Great selection of food. Never disappointed. Swift delivery. Favourites are tandoori mixed grill and paneer and chicken shashlick.

Used to order from them for two years and the service only gets better. These guys always deliver on time and have a big variety of dishes each with specific zests

Appalling experience with Deliveroo and Star of India. Food took more than 1.5 hours to arrive (the restaurant is a 5 minutes ride from our place) and when we called twice the staff was very impolite and couldn’t tell us where our food was.I understand you must be overwhelmed with orders (great for you) but you need to up your customer service game.Your food is good but your staff is rude!

Ordered from here for the first time. Food was actually tasty Indian style. However, could do with more spice. Onion bhajis were a rip off and overcooked, as were the naan. Naan were shana paratha size which is ridiculous really for size, especially considering the price. Wont be ordering again. Not worth the money. Wont be ordering again. Also, restaurants response to the feedback left on here; not exactly inviting! Quite surprised with the sarcasm and unprofessional responses. My bet, this restaurant wont be around long!

If possible to give zero stars, I would. Spoke to the restaurant about a safety issue with my order, the chicken pathia I ordered was absolutely uneatable. So salty it was either a terrible mistake or worse, it would have seriously endangered someone with heart issues. Complained over the phone and was spoken to by the owner, Shah, who told me I was absolutely unreasonable. I’ve saved the dish in the freezer for testing and will take this as far as it needs to go with food standards agency. 10 years eating here and now I see the true colours of the unrelentingly ambiguous practices of the owner.

Always had good service from these guys,They have been in business many years so must be doing something right.

Lovely food speedy service has been resently refurbished.

My favourite restaurant food always great we both eat in and get takeaways when we have takeout we always over order and it tastes so nice the next day if I get a chance to have it 🥰

Always good - lots of variety with vegetarian dishes. Fresh tasting, interesting flavours. Not your usual chicken tikka masala place, there are lots of dishes here that you won’t find in your average curry house. That said, you will find all your traditional staples as well. Good service too and affordable.

One of the best restaurants in Leytonstone. Probably the best Indian food youll find for the price.

The best quality Indian restaurant in the area, every dish was beautifully flavoursome with real spices. I highly recommend.

Had a wonderful takeaway last week. Dishes had everything I wanted..quality of the highest standard,good portion sizes, and well priced. Made a perfect birthday meal.

Star of India is the best, and has a wide range of vegan options too. As a vegan myself I often find that the options for curries are a little lacklustre due to the absence of ghee — not so with Star of India! Every dish is full flavoured and delicious :)

A very disappointing experience. Poorly maintainedPlates arrived with previous meal crusted on it.Fork,spoons are dirty carelessness. Food too oily never in my life will I ever go to star of India. 🤮☹️

I only use it for Takeaway, its very good at what it does, typically good high street food. Genuinely never been disappointed. Its lovely knowing that when I fancy a curry locally something good just arrives at the door time after time.

Great, food excellent and good service

Just ordered curry from here and worse meal in a long time. The chicken tikka and korma were tasteless, almost no spices at all. No onion bhaji, and only 1 poppadom. Main issue was the food quality or lack thereof. My husband spat his food out. There was also no option from restaurant to leave a review, hence I am doing it here.

Just had a lovely takeaway meal this evening, everyone is always friendly from the girl who took my order, to the guy who delivered, wont bore you with what we had but it was lush, cant wait for it to reopen

Excellent catering to all dietary needs.Vegan, vegetarian and gluten free abundance of options!The vegetable Rogan Josh was my personal favourite from what I ordered, but of course havent gone through the whole vegan menu yet!

Daughter ordered ordered curry from here and worse meal in a long time. Threw most of it away- Chicken tikka masala - tough over cooked chicken looked like leftover tandoori thrown in a watered down sauce -Shame as normally eat in and very good .

Good curry... excellent range of veggie dishes too.

