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    Royal Gurkha

    4.0 (1 review)
    Open 12:00 pm - 2:30 PM, 5:00 PM - 12:00 am (Next day)

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    The Chilli Pickle - Black chickpea curry with idlis and a side of peshwari naan

    The Chilli Pickle

    4.3(99 reviews)
    24.0 mi
    ££

    When I looked for Indian food in Brighton, this place seems to be the top of the charts. And it's…read moredefinitely solid food. A bit on the pricier side, but the atmosphere is also quite nice / upscale so there's that. It's definitely it your local Indian where most of the business comes from deliveries. This seems to be quite a touristy place but not in a bad way. It's located inside the Lanes and so it's very central. I really enjoyed the meal and would certainly come back for their food.

    If ever there were a trendy UK Indian restaurant, this has to be it! The bright lights, colorful…read moredecorations, and amazing service were all super memorable parts of my visit to the Chilli Pickle! For dinner, I sat at the communal table and ordered the Set Menu (Veg), which started with a huge platter of pappadum along with pickled onions and three different types of chutneys/jams. Then there was the Chilli Pickle Cornflake Mix, a reinvented version of "Bombay mix" containing cornflakes, lentils, peanuts, chickpeas, flaked rice, cashews, pecans, raisins, and more! This was so crunchy and delicious that I even asked to take the rest home after the meal! On the waiter's recommendation, I tried the pani puri for my appetizer, a typical Indian street food made of puri (a deep-fried puff) filled with potato, chickpeas, and chutney--it also came with a tamarind water on the side, which you poured into the puris before eating. While this was an interesting dish, there was very little flavor to the little puffs, and I thought these was skippable. For my main, I chose the Punjabi Aubergine Curry, made with soft pieces of eggplant in a sauce of tamarind, coconut, and peanuts. It came with a cucumber/tomato/red onion salad and a huge, fresh piece of onion roti on the side. The onion roti was pure perfection--the edges were puffy and chewy, while the inner part was thin and crispy; it had a nice nutty flavor from the whole wheat flour and was the perfect vessel for dunking in the curry! Overall a decent dish, but the flavors and spices were definitely toned down, and the sauce had a more sweet/mild flavorful than other Indian curries I've had.

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    The Chilli Pickle - Paneer Pasanda: cheese tandoor baked and served in almond gravy with saffron, cream, and green chili.

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    Paneer Pasanda: cheese tandoor baked and served in almond gravy with saffron, cream, and green chili.

    New Gurkha Kitchen

    New Gurkha Kitchen

    4.4(5 reviews)
    37.7 mi
    ££

    Hard not to like this place. The Gurkha Kitchen is a classic example of why Nepalese Restaurants…read moreare so popular: An original cuisine & charming staff. They must be the nicest people on Earth (after me & you, fellow Qyper - well, me anyway. Not you. You're a bit funny....). Be sure to check out their totally groovesome website! Not EVERY restaurant site has this kind of ethnic chill out soundtrack you know. Mind you, it could be a little wearing if they all did............. The menu is online for all to see. Oh yes, avoid the Himalayan Beer. Like the snowman, it's abominable. Select my personal Beer of Choice (BoC) Cobra. Yes, I know it's Indian. Get down with the Indo/Nepali fusion, er, dude.

    I was bit disappointed with this place, having read the previous reviews…read more The service is excellent and prices keen, so I have no complaints there; it's just that the food was a bit disappointing. The starter of a lamb and vegetable broth was light, yet flavoursome, and an excellent appetiser. So it was disappointing that my curry main course was just so bland. I was really hoping for something very different to the usual curries, but I could easily have imagined getting something similar from an Indian takeaway. My wife's noodle dish was reminiscent of chicken chow mein you'd get from the Chinese takeaway. Having never eaten Nepalese cuisine before, I can't tell if it was just bad luck or if they've blanded everything down for the local Reigate crowd. A real shame.

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    Royal Gurkha - indpak - Updated June 2026

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