Restaurants

The location of India Club is unpromising: up two flights of dingy stairs. And though the restaurant's walls received a lick of lemon paint a few years back, its cracked red lino flooring, wobbly tables and mismatched seating look as if they haven't had a makeover for decades. Nevertheless, the Club exudes faded charm. Our top marks went to fried minced lamb, cooked with heaps of ginger and garlic, and studded with garden peas. Less impressive was the tandoori chicken, which tasted like an Indian-inspired rendition of deep-fried battered chicken. Lamb pilau, although hardly authentic, made a tasty dish with its robust masala base of fried onions, ginger, garlic and chillies working well with tender meat morsels and fluffy rice grains. Portions aren't huge, but the prices are rock bottom, and service is sweetness itself.

Time Out Cheap Eats in London Guide 2007