Food was in no other words, amazing... Easily now on my top 5 for food places, ever . (I am Not a poster/review-type mormally!)Service was quicker than I expected (went in pretty late so it was quiet)Expected odd treatment bc of my attire, but wasnt treated In any negative way. Server was well-mannered, & professional.Venue was very polite about closing (didnt mention it, or ask us to leave, just noticed towards the end they were very quick to bring what was asked) we eventually asked for the time, then realized & left quickly to not keep them waiting any longer.Oh! And everything is really well priced!! For the quality and flavor !!! Theres a bunch of options..Basically... this place is all of the yes.

Its had a face-lift and looks lovely. Smashing bar area and new toilet on restaurant level. It wS my birthday and the owner gave me a bottle of bubbly. Such a thoughtful gift. Great ambience, great food and great company.

Would not recommend to anyone

Simply delicious. Honestly. Ive eaten a lot of curries and yet I am impressed with Star of India EVERY SINGLE TIME. So many interesting dishes to choose from, and the fresh and generous vegetable portions are always yummy . Im confused by anyone that doesnt give this 5 stars... I suspect they must be from rival curry houses? You really cant get better quality food than this.

I ordered chicken tikka masala via UberEats. The delivery man asked me to come down for some reason, he did not explain (frankly, I also did not ask) and I had to miss some time from a webinar for that.The chicken tikka masala had a sauce that simply tasted like cream. Usually it has some tomato-like flavor, but this one was simply like eating a chicken with cream. Not tasty.

I can’t speak highly enough of this place. The food is always delicious and the staff are really wonderful. Attentive and courteous. I highly recommend the Mon / Tues buffets which are great value for money and I think the proprietor is a great guy, always willing to do things for the community and always around for a chat and a giggle. The Star is my number 1 eating spot in Leytonstone. 5 Stars ⭐️

Ordered through UBER EATS, CHICKEN n Lamb n Chicken tikka biryani, all the biryans are not at all spicy, and no spices or biryani aroma. Added more ghee in all. Biryani curry is same as biryani, no spicy. It is not at all suitable to Indians/Asians or who like real biryani.

Only half of order delivered. Rang up to ask where the rest was. Didnt apologise or offer refund. Said he was doing me a favour and it wasnt his problem. So rude! Food that turned up was alright

Lovely food good customer service

First time ordering food was not that great at all ..... very bland no taste 🤔 it was recommended so I thought let’s give it a shot, I’m sorry but I will not be ordering again. Keep up the bland Work tho 😬

The Star OF India team are representative of the atmosphere within the restaurant, friendly, knowledgeable, professional and customer focused.Been using this restaurant for many years, tried many others over time and always return to The Star. I’ve tried all the rest, now I just stay with the best. The menu is creative and the food is always delicious. Prices are fair and in my view you get rather more than you pay for. Would definitely recommend and a big thank you to all the staff that have made my dining and takeaway experience so welcoming and enjoyable.

Unusual, tasty curry, the butter chicken is great.

Went to lunch there with a friend. I loved the chicken dishes I ordered. It nicely spiced and lovely. My friend had a vegetarian dish that she loved. The flower teas were pretty and taste nice. Overall the service was excellent. So we enjoyed the experience.

I was more than pleasantly surprised. First time ordering from these guys and will certainly be ordering again. I ordered lamb madras and was blown away by the quality of their lamb. No fatty parts whatsoever. Pilau rice was really tasty, bombay aloo was also very tasty. Meat samosas were great. Will certainly be ordered from these guys again.

Great biryanis and curries. Timely delivery. 100% recommended.

The (Deliveroo) order arrived nearly two hours late. The driver called numerous times to confirm my address, refused to come up to our flat to deliver even after expressing that we couldn’t leave our flat. Driver hung up on us, manager called 5 mins later to apologise but then again to say I had given the wrong address (which is on the order and was also confirmed with driver on phone during first call). Both were rude and dismissive.Food finally arrived and honestly the worst takeaway I’ve ever had. After trying a few mouthfuls each of everything we decided to throw it all in the bin. Such a waste of food but the chicken was undercooked, sauce was just oily water and tasteless. Such a horrific experience all round.Never again.

