We have been going to Shish Mahal, our local Indian restaurant, for about eight years now, and it…read moretakes alot of beating. What's not to like?!! The food is consistantly excellent, very reasonable prices and really friendly staff. And after the recent revamp, it looks good too! Some of our favourite dishes are Garlic King Prawns, Chicken Shashlik, Lamb Madras and Peshwari Nan. Only downside is the pre-prepared sweet menu but by the time I reach there I only have room for some lychees anyway. Drop in next time you are in the area, you wont regret it

We went to Shish Mahal as a group of six on a Saturday night. It was a very good experience…read more Everything we ordered was delicious and the staff were friendly. This curry house is better than most.

The 1970's style interior adds to the 'traditional' feel of this curry house. I recently ate there…read morewith a group of neighbours and we all agreed that the range and standard of the dishes was really quite good. Good service and cold beer too. It's hardly upmarket but to my taste superior dining experience to the 'modern' curry houses with their sparse interiors and laminate floors.

Tasty, cheap and good service. Best thing in the menu is the aubergine side dish…read more For some reason the food tastes significantly better when dining in than as a take away.

Had such a great meal at Dishoom in London. The ambiance was definitely one of my favorite parts,…read moreit's inspired by the old irani cafes from the 1900s. Service was also excellent. Everyone was friendly and attentive, and the whole experience felt really smooth from start to finish. We ordered the charred lamb chops, black daal, garlic naan, basmati rice, broccoli salad, plus a couple of drinks. The black daal and garlic naan were such a good combo, and the lamb chops were a great main to share. Overall, Dishoom really lived up to the hype for me. Great food, beautiful atmosphere, and genuinely lovely service. Perfect spot for a fun night out and any special occasions!

Genuinely the best Indian food I've ever had in my life. We just ordered a bunch of stuff, from…read moresamosas and butter chicken to kabab and broccoli salad. Absolutely nothing we didn't love! Service was also fantastic! I noticed they're super intentional about allergies and brought out an entire tablet for my friend to cross-reference with the menu.

Great little spot in Stratford! Himalaya is cozy and totally worth a visit. The food was delicious…read moreand came out fresh and flavorful. What really made the experience stand out was the friendly and attentive service! They were so welcoming. Dalia was especially awesome and took great care of us. Comfortable atmosphere, great food, and wonderful staff. Thank you for a wonderful experience!

Excellent Indian food hidden in Stratford in this restaurant that has been around for decades!…read more Excellent service, excellent food, excellent ambiance. Classics like butter chicken, tandoori chicken (on the bone) and naan were some of the best I've ever had. And the prices are good too (for London.) My only advice is to order extra rice unless you're on a low carb diet. The servings of rice are a little smaller than I'm used to in the US. Seek out this place if you love Indian food.

Probably our top meal in London. Before I talk about the food, I want to highlight excellent…read moreservice. One of our group has a tomato allergy and we weren't sure how much of a selection he would have. The waitress went back and redlined the menu to show what he could have, what he couldn't, and what they might be able to alter. Super nice and it didn't take more than a few minutes. As for the food, a-maz-ing Indian. I recommend their prawn special - not too spicy but very flavor forward. The naan was a nice side to order as well. This location is fairly big with seating on the main floor, downstairs, and outside in a cover lounge area. We had a reservation, although they probably could have handled us if we didn't. That said, it was a busy weekend and the place looked fairly full by the time we left, so maybe grab a reservation. Enjoy!

Everyone I know who visits London comes home raving about this place, so even though I'd never had…read moreIndian food before, I had to see what the hype was about. The restaurant is much bigger than it looks, with a front patio, a bar, and multiple dining rooms. It was completely packed. After 6 p.m. it's walk-in only, and the hostess gives you a buzzer while you wait. I started with the house chai, which was warm and perfectly spiced. For dinner I ordered the Chicken Ruby, basmati rice, garlic naan, and crispy okra fries. Now I get the hype. The Chicken Ruby was rich, spicy, and packed with flavor, the naan was perfect for soaking up every bit of sauce, and the okra fries were so crunchy I couldn't stop eating them. This place absolutely lived up to its reputation. They also serve breakfast, and there's so much on the menu that I already plan to come back a few more times before I leave London.

