This used to be one of the best places to eat in West Ealing!…read more The food was of excellent quality - always cooked just how we want it and served piping hot. The staff service is always top notch, this includes waiting staff and even the owner himself. In recent visits they seem to have a new chef and the food was not as good as previously which is a real shame. It's our restaurant of choice when we want to go somewhere for an Indian meal within walking distance of home (well it's actually the only one within walking distance). The prices are reasonable for both the food and drinks. If you like fish, their monk fish curry is mouth-wateringly good, although the last time we ordered it as a takeaway they added something to it which rather spoilt the taste. The restaurant is disabled friendly with toilets that are always clean and well stocked with toilet rolls and soap. Please note that the restaurant is ONLY open in the evenings.

My husband and I stumbled into Beirut Express late on a weekday evening. We were jonesing for some…read moreshawarma! We were glad to see that the sandwiches were much cheaper than the plates. We ordered take away and were out with our shawarma in under 5 minutes. It was not very flavorful, though, or moist. It did the trick, but I've had much better. There was nothing besides some light tahini and the meat itself. I appreciated the quickness, but I was left feeling unsatisfied.

Had lunch at Beirut Express during a recent trip to London and it tasted wonderful. I had the Lamb…read moreShwarma and it was so good and had a ton of flavor. Lamb is a lot bigger in London and other areas of the world and I wanted to eat as much of it as possible. I ended up ordering 1 Shwarma and it was a good size, but for someone like me I ended up ordering 2 just to make sure I was getting the full experience. I believe on the second one I got it mixed between both lamb and chicken. Both meats packed in a ton of flavor. I came in for lunch shortly after they had opened and the place was not to busy. I did sit at the bar and was able to watch the cooks prep for the day and slice the meats really well. They do fresh fruit juices here and they were cutting and juicing some of the fruits when I was visiting. They smelled amazing! I did not have any fruit juice but kind of wish I did just by the smells alone. I highly recommend this place and recommend the flavors of Beirut!

I was getting a haircut next door at Altin Makas when my belly started telling me that he was…read morehungry. Luckily, this place showed up in my search for Turkish cuisine and it was literally next door! When I entered the restaurant I saw the sign for lunch special and when I sat down I asked the waiter about. He then brought me a special menu, which highlighted the dishes that applied to this deal: I ordered the spicy lamb köfte as a main and an aubergine dip as a starter. The latter came with pita bread. It was quite tasty and the service was friendly and quick.

Exceedingly good value for money. Freshly made food. Generous portions. Friendly service. Decent…read moreprice. Oh and you can bring your own wine if you like. I highly recommend this place.

If you are in London and yearning for nihari that tastes as good as what you used to have in the…read moremotherland, look no more. Come to Aladin any time of the day and your taste buds will thank you. Excellent beef in a sea of delicious curry with oven fresh naans served hot and steamy. Get a side of seekh kababs and dig in. Food is 5 stars but mediocre service and lack of parking pull the overall rating down.

This is an update of my previous review of Aladin's. Since that review, I had curry takeaway from…read morehere which was actually quite oily and bad. You may then wonder where my 5 stars come from, so I will tell you the secret of ordering here. Get the NIHARI! This place does one thing really, really well and it is so worth having. Nihari for those who don't know is spicy, very tasty and very tender thick slabs of meat in a thick and delicious sauce served with naan. It is a difficult dish to make and takes hours of simmering to get that amazing flavour and it is special to me that I have found a place that does it. The haleem here is also decent but for me, Aladin's = Yummy Nihari so please keep the secret!

I have been to sokonis 3 times the first and third time is was good…read more but the 2nd time the food was bland

The prices have increased so significantly plus an additional eat-in charge of 10% that a much…read morebetter value option is Saravanna Bhavan further down Ealing Road or a trip to Southall. Add in that the Southall Branch has its own free car park compared with the expensive on street parking of the London Borough of Brent and Sakonis becomes even less of a proposition. Other establishments have increased prices but not to the extent of Sakonis meaning for just a touch more money one can have a fine dining experience such as The Original Brilliant in Southall instead of a fast casual one. Still giving it three stars as the food is good and the free WiFi very useful when taking a break from shopping in Ealing Road, Wembley.

I really love their lamb kafta. Make sure to get the chile sauce and garlic sauce, mix it…read moretogether. Really yummy. I like it so much, I get it each time I'm at Westfield mall. I've tried other places but this is still the winner.

The food Sucks. Sorry but I know Lebanese food. The falafel is so rough and dry.... you'll choke on…read morethem... yikes

I have been coming to Spice of Life for about 7 years now. I recently moved away and so returning…read moreto this restaurant was a high priority!! The owner is so friendly, always very welcoming and chatty and is genuinely interested in how you are. We had not booked a table and it is normally always quite busy, but we were seated immediately. We started with some poppadoms and then ordered the special meal deal- £12.50 for a starter, main dish, vegetable side and either rice or naan. It is great value for money. I had onion bhajia and my fellow diner had chicken chaat. We both ordered chicken razala for our main dish and shared mustard Bombay potatoes, sprouts with onion, pilau rice and a naan. We were stuffed! The meal was excellent. The curry was on the spicer side, but we had been made aware of that before ordering. I loved all the sauces and dips that come with the poppadoms! My favorite is the carrot, mango chutney and the other orange one, not sure of the flavor but it is amazing. Service is always excellent and I'm sure I will continue to come here for years to come when visiting London.