Our delivery arrived, almost cold after 1 hour and 40 minutes. The restaurant staff and delivery driver were then dishonest, giving conflicting accounts of why the food had been so delayed, hopefully in future theyll get their stories straight before lying to their customers. When requesting a discount due to the trifecta of cold food, extremely delayed delivery and terrible customer service, the delivery driver drove off after being rude. The restaurant staff member I spoke with refused to identify himself and denied that there was a senior member of staff on duty whom i could speak with, which was clearly not true. He then started to make threats. If youre after a cold, extremely delayed meal, with a good potion of terrible customer service then the Star of India is the place. If you want a good meal, timely delivery and a pleasant experience then avoid this place, its dreadful! It seems from the reviews that were not alone in receiving this experience from Star of India, who to add to their failings also seem to be homophobic and unable to accept fair criticism.

Amazing ambiance and friendly staff. A wide array of menu options. The food was a little bland for Indian palette but understandably made for British taste buds. Overall enjoyed the experience. An option to select spiciness level of food would have been a 5 star review.

Excellent service. Very flexible. Able to accommodate us being late due to traffic even though late in evening. Food was excellent quality able to adapt to create both mild dishes and very hot dishes. Well presented! Highly reccommend😎

The food was good and there was plenty of it, this was my second visit here and the food has never been disappointing. The service was good but very forced and the lack of hand sanitiser and gloves and masks for staff took a point of their score.

Food was very good 😋 like the selection very tasty

I love the Star of India, and have been going there for probably about 40 years. Their quiz league is fabulous and helps to support the Cygnus trust charity. The food is excellent and always developing. The staff are warm and friendly and owner Shah is a very charming and welcoming bon viveur. I dont often call for take aways as I prefer to be there, but when I have they have been excellent. The returnable container scheme is an excellent idea although I have to admit to keeping them to store food in the freezer. I look forward to many more pleasant hours and wonderful meals there in time to come.

Excellent, authentic Indian food. The owner and staff and so lovely. Their samosas are my favourite!! Great vegetarian options as well. Newly renovated restaurant. The only concern is a non-accessible washroom.

I just ordered through uber eats, the food was really really nice, fresh and very tasty, the stuffed peper was sweet and nice and everything overall was delicious. Delivery came earlier than was expected too 😋. Definitely would order again 👍. Thank you x

I havent eaten from here yet but wanted to leave a review to whoever responds to the reviews on Just Eat. Honestly made my day - keep up the great work!

Really nice food, service could be improved a little. No Covid-19 safe hand drying measure in toilets, only a towel roll machine!

Very good.

A real treat! Our first meal out since lockdown! We had a delicious meal (I can personally recommend chicken tikka)) All safety guidelines followed & a lovely warm welcome back! We will be back soon!

So upset with the quality of food. Not what it used to be!Food smelt off and tried to taste it but it tasted weird! ordered a Chicken Korma and coconut rice. The rice was greasy. All I had to eat was the Nan and im very annoyed I spent the money. I used to love this place, something needs to be sorted out. On a positive not the Butterfly prawn was as good as I remember.

Ive just had the best takeaway ever had from Star of India. Ive had lots in the past but this was really good where as some have been not quite so. Quality chicken and nice and fresh with good spice balance. Well done Star and keep it up!

