Vegan thali was amazing. Hearty and flavorful. Friendly staff. Nice atmosphere. South Indian done…read moreright.

The food was very tasty and although the place got really busy the servers were helpful, quick and…read moreefficient. The place has a cool vibe directly across from the Royal Theatre!

Every time we are in London, we go to Punjab. The restaurant has a tasteful and distinctive blue…read morefacade that is appealing. The staff are always friendly and inviting. Their masala chai is amazing! We ordered lamb korma, butter chicken with bone in and chicken tikka masala along with buttered naan and rice. The korma was very good and the lamb was prepared well with no gamy taste. The buttered chicken was great but I would get the boneless version next time. The Tikka masala was tasty. The naan was very good. In London, other restaurants like Gymkhana and Dishoom come up when Indian food is mentioned. Punjab is right up there with them. We like Punjab for the wonderful Indian food and atmosphere. If you like authentic great food, this is a restaurant worth trying.

After a day at the British Museum, we went to Punjab Restaurant for dinner. Founded in 1946, it is…read morethe oldest North Indian Punjabi restaurant in the UK. I love Indian food, and Metro Vancouver has a huge Indian population, so Indian food is comfort food. The restaurant's wall was decorated with various historical photographs, and right above our table was a photo of Vancouver, titled "Well-dressed Sikhs walking along the street in Vancouver, Canada c. 1908." Although over 100 years ago, I immediately recognized the location -- the corner of Granville and Hastings. How coincidental is that, to be thousands of miles away from home in a different continent, and to come across a photograph of the very street corner I cross multiple times a week! I don't recall what my husband had (a chicken dish), but I had Acharri Murgha ("chicken curry cooked in a traditional pickling spice mix") and it was delicious! Both my husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our meal -- it was a taste of home! I also had a couple of glasses of wine, but each glass was 250ml, so I was pretty tipsy. In the washroom, a woman, another tourist, started conversing with me, but she only spoke French, and despite being drunk and rarely speaking French, I was able to have a semi-coherent conversation (she was also a bit tipsy). I had a drunken conversation in French inside an Indian restaurant in England! Anyway, Punjab Restaurant is one of the best Indian restaurants I have been to, and it is no surprise that it has been around since 1946. [Yelp collections: Europe 2024; London, England]

Great indian dishes for a very fair price! The waiters are very kind and polite. I ordered the…read moreThali plate, which was quite perfect. I would definitely recommend it! Hier bekommt man gutes indisches Essen für einen fairen Preis. Die Kellner waren sehr nett und höflich. Ich hab mir die Thali Platte bestellt, die wirklich wirklich gut war und ich definitv weiterempfehlen würde. Die Toiletten waren auch sauber, das Ambiente ist recht schlicht. Die Anbindung mit dem Bus war in Ordnung.

We came here before we went to a concert at the Brixton Academy, and the food was delicious. I had…read morethe saag paneer and my husband tried a different veggie dish. We both loved it. We also had the vegetable samosas. While I preferred the ones from our local place (way back in Colorado, USA), they were still very good. The two downsides were the service and our table. Our table was squeezed in against a wall and my chair stuck out into the walkway, so I got elbowed in the head once. I know it's a tight fit but it obviously wasn't fun. The service was slow. We waited a long time for our meal and then a very long time for the check, even after requesting it. Delicious food, but don't go if you've got a time window to be out.

This place is amazing. The food is the best Indian food I have had and the service was awesome…read more Manisha was excellent and did an incredible job explaining the food and the wine. Thank you for the wonderful experience.

Very nice restaurant in the midst of London, just behind Covent Garden. Not surprisingly, it is…read moretherefore quite touristy. In any case, the staff was lovely and the food was delicious and immediately brought back vivid memories of our recent trip to India. This time the choices were Paneer Makhanwalla, Konkan Green Veg Biryani, and Chicken Mangalore with wonderful naan, and followed by Gajjar Halwa as dessert. PREVIOUS REVIEW: Multi-ethnicity has always been a hallmark of London. The choices are abundant. The place was very charming, appeared to be crowded, and even though apparently a reservation would have been advantageous, the receptionist found a table for lunch. There were delicious appearing plates on neighboring tables, and the the appetizers (Dahi Puri, various Naans), the Dhaaba Lamb Rogan Josh Thali, and the Chicken Mangalore (Curry) despite 2 chili signs were very enjoyable, tasty, and round in flavor.

Woodlands has an amazing vegetarian and vegan menu! They have an especially large Dosa menu which…read moreis also top notch. If you're looking for some delicious comfort food, I highly recommend Woodlands! The Daal Tarka (I know, they spell it this war round), was amazing, as always! I would, however, like to see the Naan bread on the vegan menu! (It was crossed out both times I visited). My only complaint is that the staff could definitely serve their customers faster. The second time I visited, we were the one of two tables (it was pretty early) and it still took ~10mins to get menus and some extra time to give our orders. From what I've seen in other reviews, the service tends to be the limiting factor. If Woodlands stepped this up, they would definitely get be closer to 5 stars for me.

