Restaurants

Imli

Indian tapas is the hook here, but Imli is no passing fad. Cut-price brethren of the classy Tamarind, this vibrant restaurant has culinary zip aplenty. Deep orange and...

Soho: 167-169 Wardour Street, W1F 8WR

Masala Zone

Soho: 9 Marshall Street, W1F 7ER

Veeraswamy

London’s oldest Indian restaurant (established 1926) has been modernised twice since being taken over in 1997 by the Masala World group. You might not realise this...

Mayfair: Mezzanine, Victory House, 99-101 Regent Street, W1B 4RS

Mango & Silk

Udit Sarkhel, long a major influence on Indian food in London, closed his own Earlsfield restaurant in 2007, but he’s now head chef here. A beige and white colour...

Barnes: 199 Upper Richmond Road West, SW14 8QT

Masala Zone

Earl's Court: 147 Earl's Court Road, SW5 9RQ

Masala Zone

Islington: 80 Upper Street, N1 0NU

Masala Zone

Covent Garden: 48 Floral Street, WC2E 9DA

Masala Zone

This recent addition to the Masala Zone chain is especially popular with hip youngsters who come for the buzzy vibe, reasonable prices and decent pan-Indian and...

Camden: 25 Parkway, NW1 7PG

Tamarind

Alfred Prasad has maintained Tamarind in the top rank of Indian restaurants since taking over the cheffing from Atul Kochhar in 2002. Behind an unassuming frontage,...

Mayfair: 20-22 Queen Street, W1J 5PR

Café Spice Namaste

Given that Café Spice Namaste is a chef-owned restaurant (the chef being the acclaimed Cyrus Todiwala), the decor at its bright, spacious premises is short on warmth...

Whitechapel: 16 Prescot Street, E1 8AZ

Chowki

Devised by chef-proprietor Kuldeep Singh – of Mela fame – Chowki’s format is alluring: a monthly changing menu of authentic regional cooking at fair prices. On a...

Soho: 2-3 Denman Street, W1D 7HA

Eriki

With ambient red hues and tasteful wooden furniture, it’s hard to find fault with the decor at this warm, inviting restaurant. Take a seat by the bar from where you...

Swiss Cottage: 4-6 Northways Parade, Finchley Road, NW3 5EN

Mai'da

Surrounded by the regulation urban kebab and tikka takeaways, Mai’da – with its cream walls, calligraphic paintings, mood lighting and dark-wood furniture – has...

Bethnal Green: 148-150 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG

Mela

There’s a pleasing bustle here, helped along by the troupe of tandoori chefs in the open kitchen, plentiful and efficient, prompt waiting staff, cool background...

Covent Garden: 152-156 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8HL

Sitaaray

Glitzy Sitaaray is adorned, nay overwhelmed, with Bollywood memorabilia. Screens play flamboyant dance routines, the deep-red walls are crammed with film star photos,...

Covent Garden: 167 Drury Lane, WC2B 5PG

Atithi

Backed by cookery writer Mridula Baljekar, Atithi is a capacious new venue on a dull parade by the roaring A1. Inside, money has been lavished on black floor tiles,...

Mill Hill: 418-422 Watford Way, NW7 2QJ

Sanghamam

Sanghamam may claim to serve Gujarati, North and South Indian, and Chinese food, but a step inside soon establishes its antecedents: strictly Tamil. Most of the...

Wembley: 531-533 High Road, Wembley, Middx, HA0 2DJ