Arrived an hour late; lukewarm. Poppadoms soft and inedible; fries soggy; didn’t provide mango chutney despite paying for it. Small portions and flavours not great; we won’t be getting takeaway from there again

Not sure where to start. On reading the reviews and reading that this was an award winning restaurant, I thought great, lets give it a try. I ate here many many years ago..almost over 10years ago when I lived in the area. Lets start with the welcome on entering the restaurant. Greeted with a cold non smiling staff member with a couldnt careless kind of attitude.The restaurant itself was tired looking...carpets had seen better days. The bathroom facilities were truly disgusting, so I really had no hope for the food. I was right!! Food was poor and the salad they served was not fresh.We eat out quite a bit, and this was by far the worst. The restaurant owners need to do more than just change the sign above the door, they really need to look at upgrading the interior of the place. Sorry, but I would not reccomend.

Best Indian I have had for ages, well done. Servings a little small but taste makes up for that. Definitely our new take away .

Lovely restaurant ,great food friendly staff cant beat it👍👍👍👍

Great food - a special dish, the honey and mustard Lamd, was unbelievable!Good atmosphere, good prices, good service.Highly recommended.

Ordered from Uber Eats which gave a 30 minute wait time, after 40 minutes of waiting we called the restaurant and were told they were waiting for the driver and then it would be with us. We then called a following 30 minutes later and were told that the more time I spend talking to you, the less I can do on these orders, that we were being rude and it was our fault it hadnt been delivered for an incorrect postcode which wasnt the case. The customer service was awful, the food then came an hour late and as an Indian myself, I can definitively say it was bland, dry and not to satisfaction at all. I dont want to post negative reviews and I barely ever review restaurants but due to our poor treatment for their mistakes I didnt feel I had another choice.

Excellent (and spicy) madras at an excellent price. Great service. Recommended!

Beautiful decor. Good service. Lovely food. Very reasonably priced. Will be back.

Big fan! The food is consistently very good, I’d recommend anything from the tandoori, although all the curries are always delicious. Personal favourites are the jalfrezi, vindaloo, shashlik and dansak, both with meat or vegetarian. During the Covid-19 lockdown the service has been exceptional, easy to order and pay online, contactless deliveries, always on time always hot and always kind. More than just a business, the Star of India is an important part of Leytonstone community.

Absolute disgrace! Takeaway was over an hour late. When we called to find out where our food was, we received appalling customer service and was actually asked what do you want us to do about it.To make matters worse, when we finally did receive the order it was completely wrong. We had to make another call and was promised the right item within 15 mins. After 30 mins we decided to give up and cancelled the entire order.I will never ever order from here again. We had to ask for an apology and even then they didnt seem to care at all.No idea whats happened to this place as we always used to order from them with no problem and always enjoyed the food. But this occasion and the last, the delivery has been beyond late and tonight was the final straw. RIP Star of India.

First time to Start of India restaurant to a private event. The owner and host made his guests most welcome . The staff could not be more helpful A1 service. The entertainment top live jazz band. But best or all was excellent range of food with taste to match I notice that the Star of India had been awarded best restaurant in there area for 2017 marks 10 out of 10 a must visit if in the area.

Ordered some chicken biriyani and veg biriyani , quality was poor and taste was poor, prawn winderloo was not taste like winderloo and was a hair on it. children also wants to eat . very disapointed

Delicious, quick delivery and varied menu with loads of vegetarian choices

Ive been coming to The Star of India for around 20 years and its my favourite curry house. The food is consistently of a high standard and the menus cater for everyone, with a large selection of meat, vegetarian and vegan dishes. My favourite dishes are the tandoori prawns, chicken shashlik, prawn on puri and their Balti dishes. Everything is freshly prepared and portion sizes are generous. They also do buffet evenings and delicious lunch menus both of which are excellent value for money. There are Sunday afternoon discounts too. In addition to this they frequently have fun evenings like quiz nights, gin tastings, New Years Parties and other social events. Many thanks to all the fantastic staff at The Star

Wonderful place. Love the food, the atmosphere and the owner. My favourite place for an Indian in Leytonstone.