I don't think you can say this is in Blackheath as it is definitely in Lewisham bordering on Hither…read moreGreen. This gem is one that I visit at least 3X a month and it is my GO TO Curry House. The Sunday night 10 pound for starter, main and side cannot be beat as the dishes change every week and are always fresh. Muhdi (sp?) is so personable and has become someone I look forward to seeing when I dine there. His staff is so wonderful and he is very helpful in navigating through all of the cuisine. I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this restaurant.

This was highly recommended by a friend so paid a visit few days ago. We were at Southbank and our…read morefirst choose was Ping Pong but it had a 2 1/2 hr wait on a Thursday evening! Bombay Chao is Very close to Ravenscourt Park underground station (District Line) and upon arrival I noticed the place bit smaller than I expected. Bombay Chao is Moderately priced with Good selection of drinks and cocktails and pretty good service however I was not impressed by the food. I ordered a Hot n' Sour Chicken soup which was decent, the starters let me down big time. The Chilli Chicken was bland and didn't have any Chillies (not even any green pepper), Chicken Lollipops were soggy on the inside. The Okra Potato Chilli starter was a winner but it was the only exception. By then we weren't very hungry and we ordered Sichuan Fish and a Pak Choi dish for mains and I really enjoyed the Pak Choi. Over all average experience and in hindsight was a poor decision to go all the way to go to Hammersmith to try this place out. I suggest you do give this a try if you are in the area but would don't travel for just food.

Bombay Chow is one of the few restaurants in London specialising in Indochinese food, located near…read moreRavenscourt Station. Their restaurant itself was very inviting from the moment we stepped in with it's spotlights lighting the darken restaurant and looked warm reflecting off the bright vivid artwork on the wall. Decor was kept simple with its dark grey walls against red painted pillars with tables lined up in rows against a long comfortable leather bench. Service is definitley worthy of a mention as staff were outstandingly helpful and friendly. They all had a lovely warm personality, very patience and all with a light humour. Unfortunately their food did not live up to those quality, lacking skill and flavours of the indochinese cuisine. Complimentary prawn crackers No complaints here. It was nice of them to serve the more fragrant and peppery kind. A generous portion too Man chow soup (veg) This soup did not taste as interesting as it looked. It was very one noted and very salty. I could only taste the peppers in there. There wasn't any flavours of the ingredients as promise in the description such as the garlic or ginger. It was so over-seasoned that the more I drank it the more thirsty I became. Such a shame for a soup that had the potential to be better as I did enjoy the texture of the thick soup against the crunchy fried noodles. Chicken Lollipops These were incredibly succulent and tender and with the chef's spice mix marinade, it was quite enticing, giving off sweet mild peppery aromatic flavours. However once again they went slightly overboard with the salt leaving you extremely thirsty after eating them. Hong Kong paneer Probably the best dish of the evening and with everything seasoned perfectly too. Could have done with more wok energy but the flavours and textures won me over. The paneer had this lovely firm bounciness to it with the crunchy sweet onions complementing it really well. All was lovely stir fry in a hot spicy bean spicy giving it depth and complexity. Kung pao potato Another firm favourite of mine this evening. The potatoes were incredibly fluffy in a really moreish sweet and savoury sticky sauce, perfectly seasoned too with its complex flavours. The heat was very quite mild for me but that made it easier to eat especially when it came scorching hot. Vegetable Manchurian I really wanted to like this dish. It was almost everything I like with the soy sauce cornstarch slurry surrounding the lovely crispy yet fluffy vegetable fritters giving that subtle sweetness to the dish. A generous portion too. But sadly it was way too salty for anyone to eat it on its own. It was as if someone had dolloped a whole tablespoon of salt into this dish Triple Szechuan This dish was pretty disastrous if I was to be honest. It was all very bland, no wok skill and the main flavour was coming from just salt again. Although not in the description, the dish came with chicken tossed in a really weird weak and runny pre made sweet and sour sauce. At least it was juicy and tender though which helped seeing how dry the dish was with the poorly fried rice and crispy noodles. Being quite a flavourless dish it made it very hard to consume with the lack of moisture. The spice was stronger here but more from chilli powder rather than actual chilli as I couldn't taste the fragrance of fresh spice. The fried egg and the Chinese leaf lining the plate was the only thing I enjoyed in this dish Sizzling noodles It's weird to have a dish that was so bland when everything was over seasoned and salty. The noodles weren't even fried properly, still firm and lacking that smokiness you get from cooking in a hot wok. I saw onions in the dish but didn't taste it whatsoever. Bombay Chow was quite a disappointment to be honest. All the sauces seem pre-made or bought from an external supplier with no true authentic flavours from either the Indian side or the Orient side. Very westernised. Dishes lacked wok energy as if they just tossed everything in a luke warm wok and then served. The most disturbing issue was that most dishes were way too salty for consumption. It's a shame for such a restaurant that serves such an unique cuisine and has the potential to flourish. At the moment the only things that it can be praised for is it's large portion sizes and excellent customer service. But sadly it's not a good enough reason to return if the food quality does not follow.