London Darbar - Redbridge

5 stars of excellence! We had our wedding reception at London Darbar in the larger of the two event spaces. It was absolutely brilliant and if your in a rush and don't want to read our full review below, simply know: we highly recommend you host your celebrations at London Darbar. They provide exceptional service. They do it all here catering, decorating, event management, recommending partners such as our DJ (name), A4 events who designed our wedding stage, and Rana and his team, our fantastic photographer. As a busy couple we were looking for a venue that could take the stress out of trying to gather different suppliers to coordinate and come together for a successful reception 150 guests. London Darbar was the perfect fit. Every member of staff there are so friendly, resourceful and efficient. The cooks know their profession and we are still getting praise from the guests as to how delicious the food is. The on the floor bar and service staff were so pleasant and organised. Nothing too small was an issue for them and they kept everyone replenished. When it came to cleanup, Sumit and the staff were so efficient and helpful in helping us and letting us wait for our transportation. The security guard welcomed each guest and was so so pleasant to us all. Both managers (Indy and Sumit) were actively hands on on the day, visibly going out of their way do ensure a flawless celebration and asking if everything was okay. Their communication is 5*. The venue space is beautiful with a high ceilings and good LED lighting to create atmosphere. Large screens showed our slideshow pre wedding photos. The bar area is well stocked and buffet station easy to navigate. I was able to use the bridal space upstairs which was so convenient to take a few minutes for myself as the day goes by in a flash. Staff were so nice in offering to bring food and drink for us here if we wanted like I said, they were accommodating down to the finer details. Our reception was prepared with everything in place ready on time. As all tables, seating, centre pieces, porcelain, table numbers and even menus are included in the package there really wasn't anything for us to worry about. A special thank you to Mr Indy Dhall who was with us from start to finish. He was always ready to speak to us anytime in our preparations and with any changes we wanted he was flexible and experienced. I felt very reassured as his time management and organisational skills are excellent. We thank everyone at London Darbar for making our wedding day so special for us and our guests. We couldn't have asked for anything more as you helped us create wonderful memories. We found you through a friend's recommendation and hope our own review provides others with the idea of using your services for their own events too as they won't be disappointed.

The owner Sukhi Thaker and the general manager Indy are very rude. They speak over you when trying to speak to them to get clarity. They may be running for 16yrs but that’s because there is no other dinner dances in Ilford. People don’t go there for them!!!

Try and refrain from attending this place. Something that should be a happy event for families gets destroyed by the lack of service and rudeness by the manager “INDI”. A family of 12 wanted to attend for a major birthday for a senior family member. Because he did not wish to cater another table he was rude, progrative and was being very offensive. Rather than trying to cater for people’s needs of a group of 12 people he said he doesn’t wish to “deal with this”. INDI is a major hindrance to the customer service provided by this venue. Stay away from such abnoxious individuals.

A group of 28 of us visited for October’s Aaje Nachle for my partner’s 50th birthday celebrations. My partner is Indian and a number of the group are of Indian heritage but most of us aren’t. None of us had been before. Wow, what a great night we had. The food was good and plentiful and the soft drinks were replenished regularly so it was only necessary to buy alcoholic drinks on the night. The DJ and the entertainment was good too but what really made it such a great night was the incredibly warm and welcoming atmosphere and the fact that everyone just wanted to enjoy themselves. The dance floor was packed all night. We’ll be back.

I booked London Darbar for my husband's birthday event. We were greeted by Indy and Sumeet. Both were superb during our initial meeting. They explained the logistics and we were invited to view the venue's two main halls. We were pleasantly surprised at how spacious and excellently decorated the venue was. Indy remained on hand to answer any questions we had throughout the whole process. At no point did we feel pressured to hold our event there. We could not fault the professionalism from start to finish. The birthday event was a success and all our guests had a great evening. The DJ played all of our requested songs, the only downside was that the music was a little loud during dinner, but once he was informed he turned the volume down. The food was delicious and we had positive feedback from our guests. Overall, we had a fantastic time at London Darbar. We were impressed with how polite, humble, professional Indy and Sumeet were. They were also both attentive to our needs throughout. We would recommend the venue and would definitely use them again.