More expensive than expected. Food nothing special

I had always enjoyed attending this local for take away, eat in and tuesday buffet. However on the 14th of February i had ordered a take away, understandably this is a busy day for any place, never the less we waited 2 hours for this service only to get a butter chicken which was not this dish. It didnt even resemble butter chicken and was a really spicey currey with some yogurt added in. We also got a chicken tikkka masalla which had been excessively watered down. We called up to be reassured that our next take away would be free. The man said he would leave a note on their system by our name and address. The takeway came in at about £27, thinking that we could eat at the buffet which altogether would come to about £22 we thought we could break even . But told we would need to order a take away instead. We ordered a take away but when talking to the man on the phone, convienently they reported nothing had been documented on the system. They informed me the manager would call back, suprisingly no one did. I had been a regular living locally. I will not be attending or ordering again. Please look after your locals!

Best Indian around x

Good vegetarian options and had decent taste. It was a good find for us

Delicious food with a lot of choice. Very good prices. Helpful staff.

Dont waste your money!I was sent the wrong order and when i called to complain the man on the phone, shouted at me??!!My biryani was rubbery and the salmon i ordered was replaced by a paneer.I gave the meal to my dogs to enjoy and they didnt want to eat it either

Where to start... I wouldn’t know what the food tastes like as the food didn’t. The owner had stated that the food would be delivered in 45 minutes from when ordered. This so called 45minutes turned out to take over 1 hour and 30 minutes. On calling the restaurant again one person had notified me that the delivery driver had not even picked up the food yet. The call was then handed over to a more superior staff member who was aggressively rude, and was lying about how the delivery was on its way and said it will take and additional 30mins to which I had do cancel the order as it was unacceptable and had to get food from elsewhere.

Gone downhill lately - food not great and not particularly cheap either. Most recent bad experience - takeaway arrived over an hour late - I had already made other arrangements - I offered nonetheless to pay half price for the takeaway having already put oven pizzas on - they agreed after the driver called up HQ - then I go to pay on card (as they insisted when I originally placed the order on over the phone) and then they say cash only and take the food away (presumably to give to some other unsuspecting customer)! Now they add me to their telephone promotional text list and offer me discount on Sunday afternoon deliveries -- needless to say no thank you - and take me off your contact list plz!Edit - thanks for your reply (which took over a month). You accuse me of fabrication out of context. Do you really think I would bother going to the length of leaving this review if I did not have cause to do so? In what way is it out of context - Im leaving a review of my experience which is precisely what this is for. How about you review your procedures and dont add people to your phone list without their consent? And to say Im making a fuss shows your poor attitude to customer service - let others be the judge.

Brilliant, simple Indian. Good food in a pleasant surrounding

Food plentiful and tasty. Keith Gaston recommended to me. A good steer. Excellent value for money.

Unfortunately I dont find that the food has the range of spices as before. My salmon dish tasted disappointingly bland and not very hot in temperature or curry/chilly. But others in my party thought their food was ok though needed more heat (chillies). It is however a well presented restaurant. Lovely inside. Ive been going there (occasionally) for a number of years.

Biriyani was very greasy and the lamb madras was not great (more like lamb with tomato sauce). Was given tap water that tasted like dish water. Service was terrible. Waiters were unorganised and constantly asking whether we had ordered after we had placed order. Waiter also started clearing up table whilst my friend was still eating.EDIT Yes I really enjoy making up fake reviews! Your food and service were terrible!

This restaurant has excellent quality food and service, and has recently been refurbished, however the carpets have not been changed and they do need changing, and the toilets are possibly the worst, smelliest, dingiest toilets I’ve ever experienced in a restaurant. It’s a real let down as it could be one of the best Indian restaurants in London.

Great food. Great service. Great help when needed. Everything you could wish for.

Don’t go here . Takeaway awful .abuse when asked why food took 90 minutes when told 45. . Avoid at all cost

Very tasty and so good to be able to get a curry at 330 on a Tuesday afternoon

Great place to lunch. Great food at great price and service plus I enjoyed the flower tea.

