This is actually a Tamil restaurant which serves a mixture of indian and Sri Lankan style dishes.
The food is good, but go for the Sri Lankan section at the back of the menu (rather than the fairly standard Indian menu at the front). A good sign is that the vast majority of the customers are Tamil, for whom it seems to act as a community meeting place, as well as somewhere to eat.
Many of these dishes are reminiscent of South Indian cooking (such as the pancake-like dosas) but others, such as spiced devilled chicken livers, or the kottu, made of finely chopped flat-bread with vegetables and meats, are very different. There are plenty of vegetarian dishes to choose from, on both Indian and Sri Lankan sections of the menu. They also serve wines and beers, though the wine list is pretty unexceptional (Echo Falls and such like).
Prices are very good you can have a filling meal with wine for two at around £15 a head.
The decor is fairly nondescript, and they do have some fairly odd music from time to time (Tamil rap, anyone?). The main downside is the service friendly enough, but very slow. Last time I had to ask for the bill three times and eventually just got up and waited by the till until someone came.
So, worth a try if you fancy something different, but not the place for a special night out, nor if you are in a hurry. read more