins. A good size menu with the old favorites along with specialty 's. We haven 't tried the starters yet, only the tasty crispy papadoms along with the chutney tray. I always have the king prawn balti, the flavors are amazing! this comes with fluffy hot naan bread. My husband has the King Prawn Sizzler, which comes out sizzling! the aromas, flavors wakes up your taste buds, so delicious. We share sides of Mushroom Bhaji,cauliflower Bhaji, chapati, pilau rice which are all cooked perfectly. I would go as far to say is that the Chef is a Spice Master, Chef knows exactly! when to add the spices, to mix and blend, making this food so delicious. They give you a little treat after your meal, I won 't tell you, book and try yourself.. Also food and drink prices are reasonable.

There are a lot of Indian restaurants in Chingford but this is consistently good and I have been a customer for 20 years so know what I'm talking about! It's not as busy inside as it used to be as it seems like a lot of people use it as a takeaway but I eat here about once a month and I've never been disappointed and they will happily describe dishes for you if you're not sure what you fancy.

The staff was friendly and the food was delicious! I ordered chicken tikka jalfrezi with mushroom pilau rice and tikka naan, and it was all very good. I would definitely come back to eat here again!