Absolutely awful place with rude staff. I came at 11 (the opening hours are officially until 1130) and asked if I could order food. They said, order now. Takeaway only. We close. I said, thinking logically, okay can I order a dish and come back in 20 minutes when it is cooked? Incredibly rude bald guy says/barks you order we serve you now. Close in five I say, yes but then it wont be fresh he says Go to McDonalds next door then May I please implore you to take his advice. if it is fresh cooked food served with a degree of politeness. I cannot fault his logic, you would be better off underneath the Golden Arches.Apparently this place used to have some kind of reputation. It was almost a status symbol for my beloved Leytonstone. Now it is a bitter parody of its former self.I hope my home town will soon get a worthy Indian restaurant.

Had a lovely meal which was meant to be dairy free but had a reaction to it afterwards. Not quite sure what happened there.

Ordered a takeaway from here tonight and was extremely tasty, fresh and authentic. Been years since I ordered from here. Will defo be ordering again soon. 5 stars

Some of the dishes we stumbled on were exceptionally good and others are just ok. Theres so much choice its difficult to know what they do well. A good Indian restaurant should be able to attract Indian customers and I didnt see any in this restaurant in fact the customers were the exact opposite of this.

For years this establishment has been serving the locals and people from around london with the most excellent food and quality customer service. If you want an Indian meal of superb quality look no further. This is the best Indian restaurant for miles around!

Buffet is half decent, better to order from the main menu. not sure why there are so many members of staff in the dining area, is a little intimidating if Im honest. Lots of groups and meetings going on here and seems the focus is more on them. Never had and issue with home delivery although can often take a while.

The best Indian Ive ever had. Customer Service, delivery and food all Amazing. Thank you!

Best Indian Ive ever had. The staff are polite and attentive lovely restaurant highly recommended.

Tried it as an Alternative to the Wanstead Indians. Personally the Difference is that its Harder to Park in Leytonstone ... the Underground would mean a Longer journey for Us and to be Honest the Food we ate wasnt that Startling and the Local Pubs were Crowded too

The good food reviews from people...clearly dont know their food. DisgraceI dont know if its changed hands or not but the naan bread was over done and the garlic naan was not garlicy.Absolutely horrendous.Waste of money

Had a really amazing thali here! Lovely giant tiger prawns to start with too. The place was really busy on a Friday evening so probably worth booking. Inexpensive, varied menu, service fairly slow, decent ale choices in bottles which we find fairly rare in your standard Indian restaurant. Exceeded expectations.

It can be hit and miss which is why I never gave it the 5th star, however on average this is probably the best restaurant within leytonstone. I recommend ordering the starters, especially tandoori king prawn, fried haddock and onion bhaji which are a few of my favourites. My only gripe is sometimes when ordering a takeaway curry it comes with too much oil within the container, I always order a (chicken madras) and need to drain away the excess before eating. That aside it is very good restaurant, they are open during the holidays season until late, and provide a prompt delivery service, although I do find the food tastes better when you eat in but this could just be my own perception.

An all-round top restaurant and one that is at the heart of the local community.There are all the usual favourite dishes on the menu as well as some more unusual ones and there is a wide choice for vegetarians and vegans. Favourite dishes for me and my daughter include Ponir Shashlik, Vegetable Passanda, Aubergine Rasavangy, Mottor Ponir, Aloo Tikka and Peshwari Naan. Delicious!

Easily the best Indian restaurant/takeaway locally.

Really bad meal. Ordered from Uber eats delivery said 20-30 minutes but took over triple that.Vindaloo was not like any other vindaloo Ive had, wasnt even spicy in the slightest and drowning in oil. Literally half the tupaware was oil. Was a strange colour and the curry sauce almost curdled in the oil.Chips were cold and soggy, onion bajis were alright but still very very oily. No free poppadom or anything.No flavour, too much oil - night spent on the toilet

Food was delicious and friendly staff.

Great food and great service.Waiter Nasim was very respectful.