The Raja

The Raja Indian Takeaway works the Hythe Street parade in central Dartford, between the rail station and the East Hill junction in the principal late-night takeaway cluster of the town. The current trading entity, Raja Indian Takeaway Limited, was registered in 2021 and the shop runs a takeaway-and-delivery-only format aimed at the rail-commuter and residential trade off Hythe Street. The menu sticks to the British-Indian list — dansak, biryani, balti and tandoori dishes — with the dansak and the lamb samosa picked out most often by positive reviewers, and the naan and saag paneer also called out repeatedly. Aggregated reviews are mixed in the way short-tenure shops on a busy parade often are, but the shop holds a steady local following. Opening runs from half past four through to eleven Sunday to Thursday and stretches another half-hour later on Friday and Saturday for the post-pub trade.