I absolutely love Indian food and the Bengal Spice is my favourite place in the area…read more As I look for authenticity, as well as quality and keen pricing, I was delighted to see dishes on the menu with some classic Bangladeshi ingredients: Naga Lamb (worlds hottest chilli, with a great flavour), Chicken Shatkora (a regional citrus fruit) and Cabbage Bhaji (better than it sounds!) It's Bangladeshi cuisine, but not the tourist- or post-pub stuff you find in suburbs or on Brick Lane these days. The restaurant is modern and welcoming - hey, what am I doing? Stay away - its mine!

You need to see it to believe it!!!!!…read more I have seriously been coming here, on and off for the last 20+ years and I swear, it's as good today as it was back then. Had a selection of food and dropped it in the middle of the table and the first timers with us totally loved it. Held off on Vindaloo and Madras but the Korma and Tandoori was as amazing today as ever! I swear, there are a lot of reviews that say "you must try it" but seriously, you must try this place! The service is brilliant, the staff friendly and the ambience is comfortable! Please guys, if you're in Loughton, this place is worth the visit!!!!!!!

Food took the full hour to be delivered. Food arrived piping hot. The chicken Madras was ok, was…read morelacking a bit of spice and the sauce was slightly runny and watery, the chicken was also strips of chicken rather than chunky bits. The naan was great, fresh and not soggy. The saag aloo was also really nice and refreshingly had a good proportion of spinach as normally other takeaways just put potato in. If you order direct and online you get a small discount which helps. (Takeaway - 24/05/2015)

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I enjoyed the meal here, service was ok. Would come again…read moreSome of the items are on the sweet side so I recommend getting the spicy ones! The Ceylon curry was lovely!

Excellent food. Excellent service. We are here visiting from America. We really loved their food…read moreand the wait staff is very good. 5 stars.

Delivery Time - 5/5 - Took only 30 minutes from order and arrived piping hot…read more Food - 4/5 - I went for one of their specials nagaria chicken tikka pathia. Great flavours of sweet and sour but with a hidden underlying chilli spice that warms you up. Pilau rice seemed fresh and fluffy. The garlic naan was ok, ended up being a bit soggy from being in the bag and was covered in a bit too much garlic. It was like I was it eating whole cloves. Service - 5/5 - Nice and friendly delivery driver, no issues to connect them. Price - 3/5 - Was ok value for money, but it would be nice to see some set meals to entice people back regularly. Would I recommend - Yes Would I come back - Yes Visit - 06/04/2016 (Evening Takeaway)

This is a good little takeaway. The dishes are well prepared and they use good quality ingredients…read more It gets busy on a weekend so there is sometimes a little bit of a wait BUT it is well worth it.

We have been going to Shish Mahal, our local Indian restaurant, for about eight years now, and it…read moretakes alot of beating. What's not to like?!! The food is consistantly excellent, very reasonable prices and really friendly staff. And after the recent revamp, it looks good too! Some of our favourite dishes are Garlic King Prawns, Chicken Shashlik, Lamb Madras and Peshwari Nan. Only downside is the pre-prepared sweet menu but by the time I reach there I only have room for some lychees anyway. Drop in next time you are in the area, you wont regret it

We went to Shish Mahal as a group of six on a Saturday night. It was a very good experience…read more Everything we ordered was delicious and the staff were friendly. This curry house is better than most.

Tried to like this place, ordered twice really poorly executed dishes out of 8 only 3 were…read morepassable, stuffed peppers and lamb argosy. Nan Peshawar leaden with terrible sweet stuffing, Kim's tased like a coconut cream pie. To add insult to injury the guy taking orders didn't understand me nor did I understand him, screwed up my order. I'm from the US I've had better Indian food at the Hopi reservation in Arizona!

Hands down, a contender for the best Indian curry I've ever had. The staff are extremely helpful…read moreand friendly, the atmosphere in the restaurant is great and the food is not your usual cheap takeaway quality. I recommend the merghi masala. Great food!

Great staff Great food…read moreGreat service Great ambiance Neat staff Best location Warm environment

Primo Indian Food! From New York to New Delhi, you may not find any better than this one in terms…read moreof preparation, presentation, and friendly service!!

This tandoori is set at an angle off the high street so it is easy to overlook. It is relatively…read moresmall inside but not uncomfortably so. I have eaten here many times over the years and the food is really good. They do some good authentic dishes and everything is bursting with flavour. The tandoori mixed grill is one of my favourites in here. The staff are friendly and the service is very good. Considering the quality of the food it is reasonably priced.

We've tried several of the Indian/Bangladeshi restaurants in and around Wanstead. Purbani is the…read morebest so far. Just off the Wanstead station on the Central line, it's worth a visit even if you don't live here. They do a brisk takeaway/delivery business, but it's a comfortable place to dine in, with excellent service. Ask for a recommendation -- the staff is proud of their food. We've had lamb and chicken dishes. The lamb shank was memorable. It's what brought us back after our first visit. The chicken shaktora is also delicious, though it might be even better with dark meat than breast meat. Just a thought. It was great.

Visited this newly openly restaurant a couple of weeks ago, its had an amazing refurbishment a lot…read moreof money spent and pretty stylish. Very clean. Service excellent lots of staff who were very attentive. Extensive menu and we had a great meal. I have only marked this as 3 stars as this is our one and only visit so hopefully as we become regulars this rating can go up. I sincerely hope they do well we need a good Indian in this area, recently passing we noticed they were very busy so congrats to them!

We have now had three take aways from Temple and they have all been consistently excellent. It is…read morevery rare for my husband and I to agree on somewhere, but we both love the food from here. We always collect our food so can't comment on the delivery service but staff are always welcoming and polite when we collect our food. We have lived in Woodford since April lat year and after trying out a number of different restaurants, this has become a firm favourite!

Really enjoyed the food really tasty and hot and service was fantastic felt really looked after…read morewould definetly go back