Neyzen Restaurant and Pods - (Near Havering, South East)

4 /5 Mohammed chowdhury: ​We held my nephew’s wedding here recently. The food was perfectly fine and met our expectations; however, the service was lacking. The staff seemed overwhelmed/disorganized, and it impacted the guest experience. It’s a beautiful space, but the service definitely needs improvement to match the quality of the kitchen."

1 /5 Raisha Choudhury: I am writing this review to warn other couples and event bookers. We booked this venue for our wedding and have recently discovered — through public notices — that the premises is in the process of being shut down following a licence review by Havering Council. This information was never disclosed to us at any point, despite the venue continuing to promote and confirm bookings. When we confronted the owner, we were told it was “just an alcohol licence issue.” However, publicly available reports from Havering Council state that the review relates to serious matters, including immigration offences. It has also been publicly reported that the Home Office issued a significant fine, which has been passed to debt recovery. The council has even placed official notice boards on the venue gates informing the public that suspension action is pending. We only found out because of these public notices — not because the venue was transparent with us. As a couple preparing for our wedding day, this has caused immense stress and heartbreak. Even after raising our concerns, the owner took no accountability and offered no apology. I strongly urge anyone considering booking any venue to carry out thorough checks and proceed with extreme caution. Transparency and honesty are the bare minimum when people are trusting you with one of the most important days of their lives. Havering council have also published that they are conducting modern day slavery by paying below minimum wage and putting an employee to sleep in the outside storage room shed. Just read the report published online.

5 /5 Samantha SavedbyGrace: Took my family and friends here and we enjoyed a lovely Turkish Indian meal. We had a great time and everything was delicious kept going for more. Shout out to Fahrhad for making our day special. We couldnt have enjoyed it without you. We will be back for more. Even members of the family who usually fussy eaters enjoyed the food. And the mocktail drinks were also delicious. Thank you guys so much We will be back

1 /5 Pabz B: Lovely looking restaurant with a lot of potential. Went for a friend’s 40th birthday. It’s easy to find with a large car park at the back of the restaurant. Came here after doing a google search for halal restaurants in the area and this looked quite fancy and the menu was appealing too with a wide variety of dishes on offer. 6 of us dined here on a Saturday evening and this very large restaurant was practically empty - I guess this should’ve been our sign. We ordered food and waited over 40 minutes for it to arrive - staff were barely interested. Half of the group ordered off of the Indian menu and half ordered from the Turkish menu. The drinks arrived straight away and those who ordered mocktails were not very impressed - we even had to send the pina colada back. I ordered a ‘fresh’ lychee juice. When it arrived, it tasted like cheap watered down processed chemical lychee - when I told the waiter that I wanted to send it back, he admitted that it was out of a carton - there were no issues with replacing it with a lemonade however. Now, let’s get to the food part. It was all awful. Nothing tasted fresh and everything lacked flavour and salt. The curries tasted like the food at old fashioned Bengali curry houses from 20 years ago - thankfully our palates have advanced since then - I’ve had better curries at weddings and on aeroplanes and even the cheap Kebabish down the road. The Turkish food was equally as bad - overcooked chicken that tasted of nothing. Will never eat here again. I don’t love being so negative but I think honest feedback is important so that anyone who reads this can save their money on this ridiculously overpriced food. The restaurant smells like my kitchen when I’m cooking a curry - duh obviously you may say but I’ve been to so many restaurants and never leave feeling like I smell like the food being cooked in there. Lastly, the bill. They got it wrong. Asked them to change it and they got it wrong again. Took them 4 attempts to get it right - needless to say, we did not pay the service charge, which was barely existent and also because we felt like we got robbed with the price of the food as it was. Would not recommend!!!