Great owner! The restaurant is open to making accommodations. I am on a strange TCM (traditional…read moreChinese medicine) diet that requires I stay far far away from onions and garlics. The chef was kind enough to accommodate. My Paper Masala Dosa was great - Crunchy and flavourful. The coconut chutney was delicious. Slightly oily. Overall, I am a fan.

This is Arya Bhavan…read more Service: terrible during peak times. Mismanaged orders. Slow moving kitchen. Poor communication. Ambience: felt clean but cramped. Good lighting but can get noisy with all the cutlery sounds. Food: authentic but small portions. The cutlets were tiny. Very stingy with chutneys and sambhar. Not recommended for the price , portions and quality of service.

A very popular spot outside of Chinatown where you can enjoy good food and even better company…read more Seating is available outside and inside, but you'll have to be patient because - when busy - it can be harder to get staff's attention. I did get to sit with another female traveler and we enjoyed the best masala chai I've ever had. My dining partner, Deeprek (so?) said the chai reminded her of her childhood which is stellar praise, I think. This vegetarian restaurant makes a pretty good butter naan and my soya mixed vegetable was a hearty meal. The restrooms are located downstairs - very popular in the UK I found. I left the restaurant sated and would recommend it to couples and families alike.

We were able to get seated pretty quickly! The ambience was good and the presentation was…read morephenomenal! The food was average! Being Indian myself, I have had Indian food in so many restaurants across the world. It wasn't the same as what I am used to getting. We got the Thali plate with Prawn Malai curry. It was a little too sweet for my taste. Madras chicken 65 was 5/5. Totally liked this appetizer. We also got curry fries and that was 3/5.

I came here on a recommendation and I won't be back. I got the vegetarian tali. The rice and the…read morechapati were excellent. The rest of it was the most bland Indian food I have ever had in my life. Absolutely no flavor. What also amazed me were two things: 1.) at the end of the meal, a waiter brought over an iPad so I could give a review. He stood there while I gave the review. I found that very strange. He's watching what I'm inputting. Obviously I'm going to give a good review while he's watching me. 2.) outside it says they add 12% to the bill as what is basically a tip. That's fine, but it says you can choose to reduce that by 50%? They simply brought the bill? I won't be back for very overpriced bland food. I gave three stars for the rice and the chapati.

A small and reasonably authentic south Indian vegetarian restaurant in the heart of theatre-land,…read moreand just a stone's throw from Piccadilly Circus. It's a small place, down a few steps. It's funny how your memory plays tricks as I remember it as larger, but maybe that's because it was s very long time ago! The menu is dominated by Thalia and dosas, which come in all shapes and sizes; some are flat and filled, others (the classic paper masala dosa) are rolled liked scrolls. Most have a choice of two or three fillings. But the menu has a variety of Indian street food items, so you can mix and match a bit. There are quite a number of vegan items, so it can cover quite a lot of bases. The dishes avoid the heavy Ghee and creamy sauces of other Indian restaurants so it makes for a healthier, lighter meal. Bear in mind South Indian cuisine can be spicy - so treat items with the chilli symbol with caution, unless you like very spicy food. The starters include lovely Malabar Pepper Menu Vada - essentially lentil doughnuts served with Samar and coconut chutney, and Chaat bombs - little hollow baskets of puffed wheat, filled with vegetables and served with yogurt and chutney. There's a decent drinks menu - fruit lassis, high-end sodas, a small but good wine list and beers - Cobra, Kingfisher and the stunningly gorgeous Vedett IPA. Depending on your choice, expect to pay around £20-£30 a head. On my recent visit two starters, two dosas and a beer each came to £25 with service. That's rather more than you'd pay around Euston for similar food, but then it's about as central as you can get. The only downer was the tediously slow and indifferent service, so they've lost a star (nearly two) for that.

Let me start off by saying the food itself was OK-to-Good. But the rest left a lot to be desired…read more We booked an early table for a pre-theatre dinner before a show at The Harold Pinter Theatre which is directly opposite the restaurant. We were first sat by the door - standard practice for an empty restaurant to look busier than it is - but there was an almighty draft and we asked to be moved down. The manager on the evening begrudgingly let us move further in, mumbled and pointed all evening. Never broke a smile or asked how our meal was throughout the entire evening. There are a lot of options including a vegan menu which is great, but everything is a little bit pricey - even for it's location. £6 for some bhaji and similar for rice is a little on the steep side. We ended up ordering the London Thali which came with a small Masala Dosa. The offering of the Thali was really good and full of a nice mix of South Indian goodies, Okra, Sambar, Dhal, rice etc. At £21 however it's extremely expensive. Ok, I'm spoilt. I've had South Indian meals across Southall and Tooting which offers much tastier food and a fraction of the price so it might be a bit of a stretch to compare against the overheads of a Central London restaurant but still - there's much better out there. We're glad we booked early because the food took an age to arrive. Once it did we enjoyed our meal, but it also took a long time to get the attention of anyone for drinks or the bill. I think the final straw was they had run out of coffee.... They had expresso but were lacking in offering an alternative or compromise?! Overall the food was pleasant but an awful customer service experience and not worth the price. Be prepared to wait for your food.