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  • Amaya

     
  • Glamorous, stylish and seductive, Amaya is sleekly appointed with sparkly chandeliers, splashes of modern art and a groovy bar. This restaurant’s calling card is its sophisticated Indian creations from a menu that cleverly links dressed-up street food with regal specialities. If you fancy a table with a view, bag one by the open kitchen and watch the chefs wield laden skewers and slap rotis against the walls of the tandoor. Of our selections, we loved a meltingly tender chicken tikka for its smoky, lemony flavour and subtle marinade of rose-scented gingery yoghurt. Good news continued with a gigantic Madagascan prawn steeped in chilli-spiked lime juice and cooked to perfect pinkness; the robust juices were gratefully mopped up with hot nans. An earthy rich staple of creamy spinach paste spiced with ginger and green chillies was elevated to fine-dining status and sensibly served without any experimental flourish. Service was faultless. Only mango tiramisu (piped on to a sponge finger) was less than outstanding – a little too close to home cooking to win accolades. Amaya is a magnet for deep-pocketed Knightsbridge suits as well as romancing couples.

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  • 19 Motcomb Street, 15 Halkin Arcade, Knightsbridge, SW1X 8JT
  • Area: Knightsbridge
  • Tel: 020 7823 1166
  • www.realindianfood.com
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  • Category: Modern Indian
  • Travel: Knightsbridge tube
  • Times: Lunch served 12.30-2.30pm Mon-Sat; 12.45-2.45pm Sun. Dinner served 6.30-11.30pm Mon-Sat; 6.30-10.30pm Sun
  • Price: Main courses £8.50-£25. Set lunch £25. Set dinner £37.50 tasting menu
  • Credit cards: AmEx, DC, JCB, MC, V
  • Services:
    • Available for hire: Separate room for parties, seats 14
    • Child facilities: Babies and children admitted (until 8pm)
    • Disabled: toilet
    • Dress code: smart casual
    • Function room: Separate room for parties, seats 14
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