Our family of 4 adults will be in London for a few days in March . We all love Indian food and one of my sons wants to try some of Londons great curries. He has been looking at one of the Colonel Saab restaurants. I’d love to hear of any experiences with these restaurants or any suggestions of other great Indian places to eat. Thank you!
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Duluth, MN🌲
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I love Dishoom restaurants, and I've been to several in both Edinburgh and London. They serve some fantastic Indian food. You can go there for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, although they only take reservations for breakfast and lunch. Dinner, you would have to wait in line, but depending on when you go, it shouldn't be too long a wait. They have a number of locations in London.
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SE Pennsylvania
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Another Dishoom recommendation. I always enjoy a meal there when in London.
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Chicagoland
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I gree with Dishoom. They do take reservations until about 5:45 or 6 pm. So the Covent Garden location is good for a pre theater dinner. But, book a table. Last spring it was nearly an hour wait for those without reservations at 5:30. Both food and service at Dishoom was much better than my experience at The India on Canon Street.
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London
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I've not been to Colonel Saab, but we recently looked at going there and the reviews weren't great.
Dishoom is very good, as mentioned above. They have a few locations around London.
If you are interested in going to the East End, there are three well known curry houses in Whitechapel- Tayyab's, Needoo's, and Lahori Kebab House. The latter two were started by people who used to work at Tayyab's, which is the most famous of the three. They are all BYOB if you like a beer with your curry.
Of course all those listed above are northern Indian food- if you like southern Indian there are lots of other options (some recent popular ones include the Tamil Prince and the Tamil Crown), including heading to East Ham for dosas or going to one of the many thali places.
If you also like food from neighbouring countries, for Nepalese I like Great Nepalese, and for Sri Lankan you can head down to Tooting or in central London try Hopper's, which has a similar feel to Dishoom (also a chain), which I also like.
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Norway
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I really like Great Nepalese, where I have dined a number of times. Much better food than at the couple of Indian restaurants I've been to in London. Nepalese cuisine is similar to Indian, but has somewhat different spices.
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London, UK
525 posts
I haven't been there in a while, but I've always been happy with the meals at the Indian YMCA. Not as smart as the restaurants mentioned, but the meals and prices usually been good value.
www.indianymca.co.uk/restaurant
There's also the Indian restaurants on Drummond Street (a bit north of Euston). Lots of changes round there, not sure of current options.