Shanti Indian Cuisine restaurant in Coggeshall Road has slowly built an unrivalled reputation for bringing high standards of Indian and Bangladeshi cooking in the Braintree area. A good deal of appeal lies in the interior of red, green, black, yellow and turquoise, colours that are believed to be the nspiration behind the restaurant's name. Other notable design features include the chrome 18th century ceramics used by the Indian royal family.

On the food side seekh kebab sizzler, king prawn butterfly, Shanti mixed grill and onion bhaji make for some sparky starters. Chef's specialties of chicken and lamb are presented with gusto; it could be the rezella style with yogurt and special Oriental spices, or the Peshwari way with pistachios and almond. The baltis, dansaks, vindaloos, kormas and rogan josh read enticingly and so do vegetarian specials of bhindi bhaji okra, spicy potatoes and lentils fried with garlic.