I will never eat food from this place again! It was awful, absolutely atrocious. The PARATHAS were…read moredisgusting and OILY and looked like fried tissues. The CHICKEN KORMA was insipid, the sauce was sugary, watery and had NO body. The chicken was PALE. The 'SAMOSAS' looked like franken-cornish pasties and the onion barjees were DRY. IT WAS A BIG, FAT LET DOWN.

This is the best Indian food I've eaten in London. They serve food in a Tiffin, where you select 4…read moredishes to compose your plate and 3 of the dishes are served in little silver bowls. The egg curry and slow roasted lamb curry bowls are incredible. Full of flavor and unique and just insanely good. The aubergine and broad bean curry is also fresh and yummy, as is the saag paneer. The peshwari naan has delicious coconut and is the perfect side dish for the tiffin dishes. The restaurant is run by the nicest family. The father takes the orders, the son introduces you to the menu and is super charming, and the mom does all of the amazing cooking. I am definitely going to make this my regular spot for Indian. I can't imagine going anywhere else now. Better than any of the high street Indian chains!

Was house hunting in Walthamstow when I came across this one. A great place for non-vegetarian…read morefellows looking for some Spicy Indian food in Walthamstow. Vegetarian dishes were only average. Sambhar was terrible. The quantity of Kuthu Porotta they serve is humungous. I just couldn't imagine a normal person being able to finish it. They serve it with eggs, chicken or lamb. I tried the chicken version. It was pretty good. Curries are okay. Not the best. Price is generally on the moderate side. Drinkers might love this place though. Spicy food and drinks go very well together.

Priya bills itself as a modern take on south Indian and Sri Lankan resturant. It's very clean and…read moremodern looking restaurant - all white walls and white tiled floor with a totally glass shop frontage. Too clinical and soul-less in practice, I think. I went on a Friday evening to get a takeway. It took 20 minutes to take my order, then over an hour to actually get it, despite being continually told it would be 5-10 minutes. I don't have a problem with any restaurant being busy, but I do have a problem with their dishonesty. If it was going to take a while, they should have let me decide whether it was worth the wait, not string me along. After the wait, the food was below average for me. What was supposed to be a dish with string hoppers (a regional speciality sort of soft ride-noodle cake), turned out to have had the string hoppers finely chopped into the main dish a la a Biryani. As someone who has spent months in Sri Lanka, this was completely new. It wasn't described as such on the menu either. As dish it didn't work. Overall it was underspiced and basically pretty dull. A friend who I bumped into there on that evening had much more successful masala Dhosas though, hence the extra star in my review.

Pakistani (?) take away of the highest standard, take-away only. The food is cooked on the…read morepremises, it's excellent and amazingly cheap. My favourites are the onion bahjis, vegetable samosas and naan rolls. They do extremely good curries too.

Tiny hole-in-the-wall nan bakery on Walthamstow's High Street (home of the market also). Basically…read morea bloke just slaps the dough around, puts it straight onto the oven and makes your nans fresh right in front of you to order (well, you and the queue of other nan-fiends). 3 garlic nans for a quid, or 4 plain nans, or 2 sesame ones. Flavour's amazing and so fresh. They're so amazing, virtually none make it home, I just scoff away as I walk up the market (and I only live about five minutes walk away). (And, of course, you can also call them "naans" if you want, but that's not what the shop says.)

I love this place and have to come whenever I'm in the area. Everything they do is so tasty and…read moreinsanely cheap. Lahmacun for £1.30 and 3 garlic naan a for £1. It's crazy. There's no need to go to the supermarket if your cooking yourself a curry later on. Just make sure you ask for them to do it fresh as sometimes they try and give you the pre-cooked ones that are sat at the front which do get cold. (Visit - 17/04/2015 Lunch)